Lin Yuan frowned his handsome eyebrows and silently bandaged Yi Zhici's wound.
Yi Zhici turned to look at the young servant. "Are you okay?"
The young servant plopped down on his knees. "Thank you, Princess, for saving my life..."
Qin Ziyi rode her horse over. "Where's my roe deer? Didn't you fetch it?"
The young servant still knelt on the ground. "Sorry, Miss Qin. The roe deer ran away..."
"You've ruined my chance to come first. Can you take the responsibility?!" Qin Ziyi rolled her beautiful eyes. "You, go catch the roe deer for me. Run there."
In Yi Zhici's impression, Qin Ziyi didn't seem so annoying. Her impression of Qin Ziyi only remained from the time she went to Jin Yu Man Tang. Someone said that Qin Ziyi was the second among the aristocratic young ladies, seemingly on par with herself.
Yi Zhici said slowly, "Miss Qin, in your eyes, is it more important for you to come first or to save a life?"
Qin Ziyi's arrogant attitude softened a bit. "Oh, Princess Yuyang, why aren't you hunting? You have time to care about a hunting ground servant."
"I'm asking you. Is it more important to come first or to save a life?"
Maybe because Yi Zhici was usually seen as a carefree person, now that she was frowning in anger, she looked very imposing. Qin Ziyi's tone unconsciously weakened.
"He's just a hunting ground servant. How can he be compared with my coming first?" Qin Ziyi glared at the young servant. "Princess, you're making a mountain out of a molehill."
"Apologize to him," Yi Zhici said firmly.
Qin Ziyi turned her head away and had no intention of apologizing.
At this time, Wu Ya rode his horse over. It seemed that he was in the same group as Qin Ziyi, but he didn't say a word when he came, and his attitude was not clear.
Yi Zhici snorted. "Do you want to come first? You don't even see if the other person is willing. You're just wasting your efforts." When it came to provoking others, if Yi Zhici claimed to be the second, only Yi Junshi dared to claim to be the first. After all, she had learned this skill from Yi Junshi.
Qin Ziyi seemed to be hit on a sore spot. Her voice was shrill and high. "I said his life is not important. So what?! My father is the prefect. There are hundreds and thousands of servants like him in our mansion. What if one of them dies?!"
"Can the Princess Yuyang throw her weight around? Can the Princess Yuyang ignore the law and justice? Today, dare you touch me?!"
Qin Ziyi's shouting attracted several passing aristocratic youths, and the number of people around suddenly increased. After all, the two great beauties who ranked second among the aristocratic young ladies were very popular, and there were many people who admired them.
Gu Jing, Wei Ning, Wei Xing, Ye Cong'an, the Northwest Prince and Princess, and even Lian Qingping were all attracted by the large crowd.
Seeing that Yi Zhici was angry and Lin Yuan was also frowning unhappily, Wei Xing and Ye Cong'an were very sensible not to disturb them and went to ask Wu Ya for the answer instead.
Yi Zhici's voice was still calm, but she couldn't control her tears. She didn't cry often before because she wasn't really aggrieved during small squabbles.
When she was truly aggrieved, the tears would run out involuntarily.
Lin Yuan wiped her tears with his sleeve and coaxed her softly.
But the more he coaxed, the harder it was for her to control her tears. In front of those close to her, the grievance couldn't be hidden. All her armor, resistance, and disguise disappeared.
The aristocratic young men watching couldn't sit still. Such a pityful beauty shedding tears right in front of them, yet Lin Yuan could just sit there calmly wiping her tears? If it were them, wouldn't they have already held her in their arms and comforted her well?