Yan Shuang thought it over a hundred times in a very short span, but still could not understand how Lianshan Xin had actually dared to start commanding her just because she had told him to.
But on her hundred and first attempt, she suddenly understood.
"Interesting. It seems you really are confident, and you're testing my obedience."
Lianshan Xin: "?"
He really wanted to tell Yan Shuang that he was merely following a senior's example. There was no obedience involved, much less any sexual testing.
Women really did overthink things.
"My lady, that wasn't what I meant."
"No, it was."
Lianshan Xin: "..."
"To think you're a scumbag too. The last person who dared use this tactic on me was His Majesty."
The Heavenly Queen recalled how Emperor Yongchang had pushed past her bottom line time and again, making her compromise endlessly until nearly everything went his way.
She had thought Emperor Yongchang was the only person under heaven who dared use such tactics on her.
She had never expected Lianshan Xin to dare do it too.
"Heroes have sprung from the young since ancient times."
The Heavenly Queen's reaction left Lianshan Xin utterly bewildered. He could not tell whether she was praising or mocking him.
"My lady, I really didn't mean that."
"It wouldn't matter if you did. I'm not the Empress. I have no interest in keeping a harem," the Heavenly Queen said coolly. "Just look after your Shiyun and Shui Shui."
"An ordinary woman with extraordinary confidence. What a turnoff," Lianshan Xin muttered.
The Heavenly Queen glanced at Lianshan Xin from the corner of her eye, and he felt a chill wind sweep past.
But Ao Su had only just left, so the Heavenly Queen did not cause much of a stir.
More importantly, in the Heavenly