Chapter 352: Flaunting wealth ahead of the marriage (1/2)

Chapter 352: Flaunting wealth ahead of the marriage

Mu Liuyue had reduced the shop owner to tears when she heard her guard’s pitiful cries. She had run out to ask what was the matter when she saw an unforgettable face.

“Han Yunxi!” Mu Liuyue was surprised.

Han Yunxi had her arms crossed as she stood calmly in place. “Aiya, so it really was Miss Mu. Long time no see!”

It really had been a long while.

Mu Liuyue had more or less stayed at home ever since losing their bet. Whenever she did go out, it was only in secret. In the past, she’d offended too many people while hanging out with Princess Changping. Once her reputation fell into tatters, anyone who recognized her would laugh at her in her face. Today was her first time openly going to town, yet she’d had the bad luck to have ran into Han Yunxi of all people!

However, at least she’d gotten a little smarter after staying at home for so long. She glanced at the six kneeling guards, then at the growing crowd around them, and had a good sense of where things stood. She wouldn’t clash with Han Yunxi here, especially when her wedding was only in a few days. She wanted Great General Mu to help the crown prince ascend the throne. She wanted the Duke of Qin to know that marrying her was equal to gaining all of Tianning’s infantry soldiers. She wanted the Duke of Qin to regret marrying a powerless woman like Han Yunxi, who had no backing whatsoever!

“Esteemed wangfei, did my guard somehow offend you?” Mu Liuyue asked.

Han Yunxi didn’t speak, but Zhao mama asserted coldly, “He was highly disrespectful. Indeed, the offense isn’t slight at all.”

“Is that so.” Mu Liuyue looked serious as she approached the guard in question, before slapping him soundly on the cheek!

Pah!

“You deserve to be beaten! If esteemed wangfei hasn’t taught you enough of a lesson, Liuyue will do it in her place!” Upon saying that, Mu Liuyue slapped him again. The guard didn’t even dare tocry out.

Zhao mama felt her heart jump at the sight in front of her. She might have pinched the guard hard, but her pinches was nothing when compared to Mu Liuyue’s slaps! Two backhands from Mu Liuyue had already left the guard’s face red and swollen.

“Esteemed wangfei, does this relieve your temper? If not, I can keep hitting him! Right up until you’re satisfied,” Mu Liuyue was very sincere with her words.

Han Yunxi’s eyes flickered, betraying her surprise. She never thought that the span of a few months had helped this girl grow so much. Mu Liuyue couldn’t be considered clever by any means, but at least she wasn’t completely idiotic anymore! If she allowed Mu Liuyue to slap her guard in public before so many witnesses today, public opinion would definitely turn sour against her. The ignorant might even assume that Qin Wangfei had a habit of tyrannizing servants.

Han Yunxi observed the guard’s face before she clicked her tongue and sighed. “Liuyue, you’re a lady, but you’ve trained your hand to be so tough. In the future, it’s best if you refrain from hitting others so often. Since Zhao mama’s already taught him a lesson today, it’s enough.”

Trained her hand?

Han Yunxi was obviously implying that Mu Liuyue hit her servants often to become so strong. Mu Liuyue wanted to retort, but there was no denying that she’d indeed been extremely ruthless with her slaps. She decided to change the topic and reprimanded her guard instead. “Why aren’t you expressing thanks for esteemed wangfei’s favor yet? Esteemed wangfei was in a good mood today. Why else would she fuss over a servant like you?”

Mu Liuyue’s words implied that Han Yunxi was small-minded and petty, and even picked faults with the servants. Indeed, the general’s daughter was no weakling when it came to a war of words.

Han Yunxi chuckled. “That’s right! This wangfei was indeed in a good mood today. Otherwise, everyone here and you, their mistress, would have been severely punished!”

Zhao mama was the first to laugh at her remark, followed by the crowd behind them. Mu Liuyue had made a mistake in countering Han Yunxi and became a victim of her own cleverness. In the end, she’d ended up with the greater loss yet again. Her face darkened. Aside from thanking the wangfei for her bountiful grace, what else could she say? Her original plan was to have the guards do it instead, but now she had to speak up too.

“You may rise,” Han Yunxi waved her hand calmly. Even the empress dowager herself had no way to win against her glib tongue. Mu Liuyue might have improved, but she was still too inexperienced for this bout! If it wasn’t for the crowd, Mu Liuyue would’ve blown her top already! She told herself, endure it! You can’t fall into Han Yunxi’s trap.

The first thing she’d done after accepting the imperial marriage decree was to find a new set of guards and to buy a brand new carriage. Her status was different now, because she was a consort-to-be. Her every word, action, and movement would reflect on the Eastern Palace–the dwelling of the crown prince–so she couldn’t lose her face nor dignity. There was no way she’d become a laughingstock again.

Mu Liuyue rose to her feet. “Esteemed wangfei, Liuyue still has business to attend to, I shan’t accompany you any longer.”

The best option for me now is to leave!

Han Yunxi smiled with a nod. She didn’t plan to do anything else, either. Mu Liuyue really turn to leave, but Han Yunxi asked her a question right before the girl got onto her sedan chair.

“That’s right, Miss Liuyue. You still haven’t fulfilled the terms of our bet from last time, right?”

Mu Liuyue felt unwell all over at the words. This is already from the past! It’s over! Han Yunxi, why are you bringing it up again?

She was going to marry the crown prince in a matter of days. The topic of their marriage was all the rage around the capital city. And yet, Han Yunxi had chosen to bring up old scores at a time like this! It had to be on purpose! Mu Liuyue was infuriated by the thought, and finally lost her temper. “Didn’t my big brother run in my place around the streets? What else do you want?”