Twenty-four Punishments of Bai Xinbi

  The woman's face lost its color, her eyes wide with anger, fear and disbelief as she stared at the person in front of her who was dressed in black, his expression cold and unfeeling.

  "You, you dare to be rude in the White Mansion... I, I, I..."

  Her stuttering tone betrayed her underlying fear, the cold glint in his eyes flashed with a chill, and he suddenly kicked out at her abdomen, directly kicking her out.

  "Tell Madame that if she wants to see our princess, she must come in person!"

  Kicked to the ground, the woman clutched her stomach, her face contorted in pain and anger, staring at the small knife in Heiying's hand, but her lips trembled and she couldn't utter a word.

  Crawled up from the ground and ran out of the yard in a panic...

  Opening the door, Bai Xinzhen leaned against the door frame with a sly smile, looking at the woman outside who was like a female Rakshasa.

  Manly woman! Absolutely manly woman!

  Feeling someone behind her, Xue Ying turned around and said with a lowered head: "The princess is awake? I'll go fetch some water for you to wash up."

  Bai Xin stared at her with great interest. The woman in front of her, although too cold, suddenly made her like her, and the aura that was both elegant and intimidating was handled with ease, apparently not a simple person.

  "She opened her mouth and asked softly: 'You treat others like this, aren't you afraid of making too many enemies for me?'"

  Xue Ying was taken aback for a moment, then clenched his fist: "Your Highness, please calm down. The king has decreed that anyone who dares to be disrespectful to the princess will be killed on the spot."

  Upon hearing this, Bai Xin's mouth twitched at the corner: "......?!!"

  Is killing so easy? How can she be so ruthless that this person is not human, but a female demon who kills without blinking an eye?

  She raised her lips and smiled softly, beckoning Blood Shadow over with a wave of her hand: "Come, come here..."

  He walked towards her with an expressionless face and bloodstained features.

  "Kill them, I'm not comfortable, you're not comfortable, they die too quickly, everyone's not comfortable, what's the point? From now on, don't casually say such murderous words, lest others say you're too bloody, too brutal, too inhuman. And we are good people, how can we be like a killer who kills at every turn? You say, isn't that right?" Finally, she raised an eyebrow at Blood Shadow again and threw out another flirtatious glance.

  Xue Ying's mouth twitched slightly at the corner, he lowered his head and clenched his fists, saying in a cold and hard tone: "The king has an order..."

  "Stop, stop, stop—" Bai Xiner's impatient hand cut her off. Don't move, don't mention that Wang Ye this and that Wang Ye, it's as if without that thing Wang Ye can't eat. Early in the morning, why bother her with that kind of man? Sighing, she continued from where she left off, "I said I won't kill people, but I didn't say I wouldn't deal with them..."

  The blood shadow's eyelashes trembled unnaturally: "Your Highness has any orders, please make it clear!"

  She kept calling her "Princess Wang", making Bai Xindye's skin crawl. Especially after learning that the man already had seven or eight women and still wanted to marry her, she was so angry that she felt like running away wildly.

  The woman who was sent by the man to monitor her, spoke and acted like a robot, following a certain procedure, which made her feel suffocated and unable to scold anyone. How could a normal person scold a cold and hard stone, wouldn't that be a waste of breath?

  She sighed silently and raised her hand to point to a corner of the garden, gesturing for Blood Shadow to look over: "Take a look at that thing, do you recognize it?"

  Xue Ying looked past her fingers at a shrub in the flower bed - Iron Rose.

  "What is that thing?"

  Blood Shadow nodded: "Recognized."

  "That's good." Bai Xincheng nodded, his gaze withdrawing from the iron lotus as he looked at her seriously and said, "I want you to come up with a way to bring back several dozen of these plants and arrange them in front of my door."

  At this, Xue Ying furrowed her brow, clearly puzzled: "What does the princess want these iron lotus flowers for?"

  Is it for appreciation? Doesn't seem like it! This iron lotus will also bloom, but the petals are dull, compared to peonies and tree peonies, it's far inferior.

  And the stem of the iron rose has dense and hard thorns that are very sharp.

  "Hehe~" Bai Xincheng smiled and said, "Of course it's useful. Just do as I say. Remember, if anyone asks, just say that your king gave it to me. After you bring it back and put it at the entrance of my house, take the opportunity to write a sign...just write 'Gift from the King, no one is allowed to move it arbitrarily'."

  A hint of complexity flashed across Xue Ying's eyes: "Your Highness, the king has not given such an order."

  Looking at her stiff expression, Bai Xintong couldn't help but give her a white eye: "He didn't give the order, can't you just pretend it was his order?!"

  She kept saying "The king has an order, the king has an order", which was infuriating to hear. What's the point of saying one more sentence now?

  Seeing her unmoved, Bai Xincheng felt somewhat impatient and raised his foot, ready to walk out.

  "Where is the princess going?" Once again, Xue Ying stretched out his arm to block her path.

  Bai Xin frowned: "Since you don't want to do anything, I'll go out and find a way myself? You can go back to your king and tell him that I have hands and feet and don't need anyone to serve me!"

  Upon hearing this, a hint of difficulty flashed across Xue Ying's eyes. She fell silent for a moment before withdrawing her arm and clasping her fists together to say: "Your Highness, please return to your chambers and wait for a short while. I will arrange for someone to find Iron Hai Tang and bring him over." As for the Prince, she believed that he wouldn't blame her...

