"Qingzhu, tell me what happened?" Qu Qingxi didn't call Xu Cheng to get up, but looked at Yang Qianqian and Qingzhu beside her.
Qingzhu quickly bowed to Qu Qingxi, then spoke indignantly, "Your Highness, today I accompanied my young lady out shopping, and we encountered this lecherous man on the way."
He kept pestering my young lady, and even after she refused, he wasn't satisfied and followed us with his men.
"He even tried to force my young lady to become his concubine. When she refused, he brought his men to the door and shouted that he was the steward of the Xu family, the Minister of Personnel, and that he had the Xu family backing him up, so he was not afraid of anything. He also claimed that my young lady was the top courtesan of the Misty Rain Pavilion."
“We had tolerated all of this, but he still insisted on taking me and Miss away, saying that he would take us back and serve them well, otherwise he would not let us go.”
Qingzhu lowered her head, pretending to blush, and Yang Qianqian also lowered her head. After all, in this era, some things are ultimately difficult to say.
However, Qingzhu was no ordinary woman. She and Qingdai were both experts personally trained by He Liufeng, and they had long since stopped caring about such things. Verbal attacks could not harm her at all. She did this on purpose only to show weakness and evoke the pity of the onlookers.
Xu Cheng didn't mention that he had someone backing him up at the time; Qingzhu added that information herself. After all, when everyone gathered around, they were already facing off against Xu Cheng, and no one knew what had happened beforehand, so whatever she said was taken as fact.
Sure enough, as soon as Qingzhu said this, the way the surrounding crowd looked at Yang Qianqian and Qingzhu immediately changed.
After all, although Xu Cheng pretended to be a good person on the surface, he was used to doing evil deeds behind the scenes. Countless young women in the capital who had taken a liking to him had secretly suffered at his hands. At first, the people of the capital did not know, but later they all knew what kind of person Xu Cheng was. Although they knew, they dared not speak out against him.
Who told Xu Cheng to have such a powerful backer?
"Is that so? Lord Xu is an honest and upright official of the court. How could he have a steward like you? Who exactly are you, daring to impersonate Lord Xu's steward?" Qu Qingxi's tone changed.
"Not only that, but they also use Lord Xu's reputation to bully others and commit all sorts of evil deeds. They deserve to die!"
Qu Qingxi stated that she did not know any of Master Xu's stewards, and that Xu Cheng's attempt to use Xu Ding to pressure her was up to her to decide whether she was willing to do so.
If she says Xu Cheng is an imposter, then Xu Cheng is an imposter. If she has the guts, she should call Xu Ding over. She wants to see if Xu Ding dares to say in front of all these people that Xu Cheng is his steward.
"Qingdai, Qingzhu, this person actually dared to impersonate someone from Lord Xu's residence and wantonly ruin Lord Xu's reputation outside. Let's deal with this scoundrel properly first."
After Qu Qingxi finished speaking, she gave Qingdai and Qingzhu a wink. Now that the opportunity was in front of them, they could do their best to deal with Xu Cheng.
When Qu Qingxi claimed not to recognize him and said he was an imposter, and ordered people to beat him up, Xu Cheng panicked. He had clearly seen Qingzhu's skills just now, and he knew he couldn't fight back at all; he would be beaten to death.
"Your Highness, I am indeed from the Xu family... Ah! No!" Before Xu Cheng could finish speaking, Qingzhu and Qingdai had already begun.
Qingzhu and Qingdai were both assassins, so they had a good understanding of the human body and knew which part of the body would hurt the most when hit.
All that could be heard was Xu Cheng's continuous screams. The surrounding people, seeing Qingdai and Qingzhu's ferocious appearance, couldn't help but take a few steps back, fearing that they would be caught in the crossfire.
The two fought for a full fifteen minutes before stopping. When they stepped back slightly, they saw something barely recognizable as human, but still wriggling on the ground, constantly emitting soft cries of pain.
"How dare you! You dare to covet my sister? Who do you think you are?" Qu Qingxi looked at the pile of "things" on the ground.
"Sister? What sister?" Xu Cheng tried hard to open his eyes, but he had been beaten black and blue by Qingzhu and Qingdai, and his eyes were swollen and bruised, so he could only try to open them. He could only speak in a trembling voice.
"Look closely, this is a young lady surnamed Yang, my distant cousin. Due to a family tragedy, she came to the capital to seek refuge with me. I settled her here, but unexpectedly she encountered you, you scoundrel, who not only followed her but also dared to spout nonsense and slander her." Qu Qingxi looked at the person on the ground with a cold expression and a hint of disgust in her eyes.
However, he wasn't explaining this to Xu Cheng, but to the group of onlookers around him. Many people must have seen what Yang Qianqian looked like before at the Misty Rain Pavilion.
Now that so many people have seen Yang Qianqian's appearance, and Xu Cheng has directly pointed out her identity, Qu Qingxi must arrange a reasonable identity for her.
However, she also noticed that Yang Qianqian had changed her outfit. She was now going for a fresh and elegant style, with very few hairpins on her head and only a light touch of makeup on her face. She was a fresh and beautiful woman, completely different from her previous appearance.
As long as you give her a reasonable identity, others won't have too many doubts, since very few people know about this.
Qu Qingxi's words immediately aroused suspicion among the people around her. After all, when Yang Qianqian was Qingyan, she was the top courtesan, and very few people had actually had close contact with her, let alone those who were not wealthy or powerful.
Seeing that even the Princess Consort of Nanqing said so, everyone couldn't help but believe it a little. After all, if that girl really was the former Qingyan, how could the Princess Consort be willing to say that a courtesan was her sister? Moreover, they had only seen Qingyan's appearance from afar.
Seeing that everyone was skeptical, Qu Qingxi didn't explain too much. Explaining too much now would only make them more suspicious.
Qu Qingxi walked to Yang Qianqian's side, took her hand, patted her shoulder, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, your sister is always here. If anything happens, your sister will take care of it for you."
Qu Qingxi was a bit taller than Yang Qianqian, so Yang Qianqian had to look up slightly to meet her eyes.
"Thank you, sister." It would be a lie to say she wasn't moved when Qu Qingxi publicly called her her sister. After all, she was just a courtesan, while Qu Qingxi was the daughter of a prime minister with a clean background and the noble Princess Consort of Nanqing.
Their backgrounds were worlds apart. If, if her family hadn't suffered that misfortune, perhaps she would still have a clean record and could be friends with Qu Qingxi...
Yang Qianqian was unaware that she was older than Qu Qingxi. Yang Qianqian was already twenty years old, while Qu Qingxi was only sixteen.
Qu Qingxi knew about this, but she still liked to take advantage of any freebies.
"Alright, Qingdai, go to the Prince's mansion and find a few people to take these thieves who are impersonating Xu family servants to the authorities. Let them investigate thoroughly how many heinous things these thieves have done in the name of Lord Xu." Qu Qingxi glanced indifferently at the group of people on the ground.
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