Chapter 6: Riot

Yan Huan had never suffered such humiliation. Her head heated up, and she broke free from her brothers’ embrace, her hands and feet directly attacking the man. Her fingernails were long, and in just a few strikes, she left several bloody marks on the jailer’s face.

This person wasn’t trying to search her body at all! He was clearly just trying to humiliate her.

After Yan Huan’s outburst, she felt slightly better. Immediately, however, she thought that this would likely create animosity with this person. Her eyes darted around, and she thought of her next move. Her hands and feet didn’t stop, and her mouth loudly shouted, “Where are your hands going? Are you trying to be a pervert in broad daylight?”

“The emperor sentenced us to exile, and we accept it! But the Emperor did not sentence us to death! Why should we endure such humiliation?”

“Do you still have any regard for the law?”

The people here were all implicated. If you were to say what crime they had committed, it was supporting the Crown Prince.

But the Crown Prince was personally chosen by the emperor and was the rightful heir. Their imprisonment was an undeserved disaster.

Until now, everyone couldn’t understand why the Crown Prince would betray the country. The world would be his sooner or later. What was the meaning of him doing such things?

Already feeling wronged, upon hearing Yan Huan’s words, a touch of sorrow appeared on everyone’s faces.

Those who could enter this place previously held high official positions. No one could have imagined that one day they would be humiliated by such a petty person. Yan Huan’s shout resonated with everyone.

Yan Huan had been saying “we” instead of “I,” unconsciously making everyone identify with her.
In the morning, they were still aristocratic families, but in the blink of an eye, they had become prisoners at the mercy of others. Who could accept this?

Yes, it was the Yan family now, but who could guarantee that the next wouldn’t be the Jiang family, the Lin family, or the Li family?

They had heard what the Yan family’s daughter had shouted. Although the situation was chaotic and they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, who would joke about their own chastity?

These people in the prison dared to humiliate them so casually now. How could they possibly survive on the road to exile?

The entire prison quickly became noisy.

Some were pushing the doors, others were shouting. This place held hundreds of people, but at this moment, there were only a few guards.

Seeing the crowd’s agitated emotions, the jailer also panicked.

If a riot really broke out, and the higher-ups investigated, he wouldn’t be able to escape responsibility.

Seeing the commotion outside, Yan Huan took the opportunity to yank a handful of his hair.

The jailer saw the hair on the ground, still attached to his scalp, and tears welled up in his eyes. Damn it! There were over twenty members of the Yan family in this prison, but he had only brought one guard with him. His two hands couldn’t fight against so many fists. Even though he held an iron rod, he couldn’t wield it because he was surrounded by too many people.

“Rebellious! Rebellious! You bunch of troublemakers, are you trying to revolt?”

He then said to the guards outside, “Quickly call for more men! These people are rioting!”

Soon, many soldiers arrived outside.

Standing at the forefront were the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review and Yu Yiran.

After sending the people to the prison, Yu Yiran had gone to find the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review had a deep friendship with his father. He wanted to make things easier for the Yan family on their journey, so he naturally went to smooth things over. However, he didn’t expect trouble to arise before he had even finished a cup of tea.

He absolutely hadn’t expected that his delicate sixth younger sister, as fragile as a daisy, could scratch a burly jailer’s face like that. What had this beast forced her to endure? What exactly had this evil creature done to his sixth sister?

Thinking of this, the look in Yu Yiran’s eyes as he looked at the jailer was like a knife.

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review had always remained neutral, but as they were officials in the same court, he was somewhat acquainted with Yan Qingyi. Seeing him now disheveled and lacking his usual composure, he couldn’t help but feel a bit of sympathy.

But it was only a bit of sympathy, nothing more.

Seeing the chaos in the prison, he said with a cold face, “You all better think carefully. Only with life is there hope. If you lose your life, you lose everything. The emperor has already shown benevolence by not sentencing you to death. Don’t let down His Majesty’s good intentions.”

“I know you all still harbor grievances, resentment, and dissatisfaction. But once you enter my Court of Judicial Review, no matter how great your injustice, you must swallow it and happily embark on your journey.”

“If today’s events leave the gates of my Court of Judicial Review, then your last glimmer of hope will be destroyed by your own hands!”

For a moment, the prison was so quiet that even the drop of a needle could be heard. These words were too correct, so correct that no one could raise any objection.

Even Yan Huan knew that there was nothing wrong with these words. This was the feudal class society.

When the ruler demands the death of a subject, the subject must die!

Even if you have a grievance in your heart, you cannot harbor resentment; you can only endure it.

Yan Huan was a modern person, and this feeling of having her life in the hands of others was truly suffocating.

But she knew she couldn’t resist.

However, she had always been the type of person who, if she wasn’t comfortable, wouldn’t let others be comfortable either. Looking at the jailer who was still glaring fiercely at her, she raised her voice and said to the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, “The world says that the Court of Judicial Review is the most just place, yet it allows such a petty person to rule the roost? If we are guilty, we should be brought to court for trial, not have a mere jailer decide our life and death.”

“This is still in the capital, and in broad daylight, someone dares to barge into the prison to molest female relatives. If we leave the capital, will we even have a chance to survive?”

“When the ruler demands the death of a subject, the subject must die. If His Majesty orders our deaths, then everyone in my Yan family will not even frown. We will happily go to the execution ground. But now, we are clearly only sentenced to exile. My Yan family’s sons and daughters only consider this a trial given by the emperor, hoping that one day we will still have the opportunity to serve the country again. Yet, we didn’t expect to suffer such humiliation.”

“If that’s truly the case, then I might as well die here in the capital, die in the Court of Judicial Review, and use my blood to show my determination, to let the world know our grievances.”

After speaking, Yan Huan took a few steps forward, reaching the jailer Song’s front. “I am just a weak woman and naturally cannot fight you. But I still believe that there is justice and righteousness in this world.”

Yan Huan’s words were righteous and awe-inspiring, and there wasn’t a trace of fear in her eyes. Many people were also moved by the atmosphere, and their eyes turned red.

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review looked at Yan Huan with a strange gaze.

The jailer had only wanted to humiliate the Yan family to vent his anger, but he hadn’t expected to be put in such a situation by Yan Huan. He wanted to argue, but he saw Yu Yiran rush forward from the side.

“What kind of thing are you, daring to open the prison door privately? I think you’re tired of living.” He didn’t mention the matter of him molesting Yan Huan, only saying that he had privately opened the prison door, wanting to preserve Yan Huan’s reputation.

Without waiting for him to argue, the two subordinates behind him immediately pressed the jailer to the ground and stuffed his mouth with a piece of torn cloth without giving him a chance to defend himself.

Yu Yiran had already made it clear why he had come to see him. Minister Zhu of the Court of Judicial Review naturally knew that he had a past connection with the Yan family, so he didn’t blame him for overstepping his bounds at this moment.