After being abandoned, Tofu Xishi broke off the relationship

"I'm not wrong. It was obviously her who bullied Qingyu first!" Su Ruowu said angrily.

"I've asked someone. Qingyu was just trying to persuade her to give up the competition with the oiran, but Su Ruanruan bullied her!"

"She's really going too far."

Su Tinghan, "Why are you so hostile to Ruanruan? No matter what the reason is, you shouldn't have attacked her! Have you ever thought that if there hadn't been that dog that jumped out, that knife might have taken Ruanruan's life!"

Su Ruowu stiffened his neck, "Anyway... I just can't let others bully Qingyu. She is my only sister, and I only recognize her."

"You ignorant little bastard, I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Su Zhen was so angry that he was shaking all over, veins popped out on his forehead, and his eyes were wide open as if they were going to spit fire.

He raised his right hand in anger, ready to beat the disobedient son in front of him.

Su Tinghan, who was standing by, saw this and hurried forward to support his angry father, saying, "Father, calm down. The doctor said that you are not fully recovered yet, so you must not get angry and hurt yourself. 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. It won't be too late for father to decide how to punish him tomorrow morning."

After hearing Su Tinghan's advice, Su Zhen's anger subsided a little, but he was still angry. He angrily threw down the stick in his hand and said unhappily, "Humph, you better keep an eye on him, don't let him run away!"

After saying that, Su Zhen turned around and left with the support of Su Tinghan, leaving Su Ruowu kneeling on the cold floor.

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In the dead of night, everything was silent, and the entire Su Mansion fell into peace. A figure quietly appeared at the door of the Su Family Ancestral Hall. The person was wearing a plain dress, holding a small and exquisite food box in his hand, and holding a thick and warm cloak tightly in his arms.

This person was none other than Xiao Cui, a maid in the Su Mansion. She came here at the request of Su Qingyu, specifically to deliver some food and warm clothes to Su Ruowu who was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall.

"Second Young Master, these are the food and warm clothes that the princess asked me to bring you." Xiao Cui said softly.

As he spoke, he put the food box on the ground, opened the lid, and took out a few plates of snacks and a bowl of hot porridge.

At this moment, the ancestral hall was freezing cold, and Su Ruowu was already shivering from the cold. He originally thought that he was destined to spend the night in hunger and cold, but he did not expect that his kind and considerate sister would send someone to bring him warmth and care.

"Sister is still good to me. How is Qingyu now? Is he injured?"

Xiao Cui, who was standing by, lowered her head and replied, "The princess was severely pressed to the ground and bullied by the county lady today. She was frightened. After returning to the yard, she kept crying. She fell asleep when I came out."

"This vicious woman actually tortured Qingyu like this! I really don't know what's so good about her that my father and elder brother would favor her." Su Ruowu cursed indignantly.

Two flowers bloom, one on each side

Aunt Liu twisted Su Zhiping's ear and said sternly, "I don't care whether you like to mess with cats and dogs or play with crickets. I don't care about these. But you are absolutely not allowed to interfere in the affairs between Su Ruanruan and Su Qingyu, and you are not allowed to mess with them."

"Aunt, I think Sister Ruanruan is a very nice person. Why can't I go and play with her?" Su Zhiping asked back with a look of grievance.

The aunt gently let go of his hand, slowly sat aside, and said earnestly, "Child, listen to your advice. Would I harm you?"

"Su Qingyu is different now. She has become the future Princess Rui. Since the princess insists on marrying her to the King Rui, it means that the Duke's Mansion has clearly stood on the side of the King Rui. If the princess is backed by her and fully supports her in the future, Su Qingyu will probably be even more difficult to deal with."

"I know you have disliked her since you were a child, but you must not offend her because of Su Ruanruan."

Hearing this, he looked at his aunt with a puzzled look on his face and asked in confusion, "Aunt, you were not like this in the past, why do you seem to have become a different person now?"

Aunt Liu reached out and gently stroked the hairpin on her head, sighing helplessly, "Ah, I have figured out a lot of things during this period of time. Now I have nothing else to ask for, I just hope that you can live a safe and smooth life. In the past, I always worried too much, which made me worried and unable to sleep or eat."

"After learning that the princess had been so cruel to abandon her own flesh and blood and left him to his fate in the remote and desolate northwest region, I suddenly understood!"

She gently reached out her hand and stroked her son's hair, her eyes full of maternal love, "Ping'er, Auntie doesn't want to fight for anything anymore. I just hope you will be safe throughout your life, get married and have children soon, and live your life well."

Hearing this, he looked up at his aunt and suddenly asked, "Aunt, if Ruanruan was 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 to release my concubine, and leave the Su family from now on, and take her to live an ordinary life. Even if she is really a disaster star, she has nothing to do with the Su family."

The next morning, sunlight poured into the room through the window, and Su Runruan got up a little later than usual.

When she walked into the yard, she found that Bairuan was lying quietly in the corner waiting for her. She hurried over to check its injuries and changed the medicine.

