bookrandom Chapter 244 The Dust Settles
Chapter 244 The Dust Settles
Luqiao gritted her teeth and hid the trembling Zhu Zifeng behind her.
"Princess Eleven, how can you talk like that? My young lady is clearly..." She was beaten!
"How dare you, a lowly servant like you, interrupt me when I'm speaking?" Baili Rushu glared at him and shouted, "Come here, slap my face!"
The nanny who came with Baili Rushu immediately stepped forward and slapped Luqiao on the cheek.
A fierce look flashed across Zhu Zifeng's eyes, and then he pulled Lu Qiao, whose mouth was bleeding, behind him.
She met Baili Rushu's eyes, revealing a hint of weakness. "Eleventh Princess, if you have any grudges, direct them towards me! After all, my reputation as Zhu Zifeng has been ruined today, and I no longer have the right to speak to you on an equal footing. If you want to humiliate me, humiliate me! Please don't embarrass a maid who is so eager to protect her master!"
Her eyes were as moving as the afterglow of autumn clouds, and tears fell like pearls from a broken string. If it weren't for the rash on her face that hadn't fully healed, anyone who saw her tearful and touching face would have felt a lot of pity.
"Zhu Zifeng, why do you look like this princess is bullying you?!"
Baili Rushu snorted coldly, "Back when my Seventh Brother was at the height of his fame, you followed me around every day, saying all sorts of nice things, hoping that I would create conditions for you to meet him."
"I liked you back then, and I gave you chance after chance, but what did you do later?"
"As soon as my seventh brother got into trouble, you turned around and ran after me..."
"Eleventh sister!!" Seeing that she was about to say something unfavorable to him, Baili Moyan quickly stopped her loudly, "Be careful with your words!"
When Baili Rushu saw his eyes sweeping over the people in the courtyard, she knew what he meant.
However, she pretended not to understand and asked with a pair of innocent eyes, "Ninth Brother, isn't what I said true? Didn't she run to Prince Yu's Mansion as soon as Seventh Brother got into trouble?"
"Why should I be careful with my words?"
"Later, every time you two met, you were always affectionate. Why do you look like you're not familiar with each other today? Did you break up?"
Baili Moyan's face turned pale, "Xiao Shiyi, what nonsense are you talking about?!"
"I'm not talking nonsense!" Baili Rushu rolled her eyes.
If Zhu Zifeng hadn't been fickle and treated Seventh Brother like a piece of trash, she wouldn't have to cause trouble for her every day!
Over the years, she has relied on her beauty and talent to secretly collude with Ninth Brother, and how many shameful things have she done?
She was already giving Zhu Zifeng face by saying this! If it weren't for Grand Tutor Zhu's face, her stories would have spread to Kyoto long ago!
What the most beautiful woman in the apocalypse! Pah!
"Ah? So the Ninth Prince and Miss Zhu are in love! No wonder the Ninth Prince is so determined to protect her! If this isn't favoritism, what is it?"
"No wonder Miss Zhu dares to act so recklessly. It turns out she has someone backing her up!"
"What a shame! That maidservant is already dead, so we can't convict her! Why is God so blind? He lets the real murderer go unpunished!"
……
Zhu Zifeng was both ashamed and angry, and his emotions were almost uncontrollable. Even the disguise that he had always been good at could no longer be maintained.
Tears wet her face, and her low, hoarse sobs were mixed with helplessness and grievance. "You're talking nonsense! I've never done such a thing!!"
Baili Rushu felt so sorry for her when she saw her tearful face!
When did Zhu Zifeng learn how to act weak?
Unfortunately, this trick didn't work on her!
"Hmph, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself! Don't you know? I've already sent people to keep an eye on you. Do you want me to tell you everything you've done, one by one?"
"Xiao Shiyi! You've gone too far!" Baili Moyan stepped forward and grabbed her arm tightly, his eyes gleaming with ruthlessness and threat. "Aren't you smearing the royal family by saying this?"
