The wedding day of the Lin and Song families was a joyous occasion, with few servants left near the bridal chamber as most were busy with affairs in the front and back courtyards.
Furthermore, the few maids and matrons who had dared to intervene earlier had been kicked to the ground by the two men.
Thus, Song Chaoyu found herself surrounded with hardly anyone to help her.
A chill ran down Song Chaoyu's spine. Was she truly going to be violated by this scoundrel today?
If so, she would rather use the wedding scale in her hand and fight this man to the death!
Song Chaoyu gripped the wedding scale tightly, her palms sweating and feeling somewhat slippery.
The man, his face contorted with ferocity, paused for a moment before suddenly lunging at Song Chaoyu—
Song Chaoyu closed her eyes and swung the wedding scale with all her might, only to feel it pass through empty air!
It was over!
Her heart sank, and only one thought remained: she was likely to suffer a loss today!
However, the scene she had imagined did not materialize.
"Who is it?!"
She heard the man's surprised voice suddenly exclaim.
Song Chaoyu then opened her eyes and saw that the man's wrist, which he had swung towards her, was entangled with something like a whip!
"Your Highness Prince Chang, ten thousand years of peace!"
The voices of maids and matrons suddenly rang out from the surroundings, and the young servants surrounding Song Chaoyu also turned around.
It was then that she saw Mu Changxi had arrived!
He was in a wheelchair with wooden wheels, about five meters away from them. The whip that had restrained the man was held by the young eunuch beside him.
Song Chaoyu knew that the Emperor doted on Mu Changxi and had bestowed several highly skilled young eunuchs upon him.
With a slight movement of the eunuch Xiao Ruizhi's hand, the whip seemed to come alive, writhing and dragging the man to the ground.
At the same time, from a distance, Hu Xiaoye's voice, accompanied by Madam Hu and Prime Minister Lin, could be heard: "Uncle Lin, Mother. They are just ahead! They bullied me and are now bullying Fourth Sister Song! Please help Fourth Sister quickly! Fourth Sister saved me!"
Turning the curved bridge, they arrived at the scene.
What they saw was Song Chaoyu standing stunned, holding the blood-stained wedding scale high. In front of her lay a man bleeding from the head, and another man, dragged to the ground by Mu Changxi's eunuch's whip, was struggling to get up.
Seeing that both men were friends of Lin Zhaofeng, Prime Minister Lin understood much of what had happened.
Lin Zhaofeng also followed and, upon seeing the two men, rushed forward to help them: "Why did you two come here? Weren't you supposed to be teasing the bride? What's going on here?"
"Slap—"
However, before Lin Zhaofeng could help them up, Xiao Ruizhi's whip struck Lin Zhaofeng's hand, signaling him not to approach the two men.
"Ouch!"
In pain, Lin Zhaofeng hopped back to Prime Minister Lin: "Father, look at them—"
"Slap!"
This time, it was Prime Minister Lin's palm, which landed heavily on Lin Zhaofeng's face: "You scoundrel! Didn't I tell you long ago not to associate with these scoundrels?! Today is your elder brother's joyous occasion, what are you causing trouble for?"
Lin Zhaofeng still wanted to explain, but Prime Minister Lin's anger flared: "Guards! Take the Second Young Master away, pack his belongings immediately, and send him to the manor in the suburbs of the capital!"
"Father, you don't want me anymore?!"
Lin Zhaofeng, ignoring the pain, looked at Prime Minister Lin in horror: "They were just drunk and acting wild, and you're going to disown me because of it?"
"Take the Second Young Master away at once!"
Prime Minister Lin berated the servants behind him, who quickly stepped forward and dragged Lin Zhaofeng away.
Prime Minister Lin then angrily walked towards Song Chaoyu.
Only then did Song Chaoyu drop the wedding scale in her hand and step forward to bow to Prime Minister Lin: "I apologize, Lord Lin. This humble girl should not have—"
"Quickly, get up. Let me see if you are injured?"
Prime Minister Lin could not allow Song Chaoyu to apologize. He personally helped Song Chaoyu up, and seeing that she was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Miss Hu and her maid told us the situation on the way. Miss Song, you have been frightened! I will severely punish them for today's events."
Madam Hu also hurried towards Song Chaoyu with Hu Xiaoye, her gratitude overflowing: "Good girl, were you scared? Thank you for saving our Xiaoye today. How dare these two ruffians act like this? If you hadn't intervened, we wouldn't know what would have happened to our Xiaoye. Thank you so much!"
She, the dignified Madam Hu, was about to bow and thank Song Chaoyu.
Song Chaoyu quickly helped her up: "Madam Hu, please don't be so polite. I am truly sorry for the commotion today. Did I frighten Xiaoye?"
Xiaoye shook her head and then stepped forward to tightly hold Song Chaoyu's hand.
Song Chaoyu's gaze also flickered to the golden wedding scale on the ground, which had been deformed by her blow: "Lord Lin, I apologize. I couldn't find anything else suitable at the time and used this wedding scale. I'm afraid the wedding scale is unusable now, and it is truly my fault."
"Good child, don't apologize anymore. What you did today was not wrong at all!"
Prime Minister Lin saw that Song Chaoyu was not unreasonable and sighed. He quickly stepped forward and personally picked up the wedding scale: "If it's broken, we'll prepare another one. It's good that you are all unharmed, and that the matter did not escalate."
Song Chaoyu naturally understood Prime Minister Lin's meaning and nodded: "They were just drunk and acting out, and they frightened Xiaoye and me. Prime Minister Lin need not worry, today's wedding banquet will be perfect."
Prime Minister Lin was then reassured and instructed the servants to clean up the mess: "Miss Song and Miss Hu can rest assured, I will give you an explanation for today's events."
He turned and bowed to Madam Hu: "Madam Hu, it is our Lin residence's poor hospitality that has frightened you and your child!"
After all, he was the Prime Minister, and Madam Hu, though displeased, had to maintain appearances: "Forget it, the troublemakers were not from your Lin family. Prime Minister Lin, if I may offer a word of advice. Your second son truly needs to be strictly managed. On such an important day, he has caused trouble twice. After all, it is the Prime Minister's residence; wouldn't it be a laughingstock if this got out?"
"Yes, Madam Hu is right!"
Prime Minister Lin nodded quickly and apologized again, and the matter was thus settled.
Song Chaoyu expected Hu Xiaoye to remain by Madam Hu's side, frightened.
However, to her surprise, Hu Xiaoye still held her hand and entered the bridal chamber: "It's okay! I want to watch the bride-teasing with Sister Song!"
Song Xiuxiu, inside the bridal chamber, was also worried about them, but she had been held back by the matchmaker and not allowed to move. Now that she heard they were safe, she felt relieved.