Su Ruanruan suddenly grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it hard on the ground, shards flying everywhere.
She glared at the woman in front of her, her eyes flashing with anger. "Shut up! You don't deserve to be a mother! Knowing full well that your own daughter is living a miserable life in the far northwest, you can still so coldly and heartlessly abandon her."
Su Ruanruan straightened her body, her voice becoming increasingly sharp, "From the moment you chose to ignore her and let her fend for herself, you ceased to be her mother, and became her enemy!"
Her smile turned ferocious and maniacal. "Princess Jingyi, Princess Rui, enjoy your precious mother-daughter time."
After all, there aren't many left.
Su Ruanruan ignored the two men, opened the door to the private room, and strode away. She left behind only the mess, the two shocked individuals, and the slowly closing door.
Time flies like an arrow, passing by in a flash.
In May, spring is not yet over, and summer is just beginning.
The men sent by Emperor Shun returned empty-handed, failing to find the bodies of Chu Ran and his guards at the cliff and riverbed.
However, the truth is that Su Ruanruan had already abandoned Chu Ran, whom she had stored in her spatial dimension, in a mass grave, leaving him to be devoured by wild dogs.
As for the Black-Faced Goddess, she took pity on him and made sure he was properly buried in a feng shui treasure land, with his name engraved on the tombstone.
...
A shocking event also occurred in the capital: Prince Rui's unauthorized manufacture of dragon robes was exposed, and the truth came out!
Although Prince Rui cried out that he was innocent, no one believed him.
In his fury, Emperor Shun not only ordered the execution of Consort De, but also demoted Prince Rui to a commoner and imprisoned him and Su Qingyu in his residence for life.
Because it was impossible to determine whether Prince Rui was his own flesh and blood, Emperor Shun spared his life for the time being.
However, Emperor Shun showed no leniency towards Consort De, who dared to have an affair with Prince Zhennan, and Prince Zhennan himself, who secretly raised a private army, catching him off guard.
Following the clues from Prince Rui, the matter of Prince Zhennan secretly hoarding troops also came to light.
However, on the way back to the capital, the Prince of Zhennan was rescued by a mysterious person and has been missing ever since.
After this shocking news spread throughout the capital, the entire court was thrown into a panic and a state of unease.
Those officials who chose the wrong side are now filled with regret. If they could turn back time, they would never have made such a foolish choice again!
In just three days, some of these people resigned from their posts and others went to prison.
The once bustling princess's residence is now deserted and desolate, its former glory long gone.
However, Su Ruanruan didn't care about any of this.
As she listened to Ziwu's report, she felt increasingly anxious and uneasy.
Since the imperial examination, Su Ruanruan has drawn countless portraits of Mu Bai and dispatched special people to various parts of the country to search for Mu Bai's whereabouts.
However, the news that came through was that no one had ever seen the person in the painting. Even later, when she sent people to inquire in several neighboring countries, there was still no news of Mu Bai.
Mu Bai seemed to have vanished without a trace, as if he had completely disappeared from the world...
Recently, Su Ruanruan has been plagued by nightmares, often waking up in the middle of the night and finding it difficult to fall back asleep.
So she simply put on her coat, got up, and sat in the courtyard to quietly admire the moon hanging high in the night sky.
Finally, she went out and climbed the city wall alone, overlooking the entire capital city.
This place felt unfamiliar to her; she was about to leave, but didn't know when she would return.
Once, when she was still in the Northwest, she had hoped that she could stay in the capital with Mu Bai and spend the rest of her life together.
However, now that things have come to this, there is no one left in the capital she cares about.
She had only one thought in her mind: to find him, even if it was just to catch a glimpse of him from afar. As long as she knew he was safe and sound and living a happy life, that would be enough.
Before setting off, Su Ruanruan specially hosted a banquet at a restaurant, inviting Su Zhen and Su Tinghan to gather together.
Despite the incident involving Prince Rui, the two were not greatly affected.
Princess Jingyi suffered a heavy blow due to Su Qingyu's misfortune and was once again bedridden.
Su Tinghan looked at Su Ruanruan with a troubled expression and said softly, "Ruanruan, Mother's health is not as good as before. Could you... go and see her?" His tone was pleading.
However, Su Ruanruan's answer was unusually firm, even somewhat cold: "No, she was never my mother, whether she lives or dies has nothing to do with me."
Su Tinghan fell silent. He knew that his mother had indeed caused great harm to Ruan Ruan, and he had no right to ask Ruan Ruan to forgive her.
For a moment, the air seemed to freeze, and only silence filled the three of them.
The meal went fairly well, but as they were parting, Su Zhen finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been lingering in his mind.
"Ruanruan, did you already know about Prince Rui and the others...?"
Su Ruanruan smiled and denied it, saying, "How could that be? I don't have such extraordinary abilities! It's all just a coincidence."
"I simply dislike Princess Jingyi, and I have no liking for Su Qingyu either. As for the divorce and severing of ties with her father, it was merely to spite them..."
(￣??) Acceleration, brief process, only 4 chapters left to finish.
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