Chapter 225: Just Take It Off Here

"Greetings, Princess."

Xiao Quanzi bowed respectfully to Yuan Siyin without even glancing at the arrogant commander.

Emerald scoffed, "What are you standing there for? Go and slap him!"

The group had already conspired together. Xiao Quanzi widened his eyes, pretending to be very surprised, and cautiously asked, "What's going on? Why did this happen?"

“He spoke arrogantly and disrespectfully to the princess. Even if the Empress Dowager were here, she would deserve to slap him twice.”

Emerald shook her head, quite dissatisfied: "Even if you are on good terms with the Commander, you cannot allow him to treat the Princess like this."

"This, Commander was just joking. Princess, you are so magnanimous. Please forgive me for the sake of Xiao Quanzi."

The commander hadn't recovered from being slapped yet, and when he heard that Xiao Quanzi was on his side, he immediately nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I was just joking."

As the commander of the Imperial Guard, how could he let them embarrass him? Besides, if those two slaps were delivered, the outside would hear them clearly, and where would he put his face then?

The commander gritted his teeth and could only restrain his arrogance for the time being.

Yuan Siyin raised her head with little interest and patted Yuan Fuqing's back lightly: "Go, tell me everything that happened yesterday."

Yuan Fuqing obediently got up. "Yesterday, Brother Shiyan gave me a cricket made of straw. I wanted him to teach me how to use it, so I pestered him to let me stay at Jianzhang Palace."

As he spoke, he took out a grass cricket from his sleeve, the very one that Yu Shiyan had given him during the meal earlier.

Yuan Siyin rolled her eyes at Yu Shiyan, annoyed: "I was wondering what you two were doing sneaking back to your bedchamber yesterday. You were playing these games behind my back. No wonder the teacher was so angry that he had to go back to recuperate."

Yu Shiyan had no choice but to admit his mistake: "It definitely won't happen again next time."

The commander was speechless for a moment, and could only vaguely say, "After all, we didn't see Prince Mu yesterday, so we still have to take him back for questioning and examination."

Yuan Siyin slammed down her teacup, frowned, and said with a displeased tone, "According to what you're saying, Commander, we shouldn't take anyone back. It's just to check if there are any wounds on their chests, isn't it?"

"Let's just take them off here, so we can see more clearly and save ourselves the trouble of running back and forth."

Hearing her confident tone, the commander hesitated for a moment and remained silent.

Seeing that it was time for Xiao Quanzi to make his move, he hurriedly went to the commander's side and whispered, "Sir, why don't you use a roundabout way to get him to draw his bow? If Prince Mu is really an assassin, he will definitely try his best to refuse. Even if he doesn't refuse, he will still give himself away when he shoots the arrow. This way, everyone can save face."

Look, this Prince Mu is currently favored by the Empress Dowager and our Princess. These two...

He secretly gave a thumbs up and then said, "These two may not be as powerful as His Majesty, but they can crush us like an ant, without needing any effort at all."

Besides, what kind of relationship do we have?

The commander paused, then repeated his question: "What kind of relationship?"

"A bond forged in life and death, a brotherhood for you! Do you remember the other day when you lost everything playing cards, down to your underwear, and I was the one who covered your losses!"

Xiao Quanzi was so anxious that he kept flicking his whisk: "Heavens, at this point, if you don't believe me, who else can you believe? Would I harm you?"

"My lord, you truly have a short memory. It's one thing to not see my face clearly so late at night, but to completely forget about this matter? Well, sir, if you want to suffer the consequences, then so be it. I tried my best to persuade you, but who can you blame but yourself?"