She Holds the World After Being Reborn-Chapter 590 - 589: The Stage is Set, Just Missing the Last Actor
"Arrogant brat, I am an official appointed by the Imperial Court, having served two Monarchs, and you dare to lay a hand on me!" Li Weixian, looking at the Protectors sprawled all over the courtyard, pointed at Qin Zhen’s nose and cursed loudly.
"I don’t care how many Monarchs you’ve served." Qin Zhen picked up a stick from the ground and weighed it in his hand.
The weight was reasonable.
Seeing this, Li Weixian exclaimed, "You wouldn’t dare, you wouldn’t!" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
"Bang!" The next moment, the stick in Qin Zhen’s hands had already smashed into the back of his neck, and the old man collapsed limply.
Wu Bie: "...you really hit hard."
"It’s always been this way." Qin Zhen casually tossed the stick aside.
Wu Bie sighed, his ways truly wild; he vaguely saw a bit of Huai Yu in him.
But before Wu Bie could lament further, he heard cries that grew louder as they approached.
A sumptuously dressed beautiful woman, accompanied by a group of servants, walked over.
When she saw Li Weixian lying on the ground, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, while the other hand, glittering with jewels, pointed at Qin Zhen: "You, you actually dared to harm the master!"
Qin Zhen looked the beautiful woman up and down.
"The daughter of the Vice Minister of Punishment?"
The beautiful woman gasped, then shook her head quickly, "What nonsense are you talking about? What Vice Minister of Punishment?"
Her acting was far worse than Li Weixian’s.
Those eyes darting around in their sockets completely revealed her true thoughts.
The beautiful woman tried to compose herself, and, holding Li Weixian in her arms, pointed at Qin Zhen and cursed, "Look at you, girl, daring to hit our master, you all this lady complains about, teach this ignorant girl a lesson!"
Overshadowed by a crowd of people, Qin Zhen felt tired: "This Li Residence really is substantial, supporting such a horde of servants."
Wu Bie picked up a stick from the ground: "Not getting a raise today just won’t cut it."
Hearing of a raise, Qin Zhen replied, "Brother, don’t be a stranger."
"Just a sworn brother, need a raise, otherwise, I quit," said Wu Bie and was about to throw the stick away when Qin Zhen gritted her teeth: "Raise!"
She couldn’t expose her martial arts skills.
Not because she feared the rabble of Qin State, but mainly because she feared Xiao Pingfeng finding out, which would then cause unnecessary trouble for Qin Wu.
Having already played the part and starting to adapt to being the powerless Qin Zhen, she must fulfill her duties with respect.
Underneath Wu Bie’s mask, his thin lips curved into a wicked smile: "Just watch, sister. It’ll take at most half a pot of tea before your brother has them sorted."
Half a pot of tea later.
Aside from the beautiful woman, all the servants, including the maids, were knocked out on the ground.
The beautiful woman covered her bosom with a handkerchief: "No, don’t be presumptuous, I am the master’s person in life and his spirit in death!"
Wu Bie: "...you really don’t need to insult me like that." He must be like a milk cow; only an old man like Li Weixian would like her.
Disgusted, he shifted his gaze away, feeling nauseous, and then immediately spun, ascending the rooftops to leave.
In the vast courtyard, only Qin Zhen and the beautiful woman remained.
Qin Zhen: "...why are you making him angry!"
The beautiful woman: "..."
The two stared each other down, then Qin Zhen picked up a stick from the ground, pointed at the beautiful woman, "You, carry your family’s old man."
The beautiful woman: "???" She had never done manual labor her whole life.
"Otherwise, I will hit you." Qin Zhen waved the stick in her hand, looking serious.
Thus, a scene that made onlookers laugh unfolded on the streets of Qin State.
A curvaceous beautiful woman, carrying the upright and incorruptible official Li Weixian, with a little girl following behind carrying a stick, all headed towards the Punishment Department.
The people from the Punishment Department, seeing them approaching from afar, immediately sprung into action.
"Where did this yellow-haired girl come from!" The people from the Punishment Department immediately moved to help the beautiful woman lower Li Weixian down and then rushed to call for a doctor to administer an injection. They were in a flurry.
Qin Zhen toyed with the stick in her hand, watching the group from the Punishment Department, her expression mischievous: "Your master wouldn’t dare to talk to me like that."
"You think you’re a Princess? When you see our master, you should be kneeling!" The apparent leader, after assessing Qin Zhen and noting her simplistic attire and lack of jewelry, scoffed disdainfully.
Qin Zhen merely smiled without comment.
