"Now you can tell me, right? What on earth did you call me here for?" Su Wan'er looked at him coldly. After experiencing the feeling of being cornered on all sides, Su Wan'er didn't want to talk to the man in front of her anymore.
In fact, she was thinking about whether to let him experience more of the hardships of the common people before considering the matter of swapping their souls back.
Speaking of which, if it weren't for Qing Cao bringing her a message saying that he seemed to have found a way to swap their souls back, Su Wan'er really wouldn't have been willing to come here.
Looking at Su Wan'er's cold face, Si Junlin coughed lightly before saying to her, "You are the queen of the emperor. Does the emperor need a reason to see you?"
A sneer appeared on Su Wan'er's lips. "The queen? I don't think I'm like a queen at all. Have you ever seen a queen who would be locked up in prison? Have you ever seen a queen who would be killed without any scruples?"
Suddenly, she stepped closer to Si Junlin. "Your Majesty, if our souls couldn't be swapped back, maybe I would be a cold corpse by now."
Si Junlin had never seen Su Wan'er like this before. This version of her was very different from before, but her aggressive look made her even more dazzling.
Seeing that he didn't say a word, Su Wan'er thought he couldn't find an excuse for a moment, so she continued, "I know that Your Majesty has been wary of my family background for a long time. If that's really the case, you could just tell me directly. Although I've married out, I still have some say in the family. As long as I say the word, the people of the Su family will naturally give up their military power, allowing Your Majesty to sleep in peace."
After Su Wan'er finished speaking, seeing that Si Junlin still had a blank expression, she suddenly felt extremely bored and had to return to her seat.
"Finished talking?" Si Junlin finally spoke. It wasn't that he didn't want to talk, but he wanted to wait for Su Wan'er to vent her anger so that he could get a word in.
Su Wan'er snorted coldly and obviously didn't intend to answer his question.
Although Si Junlin felt guilty inside, his long - standing habit of hiding his emotions made his face look even calmer when he felt more guilty in front of others. "Wan'er..."
"Stop. Your Majesty should just call me the queen. I can't bear the name 'Wan'er'." Su Wan'er directly refused Si Junlin's way of addressing her.
Every time she heard this name, there would always be some inexplicable flutters in her heart that she didn't want to face.
To get rid of these flutters, she had to cut off such emotions at the root.
Si Junlin originally wanted to find an opportunity to explain things to Su Wan'er properly, but seeing her obvious resistance, his imperial temper flared up.
He snorted coldly. "Fine. Since you like the title of the queen, then I'll grant your wish."
Su Wan'er didn't say a word. She just sat there quietly, waiting for him to continue.
Si Junlin had to go on. "As for you, even though you're the most favored legitimate daughter of the Su family, it doesn't mean that you can definitely make the Su family give up their military power."
He was about to say something else when Su Wan'er interrupted him.
"Your Majesty, how do you know my words won't work in the Su family if you haven't tried?" Su Wan'er argued.
Si Junlin sneered. "Why do you think I'll let you try? If I don't trust you, won't I be worried that you're in contact with your family and planning a rebellion from inside and outside?"
Su Wan'er angrily slapped the table. "Your Majesty, what on earth do you want to do to let the Su family and me go?"
Si Junlin immediately remembered Qing Cao's words. Naturally, he thought that Su Wan'er had been thinking about leaving the palace ever since she married into it.
Once this thought came to him, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. "Let you go? Don't even think about it. From the moment you married into the palace, you've only got one way to go in this lifetime, which is to stay in the palace. If you still insist on leaving, then the Su family will have to be buried with you."
His words made Su Wan'er feel the terror of an emperor. Even though he was in her body at the moment, when his imposing manner suddenly burst out, she felt a shudder from the bottom of her heart.
"You..." Su Wan'er opened and closed her mouth for a long time but couldn't say a word.
After Si Junlin's outburst, he immediately felt a bit regretful.
He had called Su Wan'er here today to ease the relationship between them, but in the end, instead of easing it, he made it even tenser.
Watching Su Wan'er's back as she turned around and left, Si Junlin felt regret for the first time.
However, although he regretted it, it would be more difficult for him to apologize than to kill him.
Seeing the back of the "emperor" leaving angrily, Qing Cao knew that his own mistress had angered the emperor again.
Qing Cao said to Si Junlin helplessly, "I said, Your Ladyship, since you've invited the emperor here, why did you anger him away?"
The emperor had come because of her words this time, but there was no guarantee that the "emperor" would be willing to come again next time.
There were so many concubines in the harem. Even though the three most annoying ones had been dealt with, there were still so many concubines in the palace. Who knew which concubine would cause trouble next time?
Si Junlin fell silent. He just hadn't been able to control his temper... that was all.
It seemed too late for him to regret now.
"What should I do..." This was the question he asked himself.
However, as the most dedicated personal bodyguard, Qing Cao would always answer his mistress's questions to the best of his knowledge.
So, right after Si Junlin finished speaking, Qing Cao immediately replied, "If Your Ladyship really wants to please the emperor, you can try to find out his likes and dislikes and cater to them."
"Cater to his likes and dislikes?" Si Junlin thought about it.
Qing Cao continued, "Yes. What the emperor likes the most is..."
"No no no. What the emperor likes isn't important. What's important is... uh, what do I like?" Si Junlin hesitated for a moment before asking the last question.
Qing Cao was stunned. As far as he knew, when giving someone a gift, shouldn't one cater to the person's likes and dislikes? Why did his own young lady ask such a question?
After thinking for a long time, Qing Cao finally attributed it to the fact that his young lady had learned different things from ordinary girls since childhood.
Well, as long as the young lady was happy.
Qing Cao said respectfully, "Is Your Ladyship testing this servant? This servant has always kept it firmly in mind.
"First, Your Ladyship likes purple lotuses because Your Ladyship said that the purple color is extremely strange and beautiful..."