Chapter 175 World 7 (Twenty-three)
Duan Changfeng moved his lips slightly, looked into those clear and pure eyes, and finally did not say any lies.
Duan Changfeng told the truth and when he learned about the treasure fan that Dong Yixiao was planning to take, he naturally refused to board the ship, leaving Dong Yixiao to face the wrath of Princess An Ning.
Baoshan pinched the hem of Duan Changfeng's wide sleeves, her beautiful eyes trembling with watery light, full of dependence.
"Brother Changfeng, since Mother passed away, Daddy is the only one left in this world. We are connected by blood and we depend on each other for survival. How could I abandon Daddy and run away alone?"
Duan Changfeng's eyes were fixed on his chest, and his voice was hoarse: "The Princess's Mansion is extremely powerful, aren't you afraid?"
Bao Shan's face turned pale, and her voice trembled with panic, but she nodded gently. "Of course I'm afraid, but I know I'm a coward. If I don't have my father's protection, it will be difficult to survive on my own. Even if I'm lucky, I'm afraid that the thought of leaving my father behind in order to survive will make me unable to sleep or eat, and I will be depressed all day long."
Seeing Duan Changfeng's expression soften, Baoshan said softly, "Brother Changfeng treats me well, I know that. But this matter... really shouldn't involve you. I'll just trouble Brother Changfeng to find a groom to take me home."
Duan Changfeng raised his eyes and looked at the soft and fragile Baoshan in front of him, feeling deep pity in his heart.
How could he let Baoshan, a weak woman, return to the Dong family alone?
Duan Changfeng finally gave in, but he didn't go looking for a groom. Instead, he personally drove the horse and returned the treasured fan to the Dong family.
Looking at the treasured fan that had returned, Dong Yixiao felt panicked. He looked up at the sky, thinking about the current time. He wondered if the people from Princess An Ning's residence were about to arrive at the Dong family.
Dong Yixiao had a lot of thoughts in his mind, thinking about how to protect the precious fan.
The door was pushed open, and Dong Yixiao stared at the door with a stern look.
But the person who pushed the door open was not someone from Princess An Ning's mansion with an aggressive look on her face, but her mother-in-law who was serving at the Dong family.
The mother-in-law was originally sent back by Dong Yixiao and wanted to return home, but because the road was blocked, it was difficult to detour and could not get any closer, so she had to return to Dong's house.
I would like to ask an old customer to stay with me for a day, and then set off again tomorrow when the roads are clear.
Under normal circumstances, taking in my mother-in-law for a day wouldn't be a difficult task.
But now, Dong Yixiao frowned and was about to find an excuse to refuse, so as to prevent his mother-in-law from staying here and being implicated.
But the mother-in-law had no idea what Dong Yixiao was thinking. Thinking of the noisy scene they encountered on the road, she kept muttering, "...On the way, the two nobles had some quarrels.
It was just a trivial matter, but the two men, arrogating their status and dignity, refused to yield, and a conflict ensued, leading to a fight that resulted in a loss of life.
When the two nobles were mentioned, the mother-in-law's eyes flickered slightly, and she looked at Dong Yixiao and said, "The noble who beat people up stayed in our house for quite some time!
But at that time he was not a noble, but a slave imprisoned in a cage. Remember what you called him then, Mr. Dong—Bada, that was his name!
Dong Yixiao's eyes were sharp, and he stopped trying to persuade his mother-in-law to leave. Instead, he turned around to comfort Baoshan, and went out with Duan Changfeng to find out what had happened.
Dong Yixiao was feeling restless, but not because he was panicking.
Instead, it was as if a narrow hole was torn out from the suffocating breath.
Dong Yixiao had a vague guess that as long as he could seize this opportunity, he would be able to escape from his current predicament.
The whole story did not disappoint Dong Yixiao.
When he returned to Dong's house, Dong Yixiao's face was relaxed and his steps were brisk.
Baoshan hurried over, her soft voice filled with concern: "Daddy!"
Dong Yixiao gently stroked Baoshan's hair, turned around and told his mother-in-law not to leave and to prepare the meal quickly.
