Warden of the Beast World: Everyone is a Hakimi

Ye Tang leaned against the door frame, watching the golden hovercar angrily disappear into the sky above the forest, her mind already rehearsing the next part of the story.

Based on her ten years of experience reading novels, this fourth princess would go back and complain to her mother, the Empress, and then the royal family would come to interrogate her, frame her, and expel her—hmm.

This world is a giant makeshift operation, and even the royal family's power struggles are exactly the same as the palace dramas she watched in her previous life.

She turned to look at Lu Yu, who was straightening the cuffs that Roselle had knocked askew, and said in a lighthearted tone as if she were suggesting what to eat for dinner: "Boss Lu, I think you could consider firing me."

"Dream on." Lu Yu spat out two cold words, his amber eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses giving her a rare glare. Firing her? One second he'd sign the dismissal papers, the next An Ning could storm from the research institute to Prison Zero and rip off his antlers.

His teacher usually looks kind and gentle, but if anyone dares to touch her precious research subject, she can chase them down half a block on crutches.

"Shall we make a deal?" Ye Tang tried to bargain.

"Warden Ye, work hard. The future of Prison Zero needs you." Lu Yu patted Ye Tang on the shoulder, turned around and strode back to his office, his pace so fast it was as if he was afraid she would catch up and continue the discussion.

Seeing that there was no hope of being expelled, Ye Tang sighed and dragged her slow steps back to the living area. As soon as she pushed open the courtyard gate, she saw two figures descending from the sky.

Chi Heng, now in human form, stood in the center of the courtyard, his muscles taut. He carried a wild boar larger than himself on his shoulder, two fat rabbits on his back, and a string of pheasants tied with vines around his waist. He looked like a mobile meat freezer.

Qi Xuan leaned on his shoulder, holding a package wrapped in large leaves in his arms. Inside were colorful mushrooms of all kinds, each one fresh and juicy, so vibrant in color that it could be used as a palette.

"You two went to buy supplies?" Ye Tang's lips twitched as she looked at the mountain of prey.

"Sister, this is for you, it's pretty." Qi Xuan flew over carrying the bag of mushrooms, wrapped it in leaves, and stuffed it into her arms. Her icy blue vertical pupils sparkled as she looked at her, and the tip of her tail curled expectantly into a small curl behind her.

Ye Tang looked down at the pile of colorful mushrooms in her arms. The bright red caps paired with white stems, the purple gills glowed eerily in the sunlight, and there were also a few blue ones with white spots.

These mushrooms were exactly the same as the poisonous mushroom guide she had seen in food safety articles in her past life—each one more poisonous and deadly than the last. If she and Chi Heng were to cook and eat them all, they would probably be buried alive. Nevertheless, she patted Qi Xuan's head and accepted the mushrooms.

"Little Firebird, why are you catching a wild boar?" Ye Tang's gaze fell on the mountain-like wild boar on Chi Heng's shoulder, and her lips twitched even more violently.

The wild boar's tusks were longer than her fingers, and its bristles were as stiff as steel brushes. It was clearly a tyrant that roamed the forest like a lord. At this moment, it was bound up like a rice dumpling by Chi Heng with vines.

Chi Heng put the wild boar down on the ground, wiped his sweat, and looked at Ye Tang with his golden eyes, his face saying, "Praise me!" "Qi Xuan can eat too much. I don't see much left in the refrigerator. He can eat a whole sheep by himself. We don't have enough meat for him. While you're sleeping, Tang Tang, let's go for a run in the forest."

"The problem is, I don't know how to handle a wild boar." Ye Tang put her hands on her hips, looked at the huge creature on the ground, and fell into deep thought. In her previous life on Earth, she had never even seen a chicken being killed. After coming to the Beast World, she could handle a wild rabbit, but this big wild boar, just scalding its hair and scraping its skin could kill her.

"I can." Qi Xuan volunteered and took the outdoor survival knife from Ye Tang. He was still in his palm-sized cub form, with his two front paws holding the hilt. The blade was longer than his entire dragon body, and the tip of the blade dragged on the ground, making a crisp metallic scraping sound.

