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Chapter 329: 329: Beating Up

There was no rush.

After all, he was the Crown Prince, not some impatient upstart.

His attendant, Ren Chao, was following closely, not looking anywhere else.

A few young and beautiful girls were playing in the flower beds. Any man who passed by such a sight would unavoidably take a few extra glances.

In the time it took to steal those few glances, Li Jixian was surprised to find that the old woman leading their way had vanished.

Where had she run off to?

Li Jixian was somewhat baffled.

Without someone to guide them in the vast Prime Minister’s Mansion, how was he to know where Jiang Ning’s quarters were?

The master and servant exchanged a glance.

Ren Chao whispered, “My Lord, I can just go over there and ask, can’t I?”

Li Jixian nodded his head: “Go ahead.”

Ren Chao immediately went over.

Only when he got closer did he see that among them were several maidens and servants. Two of the young girls were indeed very beautiful.

It seemed they were playing a game of hide-and-seek. One girl had a piece of cloth covering her eyes, while the others scattered and ran about, laughing non-stop.

“Um…” Ren Chao tried to stop someone to ask for directions, but the girls were running all over the place, trying to avoid the blindfolded girl’s pursuit, and he simply could not catch up.

Just when Ren Chao was feeling helpless, the blindfolded girl suddenly grabbed hold of him and laughed: “Ha, ha, I’ve caught you! Let me see who the unlucky one is!”

With that said, she reached up to remove the cloth from her eyes.

Then, she discovered that the one she had caught was not one of her sisters, but rather a big, burly man. She blinked in surprise, then closed her eyes, clenched both hands into fists, opened her mouth –

Ren Chao instinctively took a step back.

The next moment, a sharp shrieking cry pierced the air.

“Ah ”

“There’s a robber!”

Ren Chao:

The next instant, the girls who had previously escaped came rushing back, a few with matrons and maids in tow. Each of them magically wielding sticks, brooms, hoes in their hands.

“Where’s the robber?”

“Over there!”

“Catch him!”

“Beat him to death!”

About seventeen or eighteen women surrounded Ren Chao in a swarm, raising their assorted weapons high, and began beating him furiously.

No matter how tough Ren Chao might be, he could not fend off these hysterical women, and he did not dare to hit back.

The Crown Prince came to apologize. If trouble arose again, he would not be able to bear the consequences.

One wrong move could easily make him a scapegoat.

After a brief thought, Ren Chao decided to protect his head and squat down—

Crash! Bang! Boom!

He was given a severe thrashing.

Li Jixian watched from not too far away, his mind going blank at the sight.

Clearly, this was a premeditated setup.

There were only five or six young girls in the group that had been playing, but suddenly seventeen or eighteen rough and tough women charged at him.

Each of them armed with a weapon.

This had obviously been prepared in advance.

Was it Jiang Ning’s doing?

It must have been her.

If she could have predicted that he would be forced by the Emperor to come and apologize, she could certainly have predicted this scenario as well.

And that Jiang Yi, was certainly colluding with her.

If Ren Chao hadn’t gone up to ask for directions but he himself had, then the person being mobbed and beaten by these women would be him.

If he, the grand Crown Prince, were beaten up like this, it would be a total humiliation for him when the news spread.

He would become a laughingstock in and outside the Imperial Court, even in the streets and the market!

Jiang Ning, this woman, was too cunning and ruthless.

With a stern face, Li Jixian watched for a moment and then decisively turned around to leave.

As for his subordinate who was being beaten, he, of course, wouldn’t mind him..