"Your Highness, the Princess, they mean..."
The official was just about to explain when Chu Qianli interrupted him once more: "I have never liked forcing others. If you don't want to speak, then don't. Swallow it back down."
"This..." The official was exceedingly aggrieved.
Who said he didn't want to speak? Why bother preparing so many lines if he wasn't going to speak!
Just a moment ago, it was merely a deliberate evasion.
The words were ready, they had to be said.
"Your Highness, I am not in a difficult position. I will clearly state the belief of the people. They say..."
"Didn't you hear me tell you to shut up? You wanted to speak and were playing coy, now when you're not allowed to speak, you can't hold it in?"
Chu Qianli walked to her chair and sat down, turning back to glare at the official whose face was flushed red.
She said displeased, "Hypocrite, disgusting! Get out! I don't want to hear such a vile person utter half a word more in my presence!"
"Princess..."
