Su Wan'er naturally didn't miss the look of relief in Consort Xi's eyes when she left. If she didn't deal with her now, she might never get the chance again.
Si Junlin watched Consort Xi being taken away by the wet nurse. He looked at Su Wan'er puzzledly and asked, "Why didn't you just punish her directly?" He had clearly shown his stance.
Su Wan'er shrugged. "I just feel like it."
Si Junlin forcefully turned Su Wan'er around and stared at her seriously with his eyes. "Your current identity is the emperor. What are you worried about?"
Su Wan'er shook her head. "I'm not worried about anything. I just think that after all, she is your concubine and your distant relative. It's not good to push her too hard."
"Don't regret it later." Si Junlin said somewhat frustratedly.
Su Wan'er sighed and nodded. Finally, she didn't say anything and turned away.
Si Junlin narrowed his eyes slightly. After today's incident, he felt extremely uncomfortable. He owed her for what happened back then...
Surrounded by a group of people, Su Wan'er was on her way to the imperial study. Before she reached it, a man in a light - blue robe came towards her.
"Brother Emperor, you've got to save me~" His pitiful look was just like that of an innocent girl being coerced.
Su Wan'er frowned slightly. Who was this guy?
"Prince Luo, this is a palace path. Mind your image." Fang Xi reminded the approaching man.
Only then did Su Wan'er remember that Si Junlin had a younger brother born of the same mother, Si Chengjing, who was Prince Luo.
However, although he was a prince, he was a carefree one.
His way of doing things was rather slovenly. He liked eating, drinking, and having fun the most and was not interested in anything else.
Precisely because of this, he rarely entered the palace. In his words, it was just too much trouble. As a result, Su Wan'er had only seen Prince Luo once when she became the queen.
The fact that he was entering the palace now meant that he must have encountered some trouble.
But who in the imperial city would dare to cause trouble for Prince Luo, a prince favored by the emperor?
Reminded by Fang Xi, the prince immediately let go of Su Wan'er aggrievedly and stood three steps away from her.
Out of respect for Si Junlin's status, Su Wan'er asked Si Chengjing, "What's wrong? Did something happen, Prince Luo?"
Prince Luo said mournfully, "Brother Emperor, I... I lost at polo. I wanted to turn the tables, but I ran out of silver. Could you... lend me some?"
Su Wan'er asked puzzledly, "Aren't there many antiques in your mansion?"
"Is it appropriate for a prince like me to sell antiques?" Si Chengjing said to Su Wan'er aggrievedly.
Although he was indulged in eating, drinking, and having fun, he still had principles. He would never touch things that were fundamental.
Su Wan'er didn't know why Si Junlin indulged Prince Luo so much, but she didn't want to see Prince Luo continue to sink like this.
After all, he was a prince. It was really disgraceful to live like this. She decided to teach Prince Luo according to the way the general's mansion educated its descendants.
"Are you sure you can win the next round?" Su Wan'er's eyes were cold and she even looked a bit disdainful.
Si Chengjing felt a bit guilty under Su Wan'er's look. After a moment of silence, he murmured, "Not sure."
"Then why do you still want to borrow money to go back?" Su Wan'er asked.
Si Chengjing had never expected his brother emperor to speak to him in such a strict tone. He could only hang his head aggrievedly and listen to the scolding. For him, being scolded like this was a bit of a new experience.
However, he still had to answer his brother emperor's question honestly: "I just want to save face. I'm a prince, but I always lose. Isn't this a disgrace to our royal family?"
He could even relate it to the honor of the royal family? It seemed that this kid had come to Si Junlin for money quite often.
"Do you really just want to save the honor of the royal family?" Su Wan'er asked him.
"Of course." Si Chengjing nodded repeatedly. In the past, as long as his brother emperor said something like this, it was a sure thing that he would get the money.
"Fine, I'll go with you." Without hesitation, Su Wan'er turned around and told Fang Xi that she was going out of the palace.
"Ah?!" Not only Si Chengjing but also Fang Xi showed surprised expressions.
No one had expected that Su Wan'er would go out of the palace.
However, whether Su Wan'er had exchanged bodies with Si Junlin now or was the queen before, once she made a decision, she would not change it easily.
Finally, despite Si Chengjing's continuous persuasion, Su Wan'er still got on the carriage.
Seeing Si Chengjing standing below hesitantly and not planning to get on, Su Wan'er said, "Now you have two choices. The first one is that you never participate in polo games again. The second one is that you take me to the polo field. You choose."
Was there really a choice? Finally, Si Chengjing got on the carriage full of worry.
The carriage slowly started. Along the way, Si Chengjing looked worried and said to Su Wan'er, "Brother Emperor, you mustn't use your power to bully others. They don't know I'm a prince. If you do, my identity will be exposed."
Su Wan'er gave him a sideways glance. "I know what I'm doing." She really didn't know if the Prince Luo in front of her was stupid. If she really intended to use her power to bully others, would she have come back to the palace specifically to change into casual clothes for his sake?
"My lord, the polo field is here." Fang Xi's voice came from outside.
Su Wan'er was about to get off the carriage.
Unexpectedly, as soon as one of her feet touched the ground, Si Chengjing grabbed her sleeve again. "Bro... Brother Emperor..."
Su Wan'er turned around and glared at him. "If you're still worried about your identity being exposed, don't call me Brother Emperor from now on. Just call me big brother."
Si Chengjing had no choice but to nod in agreement.
The two slowly entered the polo field. It was obvious that the people around all knew Si Chengjing.
"Hey, Young Master Jing, why are you here again? Weren't you defeated badly enough last time?" Someone came over with a wine cup to greet him. To be more accurate, it was more like mockery than a greeting.
Si Chengjing didn't say anything. He just kept pulling Su Wan'er towards the polo field.
However, if he didn't provoke others, it didn't mean others wouldn't provoke him. "Yo! Who's this? Isn't this just Jing Chen who ran away with his tail between his legs after being beaten by me? Don't you have the guts to come here again? Do you still want to be beaten?"
"What's this about being beaten?" Su Wan'er frowned and looked at Si Chengjing.
Si Chengjing didn't know how to explain. He didn't want these people to be implicated because of him. After all, they had been playmates for many years. If they really became enemies because of this, it would be embarrassing.