Bai Zheng arched her delicate eyebrows slightly, a sneering smile playing on her lips.
"Your Highness Princess, are you sure that you not only want to flog and kill the female relatives of officials wantonly in the capital of our Great Zhou, but also slander our Great Zhou's God of War and damage the reputation of the Marquis in public?"
Hearing that Bai Zheng didn't rush to defend herself but instead shifted the blame, saying that she was slandering Feng Linyuan, Princess Yun Xi was instantly furious and anxious.
"Are you deaf or hallucinating? When did this princess ever slander the Marquis? I clearly called you a shameless vixen..."
"What do you take the Marquis for!" Bai Zheng suddenly interrupted her abuse, her voice rising sharply. A solemn aura emanated from her, making Princess Yun Xi involuntarily take a step back.
Bai Zheng looked at her coldly. "If Your Highness doesn't know, then Bai Zheng will explain it to Your Highness here.
The Marquis of Dingyuan is the God of War of our Great Zhou!
He could recite poems at the age of three, compose poems at five, and at ten, he followed his father to the battlefield, sweeping through thousands of troops and becoming famous far and wide.
At twelve, he roamed the border of the Western Liang, retaking the long - lost cities of Sheng and Xiang.
At fifteen, even when seriously injured, he could defend Yan City firmly, making the Western Liang soldiers return without success!
Such a wise, valiant, and understanding Marquis, yet you describe him as a wayward playboy who is blind - eyed when lust takes over?
Princess Yun Xi, what on earth is your intention to slander our Great Zhou's God of War in public!"
After hearing Bai Zheng's impassioned words, the emotions of the onlookers on the street were instantly stirred up.
That's right.
Feng Linyuan was the God of War of the Great Zhou.
Not to mention that almost all the members of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion had sacrificed their lives on the battlefield to protect the Great Zhou. The current marquis was also seriously ill and on the verge of death.
The common people were simple - minded and knew how to be grateful.
You risk your life to ensure the integrity of the country and the peace of the world, and I will protect your latter half of life in peace and maintain your good reputation.
How could a princess from a foreign country be allowed to beat and kill the female relatives of the Great Zhou and slander and insult the soldiers of the Great Zhou on the territory of the Great Zhou!
"That young lady is right. Where did this so - called princess come from? How dare she slander our Great Zhou's Marquis!"
"Has the Western Liang forgotten all those defeats in the past just because the Marquis hasn't been on the battlefield in recent years?"
"If you want to throw a tantrum, go back to your Western Liang. You're not allowed to act recklessly on the territory of our Great Zhou!"
The crowd talked one after another, pointing at Princess Yun Xi.
"Shut up! What are you lowly commoners talking about!"
Princess Yun Xi's face turned ashen with anger at this scene, and she shouted subconsciously.
A bunch of scoundrels. Who gave them the courage to scold her?
Moreover, she clearly didn't mean to slander Feng Linyuan at all. It was just that Bai Zheng's few words completely changed the meaning.
And these foolish commoners actually sided with Bai Zheng without a second thought?
"What a shrew."
"She has the nerve to call us lowly commoners?"
...
The accusing voices of the onlookers grew louder and louder.
Princess Yun Xi was enraged.
"All of you, shut up!"
In a fit of anger, she simply pulled out the whip she had used before and lashed out at the crowd!
Bai Zheng's face changed, and she hurriedly shouted, "Qing Shao!"
Qing Shao, who responded to the call, instantly turned into a green shadow. She coiled around the long whip that was coming straight at them, pushed a few people standing there away with one hand, and firmly grabbed the end of the whip with the other.
"You dare to stop me!" Princess Yun Xi's face was distorted with anger. She tugged hard on the whip but couldn't pull it at all.
"Princess Yun Xi, you should know that even the princes and princesses of our Great Zhou wouldn't dare to casually attack innocent commoners." Bai Zheng said coldly.
"How dare you insult this princess! Today, this princess must teach these scoundrels a good lesson on behalf of your Eastern Zhou's Emperor!" Princess Yun Xi gritted her teeth and said.
There was coldness in Bai Zheng's eyes and brows. "The common people of our Great Zhou will never be despised by a princess from the Western Liang."
"You scoundrels!" Princess Yun Xi couldn't move her hand, and in her anger, she cursed without regard for her image. "The Eastern Zhou is full of scoundrels!"
At this time, the crowd, who had been silenced by the whip, gradually came to their senses.
Hearing Princess Yun Xi's scolding, they were even more outraged, and their scolding of the princess never stopped.
The conflict intensified.
"Smack!"
I don't know who threw a few pieces of rotten vegetables at Princess Yun Xi first.
Qing Shao immediately deftly let go of the whip and hid beside Bai Zheng.
"Ah!" Princess Yun Xi screamed. Before she could brush off the disgusting vegetables on her body, something white and cold was thrown at her forehead.
It was tofu.
Immediately afterwards, stinky eggs, rotten vegetables, those things commonly used to throw at criminals, were picked up by the angry commoners and thrown at the young girl who was now tightly surrounded by the guards, who used their bodies as a human wall to protect her.
For a moment, the scolding, screaming, and the sound of things being thrown were continuous, and it was in complete chaos in front of the Xinrui Restaurant.
In the chaos, no one noticed that the young girl who had just confronted Princess Yun Xi righteously had quietly slipped out of the crowd and left.
Although the personal guards of Princess Yun Xi all wore swords, they didn't have the courage to act recklessly like the princess.
After all, they were on foreign territory. Facing unarmed commoners, if blood was shed, they might only bring trouble upon themselves.
So they could only defend against the commoners' attacks and not fight back. They used the scabbards to block and barely protected the princess to break through a gap and flee in a hurry.
Covered in egg yolk, bean curd residue, and vegetables, they didn't know how long they had run before finally getting rid of the pursuing commoners.
Hiding by the roadside and gasping for breath, it took Princess Yun Xi a long time to come to her senses. Only then did she find that she was in a complete mess, and she was instantly ashamed and angry.
She roared at the maid beside her, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and help this princess tidy up!"
"Yes, Your Highness Princess." The maid replied repeatedly and quickly carefully wiped the stains off her face.
"Where's the carriage?" After the disgusting sticky feeling on her face was wiped off, Princess Yun Xi only then noticed that she was standing on a strange street, receiving strange looks from the occasional passers - by.
They had fled too quickly before and didn't have time to look at the direction. At this moment, only the guards and maids who had been around her were with her, and the carriage was nowhere to be found.
A guard beside her had just wiped his face. Hearing the question, he quickly knelt down and replied, "Your Highness Princess, please wait a moment. This servant will immediately send someone to look for the carriage."
"Hurry up!"
Just as Princess Yun Xi was about to urge him, she heard a young girl's surprised exclamation not far away.
"Oh my god! What happened to that girl?"
Then came another relatively gentle voice of a woman. "Don't be rude."
Princess Yun Xi was stunned for a moment, and then realized that they were talking about herself. She immediately lowered her head and turned around in fright.
But the voices didn't disappear politely because of her actions. Instead, they got closer and closer until they rang in her ear.
"Are you okay? Are you injured?"