Upon hearing Su Muxi's name, Pei Yuan couldn't help but turn his head to look out the window.
Zuixianlou is located on Zhuque Street, the most bustling street in the capital. Although Zhuque Street is very wide and can accommodate eight carriages driving side by side, it is still easy to cause congestion if two carriages are blocked in the middle.
At that moment, two carriages were blocking the middle of the road. A woman in a light blue dress jumped down from one of the carriages and seemed to be saying something to the other carriage.
A short while later, a woman also stepped out of another carriage.
The woman was wearing a light pink dress, and although she wore a veil, her beautiful features were still evident from her exposed eyebrows and eyes.
However, the woman in pink had her eyebrows furrowed and looked extremely angry.
It did ruin her originally beautiful, peach-blossom-like features.
"Xi'er?!"
The moment Pei Yuan saw the woman in pink emerge, he recognized her and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Xie Xuan pointed to the woman in pink, "Is she Qiao Zixi?"
Pei Yuan nodded, then strode downstairs.
He couldn't be mistaken, that was Xi'er!
Xi'er is in trouble, he needs to get to her side quickly!
Xie Xuan, on the other hand, looked downstairs with great interest.
He then followed them downstairs.
Su Muxi faces off against Qiao Zixi...
Oh!
interesting!
On the street
"What? The daughter of the Marquis of Anyang is actually refusing to pay her debts? If you don't have the money, fine, I'll break your limbs and then put them back on, and you'll be forgiven for what you owe me!"
Pei Yuan had just come downstairs when he heard this extremely arrogant statement.
Without giving him a chance to think further, he strode forward and stood in front of Qiao Zixi.
He said sternly to Su Muxi, "Who are you, acting so arrogantly in the street!"
When Qiao Zixi saw the tall figure blocking her way, the anger on her face was instantly replaced by joy and shyness, and she couldn't help but softly call out, "Young Master Pei~~"
Upon hearing this, Pei Yuan turned to look at Qiao Zixi, his eyes full of affection, "Xi'er, don't be afraid. With me here, no one can bully you!"
"Um."
Qiao Zixi nodded shyly, then stood obediently behind Pei Yuan. When she looked at Su Muxi, her eyes were filled with undisguised smugness.
Su Muxi watched the interaction between the two and sneered inwardly, thinking, "To each their own!"
However, Qiao Zixi deserves a lesson today!
"Greetings, young master. My name is Su Muxi. The Marquis of Anyang's mansion owes me 17,840 taels of silver, and only 17,000 taels were repaid recently. However, Miss Qiao personally had someone calculate that the Marquis of Anyang's mansion should owe me 28,650 taels."
"Out of respect for Marquis Anyang, I can forgo the remaining silver. However, Miss Qiao has repeatedly provoked me, so I have no reason to be generous and let it go. I stopped Miss Qiao's carriage today to demand the silver from her! If you have nothing to do with Qiao Zixi, please leave."
Pei Yuan looked Su Muxi up and down. Her face was ugly and her words were harsh. It seemed that she had bullied Xi'er a lot in the past. Those people were really ignorant. They actually believed the rumors spread by Su Muxi and said that Xi'er was a shrew.
If we're talking about shrews, he thinks Su Muxi is the real shrew!
"My name is Pei Yuan, son of the Minister of Revenue. I have already gone to the Marquis of Anyang's residence to propose marriage. Miss Xi'er is my betrothed, and her affairs are my affairs!"
Pei Yuan announced his engagement to Qiao Zixi in the street without any attempt to hide it. He wanted everyone to know that Qiao Zixi would be his wife and that no one could mistreat her!
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zixi smiled sweetly, and her gaze towards Su Muxi became even more smug.
Pei Yuan looked at Su Muxi's face with disgust, then continued, "I've heard about what happened to you. I thought the Marquis of Anyang divorced you because of your ugly appearance, but now it seems it's because of your vicious heart!"
"I just heard you say with my own ears that if Xi'er can't pay back the money, you'll break her limbs? This is the capital, under the Emperor's nose, where the law is in place. How can we tolerate such wicked women like you running rampant!"
"How much silver does the Marquis of Anyang's mansion still owe? I'll give it to you!"
Qiao Zixi hurriedly said, "Young Master Pei, we can't give her this money! She's here to extort money, we can't let her succeed! What she owes us, our Marquis's Mansion has already paid back what she owes, it's Su Muxi who's ungrateful!"
After saying this, seeing that there were many onlookers, her peach blossom eyes flickered slightly, and she continued, "When my brother promised her a concubine, she was still not satisfied and made a scene at home for a long time. But my brother's marriage was bestowed by the emperor, how could it be changed so easily! When she saw that she could not get what she wanted, she threatened to divorce him. Now that she has really divorced my brother, she has started to covet the money of our Marquis's mansion!"
"Outrageous! How did the Prefect of the Capital Prefecture handle this case! And Censor Xie, how could he protect such a wicked woman!" Pei Yuan said angrily.
Xie Xuan, who was standing nearby, hurriedly said, "Hey! You can say whatever you want about Su Muxi, but please don't drag my father into this! My father has been upright and honest all his life, don't tarnish his reputation!"
Su Muxi subconsciously looked Xie Xuan up and down, simply because he was Xie Chi's son.
Unexpectedly, their eyes met.
The other person blinked his phoenix eyes, looking frivolous, which made Su Muxi wonder if this person was impersonating Lord Xie's son.
Lord Xie is a serious and unsmiling man, how could he have such a frivolous son?
Su Muxi withdrew her gaze from Xie Xuan and turned it to Pei Yuan and Qiao Zixi.
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