Without hesitation, he ate the wasabi for Rong Yu, which caught Rong Yu off guard. She noticed that he was sweating profusely and guessed that he was having a hard time.
Yongying scoffed dismissively.
"Princess, this is no fun. In the end, you still had someone else eat it for you. Sure enough! Family is different. Lejur is already protecting you!"
"I didn't ask him to help me!" Rong Yu, her face flushed with embarrassment and anger, questioned Lejur.
"I told you not to ask for help, why are you doing this?"
Suppressing the discomfort in her stomach and throat, Lejur said calmly, "I didn't want to owe anyone a favor, and now I've paid it off."
The favor he was referring to was probably the time she helped him out of a predicament, right? Rong Yu had almost forgotten about that; she hadn't given it a second thought.
"But I didn't ask you to repay my kindness! How am I supposed to explain this to everyone after you've made such a scene?"
Lejur only wanted to help her avoid a disaster, but she didn't expect her to react like this.
He didn't want to explain further, so he simply remained silent.
Yongying was about to make a fuss when Yonghuang glared at her and warned her sternly, "Yongying, I advise you to know when to stop, or don't blame me for telling Father Emperor!"
The eldest prince was rarely so stern, and Yongying, still somewhat wary of him, smiled at Rongyu and said:
"Since someone else ate it for you, I won't pursue the matter any further."
After saying this, Yongying left first. Although Rongyu escaped punishment, she felt uneasy, as she felt that Lejuer's actions had made her lose credibility.
Yonghuang stepped forward to thank Lejuer on behalf of his sister, while Rongyu turned and walked away first, not wanting to say anything, heading back to the terrace to find her mother.
Upon learning that her daughter had hunted three game animals on her first try, Su Yushan was delighted and praised her, "It seems your father was right, you really do have a talent for hunting!"
Although she received praise from her mother, Rong Yu was not happy, so she told her mother what had just happened.
After hearing this, Su Yushan gently stroked her daughter's braids and said earnestly, "Lejur meant well, you shouldn't blame him."
"But if he does this, I'll be laughed at by everyone. Mother, you didn't hear? Yongying said that Lejur and I are family! It makes me so angry!"
She understood her daughter's feelings, but generalizations shouldn't be made.
“You need to be honest with some things, but Yongying is obviously playing you. You don’t need to keep your word with this kind of person. Avoid him if you can. Lejur was trying to help you, so you shouldn’t have been so mean to him.”
After her mother said that, Rong Yu couldn't help but start to reflect on herself, wondering if she had really done something wrong...
Feeling guilty towards Lejuer because of her daughter's bad attitude, Su Yushan decided to personally cook soup and have her daughter deliver it to Lejuer as a way of expressing her gratitude.
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