"I did nothing wrong! She was the one who bullied Qingyu first!" Su Ruowu said angrily.
"I've already asked around. Qingyu was just trying to persuade her to give up the competition with the courtesan, but Su Ruanruan bullied her!"
"She's gone too far."
Su Tinghan said, "Why are you so hostile towards Ruan Ruan? No matter the reason, you shouldn't have attacked her! Have you considered that if that dog hadn't pounced on her, that knife might have killed Ruan Ruan!"
Su Ruowu retorted, "Anyway... I just can't let anyone bully Qingyu. She's my only sister, and I only recognize her."
"You ignorant brat, I'll teach you a lesson!" Su Zhen was so angry that he trembled all over, veins bulging on his forehead, and his eyes were wide open as if they were about to spit fire.
He raised his right hand in a fit of rage, ready to lash out at the disobedient son before him.
Seeing this, Su Tinghan quickly stepped forward to support his angry father and comforted him, "Father, please calm down. The doctor said that you are not fully recovered and you must not get angry and harm your health. I will take you back to your room to rest first. As for your brother... let him kneel here and reflect on his mistakes for one night. After dawn tomorrow, Father can decide how to punish him."
Hearing Su Tinghan's advice, Su Zhen's anger subsided slightly, but he was still furious. He angrily threw down the stick in his hand and said irritably, "Hmph, you better keep a close eye on him, don't let him get away!"
After saying this, Su Zhen turned and left with Su Tinghan's help, leaving Su Ruowu kneeling on the cold floor.
...
In the stillness of the night, all was quiet, and the entire Su family mansion was enveloped in tranquility. A figure quietly appeared at the entrance of the Su family ancestral hall. The person was dressed in a simple dress, carrying a small and exquisite food box in their hand, and tightly clutching a thick and warm cloak in their arms.
This person was Xiao Cui, a maid in the Su family. She came here on Su Qingyu's behalf to bring some food and warm clothes to Su Ruowu, who was being punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall.
"Second Young Master, this is some food and warm clothes that the Princess asked me to bring you," Xiao Cui said softly.
As he spoke, he placed the food box on the ground, then opened the lid and took out several plates of snacks and a bowl of hot porridge.
At this moment, the ancestral hall was bitterly cold, and Su Ruowu was already shivering. He had originally thought that he was destined to spend the night in hunger and cold, but he never expected that his kind and considerate sister would send someone to bring him warmth and care.
"My sister is still the best to me. How is Qingyu now? Is she hurt?"
Xiao Cui, who was standing to the side, lowered her head and replied, "The princess was severely humiliated by the county princess today, and she was frightened. After returning to her courtyard, she kept crying. She only fell asleep when I came out."
"That vicious woman, she actually tortured Qingyu like this! I really don't know what's so good about her, that Father and my elder brother would still side with her." Su Ruowu cursed indignantly.
Two flowers bloom, each representing a different branch.
Aunt Liu pinched Su Zhiping's ear and said sternly, "I don't care if you like to tease cats and dogs or play with crickets. But you are absolutely not allowed to interfere in the affairs between Su Ruanruan and Su Qingyu, and you are not allowed to provoke them."
“Auntie, I think Ruan Ruan is a very nice person, why can’t I go and play with her?” Su Zhiping asked with a wronged expression.
His aunt gently released his hand, slowly sat down to one side, and said earnestly, "Child, listen to your aunt's advice. Would I ever harm you?"
"Su Qingyu is not the same as before. She has become the future Princess Consort of Rui. Since the princess insists on marrying her to Prince Rui, it means that the Duke's Mansion has clearly sided with Prince Rui. If the princess also provides full support in the future, then Su Qingyu will probably be even more untouchable."
"I know you've disliked her since you were little, but you must not offend her because of Su Ruanruan."
Hearing this, he looked at his aunt with a face full of doubt and asked in bewilderment, "Aunt, you weren't like this before, why do you seem like a different person now?"
Aunt Liu gently touched the hairpin in her hair and sighed helplessly, "Alas, I've come to understand many things over this period of time. Now I have no other wish but for you to live a peaceful and smooth life. In the past, I always overthought things, which only made me worry and unable to eat or sleep."
"After learning that the princess had so heartlessly abandoned her own flesh and blood and left him to his fate in the remote and desolate northwest, I suddenly understood!"
She gently reached out and stroked the hair on her son's head, her eyes filled with maternal love. "Ping'er, your aunt doesn't want to fight for anything anymore. I only hope that you will live a peaceful life, get married and have children soon, and live a good life."
Hearing this, he looked up at his aunt and suddenly asked, "Aunt, if Ruan Ruan were your biological daughter, would you make such a cruel decision like the princess?"
Aunt Liu was silent for a moment, then smiled slightly, "Perhaps I will ask your father to write a letter of divorce, so that we can leave the Su family and live an ordinary life together. Even if she really is a jinx, she will have nothing to do with the Su family anymore."
The next morning, sunlight streamed into the room through the window, and Su Ruanruan woke up a little later than usual.
When she entered the yard, she found Bai Ruan quietly lying in the corner, waiting for her. She hurried over to check its injuries and changed its dressing.
During the dressing change, Bai Ruan was very well-behaved and cooperative, even rubbing its little head against Su Ruanruan from time to time to show affection. Although its leg injury made it difficult for it to move, its spirits were very high, and it kept circling around Su Ruanruan, sniffing her.
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