Chapter 283:1 Am Quite Happy
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Prime Minister Su was Su Yuyan’s trump card against Su Ying.
Due to the fact that Su Ying had been raised ignorant and unruly since she was young, Prime Minister Su did not like her.
However, every child yearned for the approval of his parents. The original host couldn’t bear the uncaring eyes of Prime Minister Su, so she kept trying to prove herself, hoping to get a look of affirmation from Prime Minister Su.
Thus, Su Yuyan had deliberately said this to frighten Su Ying.
Unfortunately, things did not go according to Su Yuyan’s plan.
“I don’t know if he will be angry or not, but if you don’t take off this bracelet and give it to me today, I will definitely be angry.”
Su Yuyan saw that Su Ying’s face was very icy and she didn’t seem to be afraid at all. Immediately, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed.
She looked at the bracelet on her wrist and subconsciously shrank her hand. Even if the Prime Minister’s Residence was rich and noble, the family did not have many bracelets that were as valuable as this.
“Mother gave me this bracelet.”
“Did your mother get my permission to take my mother’s things?”
Su Yuyan choked. Her fair face turned red with anger, and her eyes became red-rimmed.
“What do you mean by that, Big Sister?”
Su Ying tapped on the table impatiently. Hunger would only aggravate her temper. “I meant what I said.”
“Mother loved you since you were young, and treated you as more important than me…”
“She was just harming me under the guise of doting on me. What’s there to say?”
Su Ying’s patience had already reached its limit. When she saw that Su Yuyan wasn’t moving, she immediately stepped forward, grabbed her hand and removed the bracelet.
Su Yuyan was dumbfounded.
In the past, Su Ying had been unruly but had never dared to treat her like this. She was clearly a bandit!
“First Young Miss, what are you doing? Aren’t you afraid that the Prime Minister will punish you?” Qiu Shi was scared silly by Su Ying taking action on Su Yuyan, directly and hurriedly stepped forward to protect Su Yuyan.
Su Ying raised an eyebrow. “Him? He’s just a freeloader. Who does he think he is?”
Back then, when the Su family was in decline, if not for the help of Madam Jiang’s maiden family, Prime Minister Su would not have been able to climb to his current position.
However, over the years, he had suppressed Madam Jiang’s family quite a bit.
Su Yuyan was almost going to explode with anger. The change in Su Ying was so great that it was beyond her imagination. If she continued to confront Su Ying like this, she would only be at a disadvantage. She gripped her embroidered handkerchief and said with gritted teeth, “Fine. To think that I cried until my tears dried up because my Big Sister was exiled. I have really wasted my sincerity. Qiu Shi, let’s go!”
Qiu Shi and the other two maidservants quickly stepped forward to help Su Yuyan out of the private room.
Chun Fen, who was on the floor, scrambled to her feet when she saw this. “Second Young Miss, wait for me…”
Bai Shuang felt relieved as she watched them leave. However, she was a little worried that the Second Young Miss would definitely complain to Prime Minister Su and her family when she returned. After all, they were Princess Consort Qi’s biological father and stepmother. They were elders, and Princess Consort Qi could not go against them.
“Your Highness…”
“Bai Shuang, how many more of these things do you think are in my mother’s dowry?”
Bai Shuang looked at the bracelet that was sparkling under the golden light and said, “Your Highness, don’t you remember any more? This kind of quality isn’t even the best of its kind. Madam… had really left many good things for you. In fact, there were many items that 1 have never seen before.”
Su Ying wiped the bracelet clean and put it away with a satisfied look. “Mm-hmm. I’ll let you take a good look when 1 get them back.”
Bai Shuang was surprised. Get them back?
Did she mean it… in the literal sense?
The waiter brought the fresh dishes over. After Su Ying was full, she left in satisfaction.
“Is there anywhere else that Your Highness wishes to go?”
Su Ying checked the time. If she went back now, the sun would be almost setting.
“Let’s go back first.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Su Ying had just returned to Prince Qi’s Manor when Xiao Jin returned.
Su Ying could smell the faint scent of alcohol on him and asked, “Did you go out for a drink?”
Xiao Jin had been drinking, and he had drank a lot. Even the tips of his ears had turned red.
“Mm-hmm. I met some old friends.”
Su Ying nodded and didn’t ask further, but Xiao Jin continued, “I’ll bring you to meet them another day.”
Su Ying was quite curious to know who Xiao Jin had made friends with before. “Sure.”
When he saw that Su Ying was agreeable, Xiao Jin smiled faintly. “You went out today?”
“Mm-hmm. I went outside for a while and met Su Yuyan.”
Xiao Jin naturally knew who Su Yuyan was. When he saw that Su Ying was in a good mood, he couldn’t help feeling curious. “You are happy that you met your younger sister?”
Su Ying had reclaimed her bracelet and so was quite happy. “Mm-hmm. I’m happy.”
Xiao Jin felt that Su Ying’s definition of “happy” was definitely not what he had in mind.
Su Ying was happy, but Su Yuyan was downright furious.
When she returned to the Prime Minister’s Residence, she threw herself into the arms of Little Madam Jiang and wailed about how Su Ying had looked down on her and how she had snatched the bracelet from her hand.
At first, Little Madam Jiang didn’t believe Su Yuyan. She knew Su Ying better than anyone else. Su Ying had never once raised her voice at Su Yuyan, much less snatch her bracelet.
However, when she saw Chun Fen’s face which had become so swollen that she could barely open her eye, Little Madam Jiang still frowned slightly.
“Did she really snatch your bracelet?” Little Madam Jiang gently wiped Su Yuyan’s red-rimmed eyes, afraid that she would hurt her daughter’s delicate skin if she used too much force.
“Mother, would your daughter lie to you? See for yourself.” Su Yuyan pulled up her sleeves. The bracelet she wore today was indeed gone.
Little Madam Jiang felt that Su Ying must have gone crazy. Otherwise, why would she do such a stupid thing?
She comforted Su Yuyan. She was surprised when Prince Qi returned to the capital after atoning for his crimes with meritorious acts, but she was even more astounded that Xiao Jin had brought Su Ying back with him.
She knew better than anyone what the relationship between Xiao Jin and Su Ying was like before, so why would Xiao Jin allow her to come back?
Nevertheless, she still came back.
However, Little Madam Jiang didn’t think too much about it. She only assumed that Xiao Jin had no self-respect.
“Yan, what did you say?”
“Mother, she also said that when you touched her mother’s dowry, did you ask her permission?”
Little Madam Jiang’s eyebrows twitched. Su Ying had never once brought up the matter of the dowry of that short-lived trash in front of them.
Little Madam Jiang felt that Su Ying definitely didn’t have the brain to think so much and that she was probably being instigated to say such things.
“Alright, don’t be sad. Mother will get the bracelet back for you.” The gemstones on it were priceless, and she didn’t want to let Su Ying have it.
Su Yuyan nodded and quietly leaned into Little Madam Jiang’s arms. “Mother must teach her a good lesson and let her know what rules are!”
“Sure.”
On the day of the celebration banquet, Su Ying was woken up early in the morning by the commotion outside the door.
When she opened her eyes, the two little fellows were still sleeping soundly beside her.
She remembered that Bai Shuang had told her that the palace banquet would be held at noon, so she had to get up early to prepare.
She lifted the blanket and sat cross-legged on the bed. After circulating her energy once throughout her body, she opened her two eyes.
Outside the door, Bai Shuang’s voice rang out.. “Your Highness, are you awake?”