The Marshal’s Wife is Wild
Chapter 148 - 147: Si Yuting Goes to School?

Chapter 148: Chapter 147: Si Yuting Goes to School?

"What are you doing?" Qu Tong was bewildered.

Expecting her to follow just like that? Who do you think you are?

Qu Tong casually discarded the rope in her hand that was left with only half a piece of broken glass attached.

Rong Chengjue turned around, his tone carrying a hint of a smile, "I’ll compensate you with fish."

Looking at Rong Chengjue’s teasing smile, Qu Tong felt that this person was utterly unpredictable.

Just a moment ago, he seemed ready to kill, and now he was acting normally, offering her compensation.

Qu Tong coldly refused, "No need."

She couldn’t be bothered to entangle with someone who was sick in the head. She would just consider herself unlucky and hoped never to cross paths with him again, because even if Rong Yueqing herself showed up, it wouldn’t make any difference.

As she spoke, she took out a mineral water bottle from the Space Button and picked up the few fish back into it.

She also got another bottle of water to rinse her hands.

After doing all that, she walked right past the spot where Rong Chengjue had been killing without looking back.

Rong Chengjue stood there, watching Qu Tong leave without making another move.

What she did was always baffling.

Qu Tong returned to her dormitory, changed the tap water for the fish, found a new container for them, and then went to class.

Qu Tong had sent a message to Si Yuting in advance, saying she would enter the palace with Song Ke and the others after class.

The response from the other side was a quick "okay."

Xu An’s message also popped up at this time.

Xu An seemed busy too; he only replied now to a message sent in the morning: [I won’t go, it’s good enough for you and Marshal Si to go together, be careful.]

Qu Tong replied with a tone of teasing: [Really not going? Song Ke is also going.]

It took a while for Xu An to reply: [Yeah, I have other things to do.]

[Alright, alright.]

She couldn’t force him if he didn’t want to go. In fact, she didn’t like this kind of business-like banquet herself, but she had to attend.

Qu Tong went back to her dormitory to change her clothes. The Empress Dowager had already sent the clothes over. Initially, Qu Tong had chosen only one set, but the Empress sent over a dozen sets anyway.

There’s no need to comment on the Empress’s taste; although a bit extravagant, it was more suited for such a dinner.

Not knowing how to do her hair, she still asked Rong Yueqing for help.

Rong Yueqing secured the amethyst crown on top of her head, and looking at the otherworldly beauty in the mirror, she exclaimed in admiration, "Prince Consort Sister, you are truly beautiful."

Qu Tong raised an eyebrow and smiled, "To be praised by Beauty Yueqing is my honor."

When she met Song Ke, the previous conversation repeated itself.

Song Ke’s gaze moved to the glass bottle in Qu Tong’s hand, his face showing confusion.

Noticing Song Ke’s gaze, Qu Tong brought the glass bottle in front of her. Inside were five very small, ordinary freshwater fish: two green, two red, and one gold.

She explained casually, "This is the gift I’ve prepared for the Little Princess."

Mainly because the Space Button couldn’t hold living things, she had to temporarily find a container for them.

Song Ke seemed to want to say something but stopped and eventually just nodded.

Qu Tong didn’t say much more.

However, others were not so tactful.

As soon as they entered the main gate, they were noticed by Ouyang Linna, who was wearing a bright red backless evening gown.

Ever since the last competition, Ouyang Linna, who previously had no opinion of Qu Tong, now looked at her with eyes full of hostility.

"What is that the Princess Consort is carrying? It looks so shabby," Ouyang Linna said with a hint of scorn.

Her companions also noticed the glass bottle in Qu Tong’s hand, which was in stark contrast to her exquisite attire.

"Could it be a trinket the Princess Consort brought to please the Little Princess?"

"The Little Princess is the Crown Prince’s daughter; she has seen it all, would she like these small fish?" Another girl in a pink dress laughed behind her hand.

