After refusing marriage, she was pampered by the prince who acted as a shield.

Chapter 304: Taking the Lawsuit

"What does Lord Fang think?" Lin Rusi sneered and quickened her pace.

Fang Yun wiped the sweat from his forehead, his body slightly bent, and his face immediately turned gloomy when the two of them couldn't see him.

"Yes, it was my fault for being too hasty," Fang Yun quickly apologized, not daring to mention it again.

"Let's go see what that person has to say."

Li Jingyang promptly grabbed Lin Rusi's hand and pulled her away.

The two turned around and saw Fang Yun still standing there, seemingly lost in thought. They immediately sneered, "Lord Fang, aren't you leaving?"

Fang Yun didn't dare to delay and immediately followed, her eyes filled with panic.

Along the way, he seemed to want to say something, but no matter how he opened his mouth, he couldn't utter a word.

At this moment, in the main hall of the government office, a man with shifty eyes was looking around furtively.

Upon seeing Lin Rusi and the others emerge, they immediately stepped forward to greet them: "Greetings, Your Highness, Your Highness! Lord Fang!"

"Speak, why are you banging the gong?" The two remained silent, and upon hearing this, the man immediately stepped forward.

"I have come here today to file a complaint against Qian Duoduo, the local magistrate. He has abducted a woman from my household and then murdered her to cover it up!"

The man spoke hastily, a hint of urgency flashing across his face.

Upon hearing this, Lin Rusi frowned, wanting to speak.

However, Li Jingyang tugged at her, and she ultimately held back.

Upon seeing this, Fang Yun immediately slammed her hand on the table: "Who are you?!"

"I am Tang Jun, and I witnessed it with my own eyes. Could it be that Your Excellency intends to show favoritism?"

Upon hearing this, the people outside immediately began to make a fuss. You should know that Qian Duoduo was a well-known wealthy merchant in the area. Previously, Suzhou City had suffered from grain shortages due to the earthquake.

Many people can't afford to eat, but Qian Duoduo is different; his family is wealthy, so he doesn't need to worry about such things.

Now that people hear that Qian Duoduo has been arrested for abducting a woman, everyone has come to watch the spectacle. Li Jingyang listens from the side, his eyes filled with doubt.

"Since you saw it with your own eyes, why don't you take us to see the woman's body?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Jun looked away somewhat guiltily, his gaze wandering unnaturally, seemingly lost in thought.

However, Li Jingyang had a gut feeling that there was something wrong with this person, so he immediately asked, "What? Is there a problem?"

The man quickly waved his hand: "No! It's just... it's just..."

Tang Jun remained silent for a long time without uttering a single word.

Seeing this, Li Jingyang raised his hand without hesitation, signaling Ye Qing to investigate.

Seeing his actions, Ye Qing bowed and then turned to leave.

At this moment, Qian Duoduo also arrived in the courtroom. He looked at Tang Jun with a cold expression, accompanied by a servant.

He bowed to Li Jingyang and said, "Your Highness, this matter was framed by Tang Jun. I have never done such a thing."

Tang Jun instantly became annoyed, pointing at him and cursing, "What? Do you have any evidence?"

Fang Yun immediately looked over and said, "Alright, since you both say the other has a problem, then produce the evidence."

As the two confronted each other, Ye Qing returned.

He strode forward and whispered in Lin Rusi and Li Jingyang's ears, "Your Highness, Your Highness, I just found out about Tang Jun. He has clearly been bribed and has a considerable amount of embezzled money at home. He also owes a lot of gambling debts."

Upon hearing this, the two immediately understood. Lin Rusi turned her head to look at Li Jingyang and then gave him a bright smile.

"It seems that this Lord Fang is really going to great lengths to get back the official seal!"

Sure enough, Fang Yun was also getting annoyed: "Tang Jun, you stated your conditions, but do you have any evidence that he abducted a respectable woman?"

Just then, Tang Jun took out a handkerchief: "This is the woman's handkerchief. I took it from the crime scene. However, the body is no longer there. I saw with my own eyes that Qian Duoduo was murdering that woman at the scene!"

Qian Duoduo remained expressionless, clearly unfazed, and merely glanced over with a cold smile.

This made Tang Jun somewhat flustered, while Fang Yun slammed her hand heavily on the chopping board with a hint of anger.

"Qian Duoduo! How could you commit such a heinous crime and still refuse to confess?!"

"Lord Fang, you don't believe this, do you? So, if I just take a handkerchief, drip some blood on it, and you can say that Lord Fang killed someone?"

Qian Duoduo glanced over slowly, her eyes filled with mockery, as if she disdained him, or as if she saw through his little tricks.

Seeing his expression, Fang Yun became even more furious. He hadn't expected Qian Duoduo to be so bold as to dare to oppose him right there in court.

Fang Yunteng stood up abruptly and shouted angrily, "How dare you be so insolent in court?"

Despite hearing this, Qian Duoduo remained calm and unhurriedly called over the servant behind him.

"Since that's the case, I also have something to say."

The servant quickly stepped forward and explained, "Sir, I am a servant in Lord Qian's household. I witnessed Tang Jun break into Lord Qian's residence that day, intending to steal something, but I discovered him and stopped him."

"Words are no proof. How could I not know who among you is lying?!" Fang Yun would certainly not admit it, and his face looked extremely gloomy.

For some reason, Lin Rusi felt that he was targeting Qian Duoduo.

If that's the case, then things will be much easier. After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Thinking of this, he gave Ye Qing a look.

Upon receiving the hint, Ye Qing calmly stepped forward: "Lord Fang, the Prince asked me to investigate some things earlier, and I found that there are some problems with Tang Jun's family now. I would like to ask her about them."

"I heard you owe gambling debts, but recently your family suddenly had an extra income. I wonder where it came from? Now it seems, could it have been stolen from Master Qian's mansion?"

The man panicked for a moment and quickly waved his hand, saying, "You're talking nonsense. When did I steal anything?"

"Okay, then let's take it out and have a look."

Unexpectedly, Ye Qing brought out the embezzled money from his home. Fang Yun's expression was not good either. He couldn't very well say in front of so many people that he had bribed Tang Jun.

So he gritted his teeth and had no choice but to accept the loss in silence.

Compared to Qian Duoduo, Tang Jun was completely outmatched.

Fang Yun's icy gaze abruptly shifted from Qian Duoduo to Tang Jun.

In front of Li Jingyang and Lin Rusi, Fang Yun ordered that Tang Jun be severely beaten with ten strokes of the cane.

"Are you two satisfied?" Fang Yun's gaze toward the two had turned much colder.

"Are you satisfied?" Lin Rusi's gaze fell on Li Jingyang's face.