The Vice Minister of Punishment had better be able to withstand her kneeling.
The last person who demanded she kneel now had crippled limbs, it seems.
"It was this girl who caused trouble at our Li Residence, even knocking out our master; hurry up and arrest her!" The beautiful woman, who had carried Li Weixian all the way, complained, and her back was nearly broken.
Who would have thought the skinny old man would feel so heavy on my back?
The beautiful woman’s makeup was almost completely smeared; her face now a patchwork of white, red, and black, resembling a ghost.
Unaware of herself, she cooed at the leader, finishing with a flirtatious blink of her seductive eyes.
The leader shivered as he blinked.
But he had understood nonetheless.
"Before the master arrives, let the brothers teach this girl a lesson!" The leader waved his hand, and soldiers holding broadswords quickly surrounded Qin Zhen.
Qin Zhen: "...Again?" It wasn’t that she couldn’t hire Wu Bie; it was just very annoying.
At this rate, was she supposed to fight nearly half of the servants and soldiers from the Imperial Court?
She was tired.
"Go, capture her and bring her before me!" The beautiful woman saw Qin Zhen standing alone, her guards in red gone, and thought she could finally get her revenge.
Meanwhile, Li Weixian leaned weakly against a column, gasping for air, his vision darkening.
He reached out, wanting the beautiful woman to stop.
But the beautiful woman misunderstood and grabbed Li Weixian’s hand: "Rest assured, master, your concubine will surely avenge you, and I won’t let this girl off easily!"
Everyone thought Qin Zhen was just a reckless young girl, unaware that she was the Prime Minister whom the Empress had just appointed that morning.
Li Weixian’s anxiety peaked, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
The beautiful woman cried out in distress, and the doctor began treatment again.
Angered, she stood up and pointed at Qin Zhen: "If anything happens to the master, I will have your life for his!"
"My life for Li Weixian’s?" Qin Zhen laughed, "He is not worthy."
The beautiful woman was furious, "I will kill you right now!" She grabbed a long sword from a soldier nearby and lunged at Qin Zhen.
Just then,
"Stop! Everyone stop!" the Vice Minister of Punishment finally arrived, albeit late.
"Father—Lord Peng!" The beautiful woman almost misspoke, her voice making a loop in the air before settling; she rushed to the Vice Minister of Punishment: "Lord Peng, you must stand for our master! It’s all because of this wretched girl that our master is harmed..."
The Vice Minister of Punishment dodged the beautiful woman and ran to Qin Zhen, kneeling before her in full public view.
"Not knowing the Prime Minister was here, my failure to greet you from afar is my negligence."
The crowd was completely astounded!
Especially the leader, whose jaw dropped in sheer terror.
Qin Zhen, not even lifting her eyelid, said, "Lord Peng, such great authority you wield. It seems your subordinates want me to kneel here and learn manners."
Lord Peng turned pale and immediately scolded the soldiers around him: "How dare you! Apologize to the Prime Minister immediately!"
The leader promptly knelt: "I didn’t recognize eminent greatness, I beg the Prime Minister to be magnanimous, don’t take this to heart, my vision is poor, my vision is poor..."
"Prime Minister..." The beautiful woman, seeing her own father kneeling and meeting Qin Zhen’s cold gaze, couldn’t stand the shock, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
"Prime Minister, what brings you to this humble office of the Punishment Department?" the Vice Minister of Punishment cautiously asked.
Qin Zhen glanced down at him and didn’t tell him to stand up; instead, she walked toward the steps and crouched next to Li Weixian.
The doctor was still nervously preparing to give treatment.
Qin Zhen waved him away.
"Li Weixian, if you’re awake, stop pretending to faint," she patted his clothes. "You’re too old to be making a fool of yourself."
The feigning Li Weixian: "..." If he had a knife in hand, he would stab this wretched girl to death.
Li Weixian slowly opened his eyes.
"The stage is set, but we’re short one actor; no rush, let’s wait here a moment." Qin Zhen calmly sat on the steps under the sun.
The Vice Minister of Punishment knelt on the ground, baffled by what Qin Zhen had in mind, not daring to rise.
Li Weixian, struck on the back of the neck and recently hurt by his foolish wife, could only lean weakly against the column, remaining silent.
Qin Zhen lightly tapped her hand with a stick, marking time, pulling at the hearts of all present.
At the entrance of the Punishment Department.
A young girl sat on the steps above, beneath her knelt a multitude of normally arrogant Punishment Department soldiers.
The scene was simply too beautiful.
Just then, Qin Zhen curved a slight smile, her eyes gleaming.
"Here they come."