My mother-in-law was naturally happy to be able to continue working for the Dong family. Upon hearing this, she hurriedly got up and prepared to go.
Looking at his daughter Baoshan's soft eyes, Dong Yixiao said loudly: "You and I are father and daughter, there is no need to worry all day long."
Bao Shan was puzzled. Even if Bada had a conflict with other nobles, if Princess An Ning's anger did not dissipate, how could they be considered safe?
Thinking of what he had learned, Dong Yixiao's brows relaxed and he said firmly, "Princess An Ning can't even keep her own honor and favor, how can she still act recklessly?"
Since entering Princess An Ning's residence, Bada's true nature has gradually been revealed. He often relies on Princess An Ning's power to act recklessly and attract criticism.
Even if ordinary people were bullied by Bada, they did not dare to report it to Princess An Ning.
After all, they themselves were plain-looking. If Bada turned the tables on them, Princess An Ning, with her exceptionally lenient nature towards those with exceptional appearance, would not deal with them fairly. Instead, it would lead to even greater bullying for these people. However, Bada's vision was limited; he hadn't considered that this was the foot of the imperial city.
If a tile falls suddenly, it may hit five or six important people.
Or perhaps Bada was too arrogant, and when he bumped into the nobleman in the gorgeous robe, he didn't take this person seriously at all. He thought to himself that he would be protected by Princess An Ning after all, so he didn't think too much about it.
Bada, who was used to being admired by everyone, was immediately enraged when the man in front of him spoke ill of him. He used no restraint in his movements and even did the shocking act of beating someone to death in the street.
Seeing the man in front of him, he was completely dead. The attendant of the young man in the gorgeous robes was filled with panic. He pointed at Bada and shouted, "You, you—you!"
Knowing he had killed someone, Bada was not afraid at all. He took out two silver ingots from his arms and threw them at the young man in the gorgeous robe, saying contemptuously, "Buy a better coffin for your young master. If it's not enough, come to find me at Princess An Ning's mansion!"
If it were someone else, they would hear the name of Princess An Ning.
Even though he hated Bada extremely, he had to swallow his anger and accept this ridiculous thing under the grace of Princess An Ning.
But the servant's eyes were full of hatred, and he ran away in a hurry without even taking away the body of the young man in gorgeous robes lying on the ground.
Bada looked contemptuous and turned to leave. But before he could return to Princess An Ning's residence, he was surrounded by a group of soldiers.
Even though Bada was extremely strong, he was no match for four people with just two fists, and was soon pinned to the ground.
The servant who had just escaped appeared in front of Bada. He raised his foot and kicked Bada's knee hard.
All that could be heard was the sound of bones breaking and flesh being torn apart. Bada was in so much pain that he almost fainted. His face was pale and covered with beads of sweat. He gritted his teeth and said, "I am the servant of Princess An Ning. If you do this, the Princess will definitely not forgive you!"
But the servant's indifferent expression and light words shattered Bada's last fantasy.
"The one you beat to death was the current emperor's most beloved prince. He is not someone a mere princess could ever compare to!"
Bada's eyes widened and he immediately lowered his head, no longer having the arrogance he had before.
If he knew that the young man in the gorgeous robe was the emperor's son, he would definitely not be so impulsive...
When Princess An Ning learned about this, she broke several porcelain bottles in succession.
The current emperor has many children, but he favors the fifteenth prince the most because his biological mother is beautiful and deeply in love with the emperor.
When she was pregnant, she saw a sharp arrow flying towards her and immediately blocked it for the emperor. As a result, she died, leaving behind the fifteenth prince who was born prematurely.
Out of consideration for the fifteenth prince's mother, the emperor treats him with special favor.
The emperor even prepared a way out for the fifteenth prince, preparing to grant him a rich fiefdom to ensure that he would live a worry-free life for the rest of his life.
Because of the emperor's favoritism, the fifteenth prince developed an arrogant and domineering character, and had nearly caused deaths many times.
