Peasant Woman’s Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 2179: Chapter 2176: Coming to the Door

Xiang City was shocked with anger, quickly stood up, and before he could take two steps, he saw the door opened, and Hu Hua was kicked and flew, falling to the ground, unable to get up.

"Who dares to be so presumptuous here! And even beat an official of the imperial court!" Xiang City shouted angrily, but his fear showed through his façade of anger.

The sound of a few slaps resounded.

Chu Heng, dressed in an ink-colored robe, walked in from outside.

Seeing Chu Heng, Xiang City’s pupils shrank, unable to believe: "You..."

"Minister Xiang must be surprised to see me here?" Chu Heng slowly approached him, with a slightly cold smile on his face, "What a pity, Minister Xiang wasted such a good opportunity, and still failed to frame me."

"Nonsense." Xiang City, a seasoned fox with over a decade of officialdom experience, immediately calmed down, righteous in appearance: "Lord Chu, what are you doing now?"

"Official Hu, although holding a lowly position, is still an imperial official. Your action against him now has already broken the law. Don’t think that just because His Majesty favors you, you can do whatever you want." Xiang City promptly shifted the blame onto Chu Heng.

At the same time, he kept speculating in his mind, whether it was Chu Heng who, after being framed, acted out of enraged desperation by seeking revenge, or if he wasn’t deceived at all?

Xiang City glanced at Hu Hua from the corner of his eye, wanting to get accurate information from his mouth.

But Hu Hua was in such pain that he couldn’t even crawl, especially after being kicked directly in the chest by Chu Heng just now. He almost thought he was going to die then, looking at Chu Heng with fear and trepidation, wanting to hide.

He, accustomed to using wiles, never imagined that Chu Heng, a mere scholar, would resort to direct action without regard. Was he not afraid of being impeached by the Imperial Censor?

"Come, help Official Hu up." Chu Heng said with a slight smile, completely indifferent to Xiang City.

Xiang City was infuriated by being ignored and yelled angrily, wanting to instruct the guard beside him to stop this action.

"Minister Xiang, save me, Chu Heng is mad, he wants to kill me." Hu Hua also showed his cleverness at this moment. Seeing Chu Heng’s expression, he quickly crawled towards Xiang City, hoping to seize the opportunity for protection.

Chu Heng simply waved his hand.

The guards he brought were almost twice the number of Xiang City’s.

The guards beside Xiang City wanted to intervene but were helpless.

Hu Hua never expected that even after Xiang City intervened, Chu Heng would directly and forcefully press on, continuing his attack.

Frightened, he hurriedly dragged his plump body, crawling everywhere to avoid the guards trying to capture him.

"Chu Heng, what are you trying to do! I will file a complaint to the Emperor! You are so audacious."

Chu Heng said nothing throughout, only directing his guards to act.

Xiang City was furious to the extreme.

After observing for a while, he realized that Chu Heng deliberately instructed his guards to tease Hu Hua as if he were a dog, not intending to actually harm him, but to humiliate him.

"Chu Heng!" Xiang City took a few deep breaths to suppress his anger, "No matter why you came to deliberately humiliate Hu Hua, he is my relative. For my sake, let this matter go!"

In theory, Xiang City, as Chu Heng’s immediate superior, should be someone Chu Heng wouldn’t dare offend.

However, because Chu Heng had the Emperor’s favor, and everyone knew, his current position was merely temporary, as there was no higher position available for him yet, and because he was still young.

Even if Xiang City wanted to take advantage of his position to deal with him, there was no way to stop Emperor Xuanming’s favor towards him.

If Chu Heng gathered evidence and accused him, he couldn’t bear the consequences.