Under Shi Muyuan's gaze, the fat pig started to complain as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Uncle, you must uphold justice for me. I just wanted to help this poor woman, but unexpectedly, someone stabbed me as soon as they came up."
Brilliant! Turning black into white. It had been a long time since she'd met such a person.
The young girl rolled her eyes and helped the woman on the ground up.
"You'd better make sure what you just said is the truth. Otherwise, I'll make sure you won't be able to leave here."
Her imposing manner exploded, even scaring the prefect.
However, in just a moment, the prefect reacted and felt a bit ashamed of his previous action.
He coughed twice, trying to save face.
"Who are you? How dare you speak so arrogantly. You must be the daughter of some family in this city. You don't know any respect at all. A proper woman shouldn't show herself in public on the street. How shameless!"
Being lectured like this right off the bat, Shi Muyuan rolled her eyes hard and didn't take the man who was flaunting his official power seriously.
"A mere prefect really broadens my horizons. I think even the emperor doesn't make such a high - profile show when he goes out."
"Humph, you little girl. Have you ever seen the emperor? How dare you talk big. Since you don't take this official seriously, then this official will teach you a lesson today. Guards! Take these two women who dare to offend their superiors away!"
Hearing this, the yamen runners came forward to arrest them, which really made Shi Muyuan laugh.
"Do you want to take us two women secretly to a deserted place, rape us, and then leave our corpses in the wild?"
Her straightforward words hit the minds of the two groups of people.
The prefect was a man who had seen the world. He quickly calmed down and immediately denied it.
"What kind of person am I, Wang Wende, in this area? Everyone knows. You are slandering a court official as soon as you open your mouth. It seems you want to implicate your nine generations of relatives."
After saying this, the on - lookers around all lowered their heads. Obviously, they were forced to do so.
After all, these people couldn't compete with a court official.
They were just ordinary civilians. Even a powerful dragon couldn't suppress a local snake, let alone them, the ants.
Shi Muyuan suddenly felt it was ridiculous.
"Do you just watch these two colluding villains bully women? Haven't you heard a saying? If I turn a blind eye today, when misfortune befalls me one day, no one will shout for me."
This speech finally touched the people around, but only for a moment.
"Don't forget, this is still under this official's jurisdiction. If you have any opinions, come and talk to this official face - to - face."
Suddenly, there was complete silence, and the on - lookers showed a tendency to back off.
Shi Muyuan finally understood how helpless those girls she saw on the news back then were.
She gritted her teeth. The Thirteen Guards were about to take action, but she forced them back with a look in her eyes.
Unless it was really a matter of life and death, she absolutely didn't want the Thirteen Guards to be discovered by anyone, especially in front of so many people.
...
Seeing that the people below were about to take them away, Jinghong anxiously urged the man beside her.
"National Teacher, if something really happens to the Empress Dowager here today, I'll be the first one not to let you be with the Empress Dowager."
"I know. You don't need to remind me."
"Then why don't you take action? The Thirteen Guards can't be exposed at this time. Can't we just watch the Empress Dowager be taken away by these people? Her reputation will be ruined."
"I know! But it's not the right time yet. If we go out rashly and expose our identities, all our previous efforts will be in vain."
"I don't care! Anyway, I can't stand to see the Empress Dowager being bullied. If you're not willing to take action, then I will."
Saying that, just as she was about to use her light - body skill, the sound of horseshoes came from not far away.
With just a flash, the two of them flew to another place.
Jinghong opened her eyes wide. She didn't expect this person to come so timely.
"If this prince doesn't come, he won't see the sun tomorrow after tonight. But something's wrong. Didn't he go to the camp several miles away?"
Jinghong seemed to think of something and looked at the person beside her in surprise.
"Sure enough, the older one is more cunning. The National Teacher actually went to call this person over when I wasn't paying attention."
"Shh! Don't talk. We almost got discovered just now. He seems to be suspicious."
As they were talking, they both looked in a certain direction.
Sure enough, the next moment, a look shot over. Fortunately, they dodged quickly.
Ji Huang raised his eyebrows. Could it be that he was seeing things? Maybe he hadn't rested well recently.
He dismounted from his horse. After confirming that the people not far away were okay, he let out a long sigh of relief.
However, the prefect beside him wasn't so lucky.
Before he could step forward, he was knocked down by a strange force that seemed to come out of nowhere.
It was the first time for everyone to see the prefect in such a mess. For a moment, they couldn't tell whether they felt happy or relieved.
The prefect also felt quite confused.
"Prince, what did I do wrong to make you so angry?"
"You still have the nerve to ask. I haven't seen you for just a few days, and you give me such a big 'gift'. It seems the previous reminders were too light."
"What do you mean, Prince? Since I heard your words, I've never been negligent in any unjust cases. I've always acted according to your instructions. Today's incident was also caused by these two women first. I'm just detaining them according to the law. What's wrong with that?"
"Fine. Then you might as well detain this prince too."
As soon as these words were said, the prefect's face turned pale and red.
"Prince! Could it be that this woman is your concubine? I was being disrespectful. Since she's yours, I won't bother anymore."
As soon as he finished speaking, another strange force hit him. This time, two of his front teeth were knocked out.
"You're so presumptuous! According to what you said, you must have an affair with your mother, right? Otherwise, where did such a dirty thought come from?"
If the prefect still couldn't see the situation clearly at this point, he would be a fool.
He knelt on the ground tremblingly and quickly admitted his mistake.
"So it's the Empress Dowager's arrival. I failed to welcome you properly. Those were just my joking words just now. Please don't take them to heart. I'd like to invite the Empress Dowager to the restaurant to make amends and am willing to punish myself with two cups of wine."
"Humph, what's your status? Do you think you're worthy to dine with this empress?"
"Yes, yes, yes. I was being disrespectful. I'd like to make amends to the Empress Dowager and the Prince. I hope you'll be magnanimous and forgive us this time. We didn't know the situation at first. If we'd known it was the Empress Dowager in front of us, how could we have overstepped?"
"Enough! In your eyes, can ordinary civilians be allowed to overstep? You people treat human lives like grass. It makes this empress feel sick."