"Interesting! Interesting!" A hearty laugh broke the silence of the banquet hall. The Prince of Yueyang clapped his hands and laughed heartily as if no one was around, causing Su Xinrong in the room to look back frequently.

"I am sorry to present my humble service to you." After Su Xinrong finished the last move, she slowly stood up and bowed gracefully, then lowered her head in the direction of the prince.

"Okay! Little Xizi reward!"

Su Xinrong raised her head happily when she heard that, and met Xiao Heng's playful smile. She seemed unable to see the deeper meaning in it, and happily thanked the emperor for his grace.

But apart from the gold, silver and jade, Xiao Heng didn't say anything else. Su Xinrong was ready to say a few more words, but Su's mother didn't want to see her embarrassed anymore, "Xinrong, come back!"

Hearing Su's mother's slightly reproachful tone, Su Xinrong curled her lips impatiently. Su Minglang looked up and saw that her grandfather and father had different expressions. She was about to lower her head when she heard a barely perceptible chuckle. She looked in the direction of the laughter and saw Li Zhao raising his glass to gesture to her.

"Alas!" Su Minglang sighed helplessly. Today the Su family really lost all their face and dignity, but the person who caused all this is still unaware of it. It's ridiculous.

Su Minglang thought about it and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After this episode, everyone's spirits became even higher, and they all mentioned the drinking game that Xiao Heng had mentioned before. The Queen never participated in such activities, so she withdrew on the pretext of feeling unwell.

Seeing that the queen had left, Su Minglang felt it would be boring for her to stay on and so she asked for her resignation from Xiao Heng. Xiao Heng just thought that she was unhappy about the Su family's behavior, so he generously allowed her to go back and rest without asking any questions.

Before leaving, Su Minglang inadvertently met Concubine Shu's eyes. The other party rarely showed some sympathy for him. Su Minglang could only nod slightly, and only breathed a sigh of relief after he walked out the door.

What happened today really pissed Xiao Ye off. As soon as she stepped out of the banquet hall, she couldn't stop cursing, "What on earth did Su Xinrong want to do? She has no sense of duty as a lady from a noble family. She made such a fool of herself at the banquet today. Not only did she lose face, she also lost face for you!"

"I really don't know why the old man brought her here. She is obviously just a daughter of a side branch!"

"Okay, leave her alone." Su Minglang waved his hands helplessly. "Anyway, if anyone wants to say it's embarrassing, they will just say it's a disgrace to the Su family."

"What's more, if the girl from the Su family shows up in front of His Majesty, I don't know how happy the old man will be!"

"You mean?" Xiao Ye paused suddenly and looked at Su Minglang with disbelief. Seeing Su Minglang nod slightly, her heart was finally at peace.

"How could this be! How could the Su family do this to you! They, they!" Xiao Ye was so angry that he spoke incoherently.

Su Minglang shook his head and said indifferently: "They only care about the family's interests."

"Not to mention a woman like me who is not favored, even men are not worth mentioning in the interests of the Su family."

Su Minglang had seen through them long ago. There was no family affection in their hearts at all. Even if there was, it was only for the men who could carry on the Su family's bloodline. Women like them were just tools to consolidate their status.

Even her own mother, also a woman, could watch her daughter suffer humiliation and stand by and watch coldly. Don't ask, the answer is family comes first.

"Master..." Xiao Ye looked at Su Minglang worriedly. Su Minglang smiled at her without saying anything. The three of them quickened their pace and quickly returned to the house.

After telling Xiaoye and Nanxing not to worry, Su Minglang breathed a sigh of relief. Although she had already prepared herself, today's incident, especially her parents' behavior, still hurt her heart deeply.

How many people in this world don't desire family affection? Su Minglang is just an ordinary person, and he knows that he can't do anything even if he desires it.

The long night was dotted with a few scattered stars. The Wu Gou hung high in the sky, illuminating the flow of the Milky Way. Time passed slowly like an hourglass. Su Minglang lay on the bed, staring at the bed in a daze. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

When Xiao Ye woke up early in the morning and saw Su Minglang had already washed up and was sitting by the bed, he knew that she must have not slept all night. Moreover, the dark circles under her eyes could not be faked.

Nanxing was the last one to get up. She was heartless and didn't care about anything. Perhaps she was also desperate about her family, so she was used to this feeling.

"Find me a set of tight clothes." Su Minglang looked at the green skirt that Xiaoye handed over, shook his head and handed it back, "I promised the Queen that I would go riding today."

"I did bring a few pieces of tight clothes. Please let me look for them." Fortunately, Nanxing had prepared tight clothes in advance in case Su Minglang had the slightest chance of riding a horse, but they were just for insurance purposes, so no one knew where they were hidden.

Xiao Ye searched for a long time before he found a set of green tights from under the cupboard. Su Minglang tried it and found the size was just right. He put it on and put his hair up high. Looking at his back from a distance, he was afraid that people would misunderstand him as a handsome young man.

Xiao Ye looked at Su Minglang with great satisfaction, nodding as she looked, as if she was very satisfied with her own aesthetics. She stretched out her hand to help Su Minglang straighten her wrinkles and said, "If your Majesty's appearance is shown outside, I'm afraid it will be buried under the handkerchiefs and sachets of those young ladies."

"Nonsense!" Su Minglang yelled in anger and looked at herself in the bronze mirror. This dress was tight and fitted, much more suitable for riding than the complicated ruqun.

"Okay, let's do this. After breakfast, you can accompany me to try it first." Su Minglang turned around and asked the eunuch to serve the meal. He continued, "I haven't touched a horse for a long time. I don't know if I can still do it."

After all, the Su family is a family of military generals. The things they have the most are knives, forks, swords and halberds, and war horses. When Su Minglang was a child, she was often ignored, so she would take advantage of being alone to run to the stables in the backyard. After a while, she became familiar with the young horsemen who looked after her, and they started by persuading her to leave and later taught her how to ride.

Fortunately, Su Minglang was really not valued at that time. Her family paid less attention to her than whether the flower pots in the hall were arranged neatly. This made it convenient for Su Minglang to often go to the young waiter to play, and that was why she learned to ride a horse since she was a child.

Later, the person in charge of the stables was replaced. The person who looked after the horses was a big man who was acquainted with Mr. Su, so she rarely went to the stables.

Later on, I was forced to learn etiquette all the time and had no time to cultivate my own hobbies.

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