"You killed their horses!"
Wen Huan repeated again. Her voice sounded extremely righteous, so righteous that... even Chu Qing couldn't help but tremble.
Well...
Those horses might really have been accidentally... killed with one blow by them.
Thinking about it this way, what they did was indeed a bit excessive...
But Bearded Flower and his gang stood there in a daze.
What did that little girl just say?
The Prince of Ning?
The Princess Consort of Ning?
Was it the invincible Prince of Ning from the Great Yan Kingdom?
Bearded Flower caught his breath, then suddenly lunged forward, hugging Wei Ying's leg again. With tears in his eyes, he said, "Your Highness, the Prince of Ning!"
Wei Ying felt a bit uncomfortable and shook his leg, but found that he couldn't shake off Bearded Flower. He coughed awkwardly a few times and then said:
"I will compensate you for those horses in full."
Bearded Flower shook his head sobbingly, looking as if he had a hard time speaking out.
This made Wen Huan even angrier. She raised her shrill voice and continued shouting, "Your Highness, the Prince of Ning! Look at how you've bullied them!"
Wei Ying's expression darkened.
When had he ever been accused like this?
Chu Qing also frowned. After thinking for a while, she was about to speak.
But Bearded Flower suddenly turned his head and glared at Wen Huan fiercely. He said, "What do you know, little girl! His Highness, the Prince of Ning, is as kind as a Bodhisattva. He saw that my brothers hadn't eaten for a long time and were reluctant to kill the horses. He put himself in the spotlight just to help us!" After saying that, he let out a wail and continued to praise Wei Ying.
Wen Huan stood there with her mouth open in shock.
She was actually...
Speechless!
Wen Yi, who had been silent all this time, pulled Wen Huan behind him when he saw this. With a complicated look on his face, he said to Bearded Flower, "Are you sure... well... you haven't been bullied?"
Bearded Flower was crying vigorously while hugging Wei Ying's leg. When he heard someone still nagging there, he let go of his hand around Wei Ying's leg, stood up, and walked up to the person.
"I said, boy, do you wish someone would bully me? Let me say it one last time. No one has bullied me!"
"Then why are you black and blue, and... your brothers are all lying on the ground!" Wen Huan pouted and continued.
After she finished speaking, all the people who were lying or crawling on the ground stood up in a flash.
Chu Qing was shocked.
This...
They were just lying on the ground pitifully, but now, they all stood up as soon as they said so?
Chu Qing knew the strength of her own attack clearly. Although she didn't intend to kill them, she still used a bit too much force...
But these bandits recovered so quickly?
This...
Maybe seeing the surprise on Chu Qing's face, Bearded Flower leaned over to her and whispered in a deliberately low voice, "Princess Consort of Ning, my brothers are used to getting beaten."
Um...
Chu Qing couldn't help but twitch her eyebrows.
And Wen Huan was already speechless.
Fine! She was kind - hearted and wanted to vent their anger, but these fools seemed to be bewitched by the Prince and Princess Consort of Ning.
Nan Gongjin looked at the siblings Wen Yi and Wen Huan, then at the couple Chu Qing and Wei Ying. After thinking for a while, he dismounted his horse, bowed to them, and said, "It's all a misunderstanding. Please, Your Highness, the Prince and Princess Consort of Ning, be magnanimous."
Chu Qing didn't think much of it because she could feel that Wen Huan really thought their subjects had been bullied.
And Wei Ying just looked indifferent and said nothing.
Nan Gongjin continued, "May I ask where the Prince and Princess Consort of Ning are going?"
Seeing that the young master was so amiable, Chu Qing didn't want to give him a cold shoulder. So she smiled and replied, "The princess and the Prince of Ning are going to your capital city."
"Are you going to enter the palace?"
Seeing that Wei Ying didn't object to her words, Chu Qing replied, "Yes."
"Then why don't we go together? It'll be good to have someone to look after each other on the way!" Nan Gongjin curved his eyes and said with a smile.
Wei Ying glanced at him sideways and was about to refuse when Bearded Flower suddenly interrupted, "Your Highness, the Prince of Ning! If you don't mind, please stay in our stockade for one night today! The sky seems a bit gloomy. It might rain later."
Chu Qing looked up at the sky. Sure enough, at some point, the sky had become overcast. The wind was blowing intermittently. It really seemed like it was going to rain.
Wei Ying looked at Chu Qing. After thinking for a moment, he nodded in agreement.
When Bearded Flower saw that the other party had agreed, he instantly blushed with excitement.
The smile on Nan Gongjin's face was still bright. "Then we'll have to trouble this big brother."
"What?" Bearded Flower turned his head and frowned.
"Huh?" Nan Gongjin was a bit surprised.
Bearded Flower continued to frown and looked at Nan Gongjin with a look of disgust. Then he looked at the man and woman not far away and said, "Don't you think I'll take you guys back too? God! I don't think you're good people..."
Chu Qing subconsciously pulled him and then said with a complicated look on her face, "The two beside you are a prince and a princess of your Dongyi. And the one in front of you is the young master of the Nan Gong family."
Hearing this, Nan Gongjin smiled and bowed to Bearded Flower.
"Um..." Bearded Flower wanted to cry.
What kind of good luck did he have today?
Not only did he meet the Prince of Ning from the Great Yan Kingdom, but he also met the prince and princess of their Dongyi!
If he had known, he would have tidied himself up properly before going out today!
Thinking of this, Bearded Flower grinned and smiled shyly. Then he stammered, "That... I... ah, crap... I was blind and didn't recognize the great people. I didn't know that the prince, the princess, and the Nan... Nan..."
"Nan Gong," Nan Gongjin reminded him gently with a smile.
"Ah, and Young Master Nan Gong. You all... well... coming to our humble stockade is really your... ah, crap... our honor! If you guys don't mind, please come back with me!"
Hearing the other person's incoherence, Nan Gongjin smiled even more gently.
But this time, he didn't make the decision directly. Instead, he turned to look at Wen Yi and Wen Huan.
Wen Huan beside him snorted and didn't say a word.
Wen Yi looked up at the sky and then nodded.
Just like this, they followed Bearded Flower towards the back of the mountain.
Wen Huan was riding on her horse. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something. She tilted her head and shouted to Bearded Flower who was leading the way in the front:
"By the way, we haven't asked yet. What do you do? You even have a stockade?"
After hearing this, Wen Yi looked at his sister like she was a fool.
Right... she had been spoiled since childhood, so naturally, she didn't know what a mountain stockade was.
And when Bearded Flower heard the princess's question, his expression was a bit complicated.
Shy, yet somehow proud?
"Answer to the little princess! We! We're the bandits here!"