The two were fighting fiercely, each punch landing with a dull thud, showing that they were both going all out!

The two were both angry and neither was willing to back down, making it difficult for Shen Tangning to get close to them, let alone stop them.

Chi Yan was tugging at Chi Jingyu's collar, reminding her in his spare time, "Stand back a bit, I'm going to teach him a lesson today!"

Chi Jingyu's temple throbbed with veins as he struggled to his feet, sneering repeatedly, "That's hard to say who taught whom!"

Shen Tangning's face was grim, and a crowd of onlookers had already gathered around her.

"Oh, they've started fighting? This looks familiar!"

"Oh my, isn't that the top scholar?"

"Should we report this to the authorities?"

Concerned citizens quickly ran to inform the Prefect of the Capital. Shen Tangning didn't have time to stop them; she knew that with such a commotion, it was impossible to stop them anyway. She coldly glanced at the two people on the ground:

Fine, let them learn their lesson!

Yuan Zhao rushed over, looking surprised: "Master, what's going on?"

He had just returned after following Princess Yun'an.

"You've come at the right time! Quickly pull those two apart!" Shen Tangning had long been unable to stand it any longer. Her strength was limited, but Yuan Zhao was able to easily pull the two apart.

After much thought, she remained worried and whispered a reminder, "Remember not to let him suffer."

It is self-evident who "he" refers to.

Yuan Zhao's lips twitched. He thought to himself, "With Chi Jingyu's gentle and weak appearance, how could Chi Yan possibly suffer a loss?"

It seems she still doesn't quite understand the other party's strength.

Despite his inner grumbling, Yuan Zhao immediately stepped forward upon receiving the order. He couldn't help but marvel at the sight of the two wrestling together without any regard for their image.

He thought that scenes of fighting over a beautiful woman could only be found in storybooks!

"My lords, why can't we sit down and discuss this properly?" Yuan Zhao pretended to step forward to stop them, but in reality, he took advantage of the chaos to launch a sneak attack, specifically targeting places where no one could see him.

Chi Jingyu had been in a daze when he saw his face, and was caught off guard and ambushed, taking several solid blows!

His gaze instantly turned to disbelief; these two actually teamed up to beat him up?!

That bastard Chi Yan, he actually called on his accomplices for their feud!

Seeing that they were almost done, Yuan Zhao grabbed one of them in each hand and pulled them apart. Chi Jingyu was naturally unwilling and tried to pounce on him again, but Shen Tangning stepped forward and looked at him coldly: "Since it is a friendly spar, it should stop when it is over. Young Master, don't go too far!"

Chi Jingyu looked bewildered: He's gone too far?

His face darkened, and he glared fiercely at Chi Yan: "It was clearly him..."

The other person covered their face, looking pitiful: "Ah Ning, look at my face, is it ruined? Some people are so ruthless, they specifically targeted my handsome face, they are such hypocrites!"

As she spoke, she glanced at him, seemingly casually.

Chi Jingyu gritted his teeth: "..."

He had never seen such a shameless person!

...

"My lords...aren't you putting me in a difficult position?"

In the capital, Lord Liu's meaningful gaze shifted back and forth between the two men, sometimes clapping his hands, sometimes sighing.

When he heard that two high-ranking officials of the imperial court were fighting in the street, he was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out!

Chi Yan calmed down at this point, touching his nose: "I'm sorry to have troubled you. Punish me as you see fit."

You should be punished for doing something wrong; there's no point in making excuses.

Anyway, he seemed to enjoy the fight!