"Your Highness, I greet you." Madam Su bowed, and Xiao Yanchu quickly helped her up, saying, "Madam Su, there's no need to stand on ceremony."
Madam Su stood up and gestured, "Your Highness, please sit down. Granny Deng will serve tea."
"Your Highness, there is not much good tea in the manor. Please forgive us."
Xiao Yanchu picked up the tea and took a sip. "A five-hundred-year-old Pu'er tea, its aroma is rich and its aftertaste is mellow and sweet. Madam Su is a connoisseur of tea."
"Your Highness, you flatter me." Madam Su said slowly, "I believe Your Highness can guess why I summoned you here today."
Xiao Yanchu put down his teacup and looked at Madam Su sincerely, "Madam, is this because of Ajin?"
“That’s right.” Madam Su nodded. “Your Highness knows that my Su family has been searching for Jin’er for so many years. It was not easy for her to return to my side. I don’t want her to suffer any more grievances.”
"Over the years, Jin'er has said that she has not suffered, but how could a girl who has not suffered since childhood without her parents by her side?"
At this point, Madam Su's nose tingled slightly. She took a few deep breaths to suppress the tears welling up in her eyes and continued speaking.
“Your Highness, I will be frank. Anyone with eyes can see that you have feelings for Jin’er. I also trust your character. Especially this time when Jin’er was poisoned, Your Highness risked your life to find the Shadow Grass for her. This is enough to show Your Highness’s feelings for Jin’er.”
"Your Highness should know that the men of our Su family do not take concubines, and our daughters will certainly not marry into the family as concubines. I would rather Jin'er marry an ordinary man than have someone share her husband. Our Su family does not care what others think; we only wish our children a happy life."
"Given your status as a prince, it is impossible for you to have only one wife. Rather than let Jin'er be heartbroken and saddened by competing with other women for a husband in the future, I would rather she wake up now and sever her relationship with the prince."
"Therefore, Your Highness, please stay away from Jin'er in the future. The threshold of the Regent's Palace is too high, and our Su family cannot afford it. Please forgive us, Your Highness."
After Madam Su finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Yanchu, waiting for his reply.
Xiao Yanchu saw in Madam Su's eyes a mother's fearlessness and strength in wanting to protect her daughter.
Ah Jin is so lucky to have such a mother.
Xiao Yanchu composed himself and looked at Madam Su with a solemn expression, saying:
“Madam Su, my love for A-Jin is as clear as the sun and moon, and will never change in this lifetime. If I cannot marry A-Jin, I would rather remain unmarried for the rest of my life. Madam Su, please rest assured, I, Xiao Yanchu, hereby swear that I will only marry Su Ruojin as my wife for the rest of my life, and will never take a concubine!”
Madam Su was stunned. She thought Xiao Yanchu would hesitate like other aristocratic families, or try to persuade her with some other excuse, or even use the power of the regent to force the Su family to submit.
I never expected that Xiao Yanchu would swear without hesitation to marry Jin'er alone for the rest of his life.
"Are you telling the truth?" Mrs. Su asked, somewhat incredulous.
Xiao Yanchu pointed three fingers of his right hand to the sky, "If I break this oath, may I be struck by lightning!"
This left Madam Su speechless for a moment.
"Very well! Then please remember your oath today, Regent. If you break it, I, Su Yunfeng, will never let you off the hook!" Su Yunfeng came out from the back room.
Xiao Yanchu showed no surprise at Su Yunfeng's appearance. He had noticed an extra teacup when he entered the room and guessed that there were other people in the room.
Besides General Su, there could be no one else who would be in Madam Su's room.
"Please rest assured, General Su and Madam Su, Xiao Yanchu will never betray Ajin in this life!" Xiao Yanchu bowed respectfully to the two elders. "Once the Empress's mourning period is over, my mother and I will definitely come to propose marriage. We hope that General Su and Madam Su will agree."
Su Ruojin was still guessing what her mother and Xiao Yanchu had talked about when Yanluo came to report that the madam had arrived.
"Mother, what brings you here?"
"Jin'er, let me ask you, what do you really think of Xiao Yanchu? Are you willing to marry into the Regent's Palace?" Madam Su asked with a smile.
Su Ruojin was taken aback, not expecting her mother to bring this up.
"Mother, don't you like Xiao Yanchu?" Su Ruojin asked somewhat nervously.
“You silly child, what do I care about liking or disliking? I only care about whether you like him or not. Xiao Yanchu is a good person, and there are no shady people in his household. He has also promised our parents that he will only marry you. But if you do not want to marry him, then I will refuse him and will never let you suffer.”
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