After Mu Xingrou heard what Mu Fengqie said, her face contorted with anger. But in an instant, she transformed into a pitiful damsel.
"Sister knows you have grievances against the family, little sister. But sister truly cares about you. Back then when you got involved with this man, Mother didn't do anything to you. Instead, she endured the pressure and allowed you two to be together.
All these years have passed, and this man is still just a guard. Although you're a princess, it's no use if your man has no prospects. What future can you have with him?
You'd better take sister's advice and leave him quickly. Sister has made acquaintance with many nobles in the capital recently. I'm sure I can find a good match for you."
Mu Xingrou was here putting on a show of sisterly affection, but everyone present looked on with amusement as she staged the whole drama all by herself.
The young Master Wang beside Mu Xingrou was stunned as soon as he heard Mu Xingrou call Mu Fengqie "little sister". After hearing what Mu Xingrou said, he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Since Mu Xingrou had been living in the manor outside the capital and didn't pay attention to the outside world, focusing all her attention on Master Wang, she had no idea about Mu Fengqie and Jing Xunche's identities.
She didn't know, but Master Wang did. He never expected that Mu Xingrou actually knew the princess of Tianlin Kingdom, and the relationship between the princess of Tianlin Kingdom and the Marquis of Zhongning seemed quite close.
He tried hard to give Mu Xingrou meaningful looks, but Mu Xingrou was so immersed in her fantasy that she didn't notice. Even if she had noticed, she wouldn't have cared.
"I really didn't expect you to be so thick - skinned. You've made acquaintance with many nobles in the capital? Who introduced them to you? Was it the Third Prince back then or the Master Wang standing beside you now?"
Mu Fengqie had given Mu Xingrou a chance, but she didn't seize it. Instead, she became even more insolent. It seemed that after a few years of peaceful life, Mu Xingrou had forgotten how hard her previous life was.
"You... Of course, it was Master Wang who introduced them to me. Little sister, you'd better not talk nonsense. After all, slandering the royal family is a beheading offense."
Master Wang beside her couldn't stand it any longer and wanted to take Mu Xingrou away.
"Rourou, stop talking. Let's leave here." Everyone sitting here was a big shot. He couldn't afford to offend any of them.
"What are you afraid of? I'm her elder sister. What can she do to me?" Mu Xingrou looked at Mu Fengqie confidently, but the slap in the face came as violently as a storm.
"Don't even think about what I'll do to you. Even if I were to have you killed right now, no one would dare to say a word against it!"
"You're just joking. I'm Master Wang's woman now. Do you dare to touch me? Do you really think you're so fearless just because you're a princess? It's so ridiculous. Go ahead and try. Let's see if the emperor will offend the powerful families for an adopted princess like you!"
Mu Xingrou looked at Mu Fengqie haughtily. She hadn't been idle in the manor all these years. Before Master Wang came, she had learned how to get along with people in the capital.
Master Wang had specially invited a tutor for her, and she had learned a lot. She had also read a lot of things from books, but she just copied them blindly without understanding the real - world power changes.
She had read in a book that the person in power wouldn't offend the powerful families for an out - of - favor princess, let alone an adopted princess like Mu Fengqie.
So when she looked at Mu Fengqie confidently, Mu Fengqie burst out laughing, a mocking laugh. Even Yuan Yuhan and the others beside her couldn't help laughing.
This woman probably had no idea about the current situation outside. If she had, she would never have said such a thing.
"Mu Xingrou, stop talking. She's the princess of Tianlin Kingdom." Master Wang couldn't bear to lose face with her any longer and couldn't help reminding her.
"How is that possible? How can she be the princess of Tianlin Kingdom? Are the emperors of Tianlin Kingdom blind? How could they let someone like Mu Fengqie be a princess!"
These words enraged the four people here. Tianlin Kingdom was A Ru's motherland, Yuan Yuhan's wife's family, Mu Fengqie's uncle's country, and the family of the woman Jing Xunche was chasing. So as soon as they heard Mu Xingrou insulting the emperor of Tianlin Kingdom, the four of them immediately darkened their faces.
"Come here. Slap her mouth for this king. Since she can't speak properly, this king will take the trouble to teach her how to speak." As soon as he finished speaking, a man suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
The man walked up to Mu Xingrou and slapped her. Since he had been practicing martial arts all year round and showed no mercy to Mu Xingrou, this slap made half of Mu Xingrou's body stagger, and half of her face quickly swelled up.
But the suddenly - appeared man didn't stop. He kept slapping Mu Xingrou one after another.
At this moment, this man was also a little scared. He wasn't afraid of Master Wang behind Mu Xingrou, but their princess. Now that the princess was pregnant, her temper was unpredictable.
Even the king didn't dare to go against the princess (although he never dared before). Now this woman had directly insulted the princess's father. If he couldn't calm the princess down, there would probably be another commotion when they got back to the mansion.
By then, no one in their mansion would be able to have peace. Thinking of this, the secret guard slapped even harder, not treating Mu Xingrou like a woman at all.
"Stop." A Ru saw that it was almost enough, and she felt a little better.
As soon as the secret guard heard their princess call to stop, he immediately stopped and stood aside respectfully, waiting for the next order.
When the secret guard was slapping Mu Xingrou just now, he grabbed her collar to prevent her from falling. Now that the supporting force suddenly withdrew, she fell to the ground all at once.
The secret guard slapped very skillfully. It could make people feel pain without making them faint. This was simply the best way to torture someone. Mu Xingrou tried to faint several times but failed.
Now she was lying on the ground in a mess, looking at Mu Fengqie and the others with venomous eyes.
"Do you know why you were beaten? You shouldn't have insulted Tianlin Kingdom. That's this princess's father and this princess's country. Why are you so mouthy?" Yuan Yuhan supported A Ru and walked up to Mu Xingrou.
Now A Ru had a commanding presence. She was clearly a majestic princess.
"This king thinks she's not just mouthy but also brainless!" Yuan Yuhan's face was also gloomy. He supported A Ru lovingly. This damned woman had actually made A Ru angry.