Chapter 636: The Savage Princess
Princess Ankang also heard the noise inside and immediately walked in quickly with her people.

Although Taiqing Temple looks deserted from the outside, it is actually very lively inside.

I saw two groups of people confronting each other, one side was Taoist Sanxi with a group of Taoist priests, and the other side was a group of officials.

Judging from their clothes, they should be people from the county government.

Li Xuan remembered that Jinchengfang was under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County.

The previous magistrate of Chang'an had been exiled to Huizhou for his crimes, and no one knew who the new magistrate was.
But he doesn't seem to be a very smart person, otherwise why would he take the initiative to cause trouble for Taiqing Temple?
"This is our Taiqing Temple. Where else are you asking us to go?"

"I advise you not to push people too far, or you'll suffer the consequences!"

The Taoists at Taiqing Temple said this indignantly.

The older Taoist priests were relatively restrained. Although their faces looked unhappy, they did not say anything.

However, those young Taoist priests couldn't hold back and started to argue passionately with the other side.

"say what?"

"What are you little Taoists talking about?"

"You dare to threaten the police? I think you are tired of living!"

"If you have the ability, then do it. I want to see how powerful your Taiqing Temple is."

"Just try to move me if you dare!"

In front of the officers stood a greasy middle-aged man with a big belly. One could tell from his body shape that he was either a high-ranking official or a wealthy businessman.

Next, looking at his behavior of shouting and cursing, he is more likely to be a wealthy businessman. After all, it is hard to say what an official is like in private, but he has to have some dignity in front of his subordinates and would never lead a quarrel.

Moreover, the way this person stretched out his fat face and asked the Taoist priests of Taiqing Temple to hit him just to try it out, he really deserved a beating.

"Who said this is a place for you bull-nosed people? Open your eyes and take a closer look!"

"It's clearly written in black and white that this piece of land was passed down from my ancestors and has never been sold to a bunch of wild Taoist priests like you."

"If you know what's best for you, leave my territory immediately and don't let the officials get violent. Otherwise, it will be embarrassing for everyone."

In the man's chubby hand, a piece of paper was raised.

Li Xuan had good eyesight and could see clearly at once that it was a land deed.

The three little ones immediately understood what kind of trouble Taiqing Temple was facing.

Princess Ankang immediately stepped forward with her men.

When such a group of people walked in, they immediately attracted the attention of both sides.

"Who are you?"

"Taiqing Temple is closed for renovation and is not accepting pilgrims. Please leave immediately!"

When the fat man challenged Taiqing Temple before, these officers did not say a word. As soon as they saw outsiders coming in, they immediately sent people to drive them out.

But before they could get close, Xu Lang and the eunuchs in flowery clothes blocked them.

When the officers saw that something was wrong with the situation, they stopped immediately and put their hands on the hilts of their swords.

The other officers also saw that something was not right and hurried over to stand together, creating a powerful momentum.

"Who's in charge?"

Xu Lang asked coldly.

His question immediately made the officers lose a lot of confidence.

Seeing that he still stood so straight and spoke so firmly when they saw him, he must be someone they couldn't afford to offend.

When working in the capital, you can have poor martial arts skills, but you cannot be blind.

A man walked out of the crowd with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, his momentum was no less than Xu Lang's.

He walked out of the crowd, walked towards Xu Lang, and announced his name:

"I am the chief constable of Chang'an County. I don't know..."

Fang Li hadn't finished speaking, but he had already walked in front of Xu Lang.

When he saw Xu Lang's appearance, his eyes suddenly widened like a toad.

His originally powerful steps became chaotic, and his legs became as soft as noodles. Not surprisingly, they got tangled together, causing him to trip and fall to his knees with a thud. He then kowtowed without any embarrassment.

"I didn't know your Excellency had come to visit me. I am guilty, I am guilty..."

This sudden change almost made Xu Lang unable to control his expression.

He thought to himself, he hadn't even shown his name card yet, so why did Captain Fang kneel down first?

Not only was Xu Lang dumbfounded, even the police officers looked confused.

"Boss, who is this gentleman?"

They also wanted to kneel down, but they didn't know Xu Lang's identity, so they were a little hesitant.

"This is a senior official, you must not be rude!" Fang Li hurriedly ordered.

Although Fang Li was only a small constable in Chang'an County, he recognized Xu Lang and knew that he was a eunuch in flowery clothes from the Imperial Household Department.

How could ordinary constables like them afford to offend the people from the Imperial Household Department? Just one complaint of obstructing official duties would be enough to take their lives, and it would not be a problem to execute them first and report later.

Fang Li had seen Xu Langliang's name before at the Cross Hill Inn outside the city, so he recognized him at a glance.

When Xu Lang saw that Fang Li recognized him, he quietly put away the sign that was already in his hand.

In fact, for them, the most satisfying moment is showing the brand, but it was delayed by the person in front of them.

