My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!

Li Mansion.

Night.

Li Nuo sat in the study, playing with two Death Exemption Tokens in his hand.

One of them was given by his father.

The other, by the Princely Heir of King Han.

When dealing with Li Yuan, a third-ranked noble could produce a Death Exemption Token, let alone King Han Mansion.

As he had expected, to save the people of the Wang family in Jinyang, King Han Mansion did not hesitate to use a Death Exemption Token.

All Death Exemption Tokens looked exactly the same and had no specific numbers. The court always recognized the token and not the person, so if one lost it, they could blame no one but themselves.

However, few people were as careless as the Princely Heir of King Han.

Li Nuo carefully stored away the two tokens, and just as he was preparing to return to his room to rest, his body suddenly shivered slightly.

A faint wave of energy emanated from within his body, but he quickly suppressed it.

Li Nuo lowered his head, looking at his hands with a look of surprise.

He had felt this before and naturally knew what it meant.

The Third Realm of Legalism.

After more than half a year, his cultivation had finally broken through again.

In fact, he had been stuck at the bottleneck for a long time, needing only the right opportunity.

Li Nuo immediately looked towards the Law Code.

The quantity of portraits in the Law Code had not changed, but the portrait of Wang Hang, who was sentenced to death today, had grown much dimmer.

This meant that he had died.

Wang Hang was the opportunity for his breakthrough.

When he sentenced Wang Hang to death, Li Nuo's lifespan increased by a full two hundred days.

That was four times that of Li Yuan.

It seemed, in the eyes of the Law Code, Wang Hang's status was more honorable than Li Yuan's or perhaps the crimes he committed caused greater harm to society.

Li Nuo was somewhat surprised.

He did not expect Wang Hang to die so easily.

When he had killed Li Yuan, it had been a complicated process, ultimately requiring him to act personally.

He would have to visit the Ministry of Justice tomorrow to inquire.

As Li Nuo was about to rest, he heard a voice from outside. He walked out to the courtyard and said, "Father."

Li Xuanjing stopped and asked, "Still not asleep at this late hour?"

Li Nuo replied, "I was just about to."

After a pause, he asked, "Father, about Wang Hang..."

Before he could finish, Li Xuanjing said, "Wang Hang, ah, he's dead. The Ministry of Justice is tight on funds recently. Keeping him one more day means preparing his meals for another day. To save some expenses, we executed him overnight."

Li Nuo was stunned, then said, "It's alright, I'm going back to my room to sleep. Father, you should rest early too."

The local regions and the Ministry of Justice had to go through the Ministry of Justice for review before executing a death penalty.

He himself was the Minister of Justice, judging and reviewing by himself, decided when executions should happen, all within legal bounds.

With his cultivation breakthrough, his worries were over.

That night, Li Nuo, holding his wife, slept particularly soundly.

Early morning.

King Han Mansion.

King Han also got up slightly earlier today; he needed to go out, to visit several nobles, to ask for a Death Exemption Token.

As long as he opened his mouth and was willing to offer them a certain compensation, this task was not difficult.

This time, when going to the Ministry of Justice, he would hold the Death Exemption Token tightly, surrounded by guards inside and out, not giving any chance to those lurking in the shadows.

Before he could leave King Mansion, King Mansion's steward came running up quickly and said, "Prince, the Ministry of Justice has returned young master Wang Hang!"

King Han paused, his face showing a look of astonishment.

Li Xuanjing actually released him?

Could it be that after thinking it over all night, he finally realized that he did not want to provoke the Wang family?

He looked at King Mansion's steward and asked, "Where is he?"

Moments later, King Han walked to a mat covered with a white cloth, lifted the cloth, and saw a body with a severed head underneath. His body swayed, and he staggered back several steps, supported by the steward to stabilize.

The person was sent back, but it was a corpse.

He truly dared to kill a member of the Wang family!

"This thought appeared in his mind only for a moment before King Han chuckled self-deprecatingly.

He was Li Xuanjing after all, a man who feared no one, whether they be Confucian, Legalist, from a famous family, high officials, or nobles. What was a mere Wang Hang compared to him?

"Sister!"

A richly dressed woman staggered over, but upon seeing the white cloth and straw mat, she let out a piercing scream and fainted.

