FID – Chapter 270

“Sorry, something happened on the way, and I got delayed.”

The woman’s voice was cold and calm, and she stepped on a fallen man on the ground toward Liu Yusheng and Fu Yuzheng.

“I thought you couldn’t come.” Liu Yusheng sighed with relief upon seeing her.

She was not afraid of anything else. She was just afraid that another more malicious plan would follow after Zuo Xuan’s failed plan.

If she had planned more meticulously, she might not have been able to cope with it.

This time was also a fluke. She probably treated her as a country bumpkin, so her means were simple and rough.

“When something like this happens, the other party shouldn’t continue. Although it was an accident, as the host of the party, Miss Zuo is responsible for doing a poor job in protecting and ensuring the safety of you, ladies.”

Shi Xianrou looked towards Zuo Xuan, whose face was downright ugly. She didn’t give the slightest consideration on her status as the prime minister’s granddaughter.

“Everyone here are daughters of powerful and noble families in the capital. If something really happened, even if you’re the prime minister’s granddaughter, Miss Zuo, I’m afraid you can not afford to take the blame.

The most important thing to a woman was her reputation. If it’s ruined, she’s ruined for life. I hope you will be more careful next time.”

These remarks successfully provoked the resentment of the noble ladies.

Although their families’ influence was not as powerful as that of the Prime Minister, they were also part of the top families. Depending on their families’ arrangements, their future would definitely not be bad. But if something really happened in this party, then what future could they talk about?

Zuo Xuan was the prime minister’s granddaughter, and the minister’s family could bear any misfortune.

What about them? Once they were ruined, their families would abandon them. No one would be responsible for them.

What made them even more resentful was that this time, Zuo Xuan knew everything in advance, and she even personally plotted this. 

But she never revealed a word to any of them!

She only used them to start this party and wanted to punish Liu Yusheng!

After Shi Xianrou’s spoke, the noble ladies turned around and left one by one. Almost nobody bade Zuo Xuan farewell.

“Let’s go too. Miss Liu must be frightened. Go back early and take a rest,” Fu Yuzheng said. She also deliberately walked in front of the Zuo Xuan, who was standing stiffly, and bowed. “Miss Zuo, then we’ll take our leave. You also shouldn’t stay too long, lest some shameless people around will emerge again.”

The three girls left side by side.

Of course, they did not spare the unconscious people on the ground.

Shi Xianrou was tough. She walked forward, directly ripped their belts to tie them together and dragged them along.

With the bumping and banging, utter dreary cries and screams sounded behind them all the way.

“Xianrou, do you want to take them away?”

“Of course we have to take them. How dare they plot against the noble ladies in broad daylight? Such people absolutely can not be tolerated. They must be sent to the magistrate and let the magistrate strictly investigate and punish them!”

“I agree with Miss Shi. We can’t let the girls suffer a fright for nothing.”

The three women’s voices rang faintly and still fell into the ears of the people in the back.

Someone’s eyes quenched poison, while someone let out a cry.

No one cared.

In the end, the place once again returned to calm with only the sound of waterfalls crashing and water rumbling.

The Shi carriage was parked at the entrance of the sweet osmanthus grove.

Shi Xianrou tied one end of the belt rope to the back of the carriage, and took the two of them into the carriage.

Only after sitting down did she explain the reason for her tardiness.

“Someone intercepted me on the road, had a fight, and met up with the King’s shadow guards.

They were guarding the entrance while you were inside, and there were shadow guards hiding in the dark around the waterfall just now. They would have stepped in at a critical moment.

Feng Qingbai protected you closely enough. I just didn’t expect you two to solve the matter, and also settled it wonderfully.

Zuo Xuan and Fu Yuxian were ruined by their own wisdom, enough to make them angry for a good while.”

Liu Yusheng did not know that Feng Qingbai arranged shadow guards around her.

She smiled, hearing Shi Xianrou’s words.

“How did you get intercepted for no reason?”

Shi Xianrou raised her eyebrows, “How could it be for no reason? If I were allowed to arrive on time, wouldn’t there still be a chance for those scoundrels behind to play?”

So Zuo Xuan was afraid that Shi Xianrou would be unfavorable and specially ordered people to intercept her.

“If you take these people to the court, I’m afraid they won’t be able to find anything. The prime minister’s office is very powerful. Even if there are clues, they will be suppressed.”

“I didn’t expect a result from the trial, but just to make a show of it, and enrage those two wicked bitches more.” The military camp’s profanity came so naturally that Shi Xianrou herself froze.

The three looked at each other and snorted with laughter.

“This is your real face, right? You usually pretend to be decent.” Liu Yusheng held her belly, and Fu Yuzheng also covered her lips and laughed.

Shi Xianrou simply shed off her mask, manly leaned back, and broke everything into the open, “Just know about it. Don’t say it in front of Qian Wanjin, lest he will be scared away.”

Uncontrollable laughter erupted throughout the way.

The carriage entered the city and was surrounded by spectators along the road.

A bundled group of bruised men, who were swollen from crying and tied at the back of the carriage, was too eye-catching.

Some people pointed fingers, and some simply trailed after the carriage to watch the spectacle. They watched the carriage stop at the entrance of the capital’s government office, and then a woman jumped down, dragging and hoisting those people into the building.

During tea breaks after dinner, there was gossip once more.

They had no clue what had happened and why those people were tied up in a ball and sent to the government office.

At the same time, people were also speculating.

Back at the palace, Liu Yusheng got off the carriage and saw the man standing at the door to welcome her.

He seemed to know in advance when she would be back.

When she thought of the shadow guards he assigned by her side, everything became clear.

Fu Yuzheng got ready to retreat after saluting Feng Qingbai.

“Yuzheng, thank you for today,” Liu Yusheng said abruptly.

Fu Yuzheng was taken aback and replied in a low voice, “Even if I didn’t do anything, you would have done so yourself. I just took a step forward. There’s no need for your thanks.”

She turned around and left right after.

She was the one who pulled Zuo Xuan as a shield.

After dragging her, she discovered that the young girl also reached out, just a little bit slower than her.

At that time she did not think much at all. It was completely a subconscious reaction. She couldn’t let those people touch the young girl. 

She would bear all the consequences.

Liu Yuzheng watched Fu Yuzheng retreat, turned her head to look at Feng Qingbai, and met his deep dark eyes. “Were you not worried?”

“I know you can handle it,” he said, without confirming whether he was worried or not.

He knew that everything wouldn’t pass peacefully when Zuo Xuan invited her to the gathering, but he also knew that Zuo Xuan wouldn’t dare to go overboard.

Those shady means in the backyard were most used, so he laid defenses around her. If she could not respond in time, the shadow guards would save her.

Shengsheng needed to grow up.

He knew he should let go a little and give her room to grow, and he was doing so.

But his heart was on edge all day long. He stayed in the royal residence, unable to do anything at all.

He couldn’t rest his mind.

This was about Shengsheng, so how could he not worry?

He was so worried that he even wanted to go and take her back himself!