Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Lin Xiaoyue smoothed her drooping hair, clapped her hands, pulled over a stool and sat down on it.

She was not afraid even when a dozen people surrounded her.

These people are just bullying the few because they are in large numbers. They are all cowards who bully the weak and fear the strong. This kind of scene of the majority bullying the minority is not surprising to me when I was bullied in school.

Besides, she has the power of mutation, so she is not afraid at all.

And even though she had restrained her power mutation and was using the strength of an ordinary person to fight these people, she did not suffer any loss.

Miss Shushu, who was said to be the only legitimate daughter of the Marquis's family, had a very bad tongue. She took advantage of the crowd and chaos and kicked her several times in the mouth, causing her front teeth to be kicked out.

Her maidservant Xiao Taohong, dressed in pink, poured water on her head, but she did not let it go. She took advantage of the chaos to give her a broken leg package. She said that if she did not recuperate for two or three months, she would never have her leg healed.

As for whether a maid could be well taken care of in the employer's family, if she accidentally developed a leg disease in the future, she would not be able to be valued by the employer in this life, and even getting married would be a headache.

But what does this have to do with her?

She was just walking on the street, and a basin of water was poured over her head for no reason, soaking her from head to toe. She just wanted to come up and ask for justice, but who told the other party not to talk properly and to use force? Wasn't she also forced to defend herself?

After everyone separated, the man in black saw the miserable state of their group.

Lin Peng, Lin Hao and their followers all had bruises on their faces and noses, which were considered minor injuries.

Shushu, the only legitimate daughter of the Pingyang Marquis's family, had her front teeth kicked off, with blood gushing out from the corners of her mouth. She screamed in pain, covering her mouth with one hand in resentment and pointing her other hand at Lin Xiaoyue opposite her, begging him to take charge with her tone-deaf and leaky voice.

As for Shushu's personal maid, she was lying on the ground, unconscious due to the pain, and her legs were twisted in a strange posture... It seemed that she had suffered serious fractures.

The man in the dark narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't expect the other party to be so cruel.

"Shu'er, are you okay? Banxia, ​​go get a doctor, quickly." The woman in light yellow dress who had been sitting at the table with the man in black and watching coldly from beginning to end finally seemed to come to her senses. With tears in her eyes and trembling hands, she embraced Shushu, who was bleeding profusely, and half-hugged her with concern.

Lin Xiaoyue sneered, eyes full of contempt, "Hypocrisy."

"What were you doing just now? Weren't you sitting there calmly drinking tea from beginning to end? If he was really a close friend or relative, he would have helped you long ago. Why did you have to pretend to be heartbroken after the incident?"

Shen Rou, who is beautiful and talented, the daughter of the Prime Minister and the most famous noble lady in the capital, when has she ever been ridiculed like this?

At that moment, because of Lin Xiaoyue's ruthless words, her breathing stagnated, and then her face turned pale, and tears rolled down like pearls. Her beautiful face was sad and sorrowful, which made people feel pity.

“Third… Third brother, no, Rou’er is not…” Shen Rou’s eyes were red, and crystal clear tears fell down, one after another, revealing a special kind of sadness that made people feel distressed.

The man in black couldn't bear to see the beauty cry, so he pulled her over and hugged her tightly in his arms regardless of the presence of other people.

The man froze up with the beauty in his arms, his heart pounding.

Shen Rou rubbed her face in the man's arms, her gesture was so affectionate that the man couldn't help but feel distracted.

Probably wanting to show off his power in front of the beauty, the man's expression became more and more majestic, and the aura of a superior suddenly pressed towards Lin Xiaoyue.

Lin Xiaoyue was as calm as usual, and was not startled. However, the other people in the box, including the shopkeeper and the waiter, and even Lin Hao and Lin Peng who were traveling with the man, were all frightened to the point of paleness, their legs trembling like cotton wool, and they knelt on the ground trembling.

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

"Why should I be afraid?" Lin Xiaoyue pretended to be puzzled and asked, "All living beings are equal. You and I are both human. I walk upright and sit upright. Why should I be afraid of you?"

……

"You... are fine."

"Thank you for your kind words, sir. I am indeed fine. I am in good health and I enjoy everything I eat."

The two of them spoke with hidden meanings, and they exchanged attacks with each other, neither giving in even a bit.

The group of people who were kneeling on the ground and shivering quietly wiped the sweat from their faces.

Normally, with the Third Prince's violent temper, only Miss Shen Rou could handle it, and everyone else would have been chopped into pieces long ago. Unexpectedly, there was another exception here, who could talk so much with the Third Prince... It was really strange.

Just when everyone was unable to straighten their backs and sweating profusely due to the pressure of the Third Prince's aura, a bustling voice came from outside the crowd, "Who is causing trouble? Arrest them all."

A group of officials squeezed in from the outside of the crowd. The leader was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, wearing official uniforms. Someone exclaimed, "The Jingzhao Yin is here."

Jingzhao Yin entered the box and looked around. He saw the Third Prince, the daughter of the Prime Minister and others there. There was also a crazy woman in the room who was filthy, wet and dripping with water. Combined with the gossip he had just heard along the way.

He glanced at the woman calmly, walked up to the Third Prince and bowed, "Your humble servant, Jingzhao Yin Buyunshan, pays homage to the Third Prince."

"No need to be polite. It's good that you're here. I'll leave the matters here to you."

Jingzhao Yin was a smart man. He understood what the Third Prince meant by this was that he did not want to get involved in this matter.

Yes, now that the crown prince has been poisoned, the other princes can no longer hold back and have begun flirting with court officials in private.

Now, there are people from the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Marquis' Mansion, and the Hanlin Academy in this room. If someone were to tell others about what happened here, I'm afraid that within a day, the Emperor would be furious and hold the Third Prince accountable.

It has to be said that they are all old hands in the officialdom and they were able to grasp the Third Prince's tendencies at once.

The Third Prince really hopes that this matter will end as soon as possible, rather than getting bigger and bigger.

Since the eldest brother was poisoned and fell, several brothers began to connect with the court officials who stood on the same side. These things can only be done in private and must not be brought to the table. Otherwise, once the one sitting on the throne knows about it, I am afraid that everyone will be in trouble.

After all, there have been too many cases in every dynasty where the princes colluded with ministers or relatives to force the emperor to abdicate and usurp the throne. The old emperor who was forced to abdicate would not only be placed under house arrest by the new emperor, but sometimes he might even be quietly killed by the new emperor.

For this reason, the emperor was most averse to the princes and ministers forming cliques and colluding with each other privately.

This was determined by political factors and was also a battle for the supreme throne of imperial power.