Chapter 73: Zhao Shizhu gets angry and takes advantage of the situation
Bai Shuang was indeed startled by Su Ci's sudden appearance. She knew that Zhao Shizhu would definitely come, but she never thought that Su Ci would also come. Seeing Su Ci's malicious smile, she felt cold in her heart.

She looked at Zhao Shizhu who was standing behind Su Ci, and faced his gentle face. For a moment, her nose felt sore and she missed the days when he was not married.

Now that he has a princess, he even looks at her with an annoying look in his eyes.

She felt bitter in her heart, but her voice became softer and softer: "Shizhu, I thought I would never see you again."

Zhao Shizhu didn't think there was anything wrong with Bai Shuang calling him by his name before, after all, Bai Shuang was different from other people. But calling him Shizhu in front of Su Ci made him uncomfortable.

He subconsciously looked at Su Ci. Su Ci had a gentle expression, as if he thought it was normal for Bai Shuang to call his name.

Su Ci saw Zhao Shizhu looking at her and thought that he wanted her to say a few words to comfort Bai Shuang, so she said, "Sister, don't let your mind wander and take good care of yourself. When His Highness heard that my sister was ill, he immediately came to visit her. In His Highness' heart, no one is more important than my sister."

After hearing this, Zhao Shizhu frowned slightly and looked at Su Ci with even more fierce eyes.

Su Ci felt that the way Zhao Shizhu looked at her seemed to want to kill her. She suspected that if she continued talking, Bai Shuang would be upset and Zhao Shizhu might take it out on her.

She said tactfully, "Your Highness, please talk to your sister for a while. I'll go out for a walk."

She deliberately left them some space to be alone. Zhao Shizhu wouldn't want to blame her, right?

To be honest, if she didn't know that Zhao Shizhu would become emperor in the future, she wouldn't bother dealing with such a fickle person.

[Wow, Ah Ci is so pitiful. She is the legal wife, but she gave up her position to Zhao Gou's concubine.]

[Su Ci never considered Zhao Shizhu as her man, so what's so pitiful about that? She doesn't care about Zhao Shizhu, and no matter who Zhao Shizhu likes, he can't hurt her. ]

[That's right, isn't it good for Su Ci to be beautiful on her own? Women don't have to rely on men to survive. ]

Su Ci found it very interesting to see the audience arguing with each other on the barrage.

She is obviously the one involved in the plot, but the audience seems to be more into the drama than she is.

Inside the room, as soon as Su Ci left, Bai Shuang smiled and said, "Don't just stand there, sit down."

Zhao Shizhu still stood there without moving, and glanced at Zheng Wei who was watching the excitement beside him: "What happened? Didn't you take the medicine? Why did you suddenly faint?"

Zheng Wei saw that Zhao Shizhu was in a bad mood. To be precise, Zhao Shizhu's emotions were rarely so exposed, which was quite novel.

The reason why His Highness is in a bad mood seems to be related to Su Ci.

This was strange. Shouldn't Zhao Shizhu be happy to have a princess as generous and considerate as Su Ci? This was the kind of virtuous wife that many men wanted to marry, but His Highness was still not satisfied. He couldn't understand it.

"Why are you looking at me? I'm asking you a question!" Zhao Shizhu raised his voice.

"If Madam Bai doesn't take care of herself, it's useless even if I, a doctor, have extraordinary abilities." Zheng Wei responded bluntly, almost saying that it was Bai Shuang's own problem.

It was common for women in the harem to use their bodies to win favor, and it was not surprising that it happened to Bai Shuang. But he felt that Bai Shuang was too impatient. Although she used her body to make Zhao Shizhu appear as she wished, she was afraid that it would backfire.

Furthermore, Bai Shuang used her body and health to win favor, but Su Ci didn't take Bai Shuang seriously at all, and Su Ci didn't seem to care that the prince had other women.

Looking back now, everyone in Liangzhou sympathizes with Su Ci for not being favored by His Highness.

Everyone feels sorry for Su Ci, but Su Ci is the only one who doesn't care about it, right?

He had heard of Su Ci's name before. At least she had a flamboyant personality and was undoubtedly spoiled by the Marquis of Xuanping. But such a person became the object of everyone's pity after marrying into the palace, but maybe she didn't care about the favor of His Highness?
Zhao Shizhu didn't know Zheng Wei's complicated feelings. He looked at Bai Shuang and asked, "Why don't you take good care of yourself?"

Shuang'er saw that the situation was not right, and immediately knelt on the ground: "It's all my fault that I didn't take good care of my aunt. My aunt ran away secretly at night and was exposed to the cold wind. When I found her back, she was not feeling well..."

Zhao Shizhu listened quietly to Shuang'er's words, his expression indifferent, unable to tell whether he was happy or angry.

This made Bai Shuang feel scared.

She gently pulled Zhao Shizhu's sleeve: "Shizhu..."

The next moment, Zhao Shizhu took two steps back and pulled his sleeves out of Bai Shuang's palm.

Bai Shuang looked at Zhao Shizhu's cold and handsome face, and her heart became even colder.

"Since you have failed to serve well, then you will be dragged away and given thirty strokes of the cane. If you fail to serve well next time, you will be sent out of the palace. The palace will not keep useless people." Zhao Shizhu's next words stunned everyone present.

Bai Shuang didn't expect Zhao Shizhu to be so heartless. She hurriedly pleaded for Shuang'er: "It's obviously my fault. I dragged Shuang'er down. If you want to punish me, punish me. Why punish Shuang'er? You know that Shuang'er is my most valued attendant. You punishing her like this is undoubtedly a stab in my heart-"

"Bai Shuang, I don't like these intrigues in the backyard. Back then, I never thought of taking you as a concubine..."

This was the first time Bai Shuang heard Zhao Shizhu call her name so coldly. Her heart was shaking with coldness and her eyes were red with grievance: "So just because I became your concubine, you hate me? You clearly said you would take care of me for the rest of my life, but now you are impatient?"

"I did say I would take care of you for the rest of your life, but you weren't as scheming in front of me as you are now." Zhao Shizhu looked at Shuang'er coldly, "My master is unwell, so I should be punished. Come on, drag him away and beat him to death!"

Bai Shuang didn't expect that Zhao Shizhu would kill Shuang'er in a flash. She was so scared that she climbed off the bed and knelt down in front of Zhao Shizhu: "Don't punish Shuang'er, punish me if you want to punish me. Beat me to death, so that I don't have to bother you anymore."

However, Zhao Shizhu turned a deaf ear and looked at Qixi, who knew that his master had made up his mind.

[Oh my, this is the real male protagonist, right? He is ruthless and merciless, and even Bai Shuang's most capable attendant was spared. I said Zhao Shizhu doesn't love anyone, he only loves the throne. The women who fall in love with him are so miserable! ]

[That may not be the case. I think Zhao Shizhu likes Su Ci. It was Su Ci's attitude just now that made Zhao Shizhu angry and embarrassed, so he took advantage of the situation and attacked Bai Shuang and his servant.]

[The above logic doesn't make sense. What's Su Ci's attitude? Su Ci gave them space to be alone. He was generous and decent. Why should Zhao Shizhu be angry? No, could it be that Su Ci's indifference made Zhao Shizhu feel bad? ]

Su Ci saw the divergent thoughts of the audience in front of the barrage, and sighed from the bottom of his heart that these people were not quite normal.