A moment later, Bai Lu, who had been delivering the message, arrived and summoned Xi Que, who was in the side room, to Ji Fengyao's bedroom. Without even glancing at them, she walked straight past them and headed out of the courtyard.
Huan Ying was furious. She grabbed Bai Lu's sleeve and said, "You dog of a servant, how dare you! Are you blind? How dare you ignore our lady? I told you to go in and deliver a message, did you do it?"
"What are you doing? You want to hit someone in our yard? Go ahead and hit me!" Bai Lu wasn't one to back down, so she raised her head and stepped forward towards Huan Ying: "Let's see if you dare to touch a hair on my head!"
"Smack!"
Consort Jia stepped forward and slapped Bai Lu across the face, saying coldly, "When the Princess entered the palace, she said that servants who do not know the rules should be beaten. You are so arrogant and domineering, you must be a person without manners or understanding. I have taught her a lesson on behalf of the Princess, and I believe the Princess will not mind."
"I mind this very much!" Ji Fengyao burst out from behind the curtain after hearing that Bai Lu had been beaten. "Consort Jia, is it because the people in your courtyard have almost recovered from their injuries that you personally came here to invite trouble?"
Consort Jia smiled gently and curtsied to Ji Fengyao, her slender eyes slightly narrowed: "Your Highness is too kind. I was just concerned that Your Highness had fallen into the water in the palace the other day, and then spent the whole day traveling back to the Marquis of Anping's residence with the Prince yesterday. I was worried that Your Highness's health might not be up to par, so I came to bring you some tonics to help you recover. However, the servants in Your Highness's courtyard didn't seem to know their manners very well, so I disciplined them a little. This was something Your Highness taught me; I was merely following your example. Don't you agree, Your Highness?"
When Bai Lu saw Ji Fengyao come out, she covered her face and walked back.
Consort Jia's slap was quite forceful; Bai Lu's face swelled up to the corner of her eye, turning a purplish-blue color.
Ji Fengyao's gaze turned icy: "Following the example of the superior? Very well, what a fine example of following the example of the superior, Black Owl!"
"Your subordinate is here!" Hei Xiao jumped down from the wall, walked to Ji Fengyao, and solemnly clasped his hands in a half-kneel to receive her orders.
When Jiafei and Huanying saw Hei Xiao, they both frowned. They hadn't noticed him at all when they looked around, which meant that his martial arts skills were far superior to theirs.
And this person was dressed as a guard. Shang Xiye actually sent such a skilled person to protect this female bandit!
"Hold Consort Jia down for me!"
"yes!"
Hei Xiao accepted the order and got up to walk towards Consort Jia in the courtyard.
Seeing this scene, Consort Jia panicked. She originally just wanted to find out the defense strength of Wei Nuan Pavilion and to have Huan Ying confirm whether Ji Fengyao was still a virgin and whether Shang Xiye had really consummated their marriage since he came here every day.
She planned to take a quick look and leave, not wanting to provoke Ji Fengyao too much.
She only attacked Bai Lu because she saw that Bai Lu was a newcomer, unlike Xi Que, who was brought by Ji Fengyao from the Vulture Village; who knew that this bandit would be so protective of his own!
"Stop! Our Lady is a princess of the nation and a concubine of the Ninth Prince. How dare you, you dog servant..." Huan Ying blocked Jia Fei's way, but before she could finish her roar at Hei Xiao, Hei Xiao threw a straight punch at her face.
Huan Ying dared not dodge or retreat, instinctively crossing her arms to block the doorway.
Black Owl's strike landed squarely, sending Huan Ying and Consort Jia behind her staggering back five or six steps before they could barely regain their footing.
Huan Ying coughed up a mouthful of blood, squatted down, and her hands, resting on her knees and hanging by her sides, trembled slightly. Clearly, Hei Xiao's blow had been quite severe. Even if her hands weren't crippled, it would be impossible for her to fight again in the short term.
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