Deep Palace Pet Peach Blossom Flawless

Chapter 290: Trouble on the Long Street

The Sixth Prince wandered around to his heart's content, with Emperor Shenwu and Lan Qingwu following closely behind him. The Xuanyu Guards and other protectors were all divided into small groups and hid in the dark. Only Prince Ding, Qian Hui, Li Xiang, Ruping, and Qiulan followed the three of them closely in the open.

The long street was brightly lit. Emperor Shenwu and Lan Qingwu held hands and strolled leisurely on the crowded street. The guards in the dark surrounded them intentionally or unintentionally, preventing the people around them from getting close to them.

Emperor Shenwu was listening attentively to Lan Qingwu's whispers when he suddenly heard a commotion in front of him. The next moment, Emperor Shenwu protected Lan Qingwu behind him and his phoenix eyes shot towards the noisy front like cold lightning.

The Xuanyu Guards were on high alert. Soon, the Sixth Prince brought Qiulan back to his parents. He bowed slightly to the Shenwu Emperor Lan Qingwu and walked to Lan Qingwu's side. Lan Qingwu didn't know what was going on and just held the Sixth Prince's hand tightly.

Prince Ding has stepped forward and said, "General Qian, please stay with Your Majesty. I will go and take a look."

Emperor Shenwu nodded and instructed two guards to follow Prince Ding to check it out.

Soon, Prince Ding returned with a slightly serious expression, "Your Majesty, it's... Zhang Yujie, the youngest son of Master Zhang Fuyuan, who is causing trouble..."

Prince Ding was at a loss for words because Zhang Fuyuan was also a royal relative. He was the father of the fifth prince's mother, Concubine Zhang, and Zhang Yujie was Concubine Zhang's younger brother. This matter involved the emperor's concubines and private family affairs.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Yujie is forcibly taking a girl from a decent family as his concubine!" Prince Ding simply made it clear, and the Emperor Shenwu should have known it immediately.

The expression of Emperor Shenwu was as gloomy as water. He looked towards the noisy place and said coldly: "Go and take a look!"

When Emperor Shenwu arrived at the scene of the commotion, Zhang Yujie was shouting arrogantly, "Hit him! Hit him! You're so lucky that I've fallen for you! And you dared to run away with your lover! Don't stop! Beat him to death!"

The lover was being beaten by the servants of the Zhang family. He was bruised and swollen and couldn't get up, but he gritted his teeth and refused to cry out. He just stared at Zhang Yujie with his eyes.

那张宇杰正气急败坏，瞄到情郎的眼神更是暴跳如雷，“给小爷揍死他，还敢瞪我……”

When the servants of Zhang's mansion were about to attack more fiercely, a desperate cry of a woman was suddenly heard. It was the person that Zhang Yujie had robbed. The woman was being forcibly grabbed by two servants and could not break free. She was originally an extremely beautiful person, but at this moment her face became slightly ferocious.

She looked at her beaten father who had fainted on the ground and her fiancé who was nearly dead. Finally, she cast her bloodshot eyes at Zhang Yujie and said sadly, "This is the imperial city! The emperor's feet! You raped a woman and killed innocent people too? Aren't you afraid that we will report you to the authorities?"

The woman's response was a sarcastic sneer: "Report to the authorities? I am an official! Do you know who I am? My sister is the mother of the current prince! My father is the emperor's father-in-law, so I am the emperor's uncle! The current emperor is my brother-in-law! So you know, if you don't obey me, today will be the day they die!"

Having just passed the crowd of onlookers pointing and chatting, he came to the front of the Shenwu Emperor: "..."

The next moment, the Emperor Shenwu felt Lan Qingwu's indescribable gaze. His face darkened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Go! Take this shameful thing down! Call Zhang Fuyuan!"

Li Xiang hurriedly took a half step forward and said, "Master, the movie theater is not far ahead. You can move there to rest!"

The Emperor said nothing, flicked his sleeves, and turned away. The others, except Prince Ding, hurried to follow.

Prince Ding, who remained where he was, breathed a sigh of relief and said solemnly, "Capture him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several nimble figures jumped up and rushed towards the arrogant Zhang Yujie.

The Shenwu Emperor had already arrived at the movie theater. Inside, Master Danqing's world-renowned paintings were hung in separate rooms, accessible only by invitation. Few knew that this was the Emperor's liaison station for gathering information from the Imperial City, a private domain. He had promised Lan Qingwu that he would bring her to appreciate world-renowned paintings, but he hadn't expected Lan Qingwu to arrive under such circumstances.

The Shenwu Emperor's expression had returned to normal, neither gloomy nor angry. Lan Qingwu, who knew him intimately, knew he was still secretly annoyed. Of course, it wasn't because of Zhang Yujie or even Zhang Fuyuan, but because this matter implicated the Fifth Prince.

Lan Qingwu just remained silent and looked at the layout and decoration of the upper room. She thought of the respectful look of the manager in the movie theater when Emperor Shenwu came in, and his action of taking them directly upstairs to the upper room, and she realized that Emperor Shenwu must have a close connection with this movie theater.

Zhang Fuyuan came from a small family of officials, a family that had prospered for less than fifty years. His daughter had been fortunate enough to be selected into the imperial court and, with the great fortune of bearing an heir, he secretly rejoiced. Who knew how the situation would develop in the future? He was a man of cunning and calculating minds, calm and capable, and would never betray any hints. However, his spoiled youngest son had become accustomed to bullying, leveraging the influence of his sister and nephew to inflict countless acts of bullying. Now, he had finally hit a wall.

Zhang Fuyuan and his eldest son Zhang Yuhao were now kneeling in the middle hall on the second floor of the movie theater. He had only heard the whole story of the incident, and he was already sweating profusely and his legs and feet were weak. Zhang Fuyuan was kneeling in the middle hall, his whole body trembling slightly. What frightened him the most was that he had not seen his youngest son at this moment. Although it was his youngest son who had caused the trouble, he always doted on his youngest son, and he was afraid that His Majesty would hurt Zhang Yujie's life in a fit of rage.

When Emperor Shenwu arrived at the central hall on the second floor, he had truly calmed down. He even held Lan Qingwu's hand and slowly walked into the central hall. Emperor Shenwu raised his phoenix eyes and took in everyone in the central hall. He curled the corners of his lips slightly, and then leisurely walked through the entire central hall with Lan Qingwu and sat in the upper seat.

The Sixth Prince followed closely behind and stood beside Lan Qingwu.

Zhang Fuyuan's heartstrings had already tightened, and he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, your humble servant pays respects!"

At the same time, the people in the central hall included Prince Ding and Qian Hui from Emperor Shenwu's side, as well as the three victims, the woman Xiaoyu, her fiancé, and her father who had slowly regained consciousness.

Xiaoyu's father was sitting on a low chair with a dizzy head. Xiaoyu and her fiancé surrounded her father and asked about his injuries.

They knew that they had met a noble person. No matter if they encountered injustice or were really lucky, they were saved.

Just hearing this sentence "Your humble servant pays respect to His Majesty"

The three ordinary people were still shocked. Xiaoyu and her fiancé helped their old father up and knelt on the ground in panic. They knew that it was a noble person who saved them, but they didn't expect that it was such an extraordinary noble person!