strictlysupreme Chapter 184 Fighting
Chapter 184 Fighting
The fight between the two alarmed the guards. Seeing that it was the prince fighting with a woman, the soldiers did not dare to intervene and could only send one person to report to the eldest princess.
When the soldiers arrived, the eldest princess was having a pleasant chat with Princess Anding.
The soldier glanced at Princess Anding, then knelt on one knee and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince is fighting with someone."
"What?" Princess Li Feng and Princess Anding Zhao Sang'er screamed at the same time.
The other ladies also talked about it.
"Why is the prince fighting in such an occasion?"
"I'm so curious, what's going on?"
The eldest princess quickly calmed down and ordered the soldier in front of her, "Lead the way" and take me and others to take a look.
The handkerchief in Princess Anding's hand was wrinkled. Why did her son cause trouble at this time? She had just tried to please the eldest princess in various ways, said all kinds of nice things to him, and praised him in every way.
So, led by the eldest princess and Princess Anding, other ladies from prominent families followed closely behind.
When they saw the scene in front of them, they couldn't help but be stunned - they saw the fifth lady of the general's family - Bai Yiling and the prince Zhou Yaozheng kicking and blocking each other, fighting back and forth with continuous moves, and fighting fiercely.
The eldest princess's phoenix eyes slightly opened, and a deep glint appeared on her elegant face. She scolded, "How dare you! What are you two doing here? Do you still have me in your eyes?"
The two people who were still fighting heard the roar and thought to themselves that it was bad. They looked at each other, withdrew their attacks tacitly, and then both knelt on the ground and begged for mercy in unison: "Princess, please forgive me. Aunt, please forgive me."
The eldest princess asked with an unhappy look on her face, "Why are you fighting here?"
Prince Zhou Yao was still thinking about how to describe the story. He just saw the purple girl trying to slap someone and tried to stop her. However, he didn't know that the girl turned around and slapped him with fierce palms and heavy punches. He started fighting with the girl inexplicably.
At this time, Chen Manli, who was standing nearby, spoke up first, "Princess, perhaps Sister Yiling had some misunderstanding about me, so she attacked me. The Crown Prince happened to be passing by and wanted to help me out of kindness, but he didn't expect Sister Yiling to start a fight with him without a word."
The eldest princess knew about Chen Manli, the daughter of the Minister of Revenue. She had a good relationship with her own daughter, so when she heard this, she believed it a little.
Prince Zhou Yao felt that this was indeed the case, so he agreed: "Yes, when this prince came here, I saw that the lady in purple wanted to slap Miss Chen."
Princess Anding secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it was not her son who started the trouble.
Bai Yiling was extremely angry and wanted to defend herself. It was clearly Chen Manli who had taken the century-old ginseng from her family and she refused to admit it!
But she swallowed the words back. If she told everyone now about her fourth brother giving ginseng to Chen Manli, wouldn't that be like directly confirming their relationship? This should be considered a private transaction, right? Then, how would others view their general's mansion?
Even though she now knew clearly that her fourth brother did not like her, she still did not want a two-faced bitch like Chen Manli to become her sister-in-law.
Therefore, she could only swallow her grievances and lower her head to answer, "Princess, please forgive me. I was impulsive..."
The eldest princess looked at Bai Yiling, who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and felt that she might have something to hide, but she was unwilling to say it. However, she had ruined the banquet she had hosted, and she couldn't just let it go. To put it bluntly, this matter was a contempt for the royal family.
But the Bai family was a loyal and brave family. The first two sons had already died for the country, leaving only the third son with a leg disease and a daughter. Thinking of this, she didn't want to punish them too harshly.
Princess Anding saw the eldest princess's hesitation and knew what she was thinking, so she spoke at the right time: "These are just misunderstandings between children. Princess, please forgive them this time."
The eldest princess glanced at Princess Anding, thinking that she was indeed a smart person who knew how to give her a way out. The eldest princess then spoke slowly, "Since the princess pleaded for you, I will punish Bai Yiling by making her copy the Tao Te Ching ten times. After you finish, present it to the princess's residence."
Bai Yiling lowered her head and replied: "Yes, thank you Princess for your kindness."
The eldest princess continued, "Crown Prince Zhou Yao got into a fight at my banquet. While there were reasons for it, he should be punished. You should copy the Tao Te Ching five times."
Zhou Yao also responded: "Yes, thank you for your kindness, aunt."
The eldest princess said: "Everyone get up."
"Yes," they said in unison.
Princess Anding was dissatisfied when she heard the eldest princess's punishment. Her son was a prince and had done nothing wrong, yet he was punished as well. She secretly glanced at the eldest princess who was high and mighty and elegant.
She clenched the handkerchief tighter in her hand. This was nothing more than a casual punishment because she looked down on her son because he was the son of a king of a different surname. She suppressed the surging emotions in her heart and returned to normal in an instant.
In order to show her kindness and magnanimity in front of the prince, Chen Manli knelt in front of the princess and said, "Sister Yiling didn't do it on purpose. She may have misunderstood me. This matter was caused by me. Princess, please punish me to write it five times, and I will copy the remaining five times."
Bai Yiling was very displeased with Chen Manli. How could she accept her statement? She refused bluntly: "I will take care of my own affairs. Thank you for your kindness, Miss Chen."
Princess Ronghua standing by couldn't understand the twists and turns, and she even praised Chen Manli, "Sister Maner, you are such a nice person."
Among the ladies, although a few realized that the matter was not that simple, seeing that the princess had praised Chen Manli, they also praised Chen Manli's magnanimity in order to gain favor with Princess Ronghua.
Hearing the praises from the ladies, Prince Zhou Yao felt that the beauty in front of him had excellent character and was very generous.
He originally didn't want to attend the horse racing party hosted by the eldest princess, a party attended by a group of women. What was he going to do? But his mother dragged him here, saying that he wanted to have more contact with Princess Ronghua.
He has been with his father for many years and is familiar with the situation in the court.
Naturally, he understood what his mother meant. His Majesty had been childless for many years. If he married the princess, their family would truly have a royal background. If the princess could give birth to a son or daughter, then the country would have half of their Zhou family's bloodline, and his children might have the opportunity to inherit the throne legitimately.