Asking For a Beating! 3

They arrived simultaneously within a few second. The crowd gaped in shock and awe. The two beast had a bigger and sturdier body, more than half of the beast in the entire mainland. The cyan blue tiger purred slightly as a glow of light slowly encircled it and Ren Yupei emerged in his human form.

He kneeled respectfully in front of Ouyang Xueqing: "Your protector, Ren Yupei, is here as the Princess commands."

Then, the fierce black panther with sharp and long fangs also turned into his human form. Unlike his usual playful look, he was now kneeling solemnly as he eyed the crowd, silently exerting some pressure: "Your protector, An Zhengnan, is here as the Princess commands."

The two eyed each other before they gulped nervously. Why did the Princess look so angry? They didn't even dare to breathe loudly ah!

"Ren Yupei, do I know the lady in front?"

Ren Yupei patted his chest inwardly. Goodness, the Princess was calling his full name and not 'Brother Ren'! She must be truly infuriated.

He glanced at the sorry kneeling figure as he frowned confusedly: "Princess, she is the lady of the Zhang family. The Zhang's is the second rank merchant family in the Beast Mainland and the subordinate of your father, Master Ouyang Chunxia."

"Oh?" She raised one of her eyebrow as she chuckled mirthlessly. "No wonder she said that her family was linked with the imperial family. Then, why did she declare that I am her acquaintance? I clearly don't recognize her ah!"

The smart Ren Yupei could easily guessed the story. He nodded seriously to match the princess' act. "You're right, Princess. This lady had never met you at all."

"That means that she is lying?"

"That's right!"

"Then, what is the punishment for lying to the royalty?"

"The punishment…" Ren Yupei wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. What punishment? There had never been anyone dared to lie in front of the imperial family ah!

He really couldn't guessed that the lady was so gutsy. Or could he say that she was in bad luck for insisting on making a problem for the princess?

Ren Yupei blurted out the first thought that came to his mind. "The punishment is dead by beheading!"

Now, Zhang Qianqian seemed to lose her soul as she kneeled in daze. She heard everything, yet her whole body felt numb and she couldn't move an inch.

"Then," Ouyang Xueqing titled her head innocently. "What is the punishment for those that wanted to make the member of the imperial family their servant?"

The crowd exploded in an uproar. Making the princess her servant? Did the lady of the Zhang family eat the wrong medicine? Was she braindead?! They didn't know whether to sympathize with her or admire her courage.

"What?!" Both Ren Yupei and An Zhengnan exclaimed in shock.

Ren Yupei could still hold himself back. But it was different for the hot-blooded An Zhengnan. His fangs grew longer and sharper, his eyes bloodshot red as he growled. "How dare you! Just a mere second rank family, how dare you act so impudently?!"

The strength of his voice imbued with spiritual energy was too much of a pressure to bear. It was like a huge mountain dropped onto her shoulder. Zhang Qianqian spurted out a mouthful of blood and curled on the ground as she whimpered in pain.

An Zhengnan would have killed Zhang Qianqian for her impudence if not for Ouyang Xueqing's displeased expression. The hand that he had imbued spiritual energy with froze in midair as he studied the girl.

Why…why did the princess' face look more solemn? Did he do anything wrong?

He scratched his head as he asked confusedly. "Princess, what do you want to do with her?"

She shot him a glare. "Did I ask you to attack?"

An Zhengnan was stunned. "No…?"

"Then why did you do it?"

Alas, An Zhengnan felt so aggrieved that he could cry rivers. I did it all for you ah, Princess! I did it to defend you! How could you brush me off like this? Sob sob…

In the end, he stepped back crestfallenly. One could almost see his imaginary ears lowered pitifully and his wagging tail dropped. Why did the princess not tell him that she didn't wish to attack her? Aiyah, it's not his fault ah…he felt so sad...

An Zhengnan didn't even realize that the girl that stood by his side had been looking at him like a dumbstruck lovesick fool for a while now. Precisely, even since he showed up in his majestic beast form.

If Ling Xiaochen wasn't in public right now, she would have been salivating like a hungry female wolf. All she could do now was to fangirl internally while kept stealing glances at him.

Wow, look at his side profile, those sharp yet languid gaze, those chiseled jawline…he's so handsome ah…slurp! Ling Xiaochen wiped the corner of her mouth.

Fortunately, she didn't drool.

As the two of them was absorbed in their own thoughts, Ouyang Xueqing finally took a step forward toward Zhang Qianqian who had resumed her kneeling position.

She really looked docile and terrified, with no traces of the arrogant and malicious woman before. If it's not for Ouyang Xueqing personally experience it, she wouldn't have believed that this aggrieved looking beauty was the one that had planned to harm her.

Her teary eyes were glistening as she pleaded. "Princess, I beg your mercy. I beg you. Please forgive me. Let me go, please…" She sobbed in distress. Even her crying face was simply art ah!

Ouyang Xueqing's mouth twitched as she steeled herself not to soften. It's really hard ah, beautiful people were her ultimate weakness, but at this moment, Ouyang Xueqing planned to teach her a lesson to set an example for the crowd not to offend her in the future.

It was like hitting two birds with one stone. En, very convenient.

Ouyang Xueqing harrumphed and folded her arms. "What? Weren't you all arrogant just now with the talk of making me your servant?" Thinking back to it, she was pretty annoyed. Pity that of everyone in the entire mainland, Zhang Qianqian had to meet her. Didn't she know that beating the bullies up was her life motto?!

"No…no, Princess. It was all a misunderstanding! This humble one didn't dare to…didn't dare to…"

"Do you like your reputation very much?" She sneered coldly. "Then I will give it to you!"

With a brush of her hand, all the dress covering Zhang Qianqian's body burned to ash, not even a single piece of cloth remained.

The crowd: "…"

Ren Yupei's mouth twitched as he turned his eyes away.

An Zhengnan cursed under his breath. What the hell had he just seen?!