Lin Xiafeng and Lin Boyan left Wuling Palace with mixed feelings.
Lin Boyan said, "Prince Wu Ling can actually be so anxious about someone. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. If he loves the princess so much, why would he cause so many misunderstandings?"
Lin Xiafeng, "Misunderstanding? Would you give the token of your marriage with your sister-in-law to another woman because of a misunderstanding?"
Lin Boyan, "..."
"Even if he forgot and didn't recognize it for a moment, doesn't anyone in the entire Wuling Palace know about it?"
Lin Boyan's face was filled with disbelief. "So, according to my sister, this Prince Wu Ling really has something going on with Princess An Li?"
"I don't know if there's anything, but it's true that Princess Anli likes Prince Wuling."
Having said that, Lin Xiafeng felt seven parts condemnation for Dugu Yu and three parts sympathy for Ling Anli.
"If he doesn't have any interest in the girl, why would he bother sending her gifts to provoke her? Even if it's not such a special jade pendant, it will inevitably cause An Li to misunderstand."
"You men are always fickle, always looking for more! It's just a pity for Princess Anli. She didn't touch anything in Prince Wuling's mansion, but she still got herself into trouble!"
Lin Boyan frowned and thought about it, it seemed to be true.
"Feng'er, you have a good relationship with Princess Anli, right? She's probably sad at home right now. As a sister, you should take the time to go and comfort her."
There are so many young ladies in Yulin City, and even more concubines. There are really not many who can have a good relationship with Princess Anli, so why not seize the opportunity to make your presence felt in Prince Yi's Mansion.
As long as the old concubine is happy, it will indirectly make the emperor happy. If the concubine mentions someone's name in front of the emperor or says a good word for someone, it is worth ten years of hard work!
Lin Xiafeng is a woman and cannot achieve anything, but the Lin family has plenty of sons!
Lin Xiafeng was so smart that she naturally understood what her second brother meant. He only wanted her help to climb up, but didn't think about her situation?
Anyone with a little bit of common sense knows that what she needs to do now is to keep a low profile, reduce her presence, and make people forget about that damn cloak, instead of going out and showing off her ambitions!
What's more, the Qin family actually made Prince Wu Ling kneel in the snow on the street for a whole night just because of the trivial matter of Prince Wu Ling sending a birthday gift to Princess Anli!
Such a bold and presumptuous act must have made Ling Anli furious!
She liked King Wu Ling so much, the person she held dear to her heart, but he was humiliated like this. It would be a miracle if she could swallow this.
At this moment, he might be at home thinking about how to deal with Qin Qingyao and the Qin family. Why should she interfere and distract Princess Anli's attention?
Isn't that helping that vicious woman Qin Qingyao out of trouble, unless she is stupid!
Lin Xiafeng was unhappy and ignored Lin Boyan.
The two left Prince Wuling's mansion without taking a carriage, but just walked side by side on the street.
Then, at the door of a gambling house, he met a rogue who was beating a woman.
Lin Xiafeng hated to see this kind of bullying of the weak, and his face turned cold at that moment, "Second brother, go and pull that scoundrel away. If this continues, that girl will be beaten to death!"
Lin Boyan knew his sister's temper and did not refuse. He walked over, pulled and threw the man who hit others, and threw him far away. He fell to the ground and did not get up for a long time.
Lin Xiafeng walked over and helped the girl who was lying on the ground and twitching in pain. He didn't mind the blood on her body at all and wiped her face with his handkerchief.
"How are you? Are you standing steady? Why did he hit you?"
The attacker who got up from the ground saw that Lin Xiafeng and Lin Boyan were dressed in noble and luxurious clothes, and he knew that he would make money today.
"Who are you? How dare you beat someone in the street? Do you think there is any law?"
Lin Xiafeng didn't expect this scoundrel to actually complain first. "It was you who bullied the weak woman first. Do you know the law?"
"Who the hell is bullying a weak woman? I beat my own woman, what's it to you? You rich people control everything, and you still care about others beating their wives?"
After the man finished speaking, he sat down on the ground and cried out, "Everyone, come and see! These children of wealthy families are bullying a commoner like me. I can't live like this anymore..."
Lin Xiafeng wasn't afraid of him. "Okay, you said we bullied you, then go ahead and sue the authorities. We'll just wait here for the officials to decide whether we're right or wrong!"
The man who was making a scene was named Lu Fuman, also known as Daman in the underworld.
He is a well-known scoundrel in Yulin City and also a veteran gambler.
He didn't dare to commit murder or arson on a daily basis, but he did all the stealing and petty crimes.
Therefore, all the officials in the Yulin City prefectural government knew him. Given his "fame", if he went to file a lawsuit, he would definitely not win the case against these housekeepers, young masters and young ladies.
So he started crying miserably.
