Chapter 41: Arrogant and Presumptuous Youth_1

“You lowly commoner! How dare you lay a hand on me!” Bai Qingxuan, not expecting someone more skilled than him, was tightly pressed against the carriage, unable to move.

Bai Qingxuan’s eyes were bloodshot. He struggled and cursed, “I am the son of the Duke of Zhen! You lowly commoner dare to touch me. When my grandfather returns, he will exterminate your nine clans!”

Bai Qingyan’s eyes were filled with a fierce, murderous intent. To dare to say such words about exterminating nine clans! Leaving this heartless scum in the Bai family might bring about the family’s doom.

“Let go of my son!” The woman lifted the carriage curtain, jumped down like a shrew, and angrily hit and tore at Chen Qingsheng. “You lowly commoner! My son is the most esteemed son of the Duke of Zhen! If you hurt my son, the Duke will surely kill your entire family when he returns!”

Being the woman of the Bai family’s second master, Chen Qingsheng dared not lay hands on her by any means. He took a slap from the woman on his face and could only awkwardly turn his face to avoid her.

Bai Qingyan stepped out of the doorway, clenching the hand warmer in her hand. Her heart boiled with anger as if being cooked by fire. This mother and son… they were utterly foolish, vile, and malicious.

She closed her eyes, suppressing her boiling murderous intent, and ordered, “Chen Qingsheng, let him go! Have someone take the coachman and the old man to the medical clinic across the street first!”

“Yes, Eldest Young Lady!” Chen Qingsheng obeyed the order and instructed the Bai Mansion guards to take the injured to the medical clinic across the street.

The coachman, who was supported up, hurriedly bowed to Bai Qingyan in gratitude, “Thank you, Eldest Young Lady! Thank you, Eldest Young Lady!”

“You just wait! I will drag you to see an official!” The woman glared at Chen Qingsheng, quickly supporting her son and tearfully asked, “Xuan’er, did that lowly commoner hurt you anywhere?!”

As Bai Qingyan walked to the front of Manjiang Tower, the patrons and waiters crowded at the door watching the commotion hurriedly made way.

Just as Bai Qingxuan, who was holding his neck and preparing to cry in pain, saw Bai Qingyan, he was stunned… immediately filled with admiration, revealing a chilling gaze like a hungry wolf seeing prey. He pushed the woman aside, squinted his eyes, and walked toward Bai Qingyan with a grin, “What a beautiful little lady…”

“You are outrageous!” Chun Tao’s heart surged with anger at the foul words.

Chen Qingsheng feared that this scoundrel might hurt Chun Tao, quickly stepped forward to shield Bai Qingyan and Chun Tao, preventing Bai Qingxuan from approaching further.

Bai Qingxuan’s gaze swept over Chen Qingsheng, then fixated on the cold, snowy features of Bai Qingyan. He circled around her, eyes filled with excitement as if examining merchandise, eager to approach and closely observe Bai Qingyan’s beauty.

Chen Qingsheng’s expression darkened, just about to knock down Bai Qingxuan when Bai Qingyan spoke, “Chen Qingsheng, go check how the lady and the coachman at the clinic across the street are doing, and if the child is injured.”

Chen Qingsheng gritted his teeth and replied, obeying and stepping aside.

“Now that’s sensible! This beautiful little lady knows how to judge the situation. My grandfather, the Duke of Zhen… even the Emperor dares not provoke him!” Bai Qingxuan thought the stunning little lady in front of him was cowed by the prestige of the Duke of Zhen and grew even more arrogant.

Her pupils slightly constricted. If not for gripping the hand warmer tightly, she feared she might not have been able to resist drawing her sword and hacking the person in front of her to pieces.

Bai Qingxuan stepped forward, only three steps away from her. After another detailed examination, Bai Qingxuan smiled and said, “Which family is the little lady from? When my grandfather, the Duke of Zhen, returns victorious, I’ll have him go to your house to ask for you! I’ve never seen such a beautiful woman before. If made into a beauty jar… it would be unique in the world!”

