After A Ru sat down, the others got up gingerly. They automatically left a three - meter radius around A Ru and then resumed their previous activities with relief.
The wife of the Regent - Assistant was extremely precious. They dared not provoke her.
Madam Zheng also feared the wife of the Regent - Assistant. Since the wife was pregnant, she was not someone Madam Zheng could afford to offend. After the noise in the main hall grew louder, Madam Zheng glared angrily at Madam Shen.
"Madam Shen, if you don't give me an explanation today, this matter won't end here!" If Madam Shen apologized and gave her the compensation she wanted, she would forgive Madam Shen for the slap earlier.
"Sure, I wasn't planning to let this matter slide either." Madam Shen retorted without showing any weakness. Madam Zheng clearly bullied the weak and feared the strong.
"You..." Madam Zheng didn't expect Madam Shen to be so unyielding. She completely ignored the slap she had given earlier. Then she turned to glare venomously at Mu Fengqie. "It's all your fault, you little slut. If you don't give me an explanation today, I won't spare you!"
She couldn't afford to provoke Madam Shen, but could she not deal with this girl without a background? She must ruin this girl's reputation today. Ideally, in the end, the Marquis of Zhongning would be disappointed in her, so that her daughter would have a chance.
Madam Zheng's voice was so loud that everyone looked over. A Ru was also attracted by the noise and turned to look. As soon as she turned her head, her eyes lit up.
The little maid beside her was very observant. She helped their princess up and steadily supported A Ru over. Just as she walked up to Mu Fengqie and before she could say anything, a slap came down.
"You slut!" Madam Zheng used all her strength. She originally wanted to disfigure Mu Fengqie's face, but she didn't expect the wife of the Regent - Assistant to come over. She couldn't retract her hand in time, and the slap landed on A Ru's face. If it weren't for the strong - armed little maid following her, A Ru might have already fallen to the ground, and the child in her womb...
Mu Fengqie was startled by this turn of events. She originally had a way to deal with Madam Zheng's slap, but she didn't see A Ru coming. By the time she reacted, it was too late to stop it.
"Ah!!" A Ru was slapped into the little maid's arms. Her face stung. She originally wanted to come over to find her elder sister, but she didn't expect this person to suddenly attack.
As soon as Madam Zheng realized she had hit the wrong person, she panicked. Her face turned deathly pale, and she immediately knelt on the ground. "Princess, please spare my life. I didn't know you would come over."
So it wasn't her fault. Who asked the wife of the Regent - Assistant to come over suddenly? It could only be considered an accidental injury.
Mu Fengqie didn't care about anything else. She directly took A Ru out of the little maid's arms. "Hurry up and find your prince!" Mu Fengqie first felt A Ru's pulse. After confirming that there was no problem, she gently removed the hand A Ru had covering her face.
When Mu Fengqie saw A Ru's face, she was enraged. Half of A Ru's face was swollen, even bigger than a bun.
Everyone in the main hall was shocked when they saw this scene. Especially Lord Zheng. He didn't expect that while he was chatting with others, his wife would cause such a big problem. Cold sweat kept breaking out on his forehead. There were only two words in his mind: it's over.
Tears welled up in A Ru's eyes. She had never been hit since childhood. Being slapped like this all of a sudden, A Ru couldn't accept it. "It hurts..."
When A Ru said these two words, the corner of her mouth also hurt badly. It seemed that the corner of her mouth was split.
"A Ru, don't be afraid. Your elder sister is here. It will stop hurting soon." Mu Fengqie took out the ointment she carried with her and gently applied it to A Ru's face. It was cool, and it quickly relieved the burning pain on A Ru's face.
"You little slut, do you know how noble the wife of the Regent - Assistant is? The imperial physician hasn't come yet, and you dare to use random medicine on the princess. Can you bear the consequences if something goes wrong?" Madam Zheng blocked Mu Fengqie and scolded her, as if she had forgotten who had caused the wife of the Regent - Assistant to be in this state.
"Presumptuous! Someone, arrest this woman for this princess. Keep a good eye on her until the Regent - Assistant comes." Mu Fengqie looked at this unrelenting woman with annoyance in her eyes. She had hit A Ru and still had the nerve to talk here.
When Madam Zheng heard Mu Fengqie call herself a princess, she was stunned. She didn't expect this person to be a princess. The royal princesses usually appeared last. If this person claimed to be a princess, then she could only be... Princess Tianlin.
Madam Zheng didn't expect that she had offended two people today. No, three people: Princess Tianlin, the wife of the Regent - Assistant, and Madam Shen...
Damn it! It was all Madam Shen's fault for not telling her Mu Fengqie's identity. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so rude to Mu Fengqie. Now it was all over. If she got out of this unscathed today, she would never let Madam Shen go.
Lord Zheng was almost furious when Madam Zheng spoke again. This brainless woman! No matter who used what medicine, if something went wrong, they could just shift the blame onto that person. Now it was fine. They were waiting for the blame from the Regent - Assistant.
Yuan Yuhan had already finished talking with the emperor. He was walking towards the main hall with Jing Xunchi when suddenly a little maid rushed over and bumped into Yuan Yuhan.
"Presumptuous! What a mess you're in!" When Yuan Yuhan saw the little maid's face clearly, he got even angrier. This was the maid he had left by A Ru's side. Why was she here?
"Why are you here? Where's the princess?" Yuan Yuhan looked at the little maid who had suddenly knelt on the ground and asked.
"Back to the prince, the princess was beaten. Princess Tianlin sent this maid to find you." The little maid trembled as she spoke. The prince had told her to take good care of the princess when he left, but unexpectedly, the princess had been slapped right under her nose.
If she could get out of this, she would never let the person who beat their princess go.
When Yuan Yuhan heard that A Ru had been beaten, he didn't care about anything else. He directly used his light - body skill and flew over. When Yuan Yuhan arrived, Mu Fengqie was applying medicine to A Ru. There was also a woman kneeling in front of them. Yuan Yuhan didn't care about the kneeling woman for the time being. He directly rushed to A Ru's side and gently lifted her face.
When he saw the injury on A Ru's face clearly, he was enraged...