The person in the carriage opposite did not dismount. Instead, the plainclothes guards accompanying the carriage walked forward and blocked Gu Qianying's carriage.
At this moment, Gu Qianying was only accompanied by Caixia and a stable boy driving the carriage.
"How dare you! You are disrespecting our Ninth Princess Consort. Are you blind?"
Caixia shouted coldly, shielding Gu Qianying behind her.
From the carriage opposite, the carriage curtain was lifted, and a voice came, "Who did I think it was? It turns out to be Miss Gu."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, it is your concubine. Look, how lucky my Ninth Imperial Aunt is today to meet you, her nephew, here."
As these words fell, Nan Rongqi's face immediately darkened. The beauty in his arms hid to the side, not looking up.
The eunuch following the carriage outside shouted, "How dare you, Ninth Princess Consort! Our Prince is of noble status. How can you address him so casually!"
"Can't I? Oh, Crown Prince Nephew, then your Ninth Imperial Aunt will call you Your Highness the Crown Prince from now on and will no longer call you nephew, alright?"
As she spoke, Gu Qianying deliberately emphasized the word "nephew" in her speech.
The eunuch was choked with anger, "You...!"
Nan Rongqi's face became even more unpleasant. He stepped on the eunuch's back and got out of the carriage. The beauty accompanying him also walked down.
When no one was paying attention, she glanced at Gu Qianying in a hurry. She had intended to say something to Gu Qianying using sign language, but she saw Crown Prince Nan Rongqi walking towards Gu Qianying. He suddenly moved closer, and Gu Qianying frowned and took two steps back.
"Why are you dodging? Are you afraid I'll eat you!"
Nan Rongqi raised his hand, intending to touch Gu Qianying's hair by her ear.
Gu Qianying's face turned cold, and she slapped his hand away. At the same time, she revealed the silver needles hidden in her sleeve. If this scumbag dared to offend her again, she wouldn't mind making him bleed!
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, don't you want this arm of yours!"
Her words carried a threat and a warning.
Nan Rongqi suddenly smiled. As if he hadn't understood, he deliberately took half a step forward and spoke in a voice only they could hear, "Where am I inferior to him? You married a cripple and refused to be mine. Why?" He couldn't understand why someone of his noble status was inferior to a cripple paralyzed in both legs!
"It's rare for Your Highness the Crown Prince to have self-awareness."
Gu Qianying looked at him with a sneer on her lips. Gu Qianying's attitude angered Nan Rongqi. He was so angry that he raised his palm, wishing he could strangle Gu Qianying to death on the spot.
However, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and a sinister smile appeared on his lips. "Indeed, I am a person with all four limbs intact. How can I be compared to a cripple? Marrying him, you live like a widow every day, lonely in body and mind for a long time. Why don't I send you some handsome men to enjoy yourself properly? How about it?"
His words were both sarcastic and vulgar.
Gu Qianying looked at Nan Rongqi, her eyes icy. "Your Highness the Crown Prince, do you know the difference between a human and an animal?"
Nan Rongqi looked at Gu Qianying, remaining silent. He didn't understand what she meant. Before he could speak, Gu Qianying said, "It's people like you who constantly speak of lust that are different from us normal people."
"Gu Qianying, you...!"
Nan Rongqi was furious. He glared fiercely at Gu Qianying, turned around, and coldly ordered the eunuch who had come with him, "Guards, the Ninth Princess Consort has insulted me. Arrest her!"
Several plainclothes guards surrounded Gu Qianying and her group. Caixia protected Gu Qianying behind her. The stable boy driving their carriage, seeing that no one was paying attention, hid in the crowd, avoided Nan Rongqi's men, and quietly went to find help.
However, as he retraced his steps back to the Gu Manor, their Prince's figure was no longer on the street.
At this moment, facing several guards, Gu Qianying showed no fear on her face.
"It seems Your Highness the Crown Prince is determined to be an enemy of your Ninth Imperial Uncle?"
Gu Qianying's eyes flashed with killing intent as she looked at Nan Rongqi. Nan Rongqi, holding the beauty in his arms, smiled sinisterly. "When did I say I wanted to be an enemy of my Ninth Imperial Uncle? It's just that the Ninth Princess Consort has insulted me so today. I am the Crown Prince of the present dynasty. How can I let this go!"
He hugged the beauty in his arms and got into the carriage. The carriage curtain was lifted, and Nan Rongqi watched Gu Qianying, "If the Ninth Princess Consort is willing to kneel at my feet for an hour today, then your disrespect towards me today will be forgiven."
