C12 First Deflation

Si Bei took a furtive glance at the prince before he tried to sound him out, "Master, this Eldest Miss Xu is really interesting."

"What fun? She's obviously a water flower. Who doesn't know that she's been following behind the crown prince for so many years and suddenly turned around to our lord. Who knows what she's planning!"

Si Nan didn't agree with Si Bei's opinion. He was afraid that his grandfather would be bewitched by Xu Zhaoning, so he didn't forget to remind him, "Master, maybe this is just a play between Xu Zhaoning and the Crown Prince Palace. Don't be fooled by her."

"Acting?"

Si Jingyu muttered while he looked deeply in the direction of Xu Zhaoning and the Crown Prince.

The woman seemed as timid as a mouse in front of the emperor and the empress dowager, but when she turned around, she didn't hesitate to lay her hands on the crown prince.

"Master …"

Si Nan wanted to continue, but he saw that his own county prince was already striding out of the palace. Si Nan didn't know what was going on, so he and Si Bei hurriedly followed.

In the cold palace, Xu Zhaoning continued to crush the crown prince.

Little Green Snake seemed to be trying to tighten her body. The crown prince could clearly feel her neck being coiled up and her breathing becoming shallow. However, Xu Zhaoning was still happily playing with a jade flute.

"Tell me, if I were to strip you and hang you on the palace wall, would it cause a commotion?" As if she had seen that, Xu Zhaoning's eyes shone as she looked at the crown prince.

The crown prince felt a chill run down his spine as he forced the words out of his mouth, "How dare you!"

"Aiyo, I really don't seem to dare. The main reason is because I'm afraid that Your Highness' body is too hot and eye-catching." Xu Zhaoning glanced at the crown prince with disdain and waved her hand at Little Green Snake before the crown prince passed out from her anger.

The relaxed state of his neck allowed the Crown Prince to lean forward. With great difficulty, he steadied his body and swung at Xu Zhaoning. However, before he could even get close to her, he was surrounded by the buzzing bees.

"Leave, all of you leave for me!"

The Crown Prince couldn't avoid it in time and got stung a few times. He jumped up and down on the spot.

Disgusted by his ugly behavior, Xu Zhaoning rolled her eyes. It wasn't that she didn't dare to kill the crown prince, but she had played it to her death.

At the entrance of the palace, Xu Zhaoning, who had just climbed up the carriage, could feel that something was amiss. There was someone in the carriage.

Before the silver needle could make a move, the person in the carriage spoke in a hushed tone, "Eldest Miss Xu, our Prince has invited you."

Xu Zhaoning raised her brows. It seemed to be the sound of the quilt beside Si Jingyu. When she lifted the curtain, she saw Si Bei sitting in the carriage.

"There are too many people talking at the palace gate, that's why I came up with this plan. I hope Eldest Miss Xu doesn't mind." Seeing that Xu Zhaoning refused to come in, Si Bei continued to explain.

At the same time, he was also confused. He had seen Eldest Miss Xu a few times before, and she was always so weak that she couldn't even be compared to her previous self.

However, there was only one gaze, and Si Bei could feel the pressure similar to that of a duke.

Xu Zhaoning walked into the carriage and sat down at the seat furthest from Si Bei.

Si Bei wasn't sure if she should go or not since she was silent. "Eldest Miss Xu?"

"Are all the people around Prefecture Prince Si so naughty?" Xu Zhaoning said coldly. Si Bei's handsome face immediately darkened, "Eldest Miss Xu, please be careful!"

Even though she was warned, Xu Zhaoning didn't take it to heart. She stared at Si Bei for a while, then sighed with a faint voice, "What can a man do if he has no plans? What can a man do if he has many enemies? With such useless people by his side, it's no wonder Prefecture Prince Si is about to lose his life.

Si Bei: "..."

For some inexplicable reason, she really wanted to beat him up!

Xu Zhaoning, however, did not take Si Bei's gritting of her teeth seriously. She sat inside the carriage and dozed off until the carriage stopped in front of an eye-catching restaurant.

At the door, Si Nan was already waiting. Seeing Xu Zhaoning jump down from the carriage without any regard for her image, he immediately sneered, "Hmph, such a vulgar woman."

