Ning Chen and Pan Yucheng were silently praising Feng Qizheng for growing up and learning some sense when a clear voice rang out beyond the door.

"This officer, Yue Congyun, asks to see my lord prince!"

Ning Chen smiled. "Come in!"

Yue Congyun came in, in full armor, looking fine and dashing.

On her way past Feng Qizheng, she shot Feng Qizheng a cold look.

Feng Qizheng laughed weakly.

Ning Chen smiled and asked, "You want me for something?"

Yue Congyun bowed. "My lord prince, this officer has something to say."

Ning Chen was a little taken aback. "Say it straight out!"

Yue Congyun hesitated, then said, "This officer believes it is truly wrong for my lord prince to hand out women as rewards, as though they were objects."

"Women are weak to begin with, no more than a man's appendage... this officer joined the army to raise women's standing, so that women are not treated like goods, bought and sold or given away."

"My lord prince is skilled in war and stratagem, far-famed, a hero everyone in the Great Xuan looks up to, and once said things like 'Who says a woman is not the equal of a man?' and 'a woman's headdress gives no ground to a man's beard,' which filled this officer with admiration."

"My lord prince is free to kill those women, but please do not hand them out as rewards like goods... this officer believes it damages my lord prince's good name."

When she had finished, Yue Congyun knelt. "This officer has given offense to my lord prince and knows her guilt... and asks my lord prince to punish her!"

Without thinking, Ning Chen looked at Feng Qizheng.

Feng Qizheng turned his head away guiltily.

Ning Chen was speechless. If he had guessed right, Yue Congyun had run into Feng Qizheng as he was taking those four Xiliang women back... and the little shit had turned around on the spot and sold him out, claiming he'd been given the four Xiliang women as a reward.

That's inhuman, Ning Chen said inwardly.

He looked at Yue…