Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 328 People from the Capital

"Heroine, spare me! It's all a misunderstanding!" Guan Bai hurriedly shouted. He shouldn't have accepted that person's threat, and he shouldn't have taken chances. At this moment, he felt like slapping himself.

"Yes, yes, it's all a misunderstanding." The others, who had met Yunyi before, hurriedly joined in, pleading, "Heroine, you have to give us a chance to explain... no, a chance to seek justice, don't you think?"

Yunyi laughed: "Alright, go ahead and say it." With that, she flicked her wrist, and Guan Bai was thrown to the ground.

“It was him…” Guan Bai pointed to the steward-like man behind him, “He came to threaten me. He’s the steward of a high-ranking official’s family. I had no choice, after all, I had already taken money.”

The rest of the people nodded in agreement.

"Heroine, I know you're amazing. You can't just send your brothers to their deaths knowing how powerful you are, can you?" Guan Bai felt wronged.

“But you also sent even more powerful people,” Yunyi smiled. “Japanese ninjas. What if I told the imperial court that you were a traitor…”

"No." Guan Bai's knees buckled and he knelt down.

The others followed suit and knelt down. Those who had never seen Yunyi before, seeing their leader like this, naturally knelt down as well. Zuo Ye and the other two who had come later also knelt down.

So, a whole group of men knelt down in the huge courtyard, while only two women stood.

"Young Miss, what's going on here?" Yun Hong couldn't help but laugh. "Are these men really so spineless?"

"What does backbone matter in the face of absolute power?" Yun Yi scoffed.

“Young Miss, you’re right.” Yun Hong hurriedly went over and brought over a chair. “Sit down and let’s talk.”

Yunyi sat down in the chair: "Then tell me, where you were wronged, what you did and what you didn't do, Guan Bai, this is your last chance."

“Someone came before with a mission to kill you, but we failed. However, yesterday someone came from the capital, saying they wanted to add more money to the mission and still kill you.” Guan Bai looked helpless. “We didn’t want to take it anymore, but they said we had already received money, and that it was an order from a big shot in the capital. If we don’t pay attention, we will be surrounded and wiped out soon. You know, all thirty-odd people in our Little White Tower want to live, so… we could only send the few most skilled fighters over there.”

The others nodded vigorously in agreement.

"If you don't believe me, ask him." Guan Bai got up, went into the house, dragged out the person hiding inside, and pressed him directly in front of Yun Yi.

The man was surprised the moment he saw Yunyi. He had some doubts before, but now he was sure that this was really the young lady. He just didn't expect that the arrogant, willful and silly young lady had become so powerful in just one year. Then he began to worry about his situation. In fact, he wanted to run away, but he had no chance and could only hide in the house. Unexpectedly, he was dragged out.

“Raise your head.” Yunyi looked at the person.

The man didn't want to look up, but Guan Bai grabbed him by the hair and pulled him up.

"Do you recognize me?" Yunyi looked at the other person. "Ji Dahai."

Ji Dahai wanted to say he didn't know her but didn't dare, since the other party had already said his name. He quickly forced a smile and said, "Greetings, Miss."

"Sun Qingli sent you to contact people to kill me?" Yun Yi scoffed.

Ji Dahai is Pearl's father, and Pearl is Sun Qingli's trusted maid.

"This..." Ji Dahai gave a wry smile, unsure how to answer.

"Okay, answer a few questions for me. If you answer them well, I'll let you go."

“Okay.” Ji Dahai nodded hurriedly. “As long as I know the answer, I will answer it properly.”

"Does Fang Tang know that I'm still alive?"

“I know.” Ji Dahai nodded. “A few days ago, last year, he beat Granny Xu half to death, and then Granny Xu told him everything.”

Where did Sun Qingli get the money?

"She...she lent money at exorbitant interest rates."

Yunyi laughed: "Who did you put it for?"

“This…” Ji Dahai glanced at Yun Yi, then lowered his head, “It’s the old county princess of De’an.”

Yunyi nodded. This Sun Qingli is really bold.

Princess Zhou Ni of De'an County is the current Emperor Shun's cousin and the late Emperor's younger cousin. However, she was once poisoned by Emperor Wen's arrow, so Emperor Wen, in gratitude, directly bestowed the title of Princess upon the youngest daughter of a concubine.

This county princess was notorious for her extravagance and debauchery, especially her fondness for men. She was relatively restrained when Emperor Wen was alive, but after his death, she became even more unrestrained. Now, although she is over fifty years old, she still keeps more than fifty male lovers in her mansion, the youngest of whom is said to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old.

Although the Lady of De'an was a county lord with a fief, she naturally needed more money to maintain such a luxurious lifestyle. Therefore, she secretly lent money at exorbitant interest rates, taking advantage of her status.

Some noblewomen also followed.

Unexpectedly, Sun Qingli also embarked on the path of becoming the Lady of De'an County.

However, lending money at exorbitant interest rates is illegal, and if it gets exposed, things will get really messy.

Why did Sun Qingli want to kill me?

“I don’t know the specifics, but it should still be about the marriage contract. After the eldest young lady disappeared, the madam originally wanted to transfer the marriage contract to the second young lady, but royal matters are not something she can decide.” Ji Dahai dared not hide anything and told everything he knew. “Now, the third prince has already decided on one of his concubines, which is Miss Liu. The other concubine position should be Miss Han, so our second young lady has no chance.”

"So you try to kill my young lady when you have no other chance? What kind of logic is that?"

"But the principal wife has not been decided yet. As long as the eldest young lady is alive, once she returns, she will definitely have to fulfill the marriage contract. Then the second young lady will have even less of a chance."

"You talk as if the Third Prince is some kind of hot commodity." Yun Hong rolled her eyes.

"So you mean, if you kill me, Fang Yunduo can become the Third Prince's consort?"

Ji Dahai lowered his head: "I don't know, but Madam thinks that if you live, the Second Miss will have even less of a chance. If you die, someone will definitely have to fulfill the marriage agreement between the Fang family and the royal family, after all, it was a marriage agreement that the late Madam obtained by saving the Emperor back then..."

"Sigh." Yunyi sighed, "Fine, get lost."

Upon hearing this, Ji Dahai was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed, saying, "Don't worry, Miss, I won't say anything when I get back. I'll go back right now." Then he scrambled out of the house.

"Miss, are you really going to let him go back?" Yun Hong asked Yun Yi in a low voice.

"I only told him to get lost. As for where he ends up, that's up to fate." Yun Yi scratched her nose. "After all, the journey from here to the capital is long and complicated. Isn't it normal for something to go wrong?"