Hong Yu had reached his breaking point!
Over the past ten-plus days, he and Little Feng had traveled together all the way from the Fengyue Kingdom to Qin Royal City.
Throughout their journey, Little Feng had taken ticulous care of Hong Yu's every need.
Little Feng's good behavior, his maturity, and his devotion to his mother had all made Hong Yu genuinely grow fond of the little guy. If it weren't for that, he would have taken off to handle his own business long ago, right after handing Little Feng over to Beichen Tianshuang.
But now...
The lovable and well-behaved Little Feng was being tornted like this by an old crone?
How could he possibly stand by and watch?
"You damn slave! Little Feng is the Young Master of the Beichen Family. Who do you think you are to touch him so casually? Let him go!"
A sharp gust of force swirled in Hong Yu's palm.
With a crisp SMACK, a strike of precisely controlled Elental Power landed on the back of the old woman's hand.
The old woman shrieked in pain and released her grip on Little Feng.
Staring at Hong Yu with a mixture of shock and fury, the old woman raged, "What the hell are you? How dare you use martial force in the Beichen Mansion! That's showing utter contempt for the Beichen Family! Believe it or not, I'll have the guards co over, cripple you, and throw you out!"
"Granny, Brother Hongyu didn't an to. I'll apologize to you on his behalf. Please don't be angry."
Little Feng, terrified the old woman would actually call the guards to cripple Hong Yu, ignored the stinging pain on his little face. He bowed to the old crone and apologized, his clear, childlike voice tinged with grievance.
Beichen Tianshuang also furrowed her brow. "Granny Hua, that's enough!"
Logically speaking, given the status of Beichen Tianshuang and Little Feng, when they spoke, a vicious old crone like her, a re house servant, should have shown her masters so respect.
But as it happened, this Granny Hua wasn't originally from the Beichen Mansion.
She was an old servant of the Wang Family, the wet nurse of the Beichen Family's current matriarch, Wang Fei. She had co to the Beichen Family when Wang Fei married into it.
Ostensibly, she was there to take care of Wang Fei. In reality, backed by the Wang Family, Granny Hua had always run rampant in the Beichen Family, cruelly tornting anyone who displeased Wang Fei.
Even Beichen Tianshuang, the family's Young Miss, had suffered at her hands many tis.
She was unforgiving, insidious, and cunning!
This was the universal opinion of Granny Hua throughout the entire Beichen Family.
She gave Little Feng and Beichen Tianshuang a cold look, the wrinkles carved by ti trembling slightly. In a voice so shrill it grated on the ears, she began to wail, "Soone, co quick! Co and judge this for an old woman like ! Look at this Beichen Tianshuang! The great Young Miss of the Beichen Family, siding with an outsider..."
"Look at the little beast she brought back! He's willful and disobedient, and he used vicious words to provoke this old woman! And look at this country bumpkin, attacking a defenseless old lady like ! Look what he's done to my hand! My bones are shattered! Soone, co quick! Uphold justice!"
The corner of Hong Yu's eye twitched. "..."
It was only now that he finally understood that so people could truly elevate shalessness to an art form.
"Granny, please, I'm begging you, don't let them take Brother Hongyu..."
Little Feng panicked. He trotted forward, grabbed the old crone's sleeve, and tugged at it.
Granny Hua's face twisted into a ferocious scowl. Her gaze swept over Little Feng with disgust as she raised her hand and slapped him across the face. "This old lady's clothes cost several hundred Gold Coins! If a little bastard like you gets them dirty, can you afford to pay for it?"
Little Feng was only seven or eight years old. Compounded by a past of poverty and hardship living with Bai Wanting, he was malnourished, making his body extrely thin and frail.
Under the full force of Granny Hua's slap, he was sent flying.
Two broken teeth flew from his mouth, and his body was about to crash to the ground.
"Little Feng..."
Hong Yu and Beichen Tianshuang both cried out in alarm, lunging forward at the sa ti. In the end, Hong Yu was a step faster and caught Little Feng, preventing him from hitting the ground.
Half of Little Feng's face was already badly swollen, and there was blood at the corner of his lips. It was a heart-wrenching sight.
Hong Yu asked anxiously, "Little Feng, are you alright?"
Little Feng shook his head and forced a smile. "Brother, don't worry. I'm fine." But the movent aggravated the injury on his face, and his delicate brows tightened involuntarily.
Hong Yu's gaze suddenly darkened, and another wave of fury surged in his chest.
Beichen Tianshuang looked at Little Feng with a worried expression. Noticing the fury blazing in Hong Yu's eyes, she couldn't help but whisper a reminder, "Hong Yu, calm down. Granny Hua isn't just backed by my sister-in-law; she also has the Wang Family, one of the four great families of the Royal Capital, behind her. You absolutely cannot harm her..."
Hong Yu didn't say a word.
He handed Little Feng to Beichen Tianshuang and took a deep breath. "Do you know why you, the Young Miss of the Beichen Family, have so little standing?"
Beichen Tianshuang held Little Feng and looked at Hong Yu blankly.
Hong Yu said coolly, "You can make a Prince utterly devoted to you because you were ruthless enough to reject him. But when it cos to the people of the Beichen Family, you're never willing to fight them. People take advantage of the kind, just as anyone will ride a docile horse. To deal with wicked people, you have to be worse, more vicious, and more thorough than they are! Otherwise, you'll forever be trampled under their feet!"
Beichen Tianshuang trembled, stunned into silence.
Saying no more, Hong Yu walked toward Granny Hua.
