C3 (1/2)
The room fell into silence again. Su Ruirui wanted to hug her again and miss the faint fragrance of her body that was like chrysanthemum.
Mu Rousang blocked it with her small hand. For a moment, Su Ruirui didn't know what she meant and asked: ”What do you want? Naturally, I have to bring you to the Duke's Mansion. ”
Her burning hot heart quickly sank into the ice with his answer. Mu Rousang's mind started to turn as well. How should I treat him? ”
”What gift you want!”
When Su Ruirui thought about how he had missed her even more after he returned, he did not want to keep her in the Shu City. He really wanted to grab her and bring her back to the Xiangyang to keep her by his side.
”If you divorce the Princess Xiangyang, please grant me the title of principal consort, and then go through the motions in three different ways. I'll agree to your request.” She asked without hesitation, ”Is it possible?”
Su Ruirui stared at her with narrowed eyes, he wanted to anger her but could not bring himself to get angry: ”Are you deliberately trying to anger me? Your elder brother is only raising child, both royal father and matriarch will not agree to it. ”
The matter at hand was too big, and with a single movement, even a strong and tyrannical person like Su Ruirui did not dare to act rashly.
Mu Rousang could no longer control herself, and retorted, ”So what if it is the raising child, my brother received the imperial edict, and directly entered the Office of the Crown Prince, I still have to thank you for that.”
She forced herself to calm down. Su Ruirui was an extremely dangerous and cold-hearted man, she shouldn't have lost heart to him. She didn't think that even if love came, it wouldn't stop it.
”I can't agree to this. I really want to ask you to be my wangfei, but now that you and I are husband and wife, given by my father, there's no possibility for you to request a rest as a prince.”
After all, this was a man who would never give up his wealth and power for a woman. She forcefully endured the pain in her heart and gently smiled as she asked, ”Then how many wives, concubines, and princesses do you have in your residence?”
Su Ruirui disdainfully lied, and then said honestly: ”The two of you, like Madam, four concubines, Wang Ji, the concubine, and the lowly concubine have never counted. These were all bestowed by royal father and matriarch, the elders did not dare to say anything.
The words ”elders grant but do not dare to say anything” had ruthlessly torn apart Mu Rousang's burning heart. Was this a difficult situation in his eyes?
Even though her eyes were filled with the tears of watery eye, she endured it. She stubbornly lifted her head and smiled sweetly: ”Then what can you promise me?”
”Sang'er, as the prince, I have a lot of responsibilities. Not only can a single sentence solve this, you don't have to be so willful, even the prince can't do as he pleases, and most of all, you have to be cruel to yourself. Also, when your brother has a future, I will find an opportunity to raise your position.”
Every woman that came into the palace was a move, and he could not do anything to any of them, even if it was just a concubine. This was the sorrow of a prince; some things were destined to be requests but could not be obtained.
Maybe Su Ruirui did not understand how important this relationship was to him, but he knew one thing, when he was acquainted with Mu Rousang, she had never asked him for anything, nor did he use the name of the Duke Palaces' savior to attract attention.
I just want to put her in my pocket and put her on my chest …
Mu Rousang shook her head and gave a sad and beautiful smile. There were some things that were hard to force, so she stood up and bowed to Su Ruirui.
He hurriedly stood up to support her, and said angrily: ”Why do you have to pinch like this, why do you have to choke with me …”
Taking the opportunity while Su Ruirui was caught off guard, Mu Rousang extended his hand and pressed on her acupoint.
Her small, pale lips that she bit tightly were quickly dyed in a pink color, she was as beautiful as a cherry blossom. The only thing that came out of her mouth was the words that made Su Ruirui fall in love with her, but at the same time, his heart sank to the bottom of a cold valley.
”Sorry, I can't promise you that. Su Ruirui, let's part ways here. We won't meet again for the rest of our lives.”
Su Ruirui would never understand the difference between their thoughts. His clear and melodious voice seemed to contain the determination and helplessness to cut people's hearts.