During the dressing change, Bairuan was very well-behaved and even rubbed Suruan with his little head from time to time to show affection. Although it had a leg injury and was unable to move, it was in a very good mental state and kept circling around Suruan and sniffing.

Su Ruanruan didn't know that she had become famous in one battle. There must be witnesses to what happened last night, but everyone was too scared to step forward and didn't hear the whole story. However, it was an ironclad fact that they saw Su Ruanruan suppressing Su Qingyu.

Ruanruan stayed in the study, and Ziwu told her that Baiyun came to see her and was standing at the gate.

Su Ruanruan declined politely, "Let her go back and tell her I'm fine."

Ziwu had just sent Baiyun away when she came back to report in a distressed tone, "Master, Duke Su is here with two young masters."

"No!" Su Ruanruan said firmly.

She sat upright on a chair, with a piece of rice paper spread on the desk in front of her. She raised her head slightly, closed her eyes, and carefully recalled the things she had experienced recently - from the moment she encountered Emperor Shun's carriage, to what she saw, heard, and felt at the palace banquet...

After a long time, she suddenly opened her eyes and quickly wrote a series of names and intricate relationships on the rice paper. These lines intertwined and reflected clearly in Su Ruanruan's dark eyes.

There was shock, confusion...all kinds of complex emotions intertwined.

"Master, His Majesty summons you to the palace." Zi Wu's voice reported softly from the door.

Su Ruanruan silently looked at the paper in her hand. The words on it seemed to be still jumping, but she threw it into the brazier without hesitation and watched the paper being gradually devoured by the raging flames.

Su Ruanruan sat in front of the bronze mirror. Ziwu walked behind her and gently combed her long, silky hair. At the same time, she showed a trace of worry, "I think what happened last night has been reported to the palace. His Majesty is probably summoning me to question me."

"Should the master tell us everything about the jade pendant? After all, this incident was entirely instigated by Su Qingyu." Zi Wu continued.

However, Su Ruanruan just smiled and said, "The clues I have cannot be regarded as conclusive evidence. After a night, those who are related to this matter may have disappeared without a trace."

Zi Wu couldn't help but feel a pity, "Then don't we have to just swallow our anger and suffer in vain? It's really infuriating!"

Su Ruanruan slowly raised her head and looked out the window at the distant sky, thinking, "The higher you stand, the farther you can see. The higher you stand, the more you can fall and be smashed to pieces."

She closed her eyes slightly, with a barely perceptible smile on her lips, "On the contrary, I can't wait for her to marry into the Rui Palace as soon as possible."

Zi Wu looked at Su Ruanruan in confusion, obviously unable to understand the deeper meaning of her master's words.

Su Ruanruan just smiled faintly and didn't explain much. She knew in her heart that some things didn't need to be said, and she could only wait for time to slowly reveal the answer.

Royal Palace

Su Ruanruan never dreamed that the place where Emperor Shun would meet her would be in Concubine De's bedroom.

When she arrived, she was surprised to find that not only Concubine De and Emperor Shun were present, but also Prince Rui was among them.

In an instant, Su Ruanruan understood in her heart that this was clearly a Hongmen Banquet! One wanted to vent his anger for his wife, the other wanted to support his daughter-in-law, and the remaining one wanted to take this opportunity to give himself a good beating.

Su Ruanruan took a deep breath, bowed respectfully, and then slowly stood up. However, at this moment, a teacup suddenly hit her.

Fortunately, Su Ruanruan reacted quickly and dodged the attack with agility. The cup filled with boiling hot tea fell heavily to the ground, fragments splattered, and the hot tea spilled.

Seeing this, Concubine De was so angry that her face turned blue. She slammed the table, stood up and shouted angrily, "You bold Su Ruanruan, how dare you dodge!"

Facing the questioning of Concubine De, Su Ruanruan showed no fear. Instead, she calmly examined the three people in the seats above one by one, and then responded slowly, "May I ask your Majesty, if you were in my position and encountered the same situation, would you be able to remain as steady as a mountain and not move at all? I'm afraid you can't do it."

"What a sharp-tongued Su Ruanruan, not only do you not repent, but you are also so arrogant and rude! Yesterday, you bullied Qingyu and you have not yet finished, and today you have no intention of repenting, you are simply lawless!"

"Your Majesty, please be wise. If this evil woman is not severely punished, it may be difficult to convince the people!" Concubine De continued to fan the flames.

Defei grabbed Emperor Shun's hand and said coquettishly. Emperor Shun glanced at Su Ruanruan calmly, broke away from Defei's hand, took the teacup from the eunuch next to him, and drank a few sips of tea silently.

Su Ruanruan looked at this scene, her expression slightly changed.

"Su Ruanruan, what do you want to say?"

On the other side, Huo Yan, Niu Mang and Jin Yu rode their horses to the camp outside Beijing.

Jin Yu asked, "Brother, did you go to the palace early in the morning?"

Huo Yan: "Yes, go see my aunt."

Niu Mang, "I thought that big brother came to the palace for some important matter."