Chapter 162 You're Playing Hard to Get Again

"What..."

Su Yunyao took the sketchbook in her hand and patted her lightly.

"Why would you care so much about a man? Men are just playthings. To play with a man is to make him feel helpless, unable to control himself, and... unable to stop."

Agate gave a thumbs up and said, "The princess is amazing. I wish I could be like her in the future, find a few ideal husbands, and watch them fight for my affection all day long."

Pearl gave her a strange look, "Agate."

Su Yunyao looked up at her after hearing this and said, "Jealous? You're stuck in the middle all day, coaxing this one and coaxing that one every day. You're exhausted."

Agate was stunned at first, then thought about it carefully.

It seemed that even if the adults around the princess were jealous, they didn't dare to show it openly.

What they did most was to try to please the princess and get her to favor them more.

She has to be a princess!

She could never learn it.

Even in the emperor's harem, I'm afraid there are concubines jealous of each other every day, using endless tricks and taking endless advantage of each other.

But the princess's backyard was much calmer.

The carriage had just taken two steps when it stopped again.

Su Yunyao frowned as a cold yet familiar voice came from outside the carriage.

"Your humble servant, Chen Qiu Nian, requests an audience with the princess."

Su Yunyao frowned even tighter.

Why is this guy here again? He is like a ghost, lingering around and popping up every now and then.

"not see!"

Su Yunyao's cold voice reached outside the carriage, causing Shen Qiunian's face to turn pale.

The driver pulled the reins tight and turned the carriage around.

The horse raised its front legs, but before they touched the ground, Shen Qiu Nian stood up and knelt in front of the carriage.

"Your humble servant requests an audience with the princess."

The coachman was helpless. Even though he was from the princess's mansion, the person blocking the carriage was a first-rank official of the imperial court.

"Princess." The driver turned around and said, "Lord Shen is blocking the carriage. I dare not move."

Su Yunyao looked annoyed: "Let him come up."

Shen Qiunian was obviously relieved when he heard this. He got on the carriage and knelt in front of Su Yunyao, "Princess."

"Speak." Su Yunyao didn't even raise her head and continued to flip through the sketchbook in her hand.

Shen Qiu Nian frowned, and clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves. "Princess, Miao Miao was confused for a moment. I'm grateful that you have mercy on me and spared my life."

"She wanted to poison me, to kill me. Am I some kind of saint? Do you think it's possible for me to forgive her just by kneeling down?"

Su Yunyao's tone was very light, but Shen Qiunian's heart trembled again when he heard it.

"Princess, Miaomiao's father has been kind to me. Please show mercy and let Miaomiao go this time. She really just made a big mistake because she was confused for a moment. As long as you can give her a lighter sentence, I will agree to do anything you ask me to do." Chen Qiu Nian's tone was excited, and his voice was much higher than usual.

Su Yunyao slowly closed the sketchbook, looked up at him, picked up the tea bowl, and took a sip of tea.

"Chen Qiu Nian, where does your confidence come from? You think you can still plead for mercy with this princess? This princess once took a fancy to you, but you avoided me. Now that I tell you to get lost, you keep pestering me. Do you think you have any use that could earn this princess some mercy?"

Shen Qiu Nian was stunned by the question.

yes!

What else about him is there that the princess can use?

In the princess's eyes, he was already worthless.

"Since my brother values ​​you, and I don't want Daxia to lose a trusted official, I will not hold it against you for bumping into my carriage today. This is just one time, and it won't happen again!"

Su Yunyao's words were sonorous, leaving no room for negotiation.

Chen Qiu Nian's expression was solemn. "Then Princess, could you please tell Lord Lu not to torture Miao Miao anymore? Although Miao Miao is now living in the dust, she was the daughter of the Grand Tutor since she was a child. She was raised in pampered condition and has never suffered such torture. She will definitely not be able to bear it."

Shen Qiu Nian said this, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Please have mercy, Princess."

Su Yunyao sneered, "She's been pampered since she was a child. Lord Shen really knows how to talk. Lord Shen means that this princess has been raised in rough conditions since she was a child. Does she deserve to be drugged?"

Shen Qiunian's eyes trembled, "Princess, that's not what I meant."

"Whatever you mean, Daxia has its own laws. A prince who breaks the law is subject to the same punishment as a commoner. Moreover, she committed the death penalty by attempting to murder the royal family. I cannot let her off the hook just because I didn't drink the soup she drugged. If this precedent is set, everyone will follow suit. This time it was me, but what if it's my brother next time?"

Chen Qiu Nian was speechless. He slowly raised his eyes and looked at Su Yunyao in disbelief.

Is this still the eldest princess he knows?

"I heard you knelt for a long time at the entrance of Xuanzheng Hall. My brother has saved her life and shown her mercy. This princess will never show mercy to someone who wants to murder her. You may leave now."

Shen Qiu Nian stared at him in a daze, knowing that even if he knelt down again, the princess would not let go.

He slowly stood up and staggered out of the carriage, his back looking extremely embarrassed.

The image of the princess always obeying him flashed through his mind. He looked up at the sky and took a deep breath.

The carriage from the princess's mansion brushed past his shoulder and just ran a few steps before being stopped again.

Driver: ...

Su Yunyao irritably lifted the carriage curtain and asked, "You're not done yet, are you?"

Before she could finish her words, a fresh, handsome face came into her sight.

Those eyes, like the cold flowers on the top of the mountain, entered Su Yunyao's sight.

Fei Ran put his hands together and bowed, "My humble servant Fei Ran greets the young lady."

Su Yunyao had to admit that she was a little dazed by this handsome face.

If a person is really good-looking, it will be pleasing to the eye and make people feel better.

"Do you have something to talk to me about?" Su Yunyao's tone became lighter.

"Young lady, you've been throwing away silver today. This hundred taels of silver may not seem like much, but it's too valuable to me. The silver has been withheld by the troupe owner. Here's an IOU for the hundred taels. If you ever regret it, you can come to me with the IOU and I'll do everything in my power to repay you."

Su Yunyao couldn't help but laugh when she heard this. "Later? If you really can come up with that much money, why bother writing me an IOU? Are you playing hard to get, looking for an opportunity to meet me again?"

Fei Ran's face flushed red. "I have absolutely no such intention. I just feel that I am not worthy of the money you gave me. You are being too kind to me."

"No need. I didn't give out that much money. There's no reason to take it back after I've given it out as a reward."

After Su Yunyao finished speaking, she said to the driver, "Let's go."