Chapter 12 - Very Good

 Li Fu thought, "Where is the prince?

The servant said, "Today, Prince Pingyang came to Beijing. The prince went to the palace to accompany Prince Pingyang on the order of the emperor.

Li Fu smiled and said, "Go to the prince and say that Miss Zhao was kind enough to visit the princess but was beaten and insulted by the princess. Now she failed to commit suicide and was desperate."

The servant was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head, agreed, and hurried out to find Pei Xiuyan. After the servant left, Li Fu looked at his swollen right face in the mirror, gritted his teeth, and slapped his right face several times. Until his right face was swollen like a mountain, he stopped. He looked in the mirror and seemed very satisfied with his current appearance. After tidying up his clothes, he took two servants to Zhao Yujiao's yard.

As soon as he entered the yard, he heard bursts of crying inside. He entered the room and saw Zhao Yujiao lying on the bed without saying a word; her lips were pale, her cheeks were obviously slapped, and her eyes were red and swollen from tears. Her right wrist was wrapped in gauze, and there was a faint trace of blood seeping out of it. He felt inexplicably distressed. Hongying lay on the bed, crying and persuading.

Li Fu said, "Miss Hongying, can you let me persuade Miss Zhao alone?"

Hongying turned around and was startled by Li Fu's incredibly swollen right face. Thinking that Li Fu was also beaten and that they were both in the same boat, he might be able to comfort his master, so he nodded in agreement. Li Fu waited for Hongying to leave and made sure that no one was in the room.

"Miss Zhao, you are trying to kill yourself like this, and I feel bad for the prince."

Zhao Yujiao came back to her senses from her loss of soul, turned her head, and looked at Li Fu, feeling the love and pity in his eyes. She suppressed her disgust for him and said:

"Butler Li, I'm sorry; it's me who implicated you and caused you to be beaten. I didn't expect that I would be so annoying to my sister. I have no face to live in the world after being humiliated today. Don't persuade me; let me go."

The voice was as soft as ever, not sad and angry, but with a heartbreaking sense of brokenness. Her tears hung on her eyelashes, her eyelids drooped slightly, and the tail of her eyes was red. Li Fu resisted the urge to wipe away her tears, gritted his teeth, and simply said it clearly.

"Miss Zhao and the prince have always loved each other. It was the princess who stole her love that made Miss Zhao suffer. I have a plan..."

 

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Hongying was standing outside the house, thinking that Zhao Yujiao was acting like this and that the prince would definitely punish the princess when he came back. Before she could come to her senses, she saw Pei Xiuyan running towards the inner room with a chill, and she hurriedly followed him in. Li Fu was kneeling on the ground, crying.

"Miss Zhao, if something really happens to you, how can I explain it to the prince? If you really die, what will you let the prince do?"

Li Fu heard the voice behind him, turned his head, and saw Pei Xiuyan, kneeling and crawling forward, crying: "Prince, you are finally back."

Pei Xiuyan ignored Li Fu, lifted the curtain in front of the bed, and saw the obvious palm print on Zhao Yujiao's face. He took a deep breath. He gently touched Zhao Yujiao's face and said softly, "Jiaojiao, don't be afraid; I'm back. How could you do such a stupid thing?"

Zhao Yujiao buried her head in Pei Xiuyan's hand and sobbed softly.

"Prince... I'm sorry... Prince... It's all my fault... I have no face to live in this world... I'm afraid I can't be with you anymore in the future."

She cried until she was out of breath and couldn't say a complete sentence.

Pei Xiuyan looked at Hongying beside him and asked, "Have you applied the medicine?"

Hongying nodded and said timidly, "Your Highness, I have applied the medicine. The doctor said that there is no serious problem for the time being, but the broken leg is injured again, and it will be a little troublesome to heal."

"Tell me everything that happened today!" Pei Xiuyan's low voice was filled with uncontrollable anger.

Hongying bowed to the ground after hearing this.

