Chapter 236: The law of the land

But the head maid had also seen the world; so what if he was a Prince? Their eldest young lady was an Imperial Consort, and they had even seen the Emperor before.

Just at this moment, Ning Tao walked out with her disciples.

Her appearance was like a clear breeze blowing past, making everyone present brighten up.

She was wearing a simple and elegant dress, the hem swaying in the wind, like a fairy descending to earth.

Her face was even more breathtakingly beautiful, as if all the beauty in the world had condensed on her face.

The surrounding citizens sighed endlessly upon seeing Ning Tao's appearance; no wonder the Prince could go to such lengths—this Ning Tao was simply beautiful beyond words.

And Jiang Mo, who was beside Ning Tao, was also peerlessly beautiful; that delicate face, plus her tall and curvaceous figure, was absolutely a beautiful landscape.

Originally, Li Yanhui had come for Ning Tao, but upon seeing Jiang Mo, he couldn't help but be moved.

He secretly calculated that this Jiang Mo was also young and beautiful; if he could take her into his residence as well, wouldn't he be holding one in each arm, enjoying the blessings of all?

Ning Tao, however, had long felt incomparably disgusted by Li Yanhui's entanglement; this was the reason she hated the imperial family.

She said coldly: "Li Yanhui, I have no connection with you; why do you keep pestering me?"

Li Yanhui heard this, but only gave a chuckle and said, "We two have a marriage contract; it is a matter of the parents' commands and the matchmaker's words. I am merely fulfilling the contract, and besides, your family has already accepted my benefits."

He was telling Ning Tao that if she didn't marry him, her family might also encounter danger.

Seeming to feel that Ning Tao was already in the bag, Li Yanhui had already set his sights on Jiang Mo.

He looked at Jiang Mo with greedy eyes and said: "This young lady, may I ask your age, and are you betrothed? My Prince's residence is currently expanding, and there are plenty of rooms; it can accommodate both master and disciple."

When this sentence was spoken, everyone nearby was astonished; Li Yanhui was truly greedy, actually setting his sights on Ning Tao's disciple.

If it were before, Jiang Mo's two senior brothers would certainly have directly roared at Li Yanhui.

But they had already been dealt with by Li Chen once, and they had some fear of the imperial family, so they actually turned cowardly at this moment.

"Master, let's ignore him; I don't believe he dares to trespass into a private residence."

Jiang Mo didn't intend to answer Li Yanhui at all and prepared to pull Ning Tao toward the residence.

But at this moment, Li Yanhui actually brought his subordinates and broke in; the head maid couldn't stop them at all.

Seeing Li Yanhui actually dare to bring people into her own residence, Jiang Mo said angrily: "Li Yanhui, do you have no regard for the law of the land by doing this!"

Hearing this, Li Yanhui laughed: "Hahaha, what a joke, the law of the land? The law of the land is the law of our imperial family!"

He was also wildly arrogant, shocking the nearby citizens one after another.

Trespassing into a private residence was also a crime in the Tian Ce Dynasty; it wasn't heavy, but it wasn't light either.

But his status was that of a Prince; just as he said, he was a lawless maniac!

Jiang Mo was so angry that her full chest heaved; this was her home, and no matter what, she had to teach Li Yanhui a lesson.

Ning Tao had even drawn her sword, pointing angrily at Li Yanhui, but Li Yanhui had an indifferent face: If you have the guts, then do it. What is the crime of cutting a Prince? Can you afford to bear it?

For a time, the two sides were at daggers drawn.

The maids of the Jiang residence were not pushovers either; after drawing their swords, their momentum looked very strong.

Unfortunately, Li Yanhui's subordinates were all top-tier experts, and they instantly suppressed them in terms of strength.

One of Li Yanhui's subordinates saw the Jiang residence's maid running toward the city, and seemingly remembering something, he said in Li Yanhui's ear: "Your Highness, the Lin Chengjian of Shanghe City has the Emperor's waist token; she is not to be trifled with."

