“Beg. Kneel and beg me!” taunted the young maiden as she laughed without restraint.
“Dream on!” spat the handsome and elegant young man who was writhing on the ground in pain. Although his pain was so great that he was unable to stand, he refused to give in and still managed to grit out these two words through clenched teeth.
“Oh, you seem to have some guts.” A cruel smile emerged on the young maiden’s face. She lifted her leg, released her Battle Qi and was poised to ruthlessly stomp on the elegant, handsome young man’s back. This would cause the young man to break a few bones for sure. The young maiden looked no older than fifteen or sixteen, but she was already this vicious!
However, once she stomped upon the helpless young man, the crisp sounds of bones breaking didn’t fill the air as the young maiden had expected. Instead, she was surprised to find herself suddenly sent flying backwards by a sudden blast and a strong wave of energy. She collapsed to the ground. The group of youth standing behind her were stunned. As everything had happened too quickly, they had yet to regain their senses to go over and help her up.
“Who dares! The impudence! Who dares sneak an attack on me, the princess! Do you not want to live anymore?!” screamed the young maiden angrily from where she had collapsed on the ground. “Are all of you blind? Aren’t you going to come and help me up?!”
Yup. This unruly young maiden dressed lavishly was indeed the current fifth princess, Fu Huayi. The group of youth accompanying her were her attendants, the descendants of court nobles.
After being scolded by the fifth princess, her attendants chaotically rushed to help her up. She, on the other hand, abruptly smacked their hands away and climbed back onto her feet on her own. Then, she cast a vicious look at the person who dared to attack her.
Currently, Ling Chuxi and Ling Yichen were busy helping the poisoned young man sit up.
“Are you all right?” asked Ling Yichen with a concerned frown.
“Tell me, would I be all right in this condition?” answered the elegant young man laboriously as he managed a smile.
Ling Chuxi glared coldly at the lavishly dressed young maiden who was viciously staring right back and rushed toward her with an outstretched hand, demanding, “Give me the antidote now.”
“Antidote? Ha! There is never an antidote for the poisons that I, the princess, prescribe.” The fifth princess sized up the young maiden who had dared to attack her. Obviously, her opponent was unaware of her identity to dare speak her to like this. The fifth princess deduced that her opponent’s face was not bad looking, but that seeing it left as it was made her feel like it was unsightly. It would look better once it was disfigured.
“It’s just Thousand Grass Cream. How can there be no antidote? Are you that stupid?” sneered Ling Chuxi as she laid bare the name of the common poison used by the fifth princess. Under the astonished stare of the fifth princess and her attendants, Ling Chuxi had already launched an attack. The princess’ attendants shouted in surprise.
“Protect the—Argh!” Ling Chuxi sent the attendants flying before any of them could react.
The fifth princess was incredibly astonished. Just as she was thinking of fighting back, Ling Chuxi had already circled behind her and she felt a precise kick land on the back of her knees. The fifth princess was caught off-guard and fell to the ground in a kneeling position. Before she had time to catch her breath, Ling Chuxi had already searched her and snatched her bag away to remove a porcelain bottle from within it. Ling Chuxi threw the bottle over to Ling Yichen.
“Give him this. One is enough,” instructed Ling Chuxi solemnly after throwing the bottle over.
After the elegant young man swallowed one of the red pills from the porcelain bottle, the pain in his body subsided at once. Color slowly returned to his face.
“You impudent, despicable peasant! Do you know who she is? How dare you attack a princess?!” cried one of the attendants who had been beaten to the ground by Ling Chuxi. He had laboriously climbed to his feet and had started scolding Ling Chuxi furiously the moment he did. “The princess will return and inform the emperor of this at once. He will order for at least nine generations of your clan to be executed!”
