"So the siblings had something going on all along!" someone exclaimed with a cluck of the tongue.
"The Xiliang Royal Family truly is extraordinary!" another person echoed mockingly.
"With Princess Xiliang being so ferocious, no wonder the Prince of Xiliang couldn’t satisfy her and she went looking for other men!" someone hinted meaningfully.
"Indeed, not even the girls in the brothels can match Princess Xiliang’s boldness!" someone leered with a lewd chuckle.
"Shameless!"
...
The crowd discussed openly without restraint, accompanied by meaningful laughter, and some remarks became increasingly indecent as the scene heated up.
A few Xiliang messengers were both astonished and embarrassed; if there had been a crack in the ground, they wished they could have crawled into it, so ashamed they were.
Hearing the crowd’s ridicule, Qi Zonghao snapped back to reality and felt a chill on his chest. Looking down, his face immediately clouded over with dark fury, and his eyes filled with icy murderous intent.
It turned out that in the blink of an eye while he was stunned, Qi Qiuxin had already taken off his outer robe, and at this moment, was tugging at his undershirt. A patch of his pale chest was already exposed, and the surrounding men were greedily staring at his chest, some even drooling.
He lashed out at Qi Qiuxin’s nape, ignoring her as she closed her eyes and collapsed onto the ground, weak and soft. Panicking, Qi Zonghao quickly dressed himself, then picked up Qi Qiuxin’s clothes from the ground and threw them on her in a haphazard manner.
He ordered two guards to bring along two Palace Maids. Qi Zonghao’s gaze swept around venomously. If he had two ounces of rationality left, he would have gouged out the eyes of these onlookers on the spot, dismembered them, and then fed them to stray dogs. Now, he could only endure his seething wrath and picked up Qi Qiuxin, intending to leave.
The crowd paused initially, but as they came to their senses, they became angry and humiliated, regarding Qi Zonghao with contempt and provocation.
Qi Zonghao, who had never been openly challenged before, was furious. Fortunately, the messengers reminded him in low tones, and he managed to suppress his anger and strode to leave.
Yet unexpectedly, the middle-aged woman and several thugs slowly came to their senses, and upon seeing Qi Zonghao and the others preparing to leave, immediately got up and blocked Qi Zonghao’s way: "You can leave, but first, you have to compensate for our losses, a total of one hundred thousand taels of silver!"
Qi Zonghao’s eyes turned sharp, his gaze thick with killing intent, frightening the woman, whose heart skipped a beat. However, seeing several figures in the crowd, she boldly puffed out her chest.
"Princess Xiliang barged in wildly, demanding ten of the strongest Xiao Guan. I didn’t say a word when Princess Xiliang hit me with a whip and declared she was Princess Xiliang, saying that even if she killed me, no one would dare to pursue the matter;
I had no choice but to bring Chun Hua and Qiu Yue to serve Princess Xiliang. When Princess Xiliang was not satisfied, I brought eight more Xiao Guan. Just as we reached the door, we heard Chun Hua’s pitiful cries for help from inside. I rushed to open the door and saw Qiu Yue already foaming at the mouth and dead, with Chun Hua barely hanging on to life;
And the two Maids that came with Princess Xiliang were also lying on the ground, bleeding profusely, unconscious;
I hurriedly called for help, but Princess Xiliang wouldn’t listen to persuasion and beat me and the helpers until we were covered in bruises and passed out;
Princess Xiliang caused the needless deaths of Chun Hua and Qiu Yue and severely injured me and others while damaging property. And now she’s just walking away? Is there no justice in this world? Oh, how bitter is my fate!"
The woman spoke so rapidly that before Qi Zonghao could stop her, she had already rattled off the sequence of events.
Qi Zonghao burned with anger, but even more infuriating to him was that many men around expressed that what the woman said was true and they could testify to it.
Backed by others, the woman felt fearless and suddenly threw herself onto the two male corpses, crying and wailing, "My poor sons, you were so young at your passing, and died so unjustly! My heart is breaking, thinking of all the effort and silver spent to raise you, only for this to happen... Oh, my unfortunate sons..."
Hearing the woman’s cries, fluctuating in intensity, the people from Xiliang looked dismayed, while the rest of the crowd felt like laughing but managed to hold it back.
"Chun Hua and Qiu Yue were top earners for Mother Yi, and they brought in quite a lot of silver. Now that they’re dead, a compensation of one hundred thousand taels of silver isn’t too much," someone shouted loudly.
The crowd echoed in agreement.
Others pointed out that this was Dong Chu, and Princess Xiliang thought she could just walk away after killing someone? Was it really that easy?
Suddenly, the whole building was filled with outraged sentiments.
The crowd wasn’t sympathetic towards the two Xiao Guan but was incensed because Princess Xiliang, a spoilt woman, dared to covet Prince Chen of Dong Chu, the war god, and even troubled Princess Chen several times during the competition. They had been indignant about it already and now saw the opportunity to not let Princess Xiliang get away easily.
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