Qingyang Princess suppressed the complex look in her eyes, her gaze turning icy as she looked at Li Xiangxiang's five illicit lovers.
"Go on! Show me what you've got. Just don't trample the cockroach to death. Hmm, do you all understand what I mean?"
The five men's hearts trembled. They hurriedly bowed and replied respectfully, "Qingyang Princess, we understand. Please rest assured, Princess. We will absolutely satisfy you."
After speaking, they immediately raised their fists and charged straight at An Dongzhang.
"Hey, you stinking cockroach, where do you think you're going?"
"Stinking cockroach, just accept your fate! Laozi has disliked you for a long time. If I don't beat you until you're crying for your mommy and daddy today, Laozi will take your surname."
"Cockroach Young Master, don't blame me for not holding back. If you must blame someone, blame yourself for being a scumbag. Of all the people to provoke, you just had to provoke Qingyang Princess."
"There, there. You'll just have to suffer a little, cockroach."
An Dongzhang was so furious he blurted out, "There, there? There there your ass! Not only did you cuckold me, but you're also ganging up to beat me. This is the most ridiculous joke in the world, completely unprincipled."
The leader of the men gave a sarcastic look and sent An Dongzhang flying with a single punch.
"Tsk, tsk, Cockroach Young Master, you have the nerve to say that? The five of us may be a bit shameless, but you are hundreds, even thousands of times more shameless than us. Where do you get the face to talk about the most ridiculous joke in the world and being unprincipled? Are you saying your Duke's Mansion is allowed to murder, commit arson, and bully men and women, but people like us aren't allowed to get a little something out of it?"
An Dongzhang let out a shrill scream and collapsed heavily on the ground. He wore a mask of agony, his eyes filled with panic.
"You, don't you come over here! I am the Second Young Master of Duke Anguo's Mansion. If anything happens to me, none of you will live."
The five men exchanged lewd glances and broke into wicked smiles.
"Oh my, we're so scared!"
"Go on and scream. The louder you scream, the more excited we get. Hahahaha…"
They were not good people to begin with. They had even committed murder and arson before. The only reason they got involved with Li Xiangxiang was for her money and her body. Most importantly, the woman was good in bed and slutty enough!
"Ah, don't come over here, don't come over here!"
An Dongzhang trembled all over, thoroughly terrified. He hurriedly cast a pleading gaze toward Li Momo, who had long been hiding in a corner.
"Momo, save me! I don't want to be beaten. Please save me! If you save me, I promise to give you a proper status and let you be with me openly."
Luo Ranran: [The cockroach is so full of himself. His tool for committing the crime is gone, yet he still wants Li Momo to live a celibate life with him. How despicable. Though, Li Momo is no saint either.]
Qingyang Princess: …My dear, the cockroach has no face to begin with!
Li Momo turned her face away.
"Young Master, I am but a woman. How could I be a match for these five gentlemen? You should seek help elsewhere!"
Her heart had been broken. She wasn't foolish enough to rush up and get beaten.
"Hahahaha." Li Xiangxiang started to gloat, her eyes filled with utter contempt. She crossed her arms and laughed loudly at An Dongzhang.
"An Dongzhang, oh, An Dongzhang, you're a eunuch now, yet you have the fucking nerve to offer Li Momo a proper status. Oh, wait, that's not right. Even before you became a eunuch, that thing of yours was useless, like a decoration. Hahahaha…"
Li Momo: …Li Xiangxiang isn't wrong!
An Dongzhang's dignity was brutally trampled. His face turned ashen with rage as he roared, "You… you bitch! You slut who's been slept with by a thousand men and ridden by ten thousand! Shut your mouth! Just you wait, I will definitely…"
"Definitely, definitely, definitely my ass!" Li Xiangxiang retorted, hands on her hips. "An Dongzhang, oh no, I should call you a stinking cockroach from the gutter. You have no martial arts, no strength. Apart from a passable face, you're completely useless. I'm utterly disgusted with you. If it weren't for your status as the Second Young Master of Duke Anguo's Mansion, I would have cut ties with you long ago, but you're so blissfully unaware. Every time in bed, you have to ask me if you were amazing. If you were long-lasting. If you conquered me. Ptooey! You fucking disgust me. You finish in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. You can't even compare to a man in his sixties, yet you think you're so great. Ugh! I just want to puke. Since you can't satisfy me, I can only go find other men. In short, you have no right to blame me for cuckolding you. If you must blame someone, blame yourself for being useless."
Luo Ranran expressed her admiration: [Wow, Li Xiangxiang may be a bitch, but her tongue is sharp when she's cursing someone out. This Baby gives her a thumbs-up.]
Qingyang Princess: …My dear, your mother is actually not bad at cursing people out either.
An Dongzhang's dignity as a man was utterly crushed, and he was so furious that he spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot. Then, with bloodshot eyes, he glared murderously at Li Xiangxiang, nearly grinding his back teeth to dust. "Bitch, you've made me lose all face. Just you wait. I will never let you go."
Li Xiangxiang was frightened by his hate-filled, murderous gaze. She shrank back and quickly ordered the five men, "Quick, quick, get him! Beat him hard for me, it'd be best to beat him…" to death. She didn't dare say the last words, as Qingyang Princess had said to leave the cockroach alive.
Heh, but she had to admit, that felt really good to curse him out!
The five men had seen enough of the show. They quickly surrounded An Dongzhang and rained punches and kicks on him, venting all their dissatisfaction, fear, and terror. If it weren't for him and Li Xiangxiang, they wouldn't have been captured by Qingyang Princess. Now, with their fates uncertain, it was a lie to say they weren't afraid.
"Aaaah, stop hitting me! I was wrong! I beg you, stop hitting me! Ah, it hurts so much! Help! Princess, I was wrong! I beg you to spare me, I beg you…"
An Dongzhang's cries and pleas for mercy echoed throughout the prison cell, so loud that even Luo Ranran couldn't stand it.
[Yikes! It's so noisy! His voice is so awful! My poor ears are suffering.]
Qingyang Princess frowned and ordered the five men, "Gag him. He's too noisy."
The five men trembled, then hurriedly bowed and nodded. "Yes, Princess."
Watching the miserably beaten An Dongzhang, Li Xiangxiang felt nothing but glee. But when she thought about the plot she had hatched with him, her face instantly turned deathly pale. She quickly dropped to her knees and looked at Qingyang Princess with a pleading expression. "Your Highness, it was all An Dongzhang's fault. He was the one who coveted your power and your wealth. Everything was his decision, it had nothing to do with me!"
Qingyang Princess's beautiful eyes turned cold, her expression filled with mockery.
"When disaster strikes, you each fly your own way. Li Xiangxiang, you certainly know how to absolve yourself of blame. It's just a pity that I am not blind, and you cannot hide the ambition in your eyes from me."
"I…"
Li Xiangxiang's eyes darted around. She felt extremely guilty and wanted to refute, but she had no idea how.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck.
Li Xiangxiang quickly pointed at Li Momo.
"Princess, although I knew about all of An Dongzhang's plans, the one who schemed with him wasn't me, but this woman."