The phoenix carriage stopped in front of the Great Moon Palace. When Ban Han got off the carriage with the help of a palace maid, she saw a person standing in front of the Great Moon Palace with a lantern in the night wind.
The palace maids and eunuchs all knelt on the ground. Ban Han stood in place and couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Rong Xia walked to her side with the lantern. He grabbed her hand and handed the lantern to Wang De. "Did you have fun?"
Ban Han nodded. She looked at the lantern in Wang De's hand and said, "Why are the people serving you so unattentive when you're carrying the lantern?"
"They're attentive, but you can only see me when I'm carrying the lantern." Rong Xia took her hand and walked inside. "I had them make your favorite dishes. Come and try them with me."
"It's so late. You haven't eaten yet?"
Rong Xia whispered in her ear at a volume that only the two of them could hear. "The Queen of Huahua isn't here. I can't eat or sleep. How can I eat?"
Ban Han glared at him. In the end, she didn't say that she had already eaten at Jingting Gongfu. After eating with Rong Xia, she washed up and went to bed.
Now, the entire country was in a mess. The imperial court and the harem were in chaos. Although Rong Xia was a scholar, he acted with the decisiveness of a general. Those who should be imprisoned were imprisoned, and those who should be exiled were exiled. The decrees were issued one after another. In just a few days, the capital was restored to its former order. Although there were still some people who were anxious, at least the streets and alleys were barely restored to their former liveliness.
The Changqing Prince of Gojoseon was wearing a coarse hemp garment. He was disheveled and unkempt as he lined up in the line to leave the city.
He had observed long ago. Except for the first three days of strict checks, only those who entered the city were thoroughly checked. The requirements for leaving the city were not too strict.
Sure enough, when it was his turn, the guards didn't check carefully. After he gave a name and where he lived, he was let go. Out of the city gate, half of the stone in his heart was lifted. He couldn't help but quicken his pace.
As long as he left the borders of the capital, there would be someone in Yujing Prefecture to pick him up. He would not have to worry about not being able to rise again.
"The person who is carrying something in front, stop right there," Ban Han said as he rode on his horse, playing with a whip in his hand. This horsewhip was specially made for her by Rong Xia. It was gorgeous and strong. It would not break anyone's skin, but it would hurt to the bone.
The Changqing Of Gojoseon froze. He did not expect to meet Ban Han here. What was this woman doing in the suburbs of the capital instead of staying in the palace?
He didn't dare to dodge, because as long as he dodged, people would definitely notice that something was wrong.
"You, you called me commoner?" He shrunk his shoulders like a timid commoner who had never seen the world. When he saw a noble, he couldn't help but show a timid expression.
"It's you." Ban Han pointed at him with his whip. "Raise your head."
Before the Changqing Of Gojoseon went out, he had specially put on makeup. He was confident that Ban Han would not be able to recognize him.
This was an extremely ugly face. There were even burn scars on his face. Some of the bystanders couldn't help but cry out in alarm. There were also some people who didn't have the heart. They felt that Ban Han was using his power to bully and deliberately humiliate him.
But when they saw that this young lady's clothes were gorgeous and there were many guards behind her, no one dared to stand up for this pitiful person.
"This face …" Ban Han chuckled. "It doesn't look right to me."
"This commoner is guilty, this commoner is guilty of scaring the noble," the Changqing Of Gojoseon cursed in his heart. But he didn't show any hesitation on his face. He knelt down in front of Ban Han. "I beg the noble to forgive me."
The bystanders couldn't stand it anymore. This noble was too much. He had money and power, so why did he have to make things difficult for a pitiful person?
"Noble Lady." A woman in a dress squeezed out of the crowd. There was still some timidity in her eyes, but she did not retreat because of this. "Why do you have to lower yourself to the same level as this person? Why don't you let him leave as soon as possible so that he won't dirty your eyes?"
Ban Han ordered his guards to stop the man kneeling on the ground. He turned to the woman and smiled. "Miss, your words are very interesting. Which family are you from? How come I haven't seen you before in the capital?"
"This little girl's status is low. It's not strange that the noble hasn't seen me before." The woman bowed to Ban Han in a manner that was neither servile nor overbearing. Although she didn't know the identity of Ban Han, she could see that his riding clothes were embroidered with gold thread. In this special period of time, he dared to bring so many guards with him. It could be seen that her family was very respected in front of the new Emperor.
The female guard behind Ban Han urged her horse forward and whispered a few words in Ban Han's ear. Ban Han nodded.
"Your father is the Imperial College's Chancellor, Pei Dongsheng?"
The woman's face showed some surprise. This noble obviously didn't have any impression of her, but the guard beside her seemed to be very familiar with the situation in the capital. What kind of prominent family could raise such a guard?
"Replying to the noble, my father is only the previous Imperial College's Chancellor." Miss Pei bowed. "I've let the noble see a joke."
Ban Han shook his head. "Your father is a scholar. The position of Imperial College's Chancellor is most suitable for him."
Miss Pei's heart warmed. After the Fengning Emperor ascended the throne, her father didn't agree with the Fengning Emperor's decrees. After submitting a memorial to the Fengning Emperor, he was removed from his official position. In front of all the civil and military officials, he said that her father didn't have the talent to be a Chancellor.
