Seeing Su Yao's eyes wide open in surprise, Xiao Heng didn't know why he felt that he saw the little fox he rescued in the military camp when he was a child. When it saw strangers, its eyes were also wide open, flashing with vigilance.
He clenched his fist and coughed, but still couldn't help laughing: "Your eldest brother said that you are in the study most of the time, so it doesn't matter if you follow me in. Am I here at the wrong time?"
Ah, it’s not the time.
Su Yao was a little embarrassed. She always thought that Xiao Heng was a man who knew the current situation, but she didn't know why Xiao Heng was so tactless this time.
She was holding a navel orange in her hand and wearing casual clothes with her hair loose.
How could this be the wrong time? Of course it was the wrong time!
She gave Su Rong an angry look.
Su Rong realized it later. After spending some time together, he knew that his sister cared a lot about her image.
It was extremely intolerable for her to meet guests with disheveled hair.
Su Yao stood up quickly and said, "Brother, please take His Highness to the main room for tea. I will come over later."
Before Su Rong could say anything, Xiao Heng had already glared at her: "I told you not to just walk into a girl's yard. Maybe she has to dress up, but you said you can't."
Su Rong felt a little embarrassed.
He could not compare with Xiao Heng in this respect. After all, he had been confined to a wheelchair since he was a teenager because of a broken leg. He spent most of his time studying at Hedong Academy and had no experience in getting along with girls. His own sister was completely different from ordinary girls, so he forgot all this.
Fortunately, Su Rong reacted quickly: "Xiaoyao just needs to dress up again because you are here. If it was me and my elder sister who came here, there wouldn't be so much trouble."
The two of them stared at each other for a while, and then Su Rong took Xiao Heng to the side hall, still nagging: "My sister is not usually this lazy, it's just that she just came back from outside today, so her hair is messy..."
Xiao Heng felt confused for a moment. He had no idea what Su Rong was talking about in such an inconsistent manner. However, when he thought of Su Yao's eyes wide open, embarrassed and angry but pretending to be calm, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Su Rong immediately looked at him: "What are you laughing at, Your Highness?"
As if it had anything to do with him.
Xiao Heng felt even more puzzled: "What? You're not allowing people to laugh?"
That's not the case, Su Rong sighed in his heart, he didn't know what was going on. On the one hand he was afraid that Xiao Heng would think Su Yao was impolite, but on the other hand he felt that it was no big deal if Xiao Heng felt that way, anyway he didn't want his sister to marry a royal relative.
He coughed and said, "I am just asking casually. If Your Highness is willing, then you can answer. If you are not willing, I cannot control whether Your Highness laughs or not."
Xiao Heng didn't bother to pay attention to Su Rong's weird little thoughts, he just thought Su Yao was cute.
The person involved, Su Yao, doesn't think he is cute.
Maybe it was because she was subject to too many demands and restrictions in her previous life, so she actually cared too much about her image and was afraid of doing anything embarrassing.
The experiences of her previous life had left a mark on her.
She felt it was inappropriate if she was seen by outsiders with disheveled hair like today, especially when that person was Xiao Heng. She felt it was even more inappropriate. Although she didn't know what was wrong, she still couldn't help but feel annoyed.
He even complained to Su Rong for the first time: "Brother is really..."
Yan Cao came up to comb Su Yao's hair in a daze, not knowing why Su Yao reacted so strongly-----the girl was not an ordinary girl, it was not the first time she had her hair loose like this before.
Mother Shen's heart moved, as if she was thinking of something. She couldn't help but smile and shook her head slightly. While picking a hairpin for Su Yao, she whispered, "Why are you so embarrassed this time, young lady?"
This word reminded Su Yao.
She paused what she was doing, and was startled when she thought of Xiao Heng's slightly surprised expression and his smiling eyes when he appeared from behind Su Rong.
She closed her makeup box with a snap, almost in panic, and said with a stern face, "What do you mean by only this time? It's wrong for Big Brother to do this. If it gets out, what will happen to my reputation?"
Mother Shen then had a better idea in her mind.
What a silly girl.
The most common phrase girls say is, "What's the use of fame? I don't want to get married."
But even though she understood it, Mother Shen didn't dare to show it. She was the one who raised Su Yao and she knew Su Yao's temper best.
So she chuckled and said, "Girls are getting older now, and they need to save face. It's time to talk to the uncle. It's not okay to keep doing this."
Su Yao was now a bit like a child who was angry because of embarrassment. Being stroked by Shen's mother like this, the anxiety in his heart finally eased a little. He hummed and calmed down for a long time. When he went to the flower hall to see Xiao Heng, he was back to normal.
Xiao Heng didn't mention what happened before at all. He just came over to talk to Su Rong and Su Yao about the current situation of the Xu family and the palace.
There has been no official decree regarding Xu Shun and the fact that he is to be named the Crown Prince. Coming over to tell them about this will put Su Yao and Su Rong at ease.
These measures were actually within the expectations of Su Rong and Su Yao. Neither of them was too surprised. After all, no matter from which angle you look at it, Emperor Yuanfeng's response was reasonable.
Su Rong added: "This incident not only eliminated Xu Shun and Qi Yunxi, but also made the Queen Mother change her mind about you. This is a pleasant surprise."
No matter what, it is better to be valued by Queen Mother Tian than to be hated by her.
Su Yao thought the same thing. After thinking for a while, she asked Su Rong, "Brother, will there be any changes in your marriage with Sister Fenfen?"
Originally, they were planning to go to Yunnan at the beginning of the new year, but then something happened with the Xu family before the New Year, and it has been delayed until now. Xiao Heng and Su Rong have not set off yet. If they are delayed for a while longer, it will be unknown when they will be able to come back.
How could Wang Yuerong afford to be delayed all the time
Su Rong was actually a little hesitant about this matter. After all, he felt that it would not be a good idea to delay it any further. However, he could not predict these things for sure, so he went to see Xiao Heng and asked, "Did the emperor say whether to appoint the crown prince before we leave or after we return?"
If it had been before, it would have been delayed for a while. It would be better to get married during this period so as to avoid being left hanging in the air.
Unfortunately, Xiao Heng couldn't guarantee this, so he said, "Wait a few more days. The emperor originally said that he was going to enthrone me before I leave, but the final decision still needs to be made after consultation with the cabinet."
Speaking of the cabinet, Su Yao frowned. (To be continued)