Chapter 6 Why are you crying?
Chunzhi remained calm when being stopped by them. She said in a clear voice, "This is a pharmacy. Everyone can come and go. Why are you allowing people to stop me like this?"
Before Ji Ruzhen could say anything, the maidservant beside her scolded her, "How dare you!"
"My young lady is the daughter of the Prime Minister and the wife of the top scholar. Let alone just asking someone to stop you, even if they want to hit you, you'll have no choice but to endure it!"
The two maids were cunning and mean.
The servants who stopped Chunzhi looked ferocious.
The shopkeeper tried to persuade her, "The presence of the number one scholar's wife is a real honor to our humble shop. If you have any instructions, please let me know. She's just a customer buying medicine. Please, for my sake, let her go."
Ji Ruzhen said nothing.
The servants who were blocking Chunzhi didn't move at all.
Ji Ruzhen looked at Chunzhi. She didn't expect that after being kicked out of the Lu family, she didn't hide and cry, nor did she become depressed. Instead, she went out to sell tofu as usual, and now she appeared in the pharmacy.
Ji Ruzhen herself came out to invite all the doctors in Linshui Town back to the Lu family because the old lady was ill. She wanted to gain a reputation for filial piety and suppress the rumor that the prime minister's daughter was stealing someone else's husband. She suspected that Chunzhi knew that the old lady Lu was ill, so she came to the pharmacy to buy medicine on purpose, hoping to take this opportunity to return to the Lu family.
She would never allow this to happen.
Ji Ruzhen said, "You angered your mother so much that she fell ill yesterday, took the money and left, and even spread rumors everywhere, saying that Jingyun abandoned his child bride. You are just a slave that Jingyun picked up, without a matchmaker or betrothal. How can you claim to be Jingyun's child bride?"
"I didn't spread rumors."
Chunzhi had nothing to say to Ji Ruzhen.
During the ten years that she and Lu Jingyun depended on each other, although there was no matchmaker or engagement, everyone in Linshui Town knew that they were a couple.
They had never been properly married, but they had sworn before the heavens and the earth that they would stay together for the rest of their lives and never let each other down.
Now it was Lu Jingyun who broke his oath first, and Chunzhi's decision not to pester him or retaliate was already leaving the last bit of affection between them.
But Ji Ruzhen refused to let her go.
Ji Ruzhen said, "You didn't spread rumors, so why are people in Linshui Town criticizing Jingyun and me?"
Chunzhi said, "Then you have to ask yourself."
"How dare you, a lowly person like you, speak to my young lady like that?"
Ji Ruzhen's maid rushed forward and raised her hand to slap Chunzhi in the face.
Chunzhi grabbed the maid's wrist and slapped her in the face.
There was a crisp "pop" sound.
A five-finger mark immediately appeared on the maid's face.
Chunzhi makes and grinds tofu every day. Although she looks weak, her hands are actually much stronger than those of ordinary girls.
"You, you dare to hit me?" The maid was stunned for a moment, then she covered her face and ran to her master, "Miss, she...she hit me."
Relying on her status as the prime minister's daughter, Ji Ruzhen lived a life of being the center of attention in the capital.
I've never seen Chunzhi be so disrespectful and fight back without saying a word.
"Useless thing, back off."
Ji Ruzhen said this and stepped forward personally.
Seeing this, several servants reached out to hold Chunzhi down.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Chunzhi raised his leg and kicked one of the servants hard in the crotch. When the other fell down in pain, he rushed out of the pharmacy quickly.
People were coming and going on the street outside.
The vendors all recognized Chunzhi and, not knowing what had happened, teased her, "Chunzhi, why are you running? There's a tiger chasing you!"
Chunzhi ran to Uncle Zhang's stall selling kitchen knives, picked up a kitchen knife and turned to face the servants.
No one expected that she would dare to come back with a kitchen knife.
The servants panicked and retreated involuntarily.
Ji Ruzhen also walked out of the medicine shop. Seeing Chunzhi walking towards her with a kitchen knife in hand, her face turned pale. "What are you going to do?"
Chunzhi stood in front of Ji Ruzhen holding a kitchen knife, and her hands were actually shaking.
