Looking around to see whether there were any familiar faces, she spotted Nangong Wei, the number one beauty under heaven, and Xiao Qianqian, whom she had viciously sheared last time. The one speaking was another girl in red. Damn, those glittering golden ornaments on her head were about to blind her. Had she come to run for the title of richest person? Or to flaunt her nouveau riche status?
Of course, the one who could least be ignored was the gloomy-faced man in yellow. His handsome features were dark and sinister. With that air about him, there was no need to ask—he had to be that Crown Prince of Southern Tang. Besides, the tassel-wearing man from last time was standing behind him, glaring at her viciously.
“You, you…” The girl in red was so furious she could not speak. Because of the shadow left by having her hair cut last time, Xiao Qianqian still did not dare meet her eyes. As for the other men and women, she had no impression of them at all, so she simply treated them as passersby A, B, C, and D.
“You what, you! You’ve already admitted you’re a slut yourself. Are you still going to stop others from knowing?”
A few noble young ladies began to snicker. The girl in red’s expression turned even uglier. Xiao Qianyin had never been like this in front of His Highness the Crown Prince of Southern Tang. No matter how arrogant she was usually, she was always submissive before him, letting them toy with her as they pleased!
“Xiao Qianyin, was it you who said this crown prince was not a thing?” Bei Wuxuan finally spoke. In the oppressive atmosphere, there was a dangerous sense of an oncoming storm. Everyone else held their breath, afraid of being caught in the fallout.
“What? Was I wrong?” The girl shrugged, raising her brows slightly, her expression tinged with playful mockery.
“What audacity. No one has ever dared speak of this crown prince like that!”
Bei Wuxuan stared at her coldly, his gaze carrying the biting chill of the dead of winter as it swept toward her.
“And who gave you permission to beat this crown prince’s attendant and drive him out of the residence with sticks? This crown prince apologized to you—that was giving you face!”
“And I said it as well.” Her eyes were clear and calm, like icy snow under cold light. Each word rang out with force. “Whether to give face or not is your business. Whether to accept it or not is mine. Besides, is this what an apology looks like? More arrogant and overbearing than the master of the house. I only beat him up to leave Your Highness some face. If I had acted according to my original thoughts, how could he have returned alive?”
Her cold, ruthless gaze shot straight toward the tassel-wearing man. Bloodthirsty killing intent surged in the girl’s dark eyes, utterly different from her usual demeanor, and not in the least inferior to the other party’s oppressive might. She was like a hellish Asura who had walked out drenched in blood.
She truly had killing intent. She had intended to spare his life, but if he himself did not want it, then he could not blame her for being impolite!
The tassel-wearing man’s face turned pale, and he sucked in a breath of cold air. He had thought Xiao Qianyin was nothing but a useless good-for-nothing, but upon seeing her gaze at this moment, he did not doubt in the slightest that this young girl would truly kill him in the next second. She possessed a supreme majesty no less than His Highness the Crown Prince’s.