GTB Chapter 177

Chapter 179: I’ll Leave the Villainous Role to You

Chapter 179: I’ll Leave the Villainous Role to You

The Next Day

At the gate of the Seventh Prince’s residence, Shí Yuánchén had just stepped out of his sedan when he encountered the Princess of the Northern Kingdom, approaching on horseback. Seeing Xiao Li dismount, he said with a hostile look:

“Oh! Isn’t this the esteemed Princess of the Northern Kingdom?”

“You are…” Xiao Li thought for a moment, finally recalling that the person before her seemed to be the one sitting beside the Seventh Prince yesterday.

“You are the Eighth Prince?”

“Heh!” Shí Yuánchén scoffed, not replying, but instead sizing up Xiao Li with a disdainful look.

Today, she was different from yesterday. Her white attire reduced her stunning beauty, adding a touch of elegance.

“Are you here to see my Seventh Brother?”

Xiao Li nodded, “Yes, and no.”

“I don’t care if you are or not, my Seventh Brother will never like you anyway.”

As Shí Yuánchén spoke, his eyes scanned Xiao Li up and down, “You, ah! Although you have some looks, you are far inferior to my Seventh Sister-in-law. This applies to both your person and your dance.”

Xiao Li originally didn’t want to bother with this Eighth Prince, but being openly scrutinized and belittled by a man for the first time in her life.

She crossed her arms, “What? Did I not give you a chance to shine yesterday, so you’re frustrated and deliberately putting me down?”

Before Shí Yuánchén could speak, she quickly continued:

“Let me tell you, even if I am only a little worse or far inferior, I’m still better than you and the other princes, who are thousands or tens of thousands of miles away.”

“Hmph!”

After speaking, Xiao Li directly snorted coldly at Shí Yuánchén, lifting her foot and striding towards the gate of the Seventh Prince’s residence.

The doorkeeper had already gathered Xiao Li’s identity from the conversation between Shí Yuánchén and Xiao Li, and respectfully said: “Please wait a moment, Princess, allow this old servant to report to my Lord.”

“No need, I am a guest, and your Lord invited me to visit at the banquet yesterday! How could he refuse me at the door?”

“Besides, even if you need to report, shouldn’t you lead me into the residence first and then inform him? Letting a princess stand outside the gate to wait… is that appropriate?”

The doorkeeper was stunned upon hearing this, feeling that Xiao Li’s words made sense. Just as he was considering whether to invite her to the front hall first, he heard Shí Yuánchén say:

“Let her in! This is the Princess of the Northern Kingdom, so there’s no reason to make her stand outside to wait.”

After speaking, Shí Yuánchén gave Xiao Li a playful smile under her surprised gaze, “No need to thank this prince, I’m not the kind of person who holds grudges, as the princess said.”

“At most, I just have a habit of speaking the truth.”

As he spoke, he seemed helpless about himself, “This mouth of mine! That’s why it’s not pleasing, Princess, please don’t be offended.”

The more Xiao Li listened, the uglier her expression became. Looking at Shí Yuánchén’s chattering mouth, she resisted the urge to punch him and glared at him before striding into the Seventh Prince’s residence.

Shí Yuánchén seemed to finally understand the pleasure of leaving someone speechless.

He curled his lips and followed, thinking, this is just the beginning. His Seventh Brother is even better at roasting people.

Since this princess is so persistent, he must let Seventh Brother discipline her properly, let her hit a wall hard, so she won’t continue to pester him endlessly.

At the entrance of Green Bamboo Courtyard, Shí Yuánchén said to Xiao Li: “This is my Seventh Brother’s courtyard. You chose to follow me, so don’t blame me if you’re not welcomed later.”

After speaking, he ignored Xiao Li and directly stepped into the courtyard. Anyway, he brought her here, whether she wants to come in and be humiliated is her choice.

He strode to the study, but was stopped by Mu Feng, so he had to shout inside: “Seventh Brother, let Mu Feng let me in!”