Li Yanhui rolled his eyes at him and scolded: "You are truly useless. So what if she has the Emperor's waist token? Isn't she just a subordinate of our imperial family? She has to obediently greet this Prince when she sees me."

Hearing Li Yanhui say this, the subordinate didn't say anything more.

If it were an ordinary street quarrel, then there would indeed be no need to trouble the government runners to move.

But now Li Yanhui had already violated public order, and before three minutes had passed, two small government runners patrolling nearby ran over.

"Everyone make way, may I ask what happened here!"

The leading government runner had just arrived and followed the normal procedure to ask about the situation here.

This government runner looked to have a strong aura; he was definitely a trained fighter, and his cultivation foundation was very solid.

He was Lin Yue'e's confidant and also an excellent graduate selected from the Imperial Capital Combat Academy.

Seeing that a government runner dared to stand in front of Li Yanhui, Jiang Mo stepped forward and explained the situation.

Li Yanhui was not afraid; he was a Prince, and he didn't believe this small government runner dared to touch him.

After hearing this, the government runner began to question Li Yanhui and the nearby citizens; after all, it was just Jiang Mo's side of the story, and he required verification of the truth.

Li Yanhui had already entered the Jiang residence and said calmly: "So what if I did?"

The government runner said respectfully: "Then I am sorry, Your Highness, please trouble yourself to come with me."

Once these words were spoken, the whole scene was shocked.

No one had expected that a nameless government runner would actually dare to arrest a Prince?

While the crowd was shocked, they speculated about the background of this government runner.

If he had no background and offended Li Yanhui, wouldn't that be courting death?

Hearing this, Li Yanhui said angrily: "You dare!"

He felt that he was losing face; he had thought that by showing his status, the government runner would at least not act as his dog, but would at least flee in a sorry state. He had seen too many such things.

Who could have thought that there would actually be someone who didn't give him face, and it was just a small government runner.

Li Yanhui's subordinates had even surrounded the government runner; they only needed one order from Li Yanhui to teach the government runner a lesson.

The government runner looked at the people surrounding him and said with a flat face: "Your Highness, His Majesty is currently at the Lin Chengjian's Office. If you make such a scene, then I will tell the truth when I go back."

Li Yanhui: "."

The crowd: "!!!"

The onlookers heard the government runner say this and were shocked beyond words.

No wonder the government runner was so bold, daring to arrest even a Prince; this background was truly terrifying.

What was a Prince? In front of His Majesty Li Chen, it was simply not an issue.

The onlookers who had just been worried for Ning Tao and Jiang Mo were all looking at Li Yanhui with schadenfreude.

You are a Prince, and we cannot afford to offend you, but you also have people you cannot afford to offend, right?

His Majesty is my brother-in-law, you didn't say it, and I forgot!

The first to react were Li Yanhui's subordinates, who retreated at light speed, fearing being caught by the government runner; anyway, it was the Prince who ordered them to break in, and they had no choice.

Hearing Li Chen's name, even though Li Yanhui had never met Li Chen, he was directly trembling all over; if he were caught by Li Chen, wouldn't he lose two layers of skin?

The imperial family had channels for news, and Li Chen was outrageously aggressive; because of the Crown Prince's death and the Second Prince's rebellion, he had already dealt with a great many imperial family members.

Li Yanhui swallowed his saliva continuously, and his forehead was also breaking out in cold sweat.

If the government runner were just using Li Chen's prestige to scare him, he wouldn't be afraid, but Li Chen was here; how could he not be afraid?

"That, I remembered I have something else to do, I will take my leave first." Li Yanhui directly planned to slip away and exit the Jiang residence.

But just at this moment, a whole row of people knelt down outside the Jiang residence.

The voices of the citizens paying respects to the Emperor rose one after another, resounding through the universe.

Li Yanhui's heart instantly turned half cold.

When Li Chen entered the Jiang residence, Li Yanhui's heart turned completely cold.

Because he knew that the most authoritative person in the Tian Ce Dynasty had appeared.

Following Li Chen's appearance, the Jiang residence was also filled with kneeling people, and even Li Yanhui knelt on the ground in a second.