Xu Lang said unhappily: "If the nobleman wants to ask you a question, just answer it!"

"Yes, yes, yes..." Fang Li didn't dare to say no.

Seeing that they were sensible, Xu Lang stepped aside, revealing Princess Ankang behind him.

But when the officials saw Princess Ankang, those who had not yet knelt did so immediately.

"Greetings, Her Royal Highness. May Her Royal Highness be blessed with good health!"

The officers praised him, then knelt down on the ground in unison, kowtowing like crazy.

On the contrary, Fang Li, the head constable, was stunned for a moment, and then kowtowed a beat later.

While Fang Li was kowtowing, he took advantage of the chaos to ask his colleagues behind him: "Which princess is this?"

"The one who exiled County Magistrate Zhang to Huizhou!" someone answered quietly from behind.

Fang Li's heart suddenly trembled, and he knew who was in front of him.

"Princess Ankang!?"

Recognizing the person in front of him, Fang Li kowtowed even harder.

Princess Ankang looked at the official who was kowtowing to her with a strange expression. She turned to Li Xuan and Yu'er and asked:
"Has someone been impersonating me and bullying people in the city recently?"

Yu'er shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.

Li Xuan looked at the official on the ground, then looked at Princess Ankang.

It was obvious that they were frightened after seeing Princess Ankang's little face.

He couldn't help but think: "It seems that the little girl has become a little famous now."

"Very good, very good. Even if we can't say that we have defeated Princess Yan Zhao, at least this is a good start."

Li Xuan also shook his head at Princess Ankang, but his meaning was completely different from Yu'er's.

"It's you that these officials are afraid of."

Princess Ankang's lips pursed at Li Xuan's voice transmission.

She took out all her anger on the officials in front of her.

"Why are you guys making a fuss in the quiet of the Taoist sect?"

"You have disturbed my pleasure. Do you deserve this crime?"

Princess Ankang pretended to be unruly, which frightened the officials so much that they were scared to death, fearing that they would follow the same fate as their former superiors and be exiled to Huizhou.

"Don't dare!"

"Your Highness, please be aware of this. We absolutely dare not do this!"

Princess Ankang looked at them and they had become kowtowers, just shouting out their innocence.

She turned around and saw another person standing there stupidly. She pointed and shouted:

"That fat guy over there, why doesn't he kneel when he sees me?"

The fat man, who had been quite arrogant before, stopped shouting and was staring in a daze at a group of officials who were kowtowing like crazy to a little girl.

The fat man was suddenly pointed at by Princess Ankang, and he was so scared that his fat body trembled.

"Little, little, I am here to meet Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Although the fat man didn't understand what was going on, he still knelt down, kowtowed and shouted.

After all, a wise man never suffers a loss in front of him, and it seems that Princess Ankang and her group are indeed not easy to deal with.

The fat man actually guessed right about this.

"You fat guy, you're still hesitating to kneel when you see me, do you have any opinion about this princess?"

When the fat man heard this, a drop of cold sweat slid down his forehead.

He had lived in the capital all his life, but he had never heard of such a domineering princess in this dynasty.

According to the etiquette of Daxing, he did not need to kneel even when meeting the emperor. It was already in accordance with etiquette to bow and clasp his hands. But the princess in front of him seemed to take it as a daily routine for others to kneel down.

Even kneeling too slowly is not acceptable!

"I dare not, I dare not..."

The fat man could only follow the example of others and kowtow to explain.

The officials of Chang'an County were usually very powerful, but today they dared not even fart in front of the other party and could only kowtow.

Under such circumstances, the fat man did not dare to provoke Princess Ankang.

But just because he doesn't provoke her doesn't mean Princess Ankang will let him go.

"Don't you dare?"

"I think you are clearly disrespecting this princess!"

"To disrespect me is to disrespect the royal family!!"

"Someone, catch him for me!!!"

Princess Ankang pointed at the fat man and said arrogantly.

Li Xuan lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly in Princess Ankang's arms.

He almost forgot that Princess Ankang had read a lot of messy novels in the past.

Princess Ankang performed this classic scene with ease.

Yu'er tried her best to keep a straight face and hold back her laughter.

Only Xu Lang and other eunuchs in flowery clothes, relying on their excellent professional qualities, did not waver at all and carried out Princess Ankang's orders with a cold face.

They stepped forward, grabbed the fat man's arms, and broke them with a sharp sound.

The fat man immediately let out a shrill scream:
"what!!!"

"How dare you do this to me?"

"Is there still any law? Is there still justice?"

"May I ask which princess is so brave as to take human life so lightly?"

When the fat man saw how cruel they were, he knew that the situation would not end well, so he directly brought up the law and justice.

Otherwise, if he really falls into the hands of others, the fat man is afraid that he will not even have the room to resist.

He was also very clear about this kind of thing.

"Listen to me, you idiot."

