The next moment, another gasp sounded, "Is the County Princess alright? Coachman, how were you driving the carriage?"
"The carriage opposite suddenly turned, and this servant didn't see it. Please forgive me, County Princess!" The coachman, still shaken, hastily defended himself.
The maidservant, hearing this, grew a little angry and flung open the carriage curtain to look outside.
Seeing that the carriage opposite was unremarkable and very ordinary, she knew that the owner of the carriage should be a common woman. She immediately lifted her chin, a natural sense of superiority surfacing in her heart, and questioned the coachman of the opposing carriage, "How were you driving? You actually crashed into our carriage, and our County Princess accidentally hit her head. If it were damaged, could you afford to pay for it?"
After this question, she thought she would surely startle the people on the other side.
Who would have thought that the coachman on the other side wouldn't even lift an eyelid, but simply looked over.
That gaze was actually somewhat frightening.
"Your carriage was too fast and crashed into us. What does that have to do with me?" Qiu Lu replied coldly.
Unreasonable people were everywhere in this world; it was utterly speechless.
Yun Shu, inside the carriage, listened quietly.
The people in the opposite carriage claimed there was a County Princess inside? She curved her lips faintly. She had just heard about a Ningde County Princess in the teahouse, and now, as soon as she came out, she bumped into a County Princess.
What a coincidence. However, there should be quite a few County Princesses in the capital.
The maidservant Lü Qiao's eyes widened in shock upon hearing Qiu Lu's reply, "What did you say? Instead of apologizing, you're questioning me?"
"Oh? You crashed into our carriage and startled our horses. Why aren't you apologizing?" Qiu Lu questioned coldly. He detested such arrogant and unreasonable people the most.
Even though it was a woman, he had no intention of showing any mercy.
Lü Qiao was choked by his words, and the coachman felt a little guilty. But in this situation, he had to speak, "What nonsense are you talking about? You clearly didn't avoid us in time and crashed into us. Now you're making us apologize? Whose coachman are you?"
"Yes, whose coachman are you? Also, have your master come out of the carriage. Let's discuss this properly and decide whose fault it is!" Lü Qiao was furious. In the capital, besides not being able to win an argument with people around Princess Sheng Yue, she feared no one. Who was she? Her master was Ningde County Princess!
Who in the capital didn't know Ningde County Princess? And everyone knew Ningde County Princess's virtue!
In such a situation, anyone who saw them and saw their County Princess being hit would surely blame the people on the other side!
Qiu Lu's mouth twitched. They were truly unreasonable to the extreme!
Since a young lady was in the carriage, he didn't want his young lady to be wronged. Thus, he was about to roll up his sleeves and argue with the other party, "You..."
But as soon as he uttered the word "you," Yun Shu's voice came from inside the carriage, "Xiao Qi, apologize."
In the capital, they had not yet found Zhan Tianye, nor had they confirmed who the mastermind of that assassin organization was. For now, it was best to keep a low profile and avoid conflicts with others.
Upon hearing this, Qiu Lu was somewhat unwilling. If they were in the Dongning Kingdom, he would never let his young lady suffer such indignity!
However, he quickly calmed down, knowing that saying more was useless. Their identities could not be revealed, and he understood why his young lady had said to apologize.
He lowered his eyes, concealing the sharpness within, and then said, "I apologize. It was my fault."
The coachman on the other side, hearing Qiu Lu apologize, became somewhat smug. "It would have been better if you apologized earlier."
Lü Qiao, hearing the apology, still felt something was not quite right in her heart, but she couldn't pinpoint what it was, so she snorted coldly.
At this moment, Ningde County Princess, who was in the carriage, finally spoke, "The collision of the carriages was accidental. Neither side acted intentionally. Lü Qiao, you apologize too."
"County Princess..." Lü Qiao was displeased.
But the County Princess had already given her order, and she had to obey. She could only reluctantly say, "We were also wrong. We apologize."
The coachman then added, "It was my fault."
Qiu Lu sneered inwardly. After all that talk, he had already apologized, and only then did the people on the other side speak of it being an accident.
Very good at manipulating emotions.
They had gotten all the advantages.
Although Qiu Lu saw through it, there was no need to say it. He simply responded with a cold face.
Afterward, the two carriages moved past each other.
As the two carriages passed, Yun Shu glanced faintly at the carriage beside them.
He saw Ningde County Princess in the opposite carriage, and Ningde County Princess also turned her head and saw Yun Shu.
Their eyes met, and Ningde County Princess's heart suddenly trembled.
What a handsome young man!
Yun Shu, on the other hand, marveled inwardly. Her face was like a peach blossom, delicate and charming, yet she possessed a gentle radiance, a rare beauty!
It seemed that the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom really nurtured its people.
Even the arrogant and willful Princess Sheng Yue was actually a rare beauty, with a flamboyant beauty, completely different from the County Princess whose identity he didn't know.
After the carriages passed, Lü Qiao pouted, somewhat resentfully saying, "County Princess, the people in the carriage opposite were too rude. Everyone in the capital knows this is the County Princess's carriage. They always yield to our carriage and never argue with us. It's so infuriating."
Ningde County Princess heard this and said calmly, "Why bother arguing with others? They naturally know who is in the carriage, which is why they argued a few words. If a conflict truly arose with them, it would surely make people in the capital laugh."
Lü Qiao's eyes widened, looking as if she had just realized something with great shock, "It's all my lack of foresight, County Princess! I almost implicated you!"
If it were known that Ningde County Princess's people had a dispute with commoners, it would surely be blamed on the County Princess!
In that case, it would be too unfair to the County Princess! Those in the capital who were jealous of the County Princess would surely take the opportunity to smear her name! The good reputation that the County Princess had painstakingly built in the capital would be gone.
"It's alright. The person in that carriage was a man." Ningde County Princess rarely remembered someone she met only once. However, that fleeting glance had etched the man's appearance and gaze into her memory.
The gaze that swept over her carried a hint of admiration.
But it was only admiration, not infatuation.
Lü Qiao's eyes darted, and she instantly guessed a possibility, "Could it be that he likes the County Princess? Is he trying to attract your attention this way? It's just that the County Princess ended up making us apologize? After all, there are countless people in the capital who like the County Princess. Everyone wants to marry the County Princess. What's more, he's just a commoner, but a commoner is not worthy of the County Princess!"
Those commoners don't even consider what their status is and dare to covet the County Princess!
It's just that the County Princess is kind-hearted!
"Moreover, the Emperor is about to grant the County Princess a marriage! The County Princess is to marry a noble prince!" Lü Qiao raised her chin, feeling honored as if it were her own glory.