Chapter 302 This seat will be occupied one day
Su Rui didn't know when the palace banquet ended, she only knew that Yun Ji came back late at night.
He did not light the lamp, but took off his coat skillfully, lay down beside Su Rui, and put his arms around her waist. The scent of sandalwood enveloped her, and Su Rui moved slightly.
"Did I wake you up?" Yun Ji asked.
"I didn't fall asleep either." Su Rui turned around and found a comfortable position in his arms as usual. She asked vaguely, "Is the palace banquet over?"
"Yeah." Yun Ji briefly told Su Rui what happened next.
There's nothing else to it, except that some parts of this play are clever and visible, while others are not.
They thought that Princess Dongyue had taken a fancy to Yun Ji, and that Yun Ji was going to move up a level and had a better chance than the Second Prince, who was already inferior to him, so many people began to think about currying favor with him.
Most of these are insignificant, and the rest are stupid and don't need to be taken seriously.
"I will return to Yanzhou early tomorrow morning."
"Your Highness really needs to stay away for a few days."
Su Rui understood that Rong Huan openly said at the palace banquet today that she wanted to marry Yun Ji. On the surface, it was a mutually beneficial thing, but it was contrary to the Lin family. Even though Yun Ji was popular among the people and even in the eyes of many officials he was much higher than the Second Prince, the Second Prince was still the emperor's only son and the first choice to succeed to the throne. If Yun Ji continued to stay in the capital and contact Rong Huan, he would easily be framed as ambitious and having other intentions.
Moreover, after Su Rui calmed down and thought carefully, Rong Huan's desire to marry Yun Ji might not be out of love. Even if it was, it was not completely out of love, otherwise she would not have said it in today's occasion. After all, Rong Huan was the Princess Regent, not the innocent little princess in the books.
If Yun Ji stays away for a few days, it will be easier to see what Rong Huan's purpose is.
"Be careful on your journey, I will miss you, Your Highness." Su Rui playfully drew circles on Yun Ji's chest with her fingers.
Yun Ji grabbed her hand and put it down, then hugged her and said, "You must be careful in the capital. If anything happens, send a message immediately. Don't bear it alone."
Su Rui nodded obediently.
The two of them slept in each other's arms, as if nothing had changed, but as if everything had changed, but no one mentioned it.
After Yun Ji went to Yanzhou, everything was completely restored.
Because Su Rui kicked the table at the palace banquet, the reception job was naturally offloaded. Su Rui was also happy to be free and concentrated on preparing the hundred-day banquet for the Gold and Silver Groups at home.
It's only two days away, but there are still many things that need to be prepared and verified, especially the invitations.
After all, Rong Huan personally proposed to form a marriage alliance with Yun Ji, and many people wanted to curry favor with Prince Yong's Mansion. They needed to carefully consider who to invite and who not to invite.
The ever-growing list gave Su Rui a headache, so she had to ask Yue Heyun, who was once Mrs. Pei and knew more about the intricate connections, grievances and hatreds between the various families in the capital than she did, to come and help.
Tang Yuli also joined in the fun and sat next to Liuli Xiaoru, playing paper cutting with her. Jintuan and Yintuan were sleeping soundly in their respective little beds. It was a harmonious scene.
"We have to invite the Song and Qian families, but they had some awkwardness over their youngsters' marriages before, so they should be separated. It would be nice if the Liu and Chen families could each accompany us."
Yue Heyun picked up her pen and started to revise the order of the seats. When she heard no response, she looked up and saw Su Rui still looking at the list, but her eyes were distracted.
"Concubine? What are you thinking about?"
"Rui Rui, you're distracted." Without waiting for Su Rui to answer, Tang Yuli, who was cutting paper, said it directly with an extremely serious expression.
Yue Heyun chuckled. Su Rui, who was exposed, was so embarrassed that she didn't know whether to be glad that Tang Yuli had recovered well, or to be distressed that she was too direct now. Her good habit of seeing through things but not saying anything was gone.
"Even our little Liliu has noticed it, Concubine, you are too absent-minded. Are you... worried?"
"What are you worried about?" Su Rui didn't understand what Yue Heyun meant by worry.
"You're worried that Prince Yong might fall in love with someone else. Princess Dongyue explicitly stated at the palace banquet that she wanted to be Prince Yong's consort. Since ancient times, it's been easy for a woman to pursue a man. Although Prince Yong is not in the capital, the princess hasn't been sitting still these past few days. She's sent him a lot of gifts, and now the whole city is buzzing with rumors. It's normal for you to be worried, but just sitting there doing nothing is a bit passive."
Now the whole Shengjing City knows that Rong Huan loves Yun Ji. Since Yun Ji returned to Yanzhou, although Rong Huan cannot go there in person, she sends him gifts every day. Even if they are only placed in the warehouse of the general's mansion for confiscation, in the eyes of outsiders, Princess Dongyue is pursuing him day by day. How many men can resist her?
Even Black Bodhisattva heard it. He stood up from the corner and walked to Su Rui, staring at her with his slightly blue eyes, as if saying: Come, tie the thing to me, and I will definitely deliver it to your master's arms.
Su Rui just smiled and said, "Why worry? If Princess Dongyue can become the prince's principal wife, it will be a good thing for both the prince and me. I actually hope that Princess Dongyue will make a bigger fuss, forcing the queen and the Lin family to stop her."
"Do you really think so?"
Is she really like that?
"Of course," Su Rui replied without hesitation. "I can't be the prince's principal wife. The position of principal wife will have to be filled sooner or later. Princess Dongyue is the best candidate right now and the one who can best assist the prince. Only when the prince is well, will I be well, and only then will the Gold and Silver Groups be well."
This is indeed the case.
Even though Su Rui is no longer the same as before, and those voices of ridicule and contempt are almost no longer heard, they are only on the surface. The fact that Su Rui was a military slave for five years, even if she was framed at the beginning, cannot be changed no matter how much she does now. No matter what, she can never become Yun Ji's wife.
This seat will indeed be occupied one day.
If you think more clearly, you will suffer less.
"You're just being stubborn." Tang Yuli uttered two more words, breaking the originally somewhat sad atmosphere.
Before the angry Su Rui could stuff cakes into her mouth, Luo E came in from outside and said, "Concubine, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Wu, requests an audience."
"Don't you have to entertain the princess? Why is Lord Wu still here?" Yue Heyun was puzzled and felt something was wrong. She immediately stood up and said, "I'll go with you."
Su Rui did not refuse. She asked Luo E to stay and sort out the list, and went to the front yard with Xiao Ru and Yue Heyun.
Lord Wu was already pacing back and forth in the main hall. After not seeing him for a few days, the dark circles under his eyes had deepened a lot, which showed that he had not had an easy time these days.
Hearing the noise, he turned around and saw that it was Su Rui. Lord Wu was like seeing a savior, and hurriedly came to greet her and said, "Concubine Su, I'm sorry to bother you. I just heard that the two young masters are going to hold a hundred-day banquet in two days. I shouldn't have come, but since I'm here, it would be inappropriate to go back now."
The words sounded better than the songs, but Su Rui didn't want to listen to these pleasantries. She just asked, "What's the matter, Master Wu? Just tell me directly."
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