The mistress is reborn, no one who bullies me can escape

Meng Jincheng was standing there with a determined look on his face, his eyes as sharp as torches, staring straight ahead.

Seeing this, Runanji rushed forward, opened his arms, and blocked Meng Jincheng's way.

Runanji frowned and said solemnly: "Lord Meng, have you ever thought about the serious consequences of your actions?"

However, Meng Jincheng had only one thought in his mind at this moment - to confirm whether the emperor was inside.

He responded without hesitation: "Sir Run, the emperor is now in my territory. As the ruler of a place, I have the responsibility and obligation to pay attention to the safety of the emperor. If the emperor encounters any accident here, who should bear the blame?"

Runanji knew that he was responsible for maintaining the dignity of the Jin State. He straightened his back and righteously responded, "Lord Meng, if you insist on breaking into this place today, you must step over my corpse! Otherwise, don't even think about entering."

When Meng Jincheng heard this, he felt even more depressed.

He knew that the situation had reached a point of tension, but in order to confirm whether the emperor was really in there, he could not care less.

So, he gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Come here! Quickly bring Lord Run to this city lord!"

When the soldiers heard the order, they were stunned at first. They obviously did not expect that Meng Jincheng actually intended to arrest Run Nanji.

They looked at each other, a little at a loss for a moment.

Seeing that the soldiers did not take any action, Meng Jincheng became furious and his face became extremely ugly.

He widened his eyes and shouted, "What on earth do you mean? Do you dare to disobey the orders of this city lord? Hurry up and do it!"

After being yelled at by Meng Jincheng, the soldiers woke up as if from a dream, and moved their feet one after another, surrounding Run Nanji...

Runanji was already on full alert and showed no fear of these soldiers.

He was standing there with an upright posture, his eyes firm and sharp, as if he had seen through everything that might happen next.

Meng Jincheng thought to himself that it would be a pity to kill the man in front of him. It would be the best choice if he could use him for his own purposes.

But... at this moment, even if I want to kill him, I have to break in.

Just like that, the two of them refused to give in to each other, and the confrontation between them made the atmosphere around them instantly become extremely tense.

When the guards gradually approached Runanji, they heard a "swish" sound, and he drew the sword at his waist without hesitation. With a flash of cold light, a fierce momentum came towards them.

Meng Jincheng knew that if he retreated at this moment, he would never have any chance again, so he gritted his teeth and ordered loudly: "Go!"

At this critical moment, a low cough suddenly came from the room.

When the guards who were about to rush forward heard the voice, their bodies suddenly stiffened and the movements of their hands also stopped.

Meng Jincheng was immediately horrified, his face pale as paper. He widened his eyes and roared angrily, "Stop! Stop right now!"

Seeing this, Runanji let out a long sigh of relief.

Because he knew very well that this coughing meant that the emperor had returned.

Then, he said respectfully towards the room: "Your Majesty, I don't know if I have disturbed your rest. Please forgive me."

Although Meng Jincheng was dissatisfied and disgusted with Ling Yan, on the surface they were still the emperor and his subject, so he did not dare to be negligent. He immediately knelt on his knees and kowtowed in fear and trepidation to apologize: "I have disturbed the emperor and committed a crime of disrespect. I beg the emperor to show mercy and forgive me."

At this time, Ling Yan's extremely cold and angry voice slowly came out from the room: "City Lord Meng, you are so grand and majestic! Don't you really take me seriously?"

Meng Jincheng's face turned pale. "Your Majesty is wronged. It is because I care about you too much that I am worried about your safety. That is why I insisted on seeing you. I am very happy to know that you are safe and sound."

Ling Yan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a sneer, staring at Meng Jincheng with a sharp gaze, and taunted: "City Lord Meng is so excited, is he hoping that I will die?"

Meng Jincheng's heart tightened, he knew that Ling Yan was already angry at this moment.

He knew that it would be difficult to calm down the raging anger with just a few sweet words, so he frowned, pondered for a moment, and then fell to his knees, saying tremblingly: "Your Majesty, please calm down! I am extremely terrified! I only care about your safety, but I didn't expect things to develop to this point. My sincere heart for your Majesty is as bright as the sun and the moon, and the heaven and earth can bear witness to it!"

Although Ling Yan was extremely angry, his reason told him that if he rashly executed Meng Jincheng at this moment, he and Xue Jinhua would probably find it difficult to leave southern Xinjiang safely.

Thinking of this, he suppressed his anger and said through gritted teeth: "City Lord Meng, this is only the first time, and it won't happen again! If it happens again, don't blame me for being ruthless and ungrateful, because then I will make the entire Nanjiang City be buried with you!"

Upon hearing this, Meng Jincheng crawled out of the room as if he had been pardoned.

After he left, Runanji, who had been guarding outside the door, breathed a sigh of relief and then hurried into the house.

Ling Yan was seen sitting upright on a chair, his face looking terribly gloomy.

Seeing this, Runanji's legs softened and he fell to his knees with a thud. He said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, you finally returned safely! If Your Majesty had not returned in time, I really don't know what I would have done."

Ling Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

In fact, at the beginning, deep down in his heart, he hoped to stay with Xue Jinhua, but Xue Jinhua firmly asked him to leave first and told him that Meng Jincheng was suspicious by nature.

Ling Yan was somewhat skeptical about this statement at the time, but facts eventually proved that what Xue Jinhua said was true.

"Forget it. In that case, you should immediately arrange for people to continue to closely monitor all of Meng Jincheng's actions. Once any abnormal situation is discovered, it must be reported to me immediately!" Ling Yan frowned slightly and ordered solemnly.

Runanji, who was standing aside, nodded quickly and agreed, saying that he would follow the instructions.

At the same time, after Meng Jincheng walked out of the room, he asked the guards beside him with a gloomy face: "Didn't you swear before that there must be something strange here? How come there is still nothing to find? What is going on?"

The guard lowered his head tremblingly, and answered with a trembling voice: "I...I really don't know. Maybe, as you guessed, the emperor is very angry at the moment, so he deliberately concealed his whereabouts."

"Perhaps he just wants to disturb the city lord's mind so that he can reveal his flaws in panic."

Hearing this, Meng Jincheng frowned tightly and fell into deep thought.

He thought to himself: Ling Yan, Ling Yan, what are you planning? Is it really like what the guard said, just to lure me into a trap? But if it is really that simple, why go to so much trouble......

For a moment, all kinds of thoughts flashed through Meng Jincheng's mind, making him increasingly confused about what Ling Yan's real intention was.