Yun Shu’s gaze was cold as she stood up and directly pushed open the door, walking out.
The next moment, two hidden guards from the Regent’s mansion blocked her path.
Concurrently, people emerged from the rooms next door.
Yun Shu looked at Zhan Tianye, who was pushed out by Qiu Lu. Their eyes met. As she listened to the ear-piercing screams, she said to Zhan Tianye, “Let’s go see the Regent.”
“The Prince has just ordered that without his summons, whether it be the Night King, the Ning King, or Miss Yun the Second, all are to rest soundly in their rooms,” the guard said, not daring to be too harsh with Zhan Tianye and Zhan Tianyu.
However, they could not disobey the Regent’s orders.
Zhan Tianyu glanced in the distance and asked with a calm expression, “What is Sixth Uncle doing?”
“We, your subordinates, do not know what the Prince is doing. It should not be anything major, please rest assured, Ning King,” the guard replied, then gestured towards Zhan Tianyu, inviting him to return to his room to rest.
He also gestured for Yun Shu and Zhan Tianye to return to their rooms.
“Ah!”
Another wave of heart-wrenching roars echoed.
Yun Shu’s heart sank.
Zhan Tianye gestured for Qiu Lu to push him.
Several guards immediately moved to block Zhan Tianye.
“If you don’t want to die, scram,” Zhan Tianye snapped coldly.
His imposing aura stunned the guards into a momentary freeze, and they dared not stop him.
Yun Shu followed behind Zhan Tianye.
After the two of them left, Zhan Tianyu and Jiang Luoxi exchanged glances.
Jiang Luoxi’s eyes were dark, her heart filled with gloom. She had once again been ignored by Zhan Tianye.
She was staying right next door; he only needed to glance slightly to see her.
“Miss Jiang seems to have something on her mind?” Zhan Tianyu asked gently.
Jiang Luoxi smiled and shook her head, “I have nothing on my mind. I am just a little worried about the Regent.”
“Let’s go and take a look together,” Zhan Tianyu suggested gently.
Jiang Luoxi had no objections.
It was a good opportunity to see what the Regent was up to this time.
The screams, she surmised, must be from the man impersonating Yun Shu. Was the Regent taking out his anger on that person?
The guards were dumbfounded, never expecting that these people would completely disregard their words and leave at will!
Considering their identities, they dared not stop them further.
At this moment.
Under the light of a lamp.
The man, beaten and bruised, lay on the ground, barely clinging to life, gasping for breath.
Zhan Ming sat in a chair, holding a whip, his face contorted with ferocity, his eyes glinting with bloodlust.
Perhaps he was enjoying himself too much, seeing the man so wretched. He could not stop laughing with glee.
“You dog! How dare you deceive me?!”
Zhan Ming cursed Lu Hao furiously.
Lu Hao, who was beyond feeling pain, harbored immense hatred and bitterness. He bared his teeth and snarled, “What do you mean I harmed you? You are seeking your own death! Regent, you cannot have offspring, yet you insisted on being cured quickly. Did you think there was such a good thing in the world? That you could be cured quickly? You dreamt! It’s all your own fault! I see it now, you can come out to torment people again because you’ve eaten some miraculous elixir, haven’t you? Do you think eating a miracle elixir will allow you to rest easy? Regent, I tell you, even if you survive tonight, you won’t last much longer!”
Lu Hao ranted with immense satisfaction!
He suddenly realized that since he could not escape the Regent’s grasp anyway, he might as well curse to his heart’s content!
It would be best if he could infuriate the Regent to death!
Indeed, Zhan Ming was so enraged that he stood up, grabbed his whip, and was about to strike Lu Hao again. “You’re courting death!”
The moment the whip was about to fall heavily on Lu Hao.
Suddenly, a voice rang out, “The Regent is not yet fully recovered and is still plagued by illness. Losing your temper now will only worsen your condition.”
Truly, those who seek death, even heaven will not stop them.
He swept a glance at Lu Hao on the ground.
There wasn’t a single uninjured spot on his body. His face was a bloody mess, bruised, swollen, and unrecognizable.
If one didn’t know the person was Lu Hao, anyone else would not have recognized him.
Lu Hao had already resigned himself to death.
Just as the whip fell, causing him excruciating pain, he felt a sense of liberation.
Then, he heard what?
His master’s voice!
His master had arrived!
His master had come again!
He knew his master was compassionate and wouldn’t abandon him!
He forced his eyes open and looked towards Yun Shu.
Seeing Yun Shu and Zhan Tianye arrive, Zhan Ming immediately frowned with displeasure. “I was merely teaching a lesson to someone blind who attempted to harm me.”
“It’s nothing. All of you, go back and rest,” Zhan Ming ordered dismissively.
He had forgotten in his excitement of whipping someone that the guests in the mansion hadn’t heard such horrific screams.
It had startled them.
It wasn’t a big deal originally.
Just a mere Lu Hao.
He hadn’t killed him yet because he wanted to draw out the person behind Lu Hao.
Suddenly, Zhan Ming thought of something. He narrowed his eyes and scrutinized the two before him.
They had arrived so quickly. Could they be the people behind Lu Hao, coming to rescue him?
Otherwise, why would they have returned?
Zhan Tianye stared at Lu Hao and asked, “Who is he?”
This question deepened Zhan Ming’s suspicion. Could the people behind Lu Hao be someone else entirely?
Yun Shu was a divine physician, and Lu Hao had impersonated Yun Shu. If she were truly Yun Shu, she would never allow someone to tarnish her reputation.
Therefore, they might not be involved.
Then, could it be… his good nephew, who had just returned to the capital and come to deliver medicine?
For a moment, Zhan Ming’s vision was clouded with confusion.
With a pale face, he said coldly, “A servant who has no eyes.”
“A servant with no eyes? What did he do to anger Sixth Uncle?” Zhan Tianyu, who arrived later, asked with confusion.
Zhan Ming was already suspicious of Zhan Tianyu, and now Zhan Tianyu himself had arrived. His eyes darted around, and he sneered, “A mongrel bought by someone to take my life.”
“Since Sixth Uncle cannot afford to get angry now and needs to rest well, this small matter of interrogating a prisoner can be left to the people in the mansion. However, if Sixth Uncle trusts me, then hand this person over to me. I will interrogate him, and perhaps I can uncover some secrets that Sixth Uncle wishes to know,” Zhan Tianyu said, his tone suddenly changing.
Jiang Luoxi was not interested in the person lying on the ground. She was curious as to why the Ning King would personally interrogate him.
Upon hearing this, Zhan Ming’s gaze towards Zhan Tianyu became unfriendly.
Yun Shu watched the two of them impassively.
What was going on with this Zhan Tianyu?
“Hand him over to me? My good nephew, you are truly looking out for Sixth Uncle. You gave me the divine medicine, and now you want to interrogate a mongrel for me. You are truly Sixth Uncle’s good nephew,” Zhan Ming said with a forced smile.
Zhan Tianyu frowned upon hearing this and continued, “Since Sixth Uncle does not trust me, then should we hand him over to Fifth Brother?”
Yun Shu’s eyebrows shot up as she looked at Zhan Tianyu.
Zhan Tianye also looked at Zhan Tianyu.
Lu Hao was stunned.
No way? He was going to fall into the Night King’s hands so easily? Being taken away by the Night King meant he would regain his freedom!