He flew to the wild boar, his icy blue vertical pupils scanning it from top to bottom. Then, with swift and decisive movements, he skinned, deboned, and butchered the boar, his actions flowing smoothly like water.

In less than half an hour, the entire wild boar was completely butchered. The ribs were ribs, the pork belly was pork belly, the tenderloin was tenderloin, and even the most difficult-to-process pig's trotters were cleaned until they were spotless. Every piece of meat was neatly arranged, and the bones were separated and piled aside to be used to make broth.

After dealing with the wild boar, he also took care of the two wild rabbits and a few pheasants, plucking their feathers and gutting them in one go.

"Little Qi Xuan, you're amazing!" Ye Tang squatted down and watched the whole thing, a miniature dragon version of the legendary butcher's skill. She bet the entire empire couldn't find another war god who could butcher a pig so skillfully.

Qi Xuan returned the knife to Ye Tang, his tail held high, his icy blue vertical pupils filled with smugness.

"No wonder it's an old cucumber that's lived for over five hundred years," Chi Heng said sourly from the side. This old gecko is too good at performing. First, he hunted, then he slaughtered a pig, and then he gave her mushrooms, making Xiao Tangtang smile from ear to ear.

"Our little firebird is great too, it knows how to hunt to support the family." Ye Tang tiptoed and ruffled Chi Heng's hair, her fingers running through his fluffy hair and gently scratching his earlobe.

"Mmm." Chiheng bent down and nuzzled his head into Yetang's palm.

Just as Ye Tang had predicted, Locelin ran back to the Imperial Palace in tears.

Her golden hovercar stopped directly at the main gate of the palace, startling the guards. The fourth princess had left in high spirits, but returned with red eyes, her hair ornament askew, and the hem of her purple-gold robe stained with pebbles and grass clippings from the entrance of Prison Zero.

She walked through the long corridor, pushed open the door to the Queen's study, and rushed to Luo Zhaohua's desk, her voice shrill and aggrieved.

"Mother Empress! The research institute is increasingly disregarding the royal family!"

Luo Zhaohua paused slightly as she reviewed the memorials. She put down her electronic pen, rubbed her temples, and leaned back in her wide chair. Luo Zhaohua was a pure-blooded Thunder Eagle, and even in her middle age, her eyes still exuded an imposing and dignified aura.

Her long, purplish-gold hair was neatly coiled at the back of her head, adorned with lightning-patterned hair ornaments of the imperial family, and her deep purple eyes calmly gazed at her fourth daughter.

"What's wrong?" she asked calmly, clearly used to Rosalind's sobs.

"They recruited a female with F-level mental strength as the warden of Prison Zero! And she's even hindering my patrols of Prison Zero!" Rosalind's voice rose several octaves.

She dared not reveal her true purpose in going to Prison Zero; she wanted to renew her contract with Qi Xuan. Over a hundred years ago, she had desperately wanted to marry Qi Xuan as her beast husband. Luo Zhaohua couldn't dissuade her and had to resort to the royal family's influence and the combined pressure of several elders of the Jiaolong clan to finally obtain the marriage contract.

However, Qi Xuan refused to marry her for a long time, citing his duty to guard the seal of the South Sea, and didn't even attend their engagement banquet. Three years ago, Qi Xuan was corrupted by a fallen beast, and she cried, made a scene, and even threatened suicide to break off the engagement. At that time, she made the front page of the Imperial Daily for three whole days, and the whole empire knew that the Fourth Princess had dumped the God of War. The royal family values ​​face the most, and if the Empress Dowager found out that she wanted to go back to her ex, she would probably be confined to her quarters for more than half a year.

She continued to embellish the story: "Lu Yu is lawless and abuses his power. Not only does he prevent me from going in for inspections, but he also threatens to report me to the military's disciplinary committee. What gives a colonel like him the right to be so arrogant? The research institute must be backing him up. And that F-rank female warden, her mental strength is so weak that any low-level ferocious beast could crush her. I wonder what shady methods she used to stay in Prison Zero—"