Chapter 128 Ji Huaiche Provokes Trouble

After finishing her speech, Ji Yuntang gave them an innocent smile.

Everyone was stunned.

Not because Ji Yuntang's smile was particularly gentle, but because it was that Nanny Xu—was she really that bold?

She was merely a servant in Prince Ye's Mansion!

Each of these incidents, taken individually, seemed utterly absurd.

And yet, all of them had happened to one person.

If what Ji Yuntang said was true, they thought she was far too kind.

If it were them, encountering such a disloyal servant, they would have long since turned her into a human pig and dismembered her.

But Ji Yuntang had spared her life.

It showed just how kind-hearted she was.

Most commoners were easily swayed—whoever told a more pitiful story earned their sympathy.

Seeing the crowd begin to curse Nanny Xu and sympathize with Ji Yuntang, Ji Huaiche immediately spoke coldly:

"Ji Yuntang, you need evidence when you speak. Even if you are Princess Ye, you cannot willfully lie to frame a servant."

"As far as this subordinate official knows, Nanny Xu saved Prince Ye's life. Prince Ye owes her a great debt of gratitude. Years ago, he willingly entrusted the management of Prince Ye's Mansion to her. Before you married into the mansion, she ran it smoothly. Why did so many problems arise as soon as you arrived?"

"Are you saying this isn't a scheme to seize managerial power from Nanny Xu?"

Ji Yuntang laughed—

laughed in anger!

"Are you implying that I, Princess Ye, would stoop to framing a servant?"

"You address me as Princess Ye, so you should know that I am the mistress of Prince Ye's Mansion. My husband is bedridden and paralyzed, but the mansion is not to be run by a servant. The authority to manage the mansion should naturally be handed to me. Why would I need to fabricate lies to seize it from a servant?"

Ji Huaiche's reasoning was obviously flawed to anyone with half a brain.

They didn't know how Prince Ye felt about Princess Ye, but now that the mansion had a mistress—even if her status was lowly—she was still Luo Junhe's lawfully wedded princess.

Entrusting the mansion to her was perfectly reasonable.

Knowing he couldn't outtalk Ji Yuntang, Ji Huaiche didn't intend to waste time with her. He let out a cold snort.

"Fine then, come on in. Let's see if you can produce evidence in front of Assistant Minister Xu!"

"If you can't, even if you're Princess Ye, you'll still be subjected to physical punishment."

A dark gleam flashed in Ji Huaiche's eyes; he could already imagine Ji Yuntang being beaten black and blue in prison.

He had noted all the deeds Ji Yuntang had listed just now. If she failed to produce evidence for even one of them, he would make sure she regretted stepping into the Court.

She calmly entered the Court. As soon as she stepped inside, she withdrew her whip.

Because she knew Nanny Xu couldn't escape now.

Nanny Xu gasped for breath. She had nearly thought she was about to die, but she never expected that bitch Ji Yuntang would actually bring her to the Court.

Fortunately, Ji Yuntang's elder brother Ji Huaiche didn't seem to believe her story.

As long as she insisted she had done nothing wrong, she didn't think Ji Yuntang could do anything to her.

With that thought, Nanny Xu immediately put on a pitiful expression, lowered her head, and shuffled along as she followed behind Ji Huaiche.

The group stood in the hall. Ji Huaiche signaled to an officer.

"Go summon Assistant Minister Xu."

The officer immediately responded, "Yes, my lord."

Ji Huaiche had made up his mind: this case involving Ji Yuntang could not be tried by him personally, given their familial relationship.

If he judged impartially, it would demonstrate his competence.

But if he judged unfairly, it would ruin his reputation.

Given Ji Yuntang's unyielding nature, the commoners would inevitably accuse him of abusing his power and using his official position to bully his own sister.

If that got out, the good name he had painstakingly built at the Court would be destroyed, making it even harder to inherit the title and the Yongning Marquisate.

Of course, Ji Huaiche had no intention of judging fairly; he was biased and wanted to see Ji Yuntang humiliated.

But after repeated setbacks, he realized he might not gain any advantage over Ji Yuntang and might even be outsmarted by her.

So why bother wading into these troubled waters?

It was easier to let Xu Muyan handle the case.

He only needed to interject occasionally, stir up trouble, and cause problems for that bitch Ji Yuntang.

Soon, the Assistant Minister of the Court arrived.

His name was Xu Muyan, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, wearing the blue official robe of an assistant minister. He had long, handsome brows and a bright, energetic demeanor.

Perhaps due to daily casework, Xu Muyan's gentle, jade-like face had acquired a sharp edge, unconsciously exuding a sense of pressure.

"Who is the person before the court, and whom are you accusing? Do you have a written complaint?"

Ji Yuntang was well-prepared for this.

She took two complaint papers, densely covered with writing, from her sleeve and handed them to the officer.

This sight stunned even Ji Huaiche.

He had thought Ji Yuntang had come to the Court on a whim, but she had even prepared the complaint papers?

It seemed this bitch had come thoroughly prepared.

Ji Yuntang then said slowly, "I am the Princess Ye, lawfully wedded to Prince Ye. I come today to accuse this Nanny Xu next to me of betrayal against her superiors, abuse of the prince, theft from the mansion, disrespect toward her master, and burglary, among other crimes."

"Every single deed she has committed, I have written down in the complaint. Lord Xu can see for himself."

Xu Muyan looked through them one by one and found that Ji Yuntang had filled two sheets of Xuan paper with listed charges.

The more he read, the more shocked and angry he grew.

Who in the Dongchen Kingdom hasn't heard of the legendary Luo Junhe?

He is not only the War God Prince who defends the realm, but also the great hero in Xu Muyan's eyes.

No one knows that Xu Muyan has always been proud that the Dongchen Kingdom has Luo Junhe; he studied hard and entered officialdom precisely because he hoped that one day he could stand at court alongside Prince Ye as a fellow official.

But now, his great hero has been treated so disrespectfully by a servant—how could he not be furious?

Xu Muyan had the scribe read out the dozens of charges listed on the complaint one by one, and then angrily questioned Nanny Xu.

"Defendant, Nanny Xu, do you admit to the accusations written by Princess Ye?"

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