Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1553

Chapter 1553: Chapter 1548: A Modest Contribution

His official position was low, and Yue Quanyong didn’t take him seriously, but he certainly couldn’t ignore the royal relatives!

Upon hearing the County Magistrate’s request, the royal relatives were so angry that they laughed out loud, feeling that this County Magistrate was a useless person who couldn’t get anything done, and they were also annoyed by Yue Quanyong’s meddling.

At this moment, how could these members of the Imperial Family come forward? With Yue Quanyong’s arrogance, he utterly disregarded them. If they suppressed Yue Quanyong and dealt with Doctor Zhu, and Yue Quanyong complained to the Regent Prince later, they would be accused of defying his orders, and would never hope to return to Yan again.

Several royal relatives discussed among themselves, instructing someone to tell the County Magistrate to firmly insist on following the Regent Prince’s instructions regarding Doctor Zhu’s family’s placement, and to stalemate with Yue Quanyong until the Regent Prince returned. In this way, Doctor Zhu’s family would be safe, and no one could blame the County Magistrate.

But before the messenger could arrive, Xiao Rongyan had already returned to the city.

As soon as Xiao Rongyan arrived at the jail, the County Magistrate knelt down and accused Yue Quanyong of obstructing him from taking Doctor Zhu out.

However, the County Magistrate did not expect that Xiao Rongyan had already been informed of the whole situation by the city General on his way back and was already furious. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

In the dim and damp cell, Xiao Rongyan’s eyes under the mask were grim. Without a word, he lifted his robe and kicked the County Magistrate hard in the chest. The County Magistrate collided with a group of kneeling Government Officials and hurriedly endured the pain in his chest to crawl to Xiao Rongyan’s feet, trembling all over.

"Forgive me, Regent Prince! Forgive me, Regent Prince!"

"Tell me again, what are you doing in this jail?"

"Please forgive me, Regent Prince. This was not my intention. I am under the command of the Imperial Family members; they are all Imperial people, and I... I have no choice but to obey! I was forced into this!" Seeing Xiao Rongyan’s anger, the County Magistrate confessed everything in terror.

Xiao Rongyan detested these royal relatives. Killing them... the crime did not warrant death; executing them would implicate a multitude of connections and people, which would be a huge nuisance. But not killing them... they continued to repeatedly cause troubles for the Yan Kingdom, testing people’s limits.

"Strip off his official robes, beat him with a hundred lashes, and throw him in the dungeon if he survives!" Xiao Rongyan ordered coldly, "Yue Shi, personally bring those few royal relatives here and carefully count how many lashes the County Magistrate takes! If he cannot endure and dies, the remaining lashes shall be borne by those royal relatives!"

"Yes!" Yue Shi responded, leaving with his men amid the County Magistrate’s pleas for mercy.

Yue Quanyong ordered to drag the weeping County Magistrate out and made way for the cell door. Xiao Rongyan bent down to enter the filthy cell, seeing Zhu Chengru with fear in his eyes, chapped lips, huddling protectively over his family as he breathed heavily, white mist escaping his mouth with each breath.

Xiao Rongyan spoke, "I have learned of your deed of sending medicine to Anshun City. On behalf of the people of Anshun City, I thank you! Because of your timely medicine, many people in Anshun City survived. Those people have shared hardships with our Yan Court and are benefactors. You deserve my bow!"

With that, Xiao Rongyan performed a long bow to Zhu Chengru.

Zhu Chengru, overwhelmed by the honor, quickly bowed to the ground, "It is merely something that a common citizen should do!"

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