Of course, You Chenghui only dared to think this to himself, he wouldn't have the audacity to complain directly to Duke An's face.
Ye Xinyan personally filing the complaint made it clear she intended to give You Chenghui a hard time and didn't want the capital's yamen to handle the matter perfunctorily.
Indeed, with Miss Ye's notorious reputation, the sight of her delivering the complaint to the government office in the presence of many astonished onlookers surely meant that no official would dare treat the matter lightly.
Just as Ye Xinyan had anticipated, You Chenghui indeed didn't dare treat it lightly.
Even though Prince Fu was undeniably the powerful party in this lawsuit, Miss Ye was not someone to be trifled with. She had seen the emperor, received the emperor's edicts, been reprimanded by the emperor, and had come out unscathed—and she was a woman.
