"Miss!"
Saixing let out a shrill scream and rushed forward.
Ye Jueyao, Cao Sheng, and Zhou Hao all came to their senses at the same time and hurriedly surrounded Ye Xi to check her injuries.
"Xiaoxi, are you okay?"
"How is my sister?"
Cao Sheng and Ye Jueyao asked simultaneously, followed by Zhou Hao's panicked voice:
"Miss Ye, quickly, I'll take you to see a doctor."
The whispers around grew louder.
"Look at their so - called 'tacit understanding'. They're not as caring as an outsider like Young Master Zhou..."
"Okay? Blood is flowing so much, and they can even say that..."
"What a considerate and gentle sweetheart. It's just disgusting..."
Ye Jueyao and Cao Sheng blushed and paled in turn, but they couldn't refute.
Ye Xi's eyes were full of pain and despair. Tears slid down her cheeks, mixing with the bright red blood on her forehead, which made people's hearts ache.
Cao Sheng still wanted to defend himself and said anxiously:
"Xiaoxi, don't listen to their nonsense. Just now, because Miss Ye was closer to me, I just reacted instinctively..."
"Really!?" Saixing directly interrupted Cao Sheng, her face full of indignation. "I clearly saw that our miss was closer!"
"Saixing..." Ye Xi's voice was sad. "Stop talking. Let's go."
The others came up to help, but were angrily pushed away by Saixing.
Helpless, the group surrounded Ye Xi and walked towards the door. Unexpectedly, they bumped into Yi Yuan, who was standing upright in front of the door with a murderous look on his face.
Yi Yuan's expression was so terrifying that the noisy crowd instantly fell silent.
The blood on Ye Xi's face was really terrifying. Even though Yi Yuan was used to bloody scenes, he still couldn't help being shocked.
Trying his best to restrain his impulse to kill, Yi Yuan's voice became even colder and more terrifying:
"Gathering to fight and joining hands to bully the instructor of my Prince's Mansion. Very well. Mianxiao, take away all those involved."
"Yes."
Mianxiao waved his hand, and immediately the guards of the Prince's Mansion stepped forward and were about to arrest them.
They immediately panicked. Cao Sheng stepped forward and argued:
"There was no gathering to fight! And Xiaoxi is my fiancée. How could I bully her! Your Highness doesn't know the whole story. How can you arrest people casually?"
Then he pointed at Zhou Hao and said urgently:
"It's him! It was Zhou Hao who attacked and injured Xiaoxi! If Your Highness wants to punish someone, just arrest him."
Zhou Hao also panicked and shouted:
"Clearly, it was you who attacked first to protect Miss Ye, which led to this consequence. If you want to arrest someone, arrest you first!"
The two began to argue.
The killing intent in Yi Yuan's eyes spread. He unsheathed his long sword and quickly stabbed both Cao Sheng and Zhou Hao in their arms and legs.
"Ah!"
Cao Sheng and Zhou Hao let out shrill screams one after another. Their faces turned pale as they covered their wounds and retreated in fear, no longer daring to speak.
Ye Jueyao thought she had some status in Yi Yuan's heart. She thought that if she spoke, Yi Yuan would give her some face and she could show off a bit. So with tears in her eyes, she walked forward gracefully and choked:
"Your Highness..."
Yi Yuan walked straight past her without even giving her a side - glance.
The words that Ye Jueyao hadn't finished got stuck in her throat. She didn't know whether to continue or not.
Just as she was feeling embarrassed, Mianxiao unceremoniously pushed her from behind and said with a fake smile:
"Miss Ye, hurry up."
"You..." Ye Jueyao was almost furious. But then she saw Yi Yuan personally escorting Ye Xi out.
Although he still looked cold, the ice in his eyes had melted, and the suppressed heartache was real.
Her sharp fingernails dug deeply into her palm. Ye Jueyao murmured in disbelief:
"No... No... Ah!"
