"If you haven't touched me, and I only glanced at you twice?" Zhao Shuke had no intention of showing any mercy to a woman.
Qingge nodded, then hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself. Jiang Mingjing couldn't bear to see her suffer, and glared at Zhao Shu, "Why does the princess have to use her status to make things difficult for a weak woman? For someone like Qingge to be even glanced at by Prince Yong is an insult. If Prince Yong dares to touch Qingge, I will make sure he never leaves alive!"
Zhao Shu wasn't angry and showed some leniency. "I've remembered what Young Master Jiang said. May I ask if Miss Qingge is currently your guest or concubine?"
Jiang Jingming glanced at Zhao Shu with annoyance, and said arrogantly, "Of course it is..." He stopped, and then saw Qingge looking at him with a pair of pitiful eyes. If he called her a concubine, she hadn't been formally brought into the house yet. If he called her a guest, he had just said that Prince Yong had only glanced at her twice. If she hit the prince after just two glances, the crime would be huge.
"Young master, please consider my reputation." Qingge bowed gracefully, her voice as beautiful as a song from a secluded valley.
Jiang Jingming felt a jolt in his heart and immediately said, "Qingge is naturally my guest."
Zhao Shu received the answer and nodded thoughtfully. Then she said to Prince Yong, "Father, don't look at me casually in the future. If you look twice, you'll be beaten. If you look three times, you might lose your life. If anything happens to you, A-Jun will become an orphan."
Prince Yong felt deeply saddened and sorry for his daughter.
Everyone present felt uneasy. With a thorn in their side, it seemed that Princess Jun had dug a pit for them to fall into. Hadn't they heard that Prince Yong had been beaten up after only glancing at her twice? And this was the most esteemed prince in the capital!
After Zhao Shu finished speaking, she turned back and bowed to Qingge, saying, "This princess apologizes to Miss Qingge on behalf of my father. I have advised my father not to look at you anymore."
The moment she uttered the words "This princess," everyone froze. A princess bowing to a commoner? It seemed something was about to happen.
Then Zhao Shu said, "Father, since you were beaten after just one glance at Qingge, setting an example for all the pillars of the nation, we should thank Young Master Jiang for punishing you on my behalf." She then bowed to Jiang Mingjing and her clear voice rang out again, "This princess will presume to give all the pillars of the nation a small punishment on behalf of my royal uncle, so that none of you may have wasted your time looking at Miss Qingge."
As soon as he finished speaking, he squeezed out a single word through gritted teeth, "Beat them! Don't kill them! Remember, don't hit their faces!"
At a command, the strong old woman shielded Zhao Shu and her daughter in the center, and twenty servants began to beat them with sticks.
Immediately, screams echoed from the Duke's mansion to the outside, and the onlookers were all curious, wondering why the voice sounded so much like the fifth young master of the Wang family.
Hey, that voice belongs to the second young master of the Zhu family. He goes out often, and I've seen him a few times. That voice is his.
Before long, the onlookers saw Zhao Shu and Fu Da supporting Prince Yong on either side as they left the gate and headed towards the palace.
Huh? He dared to go to the palace after being beaten? Is Prince Yong stupid?
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