Ji Ruzhen brought many servants and maids with her, but she was alone. If she pointed a knife at someone in broad daylight, she might be thrown into jail.
But she had no other choice now.
Chunzhi tried her best to calm herself down and said coldly, "Didn't you ask me why I call myself Lu Jingyun's child bride without any matchmaker or engagement?"
Ji Ruzhen's face was as pale as paper at this time, and she didn't dare to say a word.
She was the daughter of a prime minister, used to a life of luxury. Even when she had conflicts with other officials' daughters, they would resort to harem-style tactics to retaliate, such as drugging someone's tea or secretly having someone seduce them from behind...
I have never seen an opponent talking to others while holding a kitchen knife.
In addition, there were too many people on the street, and the servants did not dare to act on their own.
Chunzhi said, "We have never been married. That's because Lu Jingyun said that when he passed the imperial examination, he would marry me in a sedan chair carried by eight people, but Lu Jingyun broke his promise."
She resolutely cut out Lu Jingyun, who occupied most of her heart, bit by bit. The heartache was indescribable, but she did not hesitate for a moment.
Chunzhi said to Ji Ruzhen, "Lu Jingyun betrayed me, it was his fault. I only blame him, not you. But that's no reason for you to show off in front of me."
She stood in the center of the crowd, and passers-by stopped in their tracks.
After the rain, the sky cleared up and the light golden sunlight fell on Chunzhi.
Chunzhi said, "So what if she's the daughter of the prime minister and the wife of the top scholar? She was snatched away, so what? Why do you have to confuse right and wrong and throw all the dirty water on someone else?"
Ji Ruzhen opened her mouth and said, "The Emperor has granted Jingyun and I a marriage. What makes you say I was snatched away? You have no parents, no relatives, and maybe you were born with bad luck!"
As soon as she said this, the street vendors who were on good terms with Haru-ji were all furious:
"What the hell are you talking about!"
"Everyone in Linshui Town can attest to the fact that Chunzhi was Lu Jingyun's child bride!"
"What do you mean by the Prime Minister's daughter? I think she's just someone who can't get married, so she has to steal someone else's husband!"
These lowest-level pawns stepped forward and stood in front of Chunzhi.
Brother Zhao, who sells pork next door, came over with a butcher knife in hand. "Don't be afraid, Chunzhi. With us here, no one can bully you!"
Uncle Zhang, who sells kitchen knives, ran over, took the knife from Chunzhi's hand, and coaxed her like a child, "Be good, Chunzhi, we won't play with knives."
Chunzhi's eyes suddenly turned red.
With so many people protecting her, even without Lu Jingyun, she still has many people who care about her.
"Ah!" Ji Ruzhen screamed when she saw the butcher knife still dripping with blood and hid behind the maids. She didn't care about her dignity as a noble lady anymore. She shrieked as she dodged, "Are you all dead? Stop her, stop them!"
Ji Ruzhen didn't think she had stolen Chunzhi's husband.
Chunzhi is destined to be alone and helpless.
But Ji Ruzhen was different. She was born the daughter of the prime minister. She could get whatever she wanted. Even her husband, the top scholar, was arranged by the emperor.
All the best things in the world should belong to her.
Whoever competes with her will die.
Brother Zhao raised the butcher knife a little higher.
A group of servants and maids protected Ji Ruzhen and fled.
The vendors surrounded Chunzhi, all talking in a flurry of comfort. The vegetable seller stuffed a basket of vegetables into Chunzhi's arms, the cloth seller gave her two rolls of cloth, and even Brother Zhao chopped a large piece of meat for her...
Uncle Zhang, who was selling kitchen knives, thought for a moment, wrapped up the knife Chunzhi had used, and handed it to her. "Chunzhi, you should keep this knife. Use it for self-defense."
Chunzhi was so moved by them that she couldn't stop crying and went home with a lot of things.
Huo Zheng was turning his wheelchair in the yard. When he heard the door open, he looked up and saw Chunzhi coming in with a bunch of things. Her eyes were red, as if she had just cried.
He didn't speak immediately. He waited until Chunzhi passed by before asking, "Why are you crying?"
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