Chapter 304 She's Mine
Shen Wantang raised an eyebrow slightly: "So fast? What's the reason?"
"It's the Crown Prince!"
Before Qin Xin could catch her breath, she hurriedly said, "The people from Hua Yi's family thought that Hua Yi was not going back for the funeral because the young master was unwilling to release her, so they wailed and cried outside, begging the young master to release her! Mo Ji then told the young master about Hua Yi's mother's passing, and the young master immediately ordered Hua Yi to go home for the funeral!"
Shen Wantang suddenly realized that it was Xiao Qingyuan who had spoken up; no wonder Huayi had changed her mind so quickly.
"There's one more thing!"
"Um?"
"Mo Ji said that the young master must accompany Hua Yi back to attend the funeral!"
"What?!"
This even shocked the usually calm and collected Shen Wantang. Had Xiao Qingyuan gone mad?! What kind of maidservant's mother passed away and her master accompanied her to the funeral? This is utterly upside down!
Shen Wantang hurriedly stood up: "Did Moji send someone to tell the Princess about this? Has the Crown Prince already gone out with Huayi?"
"I told you! The Princess is blocking the Prince at the second gate, preventing him from leaving!"
"Let's go take a look!"
When Shen Wantang arrived with his entourage, Princess Ning and Xiao Qingyuan were already arguing fiercely.
"Huayi is my person. Her mother passed away, so what's wrong with me going back with her?! My mother has always been reasonable, so why are you stopping me on this kind of thing? Don't I even have the freedom to go out?"
"Am I forbidding you from going out? I am forbidding you from accompanying a maid back to the funeral! There is no room for negotiation on this matter. If you dare to go today, don't ever come back to the Ning Prince's Mansion again. Your father and I can't afford to lose face like this!"
“I just don’t understand, what’s so shameful about this? Huayi didn’t have a good life at home before. Her family always mistreated her, otherwise they wouldn’t have sold her into the Prince’s mansion as a slave. I’m going back with her to support her and prevent anyone from taking advantage of her again!”
"Then you can have two guards accompany her back, but you are not allowed to go! Your surname is Xiao, and you are the heir of the Prince's Mansion! The only families that will allow you to attend the funeral are the Xiao clan, your maternal grandfather's family, and your in-laws' family, the Shen family! You cannot go to any other family!"
Why does my mother always make such a fuss over nothing? Why is she so cold-blooded?
Princess Ning asked incredulously, "What did you say? You're calling me cold-blooded?"
Xiao Qingyuan said indignantly, "Did I say something wrong? Isn't a maid's funeral a funeral? I'll go back with her, it won't hurt me! I don't care what my surname is, I'm just an ordinary person, Mother, stop using your status as the heir of the royal family to blackmail me!"
Princess Ning was so angry that she almost spat out blood. She pointed at Xiao Qingyuan's nose and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Shen Wantang stepped forward to support her and looked at Xiao Qingyuan: "Your Highness, Mother is right. You cannot go to the funeral of the maid's mother. If you are worried about her going back alone, then listen to Mother and send two guards to accompany her."
Xiao Qingyuan looked at her coldly, then grabbed Huayi's hand and clenched it tightly in his palm, as if this would provoke Shen Wantang.
"My affairs are none of your business! Now that you're the high and mighty Crown Princess, you're living comfortably and don't care about anyone else's life or death. How utterly hypocritical!"
"Huayi always speaks well of you, yet you are so cold-blooded! When her mother passed away, you even tried to stop me from going home with her for the funeral!"
"But the more you oppose it, the more I will do it! Today, no one can stop me from going out!"
Hua Yi, standing to the side, shook her head in terror. She pleaded, "Your Highness, you don't need to come back with me, and you don't need the guards either. I can go back by myself! I am your maid now, and no one in the family dares to bully me anymore. I will be fine."
Xiao Qingyuan comforted her: "Huayi, don't be afraid, I will definitely go home with you. You don't need to pretend that everything is fine in front of me. I saw clearly that the person who asked you to go home for the funeral hit you. He dared to hit you in the Prince's mansion. When you go back, he will be even more ruthless. I'm worried about you going back alone."
Hua Yi broke free from his hand and knelt down: "Your Highness has protected Hua Yi so much that Hua Yi can die in peace. However, Hua Yi is of lowly status and would never dare to tarnish Your Highness's reputation. I beg Your Highness to allow Hua Yi to go home alone for the funeral."
Xiao Qingyuan grew irritated: "Didn't I tell you not to kneel casually anymore? Why are you kneeling again?"
The painting depicts the figure prostrate on the ground, trembling slightly, not daring to lift its head.
Xiao Qingyuan then looked at Princess Ning and Shen Wantang: "It's all your fault! You scared her! You were so aggressive, just because she's a maid and has no one to rely on!"
Princess Ning clutched her chest in anger.
She didn't expect that after finally pressing down on Chu Yanluo, another Huayi would appear!
What caused her even more pain was that she had personally chosen this painting for her son!
The next moment, she saw her son bend down and help the kneeling maid up. Then, he took the maid's hand and walked out without a care in the world.
When a guard tried to stop him, he drew a short blade and shouted, "Let's see who dares to stop me today! Whoever stops me, I will kill!"
The guards all looked at Princess Ning.
Princess Ning was trembling with anger. She closed her eyes and finally said, "There's no need to stop him. Let him do whatever he wants!"
The guards received the order and immediately retreated.
Xiao Qingyuan snorted coldly and walked out with a flourish.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard his mother say, "After they leave the palace, you two guard the gate. Don't let either of them in!"
The guards immediately agreed.
Xiao Qingyuan didn't care at all. He sneered, "Do you think I care to come back! Huayi, let's go!"
The two of them quickly left the Prince Ning's residence.
Mo Ji followed behind them, unable to help but sigh. The master no longer favored Chu Yanluo, but instead favored Huayi. But no matter who he favored, the master's temper had not changed at all. For the woman he liked, he was always willing to turn against his family.
He heard Huayi still urging her master to hurry back so as not to upset the princess and the crown princess.
Unfortunately, the master turned a deaf ear.
Mo Ji felt that Hua Yi wasn't faking it this time; she was genuinely scared.
Because Princess Ning wouldn't do anything to the heir, but she could sell her, the maid.
She was different from Chu Yanluo. Chu Yanluo was a free woman, a daughter of an official, while Huayi was sold into the royal palace by signing a contract of servitude. She was a true slave.
With things having escalated to this point, they naturally had no carriage to ride in. Xiao Qingyuan found a friend, borrowed a carriage, and then headed to Huayi's house.
The house in the Huayi family's home was rented, and white silk had already been hung outside.
However, Huayi was stunned as soon as she entered, because her mother was standing in the house with the rest of the family, perfectly fine!
Her face turned pale: "Mother, you're still alive?! Why?!"
Her mother didn't say anything, but simply stepped aside to make way for her.
A tall, imposing figure emerged from the darkness. Sunlight streamed in through the doorway, illuminating his handsome, angular face.
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