Chapter 127 Ji Yuntang Fights Back

Chapter 127: Ji Yuntang Strikes Back

Hearing all the curses thrown at Ji Yuntang around her, Nanny Xu knew the moment she had been waiting for had arrived. She immediately broke free from the ropes and ran forward.

She pulled the smelly sock out of her mouth, her eyes filled with madness.

"Help! Murder!"

"Princess Ye killed my daughter and now she wants to kill me! I am Prince Ye's savior, but I can't even see his face. Who can stop this vicious woman?"

Chen Hu felt the rope in his hand go slack. He froze for a second, then saw a figure as fat as a pig dart past him.

Chen Hu immediately gave chase.

Ji Yuntang looked at the Dali Temple mansion three hundred meters ahead and sneered coldly.

She had never seen anyone run toward the Dali Temple while trying to escape.

Nanny Xu seized the chance and sprinted forward with all her strength.

As she ran, she wailed, "Help! Princess Ye is killing someone! Someone save me!"

She felt she had never run faster in her life, terrified that Chen Hu would catch up and tie her up again.

Some commoners who thought they were righteous heard her cries and believed Chen Hu was trying to kill her.

They immediately took it upon themselves to stop Chen Hu.

Some threw cabbage leaves at him, others tossed eggs, and some grabbed bowls from street vendors and threw them at Chen Hu, all to buy Nanny Xu time to escape.

The scene turned chaotic, with cabbage leaves and eggs flying everywhere. Thanks to the crowd's interference, Chen Hu got hit many times and slowed down.

Seeing her plan work, Nanny Xu thought she would definitely escape this time. Filled with hatred, she gritted her teeth.

"Ji Yuntang, just wait and see. We don't know who'll win yet!"

As she ran, she suddenly wanted to check how far she was from Ji Yuntang, or what a mess Ji Yuntang must be after getting pelted with eggs and cabbage leaves.

Imagining Ji Yuntang's sorry state covered in egg yolk, Nanny Xu almost laughed out loud.

She glanced back with venomous eyes.

That glance instantly froze her in her tracks.

Ji Yuntang, dressed in white as pure as snow, stood about ten meters away. A black whip had appeared in her hand, and one end of it was flying straight toward Nanny Xu.

Nanny Xu: "!!!"

Terrified, she widened her eyes and bolted.

But the whip seemed to have a mind of its own, chasing after her.

Nanny Xu felt her neck tighten as the whip coiled tightly around it, making it hard to breathe.

Her legs wouldn't move another step. She felt that if she tried to run further, the whip would strangle her.

The sight stunned everyone, even those throwing cabbage leaves and eggs forgot what they were doing.

Ji Yuntang slowly pulled the whip tighter and stepped forward, a smile spreading across her lips.

As she walked, the crowd parted before her.

Only then did they realize that this Princess Ye was not to be messed with—she might really kill Nanny Xu right there in the street.

Under Nanny Xu's furious gaze, Ji Yuntang slowly walked up to her and raised an eyebrow. "Go on, run! Why aren't you running?"

"Or is it because you see this is the Dali Temple gate, and your conscience is bothering you, so you want to turn yourself in?"

Looking up, the Dali Temple mansion stood ten meters ahead, its gilded nanmu plaque hanging high—eye-catching, solemn, and exuding an air of stern authority.

This place is known as the fairest and most just in the entire Dongchen Kingdom, handling dozens of criminal and civil cases daily.

Ji Yuntang came here to see how Nanny Xu would be punished for embezzling Prince Ye's mansion silver and mistreating Prince Ye.

As luck would have it, Ji Huaiche was the Right Assistant Minister of Dali Temple.

The commotion at the Dali Temple gate quickly caught the attention of the guards. After someone reported inside, a tall, elegant man in a dark blue official robe soon strode out.

His tone was clearly unhappy. "No causing trouble or making a racket at the Dali Temple gate. All of you, disperse!"

As he finished speaking, he spotted the woman in white holding a long whip among the crowd. Ji Huaiche's face immediately turned cold.

"Ji Yuntang, it's you. Haven't you done enough damage to me at the palace banquet? Are you stalking me to the Dali Temple gate?"

"I have work to do, no time for you. I suggest you know your place and leave immediately. This is no place for your antics!"

Ji Yuntang rolled her eyes.

How narcissistic is he?

Which eye of Ji Huaiche's saw me chasing him to the Dali Temple gate?

He's not a banknote—why would I chase after him?

"Heir Ji, shake your head and see if there's water in it."

"Which eye of yours saw me coming to find you?"

"If not, then why—" Ji Huaiche cut off mid-sentence and finally noticed Nanny Xu on the other side, her neck wrapped in the whip, her face livid, unable to speak.

Ji Huaiche instantly flew into a rage. Eyes blazing, he snapped, "Ji Yuntang, you have some nerve, committing violence in broad daylight!"

"Guards, arrest her and take her to the Dali Temple. I will personally interrogate her!"

Several guards stepped forward to arrest Ji Yuntang, but Chen Hu immediately blocked their way, his face menacing.

"Who the hell dares touch a hair on my princess's head?"

Ji Yuntang patted his shoulder and signaled for him to stand down. She wasn't here to pick a fight with Ji Huaiche.

Chen Hu opened his mouth to protest, then reluctantly stepped back a few paces, still on high alert beside Ji Yuntang.

Ji Yuntang curled her lips casually, glanced at Nanny Xu, and said in a very calm tone, "What a coincidence. I, this princess, was just about to go to the Dali Temple to file a complaint against this Nanny Xu. During her time managing Prince Ye's mansion, she mistreated Prince Ye—refused to serve him and prevented other servants from doing so, while she herself ate and drank lavishly. She put laxatives in Prince Ye's meals, and his dirty clothes went unwashed for months."

"Moreover, during her tenure, Nanny Xu embezzled over two hundred thousand taels of silver from Prince Ye's mansion, sold off the mansion's assets and rare medicinal herbs gifted by the Empress, illegally borrowed money from banks in Prince Ye's name, and used it to open shops and buy private residences."

"When this princess was away attending the palace banquet, she drugged my subordinates, severely beat my maidservant nearly to death, broke into my west courtyard, picked the locks, and stole my private property. She has done every evil deed imaginable. Tell me, isn't this princess being merciful by not taking her life directly?"

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