The stinging pain in her arm made Baili Rushu frown, tears welling up in her eyes.
Ninth Brother actually attacked her for Zhu Zifeng! !
Baili Moqing saw this scene and was about to speak when he heard an angry shout coming from the direction of the backyard corridor.
"Xiaojiu, what are you doing?!"
Baili Moyan realized that he had lost his composure and quickly let go of his hand, with a look of heartache and apology on his face. "Little Eleven, did Brother Nine hurt you?"
He had always liked Eleventh. After all, she was the only unmarried sister left in the imperial city. When Seventh Brother was away, they had gotten along pretty well in Kyoto, but this time, she had really gone too far!
By saying that, she was destroying his reputation as well!
"Uncle! Ninth Brother hit me!"
Baili Moyan: ...
He just pinched her, how did it become a beating?
Why do I feel a little wronged?
Princess Eleven wiped her tears and ran towards Prince Xiaoyang, holding up her still numb arm and crying, "Ninth Uncle, I feel like my arm is going to break!
Baili Qingren's face showed distress, and he asked her nervously if she was okay.
Seeing her crying harder and harder, Baili Qingren's aura suddenly exploded, "Xiaojiu, apologize to Xiaoyi!"
"I……"
Baili Moyan was speechless, his breath stuck in his chest, unable to go up or down.
This girl never lets him have a good time! If he doesn't do what she wants, she'll complain!
In Kyoto, he used his father to pressure him, and when he came to Beisha City, thousands of miles away, he relied on the support of his uncle and told lies with his eyes open!
If I had known this earlier, I wouldn’t have given her so many good things!
This ungrateful little wolf with a wicked heart!
"sorry!"
In the end, Baili Moyan apologized reluctantly.
Zhu Zifeng took the opportunity to leave, but was discovered by Baili Moqing. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes and he immediately called her.
"Miss Zhu, don't leave in such a hurry!"
Zhu Zifeng paused and almost collapsed!
She's already like this, what else does he want to do? !
"Those people in the disaster camp lost their lives because of you, the Zhu family. It's really unfair to write it off just because of a maid."
"The financial compensation must be borne by your Zhu family."
Zhu Zifeng looked back at him, his face showing half relief and half confusion.
Fortunately, he did not embarrass her like Baili Rushu did, and even had some intention of helping her out.
Could it be that she is still in his heart?
Her heart began to beat irregularly at the thought.
But what is “economic compensation”?
Seeing that she didn't seem to understand, Baili Moqing said, "Economic compensation is also called a pension. Each household must be compensated according to the number of people. Each person will receive one thousand taels of silver. Miss Zhu, I hope I didn't make things difficult for you."
Zhu Zifeng's face froze slightly.
One thousand taels? How could some lowly peasants be worth one thousand taels of silver?
There were at least 20 or 30 people who died. Just a rough calculation would cost 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver! Where did she get so much money?
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Baili Moqing asked again, "Why, Miss Zhu, do you think that the king's punishment is too severe?"
After his title was restored, Baili Moqing changed his self-reference from "I" to "This King", which also meant that his words were orders, not negotiations!
Zhu Zifeng's little hope was shattered, and he replied with a gloomy face, "Yes, Zifeng will remember that."
Baili Moqing hummed lightly, which was equivalent to putting an end to the matter.
Zhu Zifeng fled away.
Baili Rushu wanted to continue the argument, but after being glared at by Baili Moqing, she shut up obediently.
Baili Qingren's eyes swept over Baili Moyan, and then he said, "Xiao Qi, the emperor's uncle forgot something just now."
He took out a letter from his arms, "Secret letter, this is what my brother the emperor asked me to give you."
Baili Moyan's eyes fell on the letter when he suddenly heard Baili Qingren calling him. "Xiaojiu, you saw this letter. I gave it to your seventh brother, sealed and unopened."
Baili Moyan smiled awkwardly and nodded.
The emperor's uncle obviously did this on purpose!
His father actually gave him a secret letter!
Why didn't he get any news?