Chapter 609: Arson and Robbery 4

If he had known that Su Luo would rise to such prominence later, he would never have broken off the engagement.

The Empress unhurriedly held a blue and white porcelain cup, her index finger, adorned with a slender nail guard, idly stirring the tea leaves within the cup.

"Mother, what should your son do? Even if you kill your son, he can't produce three thousand green crystal stones! You must help your son!" The Crown Prince frustratingly tugged at his hair, squatting on the ground, looking dejected and disheveled.

If he had known this, he shouldn't have been so hot-headed and gambled with them.

Gambling with Su Luo would have been one thing, but he repeatedly stumbled in the same place, losing to Nangong Liuyun a second time.

Unexpectedly, the Empress's lips curved into a cold, sinister smile: "It's only fifteen hundred green crystal stones, what's the rush?"

"Not three thousand, thousand…" The Crown Prince's voice abruptly stopped. Why did it suddenly become fifteen hundred?

The Empress sneered: "It would indeed be troublesome if the Second Prince isn't repaid, so we must consider it carefully. As for that Stinky Girl, if she dares to demand repayment from you? Tell her to come find Mother."

The Empress was clearly picking on the weak.

In her impression, Su Luo was still that infatuated, good-for-nothing, weak concubine from the Su Residence.

The Crown Prince, hearing this, looked troubled: "Mother, you don't know, the Second Prince is very unusual towards Su Luo. He will definitely step forward to help Su Luo collect the debt."

"What kind of discerning eye does the Second Prince have? Would he take a Stinky Girl that even you didn't want?" The Empress smiled confidently, "He's only good to that girl to spite you."

The Empress was absolutely certain.

However good Su Luo might be, how good could she be? What kind of discerning eye did Nangong Liuyun have? As long as he wasn't blind, he would definitely only treat Su Luo as a plaything and would never truly marry her as his princess.

"This… but their relationship is very intimate," the Crown Prince instinctively felt something was wrong.

He had met them face-to-face; Nangong Liuyun's doting on Su Luo clearly didn't seem like an act.

"Hehe," the Empress sneered repeatedly, "Precisely because of this, Mother is certain that Nangong Liuyun is just toying with Su Luo. Think about it, if he truly liked her, he would just marry her and bring her home. What's with all this dragging things out?"

Poor Empress, how could she know that it wasn't Nangong Liuyun who wouldn't marry Su Luo; Nangong Liuyun was eager to marry Su Luo and hide her away.

But the problem was, Su Luo wanted to enjoy the thrill of being pursued. How could she marry herself off so easily? The one truly disagreeing was Su Luo.

"As for the Second Prince's crystal stones, Mother will have your father intervene and say that it was just a joke between brothers." The Empress didn't think this matter was very troublesome.

"Can that really work?" The Crown Prince found it somewhat unbelievable. Could it really be resolved so easily?

"Is the Second Prince really going to demand these crystal stones from you? You are the Crown Prince, the future master of this Empire. What is Nangong Liuyun?" The Empress looked at the Crown Prince with certainty.

The Crown Prince had originally been very afraid of Nangong Liuyun, but after a few words from the Empress, he suddenly felt that Nangong Liuyun wasn't so scary after all.

Mother was right, this entire Empire would be his in the future. Would Nangong Liuyun really dare to ask him for crystal stones?

The Empress coldly glanced at the Crown Prince: "You, you are just too lacking in confidence, and too weak. That's why Nangong Liuyun always suppresses you with his Aura. Remember from now on, in front of Nangong Liuyun, you must stand tall with your head held high!"