The host ruthlessly crushes scum in the small world

The next day, Lin Chuyun woke up and was preparing to have breakfast when a palace maid came to report that Shi Yixi had arrived.

Lin Chuyun raised an eyebrow. Was this person determined not to give up until he saw her? Or did he already know her position?

Lin Chuyun didn't keep Shi Yixi waiting too long this time. After entering the front hall, she indeed saw a man sitting in a seat, impatiently making things difficult for the maid.

"You said the princess would be here soon, but how long will it take? I've been waiting here for so long!"

The maidservant stood there with her head down, not daring to speak. After all, Shi Yixi was the top scholar in the imperial examination and would soon be a person with an official position!

"I'm talking to you, can't you hear me!"

"I heard you, I heard you! If you make another sound, my palace will be shattered!"

Lin Chuyun spoke lazily, then stepped into the hall. She sat on the upper seat, gesturing for the maid to leave, and then spoke a few words to Zhu Chu.

Shi Yixi saw that Lin Chuyun was not sitting below him as usual, but was sitting above him and not talking to him. He felt a sense of panic for a moment!

"First Rhyme..."

"How dare you! Even if you are the top scholar, you cannot address the princess by her name like that!"

The speaker was Xia Chu, the most ill-tempered maidservant by Lin Chuyun's side. When the original owner married into the family, Xia Chu wasn't brought along. If she had, perhaps the original owner wouldn't have suffered so much.

After all, Xia Chu was one of the few maids who possessed martial arts skills. However, Xia Chu had often looked down on Shi Yixi before, and the original owner of this body was love-struck at the time. So, when Shi Yixi suggested not taking Xia Chu along, the original owner, though reluctant, agreed.

Seeing Shi Yixi's embarrassed expression, Lin Chuyun burst out laughing! Xia Chu, standing next to Lin Chuyun, thought her princess was about to defend Shi Yixi again, but unexpectedly, the princess just laughed out loud.

Lin Chuyun was happy, but Shi Yixi's expression darkened. He didn't understand why Lin Chuyun had the servants treat him like this.

"Princess... Princess!"

"What business do you have with me?"

Lin Chuyun immediately put on an act in front of Shi Yixi. Before, when the original owner was so approachable to him, he acted incredibly arrogant. Now that Lin Chuyun was here, he didn't tolerate his behavior anymore.

"My official position today..."

"Then may I ask what official position Scholar Shi held?"

"From the fifth rank..."

Lin Chuyun never expected that the emperor would give Shi Yixi a position within the fifth rank. That was a great humiliation. The previous top scholar could never have been a fifth-rank official, but at least a fifth-rank official or higher!

"Congratulations, Scholar Shi! Now we'll see how you make your mark in the court!"

"But...but none of the top scholars in history have been like this. Perhaps His Majesty doesn't like me and blames me for taking the princess away!"

Shi Yixi lowered his head with a sorrowful expression. Lin Chuyun almost couldn't hold back when she heard Shi Yixi's words! How could there be such a shameless person? His words implied that he was being targeted by the emperor because of the original owner of this body!

"I doubt that Father Emperor would do anything to damage his dignity over such trivial matters. I imagine he arranged these official positions after careful consideration, wouldn't you agree?"

Lin Chuyun also mocked Shi Yixi, saying that Shi Yixi was not capable enough and that the emperor had thought about it for a long time before finally coming up with this official position. She told Shi Yixi to rest assured that he had never done anything for her!

In the end, Shi Yixi left feeling sullen, the words she wanted to say remaining stuck in her throat.

Lin Chuyun remained quiet for a few days, during which time she specifically inquired about Shi Yixi's affairs in the court.

Shi Yixi's official position involved collecting and compiling various materials. Although it was a fifth-rank position, it required immense patience and offered virtually no opportunity for promotion, so no one wanted to take it.

Even those who reach that official position will use connections to climb the ranks, but Shi Yixi, a top scholar, was actually assigned to that position.

Naturally, those in officialdom are not to be underestimated. They realized that the emperor disliked the top scholar, so Shi Yixi was truly isolated and helpless in court.

But unexpectedly, Shi Yixi would come looking for Lin Chuyun again. Looking at Shi Yixi, whose eyes were bruised...

"Princess, why have you not come to see me lately?"

Lin Chuyun ate fresh fruit, watching Shi Yixi's forced composure.

Why did I come to find you?

"I know the princess harbors resentment towards me because she saw me with that noblewoman, but that's not what I wanted either."

Shi Yixi wanted to step forward, but Xia Chu blocked Lin Chuyun's way, so Shi Yixi had to stop. He looked at Lin Chuyun without saying anything, and then continued to speak.

"Princess, rest assured, none of those women are as good as you. It's just that I got a little closer to the Marquis's daughter to find out what this woman liked. But this Marquis's daughter..."

Lin Chuyun looked at Shi Yixi's face as he tried to shift the blame onto the Marquis's daughter, and she wanted to spit on him. Wasn't the reason he went to be with the Marquis's daughter in the first place because he was interested in the Marquis's power?

Shi Yixi was quite ambitious, keeping both the daughter of the Marquis's family and the original owner of the body on his hands. Seeing that the original owner was now under his control, he would frequently use the Marquis's daughter to provoke her.

"Hmph! Really?"

"Every word I said is true!"

"So you mean the daughter of the Marquis's family has secretly fallen for you, to the point that she doesn't even respect me?"

Shi Yixi hadn't expected Lin Chuyun to bring this up so directly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"Judging from your expression, it seems to be true. Then I'll have to ask if this story of the Marquis's daughter is true or not! Xia Chu, take my token and summon the Marquis's daughter to the palace!"

"This...this doesn't need to be..."

Shi Yixi tried to stop her, but Xia Chu wouldn't listen. She took the princess token and left without even glancing at Shi Yixi.

"Princess, there's no need for this..."

"Since this young lady of the Marquis's mansion looks down on me so much, then I will summon her to come and see. As for you, you will naturally stay here. That way, if any problems arise, I can discuss them with you."

Lin Chuyun instructed the maid to serve tea. Although Shi Yixi didn't want to stay there, he didn't dare to leave.

Shi Yixi anxiously drank cup after cup of tea, after all, he knew in his heart how much of what he had just said was true!

Summer arrived quickly, accompanied by the young lady of the Marquis's mansion. She had a delicate, pitiful appearance, seemingly the kind of person who was gentle and kind.

As expected, upon her arrival, the young lady of the Marquis's mansion bowed softly and gracefully to Lin Chuyun. Lin Chuyun, seeing the beautiful woman, was overjoyed.

"I wonder what business the princess has summoned me to the palace?"

The young lady of the Marquis's mansion also knew that the princess had fallen into the water because of her last time. Could it be that she was coming to cause trouble for her now?

"Someone just said to me that you look down on me?"