The prince stepped on me to get to the top, I angrily flirted with the enemy's hostage

Su Rou nodded obediently, "Okay, then I'll pack up and go find Shen Yao."

Su Feng watched Su Rou turn around and prepare to go out, and suddenly called her, "Wait, when you go, call Miss Yuan along as well."

Su Rou hesitated for a moment and said, "Yuan Wen must be busy. Shang Jiu is always with her lately."

Su Feng was stunned for a moment, "Shang Jiu?"

He remembered that before, Shang Jiu seemed to be very interested in Yuan Wen's affairs.

These two people...

Su Feng said, "No problem, call her over. If Shang Jiu is clinging too tightly, ask him to come over too."

Su Rou nodded obediently.

When she went to Yuan's house, Yuan Wen was sitting there having a meal, and Shang Jiu was half squatting beside the table, as if he wanted Yuan Wen to follow him somewhere.

"Miss, Miss Su is here."

Yuan Wen raised his eyes, and Shang Jiu said unhappily, "What are you doing here? Don't bother her for no reason."

Su Rou said, "If you can't speak properly, I will pull out your tongue with my own hands."

"You dare! If you have the guts, then go ahead and dig it up. Let's see if Su Wan will finally kneel down at my feet and beg me to spare your life."

"Pah" Yuan Wen put down his chopsticks, "You're really getting in the way by staying here, leave quickly."

Shang Jiu turned his head and looked at Yuan Wen, "Just promise me that I won't bother with her."

The maidservant beside Yuan Wen was also very clever. She stood up and said to Shang Jiu, "My young lady has just rejected you. Master Shang should leave quickly."

Shang Jiu couldn't continue to pester her, so he had to stand up and said, "I'll go back first and come find you later."

When Shang Jiu passed by Su Rou, he glared at her fiercely.

Su Rou sat down opposite Yuan Wen and said, "The Shen family sent the betrothal gifts today, and my second brother asked me to come and get you."

Yuan Wen said, "Is there anything wrong with the betrothal gift sent by the Shen family?"

Su Rou shook her head. "There's nothing wrong with that. It's just that my father is reluctant to marry me off. He says that he thinks the Shen family isn't sincere enough."

"Tsk" Yuan Wen sneered.

Su Rou looked at Yuan Wen with a puzzled expression.

Yuan Wen said, "General Su is just reluctant to part with you, how can he dislike the Shen family's sincerity?"

Su Rou said, "According to custom, shouldn't the elders of both the man and the woman sit together to decide on the date, and then the man's side will send the betrothal gifts?"

Yuan Wen said, "That's right. The Shen family is a bit perfunctory with you. Well, I'll go with you to take a look."

Yuan Wen asked someone to prepare the horse, and Su Rou said, "I still have to go to the Shen family. You can go there first."

Yuan Wen said, "Okay then."

The Yuan family's carriage was driving on the street. It was bustling outside, but Yuan Wen's expression became solemn as he looked at the hustle and bustle on the street.

Yuan Wenfu had clearly received the order, but had not yet returned to see her, which showed that he had basically begun to rebel.

Yuan Wen sighed, his face full of sadness.

When Su Rou arrived at the Shen family, the servant at the door welcomed her in with a smile.

"Young lady, why didn't you send someone to inform us in advance when you came here today?"

Su Rou said, "I came to see Shen Yao, why did you send someone to meet me in advance?"

Su Rou's question immediately silenced the other party.

"Actually, the one who wants to see you today is my master. After all, General Su has returned all the betrothal gifts we sent. I thought you came here to give our master an explanation."

Su Rou said, "You were the ones who made the mistake regarding the betrothal gift, so I have nothing to explain."

The servant was so choked by her that he couldn't utter a word.

The people in the Shen family did not dare to target her. After all, the things Su Rou had done before were very scary.

The servant took her directly to find the elders of the Shen family.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Su Rou sat down on the chair next to her.

"My second brother wants to invite Shen Yao to my house. Where is Shen Yao?"

Su Rou was a little impatient.

She had just said this to the servants on the way here.