Princess Ankang put on an arrogant face and was obviously very into the role.

But just as Princess Ankang finished her words, Xu Lang slapped the fat man twice. There were two crisp slapping sounds, which gave the fat man a startle and perked him up.

But these two sudden slaps left the three little ones stunned.

"Eh?"

Xu Lang felt a little embarrassed when the three kids stared at him.

The two slaps just now were purely professional habits. Normally, one has to cooperate when the superior says so.

But Xu Lang then remembered that Princess Ankang had no idea about these things and she had just accidentally triggered the key voice.

But the current atmosphere was obviously not the time to worry about these details. Princess Ankang calmed down, then got back into the role, intending to tell the fat man her name.

But at this moment, Yu'er stepped forward and said first:

"Listen carefully!"

"My master is the thirteenth princess of this dynasty, Her Highness Ankang!"

"You dare to disrespect His Highness? Wait for your entire clan to be exterminated!"

The fat man's eyes widened. He didn't expect that the master and servant, at such a young age, had such evil hearts, just like the cat in the princess's arms.

"You, you..."

The fat guy was so frightened by their display that he nearly peed his pants.

"Take it down."

Without waiting for the fat man to say anything more, Princess Ankang waved her hand and said.

The eunuch in flowery clothes received the order immediately and pushed the fat man out of the Taoist temple.

Seeing this horrifying scene, the officers were all silent.

But at this time, Princess Ankang asked them grimly:

"Are you guys in the same group as that fat guy?"

The officers immediately shook their heads like rattles and denied it repeatedly:

"I don't know, I really don't know!"

"Your Highness is very observant—"

Princess Ankang curled her lips and said to them:
"In that case, all of you get out of here."

"Don't disturb me from burning incense and praying for blessings!"

"Yes, yes, yes..." After hearing this, the officers dared not stay any longer. They ran away as fast as they could, wishing their parents had not given them two more legs.

When the Taoist temple became quiet again, the three little ones looked at each other and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

But before they could be happy for long, the Taoists came to greet them.

"I, Sanxi, am here to meet Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Taoist Sanxi was about to lead his disciples to kneel down, but Princess Ankang hurriedly stopped them.

"Master, you can't do that, you can't do that!"

Princess Ankang was not willing to let such an old man bow to her, so she quickly stopped him.

When Li Xuan saw this, he was so happy that he held his belly and laughed while leaning on Princess Ankang's shoulder.

Apparently, Taoist Sanxi was stunned by Princess Ankang's overbearing look just now.

Taoist Sanxi is also pitiful. As a third-rank warrior, he has to kneel down to a little girl princess.

"Master Sanxi is very flexible."

Li Xuan couldn't help but said in his heart.

"This……"

Taoist Sanxi looked hesitant, and the disciples behind him didn't know whether to kneel or not.

When Princess Ankang saw them like this, she immediately told them the reason for her visit.

"Master, I heard that someone has been causing trouble for Taiqing Temple recently, so I came to take a look."

"I saw that group of people just now and they didn't look like good people, so I just tried to scare them. You don't have to take it seriously."

After hearing this, the Taoists of Taiqing Temple became even more hesitant.

"Ah this..."

They know best what kind of people they are.

But these people could only kowtow and beg for mercy in front of Princess Ankang. This doesn't seem like something that can be acted out.

After all, regardless of whether Princess Ankang was arrogant or not, those officials were really scared of her.

It couldn't be that the officials were cooperating with Princess Ankang to act in the play, right?

Thinking of this, the Taoists of Taiqing Temple couldn't help but wonder if Princess Ankang was playing a trick on them.

Because there are many such bad playboys in the novels.

Taoist Sanxi, on the other hand, was calmer. Since Princess Ankang said so, he believed it.

"In that case, please come in and have a chat. I will also offer you a cup of tea to thank you for your help."

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble you, Taoist Priest."

Princess Ankang nodded and followed Taoist Sanxi inside.

The interior of Taiqing Temple is very simple, without any gorgeous pavilions or towers, nor any unnecessary decorations.

Everything in the Taoist temple looks very simple and ancient.

Princess Ankang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Master, I wonder why those people were causing trouble in the Taoist temple just now?"

Speaking of this, Taoist Sanxi couldn't help but sigh:

"The man previously detained by Her Royal Highness the Princess is named Niu, and he is a local wealthy businessman."

"Master Niu suddenly showed up with a land deed a few days ago, saying that the land of Taiqing Temple belonged to him and asked us to move out as soon as possible."

"Today they even sued the officials and brought the officers here to chase us away."

Princess Ankang couldn't help but ask, "Is the fat man's title deed real?"

"It seems to be true. There is an official seal on it, and the government has also acknowledged it." Taoist Priest Sanxi replied helplessly.

Finally, Taoist Sanxi added:
"But we also have a land deed with an official seal on it."

(End of this chapter)

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