Chapter 33 Arrogance
The incident happened so quickly that the air was briefly quiet for a moment, and then the maids screamed.
"Miss, save her!"
But no one could save Jiang Shan. She stumbled down the stairs and finally fell to the ground in a mess.
Her hair was messy, her pearl hairpins were scattered all over the floor, and she was lying in a sprawling position.
The maids rushed over and helped her up: "Miss? Are you okay?"
Jiang Shan was so frightened that she lost her soul. After she recovered, she became furious again.
"Zhuang Wan, how dare you! How dare you!" she screamed, "You're a lunatic! You're a murderous lunatic!"
Zhuang Wan changed her previous gentle attitude and stared at her coldly.
"That's right! I'm a lunatic! My family has been destroyed, what else do I have to be afraid of?"
Her cold gaze swept across the crowd in the hall, and she spoke with great force, "I, Zhuang Wan, tell you today that my status as a slave is an indisputable fact, but the laws of the Great Zhao Kingdom do not restrict my freedom. I can go wherever I want. If you don't like it, gouge out your eyes. If you don't accept it, hold it in. If you're unhappy, sorry, then go die."
"By the way..." she continued, "A word of advice to everyone: if you want to gossip, it's best to do it quietly and not in front of me. I have a bad temper and I'm prone to hitting people."
Her gaze fixed on the ladies who had just spoken ill of her. At her glance, the ladies' necks shrank and they all turned their heads away.
The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and everyone looked grim.
Someone couldn't help but say, "Ms. Zhuang is acting too arrogantly. This girl is from the Marquis Cheng'en Mansion. Aren't you afraid of causing trouble?"
"What am I afraid of?" Zhuang Wan said, "You saw it too. She was the one who provoked me first. There's a saying that goes 'I won't offend anyone unless they offend me.' I don't want to bother with her either. She was the one who was provoked first."
Jiang Shan was so angry that she trembled when she heard this: "Catch her for me, I'm going to teach this bitch a lesson today!"
Upon hearing this, the servants around her immediately rushed towards Zhuang Wan.
There were so many of them that Zhuang Wan couldn't retreat in time. Just as they were about to rush over, they suddenly collapsed. People piled up on top of each other on the stairs in a panic.
And Jingzhe stood in front of Zhuang Wan like a magic needle that stabilizes the sea.
It was the first time that Zhuang Wan saw Jingzhe take action. She didn't expect her to be so skilled. Her speed was so fast that it was almost impossible to see how she flew over the railing.
"Who are you? How dare you stop me?" Jiang Shan asked sternly.
"Miss Jiang, I'm Jingzhe, and I'm here to protect Miss Zhuang on the orders of Lord Pei."
She answered very seriously, but in the eyes of everyone, her expression was as arrogant as Zhuang Wan's.
Jiang Shan gritted her teeth. The maid who had just appeared was obviously very skilled, and the people she brought with her were no match for her.
She couldn't stop scolding him or beating him, and her eyes turned red with anger.
At this moment, someone said, "Ah! Miss Jiang's ears are bleeding!"
Jiang Shan was startled, raised her hand and touched behind her ear, and her fingertips were stained with blood.
"Oh no! The young lady's face is disfigured!" the maid shouted.
Jiang Shan opened her eyes wide in panic, was stunned for a moment, and then burst into tears.
Everyone was shocked.
The noble ladies in the capital cherish their appearance the most. If their appearance is disfigured, it will be difficult for them to get married.
Zhuang Wan also felt guilty, knowing that this matter had gotten out of hand.
"Miss Zhuang, we will definitely go back and report what happened today to the master and the mistress. My young lady was hurt like this by you, the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion will definitely not let it go!" said Jiang Shan's maid.
The lobby was in such chaos that the owner of the cloth shop had already received news and had been standing not far away watching.
Seeing that the situation was out of control, he hurried out and said, "Everyone, calm down, calm down. Let me see where you're hurt."
She went to check on Jiang Shan's injury and saw a broken skin behind her ear. She said it wasn't a big deal, especially since it was behind her ear, so no one could see it. But the amount of blood was shocking.
"Go and get a doctor quickly. It's important to treat Miss Jiang's injury first," she said.
The embroiderer went there immediately.
There was a buzz of whispers in the lobby, and Jiang Shan was crying heartbreakingly.
"Miss, what should we do?" Qiu Tan asked Zhuang Wan worriedly.
Zhuang Wan didn't know what to do, but she had done it, so she had no regrets. It was hard enough for her to be a bootlicker at Pei Xingju, and now she had to be humiliated by these people when she went out shopping. She didn't want to indulge them.
She was right! She had no regrets!
But she really hadn't figured out what to do next.
Not long after, a man rushed in from the door and ran up to Jiang Shan: "Sister, who beat you like this?"
"Brother!" Jiang Shan was so aggrieved that tears streamed down her face. She pointed at Zhuang Wan and said, "It's her, that bitch! Brother, help me teach her a lesson!"
The person who came was Jiang Shan's brother Jiang Sui, who was a notorious playboy in the capital, and he often led a group of friends through the streets and alleys.
He was usually arrogant, so how could he bear to know that his sister was being bullied? He immediately looked at Zhuang Wan fiercely.
This time, he was attracted by Zhuang Wan's appearance and figure. He was dazed and asked, "Who is she?"
The maidservant said, "Zhuang Wan, the daughter of the former Chief Censor, has now fallen into the status of a prostitute. How dare she publicly bully someone from the Marquis of Cheng'en Mansion? Master, please stand up for the young lady."
When Jiang Sui heard that Zhuang Wan was just a lowly woman, he immediately had dirty thoughts in his mind.
He stepped forward slowly, pretending to be stern. "How dare you! You didn't even bother to check my reputation, and you even dared to bully my sister."
The cloth shop owner was secretly worried that if Zhuang Wan fell into this man's hands, she would be in trouble. She smiled awkwardly and stepped forward to help, but was pushed away by Jiang Sui.
Jiang Sui walked up the stairs.
Jingzhe stood in front of him and asked coldly, "What do you want to do, Mr. Jiang?"
"Oh, there's a cold beauty here."
Jiang Sui raised his hand to touch Jingzhe's face, but before he could touch it, Jingzhe grabbed his hand and he cried out in pain.
"What are you still standing there for? Come on!" Jiang Sui ordered his attendant guards.
The guards rushed forward, and at the same time, Guard Lu and others who had been guarding the door also rushed in.
The two drew their swords and fought.
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