I insist

Chapter 210: Sentencing

She quickly followed the group inside, and Song Miqiu saw Yan Yufan standing next to the prefect.

Perhaps sensing Song Miqiu's gaze, Yan Yufan turned his head to look. Seeing Song Miqiu looking at him, he smiled and waved to her.

The prefect was smiling and talking to Yan Yufan about what to write, but when he saw Yan Yufan's actions, he followed the direction Yan Yufan was looking and saw Song Miqiu.

Not long ago, the prefect had met with Song Miqiu.

His face was extremely pale, and when he saw that Song Miqiu and Yan Yufan were acquaintances, his face became even worse.

The prefect was truly surprised that he casually kicked out someone who seemed to have no power in order to protect the hoodlum, since the hoodlum had some influence behind him.

But he didn't expect that Yan Yufan was actually backing this old woman.

He felt a chill run down his spine. The prefect smiled and lowered his head, gently wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. He swallowed hard, unsure of what to do.

The people arrived quickly. The prefect sat on the desk, rubbing his hands, and watched as the thug and Qiu Tianlei were brought in together.

Yan Yufan sat down with Song Miqiu to the side, quietly observing the prefect's actions.

This made the prefect dare not be careless in his work.

Perhaps the thug hadn't expected that he had such a powerful background, and he was genuinely puzzled as to why he had been arrested. He loudly demanded that the prefect release him.

These words made the prefect break out in a cold sweat. He subconsciously looked at Yan Yufan and saw the other man smiling at him.

The prefect knew they weren't fools and couldn't be easily fooled, so he could only conduct a normal interrogation, using torture to extract confessions from Qiu Tianlei and the thugs.

Seeing this, Song Miqiu was furious. It was clearly the thugs who had done something wrong, so why did Qiu Tianlei have to torture them to extract a confession? Why not just punish the thugs directly?

"Don't rush." ​​Yan Yufan stood up, tilted his head towards Song Miqiu, and said in a low voice, "With me here, the prefect won't dare to slack off on this matter."

"Is that really the case!" Song Miqiu clearly saw that the prefect had always wanted to favor the thugs, but she didn't want this matter to pass easily, lest the thugs cause trouble for Tian Yumei and Qiu Tianlei again next time.

She was determined to punish them and teach them a lesson, lest word get out and everyone say that her family was easy to bully.

The words of punishment were on the tip of the magistrate's tongue, but he couldn't bring himself to say them.

The thug is backed by the Vice Minister. If he is blamed, and the thug later seeks out the Vice Minister, wouldn't the Vice Minister cause trouble for him because of the thug's actions?

The prefect didn't want to get into trouble with the vice minister, so he rolled his eyes and turned his gaze to Song Miqiu and Yan Yufan.

The prefect initially wanted to tell Song Miqiu to let it go, but considering Yan Yufan by her side, he could only earnestly persuade her, "The power behind this person is probably not easy for your family to deal with. Why not just let it go, so that no one can be in an awkward position later!"

Song Miqiu placed her hands on the wooden chair, raised her eyes and looked coldly at the prefect, and said in a deep voice: "If you don't help us bring the bad guys to justice, then we will spread this matter among the people in the future, and let them see how much the prefect they have been flattering really loves his people!"

The prefect was slightly displeased; he never expected that he would be threatened by a commoner.

However, since neither of the prefects wanted to offend anyone, they patiently persuaded Song Miqiu, even asking him to be patient and let the matter pass.

This infuriated Song Miqiu, who then questioned the other party, "If your family were bullied or endangered, would you let them just endure it?!"

The prefect was speechless. Seeing that Song Miqiu was unyielding, he sighed and simply sentenced the hoodlum to prison.

Since she wanted to offend Vice Minister Zhou, the Prefect had no objection. As long as she didn't come after him, everything was negotiable.

When Vice Minister Zhou learned of this news, he was so angry that he didn't eat a single bite of food.

He found out that the man was just an imperial physician.

The thugs' actions were minor, but for a mere imperial physician to dare to cause trouble over him clearly showed that he didn't take him seriously!

This infuriated Vice Minister Zhou. Considering that Lin Yecheng was the head of the Imperial Medical Academy, he lost his appetite and went directly to the Lin family to demand an explanation from Lin Yecheng.

"Song Miqiu?"

Upon hearing Song Miqiu's name, Lin Yecheng glanced at Vice Minister Zhou from head to toe, and asked in confusion, "Did Song Miqiu do something to you too?"

"You don't know this, but even after the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture persuaded her to reveal her identity, she still insisted that the other party sentence one of my men. Isn't that a slap in my face?!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yecheng chuckled for a moment, then gently placed his hand on Vice Minister Zhou's shoulder. "These are all minor matters. You have no idea how Song Miqiu bullied me when she came to the Imperial Hospital!"

Thinking of Song Miqiu from before, Lin Yecheng felt a headache coming on and wanted to cover his head. He glanced at Vice Minister Zhou, sighed heavily, and poured out his grievances to him.

In Song Miqiu's eyes, there was no distinction between different levels of power. He dared to directly confront anyone except the Emperor and the women of the harem.

Lin Yecheng had no idea how many times Song Miqiu had angrily confronted him, and he simply couldn't find an opportunity to retaliate, which was a real headache for him.

"You are a member of the Lin family, the head of the Imperial Medical Academy, and have a younger sister who is the Emperor's favorite concubine. Under these circumstances, you still don't dare to teach Song Miqiu a lesson?"

Minister Zhou asked in surprise, after all, everyone would be careful around Lin Yecheng's identity, so how come Song Miqiu was almost fearless?

"I want to too!" Lin Yecheng said helplessly. "Do you think I don't want to? I also can't stand Song Miqiu. She has been helping Consort Lin and even made Consort Lin able to get pregnant again."

"Furthermore, she is a highly skilled doctor and treats the Empress Dowager. Given all these reasons, do you think I would dare to deal with Song Miqiu casually? If she speaks ill of me to the other ladies and the Empress Dowager, would I still have the position of head of the academy?"

Minister Zhou was surprised for a moment. He grabbed Lin Yecheng's arm repeatedly, his eyes filled with disbelief. "What did you just say? Say it again."

"If Song Miqiu speaks ill of me in front of those people, wouldn't I be in danger?" Lin Yecheng looked at Minister Zhou in confusion and repeated what he had just said.

But the other person shook their head, frowned, and said, "Not this one."

Seeing this, Lin Yecheng carefully considered their conversation and said in a low voice, "Her medical skills are superb, and she also treated the Empress Dowager, for these reasons..."

"Stop!" Vice Minister Zhou asked incredulously, "She really treated the Empress Dowager?"

"Yes."

Vice Minister Zhou never expected that his subordinate's casual provocation would lead to the provoke of such a powerful figure!