"Forget it, today is my bad luck. If I can't afford to offend you, can't I just hide? I'll be beaten if I want to. You young masters and young ladies from the rich and powerful families have always been exploiting the common people. It's not just one or two days. God is blind. There is no way for us lowly people to survive!"
Daman cried and climbed up to pull his wife's hair, "You damn bitch, it's all your fault. You saw your man being bullied and you stood there indifferent. Are you hoping that I will die so that you can go out and find a man?"
Daman's wife was pulled by her hair and dragged away like a dead dog. Daman cursed and beat his wife as he walked.
The woman he held in his hand, her eyes swollen to a slit, looked at Lin Xiafeng with pleading and despair, her mouth silently shouting, "Help, save me..."
Lin Xiafeng was so angry that she was shaking all over. She really could not bear it any longer. She had already gotten a general idea of what was going on from the people around her who were pointing and watching the fun.
The woman in Daman's arms is named He Xiang, and she is the wife Daman bought.
Because He Xiang's indenture was in his hands, he never treated He Xiang as a human being.
Beating, scolding and rape are commonplace. Sometimes when he loses all his money gambling, he even asks He Xiang to accompany his men to pay off their gambling debts. She is worse than pigs and dogs!
The reason why there was a beating in the street today was because Dama lost one hundred taels of silver in a gambling house and was being chased for debt. He had no choice but to drag He Xiang over to pay off the debt.
But He Xiang had been tortured by him to the point of being half dead and no longer looked like a human being. No one was willing to buy her for even ten taels, let alone a hundred taels!
Daman was beaten and kicked out by the people in the gambling house, so he took out all his anger on He Xiang, the "money-loser".
Lin Xiafeng shouted, "Stop! It's just a hundred taels of silver. I'll give you the money, and you bring over He Xiang's indenture contract!"
When Daman heard this, he immediately turned around with a playful smile, "Miss, are you serious? Please don't make fun of me, a kind-hearted commoner!"
Lin Xiafeng was disgusted by the sight of him baring his yellow teeth. "I want to take him away first!"
Daman was embarrassed, "That won't do, we have to pay first and get the goods first!"
Lin Xiafeng, "The goods are her indentures, and the one in your hand is a living person!"
Lin Boyan took out a silver ingot and threw it at Daman's hand that was holding He Xiang's hair. Daman let go of his hand in pain, and He Xiang fell to the ground.
Without even having time to stand up, he crawled towards Lin Xiafeng impatiently.
Lin Boyan said, "This ten taels of silver will be your deposit. For the rest, take He Xiang's indenture to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask the Second Young Master to claim it!"
Someone in the crowd had already noticed that one of the two people who took the initiative to stand up for justice was the number one beauty Lin Xiafeng. It turned out that the man was the second young master of the Lin family.
He is truly worthy of being the son of the Prime Minister. He is kind-hearted and brave enough to stand up for what is right. He is truly a role model for our generation!
When Daman heard that it was from the Prime Minister's Mansion, he didn't dare to make a scene anymore.
Anyway, he has already got ten taels of silver, so he will give it to them first. If they dare not give the remaining ninety taels, he will go around speaking ill of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Let's see if they can afford it!
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Qin Qingyao injured her hand and stayed at home for a long time. After lunch, she wanted to run out again. Dugu Yu followed her consciously. Before they left the house, the servants came to ask.
"Your Highness, what should we do with the cloak that Miss Lin Liu sent back?"
It's been used by other women, how could it be given to the princess? The servants couldn't stand it!
Qin Qingyao, "Miss Lin didn't take the cloak?"
Bai Zhi, "No."
Didn't you come all the way here to return the cloak? How could it be taken away again?
Dugu Yu, "Burn it!"
Bai Zhi, “Yes!”
Qin Qingyao, "Wait! Why would you burn such an expensive cloak? You're such a spendthrift!"
Dugu Yu was furious. How dare you call me a spendthrift? Who burned all my boxes of clothes?
Qin Qingyao said to Bai Zhi, "It's freezing cold now. It's a shame to ruin such a good cloak. Miss Lin only wore it once."
"Baizhi, if you don't mind, I'll give it to you. If you two sisters don't like the cloak, you can tear it apart and make scarves or shoe insoles!"
Bai Zhi was overjoyed, but she was also afraid that her princess was saying one thing and thinking another. She had lost face because of this cloak. Wouldn't she feel uncomfortable when she saw it in the future?
"Are you serious, Princess?"
"Of course it's true, why would I lie to you?"
"Thank you, Princess!"
"You're welcome!"
Qin Qingyao really didn't mind the existence of the cloak at all. What she minded was Dugu Yu's obsession and devotion to Lin Xiafeng from beginning to end.
If Dugu Yu still cared so much about Lin Xiafeng, she would want to cremate not only the cloak but also Lin Xiafeng himself!
But the situation has changed now. Her husband said it was an accident and the cloak was originally bought for her!
So, why should such a good thing be ruined just because of Lin Xiafeng? That's too much of a face for her!
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