Song Ke frowned displeasedly, "What does it matter to you whether the Little Princess likes it or not?"

"It doesn’t, we were just chatting casually. Still, the gifts from Sister Ouyang’s family are nice."

"I heard it’s the working notes of the Potion Grandmaster from the Cangling Empire, probably his last piece, and quite valuable at that."

"Only the Ouyang family could pull something like that off. The Crown Prince and the Little Princess are sure to like it."

A few people started a discussion, singing praises and throwing shade in turn.

Song Ke, at a loss for words, turned away, only to see Qu Tong watching the conversation as if it were a show, even nodding in agreement as if they weren’t talking about her.

Song Ke, frustrated but caring, pulled Qu Tong away.

"They were deliberately belittling you, and you’re nodding along."

Qu Tong dismissed it nonchalantly, "I nodded because the Crown Prince will indeed like the gift from the Ouyang family."

The Crown Prince had always been trying to recruit pharmacists and would certainly value the Potion Grandmaster’s working notes as well.

Song Ke was taken aback but then said:

"Your little fish is not bad either, the banquet is for the Little Princess, and her liking it is what matters most."

Qu Tong knew Song Ke was trying to comfort her and smiled.

They had only walked a few steps when they came across someone familiar.

Their mentor Fu Xiangyu was also at the banquet.

"Greetings, Mentor Fu," Song Ke and Qu Tong said politely.

After Qu Tong greeted her, her gaze fell on Fu Jin standing beside her.

Fu Xiangyu introduced him with a smile, "This is my nephew Fu Jin. He holds a leisurely clerical position in the Second Army Corps."

Qu Tong nodded. Indeed, a clerical position, but whether it was leisurely or not, she did not know.

"Greetings, Princess Consort, Miss Song," Fu Jin bowed gentlemanly.

Then his curious gaze rested on Qu Tong, "Princess Consort, did you not come with Marshal Si?"

Qu Tong, who was quite familiar with Fu Jin, shook her head, smiling, "No, I came with a classmate."

"Oh," Fu Jin seemed a bit surprised, then explained why he asked, "I saw Marshal Si’s warplane when I went to pick up my aunt from school and thought you would come with him."

Fu Jin’s smile was gentle, and his words only conveyed his puzzlement without any other implications.

Qu Tong was taken aback.

Had Si Yuting gone to the school that afternoon?

Could it have been to pick her up?

Probably not, he’s so busy, and he responds to messages so promptly.

After a brief chat with Fu Xiangyu and Fu Jin, a trusted aide sent by the Empress led them upstairs.

Then they saw the neatly assembled family.

The Emperor exuded dignity suffused with benevolence, while the Empress was graceful and noble.

It was Qu Tong’s first time meeting the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess Consort, who were much as she had imagined: the Crown Prince was gentle and scholarly, while the Crown Princess Consort was as gentle as water, similar to Rong Yueqing.

The Little Princess was beautifully made, her pair of dark, glistening eyes very much like those of Gong Lingyu and Si Yufan.

However, when the gaze shifted to the rather expressionless Si Yuting, it felt a bit jarring.

Qu Tong couldn’t help but purse her lips and smile.

Si Yuting’s attire seemed changed, yet unchanged from the morning, hardly noticeable in difference, but still handsome.

With that face and physique of his, anything he wore couldn’t be ugly, it was just that the extent of attractiveness varied slightly.

Moreover, Si Yuting himself was always meticulous, either in formal wear or military uniform, with the most casual being a shirt at home, and even the colors of those shirts were nothing more than the monotonous black and white.

Si Yuting, too, looked over the moment Qu Tong appeared at the staircase corner, holding up the hem of her dress.

That day, she had her hair half-tied, wearing the Amethyst Crown reserved for the royal family, and her light purple velvet gown outlined her slender waist, the dress adorned with sparkling little diamonds, reflecting a spectrum of colors with her movements.

And she herself, like those diamonds, shone brilliantly, impossible to ignore.