The princess smiled even more smugly.
Looking at her sister who had gone back in anger, Xu Zijin felt apologetic to the princess: "Princess, Jiuyan is just being immature, please don't take it to heart."
The princess then explained the reason, adding, "Your sister bullied Huanhuan in front of me and even colluded with others to force Huanhuan to drink. It would be strange if I gave her a friendly look."
Xu Zijin hadn't expected this reason, and he felt a little embarrassed.
Seeing his reaction, the princess comforted him, "You are you, and your sister is your sister. I won't let her affect you. But forced relationships are never sweet, and her behavior will only make people dislike her more."
Although the two had little interaction before, they kept to themselves and didn't interfere with each other. If Xu Jiuyan hadn't gone too far, she wouldn't have broken off relations with him.
"Alright, Princess, I'll take you back first."
After seeing Princess Xu Zijin off, I went to Xu Jiuyan's courtyard and saw her beating a maid. The maid's face was red, and she was in pain but dared not make a sound.
Xu Zijing stepped forward and grabbed her whip. "What are you doing?"
Xu Jiuyan struggled, "Let go of me! What, you're interfering just because I'm beating a disobedient servant?"
Seeing the maid trembling in pain on the ground, Xu Zijin was somewhat incredulous. "How did you become like this? Aren't servants human beings?"
Xu Jiuyan got even angrier: "What have I become? Haven't I always been like this? That's right, I'm not as kind as those master and servant. Go find them, why are you bothering me?"
Xu Zijin had intended to have a proper talk with her, but upon hearing her words, she flung her sleeves and exclaimed, "This is utterly unreasonable!"
...
Su Yi took a drunkard back with him, and they sang all the way.
"Stone, I'll sing you another song."
Liu Huan stood up in the carriage, which startled Su Yi, who pressed her back down. "What are you doing? Sit down properly."
"It's not a big problem, Stone. I can still drink."
The little drunkard was already slurring her words, yet she kept saying she could drink a lot. Su Yi sighed, feeling helpless.
He patiently coaxed, "I know it's dangerous for us to be in the carriage. Let's talk about it when we get back, okay?"
Liu Huan thought for a few seconds and then, quite accommodatingly, said, "Alright, I'll give you that face."
After saying that, she nestled into his arms, found a comfortable spot to lie down, and pressed her face against his chest, muttering, "I feel uncomfortable~"
Su Yi gently patted her back until they got home, and she was already asleep.
When Changbai saw his master carrying his future mistress back, he thought something had happened and hurriedly went to greet him, "Young Master."
"It's nothing, just have someone make a bowl of hangover tea."
As he spoke these words, the young master turned to shield the person in his arms, as if afraid that the person in his arms would be seen by him.
The new maid was kicked out after making the bed. Su Yi tried to put her on the bed, but the person in his arms wouldn't cooperate.
"Oh no, why is the ground shaking? Is it an earthquake?"
"It's not an earthquake, can you let go and go to bed?"
The drunkard shook his head with his eyes closed: "No, I'm going to hug the stone like this, the stone is mine."
"It's yours, it's always been yours."
It took a long time to get into bed, and once there I stared blankly with my eyes wide open.
When the maid brought in the hangover tea, she was still in the same position.
"Get up first, drink it, then go to sleep."
The person on the bed turned to his side, glanced at him, then obediently got up, took the bowl, and finished drinking.
When she looked at him again, she grinned foolishly. "You look exactly like a rock." After a pause, she continued, "Both are good-looking."
After saying that, she frowned in grievance, "It hurts~"
Su Yi asked, "Where does it hurt? Let me see."
Liu Huan rolled up her skirt, revealing her snow-white thighs covered in a large patch of bruises.
It hurts here.
Ignoring her fair skin, Su Yi stared at the bluish area and asked seriously, "How did you get that?"
Liu Huan felt even more aggrieved, "The bad guy pushed me."
Su Yi found the ointment he had left over from last time and applied it to her without any distraction.
The cool, refreshing sensation made her feel very comfortable.
Su Yi spoke again, and she fell back down, this time truly asleep.
Su Yi covered her with the blanket, lingered for a long time, and then kissed her forehead before leaving.
He ordered someone to inquire why Liu Huan drank so much wine, and then went to his study to handle official business.
By the time Changbai returned, it was already getting dark.
"Young master, it was the young lady from the Minister's family who suggested it; if the master loses, the maid must drink..."
He recounted everything that had happened at the Shen residence, but Su Yi's face grew increasingly dark.
Liu Huan slept straight through until the next morning.
She woke up with a splitting headache. The maid heard the noise and pushed the door open to enter. She was still a little dazed.
Where is this?
Qiu Rong smiled and said, "This is the Su residence, Miss, you've come home."
"Wasn't I drinking?"
I only remembered what happened yesterday after thinking about it carefully.
Seeing himself acting crazy in the carriage, he sighed, "Sigh, drinking leads to trouble."
She was secretly grieving and didn't even realize when Su Yi had come in.
"Does your head hurt?"
Hearing this, she was startled, remembering how she used to snuggle in his arms and act coquettishly.
Blushing, she stammered, "No, it doesn't hurt anymore."
Seeing her flushed face, Su Yi asked, "Why is your face so red? Are you feeling unwell? Does your foot hurt?"
Liu Huan dodged his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm just hot."
Su Yi had to go to work and didn't have time to pay attention to her, so he kept it short: "Remember to eat on time. The princess gave you a day off today, so rest well at home. I'll come back to keep you company after I finish my shift."
Regardless of whether Liu Huan understood or not, he nodded vigorously.
Su Yi held her head and said, "Don't touch it anymore, it will make your head hurt even more."
"Be good at home," he said before striding away.
After finishing breakfast, Liu Huan took another nap before feeling better.
Ignoring her blushing face from the morning, she got up and went to the kitchen, where the cook had already prepared lunch.
"Miss, please go back and sit down. I'll bring it to you."
Liu Huan nodded, "You can go back after you've finished packing. I'll give you half a day off."
The cook was startled and knelt on the ground. "Miss, is it because the food I made is not to your liking? I will correct anything that is not good. Please don't send me away."
Liu Huan helped her up and explained, "No, that's not true. I didn't explain clearly. What I meant was that I would cook the afternoon meal myself, and you can come early tomorrow to make breakfast."
"That's good, that's good, thank you, Miss."
Liu Huan was thinking of the Bo Bo Chicken she used to make, which she hadn't eaten in the past five years.
Without further ado, she asked Changbai to buy the ingredients, and she and two maids prepared the vegetables, mixed the chili oil, marinated them, and then put the wine on the table.
She sat quietly to the side, waiting for Su Yi to return.
As soon as Su Yi entered the courtyard, he smelled the fragrance filling the house, and it became even stronger once he entered the house.
There was also a woman at the table, smiling obsequiously, her eyebrows curving into a smile.
"Stone, sit down quickly."
Liu Huan was very attentive, pulling him to sit down and personally pouring him wine.
Su Yi raised an eyebrow, "Didn't you have enough to drink yesterday? Want to drink some more today?"
Liu Huan smiled and said, "No, no, you're the one who's drinking. I'm not drinking; I'll just watch you drink."
Su Yi knew this was a trick Liu Huan often used when she felt guilty, but he enjoyed it.
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