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"No!" Bing'er subconsciously turned her head away, not daring to look at the manservant as she kicked towards Grandma Lu's back.

Just when the attendant's leg was about to kick onto the back of Grandma Lu's heart, a black clothed figure flashed before the attendant's eyes, then with a bang. With a "pu" sound, the servant's body was sent flying by someone's palm and heavily fell on the ground. The attendant couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood due to the heat in his throat.

With a sword in her left hand, ZhiNing glanced coldly at the servant lying on the ground, before turning around to support Grandma Lu, "Grandma Lu, forget it. Since Lord Shang Shu isn't willing to reverse the case for Lu Zhao, we'll look for someone else. Someone in the entire capital will definitely be willing to reverse the case for Lu Zhao." She would never have thought that Lord Shang Shu would order someone to injure Grandma Lu in public. If she had arrived a step later, Grandma Lu's life might have been in danger.

"How dare you, Chen Zhi, injure Lord Shang Shu's men!" The two guards who had been standing aside all this while pointed at Zhining and shouted.

Zhining ignored the questioning of the two guards, she still supported Grandma Lu and whispered softly in her ear, "If Master Shang Shu had been willing to reverse the case for Lu Zhao, he wouldn't have ordered people to beat you up and heavily injure you in the hall in front of so many people."

Grandma Lu stood blankly on the spot, tears rolling down her cheeks. She raised her head and helplessly looked at the sky, asking in a sad and bitter manner, "Why? Why is it that even though my son was wrongly accused, no one is willing to avenge him? Why? Does the heavens really want my son to die in vain? "

Zhining looked at Grandma Lu with a pained expression. Even though she knew that the President couldn't possibly overturn the case against Lu Zhao, she still turned around and clasped her hands together, respectfully bowing to the President in the carriage as she pleaded, "Sir, I, Chen Zhi, have absolutely no intention of offending you. Only, I have many doubts regarding the Lu Zhao case.

"Servants, Chen Zhi has offended everyone, and his eyes are undisciplined. Take him down and make an example for us." The Minister in the carriage ordered the guards outside the carriage in a cold voice.

A few guards immediately stepped forward, drew their great swords from their waists, and encircled ZhiNing. The two guards who had been holding Bing'er hostage let her go, drew the sword at their waists, and went forward to surround her with the other guards.

As soon as Bing'er was free, she rushed forward to support Grandma Lu, who was on the verge of collapsing. She helped her to stand aside so that the guards wouldn't hurt her with their swords.

ZhiNing coldly glanced at the few guards, then glanced at the Minister in the horse carriage. She had not expected that the Minister would not even ask, wanting to capture her. Since Lord Shang Shu was so heartless, there was no need for her to …

He had to leave some face for the Minister. She quickly attacked a few of the guards, and before they could even react, they had already been knocked down to the ground by Zhining.

ZhiNing didn't pay attention to the guards who were lying on the ground, instead, she looked at the Minister in the carriage with an ice-cold expression, as if she could see through him through the curtain of the carriage.

She cupped her hands, bowed her head, and respectfully said to the President in the carriage, "Sir, your subordinate has enough evidence in my hands to prove that Lu Zhao is innocent. I plead for Your Excellency to promote Lu Zhao and restore his innocence." No matter what, she had to give it a try and once again plead with the honored tutor to reverse the case for Lu Zhao. For Lu Zhao, for Grandma Lu, and for Bing'er.

"Impudence! The case against Lu Zhao has long since been decided. Lu Zhao himself has also admitted to the crimes he committed. He willingly placed his palm on the confession letter." "And you, not only did you stop my carriage, but you also injured my guard. What crime are you going to commit?" The Minister opened the curtains of the carriage and sat in the middle of the carriage, glaring fiercely at Zhining with a pair of eyes that had experienced many vicissitudes of life. It was as if that gaze wanted to kill Zhining on the spot.

The crowd standing to the side had long been scared stiff by the sinister look in the Minister's eyes. They didn't even dare to look at the horse carriage. He did not want the Minister to be unhappy and vent his anger on them.

The entire street immediately became silent. Other than the occasional horse's cry, there was no other sound.

She thought that Lord Shang Shu was someone who understood right and wrong. Even if he didn't reverse the case for Lu Zhao, he should at least have heard from them how they could prove that Lu Zhao was innocent. However, she didn't expect that not only did Lord Shang Shu not listen to her explanation, he even wanted to punish her for her crimes! How could she tolerate this? Even if she were to be punished by the Minister, she wanted everyone present to know that the Minister was overbearing and did not want to reverse the case for an innocent person. He was not worthy of being a good official!

Thinking of this, Zhining couldn't help but straighten her back and look coldly at the furious Sir Shang Shu, criticizing him, "Sir, there is sufficient evidence to prove that Lu Zhao is innocent. You actually refused to be promoted to try the case against Lu Zhao again; you're disregarding human lives, you're not worthy of being a parent!"

Master Shang's hands could not help but clench into fists. His face was ashen as he looked at Zhining, "Come, take him down. If there's any resistance, stab him to death on the spot!" No one had ever dared to blame him! Even the current emperor had never accused him before. How dare a mere guard like Chen Zhi accuse him?

With regards to the guards beside her, ZhiNing did not even put them in her eyes, because they were simply not her match. However, she had no choice but to take notice of his dignity because she was a member of the yamen. Although she resented him, he could not rebel against him on the streets.

ZhiNing took a deep breath, then threw the treasured sword in her hand to the ground.

"Zhining?" Bing'er, who was standing aside, looked at Zhining with a puzzled expression. She could not understand why Bai Zhining would throw the sword in his hand to the ground.

ZhiNing turned her head, shaking her head towards Bing'er, signaling her not to act rashly and not to worry about her.

The guards who had just gotten up from the ground glanced at each other, then stepped forward and grabbed ZhiNing's arm, intending to carry her away.

"Wait a moment." A loud yet somewhat lazy voice came from outside the crowd.

The originally packed crowd immediately opened up a path for the voice.

Zhining was very familiar with this voice, but, what was he doing here?

She couldn't help but follow the voice's direction with curiosity. She saw that Southern Sea was dressed in dark blue and black embroidered clothes. The corner of his mouth still had a faint smile as he slowly walked to her side from outside the crowd. Behind him were Chen Jiaxue and Wang Chen.

Chen Jiaxuan was standing not far behind Southern Ocean, right next to Zhining. He turned his head in disdain, not even sparing Zhining a glance.

ZhiNing did not look at him. Whatever she did was wrong in the eyes of the Chen family guards. However, she believed that she would do what was right. She would no longer have the eyes and opinions of the Chen family guard.

Nanhai walked up to Zhining, put away his faint smile, then cupped his fists in front of him, and politely said to the Minister who was sitting in the horse carriage, "Student greets teacher."