The Ma mother and daughter were not easy to deal with, they immediately acted shamelessly, chasing after Lv He and running around the courtyard, while jumping and scolding him.
Seeing the mess, Bai Qianfan suddenly shouted, "Stop messing around!"
This roar made the scene quieten down. Today, she went out in casual attire. Although she brought along a bunch of people, her small body couldn't suppress them. Mrs Ma looked at her with a slanted gaze, "I still haven't asked you who you are, what are you shouting about?"
Hearing Mrs Ma's disrespect to Bai Qianfan, Fang Lingan wanted to say something, but was stopped by Bai Qianfan's gaze. She chuckled twice, "Who I am is not important, the important thing is that I came today to ask for the betrothal gift money for these siblings. Be more straightforward, are you willing to give it to me?"
"Yo, you really can't stand and talk so much," Mrs Ma frowned. "What are you giving me? If you give it up, you don't have to go back."
"If they don't, then it'll be easy," Bai Qianfan pointed at the Pro-guard s that had surged in the courtyard.
"Don't say I'm unreasonable, I'm a courteous soldier after the battle. I've given you a chance, and we're all good at not listening, but we're going to use force instead. The women are not good at fighting, so it's not worth it to beat that little bastard down."
Mrs Ma was so angry that she was trembling. She pointed her finger towards the sky and said, "There's a god in your head, and you dare to act so wildly under the feet of the Son of Heaven. Just which family are you from? I won't let you bully me with your power!"
"Oh my god, who is this person? He broke into the house and committed murder and arson. Does anyone care? Is there justice in the world? Everyone come look. Whose family is this, using force and bullying others …"
The commoners outside the courtyard were pointing and talking, and all sorts of voices drifted in.
"Are they trying to capture him? Why are there so many soldiers? "
"How can that be? His son-in-law has already decided to go back on his word, and has come to beg for betrothal money, and even brought so many soldiers. Isn't this bullying others?"
"That's right, we've already made up our minds. How can we go back on our words? There's no such rule."
"It's not easy to bring troops. Who are they?"
"I'm not sure. At least they have power. Even the officials don't dare to do anything about it. If you mess with them, you can consider it your own luck."
When Lv He heard these words, she was so angry that her face turned white, dragging Bai Qianfan in with her for no reason at all. If something bad happened, how would she explain it to Prince Chu?
"Princess, this is all your servant's fault. I dragged you into this mess and caused you to hear all these rumors. It wouldn't be too much even if I were to die ten thousand times."
Fang Lingan said, "Princess Consort, if we want to end this quickly, it would not be good if we cause public outrage."
The people who did not know the truth misunderstood, so their words were naturally unpleasant to hear. Bai Qianfan did not care, and raised her chin towards Ma Shi: "Close the door, hit a dog!"
Fang Lingan waved his hand: "Close the door!"
Mrs Ma immediately ran over to stop them, shouting like a pig, "You can't close the door! What are you doing? Do you want to beat us to death?" "You will be killed by the heavens. You will have your retribution …"
Her resistance was useless, the two Pro-guard s held her back, while the other people closed the door, just at that moment, there was another wave of disturbance outside, a group of men in black clothes barged in.
The one in the lead was tall and sturdy, with thick eyebrows, sharp eyes, and a loud and clear voice. "Who is the one that is acting so atrociously here?"
Fang Lingan realised that things were not going well, there were only 10 Pro-guard s in the courtyard, the rest were outside, how did the black clothed men manage to get in? Could it be that the twenty personal guards couldn't stop them?
He wanted to go out and take a look, but the door was blocked, and when he looked again, he saw that all the people who had come to watch were gone.
It was very clear that the other side had brought more people than him. Most likely, both sides had already fought outside and had taken control of the situation, so the civilians all ran away. He knew how to train the personal guards of the Prince Chu. Ordinary people would not be able to get close, so fighting one on one against two or three was not a problem.
When the Ma mother and daughter saw this person, they immediately became arrogant and stopped crying. Their faces revealed a look of disdain and complacency, as if victory was already in their hands.
Ma Cui Er pointed at Bai Qianfan and Lv He: "Arrest these two women and barge into the house, shouting and fighting, don't you have laws under the feet of the Son of Heaven? "Take them to the officials."
"How dare you!" Fang Lingan shouted: "You dare be disrespectful to Princess Chu! Men, slap your mouth!"
The man leading the group sneered, "Princess Chu?" He sized up Bai Qianfan, "You must have some guts to dare call yourself Princess Chu and capture her!"
Fang Lingan protected Bai Qianfan behind him, and the other Pro-guard s clashed together with the black clothed man, causing the courtyard to instantly fall.
Lv He had never seen such a formation before, she was afraid and anxious, afraid that if she was careless and hurt Bai Qianfan, even if she had ten heads, it would still not be enough for Morong Gan to chop her off.
She and Fang Lingan protected Bai Qianfan one from the front and one from the back, while an endless stream of black-clothed men walked in from outside, forming a huge encirclement, and rushed towards them.
Bai Qianfan was actually very calm, she asked Lv He in a low voice, "Have you fought yet?"
Lv He shook her head, there were a few who did not say anything. "This servant is good at cursing others, I have never tried fighting before."
"Then come to the center, I'll protect you."
"That won't do! Esteemed wangfei, you have a body of gold. What if …"
"There's no 'just in case', I have experience," Bai Qianfan urged her. "Hurry up, don't dawdle, you're in the way, it's just a misunderstanding."
Hearing her words, Lv He could only switch to the middle position. Bai Qianfan looked coldly at the black-clothed men, and slowly pulled out a whip from her sleeves, it was around ten meters long, as thick as her pinky, completely black, the whip seemed to be patterned with patterns, shining with a ghostly light under the sunlight. With a shake of her hand, the whip broke through the wind and swung out, landing on the black-clothed man at the very front.
Morong Gan had given her the whip to play with, and it could also be used for self-defense. Knowing that her strength was lacking, he pierced the tip of the whip, even without using any strength, to the point that it bled profusely.
The black clothed man was obviously startled, he had never placed Bai Qianfan in his eyes before, it was just a little girl, wouldn't it be easy to capture her? He flew into a rage from embarrassment and met it head on with his bare hands.
Fang Lingan was entangled by the two black clothed men, upon hearing Lv He's scream, he turned his head to look, and immediately used his body to save him. The moment he moved, Lv He was exposed under their eyes, she was unarmed, and he did not know how to defend, so he was easily captured by the black clothed man.
Seeing that, Bai Qianfan swung the whip, whipping the person who grabbed Lv He, the man in black behind her actually reached out to grab her arm, and just as Fang Lingan was about to turn around and slash down, his arm was cut in half and fell to the ground, blood quickly gushed out and splattered all over Bai Qianfan.
Their companion's miserable condition angered the black-clothed men who were watching the battle. They all drew their swords and joined the battle, the scene was extremely chaotic, after all, there was a huge disparity in the strength of both sides. Bai Qianfan's side was quickly at a disadvantage, and everyone protected her as she retreated to the corner of the wall.