A Beautiful Duchess with a Dark Heart – Chapter 68

Chapter 68: Traffic Accident

Master Qing rejected me……

Although it was expected, I’m still a little disappointed.

“Let’s go back!” Wen Yu was a bit dejected and had no interest in strolling anymore.

The group walked towards where they had parked the carriage.

Xiao Ji walked ahead, Qing He accompanied her by her side, and Sun Ying followed behind.

These days, Wen Yu had carefully observed Qing He: she did her work diligently, kept a respectful distance, making her presence quite comfortable.

After all, she had just joined her service, it was normal for her not to fully acknowledge her as her master yet.

Wen Yu herself couldn’t trust her wholeheartedly either.

This current state was just fine.

Xiao Ji was different, her whole family followed her……

The chubby girl waved the few bags in her hand, beaming, “Miss, Xiao Ji brought some hawthorn rolls for Zhu Zhu. They’re delicious!”

“Hehe, delicious!” Both foodies!

Li Jiang was honestly guarding the carriage. Seeing Wen Yu approaching, he quickly put down the stool and lifted the carriage curtain.

The group got into the carriage and headed back.

After only a short while, the road ahead was blocked.

It was densely packed with people, completely impassable.

Sun Ying hurried to inquire and came back saying that a shop was opening and giving out free lucky candies, everyone was lining up to get some. The distribution was slow, one person at a time, just a small piece!

Many people, after receiving their candy, went back to queue again……so, the crowd kept growing, it wouldn’t clear up for a while!

Sun Ying said, “Miss, I know a small path, we can take a detour to go back, it’s better than just waiting here.”

“Okay, let’s take the detour then!”

The carriage entered a small alley nearby.

It was indeed a detour, turning left and right for quite a while.

The alley was quiet, with occasional passersby. But Li Jiang was very cautious and didn’t drive fast.

As they were passing an intersection, suddenly, a donkey cart came speeding from the side alley!

Most of Li Jiang’s carriage had already passed, but the other cart still violently crashed into the rear end of the carriage.

With a cry of “Ah!”, Wen Yu, who was sitting inside, was thrown out and landed on Xiao Ji who was sitting next to her.

Qing He reacted quickly, although she herself was thrown off balance, she still reached out to grab Wen Yu.

Thanks to Xiao Ji’s plumpness, Wen Yu didn’t get hurt much from landing on her, but her head still bumped, making her grimace in pain.

The three of them tumbled into a heap, quite a mess.

Li Jiang, being young and quick to react, jumped down immediately, grabbed the horse, and asked nervously, “Miss, are you alright?”

Sun Ying, who was behind, was even more anxious and jumped off his donkey in one swift motion.

The other cart, because it was a direct hit, suffered even more damage than Wen Yu’s carriage.

The driver was thrown quite far and couldn’t get up for a while.

The person inside the cart was also thrown out and landed near the driver’s seat.

Xiao Ji and Qing He were both asking Wen Yu, “Miss, are you okay?!”

“Hiss, I should be fine.”

Hearing the voice from inside, Sun Ying was relieved and rushed forward, yelling, “How do you drive? Such a narrow road and you’re speeding like you’re going to a funeral!”

Qing He asked, “Did you hit your head, Miss? There’s no bleeding, but is there any other pain?”

Wen Yu was aching all over, she was furious, got up, and flung open the curtain, glaring angrily.

The driver of the other cart was a thin man, struggling to get up.

The donkey, hurt from the crash, was lying on its side, braying.

The person thrown from the cart was a woman dressed in pink satin, wearing gold hairpins and silk flowers, with powder on her face and bright red lipstick. She must have been badly hurt as well, groaning in pain.

Next to her lay a little girl about five or six years old, eyes tightly shut, motionless……

As Sun Ying was scolding, a man appeared from behind the other cart.

He was burly, with a stern face. Pointing at Sun Ying, he said, “Who the hell are you cursing at!”

“Whoever crashed into our carriage is who I’m cursing at! If our master is injured, even if you all die, you won’t be able to compensate!”

The stern-faced man didn’t expect that his “imposing” presence wouldn’t scare the other party?! He was enraged, “Say that again?! I’ll chop you up!”

“Li Jiang! Check if the Miss is alright. You, bring your horse over, let’s have a spar!” Sun Ying provoked.

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“You’re courting death!” The stern-faced man was about to charge.

The thin man finally managed to get up from the ground, enduring the pain, and pulled the stern-faced man back.

Turning to Wen Yu’s group, he said, “I’m so sorry, so sorry! Our young mistress is sick, we were rushing to see the doctor. We were going a bit fast! We are truly sorry! Please check if anyone in your carriage is injured.”

