Jin San himself looked utterly dumbfounded.
"You've got it wrong! You've mistaken her for someone else! She's definitely not that vile woman!"
"Third Prince Jin, these are the people who brought you here to report you to the authorities. If not for them, our Great Zhou would have had to swallow this grievance in silence."
The second chief also threw herself into the chief's arms and began crying. "That beast wouldn't even leave me alone when I was relieving myself! He's worse than an animal!"
"Don't be afraid, my wife. His Highness Prince Huai will see justice done for us!"
The Jin Kingdom's practice of placing men above women left women with virtually no rights. In their eyes, women were merely tools for bearing children and propagating the family line.
Even someone as exalted as the chief consort had to obediently serve her husband in his household if she lacked the backing of her own family.
This woman was only a commoner, yet she dared show disrespect to their prince. She deserved to die!
"You lowborn wretch! Who gave you the nerve to speak like that?"
An envoy from the Jin Kingdom drew the curved saber at his waist, ready to strike.
The couple slyly ducked behind Prince Huai.
General Zhao's men drew their blades, and the Jin Kingdom's envoys looked distinctly unhappy.
"Your Highness Prince Huai, these people have insulted our prince. Please step aside and do not shield them."
"What a joke!"
"They suffered humiliation at Jin San's hands, yet still helped Great Zhou avert a war. It would be no exaggeration to call them heroes of Great Zhou! How dare you run wild here!"
Jiang Shuyue: [Exactly! You look like a toad, yet you still have the nerve to croak!]
Huahua: *[The one barking the loudest is