Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Clinging to him, sticking to him, kneeling down to beg him...

The next day, Yuan Susu entered the palace. She had left the palace in a hurry after the last night banquet and had not paid attention to the Great Zhou Palace and its towering and scattered pavilions and buildings.

The mottled red bricks and green tiles bear the great achievements and jade steps forged with blood and sweat left by generations of emperors and generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty over more than two hundred years.

When the palace maids saw that it was the eldest princess, they held their breath, not daring to breathe, and retreated to the sides to kneel and pay their respects.

In the imperial study, Shen Rang happened to be there.

He was wearing a crimson court robe with a lifelike crane patch on it.

At first glance, he looks stern, majestic and noble.

He stood beside the rosewood desk, his slender fingers clutching the scroll.

Suddenly, Su Su felt the reality of the words "tall and graceful" and "as graceful as an orchid and a jade tree".

A pair of narrow peach blossom eyes glanced at Su Su, and suddenly there was a mixture of inexplicable emotions in his eyes...

Su Su complained in her heart: "Isn't it just a kiss? He's already 26, he wouldn't have touched a woman, right?"

That's probably... some kind of congenital defect.

Shen Rangwen glanced at her smiling face with a calm expression, his tone as usual, but the coldness penetrated her bones: "Why are you standing there? Come in."

"Sister~" Yuan Che stood up to greet her. He was a chubby glutinous rice ball.

However, his soft eyes still held a sense of pressure. It seemed that after five years in his high position, he had naturally developed the aura of an emperor.

Your Majesty is only ten years old now and is still a child who needs adult care.

The young emperor took Susu's hand, motioned for her to bend down, and whispered in her ear, "Sister, you've come just in time. Master Shen seems to be in a bad mood today and is going to check our homework again. Hurry and save me!"

Su Su was stunned, and looked up at Chen Rang, whose cold peach blossom eyes contained a slight annoyance.

"Is that so... Then I can't save you."

Yuan Che pursed his lips and suddenly said, "I heard that Sister rescued someone from the Ministry of Justice at Nangong Banquet last night?"

Su Su stroked his round head. "That man is a seventh-rank official in the Ministry of Justice and was once the top scorer in the imperial examination. Now he is being surrounded and bullied. How can I watch them act so arrogantly in the palace? They don't even take His Majesty seriously!"

Yuan Che had an expression as if he saw through everything but refused to say anything. After all, the man that his elder sister fell in love with on the first day would often show up in the mansion after a few days.

Seeing the brother and sister mumbling for a long time, Chen Rang frowned and rolled up the sleeves of his court robe, his eyes swept over Yuan Susu: "What is it that the eldest princess came to see His Majesty today?"

"I'm actually looking for His Majesty, then..." Su Su raised her chin and imitated someone's usual gaze, slightly suppressing it, "You go out and wait first."

Shen Rang's slender white fingers paused slightly at the cuffs, and he supported his hands on the edge of the table when he raised his eyes to look at Su Su.

His eyes swept across Su Su's face without any pain or itch: "Your Highness, do you want to report me to His Majesty?"

When the corners of his lips curled up, there was a hint of ambiguity in his eyes, whether intentional or unintentional.

Su Su got goosebumps when she was looked at. She was obviously not there to complain, but she felt inexplicably guilty.

For some reason, Shen Rang was the first to become impatient. He suppressed the inexplicable emotions that rose in his eyes.

He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Hmm?"

Just as Su Su was about to be sarcastic with him, the PTSD dog system's "ding dong" sound suddenly popped up in her mind.

Forget it, forget it, I can tolerate my uncle, and I can tolerate Susu too!

"Master Shen, if you want to stay, then you can stay." She was too lazy to waste words with Shen Rang.

Then Susu knelt down on the ground, and her knees felt cold instantly.

She said in a strong voice, "Today I want to ask my brother to issue an imperial decree to cancel my engagement with Xie Heng."

When he heard the words "cancel the engagement", Shen Rang suddenly looked at Yuan Susu.

The young emperor helped Yuan Susu up and said, eager to protect her sister, "But General Xie made me sad?"

“No.”

"So... is it General Xie who has taken control of the Princess's staff?"