  ……

  An hour later, when dozens of iron lotus flowers were carried into the courtyard where Bai Xinyan lived from the main gate of the White House, Bai Hanlin and Zhang Shi hurried over after hearing the news. After learning from the butler that they were sent by Cheng Wang Gongxia, Bai Hanlin didn't say anything and left with Zhang Shi again.

  In Bai Han's view, the fact that Cheng Wang wanted to marry this disabled girl was already unbelievable and made him scratch his head. However, his goal was just to get close to Cheng Wang, as for what Cheng Wang would do, he would rather turn a blind eye than interfere before they got married.

  A stem of iron lotus was placed at the door of the white heart dye house, blocking the door tightly, and extending from the door to the outside, occupying an area about as wide as a small room.

  The child in the courtyard had quieted down, and Bai Xinzhi finally opened the door, instantly grinning from ear to ear with a pleased smile.

  She didn't know how Blood Shadow managed it in such a short period of time, but she had to admit that his efficiency was impressive.

  "Your Highness, the Iron Sea Marigold has been arranged according to your request. Is this satisfactory?" Blood Shadow asked expressionlessly from across the Iron Sea Marigold.

  "Great, great, great..." Bai Xinzhen laughed and praised directly.

  Suddenly, she heard someone approaching her courtyard with a keen ear. She changed color and sat on the threshold, shaking her head foolishly and stretching out her hand to poke at the hard thorns on the stem of the iron rose, probing once and then withdrawing her hand, as if it hurt, frowning and putting her fingertips in her mouth, then poking again and putting them back in her mouth...

  "......?!" Looking at her silly and playful appearance as she teased the sharp thorns on the stem of the iron sea holly, seemingly having a great time, Blood Shadow's cold and ruthless eyes twitched slightly.

  She turned around and faced the person entering the courtyard with a cold expression.

  The newcomer was none other than Bai Xuebing, the eldest young lady of the White Manor who suddenly became the second young lady.

  Bai Xinbi walked into the courtyard with two maids, her head held high and her chest out, exuding an aura of arrogance. Looking at the woman playing with a potted plant inside the house door like a useless thing, there was only hatred in her beautiful eyes.

  Although her grandmother had comforted her not to act rashly, the marriage would take care of itself, but when she heard that Cheng Wang Gongzi had sent many potted landscapes to the White Mansion for this useless person, she couldn't sit still as soon as she thought about how much Cheng Wang Gongzi cared about this useless person.

  She really wants to see what King Wang gave this woman!

  "Who comes?" Looking at the obviously unfriendly Bai Xinbi, Xue Ying also didn't give a good face, coldly and icily blocking the three masters and servants in front of him, stretching out his arm to try and stop Bai Xinbi.

  Bai Xin's anger and jealousy had been burning non-stop, and seeing someone blocking her way made her even more furious. She suddenly stretched out her hand to push away Xue Ying, but unfortunately, she hadn't even touched Xue Ying's body when the latter dodged nimbly, causing Bai Xin to almost fall to the ground from her failed lunge.

  After two maidservants quickly supported her, she glared at Blood Shadow with her beautiful eyes: "What are you? How dare you be rude in the White Manor?"

  Xue Ying narrowed his eyes, coldly repeating the lines he had already said several times: "I am here on orders from His Highness to attend to Her Highness. Our king has decreed that before the wedding, no one is allowed to disturb the princess without permission!"

  As soon as she heard that it was the king's faction who had sent him, and that he had come specifically to serve that useless person, Bai Xin's eyes blazed with jealousy, her beautiful pupils burning red with rage.

  He pointed at the foolish-looking woman standing by the door and said angrily, "That wretched creature is like a useless person, does she still need to be specially taken care of?"

  "Miss, please speak more politely!" A cold glint flashed in Xue Ying's eyes. Her hand under her sleeve moved stealthily, and a small knife instantly fell into her palm.

  In the White Mansion, Bai Xingbi had always relied on her grandmother He Lan's backing since she was young, and was almost a proud and arrogant young lady who walked sideways. She had never been treated so rudely by anyone before, and suddenly her eyes widened in anger, spewing furious flames at Blood Shadow.

  "How dare you! You actually dare to be so rude to me in the White family!" She scolded loudly, and at the same time, she raised her hand to slap Blood Shadow's cold, hard face.

  Unfortunately, she missed again and was dodged by Xue Ying's quick movement once more.

  Just as Bai Xin was about to pounce on her opponent's head, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her knee and her leg bent forward in a swift motion.

  "Ah!" A shrill cry pierced the sky.

  The location of Xueying Station was close to Tiehaitang, and when Bai Xinbi rushed over, she gave way to the position. Suddenly, Bai Xinbi pounced forward and happened to face that piece of Tiehaitang and pounced down.

  The sudden scene frightened the two maids who followed into a daze.

  Xue Ying was also stunned for a moment, and didn't react in time.

  And in front of them, a woman sitting on the threshold, separated by a piece of iron thistle, secretly turned away her gaze, and couldn't bear to see this scene. That iron thistle was dense with thorns, and it's unknown whether the woman's hands would be pierced...

  Emma, can't bear to look directly at it...

  She quietly hid the remaining mud pellets that she had clenched in her hand into her sleeve, and then continued to play the poking game with a silly expression.