GTB Chapter 166

Chapter 168: Has the Princess been taken over by someone?

Jiang Jiuchu’s words instantly froze the expression on Lin Yue’s face. She clearly hadn’t expected that the Seventh Princess, who hadn’t dared to provoke her for days, would suddenly bare her fangs at her like this.

In her mind, the reason Jiang Jiuchu didn’t show any anger or authority was because she lacked Shí Yan’s favor, and therefore had no confidence. Thus, she naturally didn’t take Jiang Jiuchu seriously.

After a moment of stunned silence, she subconsciously glanced at Shí Yan, only to see him elegantly drinking his pear soup, not even looking at her.

She quickly bowed to Jiang Jiuchu, her soft voice tinged with grievance, “It was my fault for being too talkative and making the Princess angry. I won’t dare do it again. I’ll take my leave now.”

Jiang Jiuchu watched Lin Yue’s retreating figure and snorted inwardly. She had only been tolerant of her out of consideration for her having saved the people of Dan City.

But this Lin Yue was going too far, not only blatantly trying to get close to His Highness but now also trying to expose her true nature. This was intolerable.

Shí Yan put down his spoon, feeling the sweetness in his mouth as if it reached the depths of his heart, making him extremely pleased.

He leaned lazily against the back of his chair, watching Jiang Jiuchu and said casually, “The Princess really has quite a temper! She doesn’t even consider that she’s someone brought back to the residence by this Prince. Don’t forget, she helped me resolve the plague in Dan City and did this Prince a great favor.”

Although Shí Yan said this, this scene was what he had been waiting for all along. To wait for this moment, he had repeatedly tolerated irrelevant people entering his study.

He had even started to think that even if Jiang Jiuchu had been trying to please him in every way recently, she wasn’t truly concerned about him.

Because no one could tolerate the person they liked being intimate with others.

Faced with Shí Yan’s question, Jiang Jiuchu’s previous momentum completely disappeared, and she said to Shí Yan with a flattering smile, “That… she doesn’t respect me, Your Highness saw it too. I am, after all, the Princess. Her ignoring me like that is ignoring Your Highness, and it’s an act of being arrogant because of her achievements.”

“Your Highness can’t tolerate her disrespecting you just because she helped you solve an urgent problem.”

Shí Yan’s mouth twitched. This woman really knew how to shift the blame.

Once Jiang Jiuchu opened her mouth to sow discord, it was like a surging river. She continued, “Also, I heard she’s an orphan, right?”

“Does Your Highness know that, since ancient times, spies have used the identities of orphans or other pitiful people to disguise themselves? Your Highness must be careful. It’s best not to let her into the study again next time.”

“Is that so! But she doesn’t seem like a spy to me.” Shí Yan didn’t expect that Jiang Jiuchu’s casual remark would actually hit the mark.

However… she probably didn’t know that this spy wasn’t brought in by him, but by her.

“I didn’t say she was definitely a spy, I just think anything is possible. It’s always better to be careful.”

Shí Yan didn’t respond, picking up a book from the side and continuing to read.

Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Yan, her eyes slightly shifting, and a bit of confidence rose in her heart again.

After all, she had driven Lin Yue away and even spoken ill of her, but Shí Yan only asked a few questions that weren’t too serious and didn’t blame her for it.

She mustered her courage and took a step forward, swallowing her saliva, and called out, “Your Highness.”

Shí Yan looked up at Jiang Jiuchu, “What is it?”

“Is the rock sugar pear sweet soup sweet?” Before Jiang Jiuchu could finish her sentence, her face had already begun to flush slightly.

But she still didn’t back down. Since her seventy-two stratagems weren’t very useful, she would use their methods against them.

“Extremely sweet, what’s wrong?” Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu’s strange expression, not understanding what tricks she was going to play this time.

“I gave that bowl of sweet soup all to Your Highness, I didn’t drink a single mouthful.” As Jiang Jiuchu spoke, she placed her hands on the desk and leaned towards Shí Yan with a flushed face.

“Why doesn’t Your Highness let me taste how sweet it is?”

Shí Yan’s pair of phoenix eyes widened instantly. He hadn’t expected Jiang Jiuchu to be so bold. His heart was pounding like a drum, and he didn’t have time to think about the familiarity of this scene.

Watching the small face getting closer and closer, his Adam’s apple bobbed involuntarily, and the hand holding the book clenched tightly with struggle.

Finally, at the moment Jiang Jiuchu was about to get close, he finally fought out a trace of reason. His handsome face retreated, and he quickly raised the book in his hand, blocking her approaching face.

When Jiang Jiuchu couldn’t see him, Shí Yan swallowed hard, pretending to be calm and said in a light voice, “Princess, has your body been taken over by someone?”

The nervous Jiang Jiuchu had closed her eyes early on, but unexpectedly kissed the book instead, and the scent of ink instantly entered her nose.

She suddenly opened her eyes and stepped back, looking at Shí Yan leaning back in his chair and looking at her with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, and stuttered, “P-probably, maybe just now… it really was taken over.”

After she finished speaking, she immediately ran out of the study in a panic, feeling utterly ashamed.

Because she ran so fast, she didn’t hear the joyful laughter coming from the study.

Shí Yan smiled, picked up a cup, and poured a cup of cold tea into his mouth, only then did he feel less parched.

In the courtyard, when Green Luo and Green Intent saw Jiang Jiuchu running out of the study quickly, they exchanged glances and quickly followed her in. Looking at Jiang Jiuchu lying on the couch with her head covered, the two of them were full of confusion.

“Miss, what’s wrong?”

Jiang Jiuchu had nowhere to vent her anger, so she threw open the quilt covering her head and said to the two of them, “Hmph! If anyone dares to persuade me to coax His Highness again in the future, I’ll get angry with them.”

“Miss, did His Highness bully you?” Green Luo asked with little confidence, not thinking that His Highness would bully her young lady, but she couldn’t think of any other reason.

“Yes, I don’t want to coax him anymore!”

“Oh!” Green Luo and Green Intent looked at each other, and finally couldn’t help but ask, “Miss, how did His Highness bully you? Did he yell at you?”

Jiang Jiuchu pouted, feeling a little aggrieved, “He scolded me.”

She remembered the scene just now, and Shí Yan’s words about her being taken over by someone still echoed in her ears, wishing she could reset time and never do that embarrassing thing again.

The two of them were shocked when they heard this, and couldn’t believe that His Highness would scold their young lady. How harsh were the words that he used to make their young lady so aggrieved?

“Miss, he… how did His Highness scold you?” Green Intent asked carefully.

“Hmph! He said your young lady, me, was taken over by someone.” Jiang Jiuchu felt angry just thinking about it. She had eagerly gone up to him, only to receive such a mocking remark.

Green Luo and Green Intent looked at each other again, not understanding why His Highness would say that.

Green Intent said softly, “That… doesn’t count as scolding, right! Did Miss do something incredible that His Highness said that?”

“It counts, it counts, it counts. It’s a disguised mockery, you don’t understand.”

Jiang Jiuchu got up in shame and anger and went to the table to sit down, picking up a round fan on the table and fanning herself hard, as if to fan away that embarrassing scene.

Green Luo didn’t quite understand what had happened, and didn’t understand where the point of her young lady’s anger was.

She quickly went to the cabinet, took out the dresses sent by the Golden Feather Pavilion, and walked to Jiang Jiuchu.

“Miss, don’t be angry. Look, the dresses for the palace banquet tomorrow that Lady Jin made are ready. They’re so beautiful, would Miss like to try them on?”