Shí Yǎn had just placed the processed letters into a hidden compartment when he heard Shí Yuánchén’s voice outside.

He frowned and impatiently said, “Let him in.”

Upon hearing this, Shí Yuánchén immediately pushed Mu Feng’s hand away and pushed the door open, striding inside.

He walked to the desk with a flattering expression, “Seventh Brother, that Princess of the Northern Kingdom is here. Hurry up and go out, scold her away, so she won’t give up and keep lusting after your beauty.”

Shí Yǎn almost choked on the tea he had just taken a sip of, raising his eyes to glare at Shí Yuánchén, “She’s inside?”

“Yes, well, I happened to run into her outside the gate. I thought since she’s a princess of the Northern Kingdom, we shouldn’t refuse to see her, it’s impolite!”

Shí Yǎn chuckled and put down the teacup, “Impolite? It’s indeed impolite, after all, this is my residence, so let you be the villain!”

As he spoke, he took out a ten thousand silver note from his sleeve and placed it in front of Shí Yuánchén, “After all, you brought her in.”

Shí Yuánchén’s eyes widened at the ten thousand silver note in front of him. He swallowed the words he wanted to refute and immediately picked up the silver note, laughing:

“Seventh Brother is right, I’ll take responsibility for the one I brought in. Don’t worry, Seventh Brother, I will definitely scold her away and make sure she doesn’t bother you again.”

A glint flashed in Shí Yǎn’s eyes as he smiled at Shí Yuánchén, “If Eighth Brother can ensure she doesn’t bother me in the future.”

He then took out several more ten thousand silver notes, “Then these will all be yours.”

Shí Yuánchén’s eyes widened in disbelief.

He knew his Seventh Brother was rich, but he didn’t expect him to be this rich.

He couldn’t believe that as long as he could prevent this princess from pestering Seventh Brother, these silver notes would be his.

Seeing him reach out with shining eyes, Shí Yǎn immediately retracted the silver notes, “You have to get the job done first.”

“Okay, okay, okay, don’t worry, I’ll definitely get it done. At worst, I’ll watch her every day and resolutely prevent her from bothering you.”

Shí Yuánchén felt that it was not easy to have such an opportunity to make money, and such a large sum, he would drag that damn princess away even if he had to.

As he spoke, he immediately got up and walked towards the door, only to be met by Lin Yue, who was about to come in.

“Greetings, Eighth Prince.” Lin Yue bowed to Shí Yuánchén, who had just stepped out of the study, then lifted her foot and crossed the threshold of the study.

Shí Yuánchén turned back and looked suspiciously at Lin Yue entering the study, then glanced at Mu Feng at the door in surprise, not understanding why Mu Feng didn’t stop her.

After all, other than Seventh Sister-in-law, he was the only one who could enter his Seventh Brother’s study, and he still had to report.

But this imperial physician didn’t even need to report.

Mu Feng noticed Shí Yuánchén’s puzzled gaze and turned his head away, not looking at him.

After all, this was what the master had ordered early in the morning, as long as the master was there, there was no need to stop Lin Yue from entering and leaving the study.

Although he didn’t understand, he could only do as he was told.

Shí Yuánchén was a little curious, but he didn’t have time to think about it.

He turned to look at Xiao Li sitting on the swing in the courtyard and immediately walked over.

His most important task now was to drive away this Princess of the Northern Kingdom and prevent her from pestering Seventh Brother.

Inside the study, Shí Yǎn looked at Lin Yue coming in, and then he remembered that he had forgotten to tell Mu Feng to stop Lin Yue from entering the courtyard.

Lin Yue looked at Shí Yǎn’s gaze, which seemed different from before. In the past, he didn’t pay much attention to her.

Now he looked at her directly, but his eyes seemed a little unhappy.

She immediately saluted, “I’m here to return the book to Your Highness.”

As she spoke, she wanted to put the book on the bookshelf as usual, and then take another book to stay in the study to read.