Chapter 446 - Blacklis (1/2)
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It wasn’t hard to find out about the discord between the daughter of the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Appointments and Yu Xiaocao, who was an official under the Ministry of Revenue. When Zhu Junyang heard about this matter, he was immediately enraged. Not far from the entrance of Assistant Minister Li’s residence, he stopped Eldest Young Master Li and beat him until he looked like a pig head. Fortunately, he had controlled his strength. Otherwise, he would have broken several ribs and that guy would have to lie in bed for more than half a year.
Before he left, he even arrogantly said, “Tell your foolishly complacent younger sister to stay away from the Ministry of Revenue’s Official Yu and don’t come out to disgust people! Otherwise, this prince will beat you up every time I see you!”
Eldest Young Master Li lay on the ground and groaned. Who did he offend? He didn’t have any relationship with this black-faced King of Hell ah. Why did he suddenly encounter misfortune out of nowhere? When Assistant Minister Li heard the news and came over, he only saw the elegant and unrestrained back view of Royal Prince Yang leaving, and his son lying on the floor like a dead dog.
“What happened? Why did you have to go and offend the black-hearted and cruel King of Hell? You’re lucky that he was being merciful to you, otherwise, you might have died! Quick, quickly go get a doctor!!” Assistant Minister Li only dared to complain in his heart and didn’t dare to actually go seek justice. If one offended Royal Prince Yang, there was nowhere to voice one’s complaints!
Eldest Young Master Li was helped up by two servants. He covered his swollen face with his hands and murmured, “How would I dare to offend him? I usually stay as far away from him as I can! I was just someone else’s scapegoat!!”
“Who? Whose scapegoat? Your two younger stepbrothers? They’re timid and weak, so there’s no way that they would dare to do anything. Your two younger brothers? How old are they? One is eight, while the other is six years old! Even if they want to offend that jinx, they wouldn’t be able to do it!!” Assistant Minister Li thought of all the possibilities, but still couldn’t find the answer.
It couldn’t be that…he was the one who had unknowingly offended Royal Prince Yang, right? It seemed…perhaps…probably…when Official Yu was bestowed the position of an official, he had voiced his opposition——Argh! He wasn’t one of the main opposers. The royal prince wouldn’t have held a grudge for this long and finally decided to get revenge, right?
Eldest Young Master Li snorted and shook off the two servants. As if he had an egg in his mouth, he shouted, “You want to know? Then go ask your precious daughter!!”
Assistant Minister Li had three sons with his legitimate wife and two illegitimate sons, so he had a bunch of sons. Since Li Meirou was his only daughter, he had always doted on her. As a result, this daughter of his had been spoiled rotten by him and his wife. At times, even Eldest Young Master Li, who was the oldest son, had to give her some face.
This resulted in Li Meirou’s arrogant and cocky personality. Normally, when interacting with other noble young misses, she would listen to her parents’ warning and somewhat restrain her temper. When she encountered those whose fathers and brothers had a lower rank than her father, she would display her bossy and snobbish attitude. The young misses, who came from families of lower ranking officials, would also suppress their dislike and try to flatter her, which enhanced her arrogance. Now, she had finally offended someone she shouldn’t have.
Yesterday, when Li Meirou returned from the flower competition, she broke several valuable porcelains in her room. She locked herself in her room and cried for a long time. Upon asking, they found out that she had been shamed by the newly appointed female official of the Ministry of Revenue. Assistant Minister Li and his wife finally pacified their precious daughter after they coaxed her and promised to help her get some face back by teaching that sixth-ranked official a lesson.
Upon hearing his son’s words, Assistant Minister Li didn’t take his words seriously and said, “Your younger sister? What trouble would a little girl like her cause? Besides, I actually want your younger sister to have some relationship with Royal Prince Yang. But, on second thought, with your younger sister’s temperament, she wouldn’t be a suitable partner for Royal Prince Yang… There’s no way that it was your younger sister who offended him, right? Think about it again. Perhaps, during the meetings with other scholars, you had inadvertently said something bad about that jinx…”
“He told me himself to tell your precious daughter to stay away from Official Yu. If she appears in front of her again, Royal Prince Yang won’t bother to do anything with a little girl but he will vent his anger on me, her older brother!! Father, I’m just a weak scholar, who can barely take a flick of his finger! If you don’t want me to die before you, then you should restrain that daughter of yours. Don’t act differently in front of different people and look down on others because of their origin!” With a toss of his sleeves, Eldest Young Master Li limped into the estate. He didn’t need to participate in the scholar meetings for the next few days. With his face swollen like a pig’s head, his friends would definitely ridicule him!
Assistant Minister Li’s brows were tightly creased together as he stepped forward and said, “What did you say? Are you saying that Royal Prince Yang came to avenge that lass with the surname Yu because Meirou offended her at the flower competition? What ability does that lass have for that jinx Royal Prince Yang to support her?”