Seeing Xue Wenjie's expression, Consort Chao trembled internally, her voice shaking. She grabbed Xue Wenjie's sleeve and growled, "Tell me, did you do something?"
Xue Wenjie's gaze turned cold. He pushed Consort Chao away and said, "This King will go bring Zixuan back now."
"Xue Wenjie, if anything happens to Zixuan, I will not rest until I'm done with you," Consort Chao shouted from behind him.
Xue Wenjie walked out with a grim expression. His aide, Jin Ming, approached him and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, has something happened?"
"Are all arrangements in place?" Xue Wenjie asked, his face still shadowed.
Aide Jin Ming nodded. "Your Highness, rest assured. Even if Xue Zining had three heads and six arms, he wouldn't escape your grasp this time."
"Halt all operations."
Aide Jin Ming froze, asking incredulously, "Your Highness..."
"This King said to stop all operations immediately, right now." Xue Wenjie's final word was practically a roar.
"Your Highness, you absolutely cannot! This is a golden opportunity. If we miss it today, then..."
Unfortunately, before he could finish, Xue Wenjie kicked him away, roaring, "Doesn't this King know it's a golden opportunity?"
Did he not feel regret? But that was his son. Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs, let alone someone with flesh and blood.
Jin Ming was almost knocked breathless by Xue Wenjie's kick, but he still scrambled to Xue Wenjie's feet, saying with a look of sorrow, "Your Highness, if you miss this chance, your grand ambitions will be delayed. Are you willing?"
Xue Wenjie's body stiffened. Jin Ming continued, "Your Highness, there is only one chance, and..."
He didn't finish. The Regent was not a fool; how could he not understand his implied meaning?
"Prepare the horses. This King will go himself." With that, Xue Wenjie flicked his sleeve and left.
Seeing that Xue Wenjie did not give the order to halt operations before leaving, Jin Ming slumped to the ground, letting out a sigh of relief.
At the hunting grounds, Xue Zining rode her horse. Unlike Xue Zixuan, she was not genuinely enjoying the thrill of the hunt. She was looking around, refusing to believe that Xue Wenjie would remain indifferent after she had given him such a golden opportunity.
However, glancing at Xue Zixuan, who was happily playing with a captured little rabbit, she raised an eyebrow, wondering what Xue Zixuan truly meant to Xue Wenjie.
"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of provoking the Regent by acting this way?" Hua Yunjin asked with some concern.
"Even if I didn't come, he would find any excuse to summon me. And at that time, with Xue Zixuan not by my side, what do you think our chances of winning would be?" Xue Zining looked up and asked Hua Yunjin.
Hua Yunjin froze.
Seeing this, Xue Zining said, "Therefore, it's better if we strike first. Yunjin, Zixuan is our protective charm. Remember this at all times."
"Sister, Sister, look! The little rabbit is really eating grass," Xue Zixuan exclaimed happily, pointing at the grazing rabbit as if he had discovered something new.
Xue Zining replied in a gentle voice, "Of course, it's real."
As she turned away, her smile vanished completely. "Look, he's also very happy. This can also promote the affection between us siblings, can't it?"
Hua Yunjin felt a chill run through her heart.
Xue Zining sighed, "Unless Xue Wenjie still retains a shred of humanity. After all, even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs."
"Help... help me..." A faint voice drifted from not far away.