White Fence Dream

Chapter 267 Persuasion
Princess Jin Yu was in a bad mood.

I thought I would feel better after drinking and sleeping, but when I woke up and thought about what happened, I still felt upset.

She kicked the maid who came forward to bring tea to the ground, crushing the petals under her feet and scattering them all over the ground.

"Who's talking outside!" she shouted.

Ah Ju crawled over on her knees and said, "Princess, it's the King of Chu kneeling outside. The Prince Consort is here to talk to the King of Chu." She quickly added, "The Prince Consort is trying to persuade the King of Chu."

Princess Jin Yu sneered: "He should have advised me. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have been treated so badly by that bastard today."

After saying that, he strode out and saw the prince consort half-squatting and talking to Li Yu who was kneeling on the ground. Under the setting sun, the two faces, one middle-aged and one young, each had their own unique charm.

Princess Jin Yu was stunned, as if she saw the young Shangguan Xue and the young lady from the Du family chatting and laughing again.

She took a deep breath: "Someone come!"

The attendants poured out, armed with clubs.

Shangguan Fu Ma stood up quickly and said, "Princess, I am trying to persuade him, please calm down."

Princess Jin Yu ignored him and just looked at Li Yu: "Let me ask you one more question, are you still going to marry that maid?"

Li Yu kowtowed to her and said, "Aunt, please grant my blessing."

"Since you call me aunt, I am your mother. I will teach you a lesson, you unfilial son." Princess Jin Yu said coldly, pointing her finger, "Break his legs for me!"

Shangguan's face changed and he stood up: "Princess, no!"

Why not? Princess Jin Yu sneered, isn't it just breaking a leg? So what if he took his mother's life back then?

She is a princess, and she lets them live, so they can live!

Anyone who dares to disobey her will be beaten to death!
"He is the King of Chu, a descendant of the Li family like you! You must not harm him!" Shangguan Fuma shouted angrily, looking at the servants who were surrounding him with sticks, and stood in front of Li Yu.

So what about the descendants of the Li family? Princess Jin Yu laughed again. For the descendants of the Li family, fathers killed sons, and sons killed fathers. Breaking a leg was not considered cruelty among the descendants of the Li family, but mercy!

"Don't worry, Prince Consort." She sneered, "If you break his legs, I will go to His Majesty and apologize!"

Of course, the emperor would not really break the legs of his royal sister.

Shangguan turned around and pulled Li Yu up, protecting him and pushing him: "Hurry up!"

He knew best how much Princess Jin Yu disregarded human life.

Looking at Prince Consort Shangguan's actions, Princess Jin Yu sneered. When Madam Du was framed by her, Shangguan Xue also wanted to save her.

But so what?

Compared to her, a royal bride, we are all ants.

A useless and ridiculous struggle.

Princess Jin Yu laughed sarcastically: "Pull the prince consort away, don't hurt him by mistake."

With the princess's order, the guards were no longer cautious. Two of them stepped forward to grab Prince Consort Shangguan, while the other two took advantage of the struggle and raised their sticks to hit Li Yu from behind.

The two men, one on the left and one on the right, moved quickly and coordinated well, making it impossible for the young man to escape and breaking his legs with one blow.

Shangguan Fu Ma let out a roar and tried to rush over, but was held back.
With a bang, the wooden stick broke, and the next moment a figure fell down and two screams were heard.

Two sounds?

Prince Consort Shangguan was startled, looking at Li Yu who was still standing there, holding two broken sticks in his hands, while the two people who were originally holding the sticks were wailing on the ground with blood all over their heads.

Princess Jin Yu was startled. What happened just now happened so fast that she didn't see it clearly.

This Li Yu did not accept the beating obediently, and even injured her servants.

"How dare you!" she shouted.

Li Yu turned around and looked at her holding two broken sticks with a smile on his face.

"Please forgive me, Auntie," he said, "I can't let you break my legs."

Although he was smiling, Princess Jin Yu felt an inexplicable chill down her spine.

"Okay." She sneered, "You dare to fight back against me. Now is not the time to kneel in front of me and cry that I am the only reliable person in your world!"

She said and scolded again.

"What are you still standing there for? Break his legs for me!"

The stunned guards around came to their senses, shouted and rushed forward with sticks in hand, but Li Yu waved the two broken sticks in his hands, and he was like a dragon. With the sound of bangs, the long sticks flew everywhere and the guards fell down.

Princess Jin Yu felt her eyes blurred, and then she saw Li Yu standing in front of her, holding a broken stick in his hand across her eyes. In the afterglow of the setting sun, blood was dripping from the stick.

"Li Yu, you want to hit me!" Princess Jin Yu was not panicked, but shouted angrily.

Li Yu still had a smile on his face: "My nephew doesn't dare."

