“Your highness, you don"t need to do this.” Ming Lu said with a hint of worry in his voice. He was feeling uneasy and worried in his heart. Although he understood that Pei Rumo cared deeply for Bai Luochu, he felt that Pei Rumo was taking things too far by treating his marriage with a dead woman so seriously.
Pei Rumo glanced up at Ming Lu and immediately returned to checking the dowry list.
Zi Su tugged at Ming Lu"s sleeve, as if asking him not to run his mouth.
Zi Su shook her head in disappointment as she looked at the state Pei Rumo was in. She blamed herself as she felt that everything could have been avoided had she warned him about Bai Luochu earlier.
Sadly, what has been done, cannot be undone. Nothing could change the fact that Pei Rumo would sink deep into the quicksand of his obsession with Bai Luochu.
“Remember to bring the dowry gifts tomorrow.” Pei Rumo ordered Zi Su as soon as he ensured that everything on the list was correct.
Pei Rumo understood that Ming Lu was still young and inexperienced and he would not be able to understand the feeling in his heart. As such, he ordered Zi Su to carry out his orders instead. He knew that Ming Lu might just disobey him considering the fact that he was acting unlike his usual self.
When he gave his orders, Zi Su gave her acknowledgement while Ming Lu widened his eyes in disbelief. In that instant, he knew that he had made the correct decision by entrusting the task to Zi Su.
Pei Rumo closed his eyes and Zi Su took the chance to pull Ming Lu out of the room.
“If I hadn"t pulled you away, who knows what other nonsense you would have said!” Zi Su chided Ming Lu who had a confused and dazed look on his face.
Ming Lu felt wrongly accused and he bit back. “I just feel worried for His First Highness! Bai Luochu is already dead! Is it worth it to put in so much effort for a dead woman!?”
“Shhhh!” Zi Su put her finger to her lips and asked him to speak softly. She really felt like sewing his mouth shut! It was lucky that Ming Lu was favoured by Pei Rumo. If he wasn"t the gra.s.s on his grave would already be several meters tall… As servants, they should respect the fact that Pei Rumo had already made his decision!
“You better not poke your nose into Young Masters affairs, it is just an act of friends.h.i.+p on his part! It"s not like it would cause any harm to him, so you better shut up!” Zi Su snapped. She realized that Ming Lu wasn"t going to listen to reason anyway.
Ming Lu unhappily shut his mouth and it was clear that he was hurt by her words.
Initially, Zi Su wanted to offer some words of comfort to Ming Lu as she realised that she had hurt his feelings. However, she stopped herself from doing so when she realised that it was best for him to learn to not run his mouth off.
As for Lin Qianqian, she was throwing a fit in the general"s residence. Initially, she was taking pleasure from the misery that Pei Wuchen felt from marrying Feng Wan"er, however, that joy turned to rage when she discovered that the deceased Bai Luochu was about to turn into the First Prince"s consort!
She was about to drift off into sleep when a loud sound outside her door jolted her awake.
Lin Qianqian wanted to look for something to throw in a fit of rage, but realised that she had already thrown everything in sight. She ordered her maid to investigate the cause of the noise and she screamed, “What the h.e.l.l is going on?!” She had been angered by the fact that her sleep had been disturbed.
As the maid was afraid that Lin Qianqian would take her anger out on her, she quickly rushed out to investigate. Before long, she returned.
“My mistress, His First Highness is here to send Bai Luochu her betrothal gifts!” The maid replied.
“What did you just say?!” Lin Qianqian yelled as she shot out of bed. She changed out of her sleeping attire and ran to the door.
She was feeling spiteful that she wasn"t the one receiving the gifts.
When she saw the jovial looking Pei Rumo, she thought to herself, the world is going crazy! Why is he acting like marrying a dead woman is a normal thing to do!
“Why haven"t you moved out yet, Mistress Lin? Also, you are supposed to be in mourning! Why are you wearing green?!” Zi Su cried out.
Before Pei Rumo could speak, Zi Su cut in on his behalf. Their purpose of coming to find Bai Luochu"s cousin was to chase them out of the general"s residence. Zi Su hoped that her words would anger Lin Qianqian so that Pei Rumo could find a way to punish her.
“Why is the servant running her mouth off before the master says anything?” Lin Qianqian cursed. Everything was just like Zi Su predicted. She was also lucky that Pei Rumo was present as she knew that Lin Qianqian would have said much nastier things if the prince wasn"t present.
Pei Rumo narrowed his eyes, showing his displeasure. Zi Su had been with his family since he was a young boy and he treated her as part of his family. The rage in his heart that emerged due to Lin Qianqian"s disrespect was something she couldn"t imagine. It seemed as though she hadn"t learned her lesson.
“Didn"t I tell you to leave the residence? Are my orders just dog fart to you?I” Pei Rumo growled.
The Lin couple could hear the commotion outside, thus, they rushed out to invite Pei Rumo in.
“Your First Highness, we have yet to find another suitable accommodation! Once we do so, we will definitely move out!”
The Lin couple felt that it would be best if they could muddle their way along.
Pei Rumo gave them a dirty look and thought to himself, at least this shameless couple is smarter than Lin Qianqian… It"s too bad they made Luo Chu suffer in the past...