She stepped past Xuanyuan Ming, approaching the Seventh Princess with an aggressive, relentless momentum. Startled, the Seventh Princess’s wailing stopped abruptly; she stumbled back a few steps in fear before hiding behind Xuanyuan Ming.
The man finally spoke: "Enough! Shen Qingyan, you dared to lay a hand on Liuying—do you think I don't exist? Apologize..."
Shen Qingyan sneered inwardly at his panicked expression, but this was no time for a shouting match. "Your Highness! You aren't protecting her; you are ruining her! If the Seventh Princess continues to be this spoiled, her family may indulge her, but outsiders will not! Sooner or later, her willfulness will be her undoing!"
Chapter 27