Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord

Since last night, Xuexue hasn't paid any attention to him. Long Rui stood outside her window all night, shivering from the cold, and returned to his room in the morning sneezing.

Seeing this, Long Yi knew the master had caught a chill, so he quickly had the servants heat up some water for a hot bath and made him drink a bowl of ginger soup. Afterwards, Long Rui took a nap to recover his energy.

He had just been sitting in the study reading a book for a while when a servant reported that the Princess Consort, with a dozen servants in tow, had stormed into the west wing room. Fearing Xuexue might be at a disadvantage, he hurried over with guards to help extricate Xuexue from the situation.

Long Rui, in a selfless manner, still very coolly said, "Speak! In the War Prince's Mansion, as long as there's reason, I will not favor anyone."

Xuexue felt utter disdain inside; this man in front of her, she understood him more than anyone, after having been with him for months.

Pretend, go ahead and pretend.

"Prince, this is how it happened. Just moments ago, Xuexue and the maid were just stepping out the main entrance when they ran into my elder sister. She questioned why Xuexue occupied the Prince the whole night yesterday. Xuexue truthfully said the Prince never came here. She didn't believe it and started with indecent words, and the maid, in her eagerness to protect her master, said a couple of things. Then, for some reason, the Princess Consort suddenly flew into a rage, calling ten or so maids and old maids to beat Xuexue's personal maid. The maid is straightforward by nature and has never been used to being hit, so they started fighting, which is the scene the Prince saw."

Xuexue recounted what had happened earlier in one breath.

Before the Prince could speak, Madam Wang cut in: "Prince, as the mistress of the War Prince's Mansion, what's wrong with disciplining a maid? Even if I beat her to death, no one would dare to say a word."

Xuexue let out a cold laugh, her eyes coolly fixed on Madam Wang, and said domineeringly, "My maid, let me see who dares to touch her; I'll exterminate their whole family."

Xuexue openly protected her subordinates without concealment. To prevent what happened in her previous life, she wanted the whole world to know that no one could touch her people, and if they did, she would go after them recklessly.

The maids and old maids present were envious. How nice it would be to have such a master! Then they would never have to worry about being sold off or beaten for a minor mistake.

A country maid is just that, a country maid, speaking without regard for the occasion.

Madam Wang was extremely pleased in her heart, but outwardly appeared pitiful. She shook the Prince's arm: "Prince, look at Madam Situ, too out of line."

Under everyone's eyes and unable to favor Xuexue, Long Rui could only say, "Madam, you're wrong here, we're all family, talking about extermination, isn't it nonsense?"

Madam Wang triumphantly added, "Isn't it? This isn't the countryside where you can do whatever you please."

She then softly murmured, "Sparrow will always be a sparrow, never able to fly to the branches and become a phoenix."

Xuexue: "Sister, are you talking about yourself?"

"You...!"

"No matter what my status is, it's not your place, someone born a prostitute, to insult," Xuexue retorted sharply.

"You... oh my! Prince, she... she's bullying me, quickly go teach her a lesson."

Unexpectedly, the anticipated protection from the Prince didn't come. Instead, he slowly said, "Beloved Consort, no need to get angry. These are facts. We must have the courage to accept them."