Recently, Su Zhiruan noticed that the waiter’s gaze towards her and Ji Xiaoyuan was quite odd.
She propped her chin up, bored, watching the scenery by the window.
"Madam... the shopkeeper asked me to inquire if there’s anything you wish to eat." The white towel was still draped around the waiter’s neck, but from the moment he entered to when he asked the question, he didn’t dare lift his head to look at her, which made Su Zhiruan a bit puzzled.
"Anything is fine, no need to trouble yourself, what you usually eat is fine." Today, Su Zhiruan was also preparing for the marriage, but there were too many things to transport. After buying them, she had the shop bring everything back home. With so many people at home, Ji Xiaoyuan simply arranged for her to stay at the inn, while he had people from the village transport the goods back.
Getting married in the village wasn’t as complicated as in the royal capital. Both of them had come here incognito. Originally, Ji Xiaoyuan planned to formally propose, but Su Zhiruan refused.
The waiter, seeing her preoccupied, wiped his sweat and quietly left.
With a big secret in his heart, he couldn’t help being more respectful when facing Su Zhiruan and Ji Xiaoyuan again.
The shopkeeper’s voice rang out, "Madam, there are two people outside wanting to see you, claiming it’s urgent."
Su Zhiruan stood up and pushed open the door, and immediately saw Cuihua’s parents standing next to the shopkeeper. In just a short time, they looked as if they had aged several years, even with more silver in their once-black hair.
Upon seeing Su Zhiruan open the door, Cuihua’s parents first looked up then hurriedly bowed their heads, "You... Noble, sorry for disturbing your leisure, we wish to ask for your help with something."
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The shopkeeper, seeing this, first glanced at Su Zhiruan. Seeing her frown and prepare to step forward to help them up, he quickly helped Cuihua’s parents up, "Madam, then I’ll take my leave."
Su Zhiruan nodded, "Very well."
There weren’t many people in the inn at the time, and once the shopkeeper left, Cuihua’s parents suddenly seemed to lose all their strength and means, collapsing weakly at Su Zhiruan’s feet.
Cuihua’s mother, tears streaming down her face, "Noble... Noble, we beg you to help our family! Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-tiered pagoda. We may have been neglectful before, but Cuihua is not inherently bad. Please, with your merciful heart, spare her."
From this mere jumble of tearful words, Su Zhiruan captured a few key terms and quickly guessed the purpose of their visit.
"She didn’t go back?" Su Zhiruan stepped aside, avoiding their kowtowing motion, "Or, did she go to the royal capital?"
Cuihua’s father nodded with tears in his eyes, "Cuihua is reckless, that girl didn’t mean to offend the noble, but the truth cannot stay hidden. We only have this one daughter, and if her identity is exposed, she won’t survive."
"Miss Ruan Ruan... no, Your Royal Highness—please!" Cuihua’s mother looked at Su Zhiruan, clinging tightly to the doorframe.
Cuihua’s parents being able to figure out the whole situation wasn’t easy either.
At first, they thought it was some unlawful act against their daughter.
But later, with Cuihua becoming an impostor princess, it dawned on the parents, and they suddenly realized some things they hadn’t noticed before.
The Princess of marriage unexpectedly disappeared, and suddenly there was this peerless beauty appearing in their village—
What this implies is obvious!