When breaking the law faced off against male virtue, breaking the law crumbled at the first blow.
Dantai Mo said, "Not only would I hack her into ten thousand pieces, I would have her entire family executed."
Pei Shaoyi repeated, "Your Highness, full marks."
The Marquis's Brother-in-law kindly reminded her, "Eldest Sister-in-law, although His Highness's approach is beyond reproach, isn't it a little inappropriate to score him so casually?"
Wasn't she afraid the Crown Prince would take his anger out on her?
His Highness only seemed so approachable because Fifth Sister was here. Without Fifth Sister present, he was an entirely different person.
What if Eldest Sister-in-law had a momentary lapse one day, gave him a low score, and sent him over to the dark side?
Pei Shaoyi gave Top Graduate Hou a cool sidelong glance. "Top Graduate Hou, seven points!"
When Top Graduate Hou had described how he would handle a scheming girl earlier, Jian Ruonan had beaten her to scoring him. Now she made up for it.
Their eldest sister-in-law, once obsessed with composing poetry, had now become obsessed with scoring people.
Jian Ruonan watched from the side, thoroughly amused.
Dantai Mo turned to Jian Ruonan. "Fifth Miss, what do you think of my approach?"
Jian Ruonan said, "Not bad, except it breaks the law."
Xuan Xiaowu said, "When the emperor breaks the law, he faces the same punishment as a commoner. The Crown Prince isn't the emperor yet, so he can break the law."
Jian Ruonan said, "Don't split hairs with me!"
Xuan Xiaowu leaned closer and whispered, "Nine out of ten domineering CEOs break the law. The remaining one is the law itself. Our Crown Prince is that last one."
Jian Ruonan said, "..."
Teng said, "Why isn't anyone asking what I'd do?"
Jian Ruonan said,