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If the servants of the wangfu could choose their favorite master, it would no doubt be Junwang. The next would be wang ye. Even though they would be scared all day and night, they were sure they wouldn't be mistreated.

And the least popular master was Junzhu. It was common for aristocrats and royalty to be willful. It was just that Junzhu was wicked at heart. She was scared of Wan Li Wang but stepped on everyone else.

In fact, apart from showing respect to her adoptive parent and uncle, no one was worthy in her eyes.

If a commoner failed to pay respects to her, she wouldn't hesitate to punish with fifteen beatings. A punishment equivalent to that of stealing. There was a time a carriage dared to overtake hers so she ordered for the horse to be put down.

No matter how the driver begged for his livelihood, she didn't back down.

These kinds of things were really written as rule but the royal family had an image to uphold. So they normally didn't practice these cruel punishments. It was Junzhu who insisted on these rules.

As she was like this toward the common people, what more indoors?

The slightest mistake of her maids could lead them to be thrown out to who knew where.

Long Tang was sitting behind one of the tables when Feng Yanyan asked. "Your Highness, this one doesn't see my sisters with you. Did they do something wrong and your Highness is unsatisfied?"

Junzhu paused. She didn't consider that Beauty Feng would ask about those two mei ren.

These days, Long Tang exercised restraint on the two beauties that the palace sent. But because she didn't get a single male beauty, she had to take it out on someone.

Thinking about the bedridden girls at her residence, her smile was a bit tight.

"This princess will let Beauty Feng visit them some other day. It's just that the two seemed to be homesick and are not feeling well. So this princess let them stay inside the house."

By the end of her sentence, she seemed to have hypnotized herself into believing what she was saying.

Feng Yanyan's lowered eyes shook. As he was slightly behind Long Tang, he could take a look at her other maids. They were all wearing standard servant clothes of the wangfu and their expressions were impeccable. If not for their wan complexion and pale lips, he wouldn't notice anything.

How was she described in the book again? Feng Yanyan could only recall two words.

Surreptitiously evil.

Long Tang grew up insecure because of her status as an adopted princess. She had to show wangye that she was good, intelligent and virtuous no matter what.

So she studied the four arts harder than everyone else. She even read the books a prince should read and recite them from her heart. All of this was to sought approval. From wang ye and from Junwang.

Her young heart had long fallen for the sunny and heroic prince. She knew it was impossible but who could make a little girl understand logic?

The more stressed she was, the more repressed her feelings were, the more restless she was.

All these created a chaos inside her and caused her to become twisted.

The dignity of Junzhu couldn't cause destruction in the outside world so these poor servants suffered the most from her torture.

But Feng Yanyan was puzzled. In the book, it was said that Junzhu only blackened when the male lead started being interested in Zhang Yunlei. Because the princess grew up being spoiled by Wan Li King, her dark tendencies only emerged when she faced setbacks repeatedly.

From the conditions of her maidservants now though, Feng Yanyan could tell they were treated harshly.

Aiya, he was really scared. What would he do if the princess suddenly took him to her courtyard to do unimaginable things to him?

He would die early!

As he was drowning in thoughts that were darker than the ink he was grinding, a person walked in the library.

His bright face made Feng Yanyan think he was godsent.

He stopped what he was doing and greeted Ping Junwang. But another person walked from behind the prince. Feng Yanyan almost choked on his own saliva.

Very good, Zhang Yunlei!

All these days that Feng Yanyan wasn't 'online', it seemed that the two gained some kind of friendship already.

"Tang'er is here. Do you have questions on your studies?" Long Sangyu was like a valley breeze that enveloped you with warmth and cool sensations at the same time.

Long Tang yelled uncle once and grinned like a normal kid. This small action was enough to give goosebumps to Feng Yanyan.

Who pretended like a pure child in front of the person they liked? Wasn't she afraid that he would misunderstand and only view her as a niece?

Feng Yanyan used his head a bit more. Maybe that was what she really wanted. After all, it was taboo to have a relationship with your uncle even though you were adopted.

One must know that Long Tang was turning 15 this year while Long Sangyu was turning 18.

In terms of age, no one would bar this kind of relationship in this era if they ever had one. But in terms of family and status, it was a big impossibility.

"No, Tang'er only wanted to practice calligraphy. It so happened that Tang'er ran into Beauty Feng on the way here and asked him to accompany me." With head tilted, Junzhu answered happily.

Hearing this, Long Sangyu's smile deepened as he looked over Feng Yanyan.

The latter let him look all he wanted. And if the prince could fall in love because of his good looks, he wouldn't even complain.

What he didn't know was Junwang was thinking what good coincidence it was. Running into the princess, conveniently following her and now, meeting the prince.

Long Sangyu didn't believe that it was unintentional. He remembered his first meeting with him. How Feng Yanyan presumptuously bade him farewell. And after hearing what happened last time with da jie and this person, he believed Beauty Feng to be a schemer. And the prince had been waiting for his next move.

Unexpectedly, Beauty Feng was here today. Who did he calculate? Was it Long Sangyu or Long Tang?

Junwang wanted to find out.

Despite thinking all this, his amiable smile remained.

At this time, an upright voice rang out. "This one greets Junzhu. Brother Feng has always been Tanglin's number one when it came to calligraphy. Zhang loved watching him before."

The owner was earnest and appreciative but still distant. He just mentioned what he liked but didn't mind if the other party would be generous to show him or not.

Long Tang also found Beauty Zhang pleasing to the eyes. "Really? Beauty Feng didn't mention it. Could it be that this princess is making a fool of herself in front of an expert?"

Feng Yanyan panicked. How the hell did he become number one? Could it be all scholars of Tanglin were retarded?

"Your Highness, I don't dare claim to be number one. This one's writing is crude and simple."

There was a gentle laugh as though Zhang Yunlei found Feng Yanyan adorable. "Brother Feng, aiya, you're really too humble. What are you saying when Her Majesty always personally praises your calligraphy?"

Feng Yanyan frowned. Well, it's true. But that was still a far-cry from being number one.

Long Tang didn't care much about these words. The Empress praising Feng Yanyan just meant that he might be the number in the capital. But it wasn't the same for Long Sangyu.

The Empress' personal praise.

That only meant Beauty Feng was close to the noblest existence in Tanglin. Junwang saw Feng Yanyan in a new light. He actually had the ability to get close to the Empress.

Then, it more or less confirmed he was working for her.

Just thinking about someone scheming to harm his family angered Long Sangyu. He wanted nothing to do with this Beauty Feng. If possible, he wanted to throw him out of the house.

Forbearance.

The prince tried to recall his da jie's teaching. One shouldn't be impulsive lest it alerts the enemy.

If so, it was Long Sangyu's responsibility to look more closely into Beauty Feng's movements.

In the end, Feng Yanyan helplessly wrote a few words onto the expensive paper. His characters were soft and clean, captivating people to look more and don't look anywhere else. It was like the person himself.

His entire person lured eyes and the more you look, the more you get intoxicated.

Ping Junwang couldn't help but admire this move by the Empress. It was very obvious that Feng Yanyan was a trap but one couldn't help but fall for it.

Long Sangyu was known for being carefree. He had no qualms praising beauty and arts for their merits. He loved seeing them very much and it was a refined hobby of his to visit courtesans and performers under the eyes of the public.

He wasn't afraid to be called vulgar as he didn't indulge in anything. He merely looked and would always leave his commendations. And if it wasn't anything good, his words were enough to drag that person into the mud and never get back up again.

However, that technique wouldn't work this time around. He had to carefully unfold this trap and protect his family.

Edited: Feb. 13, 2023