The Charity House is a charitable organization spontaneously organized by the public, and its founder is the old man of the Hu family.
Now that Hu Huanxi has taken over the Hu family's business, the Charity House is also under her management.
She specially invited His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to meet at the Ci Ai Yuan, because this is always the place where rumors spread the fastest.
The Ci'aiyuan was located in the south of the capital, and was surrounded by residential houses where the poor lived. These people were either laborers at the docks, waiters in major hotels, or had family members working as servants or temporary workers in the homes of wealthy officials.
The communication power of the lower classes is amazing and will create public opinion pressure in a short period of time.
The prince was naturally very happy to be invited by the eldest daughter of the Hu family.
The Grand Tutor had told him that if he could get the help of the Hu family's wealth, even if Murong Jie wanted to seize the throne, he could easily suppress him, because the Hu family's money was enough for him to buy the most sophisticated weapons, the best horses, and hire martial arts masters from all over the world.
Money is sometimes equal to power, of course it depends on who controls the money.
He had been patient for too long and was eager to ascend the throne and pull Murong Jie down.
He had had enough of having to look at Murong Jie's face. As long as Murong Jie was around, his position as the crown prince was meaningless.
Therefore, although he did not want to go to Ci'aiyuan, the Grand Tutor said that a visit to this place would allow the people to get to know him and let them know that he was a prince who cared about the suffering of the people.
Therefore, even if the people of the Hu family did not tell others about his visit to the Ci'aiyuan, the prince himself would have ordered people to spread the news.
Xia Wan'er naturally learned about this. She was so angry that she almost went crazy, and went over with her maid.
In the crowd, she saw that the prince was very attentive and considerate to Hu Huanxi. The two of them walked in, followed by the people. She clearly saw everyone's envious eyes.
Jealousy twisted her face. She clenched her fists and followed the prince all the way in the crowd. After the prince turned and left, she rushed up regardless of her status, grabbed Hu Huanxi's arm, and slapped him in the face.
Hu Huanxi did not dodge or evade. The slap landed directly on her cheek, and four finger marks immediately appeared on her fair face.
"Bitch, you are so shameless that you dare to collude with the current crown prince?" Xia Wan'er scolded angrily after beating her.
Hu Huanxi seemed to have suffered great injustice, "Who are you? Why are you slandering me like this?"
"You don't even know who I am, yet you dare to come and rob the crown prince? Hu Huanxi, I've known you for a long time. Others say you are a coquettish person, and you have gained your prestige today by seducing people with your sex appeal. I didn't expect you to dare to lay a hand on the crown prince. Do you really think that everyone is a puppet in your hands that you can play with as you please? I will expose your true face in front of everyone today. How could that kind-hearted person Hu Huanxi be so coquettish in his bones?"
Everyone was in an uproar and accused Xia Wan'er of talking nonsense. The eldest daughter of the Hu family was a kind person, and everyone here knew it. Moreover, everyone had been helped by her, so how could she be that kind of mean woman
Moreover, the prince has not married yet, so what's the problem with the eldest daughter of the Hu family and the prince being in love with each other
Xia Wan'er didn't expect that everyone would blame her. She flew into a rage and pointed at Hu Huanxi's nose and said angrily, "You have bribed all these people, right? I warn you, you can fool the prince by pretending to be innocent, but you can't fool me."
Hu Huanxi looked at her with tears in her eyes. "Don't talk nonsense like that. I just came with the prince to visit the orphans. How could there be any robbery?"
Murong Jie, Su Qing, Xiao Tuo and the others stood in the restaurant opposite and watched.
Su Qing asked in confusion: "Where is the good show of this Miss Hu? How can it be a good show to let her be beaten and scolded like this? How cowardly is this? She can't even deal with Xia Wan'er. I'm afraid this Miss Hu is exaggerating."
Although Xiao Tuo didn't want to agree with Su Qing, he couldn't help but say, "Yes, it would be better if the prince was present when she was beaten. Now that the prince is gone, what's the point of her being beaten?"
Murong Jie smiled and said, "So you guys, don't just look at the surface of anything. The prince is gone, but the people are still here. What happened today will soon reach the ears of the queen, and even more so the ears of the empress dowager. Do you think the empress dowager will recognize such a shrewish granddaughter-in-law? Especially since her behavior has been seen by the people, she can't hide it even if she wants to."
"But it's not worth getting beaten just for a few rumors. Besides, I don't know whether the Empress Dowager will officially issue an edict to cancel this marriage." Su Qing said.
"Zi'an and Hu Huanxi did this because they knew that the Empress Dowager would issue an order to cancel the marriage. In fact, anyone with a clear mind knows that the Empress Dowager is just waiting for a reason, a reason to cancel the marriage. The future Crown Princess beats people up in the street. Do you think this is a good reason?"
Xiao Tuo said: "You have to ask Prince Li about this."
"No need to ask. If my brother were here, I'm afraid he would go down and grab Xia Wan'er and bring her to the Queen Mother right away."
He is a person who cannot tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes.
"Hu Huanxi is willing to get beaten to help Miss Xia. There must be something mysterious about this," Xiao Tuo said.
Murong Jie turned around and said, "Let's go, it's time to change the scene."
"Change the scene? Still cursing, is there a second scene?" Su Qing asked hurriedly.
Murong Jie smiled faintly, and walked away with his hands behind his back. "Do you think Miss Hu would be so cowardly? Would she just let a slap in the face go? Of course not. We have to make a big fuss about this matter. Otherwise, even if the Empress Dowager wants to cancel this marriage, the Queen will stop it. I guess Zi'an wants the Queen to agree to cancel this marriage and give up the Prime Minister's right-hand man."
"Is it so amazing? Just a fight between two women can make the queen give up the prime minister's residence? This is really something we need to see for ourselves."
Xia Wan'er poked Hu Huanxi's forehead and cursed him, then slapped him twice before staring at him arrogantly and saying, "I warn you, stay away from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future, otherwise I will not let you go."
She dared to do this because she relied on her status as the daughter of the prime minister. She also expected that Hu Huanxi would not dare to get close to the prince again. If she wanted to climb up the social ladder, she had to consider her own status, right
How dare a merchant's daughter, of humble status, dream of marrying the prince
Hu Huanxi looked extremely aggrieved. "Yes, I understand. I will never dare to meet the prince again."
Xia Wan'er was obviously very satisfied with her attitude. She snorted and turned away triumphantly.
Xia Wan'er was not afraid at all that today's incident would reach the ears of the prince. The prince would be able to clearly distinguish whether the Hu family was more important or the prime minister's mansion was more important.
However, she had no idea that the prince already had certain connections and power in the court, and what he lacked was financial support.
Since he was not in power, he naturally had no way of taking a penny from the national treasury. In order to purchase weapons and horses and develop his own military force, he needed a lot of money.
When Xia Wan'er left triumphantly, she did not notice the hint of coldness that flashed across Hu Xixi's eyes.
Xia Wan'er didn't know how Hu Huanxi rose from the Hu family. If she knew, she would probably not dare to do what she did today.
(End of this chapter)