Seeing that Shang Yiqing was angered, King Xuan smiled faintly. Of course, he hoped for such an outcome. Because if Shang Yiqing hadn't interfered in the matter between him and Ying Ying, Ying Ying might have already married him and become his secondary wife. How could he not be angry at the fact that everything was in vain?
Ying Ying saw through King Xuan's intentions, but Shang Yiqing was already so angry that she lost all rationality. She refused to listen to him, so she became anxious as well. It would be too expensive to buy the sword with ten thousand taels of silvers, and there was no need to.
The shopkeeper saw the three of them standing there in a deadlock, and the price they offered was several times higher than he had expected. He was already delighted, but he remained unmoved. He asked while smiling: "What about this sword?"
"What is there to ask? This wangfei will buy it for ten thousand taels." Shang Yiqing did not care about the value of the sword at all. She only wanted to fight for it as she reached out to snatch the ink sword from King Xuan's hands.
King Xuan withdrew his hand but did not let Shang Yiqing snatch it away. The smile on his face deepened as he gestured to the shopkeeper, "I bid twenty thousand taels of silver!"
20,000 taels? This fellow must be crazy, he actually wanted to buy a mere sword for twenty thousand taels of silver? Ying Ying expressed her unwillingness to accept it. Before Shang Yiqing could recover her wits, she rushed forward and said, "Since Duke Xuan likes this sword so much, I can only bear with it and bear with it. Please …" As he spoke, he pulled Shang Yiqing away.
"Ying Ying, what are you doing?" Shang Yiqing still did not give up as she tried to pull Yingying away. Isn't it just 20,000 taels of silver? After all, she was the stately Imperial Concubine Rong. It wasn't as if she couldn't afford the silver. Why should she give her sword to King Xuan? The more she thought about it, the angrier she got!
King Xuan raised his voice when he saw the two walk out. "Princess Rao, didn't you say you wanted this sword? Why did you leave just like that?"
Shang Yiqing turned around in anger and glared fiercely at King Xuan, "King Xuan, you're really crazy. If it wasn't for Ying Ying pulling me along, I'd fight you to the death today!"
"This King will follow you to the end!" King Xuan spoke and looked at Shang Yiqing.
"Esteemed wangfei, let's not lower ourselves to these kinds of people …" Ying Ying tried her best to pull Shang Yiqing away, but Shang Yiqing was so angry that her face turned pale. "It's not like we can't win against him. Besides, we came first, so why should we let him go first?"
"I just don't want to lower myself to his level. What King Xuan did today is to intentionally find trouble, so we can't fall for his trick …" Ying Ying whispered as she pulled Shang Yiqing out of the shop with even more force. Shang Yiqing broke free from her hold and flung her far away, bumping into a passerby.
"Aiya …" That person cried out in shock as he fell to the ground. His facial features were all twisted, and he must have been in great pain.
Shang Yiqing did not bother to argue with King Xuan and hurriedly ran over to help Ying Ying support the man. It was only then that she realized the man was a young man of similar age to her, clad in a green robe. He looked very delicate and pretty.
"Gongzi, are you alright? We didn't do it on purpose." Shang Yiqing hurriedly tried to pull the man up, but just as her hand touched his arm, she heard him scream out in pain. This truly made her feel strange. Ying Ying had only touched him once. Why was he in such pain? Could it be that there was something wrong with him?
Ying Ying felt embarrassed. "Young master, what's going on with you?" She didn't understand either. She had only touched him once, how could he be in such pain?
The man pressed his hand against his left arm and sucked in a breath of air. With great difficulty, he endured the pain. "There's something wrong with my arm …"
"Are you hurt?" Shang Yiqing instinctively grabbed the man's wrist without saying a word and connected his wrist with his pulse. She then asked, "You seem to have internal injuries as well?"
That person nodded. Just as he was about to speak, his face turned as pale as a sheet of paper. Suddenly, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted on the ground.
"Young master..." "Young master …" Shang Yiqing did not expect this to happen. It was just a casual collision, but she actually knocked out a young master. What should she do?
"Princess Rong, what should we do?" Ying Ying had never seen something like this before, and she felt even more guilty because of the fact that she had knocked him out.
"Of course it's to treat him. There's no other way, fortunately I understand, so I brought him to the Rong King's Manor first." Shang Yiqing said without hesitation. When the bystanders saw this scene, they also crowded around to see what was going on. If they didn't bring this person away, then the commoners would probably watch them as if they were watching a great play. Who knew what kind of gossip would come out?
Just like that, Shang Yiqing and Ying Ying brought that man back to the Residence of Rong.
That person only woke up four hours later. When Shang Yiqing saw that he had woken up, she could not help but heave a sigh of relief, and went up to ask: "You're awake? Are you feeling better? And it's not comfortable there? "
Ying Ying was also very nervous. This person had been knocked down by her, so she was no less worried than the others.
That person looked at Shang Yiqing in a daze, then at Ying Ying, only to discover that there was a white-clothed gongzi standing in the room. Although this gongzi didn't even move, he still frowned and gave off an indescribable sense of arrogance and sadness, just like the snow on a tall mountain. However, this face was extremely familiar. That person trembled as he said, "Royal brother, you … why are you here as well?"
This question left the three of them baffled and unable to answer.
"Young master, did you recognize the wrong person? How could I be your royal brother?" Fang Zinan felt it was more strange than anyone else. This was the first time he saw this man who was saved by Shang Guanqing, so why did he call him his brother for no reason? Could it be a prince from a certain prince's mansion? But he had no impression of it. It was a strange feeling.
The man looked at Fang Zinan again and shook his head, "No …" You're not him... "You're not him …" Then he hugged his own body. "Don't come over here... "Come back here and I'll kill you guys …" The last two sentences seemed to be filled with great fear, but their voices were surprisingly crisp and soft.
Everyone grew even more confused. Could it be that this person had been knocked out of his head by Ying Ying? No one understood what he was saying.
Shang Yiqing looked at Ying Ying, then Ying Ying looked at Fang Zinan, who took a step forward and asked, "Young master, don't be afraid. Do you remember how you fainted?"
The man shook his head, seemed to be deep in thought, then nodded. Finally, he seemed to have remembered something, and blurted out, "I got hit by someone today, and then I didn't know anything."
"I'm truly sorry, I was the one who knocked you down today …" Ying Ying's face was filled with shyness. Although this was an accident, it was still caused by her.