How dare soone speak to him like this.
Prince Pu, flushed with anger, whipped his head around and glared sharply. To his surprise, the speaker turned out to be Situ Xueer, the eldest daughter of the General’s Mansion.
"It’s you?"
"What’s wrong? Is Prince Pu afraid of being caught doing sothing disgraceful?" Xuexue sneered. The Prince Pu’s Mansion may belong to the Imperial Kinsn, but for them to engage in such lowly actions in public is utterly contemptible.
"Miss Xueer, if you don’t know the full story, don’t rush to judgnt."
"Oh? There’s a story behind this, is there?"
"Naturally."
"Then I shall listen intently to see what justification Prince Pu has for losing his dignity and snatching a common girl in broad daylight."
"You..."
Xuexue’s repeated accusations of snatching a common girl provoked Prince Pu to near madness.
"What? No justification? Looks like the whole story was made up by Prince Pu himself."
The steward, seeing that the Prince was no match for Situ Xueer’s sharp tongue, hurriedly intervened: "Reason? Of course, there’s a reason. Their wolfhound nearly tore the Young Master apart. They couldn’t even afford to pay for dicinal expenses. Out of filial piety, Miss Zhang voluntarily went to the Prince Chu’s Mansion as a maid to pay off the debt. Our Prince never forced anyone."
Xuexue raised an eyebrow, her expression full of arrogance: "And who are you?"
The steward paused, then proudly declared, "I am the steward of Prince Pu’s Mansion."
By leveraging his title as the steward of Prince Pu’s Mansion, he had gained significant advantages outside and treated himself as the Master before common folks.
"A re servant dares to speak to ?" Unexpectedly, Xuexue replied with this.
The steward’s face instantly darkened, but fearing reprimand from the Prince, he didn’t dare to retaliate. Still, he secretly harbored resentnt against Xuexue.
Xuexue said, "No wonder Auntie Tang behaves so disgracefully at the General’s Mansion. Turns out she’s been molded by Prince Pu’s example."
Prince Pu’s expression grew even harsher: "Miss Xueer, if you wish to criticize servants, then criticize servants. Why drag my daughter into this? Even if she is a concubine, she’s still your elder."
"Elder, my foot! She’s just a concubine, unworthy even to carry my shoes. Elder? Don’t make laugh!"
Xuexue’s cutting words were almost enough to drive Prince Pu to his grave. He inwardly fud at how vicious this girl’s tongue could be.
"I have matters to attend to. I won’t waste ti bickering with you." After saying this, the furious Prince Pu flounced his sleeve and attempted to leave.
Xuexue quickly blocked his way: "Hold on a mont."
"What now?"
"Let Miss Zhang go."
"Why should I?"
After all the trouble he had gone through to secure a girl his son fancied, Prince Pu was unwilling to back down. Losing to a re girl would be an unbearable humiliation.
"Because of this." Xuexue waved her arm.
Zi Xia stepped forward, holding a stack of silver notes, and presented them to Prince Pu: "Here’s the compensation for your dicinal expenses."
Prince Pu stared at the ager stack of silver notes and finally couldn’t help but ask: "How much is here?"
"Five hundred taels."
"Ha ha...!"
Prince Pu burst out laughing: "You think you can dismiss like I’m a beggar?"
"In my eyes, you’re no different from a beggar."
"What do you an by that?"
"Isn’t it obvious? Using the excuse that your son suffered a tiny injury, the dignified Prince Pu stooped to extortion, squeezing ordinary citizens dry. This entire charade is truly eye-opening. Your behavior is worse than that of a beggar. At least beggars honestly sit by the roadside waiting for alms. But you? You barge in, snatch what you want, and disguise it with flowery nonsense about ’dicinal expenses.’ Aren’t you afraid of becoming the laughingstock of the kingdom?"
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