At this moment, a voice came from the crowd that made people's hearts rise to their throats instantly.
"Neither west nor east, there are so many things to deal with..."
Hearing this, Leng Zian's eyes suddenly darkened and his face was immediately filled with black lines. Luo Lan also frowned at this time. Everyone was nervous and broke into a cold sweat for the person who spoke.
After a long silence, Leng Zian uttered only one word. This word resounded through the sky like an ethereal being, making people shudder.
"who?"
Several guards around him looked around in the crowd. Liu Meir covered Xiao Zhi's mouth tightly, not daring him to make a sound. However, he struggled to break free from Liu Meir's arms, and walked straight to Leng Zian without a care in the world. He raised his eyebrows and asked loudly,
"I said it, the princess arranged for you to live in the west wing, but you disagreed, and you asked her to live in the east wing, but you also disagreed? So what do you want? Even a child like me can see that you are deliberately making things difficult for me."
Seeing Xiao Zhi, Leng Zian's eyes were filled with anger. He gritted his teeth and looked at Xiao Zhi, shouting in a high-pitched voice:
"Leng Yu, is this how you treat guests at Prince Yu's Mansion? Who is this child? How dare he be so rude to me?"
Hearing this, Luo Lan was stunned for a moment, then hurried forward and pulled Xiao Zhi over to explain:
"Uncle, please calm down. This child is young and speaks without restraint. Please don't bother with him."
After saying this, she lowered her eyebrows and said sternly to Xiao Zhi:
"Hurry up and apologize to the King of Zhennan."
Xiao Zhi, however, turned his face away stubbornly and refused to speak.
Leng Yu frowned and looked at him, his eyes darkened, and he said in a cold voice:
"Xiaozhi, quickly apologize to the King of Zhennan."
Seeing that his master was angry, Xiao Zhi lowered his head and muttered softly:
"sorry!"
"snort!"
Leng Zi'an immediately swung his sleeves and snorted, "Is an apology enough? I think this kid was instigated by someone to deliberately disrespect the king."
Having said this, he shouted to the servants around him:
"Someone, drag this kid away and give him twenty lashes of the cane."
"No."
Hearing this, Leng Yu hurriedly spoke out to stop him, "Uncle, this child is so frail, how can he bear twenty blows?"
Luo Lan also pleaded, "Uncle, this child offended you. I apologize to you on his behalf."
But Leng Zian snorted coldly and waved his hands. "Humph! A child can bully me. It shows that no one in Prince Yu's Mansion takes me seriously. If I don't punish this child today, I will lose face."
Hearing this, Leng Yu clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves, and Luo Lan's heart was in his throat.
Seeing this, Xiao Zhi raised his head and said with a righteous look:
"You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you. I just told you the truth. If you don't like it, then hit me. This matter has nothing to do with Prince Yu's Mansion."
"Xiao Zhi..."
Leng Yu raised her voice again to stop him. This child is too straightforward and will suffer sooner or later.
Leng Zian, however, would not give face to anyone. He had not been back to the capital for twenty years, and he had a lot of anger that he had no place to vent. He had just arrived here, and if he didn't show these people how to intimidate them, who would take him seriously?
Thinking of this, he lowered his eyelids, frowned, and said to Leng Yu:
"I don't care what relationship this child has with your Yu Palace. His disrespect towards me in the Yu Palace is enough to show the entire Yu Palace's attitude towards me. In that case, I will move to another place."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave. Leng Yu saw this and hurriedly frowned and stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Uncle, why bother with a child? You can choose the east and west wings of Prince Yu's mansion. There are no vacant posthouses left in the capital. Besides, my father asked Yu'er to receive you. If you leave like this, my father will blame Yu'er for not taking good care of you."
Leng Yu's words made Leng Zian's eyebrows raise slightly, and he snorted in triumph.
"Then Yu'er, you have to let this king see your sincerity."
The meaning of his words was obvious. He would not let it go unless Xiaozhi was beaten with a stick today.
Leng Yu's face was gloomy at this moment. He instructed the people behind him word by word:
"Come here, Xiao Zhi was rude and offended the Prince of Zhennan. He will be severely punished with twenty lashes as a warning to others. Let's see who dares to disrespect the Prince of Zhennan again."
Hearing this, Luo Lan held Xiao Zhi tightly in her arms. Liu Meir in the crowd was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead. Seeing the person-high board in Ahou's hand, she stamped her feet in anxiety.
"beat."
Although Leng Yu's heart ached, he squeezed out the word from between his teeth. Who told him to talk too much? Let him learn a lesson from this!
Xiao Zhi broke free from Luo Lan's restraints without fear, and lay directly on the ground, closing his eyes, waiting for the board to hit him.
He knew that he shouldn't have said so much just now, but he had seen the Prince of Zhennan's attitude of ignoring his sister since he entered the mansion, and he kept finding fault with her after entering. He was angry for a moment and said something without restraint. Now, he didn't want to bring trouble to Prince Yu's Mansion because of his words, so even if these twenty strokes of the cane cost him his life, he should take it.
Seeing him lying on the ground without hesitation, Leng Yu waved to Ahou, and Ahou came to him. He looked at Xiaozhi's small body, and although he couldn't bear it, he had to raise the board.
Just when the board was about to fall on Xiaozhi, Liu Meir shouted, "Don't hit him," and rushed out of the crowd like crazy.
Seeing this, Luo Lan frowned and yelled at her:
"Liu Mei, don't act recklessly. Back off."
Hearing the name and seeing the woman, Leng Zian's expression froze instantly. He stood there in a daze as if struck by thunder and lightning. He kept blinking his eyes and looked at her with disbelief. After a long pause, he raised his hand and pointed at her, and asked in a trembling voice:
"You...Liu Mei..."
Liu Meir looked at him with hatred in her eyes, gritting her teeth and saying coldly:
"The Prince of Zhennan is so arrogant! He doesn't even let a child go?"
Her questioning made everyone present sweat for her again, but Luo Lan had a guess: could it be that Liu Mei knew Leng Zian?
Leng Zian's body shook, and then he looked at her in silence, then looked at Xiao Zhi lying on the ground.
"This child?"
Liu Mei stood in front of Xiao Zhi without hesitation and said, "This child is mine. It has nothing to do with anyone else. If you want to hit someone, hit me!"
This scene stunned everyone present. They looked at each other, then at Liu Mei and then at Leng Zian.
For some reason, beads of sweat appeared on Leng Zian's forehead. He felt his heart beating violently and felt completely numb.
He had been looking for this woman for several years but couldn't find her. Now he met her here. How could he not be excited?
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