"That's not the case." Su Su had a different opinion of this little brat. Although he looked small, he was quite thoughtful.

Yuan Che was puzzled: "Then why does my sister want to cancel this marriage?"

General Xie's appearance, family background and personality are all excellent. He neither interferes with the many staff in the princess's backyard nor cares whether Her Highness will like him in the future.

It is hard to find such a wife who sits in the backyard without fighting or competing, even with a lantern!

What else are you dissatisfied with, sister?

Shen Rang's brows relaxed, and an imperceptible smile appeared on his lips.

He raised his eyebrows, and suddenly reached out to pick up the teacup and took a sip.

But when Shen Rang noticed this subtle change in his heart, he impatiently recalled the eldest princess's past insidious, cunning, arrogant and disgusting behavior.

What's more, he was feeling lucky that his good friend Xie Heng would no longer be ruined by this woman.

And he could better control the eldest princess's every move in Shangjing.

But Yuan Susu continued, "Because... because I already have someone I like."

As soon as these words came out, Shen Rang's eyes lit up for a moment and then became sinister in an instant, and his crow feathers suddenly trembled.

He couldn't help but think of Yuan Susu's repeated inappropriate behavior towards him...

[Ding Dong, Favorability +3]

Yuan Susu glanced at him doubtfully, but this look happened to be caught by Shen Rang.

Chen Rang twirled his fingertips in his peripheral vision, seemingly nonchalant.

Before Yuan Che could ask, he just heard...

"Who is it?" Shen Rang's eyes lowered, his voice tightened, and his whole body trembled.

Su Su's eyes shone with light: "Minister of Justice, Lin Zhuo."

She didn't see Shen Rang's eyes suddenly darken, nor did she see the self-mockery curling up at the corners of his mouth.

But she could clearly hear the voice coming from her head...

[Ding Dong, Favorability -10]

Yuan Susu was stunned and rolled her eyes at Chen Rang in her heart.

I don’t know what’s wrong with him. He was unhappy that I stayed in Kyoto, and he was even unhappy that I got married and left Kyoto.

Divine gold.

"Lin Zhuo?" Yuan Che thought carefully and suddenly asked, "The person my sister just mentioned?"

Yuan Susu's cheeks flushed with shyness, but her eyes were filled with unconcealable love. "That's right! Although his official position is only seventh rank, it's quite impressive that he has managed to gain a foothold in the court at such a young age despite coming from a humble family."

"It's just a chance encounter," Chen Rang said mockingly, "The princess's affections really come and go like the wind."

Susu has already given up. When she gets married, who will care about your favorability which can fall faster than stocks?

Subtract, I don’t care even if you subtract 10 more…

[Ding Dong, Favorability -10]

Yuan Susu: Myocardial infarction.

Only Yuan Che was still thinking about her. He asked the eunuch beside him, "Is this Lin Zhuo married?"

"Your Majesty, Lord Lin is twenty-three years old and still unmarried."

"Since my sister and General Xie are not romantically involved, this engagement can be cancelled. But does Lord Lin also have feelings for my sister?"

This is...

"No," Yuan Susu said with a curved lip, "But... I'll go ask him now. If he doesn't want to, I definitely won't force him..."

She just pestered him, stuck to him, and begged him on her knees.

Yuan Che stared intently and said, "The marriage of our eldest princess is a major event. Naturally, it cannot be done casually, and certainly not in a hurry..."

Su Su shook her head and ran over to pinch Yuan Che's shoulders, saying, "I'm anxious! Your Majesty, I'm extremely anxious!"

Shen Rang sneered, "Why is Your Highness so anxious to get married?"

"That's because I'm afraid..." When Su Su realized that her mouth was running in front and her brain was chasing behind, she wished she could sew her mouth shut.

"Afraid?" Chen Rang chuckled, his eyes filled with stern scrutiny. He caught the loophole in Su Su's words and said, "I wonder if Your Highness, as the most powerful woman in the Great Zhou Dynasty, is there anyone in the world you're afraid of?"

"I... I'm afraid..." Su Su pursed her lips and let her stubborn mind think quickly, "The master calculated that it would be more beneficial for my strategic development if I got married this year."