Unlike the others, Li Yanhui was now so scared that he was twitching.

"What's the situation? Who dares to make trouble here?"

Li Chen had originally been at the Lin Chengjian's Office checking on Lin Yue'e's cultivation progress when a maid from the Jiang residence ran over, saying that someone was making a scene at the Jiang residence and wanted to commit improper acts.

The Jiang residence had two Imperial Consorts, and Jiang Rong was Li Chen's beloved consort; Lin Yue'e of the Lin Chengjian's Office was the Emperor's confidant and would certainly take care of the Jiang residence, and the Jiang residence's maid knew this point.

Lin Yue'e asked at the time, didn't you say your eldest young lady is an Imperial Consort?

The maid replied, I said it, but that person wasn't afraid at all. Li Chen and Lin Yue'e looked at each other, feeling it was very outrageous; who was it that dared to ignore the prestige of the Imperial Capital? It seemed their background was not low.

Li Chen also happened to be preparing to go to the Jiang residence to see his sister-in-law, so he came directly.

And it just so happened that he blocked Li Yanhui inside.

Jiang Mo was overjoyed to see Li Chen appear.

After she stood up, she immediately came to Li Chen's side and said aggrievedly: "Brother-in-law, it's this guy..."

She began to complain to Li Chen, making it sound like if Li Chen had arrived half a moment later, she would have been bullied.

Li Yanhui, who was kneeling on the ground, even though he was trembling with fear, still said: "Your Majesty, I didn't do anything."

Li Chen frowned and said: "Did I tell you to speak? Slap yourself."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of "slap, slap, slap" resounded throughout the Jiang residence.

Li Yanhui slapped his own fat face, and before long, his fat face was swollen.

Earlier, Jiang Mo wanted to reason with Li Yanhui, and Li Yanhui used his status to suppress people, but now Li Yanhui wanted to reason, but he had encountered someone who didn't reason.

!

It was truly the wheel of fortune turning, making Jiang Mo feel very relieved.

Especially Li Chen's domineering appearance, making her favorability toward Li Chen climb continuously.

Who wouldn't want a backer by their side whose strength and status had reached the peak?

She could also be considered to understand why her sister and mother were willing to go to the imperial palace.

So this was the feeling of being by the Emperor's side.

From the time Jiang Mo entered the cultivators, she had been instilled with a mindset by her master Ning Tao, which was to hate people who bullied others by relying on their power.

But the problem was, if the one bullying others by relying on power was herself, then it was fine.

At this moment, the government runner who had just handled the incident walked over and respectfully reported the situation to Li Chen one by one.

As someone from the Imperial Capital, he naturally knew Li Chen's character and that he distinguished right from wrong.

Being with Lin Yue'e for a long time, he also gradually began to understand that as long as he did his job seriously, he would certainly be appreciated by His Majesty.

And this Majesty had an excellent reputation, so he naturally dared to speak.

Li Chen already understood the matter, and looking at Li Yanhui, who was swollen like a pig's head, Li Chen truly didn't recognize him.

Li Chen had seen quite a few imperial family members in the Imperial Capital; Li Yanhui was this kind of local vassal prince, whose father and grandfather were Princes, and he inherited the throne.

Perhaps his ancestors developed relatively well, so in his generation, he still had money and prestige.

There were many types of imperial Princes; those who fared the best were basically all in the Imperial Capital. Prince Jing'an used to fare well, but he was backstabbed by his son.

Li Ji belonged to the type who wanted to get rich, starting his own business; if he succeeded, it was fine, but if he didn't, he would go back to living a life with Li Chen.

And so, recently, Li Ji had taken a fancy to a project in the Imperial Capital and taken money to invest.

As long as this investment succeeded, he would get rich, and he wouldn't need to participate in the eastern expedition.

Li Yanhui belonged to the Prince who sat and ate until the mountain was empty; as long as he didn't squander excessively and let the industries under his control continue to develop, he could still get by.

Now that he had been caught by Li Chen for doing evil, Li Chen would certainly teach him a lesson.

