For a moment the whole crowd went silent that a pin dropping nearby was heard.
The crowd stood in the royal garden and covered everywhere leaving no clear sign of the vibrant green grass underneath. Thousands of people silently staring at Winter with incredulous looks and if one looks closely there were hints of fear and something else.
The girl fierce and cool aura swept through them and the words got stuck in their throats, the girl in the flowing dress looking beautiful and powerful up there without any sign of cowering in front of them or the grovelling and disgusting looking up to them wasn't showing. Her arms folded behind her made her look like a fierce queen her icy look cr acting a beautiful effect with it. Even her age is overlooked completely overshadowed by her aura and they felt the girl in front of them is even older and wiser than all of them.
All this came from the girl looking down at them from the high position.
Finally someone broke the tense atmosphere with a sneer.
"It seems this girl don't know her place!"
The crowd snapped out of they dazed look and blushingly agreed with the man.
Winter turned her cool yet icy gaze to the man accurately finding him among the crowd. Her eyes narrowed at him keeping his features deeply buried in her mind.
The man felt a shiver go down his spine, his legs weak with fear, but remembering the benefits the person promised him he stood his ground and glared back at her with some ferocity.
At that moment Winter is like an unredeemable criminal in his eyes.
"You" Winter opened her beautiful lips and lifted her swan like neck, she pointed at the man casually and coolly, a hint of killing intent going through her eyes. She definately remembered him.
The man didn't understand her mood and thought she is scared by him. He puffed out his chest proudly in response and opened his mouth to talk but soon found his arms in a deadly lock by some royal guards.
"What are you doing?" He yelled furiously panicked when he saw them moving towards somewhere.
The guards didn't pay him any attention and kept on dragging him.
"Let go of me this instant! I command you!"
" Watch out am a relative of the second chief and I can make your lives miserable!"
He threatened happily and closed his eyes waiting for them to be scared and release him realizing offending him on behalf of Winter isn't worth it. He soon opened his eyes realizing he is still moving.
He shouted continuously struggling. As if yelling at air the guards ignored him and dragged him till his back disappeared behind a door.
The crowd watched the man till he disappeared and turned to Winter petrified. Their gazes filled with fear but still stood their ground. They instantly comforted themselves in the fact she still needs to rely on the crown prince to show off and act reckless. Embodied by this fact they became bolder believing she can't do anything to them personally. They even suspected that the background supposedly behind her is fake or how can their crown prince 'bring' her here easily.
She even seems happy to be here probably because she is not cherished back at her place.
"This is only what miss Powers is good at!" A woman's voice came from the side. She turned her hateful glare to Winter.
The implication of her words are extremely harsh insinuating Winter is only good at seducing men.
Winter recognized her as Gu Feiye friend from the party the other night. She didn't know what happened to make them less afraid of talking bad about her openly but can guess it's related to Gu Feiye. Winter just kept her glance casual and moved away, she learnt this girl has a funny personality and it's better not to argue with her.
"Using her lips and body to seduce men" She became bolder seeing Winter didn't speak, she must be right and that's what made her guilty not to speak.
Winter maintained her elegance and didn't reply but someone else replied on her behalf.
"Don't you dare slander the miss!" Little maid screamed furiously.
"Am I right? Is that why you are so eager to get me to shut up?" The girl talked excitedly as if opening up some conspiracy.
The crowd murmured along with her believing every bit of her words. They didn't seem too unreasonable.
"All of you shut up!" Little maid felt her face burned with the obscene words thrown out by the crowd.
"We must be right!"
"Yes, this little vixen used her face to seduce our crown prince!"
"Doing such a bad thing at a young age!"
The crowd grew agitated and picked up stones to throw.
"Do you dare?" Winter cold voice reverberated loudly sending shivers down their spines. The outstretched arms hung limply in the air.
Winter boiled in anger hearing several horrible words thrown at her, her face still looks indifferent but whoever knows her knows her anger is at its peak.
Her cold gaze swept through the crowd and it's icy depths contained huge amount of killing intent.
Little maid shivered from the side amd looked up at the miss face which looks no different from earlier. Why does the miss feels like a demon straight from the depths of hell. The miss is scarier than any other girl her age and can totally suppress any person aura with her fierceness.
Can the crown prince handle her if she ever gets angry?
The crown doesn't even seem worthy of the miss again, the miss is way beyond his league!
The aura didn't diminish and grew more fierce making it difficult for the weak willed to breathe or stand, the hard willed still had it better. Any words or attempts to throw stones got stuck in their minds and a huge fear of digging it up grew.
"You" Winter pointed at the girl that spoke earlier.
The girl although afraid gritted her teeth and spoke up.
"What?! Are you going to make me disappear like that fool earlier?"
"Let me warn you, am stronger than you think and if you dare me can you handle the consequences?"
The girl screamed bluffing with a little corner of her mind praying the person that promised the benefits help her. That person has a lot of power and control over the royal guards more than Winter, she can definately help her.
Backed up by this she raised her head proudly and threw a smug look at Winter.
Winter raised up a corner of her lips in a cold smile.
"Now you know what is the best for you"
The girl did a mistake, thinking Winter is scared.
"Don't offend me next time or I might just come there to teach you a lesson"
"Guards"
The royal guards from earlier quickly acted and took the girl away from the crowd.
The crowd grew agitated and shuffled nervously in their position.
This girl doesn't have the basic shame everyone maintains in the society and will take action against those that speaks bad about her.
"You lack the basic formality and you encourage the use of vulgar language even indulging in it"
Winter called out and the crowd stood still like a bunch of children lectured. Winter's voice didn't fluctuate or sound out of place. She stood with her hands folded at her back and her eyes looking down at the people below. The crowd can't deny the aura radiating from her is no less than that of their king, she gives off more royalty feeling than any of the royals combined.
A little part of their nails washed away and her words made clearer sense in front of them. With no one speaking against her the crowd seem united in receiving lecture.
"The basic morality is something expected of everyone and will be immediately condemned if found otherwise!"
"This is something expected of you but this is a serious let down"
Winter said her eyes revealing and hiding different glints as it's passed different individuals in the crowd.
The people lowered their heads and thought it is true indeed.
"Yes we do know it is something expected but which position are you using to say this?"
"As a person or as a guest?" Gu Feiye said appearing beside her. She wore a white body hugging dress with a smoky makeup. Her eyes fiery as she looked down on Winter.
'tch, she can't wait' Winter sneered inwardly.
"Is miss Gu memory naturally poor or is she intentionally ignoring the reason behind today's event?"
Winter didn't break out of elegance and instead held up her neck questioning Gu Feiye with a powerful voice no less than what she used earlier.
Gu Feiye face turned black and the hands by her sides tighten, nails sinking deep into flesh.
"Miss Powers have no right to question the masses even with her soon to be identity"
"Then miss Gu have even lesser authority to question me"