Chapter 17: Insolent

The porcelain cup fell to the ground with a "bang!" sound, as if lamenting its fate.

The porcelain cup fell to the ground, the cracks expanded rapidly, and the porcelain cup shattered instantly.

There's something interesting to watch!

Xu Zhao hurried in and saw Chen Yu sitting at the table. Xu Zhaodi and the soldier leading her were kneeling on the ground.

When Xu Zhao came in and saw this, he blinked innocently, looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, and then looked at Chen Yu who was sitting with an angry look on his face.

"Did something happen?"

She walked past the two kneeling men and placed the food box in her hand on the table without taking out the dishes inside.

"You speak," Chen Yu ordered the kneeling soldier in a cold voice.

The soldier told the story in detail.

Only then did Xu Zhao know what happened here when she went to Shen Yu's tent to look for Shen Yu.

It turned out that after the soldier brought Xu Zhaodi into the tent, "The prince ordered that if there is anything that the lady does not like, she can just say it. If it can be done, the lady will be satisfied."

Xu Zhaodi had never been treated so well before, and she felt more and more that her thoughts just now must be correct, and that the prince must be trying to help her out.

Her vanity was satisfied at once, and she became so proud that she really thought she was the master.

She raised her chin like a proud peacock, looked around, and then lifted her legs to look at the facilities inside.

Xu Zhaodi walked to the bed, touched the cushion under the bed, and said, "My skin is delicate, and this cushion is not soft enough. Add another layer underneath, so that I can sleep more comfortably."

She walked to the closet next to her and opened it to find it was empty. She said sarcastically, "Why is this closet empty? Since you let me live here, you should fill it up."

After hearing these two requests in a row, the soldiers frowned all of a sudden. What kind of relationship does the prince have with this vulgar country woman that she is so arrogant?

This soft couch already has a layer of cushion, so any man in the military camp can sleep on the floor.

Besides, when the soldier looked at Xu Zhaodi's exposed skin, her slightly dark neck, and her rough hands, he couldn't see anything delicate about her.

Besides, as for this wardrobe, even the soldiers fighting on the battlefield don’t have a whole wardrobe of clothes. How could she, a cook who only eats and drinks for free in the barracks, make such an excessive request?

The soldier thought about it, but he didn't show it on his face. He just said in a less respectful tone than before, "Miss, do you have any other requests? I have written them down and will tell the prince later."

Xu Zhaodi never liked to treat herself badly. She continued to find fault, "There is no life in this tent." She walked to the door and pointed at the cabinet at the door and said, "Put a pot of flowers here, it will look better."

She came to the table again, picked up the teacup on the table, rubbed it for a while, and complained: "This plain white cup feels rough, and the color is too monotonous. Change it to a more exquisite one."

As soon as she finished speaking, the cup in her hand was snatched away by someone.

"How dare you," Xu Zhaodi already regarded herself as her master, and this time her tone was even more arrogant and tough. Until she saw clearly that the man was a handsome general, and met his calm but slightly cold eyes, she whispered softly with a little excitement: "Prince!"

When Shen Yu saw that it was indeed a strange woman, his face turned extremely bad on the spot. He raised his hand and threw the cup in his hand to the ground.

Xu Zhaodi was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground.

The soldiers with him also knelt on the ground, and this was the scene that Xu Zhao saw when he came in.

As soon as Chen Yu arrived and stepped into the tent, he heard a strange girl inside, talking derogatorily about the teacups in the tent, which made him very unhappy.

He didn't think Xu Zhao was such a rude person, and the voice was not Xu Zhao's at all, so he directly snatched the cup from the woman's hand.

Seeing that it was a little cook who was acting so arrogantly in the tent he had prepared, he threw the cup away in anger.

"You get up first." Chen Yu was mainly angry with the little cook, but he was still tolerant towards his subordinates.

Fang Xuren asked: "Who are you and why are you here?"

The cook in the kitchen rarely leaves the kitchen. The chef in the kitchen will arrange young and strong men to deliver food to the soldiers in the barracks. Therefore, the cook usually does not appear in the tent.

It was the first time that Xu Zhaodi had witnessed the pressure from a superior. Normally, when her parents were angry with her, they would not be so scary. But now she began to feel scared, wondering if she had gone too far.

She lowered her body, not daring to look up, "My name is Xu Zhaodi, and the prince asked this military officer to bring me here."

Shen Yu was stunned when he heard this. Didn’t he ask someone to call Xu Zhao over?

He looked at the soldiers beside him, and said in a dignified manner, "What's going on?" The soldier saluted and said, "Your Highness, Deputy General Fang ordered me to go to the kitchen to find Miss Xu. I have never seen Miss Xu, so when this girl came out and said she was Miss Xu, I thought... I didn't expect this woman to be so bold as to pretend to be Miss Xu."

He knelt on the ground again and said, "I have failed to do my job well. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

At this moment, he still didn't know that the "Miss Xu" he brought with him was just an impostor, and the real Miss Xu was probably the woman standing next to the prince at this moment.

It was true what his brothers said, Miss Xu was indeed pretty.

Fang Xuren finally understood what was going on. It turned out that he was just an arrogant person who wanted to cling to the rich and powerful.

He rebuked harshly, “I didn’t expect there would be such a bold person in this military camp.”

"How should the prince deal with her?"

Chen Yu looked at Xu Zhao standing aside, who looked like a bystander enjoying a good show, with a sly look of gloating between his brows, and found it a little funny.

How did this person manage to stay out of things that had nothing to do with him?

Chen Yu has never been a person who doesn't understand things. He asked, "Why do you want to pretend to be Miss Xu?"

Xu Zhaodi was just a country girl who had never been to school. She was at a loss as to what to do. She was still kneeling on the ground, but she looked up with a pitiful look and tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Your Majesty, please understand. Didn't you ask someone to bring me here? I thought that Your Majesty knew what happened in the kitchen and came to rescue me."

Even at this point, Xu Zhaodi still thought that Shen Yu was trying to help her. Besides, Xu Zhao was standing by, so she thought Xu Zhao was just there to deliver food. She still didn't notice that Shen Yu and the others' attitude towards Xu Zhao was completely different from their attitude towards her.

Xu Zhao stood aside with that playful look on his face.

"How dare you! Don't you even look at your identity?"