Rong Sheng hurriedly covered her mouth: "Mother, I'm hungry, I'm going to eat!"

After Rong Sheng finished speaking, he went into the courtyard, but Xu Shi grabbed him and said, "Sheng Bao, tell your mother, where did you go? What did you do?"

"I..." Rong Sheng glanced at Gu Beiyi subconsciously. Seeing that Gu Beiyi's expression was indifferent, she breathed a sigh of relief and said weakly, "Mother, I didn't go anywhere!"

"Shengbao, your mother has been through this before!" So you can't fool your mother.

“Mother!” Rong Sheng lowered her head, not expecting Xu Shi to have such sharp eyes, seeing through the problem at a glance. “I really didn’t go anywhere, and I didn’t do anything.”

Seeing this, Gu Beiyi said, "Auntie, Rong Sheng has been with me the whole time!"

"With you?" Xu's anger flared up instantly, causing Sheng Bao's lips to become swollen and red. Was it that bastard Gu San Niu who did this?!

This brat! Doesn't he know that men and women shouldn't be so close? Doesn't he know that an unmarried girl shouldn't be so intimate with a man? How is Sheng Bao ever going to get married?! If people see this and spread it around, Sheng Bao's reputation will be ruined!!

Thinking of this, Xu Shi, who was usually good-tempered, became angry. She suppressed her anger and said to Rong Sheng, "Sheng Bao, go inside quickly. There is a bottle of ointment for reducing swelling in your father's medicine cabinet. There are words written on it. You can read, so I don't need to point it out to you! Go and apply the ointment!"

"Mother, I..."

"Hurry up! Do you want everyone to know? Your brothers will be back soon!" Once the three Rong brothers return, the truth will be out. Sheng Bao will be scolded by them. As for that bastard Gu San Niu, he deserves a beating! Who told him to molest Sheng Bao?

Rong Sheng gave Gu Beiyi a helpless look, as if telling him to pray for good luck, and then went into Rong Dong'an's medicine shop to find medicine under Xu Shi's sharp gaze.

The swelling needs to go down quickly. If his brothers see him, Gu Beiyi's good days are over, and they'll definitely give him a good beating.

As soon as Rong Sheng left, Madam Xu glared angrily at Gu Beiyi, "Gu Sanniu! Sheng Bao is the apple of our Rong family's eye, and we don't want her to be hurt in any way! But you... you actually... did such a thing to Sheng Bao!! Sheng Bao is young and doesn't understand, don't you understand?"

Madam Xu was furious. She then proceeded to berate Gu Beiyi for a long, long time, essentially calling him shameless for doing such a despicable thing to Rong Sheng, which would ruin Rong Sheng's reputation and make her the target of gossip and slander!

She even said he stayed at the Rong family's house because Rong Sheng felt sorry for him, that he was homeless, disliked and hated by the Gu family, and looked down upon and avoided by his own clan. He even returned from the army poisoned and nearly died. It was only through Rong Sheng's pleading and charm that he was allowed to stay, and what did he do in return? He utterly betrayed Rong Sheng's kindness!

At the same time, she told Gu San Niu to stay away from Rong Sheng. While the jinx reputation was problematic, it was impossible for him to be completely unrelated to the deaths. She wouldn't allow Gu Bei Yi to harm their hard-won daughter!

Gu Beiyi knew that Madam Xu would be very angry, so he did not refute her and let her rant to her heart's content. However, Madam Xu was really good at talking and kept going on and on.

If this continues, Rong Hua and his brothers will return. When they find out about this, it will be extremely difficult for him to get close to Rong Sheng in the future, and he might even be kicked out of the Rong family.

The guards were dumbfounded when they saw Gu Beiyi willingly being scolded by Madam Xu; their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"This is the first time I've seen the prince willingly be scolded, and that person wasn't a high-ranking official in the capital, nor was it the prince's enemy, but a country woman, a country woman who knew nothing!"

"To be honest, I understand Madam Xu very well. After all, Miss Rong Sheng is her daughter. If her own daughter is taken advantage of, she will definitely teach the culprit a lesson! It's already quite good that Madam Xu didn't start cursing like a shrew or beat someone with a stick like a madwoman!"

"Then you are wrong. Madam Xu truly likes Miss Rong Sheng. When she saw Miss Rong Sheng being harassed by our Prince, how could she not want to hit or scold her? She just didn't want to make a big fuss and let everyone know, so she stood at the door to scold and criticize the Prince."

"However, I also think that Your Highness is a little too hasty in this matter. As long as Your Highness truly likes Miss Rong Sheng, there will be plenty of opportunities for them to spend time together. There is no need to rush this moment!"

"But thinking about it carefully, the prince might be impatient. As you all know, the prince came back using Gu Sanniu's identity to clear Gu Sanniu's name of his infamous reputation as a jinx. The prince will be returning to the capital soon! Otherwise, the people in the capital will think that the prince has become a deserter and dare not confront them!"

"Alas! Our prince is so pitiful!" He finally found the woman he loved, but they had to be separated because of their different social statuses and because of the prince's important affairs.

I wonder if Miss Rong Sheng will be able to handle it!

The guards were in high spirits, but they didn't notice that Gu Beiyi's handsome face was somewhat dark and he was starting to exude a cold aura, making Xu Shi, who was talking non-stop and had a long speech, think that she had caught a cold.

She touched her arms, intending to let Gu Beiyi into the courtyard before talking, but seeing Gu Beiyi's handsome face suddenly turn cold, she thought he was angry and contradicting her, so she wouldn't let him into the courtyard and started another lecture right there, making Gu Beiyi sigh helplessly, wondering when it would end.

The old gambler was bullied terribly by Rong Hua and his brothers. He vomited up his lunch, and not only that, he also vomited up the water he drank the night before.

My stomach is completely empty now!

But he was extremely frustrated and unhappy: "You brothers have really gone too far! I didn't take Rong Sheng away, I just didn't! Even if you beat me to death today, I still wouldn't have taken Rong Sheng away! Believe it or not. But you treated me so brutally without even asking what happened. I'm going to tell the village head and have him punish you brothers severely so you won't keep bothering me!"

Rong Zheng sneered, "Go ahead and go find him. If you dare to go to the village head, then from now on, whether it's day or night, as long as we brothers have time, we'll beat you to death! We'll beat you so badly that you'll be paralyzed on the bed waiting to die for the rest of your life!"

The old gambler shuddered. He was miserable enough already, and he couldn't afford to be any more miserable, so he backed down. But he had finally managed to have a big meal today, only to be bullied by his brothers again. Thinking of his brothers' smelly socks, his stomach started churning again, and he really wanted to hold his stomach and vomit again.

Rong Sheng applied the medicine and carefully examined herself in the bronze mirror. The redness and swelling on her lips were indeed not going down, but she had to find an excuse to stop her mother from talking about her future husband.

After thinking for a moment, Rong Sheng decided, "This is the only way; otherwise, we won't be able to fool them!"