"Stop fighting! Stop fighting!"
On the other side, Cao Huan was jumping up and down anxiously.
If any of these two were to get into trouble here today, he would be the one to suffer.
"Idiot! Hurry up! Separate them!"
Just as he was shouting at the top of his lungs to urge them to separate, he suddenly saw a man coming out from behind the pile of rocks on the opposite side. He took a closer look and was overjoyed. He didn't have time to think about how he suddenly came out from behind the pile of rocks. He rushed up to him and bowed: "Pei Sicheng, you are here! Hurry! Help me separate the two of them!"
This eunuch Cao was highly valued by Yuan Zhi and was a well-known eunuch under the Palace Administration. He usually liked to put on airs in front of other officials, but when he saw Pei Xiaoyuan, he bowed to him repeatedly as if he had met his savior.
Pei Xiaoyuan strode forward, snatched a sword with its sheath from a nearby palace guard, approached the two people who were still fighting fiercely, pushed the sheath into the middle, swung his arm and exerted force, and pushed the two men apart in one go.
Cheng Ping fell backwards, and Yuwen Zhi fell to the ground. Both of them had blood on their faces, their official robes were torn, and they were both gasping for breath, staring at each other, as if they wanted to eat each other alive.
"Hold them down! Hold them down!" Cao Huan immediately ordered his men to move forward. This time, the men split into two groups and rushed forward, some holding down the arms, some holding down the legs, until they finally held each of them firmly.
"Let them go!" Pei Xiaoyuan shouted.
The palace supervisors and guards were startled. They looked at Cao Huan and then at Pei Xiaoyuan. Seeing that the Jinwu Guard Chief, who had only been in the capital for more than a month, had a sullen look on his face and eyes as sharp as swords, they could not help but slowly let go of their hands.
As soon as Cheng Ping was free, he jumped up from the ground: "Brother Jun Yan! This dog slave—"
"Shut up!" Pei Xiaoyuan interrupted him.
Chengping was stunned.
"You two, leave the palace immediately!"
He glanced at Chengping and Yuwenzhi and said.
"If you want to fight, go outside and get your swords and kill to your heart's content. If you dare to stay here for another moment, don't blame me for not giving you face. I will immediately send you two to the Jinwu Prison for the crime of staying in the palace when you should have left, disturbing the emperor, and punishing you according to the law!"
He looked slightly angry and spoke with authority. After he finished speaking, there was silence. Cao Huan, who was about to step forward and speak, hesitated and stopped, looking at the prince and the heir of the Prince's Mansion.
Maintaining palace order is one of his duties, and if he really handles it in this way, it is within his authority.
Chengping fell silent.
Yuwen Zhi slowly got up from the ground, stared at Pei Xiaoyuan, then glanced gloomily at the pile of rocks not far behind him. Without saying a word, he brushed off the few leaves of grass that were stuck to his body and turned away.
After Yuwen Zhi left, Chengping looked around, hesitant, and looked at Pei Xiaoyuan again, as if he wanted to say something else, but was interrupted again.
"Now that the Crown Prince has left, why does Your Highness want to stay?" Pei Xiaoyuan said coldly.
Chengping gritted his teeth, stopped talking, and turned away.
After the two men disappeared, Pei Xiaoyuan turned to Cao Huan and spoke again, his tone normal: "Eunuch Cao, what do you think of the way we dealt with it just now? If there is anything wrong, the eunuch will go back and inform Deacon Yuan, and he will punish him severely."
Cao Huan remembered the news he had heard before. On the night Pei Xiaoyuan arrived in Beijing, the prince held a banquet to welcome him at Chunfeng Tower. As a result, he met the prince of Pingxi County and they almost fought with swords on the spot.