Chapter 47 Princess, give her a slap
"Oh?" Lu Wanning tilted her head. "Miss Luo, you know that Princess Yongning was traveling with me that day, right?"
"If those assassins weren't targeting me, but Princess Yongning, then could Miss Luo's words also apply to Princess Yongning?"
As she spoke, she sighed for Qi Qingyao, "I never could have guessed. Miss Luo and Princess Yongning seemed to get along so well, but I never expected she actually thought that way behind their backs."
"As expected of someone from the countryside, you're incredibly eloquent." Luo Li wasn't angry, but instead folded her arms as she looked at her. "I have a message for the Crown Princess. A sparrow will always be a sparrow. Even if it flies onto a branch, it can never become a phoenix."
These words did not make Lu Wanning angry at all. She just listened and forgot about it. However, a trace of anger quickly flashed across Hu Yan's cold face.
She poked Lu Wanning's waist with the hilt of her sword and said seriously, "Princess, give her a slap."
Lu Wanning looked back at her in surprise. Hu Yan thought she was afraid and continued to urge her calmly, "Are you afraid of hurting your hands? Then I'll help you."
As soon as she finished speaking, Hu Yan rushed over and slapped Luo Li in the face with lightning speed.
The air seemed quiet for a moment.
Lu Wanning didn't even react to the sudden change.
Chen Wenjian reacted quickly and protected the people behind him, glaring at Lu Wanning and the servant, "How dare you!"
"You are the one who is being presumptuous," Hu Yan said coldly, "Who allowed you to speak to the Crown Prince's Consort like that?"
The slap seemed to hit Luo Li on the head. It took her such a long time to react. She screamed and rushed towards Hu Yan.
"Come here, kill this slave!"
Luo Li was now so angry that her mind was a little unclear. She was completely immersed in the fact that she was beaten by a servant in front of her lover.
Lu Wanning stepped forward and said, "Miss Luo, this is my person."
"A servant dared to attack the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Crown Prince's Consort is protecting him like this. Is she trying to make things difficult for the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Chen Wenjian's eyes were serious, as if he was reminding her to hand over Hu Yan, and the matter would be over.
However, Lu Wanning would not be fooled by her words.
"Mr. Chen, you're wrong. Although Hu Yan is a servant, she's loyal to Prince Qi's mansion. As a loyal servant, I heard others say that my master is a country bumpkin, a sparrow that has flown to the branches. I don't know whether this insult is directed at me or Princess Qi. Was I wrong to have her beaten?"
Chen Wenjian choked, "You know she didn't mean that."
What a joke! Lu Wanning laughed in anger. "Am I the worm in your stomach? I see that she not only means this, but she also wants to scold me a few more times."
Seeing that Luo Li was furious and had already vented her anger, Lu Wanning stopped arguing with the two of them and turned to go to Aunt An's yard.
Luo Li behind her was very angry. She could vaguely hear Chen Wenjian's voice trying to comfort her, as well as the second girl's voice deliberately adding fuel to the fire for fear of chaos in the world.
After they walked a long way, she let out a breath, glared at Hu Yan, and scolded her with a serious expression, "What you did today was really too much. Who allowed you to go over my head and do that?"
It was her business if she fell out with others, and a few verbal quarrels would not escalate to the conflict between Prince Qi's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion.
But Hu Yan's slap was likely to have directly created a grudge between Prince Qi's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Even though Prince Qi and Princess Qi treated her well, it was not a reason for her to ignore the trouble in Prince Qi's mansion.
Hu Yan said seriously, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to do this."
Lu Wanning closed her eyes. "When did he ask you to do this? Is he mentally ill to ask you to slap Luo Li?"
"I didn't slap the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion," Hu Yan explained, "The Crown Prince said that the Crown Prince's Consort is kind and won't fight back even if she's bullied. If someone bullies her, I can vent my anger on her behalf if she goes too far. If there's any trouble, he'll handle it himself."
After a moment's silence, Lu Wanning sighed softly. It was hard to imagine how Qi Muchao, with his personality and temper, could remain so gentle and polite despite the rumors about him from the outside world.
Maybe it's because this person does all the bad things behind the scenes.
But in order to prevent this from happening again, Lu Wanning said to Hu Yan seriously: "He gave you to me, you are mine. If you continue to disobey me like this, you will go back to him."
There was still no big fluctuation on Hu Yan's face, but after spending these days together, Lu Wanning could already see some different emotions in her eyes.
For example, now, I feel a little uneasy.
She took orders from Qi Muchao, so naturally she obeyed his orders.
Luo Li was disrespectful to Lu Wanning, and she was also indirectly criticizing Princess Qi in her words. According to Qi Muchao's instructions, she was right to slap her.
She didn't think she had done anything wrong. She felt uneasy simply because Lu Wanning asked her to go back to Qi Muchao.
Somehow, Hu Yan subconsciously didn't want to do it.
So she admitted her mistake very quickly, "I know, there will never be a next time."
Seeing her like this, Lu Wanning didn't know what to say anymore and had to give up.
Arriving at Aunt An's courtyard, a maid came out to greet her, "The Crown Prince's Consort is here. Aunt An has been waiting for you all day."
"What's wrong with my aunt?" Thinking that Aunt An was not feeling well, Lu Wanning was a little worried and walked in quickly.
The maid glanced outside and smiled, "Nothing serious, I just miss the Crown Prince's Consort."
As she spoke, Lu Wanning had already seen Aunt An.
Perhaps because she had been dealing with various affairs of the Chen family in recent days, Aunt An looked a lot more tired, but her eyes were surprisingly bright.
"aunt."
As soon as she walked over, Aunt An waved her hand and asked the servants to leave.
Hu Yan stood aside without moving. Lu Wanning said, "Wait at the door."
"yes."
The servant closed the door, leaving only the two of them inside. Aunt An immediately pulled Lu Wanning to her side and said, "Let me ask you, is the master using me to get you to work for the Chen Mansion?"
Lu Wanning's eyebrows jumped, and she shook her head subconsciously, "Why did Aunt ask this suddenly? Did someone say something in front of you?"
Aunt An's eyes were slightly red. She didn't let Lu Wanning just brush it off. She squeezed Lu Wanning's hand and said firmly, "Answer me, did he use me to threaten you to report the situation in Prince Qi's mansion to him?"
Lu Wanning cleared her throat and answered irrelevantly, "What's going on in Prince Qi's mansion? It's the same old things every day, and there's nothing to report."
But how could Aunt An not understand her character?
She said it as if nothing had happened, but to Aunt An it sounded purely to comfort her.
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