Rebirth on the wedding night, being doted on by the scumbag elder brother

He stood up and said in a cold voice: "Stop!"

Su Huan stopped and turned to face him. The two kept a certain distance between them and looked at each other.

"General Rong." Su Huan's voice was calm, without any emotional fluctuations in his expression.

Rong Mingxuan looked at Su Huan carefully, frowning, feeling an indescribable sense of oppression in his heart, as if a huge rock was pressing on his chest. His thoughts could not help but drift back to the scene that happened in the Duke's Mansion, when the Thirteenth Princess protected Su Huan behind her and defended him.

However, today, he was not bothered by personal grudges, but because Su Huan's behavior was puzzling. Why would he come to such a remote teahouse alone and meet with a foreigner with great martial arts skills?

Rong Mingxuan focused his eyes on the box in Su Huan's hand and asked coldly, "What's in your hand?"

Su Huan paused for a moment, then covered the wooden box with his hand, looked at the other person calmly and said, "This is just my personal belongings."

"Really?" Rong Mingxuan raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you get it from the middle-aged man?"

Su Huan's eyes slightly stern, his purple eyes slightly narrowed, looking directly at the other party, and responded indifferently: "Can General Rong check other people's things at will?"

"I suspect there is some unspeakable secret in this wooden box."

The confrontation between the two was like fire and water, neither of them giving in.

Rong Mingxuan's eyes were sharp, "Why, you don't dare to open it?"

Before the onlookers were ready to step forward to mediate, Su Huan gently placed the wooden box on the tea table and said, "This is the birthday gift I prepared for the eldest princess."

After the wooden box was opened, a pair of exquisite blue lotus and cloud pattern glass cups were revealed. The color was clear and transparent, and there were auspicious cloud patterns engraved on the cups, which looked extremely gorgeous and had a unique flavor when used to drink wine.

When Rong Mingxuan saw that it was a glass cup, his brows furrowed even more tightly. How could it be just a few cups? What was the purpose of the middle-aged man's strange behavior?

Su Huan looked up at Rong Mingxuan, his tone still calm: "Now, General Rong, do you still suspect that there is something wrong here?"

Rong Mingxuan stared blankly at the glass cup in his hand, shocked that the wooden box contained a birthday gift prepared for the princess, which looked extremely luxurious.

"Well, I have other important things to do, so I'll take my leave first." After saying that, he quickly left with the wooden box.

Su Huan left the teahouse with a heavy heart. He looked up and saw that the door of the upstairs private room was slightly open. The middle-aged man who had passed him on the street earlier was nodding to him slightly.

Su Huan quickened his pace and did not stop until he turned into an empty alley. He opened the wooden box and took out the glass cup.

Removing a wooden board from under the glass cup, he was surprised to find another partition with a folded letter hidden inside.

He picked up the letter with a serious expression.

……

At night, inside the Duke’s Mansion.

"What nonsense!" Rong He frowned and scolded harshly.

Rong Mingxuan stood straight, not daring to say anything. The news of his provoking Su Huan today had spread everywhere, and they had had a feud in the Duke's Mansion before, and now the storm was getting worse.

"What stupid thing did you do today?"

Rong He was very angry. As a general, he was making things difficult for a young talent in a family. If this got out, it would be a joke.

Although Rong Mingxuan was not convinced, he always felt that there was something hidden behind Su Huan, but today's events were a little strange.

"You are my most promising successor. You have followed me to learn since childhood. In the future, the position of general will belong to you." Rong He's tone was heavy. He had no children of his own, so he placed his hopes on Rong Mingxuan and treated him as his own son.

"I've caused so much trouble just after returning to the capital. What will other families think? If the emperor hears about it, what will he think..."

Rong Mingxuan bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "I know I was wrong."

"It's good that you know you're wrong. Don't be impulsive in the future. Stop thinking about targeting others, and think about how to gain the emperor's appreciation. Although the emperor appears to attach importance to the Duke's Mansion, but..." Rong He's expression became solemn. He knew that the emperor's thoughts were far more complicated than they seemed.

"Okay, it's getting late, go back and rest!"

Rong Mingxuan left the study after a scolding, but he was still unwilling in his heart. He believed that Su Huan was definitely not an ordinary person and might be involved in some secrets.

As night fell, a cool breeze blew past. Rong Mingxuan returned to his residence and was about to enter when he heard a sound of an arrow flying past him and deeply embedded in the pillar next to him.

He stared with eyes wide open in astonishment, and immediately looked vigilantly in the direction from which the arrow came. There was silence on the rooftop, and the assassin had obviously fled. The arrow was still trembling, showing that the archer had extraordinary skills and had obviously missed the target intentionally.

"Who is it?" Rong Mingxuan took a step forward, intending to pull out the arrow, but his hand stopped in mid-air. He recognized this arrow, it was obviously from the Duke's Mansion, and more importantly...

He suddenly thought of something, and his face changed suddenly. "Master." The follower rushed over and was also stunned when he saw the arrow on the pillar, "Master, this is..."

Rong Mingxuan narrowed his eyes slightly. He remembered that the servant reported that the bow and arrow that Ling'er had taken away before had disappeared, and the servants in the mansion said that they had never seen it.

And now, the mysterious man sent the arrow back, and this arrow was poisoned.

He realized that someone had discovered his secret of poisoning the arrows, and it had been found out that it was not Rong Wanling who did it, but someone else.

"Who on earth is it..." His expression turned serious.

Today is Princess Wei Yang’s birthday. A grand banquet is being held in the palace, and many princes and nobles are invited to attend.

As the emperor's elder sister, the eldest princess was highly respected. Even the emperor had to be courteous to her, which showed how powerful she was.

Whether they were ministers in the court or noble ladies, they all took great pains to select gifts, hoping to gain the favor of the eldest princess, because if they could gain her appreciation, it would undoubtedly help their future.

The Su family's carriage slowly drove into the palace. This time, Su Luoan did not refuse, but prepared to attend the banquet with a solemn expression.

Ye Yunzi sat upright in the carriage, her eyes calm, and her black pupils seemed to contain a myriad of thoughts.

"Miss, we're here." After a while, the carriage stopped and the maid Leng Xue reminded softly.

The curtain was lifted, and with the help of a maid, Ye Yunzi stepped down from the carriage. Looking up, she saw the towering city wall standing before her.

Recalling the past, she once entered the palace as Mrs. Shen Yuming, but now everything is different. Her destiny is in her own hands and she will never be at the mercy of others again.

The three of them got off the carriage.

Ye Yunzi quickened her pace, caught up with Su Luoan, handed him a small box and said, "Uncle."

Su Luoan looked at the box in his hand and asked with confusion, "What is this?"

Ye Yunzi smiled slightly and explained, "This is a specially customized bracelet, prepared as a birthday gift for the princess."