Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Put on your clothes and get out! ...

Yuan Susu watched as Chen Rang's slender fingers slowly lifted the curtain, neither hurried nor slow, with a dignified posture, and the slightest hint of anger in the corner of his eyes slowly disappeared.

Shen Rang had a prominent and straight nose, neatly raised eyebrows, and sharp eyes.

The anger in Susu's heart dissipated a lot, and she just sighed in her heart: So handsome.

Seeing Yuan Susu stunned and even blushing, he recalled a certain night when he suddenly felt unhappy. His already slightly deep voice said impatiently, "Hmm?"

She had just come out of her truly superior appearance when Yuan Susu gave a fake smile and said sarcastically, "How can you be compared to a dog?"

After saying that, Yuan Susu turned around and was about to leave. The wind started to blow, and a hairband on her head was blown into Shen Rang's hands by the wind.

Shen Rang's breathing quickened, his brows furrowed, "Your Highness."

Su Su felt a chill down her spine and stopped in her tracks, thinking that the stingy Shen Rang was going to cause trouble for her.

She kept walking forward with her head down, pretending not to hear.

Shen Rang saw that piece of goose yellow silk lying quietly in his hand, and it felt a little itchy when it was blown by the wind.

Seeing that the eldest princess had already gotten into the carriage, Fang rubbed his brows and said, "Return to the palace."

Yu Shu handed a handkerchief to Chen Rang as usual: "Sir, wash your hands."

Chen Rang frowned and looked up at the piece of silk embellished with pearls and jade in his hand, but he did not feel disgusted or nauseous.

Seeing Yu Shu coming to take away the goose yellow, he suddenly raised his eyes with a cold and intimidating look in his eyes: "What?"

"I...I'll have someone deliver it to His Highness later."

He closed his eyes and didn't take the handkerchief: "No need, drive."

Yu Shu's pupils were slightly startled. In the past, the young man would frown and use a handkerchief to wash his hands when he touched a woman or even her clothes.

What happened today?

It was already night when Chen Rang finished handling state affairs and returned to Buwang Mountain. He looked tiredly at the piles of files on the desk and felt annoyed.

The summer evening breeze was still hot, so Chen Rang returned to the study and took off his coat.

After scanning the pile of files on the table, he couldn't help but frown after sitting down.

He suddenly caught a glimpse of the file beside him that said "Suzhou Prefecture..." and felt annoyed. He stood up and opened the window.

The tip of his nose was suddenly filled with the disturbing scent of gardenias, and Yu Shu, who was sitting in front of the door and wiping his mouth in a panic after being caught eating a pastry, was also touched.

Shen Rang was upset and closed the window.

He opened his folding fan and fanned himself.

"Susu?" Chen Rang sneered, "You're so greedy, you're just called 'Susu'."

This file is really hard to read, and on this summer night in the capital, everything seems to be emitting heat.

He asked someone to prepare bathing water for him. He had no habit of needing someone to serve him when bathing. After the servant prepared the bathing water for Shen Rang, he left immediately.

Chen Rang entered a screen with a landscape painting and took off his clothes. Suddenly, a piece of goose yellow fell out from his clothes. He picked it up with a fixed gaze.

Hang it on the screen along with your clothes.

When he entered the water, his thin body shimmered in the light of the water.

The water temperature was just right, but he seemed to feel his abdomen was a little hot, and he couldn't help but think of Yuan Susu's fair and slender hands 'flirting' with him during the day, with a blushing and satisfied look on her face.

Shen Rang couldn't understand why there was such a thing in this world...

Such a shameless woman!

From her former arrogance and ambition, to her current cuteness and greed...

Which one is the real her?

The refreshing scent of gardenia wafting in from the window penetrated Chen Rang's nose and lingered for a long time. He couldn't help but curl his lips.

However, gardenias do seem to smell better.

After bathing, Shen Rang put on a thin green shirt, because there were no women in Buwang Mountain except a white cat.

His clothes were loose on his body, which had not yet been wiped dry. Drops of water hanging from his chin flowed down onto Shen Rang's chest bit by bit.

Shen Rang returned to the study and was about to continue reading the files. As soon as he stepped into the room, he suddenly smelled an inappropriate scent of powder.

He frowned, suddenly drew out the sword hanging beside him, and with a gloomy face, he used the sword to push aside the curtain and walked towards the small couch in the study.

Sure enough, there was a woman on the small couch with her clothes half-undressed, revealing her snow-white shoulders. She looked a bit like Yuan Susu.

As the candlelight flickered, even Shen Rang felt a little dazed.

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But soon, he reacted.

He gripped the hilt of the sword and stabbed it mercilessly at the man's scattered hair, shouting in a gloomy voice, "Put on your clothes and get out!"

A strand of black hair was cut off by the sharp blade and fell on the bed.

The woman trembled as she put on her clothes and tumbled out of the study. As she stepped out, her voice trembled and her legs gave way, dropping her to her knees. She pulled out a piece of paper unique to the Runan Shen family and said, "Second Young Master... The old... The old lady said... If you are unable to favor me tonight, I must deliver this letter to you."

Shen Rang sighed, and he knew it must be his grandmother.

Seeing that the young master had not yet responded, Yu Shu took the invitation from the girl and said, "Miss, we will send someone to send you back first."

