Seeing Liu Xin kneeling on the ground, Chu Qing quickly helped her up, her tone tinged with urgency. "No matter what happens, I won't stand idly by. Just tell me what exactly happened."
Only then did Liu Xin hurriedly tell Chu Qing the story.
It turned out that after the two left Chu Qing's room, they were going to the kitchen to order some food to nourish her. On the way, they were naturally bickering again. As Luoluo was talking to Liu Xin while walking backwards, she didn't notice the person coming from behind and almost bumped into them. Fortunately, Liu Xin grabbed her in time to avoid knocking the person down. However, the person who almost got knocked down was Qiangwei from Xu Xin's courtyard.
Since Liu Xin and Luoluo knew they were in the wrong, they sincerely apologized. But unexpectedly, Qiangwei refused to let it go. She said the two were disrespectful and even claimed that they were ignoring the rules of the mansion and slapping their own mistress in the face. As she went on, her words became more and more excessive, and the three of them ended up arguing. Just then, Xu Xin happened to come looking for Qiangwei. Seeing the three arguing, she naturally sided with her own maid. In the end, she slapped Luoluo. Luoluo was naturally dissatisfied and wanted to reason, but was then called out by Xu Xin to be punished with a cane.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Liu Xin immediately ran back to tell Chu Qing.
Hearing this, Chu Qing said coldly, "Are you two sure you didn't bump into anyone?"
"At that time, Luoluo couldn't see behind her, but I was always keeping an eye. When I saw someone coming behind her, I immediately reached out and grabbed her. Luoluo really didn't bump into her."
Liu Xin couldn't tell lies. Chu Qing knew this well. Asking again was just to confirm, so as to avoid being accused of unfair handling later.
"Where are they now?"
"Now they're in the front yard. The side princess said she wanted to teach Luoluo a lesson." Liu Xin replied with a worried face.
Chu Qing nodded, then turned to Wei Ying and said, "Does Your Highness want to go with me?"
Wei Ying shook his head. "You can handle it as you see fit. It'll be harder for you to deal with the situation if I go."
Hearing this, Chu Qing gave him a grateful look, then rushed to the front yard with Liu Xin.
...
Xu Xin was sitting on a chair in the front yard, looking quite at ease. Qiangwei beside her also looked extremely haughty.
"Do you know your mistake?" Xu Xin said slowly, her eyes full of contempt.
Humph, she couldn't do anything to that woman, but she could easily punish her maid. After all, it was just a maid. She surely wouldn't fall out with her over this.
"I don't know what mistake I've made. If the side princess thinks I almost bumped into Sister Qiangwei, I've already apologized. But Sister Qiangwei refused to let it go and even... even insulted my parents!" By this time, Luoluo's originally stubborn eyes were already a bit moist. Her parents had passed away long ago, so when Qiangwei insulted them, Luoluo naturally got angry.
"Humph, you're supposed to be the princess's maid, but you don't even take the rules personally set by the princess to heart. Naturally, I have to teach you a good lesson on behalf of my sister. Who would've thought you were so ungrateful and actually said I was wronging you?" At this, Xu Xin let out a cold laugh. "You're just a lowly maid. Even if I wronged you, so what? Do you dare to disobey me?"
"Tsk, Sister really has a big mouth." Chu Qing heard Xu Xin's over - confident voice from afar and immediately raised her voice.
Seeing that Chu Qing had come, Xu Xin covered up the hatred on her face and quickly stood up to walk towards her.
"With Sister here, I wouldn't dare. I'm just teaching this unruly maid a lesson on behalf of Sister." At this, Xu Xin covered her mouth and laughed. "Moreover, these rules were personally set by Princess Sister."
"Oh?" A cold smile curled up on Chu Qing's lips. Without even looking at Xu Xin, she walked towards the seat.
After she sat down steadily, she slowly said, "What exactly happened? Tell this princess."
"This little hoof... um, Luoluo almost bumped into me on the road. I kindly reminded her not to break the rules, but she didn't appreciate my kindness and said I was being nosy." Qiangwei, afraid that Luoluo would tell the truth, immediately began to distort the facts.
"Really?" Chu Qing gave her a cold look, then said leisurely, "Liu Xin, slap her in the face."
"Princess!" Qiangwei looked at Chu Qing in panic.
Liu Xin walked forward expressionlessly and mercilessly slapped Qiangwei.
"You! What does Sister mean by this! Slapping my maid for no reason. As the saying goes, when beating a dog, one should also consider its master. Is Sister trying to humiliate me?" Although Xu Xin spoke in a wronged tone, the fleeting hatred in her eyes was clearly caught by Chu Qing.
Chu Qing lowered her eyes to straighten her clothes, then slowly raised her head and said, "Sister actually knows the saying about considering the master when beating a dog? But didn't Sister also beat this princess's maid? Oh, no. My Luoluo is a person, which is different from your Qiangwei. As for why this princess wants to beat her, it's really because I think Sister didn't watch over her... dog well. This princess didn't even ask her a question, but she barked randomly. Shouldn't she be taught a lesson? After all, your 'dog' has disturbed this princess."
"You!" Xu Xin didn't expect that Chu Qing would be so disrespectful to her.
"At that time, it was Sister who personally set the rules. But Sister's maid took the lead in not following them. I was just helping Sister teach her a lesson, not wanting Sister to be accused of bending the law for personal gain. But Sister treats me like this. It really makes me sad!" Xu Xin was almost on the verge of tears, as if she had suffered some great injustice.
Chu Qing silently sighed, glad that Wei Ying didn't come. Otherwise, this woman would surely act even more wronged.
Ignoring Xu Xin's pretense, Chu Qing walked to Luoluo's side and gently pulled the kneeling girl up.
"Tell this princess exactly what happened."
Seeing that her mistress was standing up for her, Luoluo told the whole story without missing a single word.
When she mentioned that Qiangwei had insulted her family at the end, a killing intent even emanated from Chu Qing.
Really? Did they think she was easy to bully?
They were openly insulting her. If she didn't pursue this to the end, all the authority she had established in the previous days might as well be thrown to the dogs!