Leng Nier was startled and immediately glared angrily at the man.
The man wasn't scared at all. With a smile, he raised his hand and was about to touch her delicate and rosy cheek.
Leng Nier whipped out her handkerchief, and the man quickly retracted his hand after being hit hard.
Seeing that the woman knew martial arts, he still had a smile on his face but started to take steps backward.
Leng Nier let out a cold snort and slowly approached the man.
"Miss, don't be angry. It was my rudeness just now. I'll leave right away, right away."
Leng Nier sized him up and down. "Leave? Where do you think you're going? Do you know who this princess is before you dared to molest me? I think you're tired of living and think your head has been on your neck for too long!"
She raised her hand and glanced at her armor.
The man was already scared when he heard her claim to be a princess. He quickly bowed with cupped hands and said, "Princess, please spare my life. It was my blindness that I offended you, princess. I deserve to die. I'll slap myself right away."
With that, he raised his hand and slapped his own face several times.
Passers - by stopped to watch.
At this moment, someone on horseback passed by and saw Leng Nier.
He dismounted and came to Leng Nier's side, protecting her in his arms.
Then he looked coldly at the man. "What's going on here?"
As soon as Leng Nier saw her husband coming, she immediately softened and said aggrievedly, "Your Highness, I was walking nicely on the street when he suddenly... suddenly pounced on me. He clearly intended to molest me!"
"I didn't, Your Highness. I really just accidentally bumped into the princess. I hope the princess will be magnanimous and spare my life."
Mu Yichen squinted his eyes. Of course, he knew that this skinny - looking man couldn't possibly molest his highly skilled princess.
But since she was so aggrieved, how could he bear it? His woman must not be bullied by anyone.
So he decided to teach this man a good lesson. He ordered his attendant, "Come here! Take this man back to the Qi Prince's Mansion."
Two guards immediately stepped forward and grabbed the man with his hands behind his back.
The man shouted in despair, "No, Your Highness! Spare my life, Your Highness!"
But no matter how much he shouted, Mu Yichen seemed not to hear. He put his arm around his princess and helped her onto the horse.
He led the horse on foot and walked in the direction of the Qi Prince's Mansion.
Sounds of admiration came from behind. "His Highness the Qi Prince is so good to the Qi Princess. He walks while she rides the horse."
"Yeah, yeah. It must be so happy to marry a man like the Qi Prince!"
After they returned to the Qi Prince's Mansion, a servant brought a stool into the courtyard.
The two of them sat together, holding hands.
The man was tied to a long bench and kept wailing.
His voice was already hoarse. "Your Highness, spare my life!"
Mu Yichen put his arm around Leng Nier and lifted her chin. "My love, how do you want to deal with him?"
The man looked up at Leng Nier hopefully. Leng Nier gave the man a disdainful look. "Your Highness, since he wants to get close to any beautiful woman he sees, how about..."
Mu Yichen immediately understood and smiled. He gently kissed her lips. "Oh~ This is really a good idea."
He deliberately prolonged the last syllable, with a sly smile on his face.
The man was scared out of his wits and immediately begged for mercy again. "Your Highness, spare my life. I really didn't do anything. Please spare me, Your Highness. I have an eighty - year - old mother at home, and I'm the only descendant of five generations in our family. Please spare me, Your Highness."
Mu Yichen threw his head back and laughed heartily. "Your being the only descendant of five generations has nothing to do with this king."
Then he waved his hand to call the guards over. "Turn him over and tie him up."
The man's heart - rending cries filled the sky. Several guards quickly turned him over and tied him up, with his arms tied behind the long bench.
A rope was also put around his neck.
"Is there anyone with good, fast, and skillful knife - work?"
None of the guards dared to step forward. They couldn't do such a thing that would make a man childless.
After a while, seeing that no one stood up, Mu Yichen casually pointed at a guard. "You, take off his pants and cut off his manhood. I'd like to see how he can still molest good - looking women!"
"No!" The tied man gritted his teeth tightly. His eyeballs were bloodshot, looking extremely terrifying.
The maids who were originally watching stepped back.
The guard who was named knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Your Highness, please choose another kind of punishment. You can beat him thirty or a hundred boards. But this kind of thing that cuts off a man's manhood, it's still..."
He stammered and didn't finish his sentence. A guard standing behind him kicked him.
He lowered his voice. "Why are you pleading for him? Aren't you afraid that His Highness will get angry with you?"
The guard lowered his head and kept silent. Mu Yichen squinted his eyes, got up, and walked up to the guard.
He leaned down halfway and lifted the guard's face. "You're pleading for him. You feel sorry for him. Since that's the case, how about you take his punishment instead?"
At this, the other three guards knelt down with a thud.
"Your Highness, no! Shi Yi is still young. He doesn't know the severity of this. He knows he's wrong. Please forgive him, Your Highness!"
Mu Yichen kicked the guard to the ground. "Forgive? Didn't he think this king was cruel? Since he's so kind, then take the punishment for others. Don't just talk the talk. You're so hypocritical! Do you understand?"
He played with the jade ring on his thumb and said word by word, "You three, tie him to the bench with your own hands."
The three of them kowtowed hard. Tears were almost streaming out. But Shi Yi knelt there silently.
Someone beside him tugged at his clothes. "Shi Yi, quickly beg His Highness for mercy. Say you know you're wrong and you'll never dare again!"
Shi Yi, full of youthful courage, refused to bow his head. He looked up and stared fixedly at Mu Yichen.
"I'm not wrong, and I won't admit I'm wrong! If we served a wise prince, he would know that what I did and said today is worthy of the heaven and earth and worthy of my master. If he doesn't understand, the one who's wrong is him, not me!"
Mu Yichen clapped his hands. "Well said, really well said!"
He picked Shi Yi up with both hands. "So it's this king who's wrong, right? Fine, then this king will let you see what's wrong and what's right!"
He drew out the sword from the hand of the kneeling guard and pierced Shi Yi's chest with it.
Shi Yi looked down at his chest. Instead of showing a panicked expression, he even curled the corner of his lips.
Seeing this, Mu Yichen pulled out the long sword and casually threw it on the ground.
Shi Yi's body leaned backward.
"Shi Yi!"
The other three stood up abruptly and hugged Shi Yi in their arms.
"Shi Yi, why are you so stupid?"
The three of them glared fiercely at Mu Yichen's back and gritted their back teeth tightly.
Leng Nier stood up and walked to Mu Yichen's side. She said to the three guards, "Drag his body to the mass grave! Don't bury him!"