Chu Qing's light voice abruptly broke into the ears of the mother - daughter pair who were secretly plotting.
The Duchess of the State - Duke and Zhong Yi were both stunned on the spot.
Chu Qing turned around and carefully closed the curtain. Then she said to the outside of the curtain, "Your Highness, please wait for me outside."
"Alright. I'll be here all the time." Wei Ying's voice came in from outside the curtain, and naturally, it was also heard by the Duchess of the State - Duke and Zhong Yi.
Both of them turned deathly pale. However, the Duchess, who had been through a lot, quickly regained her composure. Suppressing the panic in her heart, she said coldly, "The Princess of Ning barges in uninvited. Isn't this against the rules?"
The Duchess thought to herself that she didn't know how much Chu Qing had heard, but she couldn't let herself be the first to lose her nerve.
Chu Qing smiled. She fetched a chair by herself and placed it in front of the Duchess and Zhong Yi. Then she sat down boldly and said slowly, "Both of you, please sit down. Don't be polite. I've come today to have a long chat with you all night."
"Chu Qing, don't go too far!" Zhong Yi finally recovered her wits. Gnashing her teeth, she whispered angrily at Chu Qing.
In Zhong Yi's eyes, Chu Qing's current look was that of a low - life who had suddenly come into power.
How could she not be angry!
Chu Qing looked at the two in front of her and couldn't help but sneer, "I'm going too far?"
After saying that, Chu Qing's expression suddenly turned cold. She glanced at the two lightly and then said unhurriedly, "I can say that I have no grudges against you. But you mother - daughter pair, just because of this so - called kinship, helped Xu Xin to frame and slander my innocence. Aren't you going too far? Oh, I haven't even had the time to settle this score with you. And now you've come to me on your own, bringing such a sachet to try to harm my life. Aren't you going too far?"
At this moment, with just one look, Chu Qing could intimidate these two into a state of collapse.
After all, in her previous life, she was the Grand Empress Dowager.
The position of the Grand Empress Dowager was not achieved merely by scheming. What she gained the most was this kind of natural and imposing aura.
It was really a waste to use it to intimidate a Duchess of the State - Duke and an arrogant young lady who didn't know her place.
"You... you can't slander us!" Zhong Yi wanted to deny it to the end.
Chu Qing just smiled gently. She stood up and leaned closer to the other party, saying, "Do I need to slander you? With just the likes of you, do you deserve it?"
"You!!!" Zhong Yi was enraged by Chu Qing's contemptuous words. She raised her hand and aimed it at Chu Qing's face.
Chu Qing glanced at her indifferently, then casually grabbed her wrist and exerted a little force. Zhong Yi let out a shrill scream in pain.
Zhong Yi originally thought that Chu Qing was just strong enough to stop her, but she never expected...
She was actually so ruthless that she broke her wrist!!!
Looking at Zhong Yi's limp right hand and the rapidly swelling wrist, the Duchess shouted angrily, "Chu Qing, are you crazy!!! You actually dared to hurt my daughter!"
After saying that, the Duchess wanted to reach out and grab Chu Qing's hair.
When women fight, they usually slap, grab hair, or pinch soft flesh. In Chu Qing's view from her previous life, this was extremely vulgar.
Moreover, Chu Qing's skills were now on par with those of Wei Zhi and Wei Yi, who were already highly - skilled martial artists.
So, in Chu Qing's eyes, the Duchess's actions were as harmless as a child's play.
As a result, the Duchess's wrist was also easily broken by Chu Qing.
Chu Qing curled her lips and said, "I'm just slowly settling the score with you."
"You!!! Don't be too arrogant!" The Duchess was already sweating from the pain, but she still refused to back down.
Seeing that the two seemed to be a bit more docile, Chu Qing sat down again and raised a faint smile, saying, "Since you have the ability to offend me, you should naturally have the ability to bear my anger. What I've done is already making you think I'm arrogant?"
The Duchess couldn't believe that Chu Qing looked down on them so contemptuously. She said harshly, "You're just the daughter of a merchant. Where do you get the confidence to think that the Prince of Ning will confront our State - Duke's Mansion for you!"
Hearing this, Chu Qing frowned. Then she turned her head and said to the outside of the curtain, "Zizhan, they think you don't dote on me."
Her voice was soft and full of grievance.
The Duchess was so irritated that she wished she could kill Chu Qing on the spot.
Soon, Wei Ying's calm voice came from outside, "Qingqing, don't worry. I'll definitely dote on you. Moreover, I won't go against the State - Duke's Mansion."
The Duchess seemed to only hear the second half of the sentence. She immediately sneered triumphantly, "See, the Prince of Ning has personally said that he won't go against our State - Duke's Mansion!"
Wei Ying's voice continued to come in, "Starting tomorrow, there will be no State - Duke's Mansion in the Great Yan Kingdom. How can I confront them? Qingqing, don't make things too difficult for me."
Chu Qing couldn't help but burst out laughing.
The Duchess, however, stood there in a daze, unable to react for a long time.
The Prince and Princess of Ning were just too arrogant!!!
They actually looked down on their State - Duke's Mansion so much!!!
On the side, Zhong Yi was enduring both the pain in her wrist and the extremely arrogant conversation between Chu Qing and her mother.
She was almost going crazy with anger!!!
She wished she could cut Chu Qing into pieces and then throw her outside for the dogs to eat.
Chu Qing naturally felt Zhong Yi's look. Squinting her eyes, she said, "What, Miss Zhong wants to cut me into pieces and eat me?"
She actually accidentally guessed Zhong Yi's thought!
Zhong Yi gritted her teeth, but she always felt that something was wrong...
Ah!
This bitch Chu Qing was actually calling her a dog!
So, without thinking, Zhong Yi shouted angrily, "Chu Qing, you bitch! You're calling me a dog!"
"???" Chu Qing was truly confused.
When did she call her that???
Zhong Yi then realized that Chu Qing had just accidentally guessed her thought, with only a slight difference...
So she immediately changed the subject and said, "I don't care! Chu Qing! You've insulted my mother and me so much today. Tomorrow, I'll return it a hundred or a thousand times over!!!"
"Oh? How do you plan to return it?" Chu Qing raised her eyebrows.
"Humph! You underestimate the power of our State - Duke's Mansion too much! As long as you don't dare to kill my mother and me, we will definitely tell my father everything you've done to us today! My father will surely tell the Emperor! Moreover, the Empress Dowager has always been on good terms with our State - Duke's Mansion. She will surely not sit back and do nothing! The Emperor always listens to the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager will definitely not let you insult my mother and me! So! Chu Qing! Don't be so arrogant!"
After hearing this, Chu Qing seemed to frown worriedly.
Seeing this, Zhong Yi exchanged a look with the Duchess.
Sure enough, this bitch Chu Qing couldn't ignore the fact that they had the Empress Dowager as their backer!
"Alright, don't pursue the past matters. Regarding today's incident, as long as you break your own two wrists and apologize to us mother - daughter pair, we'll let you go. The Prince of Ning has been bewitched by you. Presumably, he doesn't really want to make an enemy of our State - Duke's Mansion." The Duchess thought that Chu Qing was scared when she saw her being silent. But because Chu Qing had been so fierce just now that it gave her the creeps, she had to come up with what she thought was a way to give both sides a way out...
But Chu Qing seemed not to have heard her words. She was still thinking about what Zhong Yi had just said. Chu Qing frowned slightly and said to the outside of the curtain,
"Your Majesty, look, these two think that you can't decide some matters. What should we do?"