[Crossing the Book] The Villain Regent's Substitute Princess

Back at the palace, Luo Qiuyi still had some lingering fears about the Tianxiang Tower, so he went back to his room to take a rest.

Not long after he returned to his room, he heard a knock on the door, "I'm Meng Chuan. Is it convenient for the princess now?"

"Ah, it's you... It's convenient, you can come in."

After Meng Chuan entered the room, he closed the door and gave Luo Qiu a piece of information straight to the point: "Chen Yuanyuan told me to secretly put a poisonous snake in your room."

"What? He's really vicious!" Luo Qiuyi frowned and thought for a while, "Then how about this, you find a non-poisonous snake, pull out its teeth and put it in my room. You try to compare the appearance Like the kind of poisonous snake, he must not be able to distinguish it. Then, you just wait and see the good show."

"...? Yes." Although Meng Chuan didn't understand what the "good show" Luo Qiuyi was talking about, he obediently agreed and left the room.

Luo Qiuyi felt a little bored after reading in the room for a while, and remembered that he had to give Meng Chuan a chance to "sneaky" release the snake, so he came to the garden to wander.

From a distance, he saw Meng Chuan talking to a woman.

He recognized that woman's name was Xu Ruoruo, and she was also Chen Chonglin's side concubine.

Her status is not as noble as Liu Hua, but she is good at writing poems and painting, with such talent, Chen Chonglin's attitude towards her is acceptable, so she is somewhat proud of her favor.

"Did you come out of the concubine's room just now? I saw it!" Xu Ruoruo questioned Meng Chuan.

"I do have some matters to discuss with the princess." Meng Chuan replied flatly, "What does this have to do with you?"

"I heard that after you were injured, she went to visit you again... and then you became so grateful to her?" Xu Ruoruo said mockingly, "So she became the princess's dog? If this method is so easy to use, it's not as good as mine I'll beat you up first and then give you some medicine, what do you think?"

"Don't mess around." Meng Chuan started to leave, ignoring her.

The concubine's status in the palace was higher than that of the male favorite, even if Xu Ruoruo really wanted to beat Meng Chuan with a cane, Meng Chuan could only accept it.However, because Meng Chuan is favored by Chen Chonglin now, Xu Ruoruo can only mock him at most, how dare he actually do it?

"As expected of a male prostitute~" Xu Ruoruo followed up and continued to taunt, "Does it mean that no one has ever treated you as a human being, so you can't stand a few hypocritical good words from others?"

"I have never been a male prostitute." Meng Chuan stopped and looked serious, "I used to be in the Nanfeng Pavilion, I was a Qingguan, and I just played the piano and performed art."

"Oh, I've been to that kind of place. How many of them come out of the mud without being stained? Probably because they got used to it, and their buttocks are no longer afraid of pain, so they are alive and kicking soon~" Xu Ruoruo's words became more and more unpleasant, " You and the concubine are alone in the same room, and you don't know what good things you are doing? If the prince finds out..."

"Then you just go to file a complaint." Meng Chuan interrupted her coldly, "The princess and I are not afraid of the shadow."

"..." Xu Ruoruo was silent for a moment.She knew that Chen Chonglin was moody, so going to sue might not be able to please him. "I don't need to complain, he will know sooner or later!"

"It's the rule to talk about people's right and wrong behind their backs?" Luo Qiu couldn't bear it and walked towards Xu Ruoruo.

"...Ah! It's the princess?!" Xu Ruoruo was a bully, but Luo Qiuyi would have heard all these words, and quickly knelt down to admit his mistake, "I know I was wrong! Please forgive me, princess!"

"Come here." Luo Qiuyi didn't want to forgive her, "Take her down and give her ten slaps."

"Princess, please spare me!!" Xu Ruoruo repeatedly begged for mercy, but this could not save her fate of being dragged down and slapped left and right.

"Actually, no matter what she said about me, I didn't have to beat her. I would use another punishment..." Luo Qiuyi looked at Meng Chuan and said, "It's just that I can't listen to what she said about you."

"It's okay." The corner of Meng Chuan's mouth raised a wry smile, "I'm used to hearing these words. The prince's interest in us people is intermittent. Sometimes he doesn't care about me, or he's not in the house. I have long been used to those who scold me and beat my concubine."

"..." Hearing these words, Luo Qiuyi felt extremely sad.In this day and age, people of such low birth will be bullied. "A Chuan, in fact, you are the same as us. I know you can't understand what I mean when I say this. Just remember, no matter how others look down on you, you must never look down on yourself!"

"I know." Meng Chuan's eyes turned red and he nodded, "I'm really touched that the princess can treat me like this!"

"Speaking of which, since Chen Yuanyuan asked you to find a snake..." Luo Qiuyi lowered his voice, "I think you know some martial arts?"

"I've learned a little bit about everything."

"You really are a hardworking and excellent person." Luo Qiu felt both admiring and ashamed when he heard the words—the owner of his body probably doesn't have the skills to subdue poisonous snakes, right?Of course, even less so in the 21st century.

"Thank you, Princess, for your compliment...Okay, then I should go find the snake."

"Okay, you go."

An hour later, a non-poisonous little white snake really appeared in Luo Qiuyi's room.

At any rate, the original owner is a person who has practiced a little martial arts, so he won't be unable to deal with a snake that has neither poison nor teeth.

He picked up a stick and beat the snake, and soon killed the snake.

Then, Luo Qiuyi handed the snake to the kitchen.

Then, Luo Qiuyi announced to everyone that there will be a snake meat feast tonight, and the delicious snake meat will be distributed to everyone one by one.

Everyone was very happy to hear that there was something delicious.

Except for one person, of course that person is Chen Yuanyuan.

Luo Qiuyi specially distributed the part of the snake head to Chen Yuanyuan, and said with a smile: "Chen Steward really works hard on weekdays! If you have something good, of course you must be the first to give it to Steward Chen."

"This..." Chen Yuanyuan took the bowl containing the snake's head palely, how dare he move his chopsticks? "Princess, is this snake poisonous? If I eat the snake's head, I will be poisoned!"

"Haha, how could it be?" Luo Qiu said with a smile, "I killed this snake with my own hands, so I don't look like a poisonous snake."

"...Then what if the concubine misses it?" How did Chen Yuanyuan know that the snake had already been replaced by a non-poisonous one by Meng Chuan, and he thought it was a poisonous snake specially found by Meng Chuan.

"What did you say?" Luo Qiuyi put away his smile, "Do you not believe me?"

"This slave dare not!" Chen Yuanyuan knelt down on the ground wanting to cry without tears, "It's all because this slave is too timid and afraid of death! I beg the princess not to force this slave to eat the snake's head!"

"Forget it if you don't eat it." Luo Qiuyi pretended to be unhappy and passed the bowl, and poured the snake's head on the ground, "It was specially prepared for Butler Chen. Since you don't like it, I don't want to give it to others either."

"Princess, please make amends!!" Chen Yuanyuan was still kneeling on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Okay, okay, stop knocking." Luo Qiuyi smiled secretly in his heart, but on the surface he could only pretend that he had barely calmed down his anger because of his magnanimity.

Of course, for this trivial matter, Chen Yuanyuan could only be tortured a little.

Now is not the time to get rid of him.

"Welcome to the prince!" At this moment, a voice came from the direction of the gate of the palace.