"This is outrageous! If you don't let me down, I'll tear her mouth apart!" Wangshu said as he was about to jump off the carriage.

Zhu Qing'an shook her head slightly. She opened the curtain a little and looked towards the source of the sound.

I saw a person sitting by the window on the second floor of the teahouse, talking loudly about his own right and wrong. He was wearing a plum blossom gauze skirt and a crabapple pearl hairpin on his head, looking luxurious and extraordinary at first glance.

"Princess, it's Miss Li from the Minister of Rites' family!" Fu Guang whispered.

At this time, Li Wu's voice was still continuing in the teahouse, and because he was sitting near the window, the people downstairs could hear it clearly.

"Miss Li, you're exaggerating. Princess Yongfu is still the Queen Mother's favorite niece, and she's beautiful. The Shen family should be very satisfied with this marriage!" someone retorted in a low voice.

Li Wu snorted disdainfully after hearing this. She looked at the noble ladies in the room and couldn't help but think of how she usually humbled herself in front of Zhu Qing'an, and her heart was filled with anxiety.

If Zhu Qing'an didn't have a good family background, how could she be willing to pamper Zhu Qing'an all day long and let herself fall under Zhu Qing'an's halo.

"So what if the Empress Dowager favors her? We women still have to get married, and our honor and disgrace will depend on our husband's favor! Princess Yongfu is indeed lovely, but what decent girl would be so seductive and fickle! I think that after Princess Yongfu marries into the Shen family, she will have an affair sooner or later!" Li Wu deliberately raised his voice so that people inside and outside the room could hear clearly, in order to discredit Zhu Qing'an's reputation.

Li Wu glanced down, expecting to see the people whispering to each other. It would be best if there were rumors about Zhu Qing'an in Ancheng tomorrow.

But when Li Wu's eyes fell, he was stunned.

Outside the teahouse, there was an extremely luxurious and exquisite carriage parked. Li Wu was very familiar with that carriage. It was the carriage of Princess Yongfu.

What was even more terrifying was that at this moment, the curtain was lifted by the maid, and Zhu Qing was sitting safely in the carriage, looking up at her with a smile on his face.

The ladies in the room noticed that Li Wu looked amiss, and when they looked over, they exclaimed, "Princess?"

But in an instant, the five noble ladies in the room and Li Wu hurried downstairs and stood outside the carriage with their heads lowered.

"Princess..." Li Wu gritted his teeth and wanted to explain, but he had already said it and couldn't find any good excuse for the time being.

She looked at Zhu Qing'an and saw that her moon-yellow skirt was embroidered with plum blossoms with gold beads as the stamens. She had fair skin and beautiful features. Her cloud-like bun was decorated with sliding gold hairpins. Her eyes were charming yet fierce.

"Princess, please forgive me!" A timid noblewoman knelt down and pointed her finger at Li Wu. "We didn't say anything. It was Miss Li who was talking about you!"

"You..." Li Wu looked at the noble ladies he was on good terms with and gritted his teeth in anger.

Zhu Qing'an didn't say anything, and Li Wu felt even more panicked, but he also felt that Zhu Qing'an would not really do anything to him. After all, Zhu Qing'an was usually the soft-hearted and gullible person.

"A mouse has a skin, but a man has no manners. If a man has no manners, why shouldn't he die? Miss Li is always so attentive to the princess, but now she turns around and gossips and slanders the princess. Miss Li has made it clear that she is a fence-sitter! You can talk about my princess as you please!" Wangshu cursed while standing on the shaft of the carriage with his hands on his hips.

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Wu's face turned blue and red, and then red and blue.

Being scolded by a maid, and surrounded by the people who had gathered around him, Li Wu wished he could crawl into the ground, but he couldn't refute a word.

Zhu Qing'an glanced at Wangshu with a smile, but when his gaze fell on Li Wu, it was sharp and sharp. His voice was cold and clear, "Miss Li, you know, water lily, also known as wavy-leaved sea lettuce, has extremely high water quality requirements and can only grow in clear, unpolluted waters. It is also a delicacy for many people. This beautiful and edible flower embodies the unrestrained beauty of women. Water lily is a word that pursues nature and advocates simplicity and elegance, not a derogatory term like you use to describe women!"

"Your servant spoke out of turn!" Li Wu lowered his eyes and trembled slightly.

In a restaurant not far away, a window was pushed open at some point. Bian Jingsheng listened to Zhu Qing'an's words, and his stern face softened a little.

Zhu Qing'an raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at Li Wu coldly. His condescending attitude made people feel terrified.

"Miss Li's words are rude and disrespectful to your superiors. You deserve twenty slaps on the face!" Zhu Qing'an's voice was like jade breaking ice.

"No!" Li Wu widened her eyes and looked at Zhu Qing'an in disbelief. She wanted to run away. As long as she returned home, Zhu Qing'an couldn't do anything to her.

But before Li Wu could move, Fu Guang had already quietly stood behind Li Wu. Fu Guang twisted Li Wu's arm with one hand and kicked Li Wu in the knee. Li Wu screamed in pain and knelt on the ground uncontrollably.

"Pa!" Fu Guang raised his hand and hit Li Wu directly on the cheek.

Just one slap and Li Wu's cheeks turned red, and the other noble ladies were frightened when they saw this.

"One! Two!"

Every time Fu Guang slapped someone, Wangshu would stand there and count loudly. The sound of the slaps and Wangshu's voice made everyone hold their breath.

"Wuwu..." Just halfway through the fight, Li Wu couldn't bear the pain anymore. Blood was already flowing from the corner of his mouth, and he cried out in pain, "Princess, I was wrong! Please forgive me this time!"

"Shut up!" Zhu Qing'an just said two words lightly, and Wangshu directly took out a handkerchief and stuffed it into Li Wu's mouth, making her unable to even scream in pain.

Zhu Qing'an looked at them coldly, and could see the fear and timidity in their eyes, but she didn't care.

Although she had been well protected by her family since she was a child, she was not considered a kind person. She had seen how her aunt dealt with those traitors, and she had personally dealt with many people with bad intentions. However, in her previous life, she had seen too little of the evil in people's hearts, which made her appear gentle. Now, she only knew how to get revenge.

When the fifteenth slap landed, Li Wu was already shaking with pain, tears and snot all over his face.

"Princess, that's enough!" A clear voice sounded, causing Zhu Qing'an, who had originally looked cold-eyed, to tremble his eyelashes and look at the person who came.

I saw Shen Shixin walking out of the restaurant with a few friends, and his eyes were full of disapproval.

If anyone tried to stop her at this moment, Zhu Qing'an would not stop, but this person happened to be Shen Shixin, her husband in her previous life, her other half.

Zhu Qing'an raised his hand, and Fu Guang released the hand that was restraining Li Wu. Li Wu fell to the ground, covering his red and swollen cheeks and crying in pain.

"Since Master Shen has pleaded for you, let's end this matter today!" Zhu Qing'an said, and then glanced at the other four noble ladies. "I hope you ladies will be more careful with your words and actions in the future!"

"Of course!" Several noble ladies hurriedly bowed and took their leave, fearing that if they left too late they would suffer the same fate as Li Wu.

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