The tears that she shed burned the back of Su Ruirui's hand, silently soaking into his skin, condensing into a cinnabar mole that rested on his heart, every single night causing him to be unable to sleep, only feeling pain in his chest, as though someone had dug out his liver.
Mu Rousang took out the purple jade pendant that was placed next to his body and placed it in Su Ruirui's palm. The jade pendant that was still warm to her body quickly gave birth to an indescribable feeling in his heart, but she could only stare at Mu Rousang.
She smiled sadly, ”This jade pendant is back to you. I only saved you because of my kindness, but this cannot become the reason for you wanting me to enter the Duke's Mansion. Also, you will be able to move in two hours. ”
After saying that, he no longer looked at Su Ruirui who could speak, but instead, had a struggling and furious expression.
Mu Rousang's heart felt as though it was stabbed by a knife, but she endured it. She dried her tears with the handkerchief and looked at Su Ruirui.
When he came out, Eunuch Fan was waiting by the door. Mu Rousang lowered his head slightly, looked around, and laughed: ”Prince is a little drunk, he said that he wants to take a nap. You can go in two hours later to wake him up.”
”Thank you, young lady. This servant will accompany you downstairs.”
Eunuch Fan said carefully, but there was some doubt in his heart that Mu Rousang's voice seemed to be a little different from usual.
Mu Rousang knew that he was probing, and indeed, a person with some kind of servant by their side. She really missed the warm Yang Zixuan and Xiao Tong, who had a gut opening.
PS:
Being close to Su Ruirui was too selfish, and was shallow but also sad. It was only because in that kind of environment, he grew up within the imperial palace, and probably felt that it was natural for him to be involved in the matters of males, females, and concubines. That was why Mu Rousang was unable to accept it and chose to part ways with him.
Although Zuo Ren Xian grumbled a little, he was very happy that his little cousin had returned safely.
”It's my cousin's fault. Why are you two at this side door?”
It was only then that Mu Rousang remembered that she returned late. Logically speaking, Mu Jinzhi should have already returned to her room.
”little cousin, you haven't returned. Elder Cousin Jin isn't willing to return to her room, and she's also afraid of alerting Grandmother … … If the old woman isn't happy, she'll stay in the west corner's room and roast the fire. We two cousin brothers naturally have to accompany her.”
Zuo Ren Xian had never been able to say anything in front of Mu Rousang, and furthermore, he was very worried about this little cousin who had a common interests.
”I can't do that. It's all my fault. I've implicated the few of you to stay by the door and eat the cold wind.”
She then asked her two cousins who were with her, just as Zuo Renwen happened to come over: ”They already secretly sent someone back to the room first.”
He then handed over the cape to Mu Jinzhi and smiled: ”It's good that you have returned safely. Today, there are too many people and it's very crowded, the servants are just a blur, and you're gone. Just as I was sending people to search for you, the King of Xiangyang sent someone over, and said that you were lost on the street, and invited us to enjoy the lanterns.”
Mu Rousang had already heard the truth from the Eunuch Fan a long time ago, but she could only smile and feel extremely guilty.
Mu Jinzhi naturally understood her thoughts, and laughed: ”Didn't little sister have the Osmanthus Dew? Big Cousin loves this item very much, so you should send it tomorrow when you pick it up as an apology to Big Cousin, scaring him so much that he would have to bear it together with you. ”
”Big brother's words are reasonable.”
Since Mu Rousang had gone, the rest of the older brothers were worried as well. Fortunately Mu Jinzhi had said that Mu Rousang would be fine later on, so her hands and feet were pretty good.
”Big Cousin, how about I send someone to your study room tomorrow? You can take it and send it to the Big Cousin. ”
”Amazing, wonderful, wonderful. Brother, little cousin is truly intelligent, you can make me happy now by offering flowers to the Buddha. When that happens, can you ask the elder sister-in-law to make more osmanthus cakes for me?”