The Princess of Northern Land
Chapter 760: Goodbye (1)_1

"Prince, I have something to say." Upon seeing Li Yanran’s confession, Li Jiesong commanded the servants to stop and began to exclaim, "It was Blackie, Blackie from the city who resold the grain. We merely sold our grain to him, we did not inflate the price."

Chu Suifeng looked at him coldly, not even a sneer crossed his face. What a fool, that Li Jiesong was!

Situ Gong explained with a faint smile, "Blackie is a bandit, his grains are resold to the North Country. His crimes of treason have been exposed."

"But I..." Li Jiesong was gobsmacked.

Madam Mu, unable to bear it any longer, scolded him, "Shut up." Just when things were beginning to turn around for them, this fool of a son had incited Chu Suifeng’s wrath again.

It wasn’t only Chu Suifeng whom he had enraged, but also the onlooking crowd. Initially, reselling grain within the city at worst resulted some price inflation. Li Jiesong could only be regarded as an unscrupulous merchant. But now, thanks to his impromptu declaration, he had become a spy, a traitor.

Every citizen born in the Northern Land despises the Tatars of the North Country. Suddenly, Li Jiesong had become the object of everyone’s anger.

Marquis Li, upon witnessing the crowd pelting Li Jiesong with snowballs, felt utterly humiliated and wished he could leave immediately, but he couldn’t.

"Continue the punishment." Seeing that nothing useful could be gleaned from the siblings anymore, Congyi indifferently gave the order.

The sound of whipping started again. Li Yanran and Li Jiesong watched Madam Mu in horror on the ground, even forgetting to beg for mercy. At this point, the siblings realized how close to death they were, and both began to regret their actions. If only they had not...

But there was no medicine for regret in this world. Hence, the two had to endure the lashes of the whip. Soon, the physically weakened Li Yanran was on her last breath and the glimmer of life in Li Jiesong’s eyes began to fade.

Marquis Li was afraid, the prince’s actions indicated that his rage was burning intensely. His children might lose their lives, but despite his pain, Marquis Li wouldn’t care too much. After all, apart from Li Yanran and her brother, he still had an heir and several other sons and daughters in the Li Residence. He feared that Chu Suifeng’s wrath would extend to the entire Li Family.

The men from the second family were even more afraid. They were not responsible for this incident. If Chu Suifeng attributed the blame to them, it would be a grave injustice.

"Stop! You lowly slaves!" Upon seeing her nearly lifeless children, Madam Mu immediately rushed over to snatch the whips from the hands of the servants.

The servants, seeing the first lady charging towards them, were terrified and flustered.

A smirk appeared on Chu Sufeng’s face.

Seeing this, Marquis Li’s heart skipped a beat, and he shot toward Madam Mu, kicking her, "Wretch, if it weren’t for your indulgence of them, they would not have committed such atrocities!"

Madam Mu fell due to his kick, but despite the pain, she turned over and crawled back to snatch the whips.

"Men, seize this wretch and keep an eye on her!" Marquis Li was furious and loudly ordered the servants who had come with him.

The servant boys dared not arbitrarily intervene, so the old maid accompanying Madam Mu had to cry while embracing her.

"Milady, please calm down."

"Let go of me, you old wretch!" Madam Mu tried to scratch the maid with her long nails.

The maid’s face and hands were scratched all over, the wounds burning with pain, but she dared not let go, she was at her wit’s end.