Chapter 185.1

Chapter 185.1

When Yaoniang heard her mention Master Su, she was stunned for a moment before realizing she was referring to her eldest brother.

Her brother wanted to see her?

She couldn’t help but glance at Jin Wang and Jin Wang turned to look at Fucheng. Fu Cheng lowered his head and pretended not to see Jin Wang’s gaze.

Jin Wang suddenly had the illusion that his closest servant was no longer obedient, so he could only open his mouth and say, “Why don’t you go take a look?”

This immediately made Yaoniang suspicious. She asked, “Did something happen?”

At this point, Fucheng finally couldn’t act like he couldn’t hear her. He hurriedly said with a smile on his face, “This old servant heard from the people below that Lancao’s family came to redeem her. This is why she went home, and a different maid replaced her. This servant isn’t sure but could it be because of this?”

“Lancao? My elder brother wouldn’t come to me for a maid, would he?” Yaoniang had a feeling that the name ‘Lancao’ was familiar, but she couldn’t remember where she had heard it.

With a completely serious face, Jin Wang said “I’m not sure either.”

Without knowing the specific situation, Yaoniang could only go to meet Su Yucheng and see what was going on.

She deliberately changed her clothes and brought only a single young maid with her.

Su Yucheng appeared very haggard and unshaven. His injury also didn’t seem to have fully healed yet. As soon as he saw Yaoniang, he wanted to stand up, but he lost his balance and fell back onto the seat.

“Brother, what’s the matter with you? Why are you walking around before your injury fully heals? Did something happen at home?”

Under Yaoniang’s gaze, Su Yucheng finally couldn’t hide it anymore, and said, “Brother has feelings for her. I want to marry her back to be your sister-in-law.”

Hearing the word “sister-in-law”, Yaoniang felt overwhelmed with an emotion she couldn’t name.

She thought of Zhu-shi and many of the other things that happened in the past. Now she was no longer the little girl who was ignorant of many things like she was back then. Now she understood the saying that the eldest sister-in-law is like a second mother. For families like the Su Family, whether they could marry a good eldest daughter-in-law depended on many, many things.

Yaoniang could see that Su Yucheng was likely sincere to Lancao, but Yaoniang herself had no impression of Lancao. This was because everything that happened to the Su Family back then was arranged by Jin Wang.

For a while, she remained silent as she decided what to say. She couldn’t decide on this matter because she needed to ask Jin Wang about his intentions first.

Su Yucheng felt a little guilty. “Sister, brother is sorry to have caused you trouble again.”

“His Highness happens to be here today, so I’ll go and beg him. I’m not sure if it can be done. Brother, you must know that His Highness needs to watch his image, and Lancao is only a maid after all.”

“Your brother understands. Your brother knows. I just... I...”

Seeing Su Yucheng like this, Yaoniang also felt very emotional, and hurriedly said: “Big brother, don’t worry. I’ll come back soon.”

She returned to Rongxi Courtyard. Jin Wang was still there waiting for Yaoniang.

He looked at Yaoniang. Yaoniang looked at him. The two looked at each other a few times, as Yaoniang hesitated about what to say.

In fact, what she had said to Su Yucheng just now was not a lie. She really wasn’t sure whether Jin Wang would agree to it. Now that she was promoted to Consort Jin, the Su Family was now naturally Jin Wang’s in-laws. Now, his older brother-in-law wants to marry a maid, who used to work in his household, as his wife. Almost everyone would protest at this.

With a particularly guilty conscience, Yaoniang recounted everything with an extremely courteous and flattering tone.