"So, why exactly did you bring them here?" Ye Jingyu walked down the steps, his head aching.
Su Yunmo stretched and said, "They wanted to come themselves. In any case, they're your responsibility now."
She spoke as she walked up the steps.
Ye Jingyu instinctively reached out to hug her.
Su Siyuan quickly ran over and blocked his sister, staring at Ye Jingyu with wide eyes, thinking he was hugging their little sister.
Ye Jingyu's hand froze. He remembered the incident at Prince Kun's mansion that day. "I heard you like weapons?"
Su Siyuan warily tugged at his little sister's hand and dodged to the side, then turned back to glare. "What's it to you?"
He still remembered the grudge from when Qian Xue had tied him up and thrown him behind the carriage. But he had good upbringing and wouldn't hold a grudge against a girl.
Ye Jingyu, however, was different. He wasn't a girl, so he could hold a grudge!
"The weapons in my mansion are no worse than those in Prince Kun's mansion. You can pick freely and take whatever you like," Ye Jingyu said, his face cold.
Su Siyuan secretly spat. "Who do you think you are looking down on? My father is a master of leading troops into battle. When it comes to weapons, who can compare to my General's mansion?"
"Don't think you can fool me by saying that. I won't hand over my sister for such a small bribe!"
Not even a door, let alone a window!
Ye Jingyu looked at Su Yunmo with a headache.
There were some things he needed to discuss with her alone, and it was inconvenient with others around, even if they were her family.
Su Yunmo understood, but she pursed her lips and shrugged, indicating she couldn't help.
Ye Jingyu had offended them himself, so he had to resolve it himself.
Prince Yu felt that he might not be able to handle it.
He was fretting.
Just then, Ye Ningyuan came up and added to the chaos.
She hugged the little sister's arm and pulled her back, nodding in agreement with Su Siyuan. "Exactly, exactly! Mo Mo is ours!"
Su Yunmo glanced at her coolly.
When had she started talking about "us" with her?
Su Siyuan didn't care. As long as Ye Ningyuan was on his side and opposing Ye Jingyu, she was a good person!
Ye Jingyu wasn't a patient person to begin with.
His gaze shifted between the two of them, then he beckoned to Qian Xue and whispered a few words in her ear.
Qian Xue nodded and left.
After she left, Ye Jingyu stopped talking to Su Siyuan. Perhaps he had given up on trying to bribe him, and retreated to the side to rest his eyes.
With him acting like this, the two of them became somewhat flustered.
Su Yunmo, however, watched Qian Xue's retreating back, pursed her lips, and seemed lost in thought.
A moment later, Qian Xue returned, with someone else behind her – Su Sizhuo.
As soon as Su Siyuan saw him, he immediately took two steps back, almost jumping. His mouth trembled. "Second, second brother? Why are you here?"
Su Sizhuo walked over with a smile, looking amiable. "If I didn't come, how long were you planning to skip school?"
This morning, someone from the mansion had reported that this brat hadn't gone to class. He had thought he had gone out for something important.
Turns out he ran over here to cause trouble for his benefactor!
"I didn't skip school, I came with Mo Mo!" Su Siyuan threw the blame back, looking at his well-behaved sister for help. "Right, Mo Mo?"
Su Yunmo blinked her eyes and silently shifted her gaze.
Su Siyuan: "..."
I hate you!
"You little brat, you're getting bolder and bolder. Come back with me!" Su Sizhuo clenched his fists and, before Su Siyuan could scream and run, grabbed him by the collar.
Before Su Siyuan could be hit, he let out a scream.
Su Sizhuo exchanged a look with Ye Jingyu, indicating that he would handle this matter, and then dragged Su Siyuan away.
Su Siyuan was dragged away like a chick, flailing his limbs desperately and crying out, "Mo Mo~~~"
This isn't how you play!
Why are you calling in reinforcements?
Ye Ningyuan heard Su Siyuan's desperate screams from outside the courtyard gate as he was dragged away and shivered violently.
She shrank her neck and looked back at Ye Jingyu.
Ye Jingyu narrowed his eyes, his gaze falling on the hand that held the little sister's arm, with a look that suggested he wanted to chop off that hand.
Ye Ningyuan immediately swallowed and abruptly let go, stepping back with a sheepish smile. "Hahaha... well, I was just passing by and thought I'd liven things up."
"Actually, I have a lot to do today. I won't bother you anymore. Mo Mo, you have fun here."
She dropped a sentence and bolted, disappearing in an instant.
This guy ran faster than a rabbit.
The courtyard finally quieted down. Su Yunmo shook her head with a smile and looked up at Ye Jingyu. "You're really something."
He even knew to use his second brother to suppress his third brother. It really is a case of one mountain being higher than another.
Ye Jingyu let out a 'hmph'. This 'hmph' was rarely tinged with a hint of arrogance.
He walked over, put his large arm around her, and held the little sister in his embrace. At the same time, he told Qian Xue to clean up the mess in the courtyard and walked into the study.
A stove had been lit in the study.
Ye Jingyu usually didn't light one. He didn't like the smell much and wasn't particularly afraid of the cold.
But the little sister was afraid of the cold. Ye Jingyu was afraid she would freeze when she came to visit him, so he had people light a fire in the room.
Upon entering, the room was warm and cozy. Su Yunmo couldn't help but yawn.
"You look a bit tired. What were you up to yesterday?" Ye Jingyu asked as he held her and sat down.
The little sister stretched. "I didn't do much, just handled a few minor matters. I came to see you today to discuss Luo Yin Feng."
Ye Jingyu nodded and listened as she spoke, casually picking up a pastry from the table and stuffing it into her hand.
Su Yunmo liked sweets and, most of the time, her mouth wasn't idle when she sat there.
She took a small bite of the pastry and said, "Since Luo Yin Feng returned to the capital, Ye Jing Kun has become noticeably more active. It's clear they've collaborated."
"But I don't understand. They have no connection. Why would the upright Luo Yin Feng help him?"
Although Ye Jingcheng was now penniless, due to Luo Yun'e being a member of the Luo family, and Ye Jingcheng also having Luo family blood, it was logical that Luo Yin Feng would choose to continue supporting Ye Jingcheng rather than the unrelated Ye Jing Kun, even if it was more effort.
But with Luo Yin Feng's abilities, it wasn't impossible to support Ye Jingcheng.
"What if Ye Jing Kun and the Luo family are not unrelated?" Ye Jingyu poured a cup of tea and placed it on the side of the table.
The cup of tea was placed within the little sister's reach, but not in a position where she could accidentally knock it over.
The man was always meticulous in these small matters.
"Not unrelated? What do you mean?" Su Yunmo frowned. "Explain it clearly."
She didn't know much about the affairs of the harem.
Ye Jingyu knew she wasn't clear, so he told her about Ye Jing Kun's birth mother, Chu Xingyun's background.
Chu Xingyun was Luo Zheng's illegitimate daughter. Because she had been raised in a side courtyard when she was young, and later brought back without the right to be included in the family registry, she had always stayed by Luo Yun'e's side as a maid.
Although Luo Yun'e was unaware of her sister's existence, Luo Yin Feng was.
Later, when Luo Yun'e entered the palace as Empress, it was at Luo Yin Feng's reminder that Chu Xingyun was brought into the palace.