Granny Hua's expression stiffened. Baring her teeth like a vicious dog, she shrieked incessantly in her shrill, ear-piercing voice, "Y-You, don't co any closer! Do you know what this place is? This is the Beichen Mansion! My mistress is the wife of the Beichen Patriarch! If you dare harm , she will never let you go..."
Hong Yu didn't answer her at all. He simply raised his hand and slapped her.
SLAP!
The vicious old crone's face froze as she was sent flying backward.
A spray of blood containing a broken tooth erupted from her mouth.
Hong Yu said coolly, "This slap is to make you understand that a servant should know a servant's place. How the masters fight amongst themselves is their business. Beichen Tianshuang is, and always will be, your master. You don't even have the most basic respect for her, so you deserved that!"
"Y-You dare to hit ? You're dead! I..."
The old crone glared venomously at Hong Yu, pointing a trembling finger at him as she scread curses.
A cold glint flashed in Hong Yu's eyes.
"AH!"
The old crone shrieked.
Her finger had been forcefully snapped backward, and she clutched it, screaming repeatedly.
Hong Yu said with an indifferent expression, "That one was from . I'm a guest invited by Beichen Tianshuang, and what's more, I'm a friend of Beichen Feng. They are both your masters, which makes an honored guest of the Beichen Family. For a servant to not even warmly welco an honored guest is already a great disrespect to your masters, yet you provoked again and again. That's a direct insult to a guest. So, you deserved that!"
SLAP!
Another slap, and the old crone spat out another broken tooth.
Both sides of her face were now red and swollen. Most of the anger and arrogance in her eyes was gone, replaced by fear and venom.
"Look at you. Still giving that look even now."
Hong Yu shook his head. "You knew full well that Little Feng is the Patriarch's child, the Young Master of the Beichen Family. Yet not only did you fail to show him proper respect, you overtly and covertly abused him physically, and you repeatedly called him a 'little bastard'. This is a case of a subordinate offending a superior, a wicked servant bullying her master."
"Tell , do you deserve a beating or not?"
Hong Yu looked at her.
Granny Hua frantically shook her head.
Hong Yu sighed. "Still don't realize you're wrong?" With one slap, he sent another of her teeth flying.
Granny Hua frantically nodded her head.
Hong Yu shook his head again. "So you know you deserve a beating. That proves you admit you were wrong. This slap is for Little Feng!"
SLAP!
A look of terror appeared on Granny Hua's face; there was no longer any trace of venom in her eyes, only fear. Still, she couldn't block the slap and was sent flying once more.
This ti, it wasn't one or two broken teeth that flew from her mouth, but a whole mouthful.
Granny Hua crashed heavily to the ground and passed out.
Just then...
So of the Beichen Mansion's guards, drawn by Granny Hua's screams, arrived just in ti to see Hong Yu send her flying. They flew into a rage, raised their weapons, and charged at Hong Yu.
"Daring scoundrel! How dare you cause trouble in the Beichen Mansion! You're courting death!"
"This fiend knocked out Granny Hua! Seize him at once and hand him over to the Madam for punishnt!"
The guards drew their weapons, nacingly surrounding Hong Yu.
Hong Yu didn't move.
Beichen Tianshuang opened her mouth to speak, but seeing the guards nacingly ignore her, a trace of dejection appeared on the face that had enchanted countless n in the Royal Capital.
Little Feng tugged on her clothes. "Auntie..."
Beichen Tianshuang froze.
She looked at Little Feng's badly swollen face and recalled what Hong Yu had just said.
Her eyes gradually grew resolute as she thought to herself, 'He's right. If I don't even have the determination to put my own family in order, how can I talk about protecting Little Feng in the future? How can I talk about revitalizing the Beichen Family?'
At this thought, Beichen Tianshuang's entire deanor underwent a dramatic change.
To her usual cool detachnt was added a lofty pride. Her aloof aura, combined with her stunning beauty, created an air that made people afraid to look her in the eye. Her crisp voice, now laced with a calm indifference, rang out, "Mister Hong Yu is an honored guest whom I personally invited. Are you trying to rebel?"
A guard captain said nonchalantly, "Young Miss, this 'honored guest' of yours is no good man! Look what he did to Granny Hua. If we don't deal with him, how are we supposed to answer to the Madam?"
As he spoke, he ordered his n to attack Hong Yu.
The other guards also acted with impunity.
After all, when dealing with her own family mbers, Beichen Tianshuang had always been submissive!
But this ti, they had clearly miscalculated!
Beichen Tianshuang's figure flashed, and she instantly appeared before the guard captain, kicking out fiercely. Beichen Tianshuang's power was astonishing—she was already a Celestial Soul Realm expert. The captain was rely at the Mid-stage Earth Soul Realm. How could he possibly be her opponent?
A single kick sent the guard captain flying over eighty feet.
He flew from one courtyard clear across to the next.
Her cold eyes glinted as she looked at the remaining guards. "Out of my way."
"Y-Young Miss, w-we're the Madam's n..."
SLAP!
Before the man could finish his sentence, Beichen Tianshuang slapped him, sending him flying.
She looked at the crowd coldly. "You all better rember this. From this day forward, besides the Madam, the Beichen Family also has a Young Miss and a Young Master. If anyone dares to forget their place and offend their superiors again, don't bla for being rciless!"
Beichen Tianshuang snorted coldly, then turned and walked toward the inner courtyard, holding Little Feng.
Hong Yu followed, his hands clasped behind his head.
A few guards still wanted to block them.
Beichen Tianshuang swept one of them with a cold glance. "You want to oppose too?"
"N-No, I wouldn't dare..."
The guard could only step aside.
Hong Yu grinned and followed after Beichen Tianshuang.
Watching the three of them disappear around the corner, the guards exchanged a look...
"Hurry and report to the Madam!"
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