Chapter 1848 Tearing Off Half a Sleeve
Chapter 1848 Tearing Off Half a Sleeve
Cheng Feng said, "Mother, you don't mean you're disgusted that your son gnaws on things with his mouth, do you?"
Madam Wan's face was full of smiles! "How could that be? I would never dislike my Feng'er! My teeth are really not good anymore! Soft and mushy things are fine, but anything hard is no good!"
Cheng Feng's teeth are really good! With a few snips, the off-white sugarcane core was revealed. "Mom, taste it, this sugarcane is so sweet!"
Madam Wan smiled and waved her hand, "No, Mother doesn't want it. You eat it! I'm happy just watching you eat!"
Seeing that his elderly mother really didn't want it, Cheng Feng had no choice but to sit down and eat by himself. Just as he was about to take a bite, the door to the house was smashed open by a huge force. When Cheng Feng looked at the door, there was already a small figure standing in front of him!
"Your Highness! Something terrible has happened! The Princess Consort has been bullied!"
Cheng Feng suddenly stood up, spitting out the sugarcane in his mouth as he did so!
"Who dares to provoke me!"
"It's the Han family! They've surrounded the Princess and Consort Hong at the main gate, and they've even torn off the Princess's shawl!" Big Eyes' voice was not only loud but also clear, making the heads of the people inside the room buzz!
Big Eyes held up a shawl in her hand. It was an apricot-yellow brocade shawl that Shang tide had worn this morning. Cheng Feng and Old Madam Wan had both seen it before!
Cheng Feng threw the sugarcane in his hand forward and ran away. Da Yan caught the sugarcane and ran behind him like the wind!
The two moved with lightning speed, one with long legs and the other with a quick, backward-moving lower leg. They rushed out of the gate almost simultaneously. The gatekeeper, hearing the commotion, also summoned a squad of guards from the mansion, but neither could outrun Big Eyes.
With his left hand, Da Yan held Shang tide's brocade shawl, and with his right hand, he held the sugarcane that their prince had thrown to him, while he was chewing it vigorously!
Upon reaching her, Da Yan swiftly tucked the sugarcane she was holding in her right hand under her left armpit, freeing her right hand to her mouth. She then spat a mouthful of chewed, dried sugarcane pulp into her palm and shoved it at Madam Han's face, who was clinging tightly to Shang Xi. The aim was perfect, smearing a handful of sugarcane pulp all over Madam Han's face. Madam Han jolted, but even so, she didn't loosen her grip on Shang Xi's leg. She had come all this way today to rescue her granddaughter!
Big Eyes spread his thin legs wide, his waist taut, and pulled out a piece of sugarcane from under his armpits, pointing fiercely at Madam Han. "Your Highness, it's her! It's her who bullied our Princess! It's her who tore off the Princess's shawl! Your Highness, hit her!" Big Eyes yelled at the top of his lungs, but the group of women who were engrossed in playing the victim didn't even notice this short child! No matter how much Big Eyes shouted, no one paid him any attention!
As if they had planned it in advance, these people changed their tune from the rhythmic wailing led by Madam Han at the beginning. They no longer shouted that Shang tide was abandoning them to their fate, but instead demanded that Han Muran be returned to them.
A number of onlookers walked by, but fortunately, Han Muran became famous overnight. Everyone knew that Han Muran, whose birth chart indicated she would bring misfortune to her husband and children, was actually Mu Kong, the leader of the prostitutes who frequented Tingfeng Nunnery. Otherwise, the onlookers would have thought that Han Muran had been killed by Shang Xi! Shang Xi was already struggling to take care of herself, yet she still had to protect her daughter-in-law, Hong Jiutong!
The unity and cooperation shown by the Han family at this moment was extraordinary. They did everything they could to prevent Shang tide and Hong Jiutong from leaving their encirclement, as if as long as they could keep Shang tide, Han Muran of the Han family could be released from prison!
But this wasn't a plea for help; it was clearly a refusal to release Shang Xi unless Han Muran was released! At this moment, Shang tide, trapped in the crowd, was as if she were being held hostage, unable to move an inch!
With a tearing sound, half of Shang tide's sleeve was ripped off!
"Stop right there!" Cheng Feng roared, charging into the crowd. He lifted Shang tide up like a radish, and then someone grabbed Cheng Feng's leg. But then again, grabbing Cheng Feng's leg wasn't so easy. Over the years, countless people had tried to curry favor with him, only to fail and never even get close! With a single kick, a large group of people surrounding him collapsed! The guards at the gate rushed forward, pulling the group aside and rescuing Hong Jiutong, who was trapped in the crowd!
Shang Xi was in a very disheveled state. The glass hairpin on her head was hanging awkwardly by her temple, and it would probably fall to the ground if it wobbled even slightly. The hair ornament with colorful gemstones that was stuck diagonally in her hair was also nowhere to be found. What annoyed Cheng Feng the most was that this person's sleeve was also missing half of its length.
Her fair, slender arms were scratched red by some madman, but none of the scratches were serious.
Cheng Feng held Shang Xi's face and looked at it again and again. She was not injured, and her neck was fine. He rolled up her other sleeve to take a look. There were a few red marks, probably from too many people pulling her. Fortunately, it did not cause too much damage!
Then Cheng Feng's large hands examined Shang tide's chest and back, not even missing her legs. After checking her over, Cheng Feng breathed a sigh of relief. There were no external injuries, but her skirt had been torn in one place.
At this moment, Da Yan had already draped the small brocade shawl he was holding over Shang Xi's shoulders. Cheng Feng straightened the shawl, then adjusted the glass hairpin on Shang Xi's head, examining her head from head to head. This was the second time Cheng Feng had checked her. Shang Xi pushed away the dark-faced Cheng Feng: "I'm fine, let go of my head, my daughter-in-law is still watching!"
"What can anyone do to help? I'll have someone fetch the imperial physician to examine you; your complexion is terrible!"
Shang tide glanced at the Han family members who were being held back by the guards and whispered, "Please don't, it's not that bad. I'm just being bothered by them. You need to find a way to get rid of these people quickly. There are too many onlookers. Don't let things get out of hand!"
At this moment, Hong Jiutong picked up the hairpin that Shang tide had lost. "Mother, are you alright?"
Shang tide shook her head: "I'm fine!"
Then Shang tide took a deep breath and set an example for her daughter-in-law, "Jiu Tong, don't be afraid. They wouldn't dare to act recklessly in front of our manor!"
Cheng Feng looked at Shang tide's resolute and fearless eyes, then at the half-sleeve she had lost, and said nothing! If he had rushed out even a little later, it wouldn't have been just a matter of losing half a sleeve; she would probably have been stripped naked. The Han family really is full of wolves and wolves! Cheng Feng didn't even recognize Madam Han, and Shang tide was in such a sorry state, yet they were still wailing and crying.
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