Tearing the Prince's Clothes after Withdrawing Marriage
Chapter 173: After All, She Was Hurt

Chapter 173: Chapter 173: After All, She Was Hurt

"Do you also wish to fight me?" Chu Qianli lifted her head to meet Han Zhan’s gaze.

She stood against the wind, facing the questioning and accusations of an entire family alone.

Her silhouette looked unspeakably delicate, but she stood up straight!

Between her brows, there was not a hint of fear!

For a moment, Han Zhan was captivated.

It was as if he had returned to the time of the battle at Phoenix Mountain and saw the tenacious imperial aura on her face.

"Han Zhan." The woman beside him tugged gently at his sleeve, her voice soft as water, "Han Zhan, you don’t need to offend her for my sake, I’m afraid..."

"You don’t have to be afraid of her." The reason Han Zhan had lost was snapped back by Chu Huaiyu’s voice.

He had actually been so lost staring at Chu Qianli just now.

Wasn’t it Huaiyu whom he liked? How could he keep losing his soul looking at this woman time and again!

He truly owed Huaiyu an apology!

Feeling guilty in his heart, Han Zhan’s attitude toward Chu Qianli became even colder:

"Hand over the keys and the Token, get the people in the storehouse to leave, or else, don’t blame me for not being polite!"

"How could you be impolite?" Chu Qianli stepped back defensively and called out, "Guards!"

At her command, over a dozen guards lurking around the courtyard instantly gathered around her, forming a protective circle.

The people of the Duke Residence were startled and collectively took two steps back.

When had this wretched girl managed to gather so many experts in the courtyard without them noticing?

The only one who might know was perhaps only Han Zhan.

He had long been aware that there were experts everywhere in this courtyard.

Until now, he still didn’t understand where she had found all these experts from?

"Do you think a mere dozen people can stop me?"

Although they were all experts, Han Zhan believed he could handle them.

The experts in the courtyard were nothing; the true masters were those at the storehouse.

As long as they guarded the storehouse, neither Chu Hongtao nor the Duchess could get in.

The storehouse didn’t really matter much to Han Zhan.

And these people here wouldn’t be able to stop him.

However, a fight would undoubtedly cause a great commotion.

If word of this got out, it would negatively affect the reputation of the Duke Residence.

"I know your Martial Arts skills are superior, but if they join me, you might not necessarily win."

Chu Qianli’s Martial Arts might be inferior to his, but he had witnessed how quick, accurate, and ruthless her needle strikes were!

"Do you really wish to raise your hand against me?" Han Zhan’s eyes darkened.

He hadn’t expected that one day he would actually have to fight her.

Although he detested her immensely, he didn’t want to hurt her unless absolutely necessary.

"Shouldn’t I be the one asking you that?" Chu Qianli took a step forward, not giving an inch!

"You wretched girl, hand over the keys!" The Duchess suddenly charged forward, her hand raised to strike Chu Qianli’s face.

She was an old woman, and the guards didn’t know whether they should stop her.

A moment’s hesitation allowed her to reach Chu Qianli.

Chu Qianli reacted instinctively.

The Duchess’s body was so frail that a push from her sent her crashing to the ground with a thud.

"Mother!"

"Old Madame!"

"Grandmother!"

A commotion erupted instantly as people shouted in alarm, crowding around her.

"You...you... you actually raised your hand against your grandmother!" Chu Hongtao was so furious his eyes reddened, and he lunged at Chu Qianli like a madman.

This turn of events was indeed somewhat unexpected.

The guards were Imperial Family experts, capable of protecting Chu Qianli in danger.

But the Duchess and the Grand Tutor were clearly defenseless.

Facing such vulnerable people, they couldn’t make a move.

It happened in the blink of an eye, Chu Hongtao had charged up to Chu Qianli.

"You wretched girl, I’ll beat you to death!" He raised his hand to strike.

Chu Qianli retreated two steps, easily dodging, "If you keep this up, don’t blame me for not holding back!"

"I’m your father! How dare you raise your hand against me?"

With so many onlookers, let’s see if this damned girl really is so brazen as to be ruthless to her own father!

Chu Hongtao lunged again, and this time he managed to grab hold of Chu Qianli’s clothing.

His intention was merely to force her to kneel and apologize to the Duchess.

But, perhaps even Chu Hongtao himself did not expect that his tug would actually tear Chu Qianli’s clothes.

Sight of her collar nearly being torn off by him, Chu Qianli, acting on instinct, pushed him away with a palm.

What she didn’t remember was that Chu Hongtao was truly a fragile scholar without a hint of martial arts.

That palm strike sent him flying outwards.

"Don’t hurt Father!" Chu Huaiyu screamed and rushed over to grab Chu Qianli, "Don’t!"

"Grand Tutor!" Han Zhan stepped forward swiftly, catching Chu Hongtao before he fell.

Unexpectedly, when he turned back, he saw Chu Qianli’s palm about to fall on Chu Huaiyu.

"Huaiyu!" Worried about Chu Huaiyu getting hurt, Han Zhan mistepped and in a flash, was by their side.

"Chu Qianli, you’ve gone too far!" He supported Chu Huaiyu with one hand and the other, driven by anger, sent a fierce palm strike toward Chu Qianli’s shoulder.

Han Zhan was the Duke Residence’s top fighter, capable of holding his own for a few moves even in front of Feng Yexuan.

This showed just how formidable his martial arts were!

Although the guards arrived as quickly as they could to rescue her, Han Zhan’s palm strike had still hit Chu Qianli’s shoulder.

Too fast and too vicious, Chu Qianli had no chance to dodge.

With a whoosh, her slender body was thrust outwards, and with a thud, she hit the tightly shut door.

With a booming sound, the door fell down.

Chu Qianli lay on top of the door, head to the side, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, almost losing consciousness from the palm wind’s shock.

"Miss Lili!" The butler who had been guarding the Duke inside rushed out.

A dozen guards quickly surrounded Chu Qianli, protecting her.

But she had ultimately been injured by Han Zhan.

Her shoulder blade already bore an injury, not yet fully healed.

With the old injury compounded by the new, it felt as if her bones were completely shattered, and the pain nearly caused her to faint multiple times.

Han Zhan hadn’t expected himself to strike so hard in the heat of the moment.

It wasn’t intentional, but he truly hadn’t anticipated how reprehensible Chu Qianli could be.

Not only did she injure her own grandmother, but she also harshly attacked her father, and she even intended to harm Huaiyu.

That was why he had reacted.

Now seeing Chu Qianli stand up awkwardly with blood at the corner of her mouth, holding her evidently injured shoulder, he unconsciously let go of Chu Huaiyu, wanting to take a closer look.

By his side, Chu Huaiyu let out a frail whimper, "Han Zhan, I... I hurt."

The soul Han Zhan had lost seeing Chu Qianli injured was instantly snapped back to reality.

Turning his head, he saw Chu Huaiyu looking wobbly and uncertain where she was injured, but she appeared to be in bad shape.

"Huaiyu..."

But he had injured Chu Qianli...

"Want to hit me again?" Chu Qianli lifted her hand, wiping away the blood from the corner of her mouth.

With heavy steps, she walked slowly to the front of everyone.

"The keys and the Token are in my hands. If you have the guts, come and snatch them back. I’ll face you to the end!"

Blood stained her lips and face from what she had spat out earlier.

Her face, due to the severe pain from the shoulder wound, was as pale as paper.

Yet she still stood straight and tall.

In that moment, her presence was so daunting that everyone in the courtyard dared not even let out a peep.

Chu Qianli glared at them, her voice deep and severe, "If you don’t dare, then get the hell out of my sight!"