"Your Majesty, I...will not run away again."
To a certain extent, Xu Lingyi is a person who values life very much and knows how to adapt to the times.
She had suffered countless injustices just to survive.
Compared to the past, it is nothing now.
"From now on, I will stay in the palace and stay by your side. I won't dare to run away anymore."
No matter what kind of environment she is in, Xu Lingyi will try her best to make herself more comfortable.
She also knew that she couldn't escape even if she wanted to.
Her tone was cautious, and it was obvious that Qi Yuan should be happy to hear such a guarantee.
But looking at her red and swollen eyes and pale face, he didn't feel happy at all and felt inexplicably depressed.
He taught her a lesson just to prevent her from running away and to make her stay by his side in the future, but he never wanted her to be afraid of him.
But now it's clear that he's gone too far.
Qi Yuan felt a mixture of emotions for a moment. He didn't know what to say, so he could only say, "Have a good rest."
So he fled in panic.
Qi Yuan was feeling upset and conflicted when he happened to hear the maids and old women gossiping.
"Hey, did you hear? The princess is back!"
"I heard it! This is a big event in the palace."
"Knowing that this is a serious matter, you still dare to talk about the master. You really want to die. If the prince knew about it, you would all die."
"How could the prince care about us right now? He must be lecturing the princess! Besides, if we talk about it in private, no one will know. This place has always been remote and there are only a few of us here."
"If you're not afraid of death, just say, I'm leaving."
After this man left, only these maids were left, and they spoke even more unscrupulously.
"Tsk, everyone in the mansion is talking about it, and it's not just us. Look at how timid she is."
"No matter what, would the prince really be willing to teach the princess a lesson? They were so loving in the past."
"The princess ran away secretly and abandoned the prince. Any man would not tolerate this. How could he not be willing to let her go?"
The maid swore solemnly that she had heard that the princess might become unsure of what would happen to her in the future.
"But I heard that the princess went to the temple to worship the Empress Dowager."
"You believe this, and it's fine if people outside the palace believe it, but everyone in our palace knows that the princess eloped with someone and was caught by the prince. If it was really to worship Buddha, why was the prince so furious some time ago?"
"And haven't you noticed that something is wrong with the main courtyard recently?"
"Something's wrong!" another little maid immediately responded.
"The main courtyard where the princess and the prince used to live is now tightly sealed. I heard from the maids over there that the windows are all boarded up, and there are so many guards outside the door that not even a fly can get out."
Seeing these maids covering their mouths with an extremely surprised look, the man was very proud.
"If the princess hadn't run away with someone, how could she be treated like a criminal and kept under strict guard?"
When Eunuch Wang heard these outrageous words, he was terrified to death.
Others don’t understand, so doesn’t he?
The prince's Achilles' heel is the princess. He just asked one more question about the princess and the prince got angry with him.
He has followed the prince for decades and still feels like this, let alone these people.
If they want to die, don't involve him because he is in charge of the mansion.
Just as Eunuch Wang was about to step forward, the prince put his hand in front of him.
He didn't dare to look up at Qi Yuan's expression, but he could fully feel the terrifying aura surrounding the prince.
This maidservant is still talking even when she is about to die. She simply doesn't know whether she lives or dies.
"Listen to what they say." Qi Yuan clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot.
He wanted to kill these maids immediately, but he held back.
"It's not certain whether that future one will be the princess. It's clear that the prince only intends to treat her as a forbidden delicacy, a plaything."
"She still has some charm now, but once the prince gets tired of her, she may even be inferior to us maids."
"Oh my god, how pitiful."
"Why should I pity her? The princess herself is not a faithful wife. She already has a prince, but she chose to elope with someone else. Who can I blame for her own promiscuity?"
"You are the ones who know nothing. Others in the palace have already been talking about it. The maids and eunuchs in the main courtyard are now unwilling to serve the princess. They are afraid that if they follow her in the future, they will be disliked by the prince."
Qi Yuan clenched his fists so tightly that his bones creaked.
"Wang Shoude!"
Eunuch Wang was so frightened by the roar that he knelt down immediately. He knelt there trembling, not even daring to confess his guilt. He just waited for the prince to arrange for him.
"Capture these slaves! Cut them into pieces! Call all the servants in the mansion and have them personally witness the execution!"
"I will see who dares to talk about the master!"
"Yes, yes, I'll do it right away!"
Eunuch Wang was terrified. What was going on?
The prince hasn't killed anyone for a long time, but these people just had to run into him.
"Prince...Prince!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"Your Majesty, spare my life!"
When these maids realized there was someone there, and that it was the prince, they were frightened out of their wits.
Especially when he saw Qi Yuan's terrifying and angry face, he trembled all over.
Qi Yuan kicked the maids hard. He had never bothered to attack these people, but now he couldn't help it.
"Bitch! Do you think you can talk about the princess? Bitch!"
These maids all vomited blood in the end. Qi Yuan had been practicing martial arts for many years and had great strength. It was impossible for ordinary maids to withstand his kicks.
Qi Yuan personally watched these maids being executed, and the anger in his heart only subsided slightly.
He held the jade ring in his hand, and his face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, which was chilling.
"If I see anyone disrespecting or talking about the princess again, I will not only chop you into pieces like them, but your family will be killed too!"
The people below were already trembling with fear, and even the timid ones almost fainted.
They had just witnessed a torture, and the tragic scenes of these people still seemed to appear before their eyes, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.
Everyone was trembling with fear, walking on thin ice.
After this incident, no one in the palace would dare to be disrespectful to the princess anymore.
Qi Yuan was in a bad mood.
Even after killing those maids, he was still in a very bad mood.
He was angry at those daring maids, but even more angry at himself.
Today, just by hearing that an insignificant person looked down on her and humiliated her, he was already furious and heartbroken.
But thinking back, he had said something similar to her face last night.
What was she feeling at that time?
Thinking of this, Qi Yuan felt extremely regretful.
How could he have said those words to her then?
After catching her, he was only concerned with venting his anger and thinking about teaching her a lesson, but forgot about her feelings.
"Go and tear all of that down!" Qi Yuan put his fingers to his temples and made the decision.
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