That sounded a bit more reasonable!

Knowing that Wen Yu wasn’t seriously hurt, Li Jiang started to complain, “Even if you’re in a hurry, you can’t drive like that! It was so close, if our carriage hadn’t passed, it would have been a head-on collision! What would you have done then?

Besides, after this crash, isn’t your young mistress’s illness even worse?

Don’t blame us, we won’t take responsibility!

And that guy, how can he come up and start cursing, even threatening to chop people up? This is Heavenly Dragon Town, at the foot of the Buddha, and you dare to say anything! The Buddha is about to celebrate his birthday, aren’t you afraid of being punished by the Buddha for your anger?! I’ve never seen someone who made a mistake and still acted so arrogantly!”

Wen Yu looked at him.

Everyone looked at him.

No one expected that a young man with a delicate appearance would be as nagging as an old lady!

The stern-faced man was so angry that he pointed at him, speechless: Didn’t you guys start the cursing first?

Even though the alley was quiet, by now, a couple of onlookers had gathered.

Silently, another person appeared behind the stern-faced man, watching without saying a word.

Wen Yu glanced at Li Jiang and then sized up the other party.

The woman in pink, dazed and confused, finally came to her senses and cried out, “Niuniu! Niuniu! Oh no~~ This is terrible, my daughter has fainted! Quick, quick, go to the clinic!” Her voice was sharp, but with a peculiar tone.

She wanted to carry the little girl lying there into the cart, but she had sprained her waist earlier and couldn’t muster enough strength, failing to lift her……

The little girl’s fluffy skirt swayed, and it shimmered with a dazzling array of colors……

Wen Yu caught a glimpse of it……

Oh, how beautiful! But that, wasn’t that the very precious whatchamacallit that Master Qing cherished so much……oh, right! Brocade gauze?!

Your daughter?!

Wen Yu looked at the woman with disdain.

Low-grade silk clothing, cheap powder, the gold hairpins on her head weren’t anything special either. There was an air of vulgarity about her.

Could you possibly have a daughter who wears such clothes?

Just one small skirt is worth more than your entire “motherly” possessions!

If you said you were the girl’s wet nurse, it might be more believable……but even that doesn’t seem right!

Could it be……they were child traffickers?

The stern-faced man, and that thin man……they looked more like people from “that kind of place.”

Li Jiang didn’t care and continued chattering, “This is a new carriage, we’ve only used it for a few days. The horse is also expensive, not like your donkey! Luckily, we didn’t use the white horse Fifth Master Song gave us, otherwise……you’d be finished!

……Just crashing into us like that, how reckless! I have to check……If it’s damaged, you’ll have to pay!

And still throwing a tantrum……What’s the point?! Do you think we’re just an ordinary family?

Our Eldest Master is a high official in the capital! All the masters in our family are officials! Trying to bully us, you’ve picked the wrong target……ah!!!”

He screamed……

Everyone was startled.

He pointed at a walnut-sized dent on the carriage, “Look, look! It’s damaged! This won’t do, you have to take responsibility!”

The onlookers started to speak up for the other party, “Oh come on! Their daughter is sick and they’re rushing to the clinic, just let it go! Don’t delay the child’s treatment!”

“Yeah, the little girl is unconscious! What’s a little damage compared to that?! Your family is full of officials, you shouldn’t be so stingy!” Another onlooker, having just understood the situation, spoke up indignantly.

Although Li Jiang was still shaking his head……his face was a bit flushed.

The thin man who was driving the other cart was getting anxious and looked towards the man behind the stern-faced man.

The onlookers’ intervention, although it made Li Jiang feel a bit embarrassed, he still wouldn’t back down, “It’s not our fault, it’s them who were speeding in this alley!

It’s just our carriage that got hit, what if they hit a person?! We don’t live here, we’re just passing by, it’s more likely they would hit……you!” He pointed at the onlookers, looking disapproving, “It could be your child! Understand? I’m standing up for you!”

The onlookers thought, that’s true!

So they turned to the stern-faced man, “He’s right! The way you drive is really dangerous. Our children often play around here, what if you hit one……”

Seeing this, Li Jiang became smug, “Exactly! Not only did you crash into us, but you’re also being arrogant! Your own daughter is sick, and you still have time to throw a tantrum……”

At this moment, the man behind the stern-faced man finally stepped forward. “Alright, how much silver do you want?!” His voice was calm.

The stern-faced man, the woman in pink, and the thin man all became tense and respectful.

This was a man in his thirties, with ordinary features, wearing plain blue clothes, his voice wasn’t loud either……

But when Sun Ying saw him, his pupils constricted involuntarily……