Aju held Princess Jinyu tightly. More servants came and looked at the scene in horror, not knowing what to do.

The bloody broken stick was placed in front of Princess Jin Yu, and could smash her head in the next moment.

"But you can't hit me, aunt." Li Yu didn't hit me anymore, but said slowly, "Especially because of my marriage. Your Majesty agreed to my marriage. If I violated it, I would be disloyal and unfilial to Your Majesty."

He smiled slightly, loosened the broken stick, and it fell to the ground with a clatter.

Princess Jin Yu trembled slightly.

"Of course, my aunt is still the only reliable person in the world, but," Li Yu said, clasping his hands in the direction of the palace, "we still have the emperor above us. I cannot disobey the emperor's orders. I am doing this for your sake. If you hit me, you will hurt the emperor's reputation. If your majesty holds a grudge against my aunt, then I will be guilty of a great sin."

Then smile.

"So if my aunt hits me, I will fight back for your majesty."

After saying that, he turned and walked away.

"I have already knelt before my aunt, so I will not stay any longer. I must go and prepare for the wedding so as not to delay His Majesty's order."

Seeing him coming, the guards surrounding him hesitated a little, not knowing whether to surround him or move aside.

There were chaotic footsteps, wailing voices, and the clashing of weapons and sticks, and it seemed that a fight had also broken out outside.

what happened?

Princess Jin Yu looked over and saw a group of attendants rushing in to greet Li Yu.

"Your Highness--" they called out, surrounding Li Yu and pointing knives, guns, sticks and clubs in all directions.

Princess Jinyu turned pale and said several times: "In the past, he came to the door on his knees, but now he comes in fighting and killing. The King of Chu is so majestic!"

Li Yu looked back at Princess Jin Yu, without refutation or explanation, and instead took over the topic and said, "Life is so unpredictable. At the beginning, I couldn't even get in the door on my knees." Princess Jin Yu had attacked him more than once or twice before.

He looked at Princess Jin Yu and moved his lips.

Although no sound was made, Princess Jin Yu seemed to hear him speaking in her ear.

"I won't give you the chance to hurt me again."

Li Yu looked at Princess Jin Yu again, then retracted his gaze and strode out. It was unknown whether it was because Princess Jin Yu did not issue any more orders, or because the guards around Li Yu were fierce, or because the young King of Chu stood up straight and no longer laughed and smiled like in the past, with a calm expression that could not be looked at directly. The guards of the princess's mansion followed suit, but no one stepped forward to stop them. They watched Li Yu and his party walk out of the mansion.

The situation in front of the gate was tense as well. The strong slaves guarding the gate of the princess's mansion were not as arrogant as before. They looked nervous and dazed, as if they didn't quite understand what was going on.

The King of Chu was clearly escorted by only a few eunuchs, but suddenly so many attendants appeared and broke into the princess's mansion with weapons, and anyone who dared to stop them would be beaten.

If they hadn't shouted the King of Chu's name, they would have thought that robbers had broken in.

This is the princess’s palace!
"Your Highness." Cai Songnian did not go in, his expression was still somewhat relaxed. When he saw Li Yu coming out, he greeted him with a smile, "Qinghe Wu is willing to be the matchmaker for Your Highness."

Li Yu's deep eyes suddenly lit up with a smile: "Okay, okay." He was a little nervous, "Then what should I do next?"

Cai Songnian smiled and lifted the curtain: "When your Highness goes to visit Mrs. Wu, she will tell you."

As the curtain was lowered, the carriage slowly moved away, and the guards surrounding the King of Chu dispersed like the tide. If it were not for the broken sticks left on the ground and the faint groans of their companions behind them, it would seem as if nothing had happened.

But the doormen at the princess's mansion knew that Prince Chu Li Yu was different.

Princess Jin Yu stood in the corridor, still shaking. Servants were kneeling on the ground, trembling with fear. The injured servants did not dare to cry out.

"You bastard, you little bastard." She gritted her teeth and cursed, "You have surrendered to the emperor. With the emperor as your backer, you don't take me seriously. You are ungrateful, ungrateful, and have a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs."

"Princess, things have come to this point, let's just forget it." The voice of Prince Consort Shangguan came.

Princess Jin Yu looked at him. The servants who had been holding him had already let go and stood aside.

"Your Majesty has spoken, and his words are as good as gold," said Shangguan, "If you continue to make trouble, both you and His Majesty will lose face."

Princess Jin Yu strode over and slapped Prince Consort Shangguan hard in the face.

Although she was a woman, she was quite strong and red marks immediately appeared on Prince Shangguan's fair face.

"It's all your fault. If you hadn't saved that bastard, how could I have been humiliated by him!" Princess Jin Yu cursed, still not satisfied, and slapped him again, "Shangguan Xue, are you happy now? Watching me being humiliated by Du Sanniang's son!"