Xu Zhaoning's steps forward stopped as she held a silver needle at Si Nan's throat, "Your Majesty's wedding decree is coming down. As the future mistress of Prefecture Prince's Mansion, I will cripple you here today, and your master won't utter a single word. Do you believe me?"

"How dare you!" Si Nan's face turned red, as if he couldn't believe that Xu Zhaoning dared to threaten him. However, Xu Zhaoning's silver needle went forward again, and it seemed like it was about to pierce his skin. Si Nan had no choice but to believe it.

"Apologize!" Xu Zhaoning gazed at the water as her red lips parted slightly, spitting out two words that had no temperature.

Si Nan gritted his teeth without saying anything. Even if he believed Xu Zhaoning's threats, he was unwilling to apologize. He was the Duke's right-hand man, how could he lower his head like a woman?

Xu Zhaoning let out a cold harrumph. It's good enough to beat those who refuse to submit to the law to death! Si Nan's eyes flashed with a silver light as his mind spun. Then, he felt a sharp pain on his face. He touched his face and a bloody red color covered his finger.

Si Nan was so angry that he reached out to pull out his sword. However, just as he put his hand on the sword sheath, he heard the voice of his family's Duke, "Please come up, Eldest Miss Xu."

Si Nan suppressed his anger and made a gesture of invitation towards Xu Zhaoning. However, Xu Zhaoning still stood motionlessly on the spot, staring at Si Nan with a faint smile.

"Sorry," Si Nan seemed to have exhausted all of his patience with these two words. After he finished speaking, he stood there with a livid expression. He clenched his hands into fists and glared fiercely at Xu Zhaoning.

However, Xu Zhaoning smiled lightly, "Don't worry, once I marry into Prefecture Prince's Mansion, I will have plenty of ways to fix your stubborn brain."

Si Nan: "..."

Si Bei, who was defeated by Xu Zhaoning's confidence: "…"

Xu Zhaoning's good mood continued all the way to Si Jingyu, as if she didn't see Si Jingyu's unfathomable expression. She sat down opposite him and said very naturally: "I'm hungry. Do you want to consider serving the dishes first? Let me have my fill before talking about cooperation?"

"Eldest Miss Xu, are you sure that Ben Wang wants to talk about cooperation and not take your life?" Si Jingyu's voice was like an ice prism as his eyes surged with a terrifying aura.

Xu Zhaoning was not scared at all. Instead, she shrugged while smiling, "Aiyo, I'm so scared. The Emperor just bestowed me with a marriage, yet Prefecture Prince Si suddenly caused my death. Anyone would think of Prefecture Prince Si's opposition within the Kunning Palace, right? "

"You purposefully showed weakness in Kunning Palace."

There was no doubt about it. It was an absolute affirmation.

Xu Zhaoning raised her eyebrows. She didn't think that her actions today in Kunning Palace could fool the man in front of her, so she directly admitted it. "Fake is more interesting, isn't it!"

"Tell me, if the emperor knew that the real Eldest Miss Xu wasn't cowardly at all, and was instead a high-class female hero capable of literature and martial arts, would he still think that you're unworthy of Crown Princess's identity?"

It was obviously noon, but Xu Zhaoning could hear the sinister feeling from Si Jingyu's words. This man was threatening her.

Not only did he know that she was pretending to be a grandson in the Kunning Palace, he also knew that she wasn't really interested in marrying the crown prince.

'F * ck, I almost forgot that this man is the emperor's favorite. If I were to see through the truth, going to the emperor's presence for a blind eye will bring me quite a bit of trouble.

Xu Zhaoning gritted her teeth as she glared at him furiously. However, the man didn't even lift his eyes as he calmly sipped his tea. Xu Zhaoning was so infuriated that she almost went on the verge of going berserk.

Damn it, this was the first time she had been humiliated since she came here. The taste was not very good.

However, a momentary loss didn't mean that he would always be at a disadvantage. Xu Zhaoning smiled coquettishly and moved closer to Si Jingyu, "Then Prefecture Prince Si, do you know that if the Gu poison in your body is not dealt with properly, your little life can be ended at any time?"