Ye Jingyu's face showed shock.
Su Yunmo secretly rolled her eyes.
She knew it. Men's agreements were only about power or women, what else could they be about?
"Alright, it's settled then, there's nothing we can do. Don't worry, I'll stand by you."
Ye Jingyu frowned, "No, we've already given our word not to let you know."
"Sorry, I wasn't involved in your agreement." Su Yunmo spread her hands and shrugged, deciding to be shamelessly persistent.
It was a joke. This matter concerned her, how could she be excluded?
Seeing her like this, Ye Jingyu shook his head helplessly, but a warmth inexplicably arose in his heart.
Su Yunmo touched her chin, "Ye Jingkun's current backing is, to put it bluntly, just Luo Yinfeng. If he falls, that man will probably have a very difficult time, right?"
Ye Jingyu's eyebrows furrowed, "Currently, that's the case."
However, today's battle revealed that his second imperial brother was more formidable than he had imagined.
Even though he now relied on Luo Yinfeng, if time passed, he would likely use Luo Yinfeng as a pawn.
Su Yunmo also understood Ye Jingyu's concerns, smacked her lips, and touched her chin, saying, "It seems we need to hurry. I can't help in the front court, but I can have some fun in the back palace."
She remembered that the Wang family seemed to be Luo Yinfeng's right-hand man, right?
Ye Jingyu poked her forehead and said in a deep voice, "Be careful when you have fun."
Su Yunmo immediately made an 'ok' gesture.
Soon, they arrived at the Marquis's mansion.
The carriage stopped.
Qianxue lifted the carriage curtain. Ye Jingyu carried the little dumpling down, instructing her to drink a bowl of ginger soup before going to bed.
"I'm the one who needs to drink ginger soup~" Ye Ningyuan also fell out of the carriage.
She hugged herself with both hands, trembling, almost turning into an ice stick.
Ye Jingyu glanced at her, turned back to the carriage, and the carriage curtain was closed again.
Ye Ningyuan really wanted to cry.
These people in the capital were really heartless. It would be better to live with her father on the frontier.
Lin Lang and Zi Yuan had been waiting at the door for a long time. Seeing them return safely, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, came out to cover them with thick cloaks, and carried them into the courtyard.
The room was warm from the fire.
Ye Ningyuan, probably really frozen, lay down on the ground as soon as she entered the room, lacking the strength to even climb onto the bed.
Su Yunmo sent Zi Yuan to get ginger soup and kept Lin Lang in the room.
Ye Ningyuan rested enough, sniffled, and was about to climb onto the bed.
Su Yunmo sat on the bed and winked at Lin Lang. Lin Lang stepped forward and held her down.
Ye Ningyuan cast a resentful glance at the mistress and maid, "I'm really sleepy today, can I not wash up? Just let me sleep like this."
Su Yunmo took off her shoes, tucked herself into the quilt, and looked at her with her arms crossed, saying nothing.
Ye Ningyuan's mouth twitched, becoming even more resentful.
Fine, she understood.
"If you want to interrogate me, do it quickly. I'm sleepy."
Lü Luo came in from outside with a basin of hot water and prepared a hot towel for Su Yunmo to wipe her hands.
Su Yunmo felt warm all over and exhaled a sigh of relief, "Shouldn't you tell me properly about your background?"
Ye Ningyuan glanced at her strangely, "Don't you already know?"
Su Yunmo, "I only know you're from Southern Xinjiang, but I don't know the specifics."
Ye Ningyuan's eyes lit up, and she blinked, "So, you won't be able to tell if I make things up and don't tell the truth?"
Su Yunmo smiled gently.
The next second, Lin Lang drew her waist knife and slapped it on the ground.
Ye Ningyuan looked at the demon blade flashing before her, swallowed, and chuckled, "Well, we're all so familiar, there's no need to go this far. If you want to know, I'll tell you."
Anyway, Mo Mo already knew so much, a few more things wouldn't matter.
"Actually, the eldest princess of Southern Xinjiang back then..." She paused for a moment, seeing Su Yunmo frown, and suddenly remembered that the little dumpling knew nothing about Southern Xinjiang.
Ye Ningyuan then sat cross-legged on the ground and, with foresight, started from the beginning, "Back then, your father killed the former king of Southern Xinjiang on the battlefield."
"The King of Southern Xinjiang only left two princesses. The eldest princess, Leng Lingyun, to reconcile with the enemy, married your mother, who was the little princess of Southern Xinjiang."
"The Glazed Lock in your hand is a treasure passed down through generations in Southern Xinjiang and must be held by the King of Southern Xinjiang. But the eldest princess at that time didn't expect that the Glazed Lock recognized its master before she ascended the throne."
"The Glazed Lock followed your mother here. By the time she discovered this, it was too late. She had no choice but to send a relative of the royal family, my mother, to find the Glazed Lock."
"After my mother came, she married my grandfather and had me, but she died before she could get the Glazed Lock."
Ye Ningyuan spread her hands and shrugged, "So, that's how it is now."
Su Yunmo frowned and glanced at Lin Lang.
Lin Lang nodded.
When the King of Southern Xinjiang sent her, he only said to protect the child born to the little princess. But later, he sent people to harm them. Most likely, he was using her as a guide.
After all, among the Poso tribe, only she had extremely strong sensing abilities and could find the little master.
The arrival of Hu Xue clearly indicated they were there to snatch the Glazed Lock, which coincided with what Ye Ningyuan said.
However...
"Then why didn't you tell the little master earlier, but kept hiding it?" Lin Lang asked with a frown.
Although her words didn't seem to be false, something felt wrong.
"How could I dare?" Ye Ningyuan looked innocent.
She looked at Su Yunmo with increasing resentment, "When you first met me, you were extremely guarded. If I told you that my mother came from Southern Xinjiang to snatch your mother's things, what would you have thought of me?"
Then they wouldn't be friends at all, and she might have been killed by her at any time.
Su Yunmo gave her a cold glance, "Do you think I wouldn't be wary of you if you kept it hidden?"
Her mother's affairs back then were matters of the previous generation, so let's not mention them. Didn't she also covet her Glazed Lock now?
Ye Ningyuan knew from her expression that she had misunderstood and immediately raised her hand as if to swear.
"I swear I have no intention of harming you, and I am different from my mother. She has always been loyal to the Southern Xinjiang royal family, and finding the Glazed Lock was at the behest of Leng Lingyun."
"I am different. I am looking for the Glazed Lock just to go home."
The three people in the room were stunned.
Su Yunmo narrowed her eyes and frowned, unable to understand, "You want to go back to Southern Xinjiang?"
Why? Now she was a noble county princess, and King Yunyi doted on her. Her life here was much better than in Southern Xinjiang.
Although she didn't understand the rules in Southern Xinjiang, her mother had failed to complete the task assigned by the King of Southern Xinjiang back then.
She had an organization under her, and she knew very well the consequences for those who failed to complete their tasks.