The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 99 Affinity of the Embroidered Ball (9)

Xuanyuan Jian’s shameless remarks caused Su Zhao-shi to redden his eyes with rage, wishing he could risk his old life just to teach this man a lesson.

However, that was just wishful thinking, as Su Zhao-shi had not completely lost his sanity.

Su Zhao-shi bowed his head and lowered his eyes, hiding the look that could betray himself. He feared that a careless move might anger a powerful figure once more, an outcome the Su Family could not bear, nor did he wish to bring trouble upon his daughter.

Now it seemed that his daughter was the more formidable one. His own past thoughts were utterly foolish.

If they were truly seeking a successor, who could be more suitable than his daughter, who was now proving to be more calculating than he had imagined?

At the very least right now, as his daughter had said, the Second Prince, who was particularly favored by the Emperor, was indeed a formidable rival to the Eldest Prince born from the Central Palace. As long as they could offer even a thread of opportunity, the other party would certainly not miss even a sliver of chance to restrain their opponent.

Look, now Mr. Wen had been sent over.

He watched coldly as Mr. Wen and the Second Prince crossed verbal swords a few times, with the overbearing Second Prince seemingly not gaining much advantage.

Su Zhao-shi sneered inwardly, his facial expression becoming more restrained.

"Miss Su, I would like to go see Huang Zheng, after all, he is quite destined with us."

Miss Wen suddenly interjected during the back and forth negotiations.

Su Li smiled gracefully, her voice sultry with a hint of poignant emotion, "Miss Wen still thinks we would mistreat him? After all, he’s to be my husband in the future."

Xuanyuan Jian, seeing Mr. Wen about to speak, quickly took over the conversation, "Miss Su is overthinking it, we just felt that the boy was pleasing to our eyes."

Su Li dragged out the word "Oh" in a long, teasing tone, "But Miss Wen’s expression seems to suggest otherwise."

Xuanyuan Jian also felt a rising sense of irritation and annoyance towards Wen Rou.

He couldn’t understand why Wen Rou kept harping on a little beggar, could it really be, as she said, that she had taken a fancy to his eyes?

Didn’t she realize that Mr. Wen was now watching them like a tiger on the prowl, ready to mock them roundabout for any slip in their conversation?

Yet she continued to add to his troubles.

In truth, Xuanyuan Jian had overestimated Wen Rou. She was not the Empress who had experienced much and fought alongside Xuanyuan Jian for the throne, naturally lacking the mature schemes and stratagems that would emerge later. She was still just an innocent girl, unfamiliar with the ways of the world, unable to understand even the slightly complex words, let alone expect her to develop a sense of the bigger picture.

Su Li watched with amusement as the future Emperor and Empress, who should have gradually fallen in love over time, easily developed a rift between them.

"However, since Miss Wen wishes to visit the groom..." Su Li turned to Xiao Xi waiting nearby and said, "You lead her to the Lanzhi Courtyard then."

"Miss Wen is a noble benefactor to Huang Zheng; I’m sure he would be very glad to see Miss Wen."

Xuanyuan Jian was almost driven to laughter by anger, while Wen Rou seemed utterly oblivious to the dark aura emanating from him.

Puffing with indignation, she was not inclined to pay further attention to Xuanyuan Jian now, didn’t even glance his way, and followed Xiao Xi outside.

Mr. Wen said, "So the Second Young Master now fancies this type of woman, indeed... unique."

Tired of fine dining, and now taking a liking to plain porridge and modest dishes?

He could go back and suggest to the Young Master that perhaps more women with dispositions similar to Miss Wen’s should be sent to the Second Young Master.

Xuanyuan Jian was already too angry to speak. The men under his elder brother’s command were all slick and sly, one could neither outtalk them, nor beat them, and even trying to suppress them with power was impossible...

He had already predicted that, upon his return to the Capital, the city would be abuzz with all sorts of gossip about him and Wen Rou.

Originally, he wanted to keep Wen Rou hidden, not letting those beastly brothers of his know about her, fearing they might target Wen Rou to attack him. But now that Mr. Wen had already met Wen Rou, all his careful planning was utterly ruined.

Su Li felt the current scene was just perfect, couldn’t get any better than this.

All she did was to nudge things along a bit, yet the entire main plot had changed.

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Wen Rou followed Xiao Xi to the Lanzhi Courtyard, and before they even got close, they heard Huang Zheng’s roaring voice from a distance.

Two strong and vigorous guards stood like gate gods at the entrance of the courtyard, with two more inside.

Wen Rou, startled by the shouts, pushed Xiao Xi, who was leading the way, so hard that she fell to the ground and rolled several times.

Fortunately, there was a soft patch of grass beside the path, and although Xiao Xi was covered in some dust and mud, she wasn’t seriously harmed.

Wen Rou hurried into the courtyard, only to find that the situation she expected had not occurred.

Instead, there was Huang Zheng looking arrogantly domineering, standing with one foot on an overturned mahogany stool, fierce like a street bully, "I want to see my Lady... You damned servants, daring to block my way, you’ve got some nerve...."

"Today is my wedding day..."

The feast on the dining table had been knocked over, creating a mess, and the silent servants and maids nearby had splatters of oil on them.

No matter how much Huang Zheng blustered, the few people in the courtyard remained indifferent, neither speaking nor making a sound, let alone responding to him.

But whenever Huang Zheng thought of charging out of the gate, he was immediately restrained by the powerfully built guards whose muscles seemed ready to burst through their clothes.

Wen Rou stared dumbfounded at the wretched little beggar she had known, who had changed so much in just a day or two that she hardly dared recognize him.

However, it was Huang Zheng who first noticed Wen Rou, exclaiming joyfully, "Miss..."

A familiar voice, indeed that of the little beggar.

"Miss, what brings you here..."

"...Ah, I came to see if anyone was bullying you..."

"Well, you saw them..." Huang Zheng’s voice grew firmer as he coldly gestured around the courtyard, "Such servants of the Su Family, I just can’t command them at all."

Facing the Su Family’s people, Wen Rou had a natural disdain and since she considered Huang Zheng as one of her own, she rolled up her sleeves, hands on her hips, "What’s this, house arrest? I’m telling you, this is illegal...."

"Let’s go out...." Wen Rou declared boldly, "Today is your big day, even Miss Su wouldn’t dare stop us here."

Huang Zheng’s face lit up, his eyes filled with admiration and reverence for Wen Rou, "I’ll listen to you, Miss."

"Our Miss has ordered that the groom must stay in the courtyard today, he can’t go anywhere."

The two guards stepped forward in unison, blocking their path.

No matter how much Wen Rou made a scene or cursed, they remained unmoved.

"You just wait...." Wen Rou, feeling offended, was seething with anger, and with that word, she ran outside.

"Bigfoot, you wait here, I’m going to get justice for you."

"Alright, Miss..."