Chapter 1636 -1629: If You Are Powerful, You Fear Nothing

“Your Highness, can you tell me why you came yesterday?” Su Yingxue asked with her moist eyes, posing just this one question.

Chu Yihan was startled.

A moment later, he spoke with a stern face, “I thought of it, so I came.”

“Ah…” Su Yingxue’s mouth fell open, seemingly unable to accept his answer.

Just as Chu Yihan was thinking about using martial force to free himself from her, Su Yingxue suddenly released him.

Her lips brushed against one another, emitting a crisp, “Alright then.”

It was a spur of the moment, no reason, just wanted to come so I came.

Let it be then.

Chu Yihan was lost in thought for a short while, and Su Yingxue had already begun urging him, “Your Highness, you should hurry and leave. Zhilan will come soon to attend to my washing and dressing. If you do not leave now, you will be discovered.”

Her lustrous eyes were round and turning, her appearance playful and endearing.

Chu Yihan used his lightness skill and flew out. Standing on the rooftop, he saw the maidservant named Zhilan, accompanied by four other maidservants, carrying washing items to attend to Su Yingxue upstairs.

He thought to himself, Su Yingxue really did not deceive him.

Yet, as he recalled the encounter, the more he thought about it, the more unpleasant he felt.

Why did his interaction with Su Yingxue feel like they were having an affair?

Chu Yihan returned to the prince’s mansion and stared at his own palm, as if it still retained some warmth.

“Why are you the only one who is warm?” Chu Yihan frowned deeply, pondering something, and called for Mo Qi.

Mo Qi, thinking that his master was unwell again, hurried over to check on him, “Your Highness, are you alright?”

“Shake hands with me,” Chu Yihan extended his hand impassively.

“To shake… hands?” Mo Qi suddenly felt the look in his master’s eyes, a bit too intense.

Su Yingxue wanted to visit Wu Jinyan again, but upon arriving at her door, she was told that Wu Jinyan refused to see anyone.

Seeing the medicine spilled outside the door, Su Yingxue thought that Wu Jinyan was acting out of petulance, punishing her own health to spite her brother, hoping he would come to see her, yet Su Hao never did appear.

Additionally, she overheard from Zhilan that Su Hao had not returned the entire night, likely staying with Wu Ruofei the whole time.

Viewing from the perspective of a sister, there was nothing she could find fault with in Su Hao’s actions.

However, as a friend to Wu Jinyan, and someone who played a role in the making of this marriage, resulting in unhappiness, Su Yingxue felt guilt in her heart.

She went to seek out her mother.

Long Shuli was also aware of the situation, yet she didn’t interfere, neither mediating nor troubling Su Hao, but rather kept an indifferent demeanor.

Sitting in front of her, Su Yingxue propped up her small face and said, “Mother, why don’t you care at all? Won’t you feel sad if brother and sister-in-law are not happy?”

“They are both adults; why should there be any sadness? The path one chooses, even if it means shedding tears, must be walked to the end. Jinyan is so, and your brother is no different.” Long Shuli was engrossed in her medicine studies, but looked up at Su Yingxue while speaking.

It was this glance that made Su Yingxue feel like her gaze was a lighthouse in the night, guiding people forward.

She suddenly thought: “Mother, why do I seldom see Father?”

“He is with Aunt Liu; naturally, you wouldn’t see him.” Long Shuli mentioned this, her tone equally casual.

“Aunt Liu…” This person had only come up in casual conversation with Zhilan, which caused Su Yingxue to remember her.

She is her father’s concubine, a woman of delicate presence with no support, who also bore him a daughter, named Su Yurou.

However, they rarely stepped out from their courtyard and barely appeared before her, hence their presence was very faint.

But her father often stayed with them, spending far more time there than with her and her mother.

“Mother, don’t you love Father?” Su Yingxue continued to question Long Shuli.

Without a pause, Long Shuli replied, “Loved before.”

“So now… you don’t love him anymore?”

“Forgot.”

Long Shuli sorted the herbs in her hands, putting them away while speaking indifferently, “Life is full of events. Love is just a tiny part of it. I don’t have so much time and effort to spare for it.

So once forgotten, there is no need to bring it up again. Just treat it as a part of daily life. Deal with it in a feasible way.”

Just like now, her hubby prefers to be in concubines’ company.

She lets him be.

As long as the concubines are quiet and do not cause trouble, do not interfere with her and her children, there is no need for her to seek out trouble.

Life should just go on peacefully as it is.

Long Shuli took Su Yingxue to their Chengxi Medical Center’s herbal warehouse, saying that a new batch of herbs had arrived and needed the family head to personally inspect and review them.

Su Yingxue knew her mother was busy and barely had any free time apart from being with her, which is why she followed Long Shuli here.

In the herb warehouse, they monitored the herbs, watched the workers categorize, place, and shelf them, and for each meticulous step, they personally oversaw it, ensuring no mistakes would be made.

By the time they finished, it was already dark.

When Long Shuli and Su Yingxue walked out of the warehouse to the carriage, they both were covered with the scent of herbs; Su Yingxue was so tired she collapsed inside the carriage.

Long Shuli moved her onto her lap, gently massaging her shoulders and back, “Tired, my dear?”

Su Yingxue nodded, her voice tired, “Exhausted, and tomorrow I have to oversee these goods entering the clinics and negotiate with the herb merchants. There’s still so much to do.”

“Yes, both you and I have lots to do, and you also have no time to seek out Chu Yihan now, do you?” Long Shuli suddenly let out a light chuckle.

“Mother…” Su Yingxue’s face blushed slightly, with a hint of shyness.

Her mother was teasing her for not attending to important matters.

“I mean no other implication, just to let you know that we are independent and strong women. Love is just a part of our lives. We can devote ourselves fully and give everything but aside from that, we still need to live well, face everything in front of us, and manage our own bargaining chips well.

Without a grip on life, you’ll be like a duckweed, always thinking how to marry into a good family, how to depend on a husband, and deal with the trivial matters of the husband’s family. But if you can fight for a place for yourself, your circumstances will be completely different.”

As a Princess with a title, Long Shuli held great power in the Marquis’s Manor, and no one dared to cross her or engage in scheming.

She had both power and wealth.

No matter where, she had a strong foundation for living.

Even in this majestic world of imperial power.

“Yingxue, when your abilities are strong enough, you will no longer be constantly troubled by emotions,” Long Shuli advised earnestly, yet not too harshly.

She simply wanted Su Yingxue to understand on her own.

Su Yingxue turned over and lay in her arms, softly saying, “Mother, I understand.”

She must first stand firm on her own.

“Good girl, if you are strong, no matter how the world crumbles, you will still be… yourself.”

Before Su Yingxue fell asleep, she vaguely heard these words.

In her dreams, other illusions appeared.

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