Her father had been cautious and conscientious his whole life, but when he was old, he received such a comment. He was depressed and had been bedridden for many days. She had left the capital today to pick a kind of medicinal herb in the suburbs of the capital. She didn't expect to see such a farce.
She also didn't expect that this seemingly aggressive noble lady would speak up for her father.
Her father had been fair and honest all his life. He didn't form cliques. At this time, all the nobles in the capital were busy trying to curry favor with the new Emperor. Who would pay attention to her father? Now that she suddenly heard such a comment, she felt a lump in her throat.
"Many thanks for the noble lady's praise."
"I didn't praise him. I was just speaking the truth." Ban Han dismounted and kicked the kneeling Changqing Of Gojoseon to the ground. "But your family is too righteous. You don't know that there are some people in this world who are very good at pretending to be pitiful."
"Someone come, take off the thing on his face!"
Miss Pei was surprised to find that the burn marks on this pitiful looking person's face weren't real. After the gray and black disguise was taken off, a fair and handsome face was revealed.
"Changqing Of Gojoseon is a good disguise." Ban Han smiled as he looked at the Changqing Of Gojoseon who was being held down by the guards. "Where are you going in such a hurry?"
The Evergreen King spat out the dust in his mouth and actually laughed. "My dear niece's eyesight is really good. Uncle has made me look like this but my dear niece is still able to recognize me. From this, I can tell that uncle has a very high position in your heart."
"Bang." The guard holding him down punched him in the face. His face immediately swelled up.
"Uncle, you can't do this. My guards have bad tempers. If they hurt you, I, your niece, will feel bad." Ban Han sneered. "Be a bit more honest and suffer less. Isn't that good?"
"The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit. If you want to kill me, do as you please. There's no need to be so pretentious."
"Since Uncle is speaking so confidently, why do you have to run away?" Ban Han glanced at the Changqing Of Gojoseon's fingernails that were trembling in fear. "You say you're not afraid of death, but your body is quite honest."
"So he's the Changqing Of Gojoseon?!"
"The one who wallows in the mire with the tyrant?"
"That's him. Beat him to death!"
The onlookers who were originally sympathetic to the "pitiful person" realized that the "pitiful person" was not pitiful at all. Instead, it was the evil Changqing Of Gojoseon. Their anger was ignited. Although they didn't dare to go past the guards to beat him up, they still couldn't help but throw the things in their hands at the Changqing Of Gojoseon.
Eggs, vegetables, and fruits were too expensive to throw away, so they simply dug the soil on the ground and threw it at the people. Some of them were not accurate and even accidentally hurt the guards.
Ban Li didn't care about what happened to the Evergreen King, but he didn't want the guards by his side to be implicated. Thus, he raised his voice and said, "Fellow villagers, please be at ease. The royal court will definitely not let this kind of vile thief off easily!"
After that, she kicked him twice in front of the people to show that she was on the same side as the people. After kicking him, she asked the guards to tie the Changqing Of Gojoseon up with a rope and threw him onto the back of a horse like a sack.
"Ban Han, a soldier prefers death to humiliation." The Changqing Of Gojoseon didn't expect Ban Han to treat him like this. "Don't go too far."
"Uncle, didn't you say that the winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit?" Ban Han patted the Changqing Of Gojoseon with his horsewhip. "Whatever I, the winner, want to do to you, you should obediently accept it."
This look of a vile person intoxicated with success was vividly displayed by her.
Miss Pei, who had been shocked from beginning to end, couldn't regain her senses for a long time. Which family's young lady was this? How could she act so arrogantly? She wouldn't dare to act like this normally, but for some reason, when she secretly looked at her, she felt a bit envious.
"Sorry for disturbing everyone. Goodbye." Ban Han climbed back onto his horse and cupped his fists towards the crowd. He pulled on the reins and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The passersby were stunned for a moment before they excitedly clapped their hands.
"Bad things like this, we'll catch as many as we can."
"Which family is this noble lady from? She has such good eyesight. If it wasn't for her, this bad thing would have escaped."
"Look at her aura. Could she be the princess or the infanta?"
"Sigh, the new Emperor has only been married for two years. How could he have such an old princess?"
Ban Han directly brought the Changqing Of Gojoseon to the imperial prison. After locking him in, she stood outside the prison bars and said, "Uncle, stay in prison. I hope you can sleep peacefully every night. The wronged souls of the people won't come looking for you."
"I don't believe in ghosts. You don't need to scare me with these words." The Changqing Of Gojoseon sneered. "How clean do you think your husband's hands are?"
"If other people's hands are dirty, of course I don't care. My husband's hands are dirty. No matter how dirty they are, they are still his," Ban Han said righteously. "Uncle, don't you know that I've always been overprotective and unreasonable?"
Liu Banshan, who was standing to the side, glanced at Ban Han with a complicated expression. This was the first time he had seen someone use double standards so elegantly and shamelessly.
The Changqing Of Gojoseon, who had been stunned by Ban Han's words, was also dumbfounded. He thought that Ban Han would chase after him and ask him what Rong Xia had done. Unexpectedly, she didn't act according to the norm.
How did that idiot Ban Huai teach his daughter?!
Was there something wrong with his brain?
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