Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 869: Chapter 869: Phoenix Dominates the Rivers and Mountains (11)

”Mu Mian!” Chuzheng shouted in horror.

Mu Mian looked up, stunned for a few seconds, and quickly came over to stop Young Master Xu.

Young Master Xu was a man, and Mu Mian dared not touch him, so she tried her best to stand between him and Chuzheng.

Mu Mian was on the verge of tears: ”Young Master Xu, what are you doing?”

She had earlier suspected Young Master Xu’s intentions were not pure.

But she hadn’t expected his guts to be so big.

If this got out, what would become of it!

Young Master Xu looked at Chuzheng, his eyes somewhat misty, his voice slightly choked: ”Your Highness, I... I have loved you for a long time, I wish to become your Attendant Lord.”

He didn’t ask to be a Side Lord or the Main Lord, only to be an Attendant Lord.

This request wasn’t excessive.

Young Master Xu wasn’t bad-looking either.

For others, this would be a matter of going with the flow.

But he was facing Chuzheng.

”Throw him out for me.”

Young Master Xu said urgently, ”Your Highness, aren’t you afraid I’ll speak out?”

Chuzheng’s gaze slightly darkened: ”Are you threatening me?”

”Your Highness, I have loved you for so long, just wishing to be your Attendant Lord, just to be with you, why won’t you give me this chance?”

Chuzheng said with a cold face, ”I don’t like you.”

”...” Young Master Xu’s face was filled with sadness: ”Is... is there something wrong with me? Tell me, I will change.”

”Throw him out.”

Mu Mian hesitated: ”Your Highness, what if he really tells people?”

Chuzheng looked at Young Master Xu: ”If he says it happened, who knows if he’s slandering me.”

Mu Mian was semi-understanding.

But since Her Highness was already very impatient, Mu Mian dared not delay: ”Young Master Xu, please don’t make it difficult for this servant.”

Young Master Xu looked at Chuzheng, took a few steps back, tears sliding down the corners of his eyes.

That despairing and sad look made Mu Mian feel sorry for him.

Young Master Xu covered his face, turned, and ran out of the room.

Chuzheng sat back on the rocking chair with a thud.

As the Fifth Princess, who was also the Empress’s most beloved—at least on the surface, but not everyone could see it clearly—it was normal for these Scions of Noble Families to present themselves.

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The following day.

As Chuzheng was having breakfast, someone hurriedly came to report.

”Your Highness, something has happened to Young Master Xu.”

Chuzheng: ”...”

Why is it him again!!

Could it be he really spread that matter?

But the truth was far worse than Chuzheng thought.

This morning, Young Master Xu hadn’t gotten up, and the people serving him went into the room to find no one inside.

They hurriedly sent people to search around, finally finding him in a secluded palace hall.

When they found him, Young Master Xu’s clothes were disheveled, ambiguous marks all over his body, and he was unconscious.

But there was only him in the hall, and they saw no one else.

The critical point lay in—

After Young Master Xu woke up, he cried, saying Chuzheng did it.

Coincidentally, they found a Jade Pendant belonging to her in the hall.

With both testimonial and physical evidence.

Chuzheng: ”...”

Damn, did I do this in my sleep?

In a Matriarchal World, a man’s innocence is as important as a woman’s reputation in the usual world.

Young Master Xu was disgraced, and many people saw it, spreading quickly throughout the palace.

Now Young Master Xu is threatening suicide.

When Chuzheng arrived, the others were ordered to return to their rooms, so there weren’t many people on the scene.

Ning Yao was still lying in bed.

The Fifth Princess’s character was somewhat soft, without much opinion.

So the one presiding over the scene was the Seventh Princess.

Seeing Chuzheng come in, the Seventh Princess immediately sneered at her: ”Eldest Imperial Sister, even if you like someone, you don’t have to go about it this way?”

Chuzheng glanced at Young Master Xu, held down on the bed.

His eyes were bloodshot, looking like he’d go die the moment they let him go.

”It wasn’t me who did it.” Chuzheng’s tone was calm.

”Isn’t this yours?” The Seventh Princess clicked her tongue, shaking the Jade Pendant: ”Eldest Imperial Sister wouldn’t fail to recognize it? The Empress gifted it to you, I still remember.”

At the time, the Seventh Princess really liked that Jade Pendant too, but the Empress directly gifted it to her.

The Seventh Princess had sulked about it for a long time.

Chuzheng stared at the Jade Pendant.

The original owner’s memory had some impressions, but the Jade Pendant should have been in the treasury.

Appearing here...

Could only prove someone framed her.

”I’ve heard that someone saw Young Master Xu running disheveled from your room before.”

”He was unwilling, and Eldest Imperial Sister, you forced him like this?”

Chuzheng: ”...”

Spit! Which bastard spread this rumor!

He clearly failed to seduce me.

And now wants me to take the blame.

”Eldest Imperial Sister has nothing to say? How do you plan to resolve this matter, Eldest Imperial Sister?” The Seventh Princess smirked at Chuzheng’s predicament: ”Are you going to marry Young Master Xu, or what?”

The Seventh Princess sighed again.

”If Eldest Imperial Sister doesn’t marry Young Master Xu, then he...”

If Chuzheng agreed to marry Young Master Xu, it wouldn’t be a big deal in the end, just some unpleasant rumors.

But if Chuzheng refused.

Who knows what trouble might arise then.

Chuzheng looked silently at Young Master Xu, who quickly averted his gaze when their eyes met.

”This matter has nothing to do with me.” Being schemed against, furious!

”Eldest Imperial Sister doesn’t want to acknowledge it?” Seventh Princess said, ”You’ve ruined his whole life. Didn’t you consider Young Master Xu’s feelings? Why don’t I report to the Empress and let her make a judgment?”

Chuzheng’s expression was calm: ”Just because of a Jade Pendant, it proves I did it?”

Seventh Princess spoke righteously: ”This is your item, who else but you?”

Chuzheng: ”Objects are dead, people are alive. The pendant was kept in the palace, I wasn’t carrying it with me, so who did it, it still isn’t certain...”

Chuzheng paused.

”However, Young Master Xu should know.”

Who he was paired with last night, he definitely knew.

Young Master Xu’s body shivered: ”I... Your Highness... why would you treat me like this, last night... last night it was clearly you.”

As if afraid people wouldn’t believe him, Young Master Xu added, ”You... you have a birthmark on your body, if it wasn’t you, how would I know.”

Young Master Xu pointed to a location, which was indeed where the original owner had a birthmark.

Not many people knew about this birthmark.

Mu Mian served the original owner closely.

The Empress and Wen Wu probably knew as well.

And there’s... Ning Yao.

But Ning Yao was beaten badly by her, incapable of committing the crime.

If you don’t wish to take responsibility... I... can’t face living anymore, let me die.”

Young Master Xu suddenly mustered strength, broke free from those holding him down, fell from the bed, and charged headlong toward the pillar.

Chuzheng instinctively stepped back.

The Seventh Princess quickly pulled Young Master Xu back, and the people behind came forward, dragging him back to the bed in a few moves.

”Young Master Xu, rest assured, justice will be served for you in this matter.” The Seventh Princess comforted him, ”Even if Eldest Imperial Sister doesn’t admit it, the Empress will stand up for you, ensuring you aren’t wronged.”