"Thank you very much."

Chen Rang frowned, looked at the post, and glanced at the smell on the bed with displeasure: "Throw away everything on the bed, it's dirty."

Yu Shu nodded: "Yes."

I don’t know what kind of hobby my young master has, but he always thinks these beautiful young girls are dirty.

If any woman other than a blood relative of his family touched the young master's things, he would definitely get furious and replace all the things with new ones.

But there was an accident one night. That night, the young master stayed in the princess's mansion for a long time. That night, he saw with his own eyes that the young master's clothes were disheveled on his chest and there was even a bright red lip mark on his lips.

Yu Shu knew without even thinking that it must be this crazy woman who had molested her young master.

He handed Shen Rang a handkerchief indignantly. Shen Rang wiped the charming kiss marks on his face and then clutched the handkerchief.

Yu Shu looked at the scars on the neck and couldn't bear to look at them: "How could the princess..."

Shen Rang angrily shouted, "The eldest princess? Ha... She is clearly a crazy woman!"

Yu Shu, driving the carriage, agreed immensely: "Yes! Crazy woman!"

That was also the first time he heard his own elegant and upright son curse someone.

………

Soon, the news that the eldest princess, who was arrogant, licentious and addicted to men, had finally chosen a husband spread throughout the court and the streets.

Not only did His Highness not choose anyone else, he also did not choose the Censor of the Ministry of Justice, who many people have been trying to curry favor with recently.

Many opportunists in the Ministry of Justice saw that Lin Zhuo had not received His Highness's favor in the past few days, and then they mocked him even more fiercely than before, saying, "Some people should not think that they can fly to the top just by being favored by His Highness. After all, the emperor's favor is like flowing water."

A few days ago, because of the favor of His Highness, he was in the limelight, and even the Minister of Justice personally assigned several cases that could make him meritorious to Lin Zhuo.

And one of these cases is the one who spoke.

Lin Zhuo felt like an abandoned dog that had lost its home, and he looked at those fawning lackeys barking at him in embarrassment.

The king’s grace is like flowing water?

He studied hard for several years, passed the layers of examinations in the imperial examination where favoritism and fraud were the norm, and became the top scholar chosen by the late emperor through the palace selection.

He was once so successful, but now he has to rely on the love of a woman?

Lin Zhuo looked at the scorching midday sun slowly filtering through the narrow window lattice, and listened to the occasional sarcastic remarks from his colleagues.

Looking at the declining morals of the officialdom, when I closed my eyes, the image of the people struggling to make a living flashed through my mind.

But suddenly, when Lin Zhuo opened his eyes again, the light in his eyes dimmed.

What can he do alone?

His fingers slowly tightened, and his mind flashed back to his deceased father who had been bedridden for many years, his mother who had worked hard to raise three children, and now his youngest sister had just come of age and was about to choose a husband, and his younger brother was about to come of age.

I'm afraid he can't survive on just his meager salary.

Suddenly, the noise outside the door stopped and became tense.

That man, who was one rank higher than Lin Zhuo, loved to mock him the most. After being pushed in by the crowd, he said with an embarrassed look on his face, "Lin... Lord Lin, the princess sent someone to deliver the food box."

Lin Zhuo glanced at the food box, looking at the mahogany food box decorated with several dazzling jades, which looked extremely luxurious.

He stared and nodded, and just as he was about to take it, his eyes suddenly darkened. Lin Zhuo looked at the man's embarrassed expression meaningfully and asked, "Your Majesty's grace is like flowing water?"

The man choked and his face turned pale.

After finishing his shift, when Lin Zhuo was carrying his lunch box to the mansion, he happened to run into Shen Rang who was leaving the mansion after giving a lesson.

He was not surprised at all when he saw Lin Zhuo. Looking at Lin Zhuo who saluted him politely, a hint of amusement appeared in his eyes:

"I heard that the Imperial Secretary has been suffering from stomach discomfort these past few days, and Your Highness has specifically instructed that your meal be steamed to soften it. Is it to your liking?"

Lin Zhuo's face didn't show any emotion. He suddenly raised his eyes and said, "I am fortunate that Your Highness cares about me. Naturally, I love eating this."

Shen Rang sneered before entering the carriage.

Suddenly, as the carriage started moving, a joyful voice was heard, completely different from the one in the lecture just now: "Lin Zhuo~"

"You're finally here. You didn't even know that old-fashioned Shen Rang actually dared to slap my palm!"

"Does it still hurt?"

"It won't hurt anymore if you come~"

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Yuan Susu: “…”

She looked at the carriage not far away, and her smile froze...

Woohoo, I worked so hard to build up my favorability. I will never speak ill of others again...

Uh...you should keep your voice down when you say bad things about others. (The goose girl is so cute)

The author has something to say:

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Susu was punished with a handboard because she failed to memorize the lesson, slept in class, and chirped crickets in a low voice.

In my heart, I silently gave Chen Rang's favorability points a crazy deduction -1-1-1-1! !

I didn't expect that when I was complaining to Lord Lin, the big iceberg hadn't gone far away... Wow, my hard-earned favorability [melted]

But... I'll say it again next time, I'll whisper bad things about you in someone's ear [dog head]

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