Ye Ningyuan took a deep breath and clenched her fists tightly.
Damn it, cooperating with Ye Jingkun was a mistake. She had been careless this time!
"If you don't want Momo to know your true identity, Your Highness should hide your fox tail. Otherwise, if you provoke this King, I don't know what I might do."
Ye Jingkun's tone was full of threat.
Although he didn't know why Ye Ningyuan cared so much about Momo knowing her identity, since she didn't want anyone to know, it meant it was her weakness.
Then he might as well use it.
Ye Ningyuan gritted her teeth, wanting to say something, but ultimately couldn't utter a word. She turned and left, flicking her sleeves.
Ye Jingkun watched her retreating back and gave a mocking smile.
Then his eyes gradually darkened: "Ah Jiu, what do you think is the most important thing in this world for a man?"
The guard Ah Jiu came from the side, frowned, and pondered for a moment: "Nothing more than money, power, and women. I don't know about anything else."
Ye Jingkun twirled his fingers: "No, the most important thing is people's hearts."
As long as one controlled people's hearts, other things would not be a problem.
This was something Ye Jingyu had taught him.
Ye Jingkun recalled the cold shoulder he received at the Imperial Prince's mansion last time, and his eyes narrowed dangerously: "Tomorrow, send an invitation to the General's mansion and invite someone to be our guest."
Ah Jiu looked at his master, whose personality had completely changed, and bowed, saying "Yes."
The next day, the invitation was sent to the General's mansion.
Early in the morning, Su Yunmo was eating when she received news from Luoluo.
She took a bite of her bun, and upon hearing the name "Ye Jingkun," she inexplicably felt a wave of nausea: "Tell the person sent by Prince Kun that I'm not going!"
Damn Ye Jingkun! She had even thought of being friends with him before, but now he was playing such tricks on her.
She didn't mind him wanting to compete with Ye Jingyu for the throne, and it was her father's decision to recruit the General's mansion to his service.
But the worst thing he could do was to treat her marriage as a joke. If this continued, he would truly become another Ye Jingcheng!
Frankly speaking, Su Yunmo had reached a point of resistance towards marrying into the royal family.
Luoluo served dishes while saying, "Miss, you don't need to be so angry. You don't have to go. The invitation wasn't addressed to you anyway."
Su Yunmo's action of biting the bun paused: "It wasn't addressed to me? Then who was it for?"
"It was for Third Young Master. It seems they wanted to show Third Young Master something very good. Third Young Master received the invitation and left happily early this morning without even eating breakfast."
Luoluo calculated the time: "By now, he should have already arrived at Prince Kun's mansion."
Su Yunmo slammed her chopsticks onto the table and walked out.
Luoluo was startled and called out to her, "Miss, where are you going? Aren't you eating?"
Su Yunmo's grinding teeth could be heard from a distance: "I can't eat this meal!"
Linlang prepared the carriage as quickly as possible.
Su Yunmo got into the carriage and headed straight for Prince Kun's mansion.
At this time, Su Siyuan was in the armory of Prince Kun's mansion, selecting weapons.
All sorts of weapons were of the finest quality.
Since Su Siyuan started practicing martial arts, he had been inseparable from weapons. When Su Yunmo arrived, he was already dazzled by the choices and wished he could stay at Prince Kun's mansion forever.
"Third Brother!" The little dumpling stepped in from outside the door, her voice laced with annoyance and disappointment.
"Momo, you're here? Come quickly and take a look at these wonderful treasures." Su Siyuan was very happy to see her. He ran over, grabbed her small hand, and pulled her inside.
He pointed to the weapons in the armory, very excited: "Your friend is really thoughtful. He said I could pick any weapon here, as many as I want!"
He truly lived up to being a prince; he was so generous. However, he wasn't someone who liked to take advantage of others, so he couldn't really take all of them. He wanted to pick carefully.
"Friend?" Su Yunmo emphasized the pronunciation of these two words and looked up at Ye Jingkun, gritting her teeth.
When did this man learn to win people over?
And he started with the most guileless Third Brother.
Ye Jingkun looked at her with a light laugh: "If not a friend, then what should it be? What do you think I should say, Momo?"
He actually didn't mind calling himself 'future husband' in front of her family, but he figured it would scare them.
After all, the matter of their 'engagement' was unknown to outsiders, except for those in the palace.
Su Yunmo heard the hidden meaning in his words and was so angry she wanted to jump up and slap him.
She was too lazy to continue this conversation with Ye Jingkun and grabbed Su Siyuan, dragging him out: "Third Brother, we're leaving."
"Leave? Now? But I haven't finished choosing weapons yet? And Prince Kun also said he wants to keep us for lunch today." Su Siyuan was reluctant to leave.
He still wanted to taste the food at the prince's mansion and see how it differed from home.
Su Yunmo's forehead ached.
Was this guy prioritizing weapons over his sister?
"No, you can't accept his things!"
"Why?" Su Siyuan's voice suddenly rose. He looked at the armory with lingering reluctance, then turned to Su Yunmo, looking somewhat confused.
"Momo, Third Brother didn't do anything to your friend. He offered to give me things himself. I didn't force him."
After speaking, he looked up at Ye Jingkun, hoping he would speak up for him.
Ye Jingkun nodded, not refusing: "It is I who want to give your brother something. Momo's family is my family."
"Let alone these weapons, even other things, you can take them all if you want."
Upon hearing this, Su Siyuan immediately gave him a thumbs-up: "You're a true brother!"
Momo's friend is really good. I'm very satisfied.
Su Yunmo didn't feel any joy: "No, no reason, but you just can't accept it!"
The little dumpling's forehead was so anxious that sweat broke out. Her strength was less than Su Siyuan's, and by dragging him like this, she couldn't move him.
Seeing her like this, Su Siyuan thought she was afraid of owing a favor and being unable to repay it, so he patted her shoulder to comfort her.
"Momo, don't worry. Third Brother isn't someone who takes things for nothing. Today I took his weapons, which means I accepted his gift. In the future, we'll reciprocate."
Ye Jingkun seemed to be waiting for this: "I think what the young master of the General's mansion said is quite right. It's just a matter of reciprocating."
Su Yunmo immediately ground her teeth.
"But it might be too little for Second Brother to exchange this gift for someone else's gift," Ye Jingyu said as he stepped in from outside the door.
The man's gaze fell on Su Yunmo, and he frowned displeasedly. He walked over in two or three steps and reached out to pull her.