"Your Highness! Miss Zhao said that something happened to the Ye family. She was worried that the princess could not hold on, so she ordered me to push her to deliver the thousand-year-old ginseng to the princess. Who knew that the princess not only did not appreciate it but also asked Bai Zhi to drive us away?"

Hongying seemed to recall the terrible things and trembled as she spoke.

"Before I could push Miss Zhao away, Miss Baizhi suddenly overturned Miss Zhao's wheelchair to the ground. I couldn't bear it, so I wrestled with Baizhi."

"Later, housekeeper Li went there and taught Baizhi a lesson. The princess suddenly got angry and beat housekeeper Li, and then beat our Miss Zhao."

"Your Majesty, you must stand up for our Miss Zhao. The princess beat her and scolded her. Miss Zhao couldn't bear the humiliation and almost died today..."

Although Hongying was trembling, she spoke in an orderly manner.

Pei Xiuyan clenched his fists and walked to Li Fu, who was kneeling on the ground. "Look up and let me see."

Li Fu wiped his tears and looked up at Pei Xiuyan. "Your Highness..."

When he looked up, Pei Xiuyan was shocked by his right face. Ye Chuyan actually beat Li Fu's old bones like this! Li Fu saw Pei Xiuyan's eyes getting darker and darker, knowing that the effect had been achieved, and his old face wrinkled again with tears.

"I didn't expect that the princess would not be able to vent her anger after beating me and then beating Miss Zhao. It was my incompetence that caused me to fail to protect Miss Zhao. I have no face to face the prince..."

Li Fu seemed to have made up his mind: "I have offended the princess today, and I will definitely have no good days in the future. Prince, please allow me to voluntarily retire and return home... I just want to spend my old age in peace..."

After saying that, he fell to the ground, singing and crying, unable to control himself. Pei Xiuyan saw Hongying, Li Fu, and Zhao Yujiao crying together and felt the veins on his forehead throbbing violently.

He squeezed out a few words from his teeth: "Good! Ye Chuyan, very good!"

Bai Zhi contradicted him last time, and now she hits people. If Ye Chuyan was not injured, with her skills, I am afraid she could kill everyone with one palm. Ye Chuyan and her servant are very good! Pei Xiuyan leaned over and gently stroked the top of Zhao Yujiao's head.

 "Jiaojiao, stop crying. Promise me. No matter what happens, you are not allowed to do anything to hurt yourself. I will get back all the grievances you suffered today.

Zhao Yujiao looked at Pei Xiuyan with misty eyes, biting her lip without saying a word. Pei Xiuyan pinched his eyebrows and was extremely angry, but calmed down instead.

"Li Fu, take a few guards with good kung fu to bring the princess here. If the princess doesn't want to, you have to tie her up. Lock Baizhi in the woodshed and wait for me to decide."

Li Fu was ecstatic, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. He just said respectfully, "Yes, Your Highness."

Ye Chuyan comforted Baizhi, drank the medicine, and fell into a deep sleep. Baizhi was lying on the side of Ye Chuyan's bed, drowsy, and was awakened by the people brought by Li Fu.

Li Fu said viciously, "Take Bai Zhi away!"

Before Bai Zhi could figure out what was going on, she was dragged away by several guards like vicious dogs. Ye Chuyan was awakened and asked, "Li Fu, who allowed you to take Bai Zhi away?"

Li Fu met Ye Chuyan's cold eyes, and for some reason, his arrogance instantly dropped.

"Princess, it was the order of the prince. The prince also asked you to go to Miss Zhao."

Ye Chuyan endured the pain and followed Li Fu step by step, slowly walking towards Zhao Yujiao's yard. She looked calm and relaxed, as if she were taking a walk in the garden. When Li Fu brought Ye Chuyan in, Pei Xiuyan was still trying to comfort Zhao Yujiao. In the past, Ye Chuyan would get jealous and crazy when she saw Pei Xiuyan and Zhao Yujiao walking together.