Chapter 2690: Not a Steward

Long Rui held her waist with one hand and praised, “My dear, your smile is truly beautiful!”

Xuexue internally filled with exasperation, thinking, Prince, I’m wearing a veil, and you can see through it? So, as a joke, she replied, “Prince, you’re handsome too!”

Unexpectedly, Long Rui was not shy at all, whispering softly in her ear, “I know, otherwise, my dear wouldn’t have fallen for me, right?”

With frustration, Xuexue thought if it weren’t for the skilled guards below the courtyard, she would really want to kick this narcissist down to let him know why flowers are red.

Xuexue was held in Long Rui’s arms, but didn’t dare to move recklessly, fearing to alert the guards below. She could only grit her teeth and say softly, “Yes, the Prince is so handsome that even gods and humans are outraged, how could Xuexue not love you!”

“My dear is so obedient!”

Long Rui casually pinched her cheek, which was smooth and tender, with elastic skin, feeling really good to the touch.

As if addicted to pinching, Long Rui pinched every spot on Xuexue’s face.

Irritated, Xuexue bit his finger in one swift motion, biting down hard…

“Ouch!” Long Rui muffled a groan; fearing to alert the guards, he stubbornly endured it. Why is my dear so petty? Wasn’t it just a pinch?

The two of them leapt a few times on the rooftop, stopping on another rooftop where there was light.

Looking inside…

The bedroom was decorated luxuriously, comparable to an imperial palace and more than ample. The room’s illuminating light was unexpectedly not an oil lamp, but a small Luminous Pearl hanging on the wall. The whole room was exceedingly bright, proving that Old Master Gu, the Richest Man Under the Heavens, truly lived up to his name.

A noblewoman sat inside the room, approximately forty years old. Her facial features were exceptionally exquisite, but unfortunately, time spares no one, leaving marks on her face, marring her beauty. At this moment, she was sitting on a chair, chanting scriptures, holding a string of Buddha Beads in her hand.

Behind her stood an Old Maid, who leaned in to whisper in her ear, “Eldest madam, just now Xiao Hong sent a message back, the Old Master went to Aunt Yu again.”

The eldest madam’s eyes suddenly widened, her face showing slight anger: “What? The Old Master went to that little cheap person again?”

Old Maid: “Yes.”

Eldest madam: “Isn’t that troublemaker bad enough for him? For her sake, he not only disgraced himself at the Imperial Palace but also sent people to the War Prince’s Mansion to plant explosives. If this matter gets exposed, we’ll be doomed.”

Old Maid: “It can’t be, even though the Old Master is the Richest Man Under the Heavens, even the Emperor shows him some respect. The War Prince should not dare to do anything excessive to the Old Master.”

Eldest madam: “Don’t you know what kind of person the War Prince is? That’s a Great Demon who kills without blinking, even dared to kill the Prime Minister, isn’t that audacious enough? Not even the Empress could protect him; you can see how arrogant the War Prince, this Demon Head, is.”

Recalling the fate of the Prime Minister, the Old Maid sighed, “Indeed, this time the Old Master’s actions were indeed inappropriate.”

The eldest madam said through gritted teeth, “It’s all that vixen spirit’s fault, driving the Old Master so crazy that he forgets what should and shouldn’t be done.”

In the mansion, everyone thought the eldest madam was indifferent to affairs, only knowing to chant and worship Buddha daily. Little did they know, this eldest madam wasn’t as detached as she appeared; secretly, she dispatched servants to closely monitor every woman’s actions in the household and Old Master Gu’s whereabouts.

Old Master Gu also treated the eldest madam with mutual respect as guests, accompanying her for meals on the first and fifteenth of every month, but that was all. Perhaps he despised the eldest madam for her advancing age; for the past few years, he never spent the night with her.