Chapter 617: Nangong Goes Berserk 1

Side Hall.

When Su Luo entered, the Empress was seated at the head, her gaze calmly fixed on her.

Su Luo did not offer greetings, but merely curved her lips slightly, meeting the Empress's gaze without showing any weakness.

The Empress held a fragrant tea, casually sipping it, leaving Su Luo to stand aside.

However, she wasn't as indifferent as she appeared; on the contrary, she felt somewhat perplexed by this Su Luo.

The Empress couldn't recall when she last saw Su Luo, but in her impression, the previous Su Luo was foolish, timid, and unpresentable.

But now, she stood quietly there, and due to the backlighting, she appeared ethereal and hazy.

So calm, composed, and serene; her demeanor and aura were even more dignified and noble than princesses raised in the imperial family.

While the Empress was scrutinizing Su Luo, Su Luo was also secretly pondering in her heart.

The Empress appeared gentle and harmless on the surface, but the occasional glint of coldness in her eyes allowed Su Luo to see through her.

Su Luo knew very well that the Empress disliked her and had called her out alone definitely to deliberately make things difficult for her. But what did it matter? She didn't like the Empress either.

If she were polite, it would be one thing, but if she deliberately made things difficult, then Su Luo was not a soft persimmon to be casually manipulated.

Seeing Su Luo so composed, the Empress felt a pang of annoyance and disliked Su Luo even more.

"Sit." In this silent staring contest, it was ultimately the Empress who first broke the silence.

"Thank you, Empress, for the seat." Su Luo bowed neither humbly nor arrogantly, then naturally took her seat.

Afterward, she naturally kept her eyes down, remaining silent and saying nothing.

The Empress's willow-like brows furrowed slightly.

That ungrateful Stinky Girl, she really thought she was someone important, even mimicking Nangong Liuyun's demeanor.

Although the Empress was displeased, she had a favor to ask and couldn't make things too difficult for her. She merely glanced at Su Luo indifferently: "I heard that the Crown Prince owes you many green crystal stones?"

"Yes." Su Luo was concise.

"You're quite bold, daring to challenge the Crown Prince. Even your father wouldn't be so brave." The Empress's lips held a faint, cold smile.

"It is natural justice to pay debts." Su Luo lazily quoted Nangong Liuyun's previous words.

The Empress's hand, hidden in her Phoenix robe, tightened slightly, and a hint of displeasure flashed across her face.

She had hinted so obviously, was this Stinky Girl truly foolish or pretending to be? Didn't she understand the most basic distinction between ruler and subject?

The Empress took a deep breath, then slowly said, "If this Empress asks you to give up this debt, what will you do?"

A cold sneer flashed through Su Luo's heart.

The Empress was indeed interesting. She couldn't do anything to Nangong Liuyun, yet she wanted to make an example of her. Did Su Luo really look like such a soft persimmon?

The soft persimmon, Su Luo, looked up, staring at the Empress in astonishment, her voice loud due to her extreme surprise: "Empress Mother, you want me to give up these fifteen hundred green crystal stones for nothing?"

Such a loud voice, further enhanced by Su Luo's spiritual energy, carried particularly far.

The men in the Imperial Study heard it clearly.

Su Luo was absolutely deliberate.

Nangong Liuyun sat comfortably in a huanghuali wood armchair, a mocking smile playing on his lips, his deep eyes as dark as night watching the Crown Prince with a half-smile, his sword-like brows slightly raised.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across the Crown Prince's face, and he awkwardly turned his head away.