Ye Jueyao let out a startled cry when Mianxiao, who had been standing still for a while, unceremoniously pushed her again, much harder than before. She almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Tongyun beside her quickly caught her, so she didn't make an even bigger fool of herself.
Ye Jueyao secretly glanced at Lingyan who was hidden in the crowd. Lingyan raised her eyebrows, with obvious amusement in her eyes.
Mianxiao touched his nose to hide his smiling lips.
He knew this girl would be happy. Should he push her one more time?
However, Mianxiao's little plan didn't come true. Because Ye Jueyao was afraid that if she didn't leave quickly, Mianxiao would draw his sword, so she angrily followed the guards of the Prince's Mansion.
The farce was over.
Cao Sheng, Ye Jueyao and the others were sent to the prison of the Ministry of Justice on the charges of:
Gathering to fight and joining hands to bully the instructor of the Prince Yu'an's Mansion, causing serious injuries that endangered her life. Since she would be unable to teach the young heir for a long time, which would hinder the heir's future, they were suspected of trying to undermine the last hope of revitalizing the Prince's Mansion, the bloodline of the late Prince Chi Xuan.
After receiving Yi Yuan's message passed on by Mianxiao, Xie Huaiyue couldn't help but be astonished:
"How seriously injured is Miss Ye? Your Highness seems to be determined to make them pay."
Mianxiao looked serious:
"Anyway, it's very serious. Your Highness said it's getting late today, so there's no need to inform the families of these young ladies and gentlemen for the time being, lest the adults and ladies can't sleep well."
"And these young ladies and gentlemen are delicate. It will be their first time in prison, so they will surely suffer a great deal..."
Giving Xie Huaiyue a meaningful look, Mianxiao emphasized again:
"A great, great deal of suffering. Your Highness said that Lord Xie must take good care of them."
Xie Huaiyue almost rolled her eyes to the sky:
"It's easy for you to say. Let him come! I'll give my position as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice to your Highness!"
Mianxiao pretended not to hear, saluted, and then ran away in a hurry.
At the Prince Yu'an's Mansion -
"Hiss~ Be gentle, be gentle..."
Ye Xi's eyes were really teary this time.
Saixing complained discontentedly:
"Miss, you know it hurts now. But when you took the initiative to bump into it just now, I didn't see you hesitate."
That's right. Others didn't see it, but she clearly saw Ye Xi bump into it on her own. Lingyan had already caught it, but her own miss deliberately bumped into it.
"Alas... I had no other choice." Ye Xi quickly begged for mercy.
"I originally just wanted to provoke Ye Jueyao and wait until tomorrow to cause trouble at the State Uncle's Mansion. But then Zhou Hao came to me on his own. If I didn't take advantage of this opportunity, I'd be sorry for his timely appearance today."
"Humph!" Saixing ignored her. "But you shouldn't have bumped into your face! A woman's appearance is so important. You could have just pretended."
Saixing was still angry and hadn't been comforted yet when Yi Yuan also said coldly:
"Is this what you call 'keeping yourself safe'?"
Ye Xi blushed:
"It was an accident, just an accident. I didn't mean to hurt myself."
"Hehe~" Yi Yuan sneered. "Lingyan told me that the original position of those hairpins couldn't scratch your face. You quietly moved them when no one was paying attention."
Ye Xi: ...
Ye Xi looked at Lingyan in the corner, who was looking down at her nose and her nose at her heart, with grievance. Fake, all of Lingyan's affection was fake.
Yi Yuan was originally angry that Ye Xi acted so boldly without considering her own safety. But now seeing her frowning in pain and looking so aggrieved, the words of blame disappeared in his heart.
Letting out a soft sigh, Yi Yuan suddenly took a long step and sat down beside Ye Xi.
Leaning slightly closer, Yi Yuan's phoenix eyes were so deep that his emotions couldn't be seen:
"Don't do this again."