Bai Yan grabbed his arm: "What are you going to do?"

Meng Huaiyi said coldly, "I'll go and cut out his tongue."

"Alright, don't be angry. You and I both know these people are puppets being used. What's the point of cutting out their tongues?" Bai Yan smiled at him. "Look, I'm not angry at all. Why are you angry?"

Meng Huaiyi pursed his lips. How could he not be angry and blame himself? She was treated this way for her own reasons. If he hadn't impulsively kidnapped the bridal sedan chair that day...

She could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his face. Bai Yan took his hand and chuckled, "Don't worry, in a few days you'll have a chance to make amends and get revenge for me."

"Now, I'll punish you by making you carry me to the front for a stroll. I want to eat the sugar figurines there." She looked at him with a smile.

Meng Huaiyi's brows furrowed in exasperation. What kind of punishment was this?

Not wanting to ruin her good mood, and knowing she had plans, Meng Huaiyi didn't bring it up again.

After that, Bai Yan didn't have anyone deal with the matter, but just let the rumors spread.

Ten days later, in a restaurant in the capital, the former prince consort Meng Abao was being teased by someone about his wedding date with the princess.

"Brother Abao, weren't you going to be a prince consort? Now, what's with the lack of any news about your wedding date with Princess Tianfu?"

Meng Abao immediately flew into a rage: "What wedding date? I consider you my friend, how dare you say such things in front of everyone to insult me?"

Princess Tianfu was someone who had been kidnapped by thieves and taken to the mountain for three days and three nights. No matter how beautiful such a woman was, Meng Abao could not marry her.

"Brother Meng, don't be angry," the man laughed. "Princess Tianfu is a beauty known to everyone in the capital. Aren't you even a little bit tempted?"

"Besides, she has a noble status and is greatly favored by His Majesty."

Meng Abao was naturally tempted. He still felt his heart pound when he recalled how the princess was still incredibly beautiful without any makeup when they came down the mountain that day.

He could accept that she had been married to Jin Chang'an once, which was, after all, a prestigious family named Jin!

Now she's been kidnapped by a group of bandits... If she becomes his wife, wouldn't the whole capital know that he's been cuckolded!

"So what if she's beautiful? So what if she has a high social status?"

"A beauty known to all? A woman has built such a great reputation precisely because she is known to all; now everyone in the capital knows her—"

Meng Abao sneered, "She's a used woman!"

"She's been played with again and again, and it's one thing if she doesn't commit suicide. What's she dreaming of? I wouldn't even take her as a concubine!"

After saying a string of harsh words, Meng Abao was feeling quite pleased with himself when he was suddenly kicked in the chest, knocking him off his chair and rolling backward several times before coming to a stop.

Meng Abao had just gotten up from the ground, and before he could even get angry, someone grabbed his wrist, flipped him over, and threw him back to the ground. The person then forcefully pressed his hand down.

The methods used by the Black-Clad Guards to torture people were far beyond what a pampered young master like Meng Abao could endure. "Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!"

Meng Abao cried out in pain, "My sister is Consort Yun, how dare you cause me trouble—" Meng Huaiyi exerted force, and Meng Abao immediately started howling like a banshee again.

The others standing nearby turned pale with fright at the sight of Meng Huaiyi's face: these young masters in the capital knew best who they could and couldn't mess with.

Others are influential people, so you have to consider relationships; if they cause trouble, their families can cover for them.

But Meng Huaiyi is different. He's a lone wolf, a ruthless official. If you really offend him, he'll find a fault with you, arrest you, and torture you to death!

Meng Abao, who was sweating profusely from the pain, knew who the newcomer was from everyone's reactions.

"Meng Huaiyi, what right do you have to bully me? You jinx who was kicked out of the family—"

Meng Huaiyi pressed his hand down harder and harder, and Meng Abao could no longer speak. Tears streamed down his face as he continued to wail and howl.

"Your howling is giving me a headache, stop now." A lazy voice came from behind.

As Meng Huaiyi's grip loosened, Meng Abao finally recovered from the pain, his eyes still full of tears. Just then, a pair of red embroidered shoes appeared before him. He looked up and saw Princess Tianfu looking at him.

Logically speaking, since she was kidnapped, she should be staying at home and not coming out these days.

But not only did she come out, she was also dressed so beautifully and charmingly, with a light touch of her rosy lips and an exquisite floral decoration between her brows, as beautiful as a peony in full bloom.

If such a beautiful princess hadn't had those stains, how well-matched and happy they would have been if she had married him?

She didn't come to the restaurant to look for me, did she?

Upon further reflection, it could only be someone coming to find him, probably because they were worried that he wasn't going to get married.

“Princess, you don’t need to beg me, I will not marry you,” Meng Abao said cruelly.

Bai Yan stared at him with wide eyes, as if she had heard something unbelievable.

Looking at the beautiful princess, Meng Abao felt a pang of pity. "Very well, if you don't ask for a title, I can bring you into the Meng family. When you get old, you'll have someone to rely on."

Bai Yan: ...As expected, he's Meng Ruoyun's younger brother; nothing about him is normal.

She glanced at the crowd and said, "These days, rumors about me have been circulating all over the capital. I don't usually bother with the common people, but I never expected things to escalate so much."

She glanced sideways at Meng Huaiyi: "General Meng, you used to be a member of the Black-Clad Guard, and you know the punishments in the court like the back of your hand. How should someone like Meng Abao, who speaks so arrogantly, be punished?"

While being held captive, Meng Abao struggled and said, "Princess, you're just trying to scare me. Don't waste your time. No matter how you force me, I will never marry again—ahhh!"

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