"Fatty Qian, don't think I won't take action!"

Seeing that her personal guards were all blocked, Mei Lanxin angrily shouted in the direction the carriage had fled, "I will catch you to the ends of the earth! I will skin you alive!"

"You're insane! You must be insane!"

Qian Panpan screamed, "Even if your father is the governor of Shu County, he can't treat human life so lightly!"

Suddenly, Qian Panpan burst forth with immense courage, lunging forward and pinning the unresponsive Mei Lanxin beneath her massive body. "I...I will absolutely not let you hurt them!"

Mei Lan felt a tightness in her chest and almost vomited blood.

With a thud, she grabbed a handful of mud and smeared it all over Qian Panpan's face, yelling, "You fat, ugly bitch! No man will ever like you!"

"Wah—" Qian Panpan burst into tears, grabbing handfuls of mud to cover Mei Lanxin's mouth, "You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense! During the New Year, my cousin even praised me for being cute!"

"vomit--"

Mei Lanxin was suddenly stuffed with mud and vomited.

Even that couldn't shut her up. "Your cousin praised you! Then why don't you marry him! You two, Big Fatty and Little Fatty, are a match made in heaven!"

"Aaaaah—Don't you dare insult me! Don't you dare insult my cousin!"

Qian Panpan went mad and smeared mud on Mei Lanxin's mouth. Her huge body pressed down on Mei Lanxin, who was unable to resist. The stinking mud stuffed into her mouth made her eyes roll back and she fainted.

"Miss--"

"Miss--"

The guards scrambled to grab their young lady. The carriage had already run away; the young lady had taken a fancy to at least eight or ten scholars a year, and none of them could escape. In Shu County, it was still up to the young lady to call the shots.

After Qian Panpan was pulled up by her own guards, she discovered that Mei Lanxin had fainted.

Terrified, he turned and ran.

That night.

The sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling came from both the Prefectural Governor's Office and the Vice Prefectural Governor's Office in Shu Commandery.

The Prefect of Shu Commandery looked helpless and distressed. "Why are you arguing with that Qian family girl again? Aren't all the handsome young men of Shu Commandery already in your backyard? Why do you still need to compete with her for them?"

Mei Lan roared in fury, "I'm going to kill her!"

"Father—that young master is truly stunning, ten or even a hundred times more handsome than the men in my harem!"

"oh?"

Magistrate Mei pondered for a moment, "You mean that man had a fat woman by his side?"

"He's not as fat as Fatty Qian! Anyway, he doesn't look like someone from Shu County!"

Mei Lanxin said angrily, "If that couple were from Shu County, how could I not have heard of them?"

It can't just spring from a rock.

Magistrate Mei's eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone changed, "Tell me... what does that man look like? Is he truly incomparably handsome? Or is he sickly?"

"Morbid?"

Mei Lanxin was taken aback and shook her head. "Excellent temperament and elegant demeanor. I didn't notice any illness. Does Father know him?"

"The most handsome man in the world today is none other than the seventh prince of the court, Prince Chen, but he is suffering from a serious illness and will not live much longer."

Magistrate Mei narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze wandering aimlessly, as if his thoughts had drifted to the distant past.

He slowly began to speak: "Back then, I only caught a glimpse of her from afar in the crowd, and I was immediately stunned by her beauty. That child was so outstanding, even more beautiful than her birth mother, Consort Yun!"

"Consort Yun?! That's Mother..."

\"Shh——\"

Magistrate Mei immediately fell silent, lowering his voice and saying urgently, "My dear daughter, you must never mention the name Consort Yun in front of your mother! You know your mother's temper; if she gets angry and starts fighting, even I, her father, might not be able to stop her!"

As he spoke, he glanced nervously out the window.

Upon hearing the word "mother," Mei Lanxin covered her mouth in fright and nodded repeatedly.

However, she was very curious about Consort Yun, whom her mother called a "bitch." She heard her mother cursing that Consort Yun was a seductive vixen. Originally, His Majesty wanted to marry her, but Consort Yun had stolen His Majesty's soul first.

If she weren't Consort Yun, her mother would be a Noble Consort, or even an Imperial Noble Consort, or the Empress!

And she will be a royal princess!

All of this was ruined by that vile woman, Consort Yun!

The father and daughter fell silent when the word "mother" was mentioned.

After a long pause, Mei Lanxin said again, unwilling to give up, "Before they escaped, that fatso told them to go to the mine to find the Marquis of Fuyu. I'm going to go and bring them all back right now!"

"To the mines?!"

Magistrate Mei's expression changed drastically, and the murderous aura that flashed in his eyes made Mei Lanxin's face turn pale. "Father..."

This was the first time she had ever seen her gentle and refined father reveal such a terrifying and menacing aura.

At this moment, Prefect Mei had no time to consider his daughter's thoughts and feelings, and immediately gave the order:

"We absolutely cannot let them go to the mines!"

"Bring them back! Dead or alive! They must not be allowed to set foot in the mine!"

The guards immediately obeyed the order and went to arrest the man.

Mei Lanxin immediately panicked, "Father...that man is mine!"

"There are plenty of handsome men out there..."

"No, no! I want him, I want him!"

Mei Lanxin grabbed Magistrate Mei's arm, "Father, you mustn't kill him!"

"Good, good! Capture him alive!"

Magistrate Mei's tense face instantly relaxed, revealing a hint of helplessness and doting affection, and he returned to his usual kind and approachable demeanor.

But the smile didn't reach his eyes. "Your father also wants to see just how handsome he really is!"

If it really is those two people.

We absolutely cannot let them leave Shu County alive.

That guy surnamed Fan is really useless. He couldn't even handle a weak woman and a sickly man, and the whole mountain stronghold was wiped out and disappeared without a trace.

Tongpanfu.

As Qian Pangpang ran around the pillar, he begged for forgiveness, "Father—I was wrong! I didn't mean to! I didn't expect her to be so fragile. I only stuffed a little bit of mud into her mouth, and she fainted!"

"Waaaaah—Father, I was wrong!"

Then came Qian Tongpan's furious voice, "Stop! I'm going to teach you a lesson today! I'll show you how arrogant you are!"

"Ahhh—Father, I was wrong!"

In the courtyard outside the study.

Qian Panpan's brothers were frantic, pleading loudly towards the study, "Father, please have mercy! My sister must not have done it on purpose! I'm willing to take the beating for her!"

"Father—hit us! Don't hit my sister!"

"My sister is the most obedient and well-behaved; she would never hurt anyone first. It must have been that heartless person who struck first! My sister was just protecting herself!"

No sooner had the words left her lips than Qian Tongpan's roar echoed from inside, "You've all spoiled her rotten! Otherwise, how could a little girl like her dare to hurt someone!"

"All of you, get out of here and kneel in the ancestral hall!"

"No one is allowed to get up without my permission!"

As the burly young masters retreated, they shouted, "Father, it's all our fault, we'll kneel in the ancestral hall right now! Please don't be angry with my sister anymore!"

"Yes, yes! Father, please have mercy! We will kneel until Father is satisfied!"

...

"roll--"

Magistrate Qian roared again, and the young masters quickly retreated.

When the passing servants saw the young masters heading dejectedly toward the ancestral hall, they knew that the master must be scolding the young lady and controlling her, which meant he had the young masters' Achilles' heel.

Even if you beat a few of them, and break the sticks, they won't admit defeat. That's how stubborn they are!

In the study.

Hearing the receding footsteps, Qian Panpan stopped, panting, and leaned against a pillar, waving to her elderly father, "Father...Father, have a cup of tea!"