Zhihua stood aside and wanted to serve, but was stopped by Nanny Zhao.

Nian Susu was afraid that Zhihua had offended her and would be targeted in the future, so she simply signaled Zhihua to leave with her eyes.

After Zhihua left, she and Nanny Zhao were the only ones left in the room.

“Miss Nian, no one in this house taught you how to eat, and yet you eat so ugly! I have never seen any young lady as rude as you.” Madam Zhao did not hide the disgust in her words at all.

From the time of Nanny Zhao to this point, Nian Susu had never heard a good word from her. Every word she said was belittling her and the Prime Minister's Mansion.

At first, because she kicked her, she felt guilty and had been enduring and accommodating. Now it seems that Nanny Zhao is resentful of her for more than just that kick.

She was the future Crown Princess after all, how could a teaching nanny dare to be so rude to her? She didn't believe it without the Queen's permission.

The more Nian Susu thought about it, the angrier he got. He slammed the table and shouted, “I won’t eat anymore!”

"Even if Miss Nian doesn't want to eat, you still have to learn the etiquette of eating." Aunt Zhao picked up the chopsticks on the table, put them together neatly and handed them to Nian Susu, gritting her teeth and said, "Please, Miss Nian."

Nian Susu gritted her back teeth and took the chopsticks unwillingly. Like a puppet, she did whatever Madam Zhao said. Although her behavior was not very beautiful, it could barely make Madam Zhao let her go for the time being.

The breakfast took almost an hour. The porridge was cold and the buns were hard, but she was not full. She had to rest for a quarter of an hour before starting the next class.

"Bite it tight, hold on tight, and hold on!" Nanny Zhao took the ruler in her hand and slowly hit the palm of her other hand, staring at Nian Susu sharply.

Nian Susu had a porcelain bowl on his head, a pair of chopsticks between his teeth, and a handkerchief in his hand. He swung his arms gently while walking, but his head and torso could not move, and he had to maintain a faint smile on his face.

After walking back and forth in the yard twice, Nian Susu could no longer hold on. Beads of sweat as big as beans flowed down his temples to his chin, and then dripped onto his lapels, soon staining them a dark color.

It was almost noon, the hottest and sunniest time of the day. Madam Zhao was a person who knew how to enjoy life, so she moved a stool under a tree to enjoy the cool air. Nian Susu was still basking in the sun.

"Don't even think about being lazy! You can't bear it now. When you get married, you will be wearing a phoenix crown and a red bridal robe, and your body will feel as heavy as carrying several pounds of rocks. You will have to go through the marriage proposal ceremony, the name asking, the good news, the betrothal, the date of marriage announcement, the temple announcement... There will be no time for you to rest after all these procedures."

Nian Susu felt a headache after hearing this, and felt the bowl on his head was getting heavier.

Ping Pong

The porcelain bowl shattered at her feet.

Nian Susu looked at Aunt Zhao helplessly and smiled awkwardly, "Hehe..."

Zhao Ma was speechless, picked up the ruler and walked towards her angrily. Nian Susu saw that things were not going well, so she picked up her skirt and ran away.

One ran and the other chased, and the two chased each other in the yard for several rounds. Due to her old age, Zhao Ma was out of breath after running only a few rounds, and was left dozens of steps behind by Nian Su Su.

Aunt Zhao supported herself on her knees, panting like an ox, sweating profusely, and shouted at her in a squeezed voice: "No... I won't chase you anymore, you... don't... don't run away!"

She couldn't bear it any longer, so she dragged herself to the stool and sat down.

She finally realized that Nian Susu was a difficult person to deal with. She was different from all the girls she had met before. Just like Wang Yuejiao, she just liked to act like a spoiled little girl and was often a little bit short-tempered, but she would still learn and listen to what she was supposed to learn and would not dare to contradict her.

But Nian Susu is a man who refuses to be disciplined and has the temperament of a reckless man who is fearless and unafraid of anything.

Nanny Zhao secretly made up her mind that she could no longer use the previous methods to deal with Nian Susu, and she had to make a plan tailored to her.

Nian Susu wiped her sweat and leisurely walked to Zhao Mama. Except for her red cheeks, she was in a good mood. She put her hands on her hips and looked down at Zhao Mama with a disdainful tone, "Wouldn't it be better if you said you didn't want to pursue her earlier? We wouldn't have to suffer this."

She wanted to reach a consensus with Aunt Zhao that they would keep to themselves, that everyone was just an employee, and that everyone should do their job and not make things difficult for the other.

But before she could utter a word, Nanny Zhao hit her thigh with a ruler. With a "crack", the sound was even crisper than the sound of the porcelain bowl breaking just now.

"Ah!" Nian Susu covered his thigh and jumped out a few times with a ferocious look on his face.

Aunt Zhao was so proud of herself that she said, "Humph, you are too young to fight with me!"

Nian Susu was furious, and he had already made up his mind: peace talks would not work.

Nanny Zhao clearly doesn't want her to have an easy life, so if that's the case, don't blame her for using some tricks!

On the first day, the two of them had already become estranged.

Nanny Zhao is not an easy person to deal with, but Nian Susu is not someone to be trifled with either.

At night, Zhao Ma lived in the west room of the east wing, and Nian Su lived in the north room. The two rooms were connected by a corridor and were not far apart.

Nian Susu had a premonition that Nanny Zhao would make a surprise inspection while she was sleeping.

After all, Nanny Zhao had told her to pay attention to her sleeping posture, and if she was found to be still lying in a "spread" position, she would be punished by not being allowed to sleep.

Nian Su closed the doors and windows tightly and was almost locking them from the inside.

I can't open the windows for ventilation in this hot summer, the room is like a steamer.

She couldn't sleep, and she had to be on guard against a sudden attack from Nanny Zhao, so she had no desire to sleep at all.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, very lightly, only three times.

Nian Susu sat up from the bed with a start. She was sure that the person outside the door was not Nanny Zhao. Nanny Zhao would not knock on the door so gently. She would just force her way in.

She groped her way to the door quietly, feeling lucky that she had closed the doors and windows tightly.

She mustered up her courage and raised her voice to ask, "Who is it?"

The person outside the door chuckled, "You said you wanted to see me, but when I came you closed the doors and windows and asked me who I was? Are you playing hard to get, Miss Nian?"

Hearing this gentle and humble voice, Nian Susu knew who it was.

She quickly opened the door, pulled the person outside into the room, stuck her head out to take a look towards the west room, and found that the light was on.

Nian Susu screamed that something was wrong and quickly locked the door. Turning around, she saw that Xuanji's fire starter had been lit and was about to light the lamp. She rushed over, grabbed the fire starter and covered it with it.

Xuan Ji looked at her suspiciously.

Nian Susu looked panicked.

But in the darkness, neither of them could see each other's expressions.

Nian Susu still held Xuan Ji's arm with one hand, and the two were so close that they could feel each other's breath.

"Shh! Don't talk," she whispered.

Xuan Ji was so nervous that he didn't dare to move or ask.

After a while, Aunt Zhao's voice rang out from outside the door, "Miss Nian, what happened? Why did I hear a man talking just now?"

Xuan Ji narrowed his eyes and looked at the shadow cast by the door.

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