Lu Yucheng, Qi Shaocheng, and the others bowed to him, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness the Third Prince."
Two rows of black-clad soldiers and a crowd of onlookers knelt and bowed to him, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness the Third Prince."
Look at this power!
Zhu Chen seemed to be in a good mood.
But the black-clad soldiers seemed to have not eaten enough, and their salutes were drowned out by the people behind them.
Among the crowd who were bowing or kneeling, Zhu Yu, who stood upright, seemed somewhat out of place.
Zhu Chen smiled slightly at Zhu Yu, not particularly bothered by his rudeness: "Miss Lu was frightened. It's my fault for not disciplining my subordinates properly."
He said apologetic words, but there was not a trace of sincerity in his apology.
Zhu Yu rolled his eyes at him and ignored him.
Upstairs, Lu Xiaoyun said to Lu Yuyan, who was still watching the commotion, "Hey, Zhu Chen has finally arrived. Yuyan, let's go."
"Alright!" Lu Yuyan followed Lu Xiaoyun downstairs with a smug look on his face. It was time for his older sister, the Prince An, to make her appearance.
Zhu Chen was not annoyed by Miss Lu's rudeness again; she was just a young woman.
He chuckled and said, "How about this? To express my apologies, I'll treat everyone to a meal today. I would also like to invite Young Master Lu, Miss Lu, and General Qi to dine at my Lianfu Restaurant. I will personally apologize to you all. What do you say?"
They keep saying they're apologizing, but they keep referring to themselves as "this prince"—isn't that a blatant attempt to bully others by abusing their power?
What, is your meal the most valuable thing?
Zhu Yu rolled his eyes inwardly.
"Third Brother, what you're saying is ridiculous. If apologies were enough, what would be the point of laws in our Great Zhou? Injuring someone and not having to be punished at all? This is the first time I've ever heard of such a thing." Lu Xiaoyun walked towards the crowd with her hands behind her back.
As everyone looked up, they were greeted by the elegant figure of Prince An. She was dressed in a brocade robe, the silver threads and patterns shimmering in the warm winter sun, as if she were draped in the warmth of the sunlight.
Zhu Yu, who had just been acting like an icy beauty, suddenly smiled and stared at Lu Xiaoyun. The more he looked, the more satisfied he became; she was truly handsome.
"Greetings, Your Highness Prince An!" The voices of the black-clad soldiers were loud and clear. Their weapons clashed, and they knelt on one knee, startling the southward-bound geese into flight.
Zhu Chen was also suddenly jolted awake; the sound was more than twice as loud as before.
He looked like he hadn't eaten enough just now, but now he's like he's been injected with chicken blood.
This is discrimination!
Zhu Yu's lips curled up slightly, and the next moment he grabbed Li Feng's hand beside him, seemingly about to fall to the ground as if he were about to lose his balance.
Li Feng was shocked: "Miss!"
The woman in green quickly helped Zhu Yu steady himself.
Lu Xiaoyun turned to look at her and asked, "What's wrong?" Her voice was so gentle, like the warmth of the sun, that it made one's heart flutter slightly.
Zhu Yu winced in pain: "My foot got hit by the carriage, it hurts!"
The voice was three parts sorrow, four parts grievance, and three parts low helplessness, making Lu Xiaoyun shudder.
Lu Yuyan also jolted awake, and it took a lot of effort to suppress the laughter that was about to burst out.
Luckily, his older sister is beautiful. If it had been a rough, burly girl, Zhu Yu, a man, would have thrown up on the spot if he had acted like that.
Li Feng's lips twitched. He really wanted to say, "Miss, your foot wasn't run over by the carriage at all, and even if it was, why didn't it hurt before, but started hurting as soon as you saw Prince An?"
Oh, right, Miss was just stomping her feet and kicking those burly men in a huff.
Did you get hurt by the kick?
After being gently tugged at by the woman in green, Li Feng shut up.
Lu Xiaoyun walked over, but Lu Yucheng was one step ahead of her. He took Zhu Yu's arm and raised his chin at her defiantly.
Lu Xiaoyun chuckled helplessly and looked at Zhu Chen: "Third Brother, you've opened a great restaurant. I wonder if I'll be beaten up like this young lady by your servants next time I pass by here?"
Lu Xiaoyun pointed to the woman in blue whose face was stained with blood.
Zhu Yu immediately put the eye-rolling thought he had just had into action, mimicking Zhu Chen's tone in a sarcastic manner: "Yes, His Highness the Third Prince just said, 'This prince will personally apologize to everyone.'"
Then he cleared his throat and imitated Lu Xiaoyun's speech: "Little did he know that His Highness Prince An's statement, 'This is the first time I've heard of such a principle,' is even more convincing."
These words are blunt, but I'm afraid they're pointing fingers at Zhu Chen and saying that he's just a prince who hasn't been granted a title and is only relying on his birth. He's no match for Prince An and yet he dares to try to intimidate others with his status. He's truly shameless.
Even the silly girl Li Feng understood, and lowered her head to secretly suppress her laughter.
Zhu Chen's face darkened, but he always considered himself superior and disdained to argue with a young woman over such trivial matters.
He immediately gave an awkward smile: "Fourth brother and Miss Lu are joking. It was my servants who were impolite, so I apologize to Miss Lu. Please forgive these ignorant and arrogant scoundrels."
For a woman from a noble family like yourself to argue with commoners is to lower yourself to the level of a lowly person.
As for the woman in blue, she was just a lowly commoner; even if she were killed, it would be a pointless death.
Zhu Yu ignored his words and immediately said with tears in her eyes, "But I'm not an adult, I'm just a young lady."
“I don’t want to forgive them. My leg is broken and it hurts terribly. My brother is also injured, this girl was beaten for no reason, this shopkeeper’s stall was smashed, my maid, and my brother’s servant Luo Wang are all injured.”
The bamboo basket vendor wanted to say that he hadn't broken many baskets and it was no big deal, but when he met Miss Lu's gaze, he immediately shut his mouth.
This seemingly delicate and frail little girl is far more frightening than the Third Prince.
"And another thing, my carriage broke down too, and the horse was injured. It's not right for Your Highness to only apologize to me. Aren't you treating everyone else like dirt? This is so unreasonable."
As she spoke, large tears rolled down her cheeks, but the little girl's voice was not soft at all. Not only Lu Xiaoyun and the others surrounding them, but also the onlookers who were enjoying the show could hear her clearly.
Zhu Chen's face turned red, then purple, then blue—it was quite a sight!
But Zhu Yu hadn't finished speaking yet.
"Of course, if Your Highness the Third Prince wants to use your power to oppress people, then this humble woman has no choice but to swallow her pride and bear the pain. However, since your Lianfu Restaurant is bullying people like this, we dare not come here again."
With tears streaming down his face, he asked the onlookers, "Uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters, will you come?"
The onlookers all took a step back, and shook their heads hastily at Prince An's protective manner.
Zhu Chen gritted his teeth.
Lu Yucheng's forehead veins throbbed. Where did his sister learn this unforgiving attitude?
He glanced at the smiling "Prince An".
“My dear consort… cough, Miss Lu is right. Third brother, what do you say? After all, all of this was caused by Lianfu Restaurant. If we let it continue to operate like this, who knows what trouble it will cause in the future? If Father finds out, how will you explain it, third brother?”
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