Su Luo whipped the mule's butt, trying to escape quickly.
But it was too late.
Jinbao almost turned over and fell from the sky, landing firmly in front of her. He reached out and grabbed the reins of the mule. When the mule neighed as it was being strangled, he said, "Miss Su."
Su Luo cursed in her heart a curse word that she rarely said.
When she went out today, she smeared her face specially, and there was a big pimple on the corner of her eye. Her face was smeared black, and her face was so miserable that even the butcher who bought pork frowned when he looked at her, wondering what a good young man could do.
He looks so ugly.
How did Chen Heng recognize her?
Taking a deep breath, Su calmed down and turned around.
Chen Heng strode over with a livid face.
Su Luo never thought that she could hide from Chen Heng for a lifetime, but she never expected to meet him so quickly.
Now that she saw him and couldn't hide away, Su Luo took a deep breath, jumped off the mule cart, and saluted, "Your Majesty."
Chen Heng came closer, stretched out his hand and grabbed Su Luo's wrist. She didn't know how angry she was in her heart. Su Luo's bones hurt when she clenched it with such strength, but she didn't move, looking at Chen Heng calmly and calmly.
Chen Heng lowered his eyes and looked at Su Luo.
He had been searching for so long and couldn't sleep every night of suffering, "I thought you could live a better life without Zhenninghou Mansion, but in the end, this is it?"
He looked at Su Luo's patched cotton clothes and the unsightly makeup on Su Luo's face, and his temples jumped with anger, "Would you rather live like this than go back on your own initiative? You're going to lose your temper forever."
Well, Zimu will also live this kind of life with you?"
Chen Heng asked almost every word, and he almost made this woman angry to death.
They stood here talking like this, attracting frequent glances from passers-by. However, due to Chen Heng's aura and the posture of the three or five knife-wielding followers beside Chen Heng, no one dared to stop and watch.
"Your Majesty, find a place and let's talk."
Su Luo felt clear in her heart that she was as insignificant as an ant to Chen Heng. She had no ability to fight against Chen Heng.
If she wants to find out for her parents, if she wants to live freely, she needs to be strong.
And this takes time.
Su Luo looked at Chen Heng calmly, "There is a restaurant not far ahead, so we won't waste much time."
Chen Heng looked at Su Luo.
The Su Luo in front of him was completely different from the Su Luo he was familiar with, and something strange suddenly appeared in his heart, a strangeness that made him panic.
The cold spring wind blew by, and it seemed a little colder than usual.
A private room in a restaurant.
Chen Heng ordered seven or eight dishes and said to Su Luo: "They are all your favorites. After eating, come back with me. I have important things to do, so I can't stay here for too long."
Su Luo glanced at the dishes on the table, with a smile on her lips, "Why does the prince have to let me go back to my hometown? Didn't I make it clear enough that night?"
Chen Heng's face immediately darkened and he stared at her, "If you don't go back home, will you live your current life of neither humans nor ghosts? You don't even dare to see people with your true colors? What do you mean by a girl driving a mule cart?"
Chen Heng was really angry.
Su Luo remained calm, and she spoke softly, "But when I return home, what kind of life do you think I should live? Can Gu Yao tolerate me, or can Madam tolerate me?"
Chen Heng expected that she would say this and leave the house in anger, not just because she was wronged. He sighed, "As long as I protect you, no one can really do anything to you."
Su Luo was waiting for Chen Heng's words.
"Your Majesty is protecting me, why are you protecting me? Is it because of the previous engagement? That's unnecessary. The previous engagement..." Su Luo paused for a moment, "I'm afraid that the engagement letter will be removed after my divorce."
When she came to the house, my wife tore it up. Without the marriage certificate, there is no engagement."
Chen Heng's face darkened, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Su Luo asked, "Didn't you tear it apart?"
Chen Heng wanted to say something, but he was a little unsure. He knew that his mother had always disliked Su Luo and had always been opposed to this marriage. The marriage certificate...he was not sure whether it was real or not.
Chen Heng didn't say anything, and Su Luo asked again: "If it wasn't for the engagement, does the prince want me to return home because he cares about me?"
Her tone was calm, but her eyes were almost staring at Chen Heng.
"If nothing else, there is a table of food on the table right now. The prince said, these are what I like. Does the prince know that I can't eat milk? Whenever I eat it, I always have abdominal pain for a long time."
Chen Heng's back suddenly froze, and he looked at Su Luo in disbelief, as if he wanted to defend himself, "But every time at the family banquet, you have to eat these steamed eggs with milk."
Su Luo looked at Chen Heng, "That's because the prince likes to eat steamed eggs with milk. The people in the house placed this dish in front of the prince. It is closest to you. This is the only dish you have served for me.
Food, shouldn’t I eat it?”
"Since you have abdominal pain and can't bear it, why didn't you tell me?"
"I said that the prince will definitely remember it? I told the prince that I don't like plum blossoms because on the day my parents died, the plum blossoms in the yard all bloomed."
Su Luo's steady voice was a little torn when she mentioned her parents, especially in front of people from Zhenninghou Mansion.
She looked at Chen Heng, "My lord, have you remembered it? If you had, you wouldn't have chased me to the inn that day to give me a necklace with plum blossoms carved on it."
Chen Heng felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He was holding the rim of the tea cup with his five fingers, and the veins on the back of his hand were gradually visible.
"I......"
He opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word to explain it.
His heart felt like a huge stone was pressing down on him, and he was a little breathless.
After waiting for a long time, Chen Heng found his voice. His tone was no longer angry and arrogant, and was much gentler. He said with an apologetic tone, "I have been too busy these years and have been negligent."
Su Luo shook her head.
"The prince insists on taking me back, but have you ever thought about how I would live if I go back?"
"It's better than you being outside now."
"But in the mansion, Zimu almost got a fever and died."
Mentioning this, Chen Heng seemed to have caught something, and immediately said: "I was not in the house on the day you asked me to invite the imperial doctor."
Su Luo was stunned for a moment, but the confusion quickly dissipated, "The prince is not in the mansion, and my brother is sick and about to die, and no one cares about him. If I follow you back, will you be in the mansion all the time in the future?
When I go back, I am just a concubine. How many people are willing to listen to what a concubine has to say, especially a concubine that neither my mistress nor my mother-in-law likes? Does the prince really think that I can live a good life in that mansion?
Even if the prince can protect me all the time, because of my wife and Gu Yao's displeasure with me, I'm afraid there won't be a moment of peace in this mansion, and the prince will be exhausted."
After saying that, Su Luo stood up and saluted Chen Heng.
"I hope the prince can really put himself in my shoes. It doesn't matter whether you say I'm trying to repay a favor or saying I'm ungrateful. Today, I beg the prince, for the sake of my dead parents, for the sake of them before they die."
For the sake of being kind to the Marquis, please give me my freedom, okay? My parents are gone, so do my brother and I have to stay in the Zhenning Marquis Mansion until we die?"
Su Luo's words hurt Chen Heng's heart. He looked at Su Luo and said hoarsely: "If you don't want to go back home, I can buy you a house outside so that you can live in peace."