190, Incitement (1 more)
Xie Zhinuan heard this, snorted, and didn’t even pause in her steps.
Not let her go?
Whom had she provoked? An unwarranted calamity.
That lady from the Duke Residence…
Xie Zhinuan thought for a moment, and already had an idea in mind.
Yuanbao hurriedly flipped over the courtyard wall to report the matter to Li Hengyi.
After Li Hengyi heard this, he frowned deeply, “She is presumptuous!”
Yuanbao knew exactly whom he meant.
“Sir?”
“Go, tell her to watch her family’s dog carefully. If she can’t, beat it to death with sticks!” Li Hengyi’s voice was sinister.
Just thinking about Xie Zhinuan being scorned and bullied made his blood run cold.
“Yes, sir!”
As Yuanbao left the room, Xie Zhinuan walked in with a basket, “Miss Xie!” Yuanbao quickly called out with a cheerful smile.
Xie Zhinuan’s face was stern as she shoved the basket into Yuanbao’s hands, “I was in quite a good mood just before, even went to buy some vegetables, planning to cook a nice meal. But then, at the doorway, I encountered a wild dog barking madly, which ruined my mood. Tell your master that I won’t be cooking dinner!”
Having said that, Xie Zhinuan turned and left.
Her departure was so carefree and unattached.
Others wouldn’t let her off the hook, but that wouldn’t stop her from striking first to gain the upper hand and teach them a lesson.
Yuanbao stood there holding the basket, his mind on his master’s darkened expression…
He felt a chill down his spine and turned around to see Li Hengyi standing behind him with a stern face, unsure whether he had heard Xie Zhinuan’s words.
Stammering and cautiously, he called out, “Sir…”
Li Hengyi looked at the basket in Yuanbao’s hands.
Knowing Xie Zhinuan was bullied was one thing, but realizing she was very angry and upset was quite another.
“Do you know what to do?” Li Hengyi asked.
Yuanbao was momentarily stunned but quickly understood and asked quietly, “Kick her out of the posthouse?”
“Do you still need to ask me for such matters?” Li Hengyi snorted coldly, took the basket from Yuanbao’s hands, and went to find Xie Zhinuan.
He took a few steps and then stopped to say, “This woman is arrogant and overbearing, too much so. Send someone to take her to the capital city; let the old Duke educate her well. If she resists, lock her in Fengping County jail to await the Han Family to fetch her!”
After finishing, he went to cheer up the person in question.
Yuanbao stood in place, utterly astonished.
“…”
Kicking her out of the posthouse would mean nothing if no one reported it to the capital; the capital wouldn’t know what happened in Fengping County. But directly sending someone to take her back to the capital would truly make it known throughout the city, and whether Han Qi could still get married would be questionable.
“Yes, sir!”
Yuanbao went to handle the matter.
He also knew that Xie Zhinuan, in his master’s heart, held a higher position and was more important than he had thought.
He would have to handle her with care in the future to avoid any offense.
Qingdai, having been bullied, saw it as a humiliation. Returning to Han Jiaqi, she began crying and said, “That person was so rude. She pushed me away before I could finish speaking and insulted you, miss. She said… she said you…”
“Said what about me?” Han Jiaqi asked with raised eyebrows.
She slammed the teacup on the tea table forcefully and stared coldly at Qingdai.
Qingdai trembled nervously, steeled her heart, “She said she knew what was on your mind. She also said that His Highness could never fancy you, and that His Highness fancied someone like her instead. She told you to look at yourself in a basin of water… to see your own virtue…”
Upon hearing this, Han Jiaqi was fuming with rage.
She raised her hand and swept the teacup to the floor.
The teacup shattered with a crack, and tea splattered everywhere.
Qingdai fell to her knees with a thud, seething with anger, “I retorted right then and there, but she was so arrogant. She even mocked me. Miss, as a maid, being bullied is one thing, but she didn’t even regard you, miss, in her eyes. I, I…”
“Shut your mouth!” Han Jiaqi shouted in anger.
Chapter 191