Li Qian caught her immediately and instructed, "Take the heir's wife down to rest, and call for two female doctors!"

He slowly walked forward, lifted the white cloth to look, and then sat down on the ground with a thud.

Wang Hang had died just like that.

The legitimate son of the Jinyang Wang family, a relative of the King Han Mansion, someone he had seen almost daily for years, had just died.

Decapitated, his eyes wide open in death.

He couldn't understand how King Han, being the Eldest Imperial Prince and he himself the Princely Heir to King Han, could scheme so intensely to revenge himself on a mere subject, yet couldn't contend with an ordinary woman.

And when that person sought revenge on him, he could only watch helplessly as his distinguished brother-in-law was reduced to a corpse.

King Han looked at him and calmly asked, "Are you satisfied now?"

Li Qian, pointing at Wang Hang's body, asked, "Is this matter really concluded just like this?"

King Han asked, "Isn't the death of one Wang Hang enough?"

Wang Hang had died, yet he still thought to quell the situation. Li Qian couldn't help asking, "In the end, Father, are you the prince or is he, Li Xuanjing, the prince?"

King Han didn't respond, but coldly said, "Starting now, you cannot step out of the King Mansion for three months. As for the matters of Happy Building, you need not interfere anymore..."

Li Qian didn't say another word, his face barely hiding his disappointment. Being the Princely Heir to King Han felt so suffocating, he might as well be Li Xuanjing's son...

...

The death of Wang Hang meant little to the common folk.

Too many died in the Ministry of Justice, and many citizens were even unaware of the incident.

But for the nobles and officials of Chang'an, it was undoubtedly an earthquake.

Although Wang Hang wasn't born a noble or in an official's family, he was no ordinary character, and his sudden death stirred shock in many quarters.

The legitimate son of the Wang family, the brother of the heir's wife of King Han, both titles honored above those like Li Yuan and the Fengyang County son.

Many with keen senses had already sniffed out some clues.

The Ministry of Justice's reopening of old cases was too sudden.

That wasn't Li Xuanjing's style.

But if tied to the case from the day before, it all made sense.

The Fengyang County son case was clear by court standards, but it still had too many suspicions.

If assuming the King Han Mansion was behind that case, everything fitted perfectly.

With Li Xuanjing's vindictive nature, there's no way he'd let King Han Mansion off easy.

He had Wang Hang arrested and executed overnight, denying King Han any chance to save him.

That was his response to the incident.

Holding power over both the Ministry of Justice and Spiegel Bureau, even the Regent Prince should think twice before targeting Li Xuanjing's family, lest he couldn't withstand the retaliation.

Most people, unconcerned, treated the situation like spectators.

For other princes, however, it was a welcome sight.

They relished the idea of King Han and Li Xuanjing fighting, the fiercer, the better, hoping they would both be significantly weakened.

But the lack of reaction from King Han Mansion after Wang Hang's death was somewhat disappointing to some.

King Rui was particularly disappointed.

Without a doubt, King Han was the most powerful among the princes, backed by the Jinyang Wang family. If he fought Li Xuanjing to the end, both sides would be severely damaged.

Despite his disappointment, he felt rather good.

Last time, being falsely accused of assassinating Li Xuanjing's family had cost him dearly. Seeing King Han in trouble now, he felt some satisfaction, and visited Furong Garden with great interest.

After a joyful visit, as he was leaving Furong Garden, a figure stepped out from a magnificent sedan at the gate.

King Rui paused, then clasped his fist and said, "Greetings, elder brother."

King Han looked at him, chuckling lightly, "Little Brother seems in good spirits."

King Rui didn't catch the implied meaning and said, "I've heard about Wang Hang's situation already, elder brother, my condolences."

Knowing that he was behind the scenes, this condolence sounded exceptionally ironic. King Han's fist clenched inside his sleeve as he said, "Little brother is indeed clever. I admit, I underestimated you before, but I won't anymore..."

King Rui, looking puzzled, asked, "What clever trick, what did I do?"

Seeing his expression, King Han coldly laughed and said, "Not only are your tactics brilliant, but your acting is also impeccable. Admirable, truly admirable. This account, I will settle slowly with you..."

After saying this, he turned and entered his sedan.

King Rui watched his sedan departing, standing there perplexed and muttered, "What tactics, what acting, I don't understand a single word he said?"