The Hunter’s Lively Wife
Chapter 1283: Never Let Off Easily

Chapter 1283: Chapter 1283: Never Let Off Easily

The women each acted more pitiable and frail than the last, until Prince Ning bellowed, "Speak the truth? If there is so much as a half-lie in what any of you say, I will not let you off lightly!"

Prince Ning’s voice was icy cold, and his sharp gaze made those women so nervous that they couldn’t hold themselves together. One of the bolder women, behaving arrogantly, declared, "Your Highness Prince Ning, we are telling the truth, the whole truth. It was Su Yunjin who, unprovoked, started hitting us first. We merely mentioned how Su Yunjin’s low status meant she was unfit to come to the Wang Residence, and she, unable to accept it, lashed out at us." Originally, the woman wanted to insult Su Yunjin by calling her a little wench.

But, as the words reached her lips, she retracted them. How could she say such uncouth, demeaning things in front of Prince Ning?

She still wished to leave a good impression on His Highness! Looking down on Su Yunjin, the woman’s tone was filled with disdain. She failed to notice Prince Ning’s face turning dark and the displeasure in his eyes.

Standing next to Su Yunjin, Gu Ya’s handsome face was even more fearsome, and a cold aura seemed to drift behind the woman, causing her to shiver inexplicably.

Following the direction of Gu Ya’s gaze, the woman felt a chilling sensation down her spine. She hastily retracted her gaze and straightened her back when she looked again at Prince Ning, still considering Su Yunjin, who was nothing more than a wine seller, to be far inferior to them, the daughters of wealthy families.

The woman basked in her sense of superiority, unaware of the changes on Prince Ning’s face or the discontent in his eyes. While she thought highly of herself, the people behind her noticed Prince Ning’s displeasure and cursed the woman internally for being a fool.

In such a situation, how could she say such things? Wasn’t that just asking Prince Ning to think that they were the ones picking a fight first? The women all attempted to pull at her sleeve, urging her to stop talking, but the woman, obsessed with displaying her noble status and striving to be deemed worthy of Prince Ning, went so far as to invoke her father’s position.

"Lord Prince Ning, my name is Jiang Zhizhi, my father is a sixth-ranked military officer from Donglin, and I am the legitimate daughter of the Jiang Family, while my status may not compare to those noble maidens from Jincheng, it’s certainly higher than that of Su Yunjin, the wine seller." The woman looked at Prince Ning shyly and fearfully, wishing to catch his favorable eye.

However, Prince Ning merely scoffed, his tone laced with disdain, "She’s just the daughter of a mere sixth-ranked deputy officer, yet she dares to flaunt her status before me?"

The woman, caught off-guard by such a response from Prince Ning, went limp with fright and, with a thud, fell to her knees, "No, no, it’s not like that, Your Highness Prince Ning, Zhizhi did not boast, did not mean to." She merely wanted to assert her own status so that Prince Ning would regard her differently, but she had no intention of boasting before him.

What was her status?

And what was Prince Ning’s status?

How could the daughter of a minor official dare to flaunt her status before Prince Ning?

Seeing the spectacle unfold to this point, Su Yunjin decided it was not time to maintain her silence any longer—she was not someone to be easily manipulated and squeezed soft. It was time to retaliate.

She wouldn’t show the slightest mercy.

Just then, Su Yunjin stepped forward, "Your Highness Prince Ning, besides showing disdain for my status, this Miss Jiang and her companions have also presumed to act as if they are the masters of Prince Qi Residence."