The middle-aged man crying on the ground was dressed like a scholar, with bloody marks on his brown robe, and he kept begging for mercy.

"This...if the fight continues, someone might die," Xu Wanqing murmured worriedly.

Gu Ci stood at the entrance of the teahouse, his face full of gloating, watching the fun and saying, "Princess Lin'an is so majestic!"

Rong Xiu's forehead was filled with black lines. He took a half step forward into the teahouse and shouted in a louder voice: "Lin'an! Stop!"

Princess Lin'an was enjoying the whipping when she suddenly heard someone shouting and scolding. She quickly stopped and hid the whip behind her.

"Who gave you the permission to beat someone in the street?" Rong Xiu asked with a stern face, "Why don't you apologize now!"

Princess Lin'an's eyes widened in shock. She pointed at her nose and asked in surprise, "I apologize?"

Is her brother out of his mind?

The middle-aged man on the ground was beaten all over and cried out in pain.

At this moment, he was supported by the waiter and sat aside. After hearing someone supporting him, he immediately said firmly: "The late emperor personally ordered that the people be allowed to speak freely. Even if what I said was wrong, the princess should not use punishment privately!"

Rong Xiu glared at the middle-aged man, frowned and scolded Princess Lin'an: "You didn't even know where to start, look how scared you made the child! Why don't you apologize now!"

As he spoke, he pointed at a child who was crying while holding a candied haws beside him. The child's father quickly hid the child behind him and looked at Rong Xiu as if he was looking at a devil.

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, they saw a frightened little boy, huddled behind his father and looking over here anxiously.

The teahouse suddenly became so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. The corners of the teahouse owner's mouth twitched slightly and he almost cursed out loud.

As expected, he shouldn't have had any hope in this little devil!

The middle-aged man was so angry that he almost fainted. He pointed at Rong Xiu's nose and trembled.

Rong Xiu crossed his arms, looking fearless, and scolded Princess Lin'an: "What is so worthy of your anger? You hit someone without telling me the reason, do you want everyone here to watch a nonsense? You are ignorant!"

"You you you——" The middle-aged man trembled with anger.

Hua Yuanzhao held his forehead with his hand, fearing that Rong Xiu would faint from anger.

According to Rong Xiu, Princess Lin'an was right in many ways, except for beating this man!

"It was clearly him who insulted Sister Hua first!" Princess Lin'an flicked her whip and pointed at the middle-aged man, complaining aggrievedly.

Rong Xiu said with a long drawl, and said with a straight face: "The late emperor was kind and benevolent, and he granted freedom of speech. Are you going to take action just because someone said a few words?"

The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that this little devil finally spoke like a human being.

"Do we want some villains to point fingers at the backbone of the Zhenguo Mansion and label it a traitor?" Rong Xiu continued to curse.

Everyone in the teahouse gasped and looked away with their mouths closed.

Everyone knows that the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife have been guarding the border all year round! Even this dandy little devil in front of him came out of the battlefield.

To say that such people are traitors, do they still have a conscience?

Princess Lin'an was immediately furious. She whipped the ground with her whip and shouted angrily, "Let's see who dares!"

"I didn't hit anyone randomly!" Princess Lin'an said hurriedly, "I recognize this person!"

"Shao Hun said! How do you know any storyteller!" Rong Xiu yawned lazily and then provoked his sister.

"I've seen him with the second young lady of the Hua family before!" Princess Lin'an said anxiously, "When the young lady of the Chen family had an affair with a scholar a few years ago, the second young lady of the Hua family went to him to tell him about it!"

This happened some time ago. Hua Yuanzhao searched through his original body's memory for a long time before he vaguely remembered some information.

After Miss Chen was caught having an affair with a scholar, rumors were rife. It was said that Miss Chen attempted suicide several times, but was eventually tied up and put into the bridal sedan.

"His surname is Su! He has six fingers on his left hand!" Princess Lin'an continued to shout, fearing that Rong Xiu would not believe her.

The middle-aged man's face changed drastically and he subconsciously hid his left hand behind his back.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this. They had heard that the second young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion was gentle and virtuous, but it turned out that she was a villain who secretly slandered her elder sister!

And what about Miss Chen’s previous incident, could it be related to her?

Hua Yuanzhao's face darkened in an instant. No wonder even Gu Ci heard the news. It turned out that Hua Yuanshan was behind it.

It seems that someone wants her to bear the bad reputation of having her innocence destroyed so that Hua Yuanshan can marry into the prince's mansion with a clear conscience.

I really don't know whether I should praise Hua Yuanshan for her quick wit. Even at this time, she still didn't forget to throw dirty water on her!

It seems that she is too kind to Hua Yuanshan!

Hua Yuanzhao sneered and was about to step forward to clarify, but Xu Wanqing reached out and grabbed his wrist.