After ten slaps, the black shadow disappeared, and the beautiful woman who had spoken wildly sat on the ground, her clothes torn, her hair disheveled, her expression dazed, and her eyes out of focus.
A moment later, the beaten beauty finally recovered from the other beauties' horrified screams. She sobbed, holding her swollen, bleeding mouth, and looked pitifully at her sisters who were still in shock. She said aggrievedly, "He hit me... He... He hit me... Ouch... It hurts..."
As the beauty spoke, she felt something foreign in her numb mouth. She uttered a few simple words in grievance, then buried her head and spat on the ground.
A mouthful of blood spit out from his mouth and fell to the ground.
There were some white bubbles in the thick blood. Upon closer inspection, the beauty's eyes widened and she started crying again.
"Wuwu~wu——teeth…I…I have lost five teeth…wuwu…Daddy…Mom…"
The beauties looked at their beaten sisters, fear flashing across their eyes, but they could not lose their momentum. They were beauties bestowed by the emperor and sent to meet the crown princess. This meant that in the emperor's heart, they were more suitable to be the crown prince's women than the crown princess, so no matter what, they could not lose their momentum.
"Crown Princess, isn't this a good thing? We sisters were gifted to His Royal Highness by the Emperor. His Royal Highness hasn't even had time to settle us down, and your men have been resorting to violence for two days straight. Yesterday, they cut off Sister Yan'er's arm, and today they beat Sister Li'er and knocked out five of her teeth. Aren't you afraid of the Emperor's punishment?"
Ling Xiao straightened her appearance and, acting like the daughter of a prefect, questioned Murong Xiao. She felt she had made her point clear enough: they were appointed by the Emperor. Even if they weren't concubines, merely serving as maids, they were granted the title by the Emperor. This was their greatest strength, the reason they could outrank the Crown Princess.
But after he finished speaking, Murong Xiao seemed to be deaf to his words. Ling Xiao frowned, anger rising in his heart.
In the past, Ling Xiao was the daughter of the family who was held in the palm of everyone's hand. Her father and mother loved her, her half-brothers and sisters were afraid of her, and everyone in the family depended on her.
At this moment, although she was facing the Crown Princess, and although she believed that her family's influence could not match hers, she was confident that she could become the Crown Princess. After the Crown Prince ascended the throne, she could become the Imperial Noble Consort of the Western Palace. Perhaps even the Empress would be no problem. So, Murong Xiao's indifference to her at this moment was unacceptable to her.
Finally, just as Ling Xiao was about to lose his temper, Murong Xiao spoke. But not to Ling Xiao, but to Zhang Wei, who was already sneezing non-stop from the cold. And he didn't even put down the book in his hand.
"Manager Zhang."
When Zhang Zongguan heard Murong Xiao calling him, he immediately knelt down and said, "Your servant is here."
"What did I tell them when I returned home yesterday?"
After hearing Murong Xiao's words, the beauties' expressions changed slightly, but thinking that they were beauties bestowed by the emperor and that the law did not punish the masses, and that they believed that the prince was not around now, they were more willing to believe that Murong Xiao just wanted to scare them and show them his power.
"In reply to the Crown Princess, when you returned home yesterday, you instructed the beauties to continue standing in the courtyard."
"How did they behave afterwards?"
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