Hearing Li Yu say this, Demin finally felt a little better. "Alright then! I'll escort Su Gege back to the manor first, and you take good care of Fourth Master in the palace."
"Do you even need to tell me? This is my duty." Seeing the others' respectful demeanor towards Su Peisheng, Li Yu couldn't help but sigh.
"How wonderful it would be if one day I could be as respectable as Eunuch Su!"
Demin didn't care, "No matter how respectable he is, he's still a eunuch, isn't he?"
"..." Demin's words pierced Li Yu's heart. "So what if he's a eunuch? Did he dig up your ancestral graves? If you can't speak properly, then speak less!"
Demin was straightforward and didn't mean to belittle him. "What I mean is, you should change your dream, change it to something more realistic and beneficial to you."
Li Yu, with a stern face, retorted, "For example?"
"For example, marrying a wife who will warm your bed."
He shouldn't have expected Demin to say anything nice; sure enough, Demin hurt him again. Unconvinced, Li Yu retorted, "You should marry me first and see. If you marry me, I'll marry you right away!"
“My aunt is already looking for girls for me, and I might be able to get married soon. As for you, besides Yunfang, I don’t know if anyone is willing to marry you.”
Unwilling to be discouraged, Li Yu defiantly retorted, "Who says no one wants to marry me? The maids in the manor treat me very well!"
Demin grunted and pretended to realize something, "It seems you've got too many choices. No wonder you don't like Yunfang."
Li Yu was speechless, gritted her teeth, squinted at Demin, and said, "I've noticed you've changed recently. Why are you talking so much? I'm warning you, don't you dare say anything out of line in front of Yunfang!"
"Because I'm bored, I'm just trying to amuse myself by watching you get angry and embarrassed."
The two outside started bickering, but the atmosphere inside was quite tense. In the end, Su Yushan still had to return to the manor. She didn't have much of an opinion, as long as it didn't make things difficult for Hongli. However, Hongli was reluctant to let her leave, enduring his headache as he held her tightly, refusing to let go.
"It was a last resort. My father helped me yesterday, and I can't refuse him today. I promised to keep you by my side, but I couldn't keep my promise. I'm sorry."
Su Yushan understood his situation. "I understand. You have your reasons. The palace rules still need to be followed. I won't blame you. Don't blame yourself."
"When you get back, you should take good care of yourself first, and then take good care of your son. I will find a way to go home and be with you as soon as possible."
It would be better if he could return to the manor soon, but Su Yushan still had to remind him, "Don't be too anxious, the premise is that you have to take good care of your health."
With a slight pursing of his thin lips, Hongli deliberately misinterpreted her meaning, "Don't you miss me? Don't you want to see me soon?"
This cloying sweetness was almost saccharine. Su Yushan huffed, "I haven't left yet! How could I have time to think about you?"
She had only confessed her feelings to him yesterday, so Hongli felt that their relationship had only truly begun. He was naturally reluctant to part with her today and repeatedly gave her his instructions.
"After you return home, remember to think of me, and dream of me every night."
He has so many demands: "Dreams are something you can't control; what if you don't dream about them?"
How could that be? Hongli, dissatisfied, gently bit her ear as punishment, "If you don't dream about it, it means you don't miss it enough. If you keep thinking about a certain person or thing before you go to sleep, you will dream about it."
"Hmm---Really?" Su Yushan teased him deliberately, "If I dreamed about something embarrassing and you weren't by my side, wouldn't I feel terrible?"
Just that one sentence made his blood rush to his head, and he took a deep breath, "Now that you say that, I don't want you to leave."
Hongli hugged her even tighter, and Su Yushan, afraid that he would change his mind again, quickly begged for mercy, "Don't be silly, Eunuch Su is still waiting outside! Our farewell has been a little too long."
After saying this, she straightened up and reluctantly withdrew her hand from his palm. "I'm leaving. Remember to take your medicine on time and take good care of yourself."
Watching her slowly turn and leave, Hongli felt extremely uncomfortable, uneasy, yet had no other choice.
With palace rules in place, he had no choice but to compromise.
After Su Yushan left, only Hongli and Yuying remained in the room. At this moment, Hongli no longer smiled and remained silent with a cold face.
Last night they wouldn't allow Su Yushan to stay with him, but today, as soon as the Fujin (Prince's wife) arrived, they brought up the so-called rules again, saying that the Fujin had to stay in the East Warm Pavilion to take care of the Fourth Prince.
When the palace maid said those words, Yu Ying felt uneasy, fearing that Hongli would refuse again and embarrass her in front of the palace maid.
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