Prince Consort Shangguan staggered back a step to stand firm, clenched his hands at his sides, but eventually let go.

"Princess." He said softly, "He is the son of your brother, the late Crown Prince. Besides, he was able to humiliate you this time because of the Emperor."

Princess Jin Yu looked at him, her chest heaving violently and her eyes full of anger.

Shangguan raised his hand and gently stroked her shoulder to help her calm down: "After all, this world belongs to your majesty. With the emperor as your backer, you naturally have nothing to fear."

Son of Heaven, Emperor, Princess Jin Yu gritted her teeth and looked towards the direction of the imperial city, then raised her hand to open the hand of Prince Consort Shangguan.

"Get out of here." She cursed, "You are all bad people!"

He turned around and strode inside.

The eunuchs and maids followed trembling with fear.

Prince Consort Shangguan stood where he was as the night gradually fell, shrouding him in shadow.

He raised his hand and gently stroked his face.

"Yeah, they're nothing."

With the emperor appointing Bai as imperial concubine and the decree for the Prince of Chu to marry, the capital city became lively again.

However, the door of Dongyang Marquis Mansion remained closed.

No one could come in to see the maidservant whom the King of Chu loved so much and entrusted to the care of the Prince of Dongyang.

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang also specifically reminded the Marquis of Dongyang: "Don't think that it is an honor just because His Majesty issued an order. This was obtained by the King of Chu after much pestering. The Emperor is not happy, and Princess Jinyu is even more angry. She has closed the door to visitors. Let's not make a big fuss."

When the Marquis of Dongyang came to his senses, he immediately hid in another courtyard under the pretext of painting a lotus flower.

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang also forbade her family to discuss or spy on the matter: "This is just something the King of Chu entrusted to the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince should do his duty and take good care of her. If the King of Chu marries her, his reputation will be intact. You must not make a big fuss about it."

For a moment, the Dongyang Marquis Mansion was even quieter than before.

But when the matchmaker from the King of Chu came to the door, the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang could no longer refuse to see him. No matter what, she could not let Zhou Jingyun, who was injured and bedridden, to meet the guest.

Seeing Mrs. Wu, who was wearing a bright red silk shirt, walk in, the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang stood up to greet her.

"I didn't expect to ask you to be the matchmaker," she said.

The Qinghe Wu family was a prominent family, and the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang did not dare to neglect them.

Mrs. Wu, who was about fifty years old, returned the greeting and sighed, "Who made me have such a useless son?"

Because the King of Chu wanted to marry a maid, and Princess Jin Yu was not happy about it, the powerful and noble families all avoided him and did not associate with him. However, there was nothing they could do about it, and there would inevitably be playboys in the powerful and noble families, especially when they were favored at home. When they saw that the King of Chu was in need, how could they not help?

The good-for-nothing old son of the Wu family made a scene at home. Old Madam Wu doted on her grandson and forced her daughter-in-law to act as a matchmaker.

Madam Wu felt a sense of sympathy when looking at the wife of Marquis Dongyang. After all, Zhou Jingyun was also a playboy, otherwise how could he help the King of Chu do such a ridiculous thing.

Mrs. Dongyang Marquis did not want to talk about this any more. She asked Madam Wu to sit down and told Madam Xu to "ask her to come out and see you."

Not long after, Madam Wu saw a tall, thin young woman in a dress with small floral patterns walking in. She had an elegant manner and beautiful appearance. She had neither the timidity of a maid nor the arrogance and vulgarity of a girl raised in a brothel or a boat. She was just a clean young lady.

No wonder the King of Chu loves her so much, Mrs. Wu couldn't help thinking.

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang explained the identity of Madam Wu, and Bai Li bowed respectfully.

"Your Highness didn't tell me either," she said apologetically, "I didn't know anything about it."

Madam Wu smiled and said, "Your Highness, please ask carefully about the various rules. I heard that it is best for unmarried couples not to meet before the betrothal date, so I didn't come to tell you."

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang said with a half-smile, "Your Highness the King of Chu is really thoughtful."

Bai Li smiled and said nothing more.

Madam Wu looked at her, and thinking of the King of Chu's request, she said to the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang: "No matter what, getting married is a happy event. It is fate that our two families can participate in it. If we can do it well, it will also be our dignity." At this point, she smiled again, "I have a suggestion, Madam, can you accept Miss Bai as your adopted daughter?"

The status of a maid is always too low. If she recognizes the wife of Marquis Dongyang as her stepmother, she can be considered to have a decent status.

Just as Mrs. Wu finished speaking, two noises were heard in the room.

"No."

Madam Wu was stunned for a moment, and the wife of Marquis Dongyang was also stunned for a moment. They glanced at Bai Li and snorted in their hearts.

What can she do? I didn't ask her!
Besides, why does she still dislike it?