I, a spoiled young master, conquered the Crown Princess right from the start!

Outside the gates of the Prince's Mansion, hundreds of people dressed in mourning clothes had gathered. In front of them were four black coffins, and inside the coffins lay the four men, including Zhao Hai, who had been killed the night before.

Before the coffin stood four high-ranking officials: Zhao Quan, Vice Minister of Revenue; Qian Hai, Minister of Personnel; Sun Zhou, Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture; and Li Zheng, Left Censor of the Censorate. Their faces were grim, and their eyes burned with raging fury.

"Aren't those Minister Zhao and his men? What's going on? Why are they carrying a coffin to the gate of the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion so early in the morning?"

"You still don't know? Last night, the Prince of Zhenbei killed all four of these officials' only sons at the Snow Moon Pavilion!"

"What?! This is unbelievable! My God, this Prince Zhenbei is utterly lawless!"

At this moment, a large crowd of people had gathered around, and there was a constant murmur of discussion and accusations.

Just then, the gates of the Prince's Mansion slowly opened, and Chu Tianyuan, with his white hair and beard, walked out surrounded by a group of servants.

The moment his aged yet still upright figure appeared, the surrounding noise subsided considerably.

His gaze swept over the scene before him, his brow furrowed, his voice hoarse yet carrying an undeniable authority: "What kind of decorum is this, wailing and lamenting in front of my palace gates so early in the morning?"

"Prince Zhenbei!" Zhao Quan, the Vice Minister of Revenue, roared like a mad tiger, his eyes bloodshot. "Your grandson, Chu Feng, killed my son and the sons of three of my colleagues without cause! Today, you must give us an explanation!"

"That's right! The emperor is subject to the same laws as commoners! Even if he is your grandson, Prince Zhenbei, he must be handed over today, and his blood debt must be repaid!"

"If you dare to protect us, we will jointly submit a memorial to the emperor, appealing for justice and begging for His Majesty's judgment!"

The other three were also filled with righteous indignation and angrily denounced it.

The hundreds of family members and servants behind them knelt on the ground, pounding their chests and stamping their feet in front of the coffin, their cries shaking the heavens.

For a moment, the gazes of all the onlookers became complicated.

"What's going on?" Chu Tianyuan's face darkened as he looked at Uncle Fu beside him.

Uncle Fu quickly bent down and recounted what Chu Feng had done at Xueyue Tower the previous night.

"You bastard!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Tianyuan trembled with anger, his beard bristling and eyes wide with fury.

"That bastard! I thought he'd changed his ways, but it seems a leopard can't change its spots!"

Just as Chu Tianyuan was furious, a group of martial artists dressed in black uniforms and wearing standard-issue long swords at their waists quickly approached.

A middle-aged man in a black brocade robe, who was at the head of the group, approached Chu Tianyuan and bowed, saying, "Jiang Feng, Commander of the Imperial City Guard, pays his respects to the Prince of Zhenbei!"

"What are you Imperial City Guards doing here?" Chu Tianyuan's voice was icy.

Jiang Feng lowered his head, his tone respectful yet neither servile nor arrogant: "Your Highness, the Imperial City Guard received a report that the Heir Apparent of Zhenbei committed a crime in public last night, killing four people. According to the laws of the Great Qian Dynasty, I have come to bring the Heir Apparent of Zhenbei back to the Imperial City Guard for investigation!"

"Hehe..." Upon hearing this, Chu Tianyuan laughed in anger. His turbid eyes suddenly flashed with a terrifying light, sweeping over Jiang Feng and the four ministers. His voice was not loud, but it exploded in everyone's ears like thunder.

"Do you think I, Chu Tianyuan, am too old to wield a sword, or do you think my Zhenbei Prince's Mansion has fallen?"

"A mere Imperial City Guard dares to come to my residence and arrest my grandson, Chu Tianyuan!"

Immediately, Zhao Quan and his three companions jumped out and shouted, "Prince Zhenbei! Are you trying to use your power to oppress people and openly protect your murderous grandson? Do you really think your Prince Zhenbei's Mansion can control everything in the capital?"

Their voices were extremely loud, deliberately made so that all the people around could hear them clearly.

For a moment, the people looked at Chu Tianyuan with suspicion and disgust.

At this moment, in a private room on the second floor of a teahouse not far away.

A young man with an elegant demeanor sat by the window, watching the farce in front of the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion with great interest, a cold smile playing on his lips.

He then looked at the refined middle-aged man sitting opposite him, who was waving a feather fan, and said softly, "Sir, your plan is truly brilliant! If that old scoundrel protects his grandson, the century-old reputation of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion will be ruined in an instant, and the people's hearts will be lost."

