The summer is hot and the sun is scorching.
The dazzling light sprinkled on the lake, and the golden ripples were so painful to the eyes.
A fine layer of sweat also seeped out of Yu Sangning's back, but she was not hot, but cold, a cold that penetrated into her bones.
"I don't know how I have angered the Crown Princess that she would assume this of me?" Yu Sangning would never admit it, she accused Shen Xihe.
"Meow!"
The short-lived man who was sent away by Shen Xihe came back again, picked a peony flower from somewhere, bit the branch, and walked towards the beauty with his four short legs, twisting his hips and walking gracefully.
It tilted its little head and wanted to give the flower to Shen Xihe. Shen Xihe gently tapped its forehead and took the peony flower.
The slender fingertips twisted the flower stem and turned it slowly: "It's okay if you don't admit it. I don't mean to use this to do anything to you..."
Shen Xihe turned around and faced the lake: "I just want you to know that your self-righteous and clever tricks are nothing more than some unpresentable tricks in my eyes.
If you are smart, don't cause trouble for me. If you play your tricks on my territory like you did today, you are courting death."
There are thousands of evil people in this world. Shen Xihe does not have a heart for justice, so naturally she does not care whether others are doing evil or good. She only cares about herself, but she does not allow anyone to run rampant under her nose.
Yu Sangning thought that her plan was ingenious. Even if she came in person, An Ling would return home with a feeling of grievance, and she could use this to irritate the wife of the Earl of Lingwu.
This means that he has also included her on his chessboard. Shen Xihe has always been a chess player in his life. Anyone who dares to take advantage of her will have to pay a heavy price.
Only then did Yu Sangning understand why Shen Xihe wanted to criticize her. She was causing trouble in the palace. The harem was in the hands of Shen Xihe, and she would not allow anyone to disrespect her in a place under her control.
She was as domineering as ever, just like when she forced a girl from an official family to kneel on broken porcelain at the princess' birthday banquet.
When she was a girl, she was Princess Zhaoning, the chief noble lady.
After getting married, she was still the first lady of the Eastern Palace.
A woman like Shen Xihe seemed destined to be the center of attention and superior to others.
Some people are so lucky that we don't even dare to feel jealous of them.
"I am a dull person. I can't be as smart as the Crown Princess and can't think of profound things. If I have accidentally caused trouble for Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, please forgive me." Yu Sangning could only bow his head and submit.
She didn't have the strength and ability to confront someone like Shen Xihe head-on, but she had always been a flexible person.
"You still don't understand what I mean." Shen Xihe loosened her fingertips, and the flowers in her hand fell to the ground. She walked away and stepped on them mercilessly as if they were nothing.
She didn't step on it intentionally, nor did she want to intimidate Yu Sangning by doing so. It just happened that the flower fell on her path, and her steps were just the size of her normal steps, so she just casually stepped on it.
Such a careless move, without any sign of showing ruthlessness, made Yu Sangning's heart rise to her throat. Looking at Shen Xihe approaching step by step, her pupils could not help but shrink. She tried her best to restrain herself from stepping back subconsciously.