"What did he come here for?"
Yesterday, hadn't he looked as though he was deathly afraid of having anything to do with her?
Why had he come knocking today?
She was still trying to figure out how to lure him over.
Who knew? Maybe because you saved him yesterday, he came to offer himself to you in return?
"Does he look like he would?"
Su Qiao changed direction, crossed the garden, and headed toward the outer hall used for receiving guests.
444 recalled Ye Lihan's face from yesterday.
He didn't.
After Li Jue arranged for someone to brew tea for Prince Ye, she was just about to go to the study to report to The King when, after only a few steps, she ran into her head-on.
"Your Highness, Prince Ye has arrived. He's waiting in the outer hall. Will you go see him?"
Of course she had to see him.
He had come all the way to her door. How could she turn him away?
"Did he say why he came?"
"He said he came specifically to thank you, and he brought some gifts."
Li Jue had no idea what attitude The King had toward this Hostage Prince from the Eastern Jin Kingdom.
For so many years, the two sides had never had any dealings or contact.
That Prince Ye had been practically invisible in the Huangming Kingdom. Why had he suddenly come knocking now?
Li Jue couldn't make head or tail of it.
Su Qiao nodded slightly. "Go bring out the finest tea in the manor, along with the finest pastries."
"Yes."
Though Li Jue was surprised, she didn't show it.
She immediately turned around to instruct the servants to brew the finest tea and have the kitchen prepare the finest pastries.
In the outer hall, Ye Lihan