"If he doesn't protect him and hands over that good-for-nothing, once he's in the Imperial City Guard, whether he lives or dies is entirely up to us."

"If anyone's to blame, it's Chu Feng himself for being too stupid and arrogant, publicly killing four sons of powerful families. Wasn't that tantamount to handing the knife to us?"

The refined-looking man smiled slightly. "We're just going with the flow."

"Hmph, a piece of trash is still a piece of trash. Although his plan last night saved him from disaster, I didn't expect him to come knocking on my door himself!"

The young man snorted coldly, then a playful smile appeared on his lips as he turned his gaze back to Chu Tianyuan in the distance.

"However, I am quite curious, what will this old prince, who has guarded the borders of the Great Qian Dynasty for half his life, choose this time?"

At the entrance of the Prince's Mansion

Chu Tianyuan frowned as he listened to the surrounding discussions and the clamor of Zhao Quan and others.

Uncle Fu, standing beside him, lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, perhaps... we should let Miss Leng Yue take the blame? Otherwise, if we forcefully protect the heir, the reputation of the Prince's Mansion will be completely ruined!"

"One should take responsibility for one's actions. I ordered Leng Yue to kill him; how can I let a mere maid take the blame!"

A cold voice came from outside the door. Chu Feng had arrived at the door at some point, his expression indifferent.

"You son of a bitch, you still know how to come out! Look at the mess you've made of me!" Chu Tianyuan was furious when he saw him. If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion, he would have kicked him right then and there.

"Grandpa, leave this to me."

Chu Feng gave the old man a reassuring look, then turned and coldly swept his gaze over Zhao Quan and the other three: "Your sons deserved to die. I, the young master, killed them to rid the people of a scourge!"

"You bastard, what did you say?"

Zhao Quan and his three companions were furious.

Chu Feng was too lazy to waste words with them and gave Leng Yue a wink.

Leng Yue understood and took out a large stack of papers from her bosom.

Chu Feng took the paper, flicked his wrist, and hundreds of sheets of paper instantly flew up like snowflakes, drifting towards the onlookers.

"This document clearly records the crimes committed by your four precious sons, one by one. The evidence is overwhelming!" Chu Feng's voice resounded throughout the room. "They deserved to die!"

The paper fluttered down, and the people picked it up curiously to examine it.

"Holy crap! This Zhao Hai, three years ago, actually forced himself on a woman, causing her entire family of five to hang themselves?"

"And this guy has so much money that he beat the shop owner and his entire family to death over an antique vase?"

"This Li Fei... Sun Tian... My God, their crimes are simply too numerous to count! They're not human, they're beasts in human skin!"

"It's so satisfying to see this scum dead! Good riddance!"

"The Prince of Zhenbei is ridding the people of a scourge! We misunderstood him!"

In a short while, public opinion shifted dramatically, with countless angry gazes directed at Zhao Quan and his companions.

Zhao Quan and the others' expressions changed drastically. They hurriedly picked up a piece of paper and looked at it, their faces turning ashen.

"Framed! This is a frame-up!" Zhao Quan pointed at Chu Feng, shouting fiercely but weakly, "My son is a well-educated and reasonable man, how could he do such a thing?"

"That's right, it's all fake! Utter nonsense!" Qian Hai and the others echoed, but their voices lacked conviction.

"Whether it's true or not, we'll find out by having the Imperial City Guard investigate."

As Chu Feng spoke, his gaze turned to Jiang Feng, the commander of the Imperial City Guard.

Jiang Feng's expression changed slightly, his eyes flickering uncertainly.

He knew perfectly well what kind of people these four young masters were, and that most of the accusations against them were true.

But today, he came on the orders of some important figure.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Jiang Feng forced a smile and said, "Young Master Chu, even if these four are guilty, they should be tried by the Dali Temple and dealt with by the imperial court. You have no right to kill them privately!"

"Oh?" Chu Feng sneered. "So, you've been in cahoots with these four old dogs all along?"

His expression turned cold, and two icy glints shot out, fixing directly on Jiang Feng's face.

Jiang Feng felt a sudden jolt of fear, as if he were being watched by a death god who had emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

How is that possible?

How could a notorious good-for-nothing playboy have such a terrifying look in his eyes?

Jiang Feng was in turmoil, but he forced himself to calm down and opened his mouth to speak: "I..."

However, he had only uttered one word.

"Snap!"

A crisp, cracking sound suddenly rang out amidst the noisy scene.