Chapter 29 Onset
Song Ci: "So, you mean, just because they are older sisters, they can do whatever they want to me without restraint? I am their younger sister, but I am not a sucker."
Miss Lian was confused by Song Ci's words, but she was unable to refute them.
Because, Song Ci was right! How could she refute it?
Song Rouxi, who was sitting quietly on the side, looked unhappy. How could this Miss Lian be so useless? She was defeated by just a few words.
The scene became strangely quiet again, and suddenly, the crowd became agitated again.
The girls all looked towards one place excitedly, shouting in surprise from time to time, "Is that person, is that the Crown Prince?"
"It seems so! It's really His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince has such beautiful eyes and eyebrows!"
"I never know who will become the Crown Princess in the future. If I were to become one, I would die without regrets."
Song Rouxi's face lit up with joy, and she timidly glanced in the direction of the person who came. After her eyes met the prince's, she looked away awkwardly, her cheeks flushed red.
Besides her, Song Ying in the crowd was also ecstatic. The prince was here. With the prince, let's see what Song Ci could do! She couldn't even confront the prince.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Everyone saluted.
Zhou Yongyi was dressed in a black robe. When his originally light eyelashes glanced at Song Rouxi, his eyes suddenly lifted up, and a ripple appeared in his cold eyes.
"No need to be so polite."
These words were clearly directed at everyone, but his eyes were always looking in the direction of Song Rouxi.
But this gaffe was fleeting.
He quickly regained his calm demeanor and slowly said, "What happened here? Why are you all gathered here?"
Song Ying almost couldn't wait to speak, "Your Highness, Song Ci, as a younger sister, actually bullied her elder sister Song Rouxi."
Zhou Tianyi frowned, his eyes focused indifferently on Song Ci, and his tone was cold, "As a younger sister, you are so rude to your own sister. Then I will punish you by making you kneel here for an hour."
His tone was insignificant, but it was full of great power. Song Ci clenched her fists. She knew that this was power.
Because the other party is the prince, no matter what he says or does, it is natural and has nothing to do with right or wrong.
When Song Ying heard about this punishment, she almost laughed happily. As long as Song Ci knelt today, starting tomorrow, her notorious reputation would spread throughout the capital. After all, she was the first girl from an aristocratic family to be forced to kneel in public by the prince!
Song Rouxi said softly, "Prince, she is my sister after all..."
"Nothing. So what if she's your sister? If you did something wrong, you should accept the punishment."
"Sister Song, you are speaking for her. You are so kind. No wonder she bullies you." Miss Lian continued.
The current situation has become one-sided since the appearance of the prince.
In the entire courtyard, the area around Song Ci seemed to have become a vacuum zone, and everyone was eager to stay away from her, fearing that the prince would dislike her because of her.
She stood there, her body motionless, her eyes filled with ice. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a cold voice.
"I didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also arrived." After saying this, he coughed twice.
Zhou Tianyi's eyes moved, and a smile appeared on his cold face. "Pei Ji, you're here too, why didn't you tell me?"
Pei Ji walked slowly to Song Ci's side from a distance, and a cool fragrance of plum blossoms seemed to be falling from the sky.
"I just happened to discover it. However, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for Your Highness to punish someone lightly without asking about the fault." Pei Ji's voice was neither sad nor happy, as if he was just talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
Song Ci's eyes flashed, and she lowered her head and looked at the bracelet.
Sure enough, there seems to be some secret story between this bracelet and Pei Ji.
"What fault?" Zhou Tianyi was suspicious. "Anyone who saw this would say it was Third Miss Song's fault, right?"
Pei Ji said calmly, "Second Miss Song, you just said that Third Miss Song bullied your eldest sister. Is that really the case?"
Song Ying trembled, her tone twisted: "This... Third sister is indeed disrespectful to the eldest sister, and I didn't say anything wrong..."
"Then you should tell the Crown Prince why the Third Miss came into conflict with you."
"I......"
Song Rouxi was anxious and could not help but said to the prince: "Your Highness..."
They are not in the right. If they really say it out loud, how will the prince look at her?
Zhou Tianyi raised an eyebrow, seeing the person he loved was in a dilemma, and coughed twice, "It seems there is something hidden. So, there is no need to punish him by kneeling."
Pei Ji smiled and didn't say anything else.
Things had come to this point, and Song Ci knew that this was the best outcome.
The prince is going to protect Song Rouxi today, and she can't do anything about it.
But if she could protect him once, could she protect him every time? She was looking forward to it. Without the bracelet and her own family as a stepping stone, could the prince and Song Rouxi, the lovers, still be together happily and smoothly in this life?
Soon, groups of two or three from the crowd walked towards the other end, saying they were going to enjoy the flowers.
Everyone dispersed quickly.
Song Rouxi and Song Ying also followed Zhou Tianyi's footsteps.
Song Ci paused in place and looked at Pei Ji above him. "Thank you, Master Pei, for speaking for me."
"I'm not helping you. I just can't stand people taking advantage of their power to bully others and play with people's hearts. However, Miss Song San should listen to my advice and restrain her edge. People can't always be lucky."
Pei Ji's words were clearly well-intentioned advice, but Song Ci felt a little uncomfortable when he heard them.
"If you keep your edge low, those with ill intentions will only become more arrogant and wantonly bully you. If that's the case, it's better to be aggressive until death, so you don't feel humiliated."
Song Ci lowered her head, and her words were clearly very powerful, but her eyes were red, filled with grievance.
Why should good people endure humiliation and give way to bad people?
How can there be such a truth in the world?
Pei Ji looked at her steadily, fell silent, and let out an imperceptible sigh, "That's all."
After he finished speaking, he took a few steps forward and began to cough uncontrollably. His pale lips turned crimson and his body swayed slightly.
Ah Lin rushed out from behind and supported him, "Master!"
"medicine..."
Ah Lin hurriedly felt around, but Pei Ji was on top of him, so he couldn't free his hands. At this moment, an apricot-colored figure walked up to them, put his arm around Pei Ji's shoulders, and said anxiously, "I'll support Master Pei. You go find the medicine quickly."
Without caring about anything else, Alin hurriedly stood up, fumbled out a white porcelain bottle from his chest, poured out the pills, and carefully fed them into Pei Ji's mouth.
After a while, Pei Ji's breathing and condition finally stabilized.
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