A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace Chapter 1379 - 1377: Encountering Danger

As they spoke, their eyes were fixated on the coachman, looking at him as if he were a pile of silver.

Generally speaking, the coachman was the lowest-ranking house servant in the mansion, so if even the coachman dressed this well, the mansion must be quite wealthy.

Moreover, there were no identifying flags on their carriage, so... based on experience, this must be a wealthy merchant family.

These thugs loved to rob merchants the most.

They might have silver, but they didn’t have power, so when they suffered minor losses, they’d just swallow it and wouldn’t dare provoke these local hooligans easily.

Of course, they weren’t that greedy; just give a few dozen taels, and everyone would be fine.

If you don’t, well, expect to face revenge.

Those merchants suffered in silence, but every time, they’d pay up, just to avoid disaster through yielding wealth.

Report to the authorities? What a joke, where would they find the energy for that?

Even if they did report, the amount is small, just a few dozen taels, it would only result in some beatings and a brief detention, and then they’d be released; it was useless.

And if they really reported it, they’d face endless retaliation.

You can kill one rat, but never mess with a nest of rats; that’s the logic.

Actually, the thugs were quite disciplined; as long as the merchants cooperated, handing over the silver without going to authorities, they’d ensure your safety.

But...

Cooperate?

The three inside the carriage said: We don’t understand!

They were traveling incognito, so the carriage didn’t have the Prince He Mansion’s flag, merely more luxurious than an ordinary carriage.

This attire and setup indeed looked a bit like a merchant from the Capital City.

But just because I look like a merchant, you can’t really take us as merchants.

Yue Er was the first to poke her head out and frown.

"What’s happening!"

The coachman, unafraid and calmly explained in return.

"We’ve encountered a robbery by some hooligans!"

"Hooligans?"

Yue Er frowned and repeated.

The other two inside the carriage exchanged glances, all unfamiliar with this term.

"What do they want?" Yue Er asked again.

"Reporting, Master, they probably want silver!"

Yue Er started to understand.

"Oh, so it’s a street robbery!"

She touched the golden whip wrapped around her waist, feeling a bit excited.

Having learned martial arts from her master for so long, this golden whip was a gift from her elder brother years ago.

It had never been put to use all these years.

Today, it was actually going to be used on some petty hooligans.

Although she found it a bit beneath her, Yue Er thought: It’s okay, after all, if you couldn’t encounter highway robbers, tidying up you little shrimps is fine too!

Besides, the security in the Capital City was so good, the conditions were really limited!

"You all stay in the carriage, I’ll go deal with them!" Yue Er got up.

Yilan and Wei Yu worriedly gave advice.

"Be careful, we don’t know martial arts, so we won’t come down!"

Yue Er twitched her mouth, such unreliable friends.

Yue Er, clad in simple clothing, stepped down from the carriage and stood in front of a few local hooligans, leisurely asking.

"In broad daylight, you are here to rob? Just you few?"

Seeing it was just a little girl, the hooligans immediately laughed arrogantly.

"Where did this little girl come from, such aura!"

"Let me tell you, we are indeed here to rob, if you want to pass here, just hand over the silver and we’ll immediately let you pass!"

"How much?!"

Yue Er asked indifferently.

"Not much, just fifty taels will do!"

"How about it, if you don’t have it, quickly go back and call your elders!"

"You damn girl! Hurry up!"

They couldn’t wait.

Yue Er’s face turned a bit colder, her eyes starting to freeze.

Grandfather? Someone actually claimed to be her grandfather?

Her grandfather was the emperor’s father, who brought prosperity and stability to the Great Chu Dynasty.

When did it become this group of grandchildren’s turn to insult?

She squinted her eyes, exuding a dangerous aura.

However...no matter how dangerous, she was only a twelve-year-old girl, and those little hooligans weren’t afraid at all.

In fact, they couldn’t even sense this aura’s presence.

Yue Er felt quite melancholy.

Sigh, though she could win in a fight, she couldn’t intimidate them, which was quite troubling.

She slowly took a golden whip from her waist and asked.

"How much do you think this golden whip is worth?"

"Right, let me introduce this to you, this golden whip is pure gold, the handle is made of huanghuali wood, it’s inlaid with sixteen jade gemstones, the spikes on the whip are silver, and it weighs... nine pounds in total! How about that?"

As she explained, the hooligans’ eyes began to reveal a greedy gleam.

Their gazes stuck to the golden whip like plaster, moving wherever her hand moved, nauseating to the extreme.

Yue Er restrained the urge to vomit and continued her introduction.

"From now on, whoever among you can snatch the whip from my hand, I’ll give it to you, how about that?"

The hooligans went completely wild.

A little girl around the age of ten, wasn’t she just a breeze away from toppling?

That golden whip was a genuinely good item!

The feel of gold, the clear and transparent gemstones wouldn’t deceive, even the silver spikes on the golden whip were that shiny.

Real good stuff could be recognized as good even by those who haven’t seen or possessed them before.

So...

The hooligans were eager to try.

"Me!"

"I’ll go first!"

Yue Er raised an eyebrow.

"You decide the order yourselves, then come one by one!"

As soon as the hooligans heard this, they couldn’t bear it. They all rushed to be first.

"You can’t do it, I think this girl looks like an expert, let me take the first shot!"

"I’m the strongest, how can I not do it?"

"Let me go first!"

The hooligans argued until they started fighting.

Yue Er stood on the side, arms crossed, watching leisurely.

At first, they just pushed and shoved, but it gradually turned into a full-fledged fight, ultimately becoming a deadly battle.

"I have an eighty-year-old mother and several young children, you’re competing with me!"

"Next time, if there’s a good thing like this, I’ll let you have it, so let me have this one, okay?" said a slightly better-dressed person who seemed like the leader.

The others: "No way!"

"Boss, we are all brothers, you can’t be so selfish!"

"Exactly, boss, didn’t we agree to share the good things together?"

The group clashed again in a fierce brawl.

The leader finally couldn’t stand it any longer.

"Forget it, let’s all go together, then split the share equally, how about that?"

After some thought, they agreed.

"That’s possible! Let’s share the blessing!"

With that, they suddenly turned their heads and charged at her impulsively.

Yue Er giggled.

"Not bad, not too dumb, you’ve got some brains!"

"But..."

Before finishing her sentence, she suddenly lifted her hand, unraveling the golden whip and swung it forcefully at them.

"Crack!"

After a loud whip crack....