When Su Rong arrived at the weapons repository, she gasped in amazement at the sight of the entire place, holding her breath.
Now she realised, just how fond of collecting weapons the generations of Nanchu emperors were, no wonder that the crown prince once expressed envy over the Nanchu King’s private collection of weapons. Her father had inherited her ancestors’ private collection and now... he generously handed it all over to Zhou Gu.
As his own daughter, she felt quite jealous.
There were, after all, hundreds of daggers alone.
Su Rong picked the most attractive one from the lot and played with it for a while, just to feel reluctant about giving it to Yan Huisheng in the end. But eventually, she sighed and handed it over.
She spent more than an hour in the weapons repository, touching this weapon, nudging that one, and fondling each with affection. Only after repeated requests from Bi Qing, and upon hearing that officials were looking for her everywhere, did she regretfully leave the weapons repository.
She really wished she could keep the key and not give it to Zhou Gu.
She felt that once she gave Zhou Gu this key, he would then hold her achilles’ heel.
Her father was ruthless.
All she had done was to give Yan Huisheng a dagger, yet her father gave Zhou Gu an entire weapons repository. How was that fair? Who is his real child? She whimpered.
So, that very night Zhou Gu raised his eyebrows and asked Su Rong, "I heard you not only wrote a letter to Duanhua, but also sent her a whole carriage full of stuff? Were they all good things from father’s private collection?"
Su Rong nodded, handed him a key, and said reluctantly, "It’s from my father for you."
"What?"
"It’s the key to his private weapons repository," Su Rong said weakly, "He has given this key to you, and also the whole of his privately collected weapons repository."
Zhou Gu took the key and was stunned, "All for me?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
Su Rong sighed, "Because when I first came to Nanchu, I promised to choose a dagger from my father’s private collection to give to the Crown Prince. After all, he gave his dagger to me as a thank you gift, and he doesn’t have one anymore. Today, I remembered this and, through Duanhua, I fulfilled my promise and sent it to him. When I asked my father for it, he readily agreed. But then he turned around and told me to give the key to you, giving you his entire weapons repository." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
Zhou Gu: "..."
He didn’t know about this.
Su Rong added, "I returned the dagger to the Crown Prince, and he gave you the entire weapons repository. Isn’t he too fond of you?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Gu understood and looked at Su Rong, "So, what’s with your expression? Are you unhappy that father gave it to me?"
Su Rong shot him a glance, "Are you his real child? Might I be some random child he picked up from the street? I like the weapons repository too. Who likes all those vermilion hairpins, jade treasures, and elegant clothes? Wouldn’t it be better for him to give me the weapons repository?"
Amused by the resentment in her voice, Zhou Gu drew nearer, "Oh, you don’t like them? I couldn’t tell. You wear different accessories and outfits every day, aren’t you supposed to dislike them?"
Su Rong sputtered. Which girl didn’t want to look nice? Was it wrong to dress up beautifully every day? Of course, she didn’t mind them much either. She complained, "But I like the weapons repository even more!"
"What’s the difference between him giving it to me and him giving it to you?" Zhou Gu asked.
Blinking, Su Rong looked at him, "For instance, if I like a certain weapon, would you let me play with it?"
"That depends on your performance," Zhou Gu said.
Slamming her fists on the bed, Su Rong grumbled, "So, I need to perform..."
Bursting into laughter, Zhou Gu tucked the key securely away, struggling to control his glee, "My apologies, Princess. Your future husband seems to be very favored by your father. I am actually very wealthy, wealthier than you."
Su Rong: "..."
Angry, she picked up a pillow and throw it at him, "Annoying! Get lost."
Zhou Gu caught the pillow and tickled her, making her laugh, "No way."
Su Rong, in a fit of laughter, moved aside and both of them rolled onto the bed, engaged in a playful wrestle.
Their laughter echoed through the inner hall. The wet nurse and Yuewan exchanged glances and let out a shared chuckle. Days like this, though busy, were full of anticipation. Seeing the two young masters fall in love brought them joy too.
Leaning closer to the wet nurse, Yuewan murmured, "Ah, the young master and the mistress are really childish."
The wet nurse nodded with a laugh, "They are still two children who haven’t grown up. Let them become parents and they will be fine."
With an excited look on her face, Yuewan said, "The great wedding has been postponed again. Ah, the young master will have to wait some more. I really want to play with the baby."
The wet nurse smirked and poked her forehead, "If you want to play, let the princess marry you off and go have one by yourself."
"No way, I want to eat and drink off the mistress for my entire life. I don’t want any man, and I’m not getting married!" Yuewan affirmed her dream resolutely.
The wet nurse: "..."
Well, everyone has their own ambitions.
Half a month later, Qin Luan arrived in Nanchu and entered the royal capital.
Qin Ruo specially took a day off to receive his sister at the residence. Seeing her thin appearance, he felt quite distressed, "Did the journey exhaust you?"
Shaking her head with a smile, Qin Luan responded, "Nanchu is so far away, I’ve never travelled this far before. No, it wasn’t tiring at all. The guards sent by the Crown Prince to escort me travelled slowly and took good care of me. If I was tired, we would stop to rest."
She looked at Qin Ruo, "Instead, it’s you, my elder brother, who has become thin."
The Qin Ruo she was looking at now was almost unrecognisable from her memories. The brother she remembered had soft eyes and--
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