No matter what, when the Shen family was in the North, it was still the Marquis of Xiguang. But after moving to the South, they were not even as well off as before.

It is normal for southerners to be united against foreign invaders and exclude outsiders.

But... the Shen family joined in the rebellion and treason, just for such a result?

Don’t they regret it?

"The youngest has gone to the palace. If you want to find him, you can only wait for him to come back."

Su Rou said, "Then I'll wait for him for a while."

There were not many people in the room. Including Su Rou, there were only five people in total. The remaining four were all elders of the Shen family.

They are already this old, and Su Rou doesn't want to make things difficult for them.

Just these two simple questions, and the room fell into silence.

The people in the Shen family wanted to say something to Su Rou, but they didn't dare to speak, for fear that their words would make her unhappy and she would directly lift the eaves of the Shen family's roof.

As for Su Rou who was sitting next to them, she felt that she had nothing to say to them.

After a while, someone took the initiative to talk to her, "General Su, do you feel that the betrothal gifts we prepared today are not sincere enough?"

Su Rou replied, "No, it's probably just that my father is a little unhappy because you didn't go to see him in person."

The Su family's style is that as long as I am unhappy, I don't care whether I offend you or not. The Shen family lived in the Northern Kingdom for so long, and they were colleagues in the court.

Nature is also clear about this.

One person explained, "It's not that we don't want to go, but we think it's unnecessary... We've already fulfilled our part of the deal you made with us. On the contrary, if it weren't for your marriage to the youngest brother, His Majesty would be wary of taking action against you, fearing it would stir up anger within the court or among the people, and you might not be able to live safely in the South."

Su Rou said, "We don't want to make things difficult for you, but for this marriage, we must give you everything we deserve. After three letters and six betrothal gifts, you can't even come to discuss the marriage. It's hard to believe how you will treat me after I marry you."

"My father, all I want is an attitude."

The room fell silent again.

"One more thing. The youngest son was born to a concubine, not a legitimate son. We have given you the proper etiquette you requested."

Su Rou frowned slightly. What they meant was that Shen Yao was not favored in the mansion, so the courtesy they gave her was only for the sake of the Su family's face...

"Miss Su, Lord Shen is back."

Su Rou looked outside the door and saw Shen Yao walking in.

When Shen Yao saw her, he walked in quickly, bowed to the four elders in the room, and then sat down next to her.

"Why are you here?"

Su Rou's words could choke someone to death. "What about you? Didn't the servants in your house tell you when they brought you in just now?"

Shen Yao could tell she was angry and softened his voice, "I did, but I didn't ask in detail. I wanted to come over and ask you."

Su Rou looked at Shen Yao who was so honest with her, and the anger in her heart subsided a lot for a moment.

Su Rou said, "My father was unhappy that you didn't discuss the marriage in person, so he returned the betrothal gifts. My second brother must be worried that my father would continue to be angry, so he asked you to go and discuss it with him."

Shen Yao turned and looked at the four elders sitting in the room.

He didn't say anything, but turned his head and looked at her. "Well, I'll explain this to General Su. I prepared the betrothal gifts. Are you dissatisfied with anything?"

Su Rou: “…”

Having said this much, how could Shen Yao still worry that she might not like the betrothal gifts?

She looked away, "Um...no."

Shen Yao said, "I just came down from the court. I'll change my clothes and go to Su Mansion with you. Please wait for me here for a while."

Su Rou watched Shen Yao say goodbye to his elders, then leave to change clothes.

"The youngest treats you well. Besides Su Wan, is there any other man in this world who can treat you better than the youngest?"

Su Rou said, "I know."

Shen Yao changed his clothes, came to her, and took her hand. "I prepared a little gift for you. I'll give it to you when we get to Su Mansion."

Su Rou suddenly stopped and said, "You don't have to do this."

Shen Yao turned around and looked at her, her expression reflected in his eyes. "I should do this. The person you are going to marry is me. My family may not like you, but I like you, which is enough."

Su Rou looked into his eyes, and a strange feeling welled up in her heart...

The person he was looking at was never himself.