Will Not Give Up Easily
"What should I do?" Su Li shook her head, showing a hint of melancholy. "I don't know, it's up to him now."
Bai Lu nervously said, "W-will he..."
Su Li's expression relaxed a bit: "Probably not, Bai Lu, stop overthinking. Things will work out naturally in the end."
Bai Lu nodded but still looked worried.
After the Princess Mingyu incident, Xiao Zetian soon received secret reports and immediately rushed home.
"Why did Princess Mingyu suddenly come here looking for you?" Su Li told Xiao Zetian everything that had happened and then asked.
Xiao Zetian frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "It should be that Prince Ling instigated it, telling Princess Mingyu that I was seriously injured and bewitched by a woman. Being impulsive by nature, she definitely recklessly snuck out to find me after hearing that."
"Tsk, such a beautiful princess, noble in status, and quite infatuated with you," Su Li said sourly, glancing at Xiao Zetian.
Xiao Zetian smiled softly and came over, pulling Su Li into a hug. "Wife, do you know what I envy most about you?"
Su Li was puzzled and asked, "What do I have that would make General Xiao envious?"
Xiao Zetian, sly as a fox, quickly stole a kiss on Su Li's face: "What I envy most is that you have the most devoted and loving husband in the whole world!"
Su Li blushed instantly, spat, and feigned anger: "Smooth talker, always finding ways to flatter yourself!"
"Not flattering myself, it's the truth," Xiao Zetian said as he lifted Su Li onto his lap.
"What about your little princess? She came to intimidate me today; she’ll surely make more moves later," Su Li frowned. "Princess Mingyu is so worried about your injury that she came recklessly; she won’t stop until she sees you."
Sigh...
Xiao Zetian sighed, rubbing his forehead, feeling a headache. "After all, she is the Princess of Chu; the formalities must be observed. Currently, the relations between Jin and Chu are delicate. If anything goes wrong, it could spark war between the two countries. The people of Jin have endured years of war and need peace to recover. We can’t afford another conflict..."
Su Li's eyes darkened, and she sniffed. "I understand the bigger picture. If war breaks out, how many families will be torn apart, with wives and children separated?"
Xiao Zetian said, "For now, I’ll pretend I don’t know that she came to Qingmiao City and see what her next move is."
Su Li nodded, "That’s all we can do."
But in her heart, she was very uneasy. Such a spoiled and capricious princess, with a status far above Su Li’s, and with the matter involving the relations between two countries, was truly a tough problem...
The most luxurious inn in Qingmiao City, the top room of Tianzi Inn.
Princess Mingyu stormed into the room and smashed everything she could find to vent her anger, feeling somewhat relieved afterward.
Lv Luo trembled in fear, too scared of being beaten to advise, only daring to approach after Princess Mingyu regained some composure.
"Ignorant lowly village woman, not even recognizing a princess!" Princess Mingyu was so angry her stomach churned as she sat on the bed. Calming down a bit, she said to Lv Luo, "General Xiao is recuperating; I am very worried. Hmph, what right does that village woman have to care for General Xiao? I, as General Xiao’s fiancée, should be the one to care for him personally!"
"Yes, Princess is right," Lv Luo replied timidly.
"But just barging in like that would be too disgraceful," Princess Mingyu was truly conflicted. Having come once and been chased away as a fraud, she was unwilling to take the initiative again. After thinking, she came up with a clever plan and said to Lv Luo, "Send someone to General Xiao with a message that I suddenly fell seriously ill, and ask him to come visit quickly."
Lv Luo hurried out to deliver the message.
Princess Mingyu sat by the bed proudly, saying, "Hmph, a beauty as charming as me, lying here in all my glory, I don’t believe General Xiao, a vigorous man, can resist!"