Bai Shengyi did not know that the fat guard had rushed to fetch reinforcements, but she did not care even if she had known. From the fact that this cheap grandfather could think of using "the side door" to humiliate her, she could tell that she no longer had any familial ties with this grandfather and grandson.
As soon as she walked closer to her courtyard, she could feel a surge of sour emotions in her chest.
She knew this was from the original owner.
Before her parents disappeared, she was also the apple of her parents' eyes.
Although an accident in her childhood had blinded her, the other two in the Bai family of this generation were adopted, so the Bai family placed great hopes on her.
Even though her personality was timid, introverted, and infatuated, and there were people who ostracized and calculated against her, as long as her parents protected her, her life was not difficult.
She only needed to focus on learning the basic knowledge of medicinal pills, and then after she turned fifteen, she would test for a wood spiritual root, inherit the Bai family's medicinal texts, and directly study alchemy under a famous teacher from the Divine Revelation Academy. Her future was bright...
But now, her courtyard was empty, desolate and deserted.
This place had become a place that the entire Duke's mansion avoided.
Everyone knew that the third young lady had tested to have no spiritual root and would have no chance to cultivate in this life. Moreover, she was stupid and clumsy. Following such a master, there was no way out.
Fallen leaves rustled down.
Bai Shengyi was not one to be idle. Seeing that the courtyard was messy, she simply tidied it up, swept away the accumulated dead leaves, and organized the things in her bedroom.
"Huh? What is this?" Bai Shengyi pulled out a purple wooden box from under the bed and asked in confusion.
Just as she was about to open it, she heard footsteps outside, so she put the box back.
"Shengyi! What's wrong with you? How can you not even listen to Grandfather?" Bai Murong, holding the hand of an old man, walked in slowly.
She looked at Bai Shengyi, her gentle face full of disapproval, and said with a look of disappointment, "Sister knows you like Prince Gong, and you think you are right. But you hit the county princess. Our Duke of Rong's mansion must give an explanation to the Princess's mansion. How will others see our Duke of Rong's mansion if you act like this!"
At first glance, her heart was full of concern for Bai Shengyi and for the Duke of Rong's mansion.
Bai Shengyi walked out coldly, "What a rare visitor! Grandfather, Eldest Sister, welcome to my courtyard."
Since the last test, these two had not set foot in this place again.
The Duke of Rong, over two hundred years old, was one of the few Golden Core cultivators in the Great Ning Dynasty. He should have stayed in the family as an ancestor and not interfered in worldly affairs. However, due to the disappearance of Bai Shengyi's parents and the rebellion of her second uncle, he had to continue to stay in the Bai family.
It was precisely because of this that seeing Bai Shengyi become a good-for-nothing and openly express her love for Prince Gong made the Duke of Rong even more displeased with her.
"Villain! Why aren't you kneeling and admitting your mistake!" As soon as he saw Bai Shengyi, he suppressed her with his own pressure.
Boom!
Caught off guard! Bai Shengyi felt as if a large mountain had suddenly pressed down on her shoulders, and she spat out blood with a "poof"!
Bai Shengyi's gaze instantly turned icy. She wiped the blood from her lips, straightened her back, and looked coldly at the Duke of Rong.
"I! Am! Not! Wrong!"
Her tone was defiant.
She had figured it out. To treat her granddaughter like this, this Duke of Rong either had ill intentions himself, or her granddaughter was fake!
The Duke of Rong looked at Bai Shengyi with a bit of surprise. This granddaughter had always been afraid of him. She would have cried and admitted her mistake upon seeing him, so why was she like this now?
He wanted to get a good look at Bai Shengyi, but met a pair of vacant, dead eyes, like a stagnant pool of water.
The Duke of Rong couldn't help but frown. This granddaughter was truly ruined. She couldn't cultivate, and she was blind. In the future, she would probably waste family resources to take care of her. She was truly troublesome.
Oh no, perhaps there was still a little use for her, which was to win over Prince Gong.
But now that she had injured the county princess, could her marriage with Prince Gong still continue?
The Duke of Rong's expression became even gloomier.
"Shengyi, what are you doing! Are you challenging Grandfather's authority?" At this moment, Bai Murong said anxiously, "Why don't you listen? Grandfather is so old, and he still has to worry about you. You..."
As Bai Murong spoke, she actually started crying from anxiety.
The Duke of Rong comforted Bai Murong while angrily saying to Bai Shengyi, "Villain! You are simply ungrateful! I must teach you a good lesson today!"
Saying this, the pressure belonging to the early stage of Golden Core rushed towards Bai Shengyi without reservation!
If Bai Shengyi, who was defenseless, were to take this blow, she would likely be half-crippled, if not dead!
This was not like dealing with a granddaughter, but clearly like dealing with an enemy!
Fortunately, Bai Shengyi was prepared. Her mental power was like a finely woven net, firmly protecting her within it.
The air made a "sizzling" sound. Bai Shengyi could feel a powerful force gradually approaching her internal organs from above. Warm liquid flowed from her eyes and ears...
"Father, what are you doing? Do you want to kill Ayi?"
Just then, a man in white brocade appeared in the courtyard. With a wave of his sleeve, he actually swept away all the pressure targeting Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi breathed a sigh of relief and called out to the man, "Second Uncle."
Bai Yu nodded at Bai Shengyi and then turned to face the Duke of Rong with a blank expression.
"Father, bullying the younger generation with pressure. Aren't you afraid that people will laugh at the Duke of Rong's mansion!"
The Duke of Rong looked at his son, who had finally deigned to come home, only to talk back to him. He was so angry that his face turned black!
"Don't be angry, Murong." Bai Murong patted the Duke of Rong's back and advised him in a low voice, but she dared not look at Bai Yu at all.
Due to various reasons in the past, she was now very afraid of Bai Yu.
"Murong, you are still the most considerate."
The Duke of Rong snorted coldly, "Bai Yu, do you think your father is doing this because he has nothing better to do? If it weren't for Bai Shengyi, this villain, making mistakes and causing trouble outside and refusing to admit it, would I have treated her like this!"
Bai Shengyi sneered, "I just don't understand. When I was being beaten to death outside, why did no one say that Sun Mingyu was wrong? Are the injuries on my face and body fake? Or are you all like me, blind and unable to see?"
Bai Shengyi pointed to the wounds on her face, filled with extreme anger. She felt sad for the original owner.
Such obvious wounds, such obvious matters, yet not a single person in the entire Bai family cared about her!
Bai Shengyi's voice became colder and more resolute.
"I merely avenged myself, what wrong have I done?"
"Moreover, on the battlefield, life and death are one's own responsibility. I even spared Sun Mingyu's life, which was already giving enough face to the Princess's mansion."
"I am not wrong!"
Bai Shengyi smirked coldly, her smile revealing sharp fangs, her demeanor arrogant.
Even though she had not even reached the Qi Refining stage, she was still powerful and confident in front of two Golden Core cultivators.
This was not due to strength, but to her strong character! Fearless!