After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

When the governor's men saw their master being dragged back like a dog, they immediately surrounded Pearl.

"Who are you! How dare you! Release our lord at once!" A servant stepped forward to negotiate, wishing he could tear the pearl to shreds on the spot.

Upon returning to his territory, Governor-General Frang's arrogance returned, "What are you bunch of fools standing around for? Hurry up and save me!"

Pearl pursed her lips, pulled a delicate dagger from her boot, and its sharp blade, gleaming coldly, was immediately apparent.

Governor-General Floyd was being pulled by the hair, with a dagger pressed against his throat.

"Let's see who dares," Pearl said loudly. "Go and fetch your governor. If you're even a second late, I'll kill him."

Now, the guards around them dared not step forward, holding their weapons and unsure of what to do.

Governor-General Fu Lang was also terrified. "Quickly, go and fetch the master!"

Pearl was so angry today, naturally she had her own reasons.

Insulting his fifth uncle is the same as insulting his fifth uncle, and insulting his fifth uncle is the same as insulting his stepfather as well. Insulting his stepfather is also insulting his father, him, and Fei Chi.

On a larger scale, there's also the imperial uncle's family.

Isn't this a blatant insult to the royal family?

The charges are already prepared.

It's definitely worth getting angry about.

When Governor Ye Guangxiao heard about this, he was furious. He never knew that anyone in the Southwest would dare to provoke him. Wasn't this a blatant slap in the face to a second-rank governor?

He immediately summoned a large group of his men, who stormed into the front yard in a rage.

He initially thought it was some political enemy's doing to him, but it turned out to be a handsome young man.

Pearl toyed with the dagger in her hand, looking at him with a half-smile. "You must be Governor-General Ye of Southern Xinjiang, right?"

Ye Guangxiao felt utterly humiliated, and his expression was quite interesting. It was hard to tell whether he was more disgusted by his husband for embarrassing him or more ashamed and indignant at his own loss of face.

"Since you recognize me, how dare you humiliate my husband? You have quite the nerve!"

Pearl pouted. "I humiliated him, and so what? Kill me?"

"You audacious lowly commoner, how dare you run wild in the Governor's Mansion! Seize him!"

Before the group of subordinates could make a move, two bodyguards had already sprung into action and stood in front of Pearl.

Although the governor's mansion had a large and powerful force, it was unable to get close to Pearl.

Pearl yawned boredly, then slowly pulled a token from her waist belt and showed it to the world.

Ye Guangxiao had been staring at the pearl the whole time. When he saw the pearl take out a golden token, and he could vaguely see a five-clawed golden dragon coiled on the token, he immediately waved his hand and called for a stop.

He took a few steps forward, wanting to get closer to see the contents of the token, but was stopped by two guards.

"Let him come over," Pearl said.

The two guards then made way.

Ye Guangxiao, being a former official in the capital, naturally recognized the golden token. He was immediately shocked; this was an imperial pardon token, and the engravings on it were unmistakable. Just who was this young man?

"Who are you?" Ye Guangxiao asked cautiously.

Pearl withdrew her hand, glanced at the golden token, and exclaimed, "Oh dear, I took the wrong one!" How did she end up taking out the pardon given to her by her imperial uncle?

Ye Guangxiao: "..."

Pearl was given a new gold token, but this token was not pure gold; it was an ink-gold token with only one large gilded character on it—"Cheng".

Ye Guangxiao's vision blurred, and his knees even felt weak.

This is... a royal decree!

I've heard that Prince Cheng has two sons, the elder of whom is a boy!

He is the only one who can possess the two most precious tokens in the world at the same time.

"Zhao... Princess Zhaoren..."

Pearl smiled, her eyes crinkling, and said in a light, airy tone, "Your husband called me a little slut and my brother a little beast."

Upon hearing this, Ye Guangxiao's knees buckled and he knelt down.

Officials who have taken office in the last two years are unaware of how terrifying this Prince Cheng is, but he has been in office for twenty years and couldn't be clearer.

Moreover, he was present at the scene of the coup in the Golden Palace back then.

He witnessed Prince Cheng kill many officials with a single knife, killing them without regard for their status or the forces behind them.

Killing is killing; it's swift, decisive, and utterly reckless.

Moreover, with a million-strong army under his command, who would dare to reason with him?

Therefore, officials in the capital all understood one principle:

I'd rather offend the emperor than offend the Ninth Prince.

Thinking of this, Ye Guangxiao broke out in a cold sweat. "Princess, there must be some misunderstanding..."

Pearl released the governor's hand and examined her dagger closely in the sunlight. "Is that so? Are you saying that what I heard with my own ears was false?"

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare." Ye Guangxiao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, but his mind was very active. There was only one young man in the world with two titles, and the young man in front of him was most likely Princess Zhaoren.

If this matter were to reach the ears of Prince Cheng, given Prince Cheng's protective nature, his life would surely be in danger.

If we were to attack this young man now, we could ensure that he would die without any evidence.

However, the two guards beside this young man were highly skilled in martial arts, and his few subordinates alone had no chance of defeating them.

The only solution now is to send out the husband to appease the princess's anger, especially since he was the one who caused the trouble in the first place.

Thinking this, Ye Guangxiao immediately said, "It was my blind husband who angered the princess, and he deserves to die. I will leave it to the princess to decide whether to beat or kill him, and I will have no objection."

Pearl smiled and said, "What are you saying, Lord Ye? I'm not one to hold a grudge. Why would I call for violence just because of a few insults?"

Then he sighed, "I just don't know what my father and my imperial uncle think."

These words sounded like a blatant threat to Ye Guangxiao. Unsure of Princess Zhaoren's thoughts, he could only say, "I am Ye Guangxiao, and my ancestral home is Huzhou. I am of the same clan as your maternal grandfather. I beg you, Princess, to calm down for the sake of Lord Lin."

Pearl pouted. These adults just love to build relationships.

If my maternal grandfather knew that there was a relative who bullied his son, husband, and grandson every day, he would definitely rush back to Huzhou overnight to move his family genealogy out.

"So we're relatives after all." Pearl looked quite troubled and said with difficulty, "Since we're relatives, I can't be too ruthless... Oh dear, this is really a difficult matter."

Ye Xiang suddenly spoke up, "I'll go apologize to Lin Ling. I beg Your Highness to be lenient and let my son and me go."

No one knew when Ye Xiang had fainted or when he had woken up. He was kneeling on the ground, crawling to Pearl's feet, "I didn't know your identity before and offended you in many ways. Please forgive me, Princess."

Pearl was somewhat shocked. "So you can actually speak properly? I thought you were only good at swearing."

Ye Xiang helped her father, whose hair was disheveled, to his feet, and the two of them knelt on the ground together.

This scene was, to some extent, a slap in the face to Ye Guangxiao.