Li Feng looked at Zhu Yu as if pleading for help.
Zhu Yu gently tugged at Lu Xiaoyun's sleeve and said softly in a high-pitched voice, "Your Highness..."
Lu Xiaoyun got goosebumps all over. She turned to look at Zhu Yu, who was blinking his watery eyes at her, in a fright: "You, you should speak properly."
Lu Yuyan spat out the wine he had just taken a sip of.
Zhu Yu rolled his eyes at Lu Yuyan; he was just a little kid and couldn't understand the romance between husband and wife.
"They didn't mean it, so let it go this time. Let Li Feng give them a good talking-to, that's enough. There's no need to punish them for a few words."
Lu Xiaoyun looked at Zhu Yu as if she didn't recognize him. Wasn't this the volatile prince? Wasn't he ruthless and vicious, a man who killed without hesitation? How could he tolerate the servants in her own courtyard slandering him behind his back like this?
Zhu Yu gave Li Feng a look.
Li Feng hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Highness, it is my fault. I failed to discipline my servants properly. Please punish me if you must."
Lu Xiaoyun looked at Zhu Yu, then at Li Feng. Something about today felt a little surreal.
Before long, Jiang Chuan brought over the two old women who had been gossiping about their master behind his back.
The two old women were so frightened by the sight of "Your Highness Prince An" that their legs trembled and they immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
They clearly remembered that just a few days ago, in this very courtyard, the fat woman was beaten until her skin was torn and she was literally beaten to death.
The fat woman's flesh was completely smashed, her bones were broken, and when her body was dragged out, it had turned into piles of rotten mud.
"Your Highness, we know we were wrong. We will never dare to do it again. Please forgive us."
The two old women were inwardly groaning, but they couldn't tell the prince that it was clearly Li Feng who gave them money to say this when the prince entered the courtyard.
Li Feng also said that the princess would definitely protect them, which was also the princess's intention.
Although the two old women didn't dare to do it at the time, the prospect of getting ten taels of silver each with just a few words was incredibly tempting.
But if these words were spoken to the prince, and the princess denied it, or even turned around and accused them of accepting bribes and deliberately slandering their master behind his back.
Then, order a search of their residence, and they will be dead without a burial place.
His Highness Prince An is a ruthless killer. If he thinks they were instructed by Consort Duan to deliberately torture the Princess, then we're really doomed.
Last time, three old women made the princess kneel down and copy "Women's Virtues" and "Women's Admonitions" as punishment, and they were frozen to death in the ice cellar.
"Your Highness, please spare us! We know we were wrong, we will never dare to do it again."
The two old women kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Zhu Yu's lips twitched, and he coughed lightly twice: "Well, Your Highness, really, let it go. As long as they stop gossiping about their master and do their jobs properly, that's fine. Look, it's getting late, let's eat first, lest the food get cold."
Lu Xiaoyun, however, did not want to let the matter drop so easily: "If it's gone cold, let them heat it up again."
"It's already been heated three times; if it's heated any more, it will lose its flavor."
Jiang Chuan chuckled: "Your Highness, rest assured, I will immediately have the kitchen prepare another table of fresh dishes."
Zhu Yu: "..."
Lu Xiaoxiao strutted down in the chair Jiang Chuan had brought over and ordered, "Beat him for me!"
Li Feng's face turned deathly pale with fright.
Zhu Yu was stunned.
The two old women were immediately forced onto stools and given a good beating with a board.
Li Feng was terrified.
The cries for mercy and screams from the courtyard carried far.
"Stop! Stop hitting him!" Zhu Yu shouted, startling even the guards carrying out the punishment, who dared not bring down the boards they had raised.
They felt that the princess's sharp aura was just like their prince.
Zhu Yu took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, saying, "Stop hitting them. I made them do it. I had Li Feng give them money and told them to say those things when you entered the courtyard."
The fan that Princess Ruoling had given him fell to the ground with a thud. There are countless demands in this world, but I have never seen such a demand.
Zhu Yu is definitely a masochist.
What's wrong? He's been alone for three days and he's getting restless?!
Lu Xiaoyun stared at Zhu Yu in disbelief: "You, what did you say?"
Zhu Yu closed his eyes and said resignedly, "You know, I said it this morning."
Lu Xiaoyun remembered that this morning when she said that they would sleep separately from now on, Zhu Yu said that if that were the case, it would be a long time before they could switch back.
"Really, it's you?"
Zhu Yu nodded.
Lu Xiaoyun looked at Li Feng, who was still kneeling on the ground.
Li Feng nodded, looking aggrieved.
Lu Xiaoyun had a headache, so she ordered the two old women to be helped back to the house and a doctor to treat their injuries. She also asked Jiang Chuan to withdraw some silver from the account and give each of them twenty taels as compensation.
After everyone had left, Lu Yuyan stood in the courtyard and asked Li Feng what had happened.
Lu Xiaoyun followed Zhu Yu into his bedroom.
Lu Xiaoyun turned around and closed the door.
Zhu Yu stood there with his head down, like a child who had done something wrong, kicking his feet intermittently.
"Tell me, what do you want to do?" She just couldn't understand it. Wasn't this guy eager to get his body back immediately? How could he make someone do something so bizarre?
"You...you don't know?" Zhu Yu lowered his head, not daring to look at Lu Xiaoyun.
"What should I know? Didn't you say you wanted to switch back to your body as soon as possible? Look at what you've done, your score has suddenly increased so much. I was wondering why your score suddenly skyrocketed."
Zhu Yu gritted his teeth, looked up and stared into Lu Xiaoyun's eyes: "I just want you to understand that if we were really separated for a long time, like you said this morning, with one of us in the front yard and the other in the backyard, our scores would skyrocket like they did today."
"Today was alright; at least I kept things in check when I asked Li Feng to do it."
Zhu Yu felt increasingly justified as he spoke: "Lu Xiaoyun, think about it. If this continues, what will happen to the entire Anwang Mansion's servants when they all have this kind of thinking? And going further ahead, if outsiders find out, what will they think of me and you? At that point, let alone ten thousand points, it will probably be more than a hundred thousand points."
"By the time that happens, even if we wanted to switch back, it would be impossible."
"I want to nip this in the bud. Yes, I want to nip this in the bud, which is why I instructed Li Feng to do this."
Lu Xiaoyun was confused by Zhu Yu's words: "Is that really what you think?"
"Of course, what else would I want? What do you think I'm thinking? You don't think I want to stay a woman forever, do you?"
Lu Xiaoyun touched her nose and nodded after a long while.
Zhu Yu stepped forward and looked up at Lu Xiaoyun: "So, you understand? In order to switch back to our original bodies as soon as possible, we have to live together."
Lu Xiaoyun thought about it and realized that was indeed the case. She nodded and said, "Okay. Let's share a room starting today."
Zhu Yu's lips curled up slightly, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
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