Yi Zhici had never been able to hold back her temper. Moreover, this young man had stepped on every one of her sore spots with his words. She was about to rush out and beat him up. "You'll have to crawl on the ground and beg for mercy from me today..."
But before Yi Zhici could finish her words, Lin Yuan, who had just been beside her, had already engaged in a fight with the young man. Every move and every punch landed solidly.
Yi Zhici was stunned, and so were all the people around her.
The young man was unable to dodge in time and was at a disadvantage from the very beginning. He failed to turn the situation around later. In just half a cup of tea's time, he was subdued by Lin Yuan and was on the verge of kneeling on the ground.
Lin Yuan lowered his head. "It seems that you can't even beat the princess's gigolo. You're really useless." Every word was clearly heard by everyone.
Yi Zhici's cheeks flushed again. Lin Yuan said he was her gigolo... gigolo... gigolo... The words echoed like a demonic voice in Yi Zhici's mind over and over again.
The young girl just now seemed to want to go up and help, but she couldn't get in the way while the two were fighting. After the fight, she was restrained by Yan Sijin and stood aside. The girl's situation wasn't much better either. Even her cloak had fallen to the ground.
But compared to the young man's situation, the girl was already fortunate.
The young man seemed annoyed. "You're despicable! You attacked me by surprise!"
Lin Yuan smiled disdainfully. "I attacked you right in front of you. Where's the surprise attack? Besides, so what if it was a surprise attack? Don't you know that all's fair in war?"
The young man turned his head away, looking quite annoyed.
But Lin Yuan ignored him and kicked the young man on the back. The young man fell to the ground in a very embarrassing manner.
"Beg for the princess's mercy."
The young man kept silent.
In public, with all the noble young masters around, even if their identities weren't extremely noble, and there were just a group of commoners watching on the side, it would still be very embarrassing. Moreover, this young man seemed to value his face more than anything else.
Lin Yuan squatted down. "Go and beg for the princess's mercy. We'll let it go today. If you keep being stubborn, you won't get any good."
After a long silence, "Please forgive me this time, princess!" The words were almost squeezed out between his teeth.
... Now, it seemed that he was really crawling on the ground to beg for Yi Zhici's mercy, which coincided exactly with the bold words Yi Zhici had blurted out just now.
Although when Yi Zhici had blurted out those words without thinking, she hadn't expected to really beat this young man to the ground.
The young girl was about to cry. "Brother!"
Lin Yuan smiled. "That's right. Don't let there be a next time." After saying that, he turned around and left the young man's side, standing in the corner as if nothing had happened.
Only then did everyone come to their senses from the shock. In just a short moment of one incense stick burning, even though the young man was articulate and never gave in easily, he finally bowed his head in front of Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan... turned out to be the most difficult one to provoke!
Yi Zhici was very magnanimous. She waved her hand and said, "It's okay. Just don't always mention the matter of the princess's gigolo. You're not qualified."
Everyone: "..."
This was completely a sign of contempt! One of them was ruthless with his hands and the other was ruthless with her words. Although they looked as pure as the bright moon and as gentle as the clear breeze, they were actually both difficult to deal with.
Gu Jing coughed. "This... uh, may I ask who you are and what your business is here?"
Gu Weifeng, who had come to the imperial garden at some unknown time, finally spoke up. "Oh, why is the young master of the northwest in such a sorry state? Why doesn't someone help the young master up?" His words seemed to be protecting the young man, but his tone was calm and unhurried, as if he was just giving an order about what to eat today.
Gu Jing quickly told the guards to help the young man up.
Now Yi Zhici knew that this arrogant young man was the legendary young master of the northwest of Fanguo, Qin Zhikui, and the young girl beside him should be the princess of the northwest, Qin Yin.
Although Gu Weifeng's political stance was not yet clear, his calm attitude towards Qin Zhikui at this moment said it all. It seemed that this young master hadn't restrained his arrogance when he went to see the emperor earlier.
In the past few years, Fanguo had developed quite well. Especially during the years when Gu Weifeng was seizing the throne, it had secretly accumulated a lot of strength. The strength of Fanguo could already be comparable to that of Guyue. The arrogance of Qin Zhikui also indicated something.
Gu Weifeng smiled as if nothing had happened. He said to Gu Jing, "In a few days, there will be an autumn hunting. The young master and the princess of the northwest, as well as Princess Qingping, will all go. First, arrange for the younger generation to stay in the palace. You should think about the matters regarding the younger generation's hunting."
Gu Jing replied, "Yes."