C175 (1/2)

”Miss …” Riko turned her head to see her young mistress coming over and walked over to welcome her.

Zhao Ling'er raised her head. ”Xiao Qing Ran, you're finally willing to come out?”

Xiao Qingran waved his hand and silently told Riko to move back. He then walked down the stairs: ”It's so early in the morning. Has the princess come for something?”

”Of course I have important matters to attend to, but are you going to make me stand here and talk to you like this?” Zhao Ling'er looked around with disdain and mocked, ”It can't be that Miss Xiao doesn't even have a banquet place?”

She emphasized the pronunciation of 'Xiao' as if to remind him of something.

Although Xiao Qing Ran had entered the family tree, in the eyes of outsiders, she might not be righteous, and not changing her surname would easily cause misunderstandings. In fact, she intentionally changed her surname in the beginning, but Su He had said that it was given to her by her mother, and he had also been responsible for missing out on her mother's marriage.

Thus, he let her continue to use her original name. Regardless of what her surname was, she was still his most beloved daughter.

Xiao Qing Qing did not really care about this at the beginning, even Chu He did not want to change his name again, so she continued to use this name. Now that she had been shown this name, she did not care much about it, and even went along with the words of the other party, ”Princess is right, my place is not very suitable for guests, if Princess does not mind, please sit over there.”

Zhao Ling'er turned around, puzzled. There was a tree behind her, and a stone table beneath it.

Zhao Ling'er grit her teeth, ”Xiao Qing Ran, is this how you treat your guest?”

Xiao Qingran laughed with her arms crossed over her chest: ”Since the princess doesn't treat herself as a guest, then I don't need to treat myself like a host anymore.”

There was no one else here, so she was too lazy to act with this woman. Since this woman had come here today to cause trouble, there was no need for her to be so polite with him.

”Xiao Qing Ran, you damned woman, how dare you speak to this princess like that! Aren't you afraid that this princess will report what you have said today to your Emperor, and have him punish you?!”

Xiao Qing chuckled and loosened her left shoulder, ”Just based on Her Highness's actions at the banquet last night, do you really think that if you complain to His Majesty about it, would he believe you or believe me? Even if he does believe you, do you think he'll speak for you or for me as a summoner? ”

Zhao Ling'er was choked with sobs. She could only spit out one word, ”you.” Then she could no longer say anything else.

Xiao Qingran laughed and extended her hand to make a gesture: ”Alright, Princess, you've already caused enough trouble. I'll give you a word of advice, if you don't get any benefits from stirring up any trouble in front of me, I'm not in the mood to waste my energy on you. If you really want to cause trouble, just ask Zhao Jin herself.”

Zhao Ling'er's body stiffened. She did not expect to suddenly hear another name. In her heart, she felt a little panicked because of the hidden meaning behind her words. ”What do you mean by this?”

”Princess should know what I mean very well. It would be even better if you didn't, because that way you wouldn't need to provoke me anymore.” Xiao Qing suddenly yawned and turned around to return to her room. ”It's getting late. Princess, please go back.”

Seeing that she was about to leave, Zhao Ling'er subconsciously swung the whip in her hand: ”Stand still! Did I let you go?! ”

Xiao Qing suddenly frowned. With her back facing her, she reached out her hand to grab the whip on her shoulder and firmly caught it. She did not turn her head: ”You'd better not challenge my patience.”

She threw the whip back and hit Zhao Ling'er's wrist.

”Ah ~” She cried out in alarm as the whip dropped from her hand. The sudden pain caused her anger to rise abruptly from the bottom of her heart: ”Xiao Qing Ran, you damned woman! I'm going to kill you!”

”Tsk ~” Xiao Qing knitted her eyebrows as she turned around and looked at her with an extremely cold and loving gaze.

A cold and ruthless aura radiated from her body, causing Zhao Ling'er to stop in her tracks. She was also frozen in place, unable to take another step forward.

She walked step by step towards Zhao Ling'er. Although her tone was calm, it gave off a very threatening feeling: ”I'll say it again, I don't have the time to play games with you. You'd better be sensible and leave, don't force me.”

At this moment, Zhao Ling'er was scared stiff. However, the princess's domineering attitude had caused her to be unable to leave due to her pride, so she calmed herself down and comforted herself. Based on the other party's identity, she definitely wouldn't dare to do anything to him.

”You think I, this princess, would be scared by you? ”You are delusional!” Zhao Ling'er raised her head. ”To tell you the truth, this princess has traveled a thousand miles to find a prince consort. Imperial Father wants to make a marriage alliance with you, but unfortunately, I happened to fall in love with the Duke of Han. I know that you and the Duke of Han have a story to tell, but I advise you to withdraw yourself, otherwise I'll let you have a look at my wrist.”