Chapter 508: Really Ruthless(1)_1
Chapter 124: Truly ruthless
"She is to be my future queen consort. You all disrespected her, don’t you think you should be punished?" Chu Suifeng, with his aggressive gaze, confronted the group of women before him.
Queen consort? The word sent shockwaves throughout all the women. Among the women in the back courtyard of the Wang Residence, whose status wasn’t noble? The young girl before them was nothing more than a peasant girl. How could she shoulder the responsibility of a queen consort?
Even though Chu Suifeng usually showed no emotions towards them, the women, being various informers, weren’t willing to accept their status in the Wang Residence being lower than that of the queen, while they nominally were the prince’s women.
According to the custom of Daqin, isn’t the queen appointed by the emperor? Among these beautiful women, the one with the highest status was the prince’s consort, who was the legitimate daughter of the Crown Prince. Normally, the rest of the women in the courtyard would follow her lead. Today, by publicly punishing her, everyone clearly understood that the prince was standing up for his future queen. As for the Maid Qin, instead of defending her, he was venting his anger.
Everyone present knew that Maid Qin had once slapped Lin Ziyin in front of Ding’an Temple. The Duke’s action today was self-explanatory. The act of making an example of her was even more apparent, at least the women in the room dared not look at Lin Ziyin with a provocative gaze anymore.
"Have you all finshed arguing?" Excluding when Chu Suifeng was dealing with Lin Ziyin, with his rarely seen gentleness, he showed the same cold attitude towards all others, regardless of gender or age.
With this deep voice, the room became quiet once again.
Lin Ziyin sat quietly beside Chu Suifeng, silently enduring the scrutinizing gaze of all the beauties. Faced with these complicated glances, she accepted each one, taking the opportunity to observe those people more closely.
"Prince, I don’t accept this," Maid Qin struggled forcefully, but she couldn’t escape from the grip of the old woman, whom she cursed even as she spoke in protest. "Prince, how could she be the queen consort?"
"Drag her away," Chu Suifeng, seeing her unrepentant appearance, became furious.