Chen Rang walked over to Yuan Susu with his hands behind his back and said, "So the eldest princess is giving up her fiancé and wants to find a new one?"

Su Su took a few steps back, always keeping a safe distance from Shen Rang. "This isn't... the master said that Xie Heng and I are incompatible, and he wants to defeat me."

"Oh?" Shen Rang's eyes flashed with cunning, and a dangerous smile suddenly appeared on his lips. "Since that's the case, your Highness's marriage is a major event. Why not meet more suitable men of the right age in the capital? Although Lin Zhuo is a good man, his family background is too poor and he is not worthy of your Highness."

"Okay..." Yuan Susu was really hurt by her own big sieve. Yuan Che was about to give in, but Shen Rang arranged a blind date for her in a few words.

Chen Rang looked at Yuan Susu who was forced into a corner by him. There was no more fierce look in his eyes, and there was even a hint of pity.

His eyes softened and he felt that his tone of voice had been a little harsh. He pursed his lips, looked away, and took a few steps back.

The corners of his lips suddenly curved up, and he said casually, "I have overstepped my bounds."

[Ding Dong, Favorability +5]

Yuan Che was very tolerant of this elder sister. No matter what she wanted to do, Yuan Che would not blame her.

Since Xie Heng wasn't the man my sister liked, how could I let her down? So, let this marriage not happen.

Yuan Che said, "Sister, your marriage is certainly not something you can be careless about. What the teacher said makes sense. There are many men of the right age in Shangjing City now. Sister, you can take your time to look for someone."

When Yuan Susu was about to struggle and resist, Shen Rang immediately interrupted and said, "I second the motion."

What does it feel like to have a knife at your neck?

Su Su experienced this firsthand today.

Chen Rang ignored the look in someone's eyes that wanted to stab him, and he turned his eyes back to pick up the scroll again: "Since Your Highness has nothing to do, please leave first. I will teach Your Majesty."

…

Yuan Susu's carriage stopped outside the gate of the Ministry of Justice, and she waited until she left the Ministry.

Lin Zhuo's azure official uniform turned slightly white. He rubbed his neck. He was going to use incense to get rid of the smell because he had been in prison today.

Suddenly, colleagues who had avoided each other in the past rushed to burn incense for Lin Zhuo's official uniform.

Lin Zhuo was slightly surprised, then understood and said, "But there is another difficult task to be done?"

"Look at what Lord Lin said," they joked, "Who would dare to ask you to do errands in the future?"

The smiles on their lips did not reach their eyes, which were filled with sarcasm: "Yes, if you become rich and powerful, don't forget each other."

Lin Zhuo never took these incoherent words to heart. When he left the Ministry of Justice, the door was crowded with people.

I guess he's had some romantic affair again.

Lin Zhuo has always been a self-disciplined and polite person who doesn't like to inquire about romantic affairs. He just glanced at the luxurious carriage that was incompatible with the dark and damp environment of the Ministry of Justice, then lowered his eyes and left.

Suddenly, he heard a somewhat excited and shy voice and the fragrance of gardenias.

"Lin Zhuo!"

Lin Zhuo stopped in his tracks when he heard the voice. When he turned around, a man ran towards him and before he could stop, he jumped into his arms.

He lowered his eyes to see the heat rising on Susu's cheeks. He regained consciousness and took a step back, kneeling and bowing. "What are you doing here, Your Highness?"

"Get in the car," Su Su glanced at the people around her and her face turned even redder. "I'll tell you when you get in the car."

After getting in the car, Lin Zhuo sat politely and distantly.

Su Su moved towards him and said, "I came to see you today to ask if you are willing..."

Lin Zhuo lowered his eyes to look at her, his eyes as gentle as jade slowly swallowing her in.

Seeing the princess's face getting redder, Lin Zhuo asked in a voice as clear as a spring hitting a stone, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

"I..." Her breathing quickened, and she suddenly made up her mind and closed her eyes. "I want to marry you. What do you think?"

The author has something to say:

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Big Iceberg: She won’t… like me, right? (Annoyed and looking forward to it)

The girl rolled her eyes: Narcissistic simmering maniac!

Wangwang: Little angels, come and play~ I will try to put a small clip for each speech in the future [狗头]