You actually dared to say 'the law of the land is the law of the imperial family'?

As the Emperor, I don't even know how to refute you.

But the problem is, can such words be said?

For a Prince of Li Yanhui's level, an ordinary prison couldn't hold him.

Li Chen spoke: "If you are truly idle with nothing to do, go to the Imperial Capital and accompany Prince Jing'an in prison for a year."

Li Yanhui kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Besides this, he didn't know what to say; did he dare to talk back?

If His Majesty doesn't kill you, you should thank heaven and earth.

Next was Lin Yue'e's work; she arranged for her subordinates to take Li Yanhui away under the eyes of everyone.

This could also be considered giving the citizens an explanation, letting the citizens know that even if a Prince broke the law, he would be dealt with.

Lin Yue'e also had work to be busy with, so she took her leave.

The Jiang residence's matter could be considered to have come to an end, and the head maid enthusiastically began to host Li Chen.

Li Chen was too familiar with the Jiang residence; this place could be said to be a small temporary palace of his.

He had gained a lot here before, but he didn't know if he would gain anything this time.

After the troublemakers left, Ning Tao expressed her gratitude to Li Chen; if Li Chen hadn't acted, perhaps they truly wouldn't have been able to deal with Li Yanhui, this Prince.

Li Chen indicated it was nothing, just a small effort.

This sentence made Wu Nanzhi, who was beside him, feel somewhat strange; in her view, according to Li Chen's habits, shouldn't he have let the other side offer themselves in marriage?

What she didn't know was that Li Chen's main goal today was Jiang Mo; he would work hard for Li Sining's sword formation.

"By the way, when I came, your sister wanted me to examine you; how is your cultivation situation recently?"

This was also the first step of Li Chen's active strategy, enhancing their mutual friendship.

Jiang Mo heard that Li Chen wanted to test her and immediately became interested; His Majesty was, after all, a supreme powerhouse of the Sage Realm.

If she could get Li Chen's guidance, she would certainly benefit a lot.

Under her master's instruction, Jiang Mo began to demonstrate her cultivation success in the courtyard.

At the current stage, there were people watching nearby, and Li Chen also gave Jiang Mo some guidance normally, without overstepping, making the women nearby feel that this Emperor was very gentlemanly.

But Jiang Mo's two senior brothers felt that His Majesty was certainly a man, and as a man, who could refuse a beauty like Jiang Mo?

If His Majesty had this intention, they certainly couldn't compete, nor were they qualified to compete.

They began to give up on Jiang Mo, but they felt it was fine; they had backup women.

Jiang Mo's two senior sisters, not to mention peerless beauty, were also young, beautiful, and graceful.

As long as their eyes weren't on Jiang Mo, they also felt their childhood sweethearts were quite good.

They were very grateful for their childhood sweethearts' staying by their side through thick and thin for so many years.

They decided that in the future, they would treat their childhood sweethearts well and never be half-hearted again.

At this moment, Li Chen's strategy reached the second stage.

Jiang Rong had said that her younger sister Jiang Mo was very fond of mounts.

So after guiding Jiang Mo, Li Chen summoned the Holy Tiger.

As expected, when Jiang Mo saw the black tiger, her eyes went straight.

Such a powerful and handsome divine pet mount was simply the existence she dreamed of.

"Brother-in-law, can I sit on it?" Jiang Mo was already used to calling him brother-in-law.

She hated the imperial family, but only hated the type like Li Yanhui; who dared to hate Li Chen?

Li Chen was the exception among the double standards of countless women.

"No problem, you have to sit tight."

It was the same old rule; Li Chen sat in a position near Jiang Mo.

Once the Holy Tiger began to accelerate, Li Chen would be able to have meat to eat.

Wu Nanzhi watched the departing Holy Tiger and knew that Li Chen was basically already stable; no young beauty could escape this hand of Li Chen's.

The continent's top 'supercar' was just a means for Li Chen to pick up girls.

At this moment, Wu Nanzhi stared at Ning Tao beside her, lost in thought.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 237 =====