Bai Baozhu was a little hesitant. Although she was confident that the brothel owner would stand on her side and speak for her, what if something unexpected happened? It would be completely inexplicable.
"Why, is the girl scared, isn't it?"
"Oh, why should I listen to you? It was you who broke into my room for no apparent reason, and it was your guard who made advances on me and my maid for no apparent reason. It was you who pointed out that I was the innocent Miss Bai, and now you want me to go outside and be a monkey for people to watch. Do we, the girls of this brothel, deserve to be treated like this?"
Bai Baozhu's voice became higher and higher, and she became more and more confident as she spoke. By the end, her words were almost resounding.
Xin Wu, listening outside, felt this woman was incredibly unfamiliar. Did she actually have such a stern side? Was the gentleness, cuteness, shyness, and fragility she displayed in front of him all fake? This must be the real her. He was the only fool who actually believed she was a persecuted, helpless little white rabbit.
"Hey, young lady, you're so anxious that I can't help but wonder if you have something to hide. I broke into your room, and into every room in this building. My precious treasure is lost, a treasure that's related to the fate of my Dongyao nation. Am I not allowed to search? My guards never laid a hand on you. It was clearly you who deliberately didn't look back, only focused on flirting with your maid. It was so disgusting. It was clearly my guards who pulled you away to protect your reputation. It's wrong for you to confuse right and wrong like this."
"you!"
Seeing that Bai Baozhu was still being stubborn, the second prince's original feeling of sympathy for her disappeared. He was not a kind person to begin with, so he was naturally very rude in his words. His words made Bai Baozhu so angry that her heart ached.
The people eavesdropping outside heard him being affectionate with the maid, and suddenly there was a buzz of noise. Two women, this is too exciting.
"Besides, you said that I identified that innocent Miss Bai based on nothing. There are so many leaves in the world, but no two are alike. Yet, you have a face exactly like Miss Bai's. Anyone would think you are Miss Bai. And since you said you are a girl from this building, what are you afraid of being watched by others?"
The second prince's last sentence was deliberately said in a somewhat obscene tone, and all the men present smiled meaningfully at the same time. However, the girls in Bailiyuan, who should have felt offended, did not seem to feel anything at all. For them, they heard such words many times.
"you......"
Bai Baozhu was rebuked by the Second Prince, and she couldn't refute anything he said. Moreover, according to what she said, she was a girl from Bailiyuan. In Dongyao, brothel girls had a low status, but she dared to argue with a prince like this. If she didn't agree, others would be even more suspicious of her.
"Hmph, I am just a lowly, poor woman. Your Highness is a noble man. What you say is right, and I cannot refute it. Then go outside and ask everyone to be your witnesses."
Although she was forced to go outside to "prove her identity", Bai Baozhu still found a way out for herself.
Facing the mixed, sympathetic, and suspicious looks from the crowd, Bai Baozhu walked gracefully to the first-floor stage, her head held high. She raised her hand and saluted everyone, her tone unusually compassionate as she spoke, "I have been wrongly accused today. With my status, I shouldn't be so shameless as to seek justice, but I shouldn't have implicated that young lady. Therefore, I ask you all to bear witness here. If I have been wronged by His Royal Highness, I do not seek justice, but only to restore that young lady's innocent reputation."
He spoke in a gentle and charming tone, which aroused the sympathy of most of the guests. They felt that the second prince was bullying others by taking advantage of his power. They had heard that the second prince was very naughty, but they didn't expect that he would not even let a little girl go.
The guards around the Second Prince were naturally unhappy when they saw others looking at their master with such eyes. They were about to step forward to stop them, but were stopped by the Second Prince. Now let her say a few more words, and you will know in a while.
"Go, call the madam for me."
"Hey, I'm here. What can I do for you, Your Highness?"
The madam had actually been watching the development of the situation in the crowd. Ever since Bai Baozhu said that she was Lily, she had been thinking about whether she should stand up and point out that Lily was actually Bai Baozhu.
On one side is the second prince, and on the other side is Prince Mu Yun. It is really difficult to choose.
The balance in her heart had been swaying between the two sides. After receiving the threatening look from Bai Baozhu just now, she finally made up her mind to stand on Bai Baozhu's side. She didn't want to end up like Bu Yunluo.
Yunluo was also a girl from Bailiyuan, having been sold to her building along with Bai Baozhu. Both were highly qualified individuals, and the brothel owner intended to train them. Baihe, a girl of unknown origin, possessed a rebellious spirit, while Yunluo, the daughter of a housekeeper from a poor family, naturally carried a certain arrogance. On their first day of performing, they encountered a rather portly customer, who was supposed to be Yunluo's client. However, Yunluo disliked the client's appearance and, with a few eloquent words, she pushed the position onto Baihe.
Lily didn't like it either, because the customer knew that Lily was a girl who only sold her art and not her body, but still insisted on touching her. So Lily wanted to escape, but was discovered by the thugs and was naturally beaten up.
However, it was precisely because of that incident that Lily was rescued by Miss Xin and unexpectedly became the daughter of the Yi'an Marquis. The brothel owner had originally thought that they were done with each other, but Miss Xin had given her a larger sum of gold and silver than she had expected, more than Lily could earn back, so she was naturally happy to keep this secret to herself.
But what she didn't expect was that one day later, Lily, who had become Bai Baozhu, actually brought people back and took Yunluo away. It was a long time before the brothel owner got to know the news. Half of Yunluo's face was destroyed, and she was sold to the lowest brothel. In the end, she couldn't bear it anymore and committed suicide by lying naked.
This incident is enough to show how cruel and ruthless Bai Baozhu is. I heard that the second prince is just lustful, so it is better to offend him than to offend Bai Baozhu.
"Is this the girl from your building?"
"Hey, Lily, weren't you sick today? Why are you here?"
The madam pretended to be surprised and quickly explained to the second prince, "Your Highness, this is Lily, the new girl in my building. She has been ill for some time and hasn't been out to see guests yet!"
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