As he said this, Nan Rongqi signaled his men to surround Gu Qianying, leaving her no room to retreat. The obvious intention was understood by everyone present. At this moment, the Crown Prince wanted to deliberately embarrass Gu Qianying.
The onlookers were so frightened that they knelt on the ground. Gu Qianying stood amidst the crowd, calm and unhurried, composed, with a faint expression. The silver needles held between her fingers under her sleeve were ready to be deployed, but she suddenly paused. Based on her understanding of the scumbag's character in her previous life, his actions today were truly unusual. She looked up at Nan Rongqi, and as she looked at him, she glanced at the beauty in Nan Rongqi's arms, Meng Qier.
Meng Qier did not look at Gu Qianying. She leaned softly in Nan Rongqi's arms, her slender fingers tracing circles on Nan Rongqi's chest, causing Nan Rongqi to become restless, wishing he could lift her skirt and dote on her.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, this servant wants to eat the hawthorn cakes from Diaoyue Tower. Can you send someone to buy some for me?"
Her voice was soft and charming, causing Nan Rongqi to immediately grasp Meng Qier's hand. "Since the little beauty wants to eat them, I will send someone to buy some immediately."
As he said this, Nan Rongqi glanced at Gu Qianying. By blocking and trapping Gu Qianying, he had his ways!
Diaoyue Tower, hawthorn cakes?
Gu Qianying looked in the direction of Xiangyue Tower. The hawthorn cakes from Xiangyue Tower were not very popular, and their taste was ordinary. However, the chef used by Xiangyue Tower was no ordinary person. This person was the imperial chef who served the Empress Dowager when she was alive, named Jia Hu. After the Empress Dowager's death, this person resigned from his position as imperial chef in the palace. After leaving the palace, he worked as a chef at Xiangyue Tower.
But what did this person's affairs have to do with what she wanted to know? Glancing at Meng Qier again, she suddenly had an inspiration. Diaoyue Tower, Jia Hu, hawthorn cakes? What she wanted to say was the four-character idiom "luring the tiger away from the mountain"!
She looked at Nan Rongqi again, and a cold light flashed in Gu Qianying's eyes. As expected, Nan Rongqi, this scumbag, was truly using all means, despicable to the extreme!
No, luring the tiger away from the mountain? Where did it refer to? The Gu Manor? Or the Ninth Prince's Manor? Gu Qianying narrowed her eyes. She guessed that they wanted to find someone to investigate the Gu Manor, not the Ninth Prince's Manor. With Nangong Mo guarding the Ninth Prince's Manor, they naturally wouldn't dare. So, it could only be the Gu Manor.
Investigating the Gu Manor, what did they want to know? Could it be to find out if her grandfather and brother were still alive? With a thousand thoughts racing through her mind, Gu Qianying finally decided... "Your Highness the Crown Prince, your Ninth Imperial Aunt was ignorant just now and offended Your Highness the Crown Prince. Please do not be angry. As an apology, your Ninth Imperial Aunt will now give you..."
Gu Qianying stepped forward, making a gesture of kneeling. However, before her legs could bend, she suddenly and quickly shot out the silver needles hidden in her sleeves. Two slender silver needles were both embedded in the horse pulling Nan Rongqi's carriage, on both sides of its hindquarters. The horse suddenly neighed, its hooves kicking high. It darted around wildly, and in its shock, it pulled the carriage and galloped away.
Inside the carriage, Nan Rongqi was startled. His clothes were wrinkled, and his hair was messy. He was jostled so much that he almost rolled out of the carriage. The beauty in his arms held onto Nan Rongqi, afraid to let go. Because the incident was too sudden, she pretended to be deliberately scared and cried, clinging tightly to Nan Rongqi, preventing him from using his lightness skill to get out of the carriage.
The eunuch who had not followed to serve was stunned. After a moment of愣, he exclaimed, "Quick, quick, protect the Prince! Quick, follow!"
The plainclothes guards and the eunuch rushed forward, all chasing after the carriage that had already gone far away. The onlookers were stunned. After everyone reacted, whispers intensified in the crowd.
Looking at the carriage gradually moving away, carried by the horse, Gu Qianying curled her lips and said to Caixia, "Let's go back." As she spoke, Gu Qianying walked towards the horse pulling her carriage, hung the reins, and mounted it.