Chapter 508: Chapter 508

Rong Heng was not usually a man to pick or start a fight. Under normal circumstances, if you did not offend me, I did not offend you, and he always left room when dealing with others. Due to his humble background, even though he was raised alongside Consort De, he was very cautious and careful. His treatment of the Cao family was likewise courteous but distant, due to his relationship with Consort De. But this time, he was truly angry.

Tangyuan was the person he had brought back, and to avoid a direct conflict with the Cao family, the steward and the guard had just watched as she was beaten and scolded. Ultimately, they had underestimated her importance to him. Even Rong Heng himself had not anticipated being so furious that at a stroke, he had taken the arms of those four government officials, simply because they had beaten her and tugged at her. He found it displeasing to his eyes, and in front of many people, he had made them bleed.

Cutting off four arms at once brought the scene to the verge of collapse, especially for Cao Xuehua, who was closest to Rong Heng. She had intended to step forward, but the murderous look on Rong Heng’s face had driven her back. When she saw the blood, she was outright dumbfounded, as she had not expected such a result.

Rong Heng’s piercing gaze swept toward Cao Xuehua, "Who exactly broke that bracelet? I’m giving you one last chance, think carefully before you answer!"

Cao Xuehua shook with rage, "What do you mean, cousin? If not that despicable woman, then who else? Even if it was at the Ministry of Justice’s jail, I would still say she broke it. If you don’t believe me, you can ask these people here to see if anyone would testify for her."

Rong Heng sneered coldly, "You were sure no one would testify for her, which is why you acted so outrageously, right? Cao Xuehua, do you understand the consequences of what you are doing?"

"Consequences? Cousin, these allegations aren’t just thrown around recklessly. If I say she broke it, then she broke it. She can’t leave without compensating, and even if I agreed, would the shop agree? And you, how could you harm those officials? What did they do wrong? Before talking about the consequences for the Cao family, shouldn’t you consider your own?"

Seeing her defiant, unrepentant demeanor, Rong Heng truly did not wish to waste further words and simply dropped a sentence.

"I hope you won’t regret what you said today!"

Rong Heng left, and Cao Xuehua, humiliated by his lack of consideration, screamed at his retreating figure.

"Why should I, Cao Lihua, have any regrets? If anyone should have regrets, it should be you, cousin! You randomly killed officials on the street; you should be the one punished, not me!"

Fuelled by love turned to hate, was that not Cao Xuehua’s current state?

Regardless of what others said about Rong Heng’s harming his wife, she did not care, because only this way could the position of Princess Heng be preserved for her.

Being of the Cao family, kins to Consort De, she naturally knew how the talk of Rong Heng harming his wife had started; the Cao family had even acknowledged that she would one day marry into Prince Heng Mansion. The reason no one had urged Rong Heng over the years was that everyone was waiting for her to grow up. As soon as she did, she would be Princess Heng.

Yet he had brought back an old, fat, ugly woman from outside, most infuriatingly, this woman had also moved into his Hengwu Garden. How could she endure this?

Even she had never entered Hengwu Garden. How could a mere maid get there first?

Luckily, heaven took pity on her, and today she had even left the mansion and encountered her in Xu’s Clothing Store—how could she possibly miss this rare opportunity? Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on N0velFire.ɴet