The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard

Liu Li turned her head and indeed saw a crowd gathering around her, pointing and murmuring about her, but they were too far for her to hear.

But she, as a princess, being the subject of whispers was very disgraceful!

If this reached the Emperor’s ears, he would reprimand her again!

Yet simply leaving felt too unjust!

"Someone, bring Feng Luo back to the residence with me!" Liu Li looked at Feng Luo coldly, today you won’t escape your fate!

Feng Luo’s lips twitched, "Why are you taking me to your residence?"

"We’ll slowly deal with you there!" Liu Li saw the fear in Feng Luo’s face, her lips curved slightly, she said disdainfully: "Disciplining a beggar here would diminish my royal demeanor!"

"Oh? But going back won’t compromise your demeanor then?" Feng Luo admired Liu Li’s logic.

"Once we go back? Ha, once back no one can see! Everyone at my residence is mine; they wouldn’t dare to speak up!"

Liu Li snorted coldly, turning and glaring at her attendants, "What are you standing there for? Bind her for me!"

The attendants dared not delay any longer and rushed forward to restrain Feng Luo.

Feng Luo, albeit with some skills, found her martial arts utterly useless against these elite guards, akin to throwing eggs at stones, powerless.

Her arms were pinned, unable to move, "Liu Li! You did this on purpose!"

Liu Li watched her struggle like a trapped rabbit, unable to fight back, clicking her tongue, "I did it on purpose, so what? What can you do to me?"

She had hurried upon hearing Feng Luo joined the army, wanting revenge, but spies reported Feng Luo’s presence in Jie’er Alley.

Smarting from her previous losses, this time she brought top-tier guards; not just one Feng Luo, but ten wouldn’t be a match!

Feng Luo kept her lips sealed, it seemed she would fall into Liu Li’s hands this time.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Take them away!"

"Wait!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang from the crowd.

Feng Luo raised her eyes to see the Old Gang Leader step out with a thin mask of anger, "Princess Liu Li, pray tell what crime Feng Luo has committed, prompting you to capture her personally?"

Liu Li didn’t recognize the Old Gang Leader, only hearing about him from others occasionally.

Seeing him dressed in beggar’s clothing, full of patches, her gaze instantly gained a layer of disdain.

"Old beggar, this is none of your concern, you’d best mind your business!"

The Old Gang Leader chuckled, "There’s nothing I, the old beggar, dare not meddle in, Princess Liu Li, unless you clarify matters, she won’t leave."

Liu Li, pampered from a young age, couldn’t bear when others defied her, especially when defiance came from a beggar! A beggar aligned with Feng Luo!

The indignation, she couldn’t endure!

"You know I’m Princess Liu Li, since you know I’m a princess, make way! Or you’ll face punishment along with her!"

The Old Gang Leader’s smile didn’t waver, his gaze fearless, "Princess Liu Li, capturing people without cause, should the Emperor find out, it’d be troublesome."

Liu Li’s expression changed momentarily, but then she thought, just a beggar, how could he possibly know the Emperor!

"Stop with your sarcasm; the Emperor sits in the Golden Throne Hall, how could he know of this?" Liu Li saw through it; the old beggar was deliberately stalling!

Humph! Even if stalling, none he calls could help!

"Old beggar, I don’t wish to make things difficult! The grievance has a start, the debt a debtor! My target is her, you’d best make way! Or else, blame yourself!"

Liu Li saw him unmoving, boldly meeting her eye, feeling already annoyed.

Though undisturbed by thoughts of anyone here reporting to the Emperor, these people being mere peasants rarely saw him, she still worried about her reputation.

This old beggar looked aged; bullying him publicly on the streets would surely evoke gossip.

Liu Li, her image praised publicly, couldn’t have it tarnished by an old beggar!

"On account of your age, I don’t wish to trouble you, you’d best move now, otherwise, the blades in their hands are unmindful!"

Speaking thus, Jinyi Guards behind Liu Li unsheathed their swords.

The Old Gang Leader laughed, "Indeed, the times are declining; no wonder within three years a new recruitment is needed again, now Jinyi Guards forsake the nation’s defense, forsake Imperial City’s safety, but trail the princess to bully the common folk."

"Insolent!"

All Jinyi Guards rebuked.

"You are indeed brazen! Uttering such words!"

Liu Li seeing the Old Gang Leader wasn’t easy to reason with, ceased her efforts to argue, "Someone, dispose of this brazen beggar!"

She said to dispose, but not how; he’d provoked these Jinyi Guards, their actions would lack moderation.

Jinyi Guards approached, a hand touched the Old Gang Leader, suddenly a snap was heard, the wrist of the man broke.

The Old Gang Leader scoffed, "With such martial arts, how dare you be a Jinyi Guard? Couldn’t even touch my old robes, yet your wrist snapped! Truly shameful!"

A retort still dared!

Liu Li backed away a step, this man not to be trifled with, "All of you attack!"

Seeing the Old Gang Leader arrive, Feng Luo’s heart eased, "Old Gang Leader, take care, this Princess Liu Li bullies with her status, unleashing her wrath, none surpass her, don’t invite trouble upon yourself!"

Liu Li turned angry eyes on Feng Luo, "Gag her mouth!"

Sharp-tongued, deserves punishment! Wait till I deal with you properly!

Fuming inwardly, suddenly cries of pain reached her ears; turning, she saw Jinyi Guards all toppled by the Old Gang Leader.

Her lips tightened, face livid, glaring at the Old Gang Leader, "I heard Feng Luo call you Old Gang Leader, are you the Beggar Gang’s former leader?"

The Old Gang Leader smiled slightly, "Indeed, it’s me, the old beggar."

"..." She thought such audacity belonged to those daring enough to joke about the Emperor! No wonder! Before being granted her residence, she stayed often in the palace, hearing palace maids speak of the Emperor often playing chess with the Beggar Gang’s former leader, they’d play for the time of three tea cups, sometimes forgetting meals in the heat of the game!

Today’s truly her unlucky day!

"Princess Liu Li, could you now tell the old beggar, what fault Feng Luo committed to warrant such lofty efforts for her capture?"