At the mention of a beauty jar, her boiling blood instantly turned to ice, her gaze turning cold and grim like it was laced with poison.

She could hardly restrain herself from tearing this foolish animal apart. Yet she was now a cripple with no martial arts, unable to do anything, gritting her teeth tighter, holding the hand warmer even tighter.

Standing at the viewing corridor on the second floor of Yanque Tower, Xiao Rongyan, hands behind his back, his ink-black eyes darkened upon hearing this.

“Brother Xiao, isn’t that the Duke’s eldest legitimate daughter?!” Lu Yuanpeng anxiously pulled Xiao Rongyan’s sleeve.

Xiao Rongyan remained unmoved. He picked a peanut from the small dish in Lu Yuanpeng’s hand…@@novelbin@@

“Thud—”

Bai Qingxuan’s kneecaps were suddenly hit by something, causing him to kneel straight down before Bai Qingyan.

Lu Ping, who had been hidden in the crowd waiting for Bai Qingyan’s orders, thought Bai Qingxuan was going to make a move on the Eldest Young Lady. He immediately stepped in front of Bai Qingyan, kicked Bai Qingxuan in the chest, sending him rolling down the stairs.

“Take him down!”

With Bai Qingyan’s command, the guards brought by Lu Ping immediately pressed Bai Qingxuan to the ground, making him unable to move.

“Let go of my son! Let go of my son!” The woman rushed up, clawing at the Bai Mansion guards, angrily cursing at Bai Qingyan, “Which family’s little nobody are you to be so rude?! How dare you have your family’s servants lay hands on the son of the Duke of Zhen! Do you not want your entire family to live?!”

Bai Qingyan gritted her teeth. Such malicious, reckless dogs—if not crushed to establish the Bai family’s reputation, their existence in this world would be a waste.

“You are outrageous!” Chun Tao was so angry that her face turned pale. “Even the Duke’s eldest legitimate daughter is not someone you can insult!”

The woman, hearing that the young lady before her was the Duke’s eldest legitimate daughter, was shocked and stepped back two paces. If not for holding onto the carriage, she would have almost knelt with weak legs.

Since that day at the Marquis of Loyalty and Courage’s mansion, the name of the Duke’s eldest legitimate daughter had spread not only in Dadu City but even in the countryside. It was said that the Duke’s eldest legitimate daughter had been raised under the knees of the Duke of Zhen and the Eldest Princess, deeply loved by them. Moreover, she was reputed to be filled with the indomitable spirit of the Bai family and extraordinary bearing.

Bai Qingxuan looked up, surprise in his eyes, at Bai Qingyan, who stood in a pure white fox fur coat under the brilliant lights of Manjiang Tower, her expression solemn. He sensed intense disgust and murderous intent in her tranquil gaze.

“When your second uncle was studying abroad, your mother saved him! Our grandmother sent people to search for your mother and you but couldn’t find you two. Now, bringing you two into the Duke of Zhen’s mansion was our grandmother’s act of mercy! Who gave you the gall to use the Duke’s prestige to act without reason?”

Bai Qingxuan felt unwilling in his heart, but had to yield to Bai Qingyan, biting his teeth tightly, “Just a lowly commoner! He wasn’t even beaten to death! Why make a fuss over nothing, Eldest Sister?!”

At the repeated mention of “lowly commoner,” her brow twitched violently, the rage in her heart growing, unable to restrain herself, she took three steps forward and kicked Bai Qingxuan to the ground. The Duke’s guards quickly stepped forward to press him back to his original kneeling position.

“Lowly commoner?!” Her chest filled with rage, unable to hide her loathing, her words were intense, “The so-called lowly commoners in your mouth are exactly why the Bai family has gone to battle for generations, bodies shattered! The people of Jin Kingdom provide for us with their taxes. We in the Bai family fear we cannot repay the people in the slightest. Even at the age of sixty, my grandfather still takes to the battlefield, leading the Bai family’s men—all of them! The youngest, no more than ten years old! The Bai family sees the people of Jin Kingdom as their flesh and blood kin. Yet, in your arrogant mouth, they are lowly commoners?!”