Xin Nu was already immobilized and couldn't move. She stared blankly at a place just one step away from Bai Zheng, where a man in black was firmly grasping Chu Feng's wrist.
However, none of the people present, including Chu Feng himself, could tell where this man had come from.
Bai Zheng gave the man a quick, smiling glance, then swiftly shifted her gaze to the source of the voice just heard. A bright smile involuntarily spread across her face.
Not far outside the door, there was a straight, green - cloaked figure. Only then did he turn his head slightly, revealing half of his handsome and elegant face.
"Lord Dingyuan Hou!" After a long while, Chu Feng finally slowly uttered these three words.
"Master Chu, although your Prime Minister's Mansion has a noble family background, in the end, it is still the Feng family that rules the Great Zhou. When did my Dingyuan Marquis Mansion sink to the point where my future wife could be abducted in the street?" Feng Linyuan slowly stepped forward, put his arm around Bai Zheng and shielded her behind him, then turned his gaze to Chu Feng.
The secret guards that Feng Linyuan had sent to guard the Bai Mansion were covert. So those like Feng Jingxuan who sent assassins to secretly kill Bai Zheng could be intercepted by the secret guards. But for someone like Chu Feng who was robbing openly, the secret guards naturally didn't dare to show themselves casually.
They could only watch helplessly as Bai Zheng was abducted.
Chu Feng waved away the man who was holding him and said harshly, "Lord Dingyuan Hou was once a heroic young man. How has your taste become so poor? You actually treasure what I, Chu Feng, don't want?"
"My taste is worlds apart from yours, Master Chu." Feng Linyuan didn't get angry. There was even a faint smile on his face. "After all, I've never been able to compliment your taste."
Chu Feng's face darkened. Then, as if thinking of something, a sneering look appeared on his face as he looked at Bai Zheng.
"Yes, I really can't compare to Lord Dingyuan Hou in terms of taste. You've found a money - crazy wife. She asked my Prime Minister's Mansion for 30,000 taels of silver. I remember the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion isn't that poor, right? Or is it that the betrothal gift from the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is too generous, and Miss Bai is afraid that the Bai Mansion can't afford a suitable dowry, so she's here to extort me?"
"My future wife of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion has suffered such a great scare, and she only asks the Prime Minister's Mansion for 30,000 taels of silver as compensation?" Feng Linyuan raised his sword - shaped eyebrows and looked at Bai Zheng disapprovingly. "Zheng'er, you're really too kind - hearted."
The sneering look on Chu Feng's face instantly cracked. "What did you say!"
Bai Zheng stifled a laugh and lowered her head meekly. "I was afraid the Prime Minister's Mansion didn't have much money, so I didn't have the nerve to ask for more."
Feng Linyuan sighed as if he had no way to deal with Bai Zheng. He gently picked up a strand of hair that had fallen on Bai Zheng's clothes, then turned back and said coldly, "She's even lost a strand of hair! Zheng'er, you've been bullied like this by the Prime Minister's Mansion, and you only ask for 30,000 taels? Although the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion isn't short of money, we're not to be bullied by just anyone."
Although Bai Zheng felt a bit uncomfortable being called Zheng'er one after another by Feng Linyuan, she still dutifully played her part and said, "After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has contributed a lot to the marriage between the Marquis and me. For the sake of His Highness..."
Feng Linyuan nodded. "For the sake of His Highness, let's just ask for 100,000 taels of silver."
"100,000 taels of silver!" Chu Feng was completely crazy.
At this moment, he wished he could beat himself to death!
This Bai Zheng was no longer the timid and submissive girl who had let him bully her back then. She was clearly a debt - collecting ghost! Now that she was betrothed to Feng Linyuan, they were joining forces like villains in cahoots, stripping him bare and playing with him until there was nothing left.
Looking at Chu Feng, who was full of unwillingness, Bai Zheng smiled sweetly. "It doesn't matter if Master Chu can't make a decision right away. Just send the silver to the Bai Mansion before the Xu hour. Thank you, Master Chu, for sending me here. For the rest of the way, the Marquis can accompany me."
After saying that, she ignored Chu Feng, stepped out of the room, walked past the immobilized guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the courtyard, and walked away with Feng Linyuan.
"Where does Miss Bai want to go?"
In the spacious carriage, Feng Linyuan was sitting against the inner wall. He looked at the blue - clothed girl in front of him who was looking out of the window without any restraint and asked.
Bai Zheng turned her head and smiled as she said, "Last time, I got a kiln from Master Song. I might as well go and take a closer look today and pick a good one."
"I happen to know that the Song family has a large - scale kiln with many skilled craftsmen. It's not too far from the main city of Yongding. It only takes about two incense sticks' worth of time to get there..."
"Let's go and take a look at the one you mentioned." Bai Zheng replied decisively.
"Mo Li, go to the Song Kiln." Feng Linyuan immediately gave the order.
Bai Zheng was clearly very satisfied with the information Feng Linyuan had just provided. Sitting in the slowly moving carriage, she said with a smile, "Thank you, Marquis, for today."
Feng Linyuan nodded in response. Looking at the charming Bai Zheng in front of him and thinking of those ugly vagrants just now, he hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "Miss Bai took too much of a risk today."
Bai Zheng blushed a little and muttered, "I thought that although Chu Feng is not a good person, he's still quite generous. I didn't expect that for 30,000 taels of silver, he would rather die with me than pay!"
"I heard that when Chu Feng came to the door, Miss Bai voluntarily followed him out?" Feng Linyuan gave Bai Zheng a cold look. "Miss Bai is really brave for 30,000 taels."
Bai Zheng shrank her neck and flattered Feng Linyuan with a smile. "The Marquis came to rescue me. I believe that a great hero like the Marquis would never stand by and do nothing."
"What if I hadn't arrived in time?"
A feeling of annoyance welled up in Feng Linyuan's heart. Did this girl just rely on the fact that he would definitely come to save her, so she let that crazy Chu Feng abduct her and even deliberately provoked him with such bold words?
What if the secret guards had been a bit late? What if he hadn't arrived in time? What if...
Bai Zheng smiled nonchalantly, as if she didn't even worry about the situation that Feng Linyuan had mentioned, that he really hadn't arrived in time.
"If it really came to that, I would have no choice but to threaten him with my life. Although Chu Feng seems reckless, he actually doesn't dare to take a life. He gambled that I wouldn't dare to die. He wanted those dirty men to defile me and then marry me, so that he could humiliate me in the future and make my life a living hell. I also gambled that he wouldn't dare to die. If I really threatened him with a hairpin, he wouldn't dare to risk the lives of the entire Prime Minister's Mansion!"
"I didn't expect Miss Bai to be such a chaste and heroic woman!" Feng Linyuan snorted from his nose.
Bai Zheng could tell that the usually good - tempered Feng Linyuan was really angry this time. Although she felt a bit headache, her heart warmed.
Anyway, this Marquis was always angry because he was worried about her safety.
Thinking of this, Bai Zheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, Marquis. When I just stepped out of the Bai Mansion, I saw a dark shadow flash by. I recognized that person. It was Mo Li."
Feng Linyuan looked at Bai Zheng in surprise, as if he hadn't expected that Bai Zheng had noticed this.