But because he was favored, someone looked for a scapegoat to cover up for the fifteenth prince.
Everyone thought that the Fifteenth Prince would live out the rest of his life in this reckless manner. But no one expected that he would end up being beaten to death by a slave in the street.
Princess An Ning knew very well that her peace of mind depended on who she relied on.
Faced with such a difficult matter, she felt confused and didn't know what to do.
She called out to her personal guard, but no one responded.
The maid lowered her head and whispered, "She disappeared early this morning..."
Princess An Ning couldn't help but get angry when she thought about how Bada usually hung out with her personal guards.
If the guards had reminded him of Bada's arrogant temper in time, perhaps all this could have been avoided.
"If you're not here today, you don't have to be here in the future!"
The maid nodded in agreement, knowing that Princess An Ning meant to expel the personal guard.
But Princess An Ning's personal bodyguard really could not come back.
The guard opened his eyes, only to find himself put into a pitch-black sack, without any strength left in his body.
At first, the guard thought he had been fed a cartilage softening drug, which would gradually wear off, and once his strength returned, he would be able to escape. But after one hour, two hours... his arms were still limp, hanging limply at his sides.
The guards then began to panic and tried to call for help, but no sound came out.
He became mute!
The carriage that transported the guards arrived at a place. They rudely pulled the guards off the carriage and asked him to look up at the place in front of him.
In stark contrast to the luxurious Princess's Mansion, this place is in a dilapidated state.
For the rest of his life, he would stay here, being the most lowly and humble person...
The collapse of the building seemed to happen in an instant.
Even though Princess An Ning took off her jewelry and wore plain clothes, she confessed her guilt to the emperor, claiming that she had failed to discipline her subordinates properly.
But it did not quell the anger of the current emperor, who demoted her from a high-ranking princess to an ordinary citizen.
When Princess An Ning heard the eunuch reading out the emperor's decree in a rhythmic manner, her expression relaxed. In the past, she was the one who punished others. Seeing others lose everything and beg for mercy miserably because they angered her, she just felt disgusted.
Now, in her place, she has become incredibly inferior.
Princess An Ning was no longer a princess. Her house was taken back, and the maids and servants who served her also had their own places to go.
When everyone passed by Princess An Ning, a little maidservant subconsciously bowed to greet her. Before she could bend down, she was pulled to her feet by the little sister next to her.
"What kind of greeting should I give her?"
"I'm used to it..."
"Don't you remember how she scoffed at us before, saying we looked unsightly and were only fit to do chores that wouldn't allow us to show our faces to the master?"
The little maid looked at her red and swollen fingers, which would hurt whenever it was cloudy or rainy.
She was originally a maid who watered the flowers in the mansion, but because Princess An Ning did not like her plain appearance, she assigned her to do laundry and even gave her all the clothes of the servants in the mansion. This is how she developed this incurable hidden disease.
The little maidservant no longer looked at the downtrodden Princess An Ning, and pulled her sisters away from the Princess's Mansion, where the plaque had been removed.
Bada was executed and many people ran to watch.
In their view, Bada and the fifteenth prince were just biting each other, and both were in a mess.
Both of them are bullies and are not good people.
But the people did not dare to talk about the prince, so they cursed Bada loudly.
Princess An Ning was squeezed in the crowd. After being stripped of her title as a princess, she no longer had any gorgeous jewelry.
She was wearing coarse cloth and standing with ordinary people. No one could have imagined that the woman in front of her was once the high and mighty Princess An Ning.
"Mom, that man looks like a lunatic!"
Princess An Ning looked up. Her eyes were dark, her hair was disheveled, and she looked distracted, like a mad woman.
"I'm not crazy, I'm a princess. You have to pay your respects to me, or I'll beat you with a stick!"
Seeing this, the woman hurriedly pulled the child into her arms and spat at Princess An Ning.
"He's really crazy!"
boudoir.
Her waist was soft and was gently held in Wu Li's arms.
Wu Li thought that Bao Shan would be happy after not seeing him for so many days, but he never expected that the beauty in front of him had red eyes.
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