He simultaneously raised his hand towards Yun Shu.
His hand was so tightly wrapped that not even a fingernail was visible.
Zhan Tianhong was furious, almost jumping up to drive the Regent out.
How dare he use a commanding tone to ask Yun Shu to treat his hand!
Yun Shu's eyes, which concealed her sharpness, swept towards Zhan Ming. "I cannot."
Three direct and decisive words.
Zhan Ming immediately felt his face lost, and looked at Yun Shu with some indignation, "You dare to refuse me? The Saint Hand Divine Doctor is already treating me, and I am asking you to treat me merely to give you some face."
"The Regent's face can be given to others. I do not need it," Yun Shu replied with an extremely cold tone.
What kind of nonsensical dog thing, wanting her to treat him?
He must be dreaming!
Zhan Tianhong, seeing Yun Shu's decisive refusal and her complete lack of fear towards Zhan Ming, felt even more that Yun Shu was remarkable.
"You!" Zhan Ming was furious.
Good Yun Shu, to repeatedly disregard him!
It seemed that if he didn't deal with her properly, she would never know his might!
Moreover, he held the secret that was hidden from the world, so he wasn't afraid of her being out of control.
"Since the Saint Hand Divine Doctor is treating the Regent, there is indeed no need for Miss Yun Er to intervene. Furthermore, I am not in any serious condition now, so the Regent can rest assured. If there is nothing else, the Regent should return to his manor as soon as possible to recuperate," Zhan Tianhong said with an impatient tone.
Zhan Ming let out a cold laugh, "Does His Majesty really not wish to see this subject? I was worried about His Majesty's health all the way here."
His wings had truly hardened!
"I was merely concerned about the Regent's health. The Regent is overthinking," Zhan Tianhong said indifferently.
The uncle and nephew, both professing concern, showed no signs of it on their faces.
Each more heartless than the other.
Yun Shu watched their unspoken battle unfold.
Calmly, she put away her silver needles, then stood up and said to Zhan Tianhong, "His Majesty's health is no longer a concern. This commoner will take her leave."
Zhan Tianhong was reluctant to let Yun Shu go. He bit his lip, but had to swallow his words of retention in front of the Regent. "Alright."
Another day...
He would have to wait for another day to visit her outside the palace.
Yun Shu walked towards the door.
Just two steps out, she was stopped by Zhan Ming again.
Zhan Ming looked down at Yun Shu, whom he had blocked, and said with a half-smile, "Miss Yun Er, I am well aware of your secret."
He knew nothing.
Yun Shu shot him a cold glance and sidestepped him.
Why had Zhan Tian Ye, her opponent, never eliminated such a disgusting person?
Instead, he let this man continue to cause trouble?
He was truly an eyesore.
After Yun Shu's decisive departure, Zhan Ming no longer concealed his intentions. He coldly raised his eyebrows and said to Zhan Tianhong with a smirk, "Your Majesty has truly surprised me."
"The Regent will have many more reasons to be surprised by me in the future. If there is nothing else, the Regent may withdraw," Zhan Tianhong said, sitting upright, his hands clenched on his knees, emanating an aura unfitting for his age.
He was the Emperor.
What was there to fear?
Zhan Ming's gaze grew increasingly sinister.
It seemed that in the years he had been away from the capital, Zhan Tian Ye had indeed made the Emperor bold, completely forgetting his methods!
Since many people in the capital had forgotten what kind of person he was, then he would let them all remember.
A moment later.
Yun Shu had just stepped out of the palace gate.
As she was about to board the carriage of the General's manor, she was intercepted.
Yun Shu looked at Zhan Ming, who blocked her path, a flicker of impatient coldness in her eyes.
"Yun Shu, I know your secret. If you don't want to become the laughingstock of the capital, tell me now, who healed your face, and who taught you medicine, and where are they?" Zhan Ming asked in a low, threatening voice.
He hadn't expected that the people he sent out hadn't found anyone yet, but he had a lead after just one visit to the palace!
An absolutely unexpected bonus!
The person who taught her medicine? Yun Shu looked at Zhan Ming with a half-smile. "The Regent claims to know my secret, but I actually know a secret of the Regent's as well."
Zhan Ming narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean?"
"Your hand was injured by a poisonous spider when you grabbed my son, wasn't it?" Yun Shu countered with a smile.
"Aren't you afraid I'll reveal to the world that you gave birth to children?" Zhan Ming asked with a venomous tone.
Yun Shu chuckled softly. "If the Regent helps me announce it to the world, I will thank you. It would be exactly what I want."
Her three children, Xiao Jing and the others, were born through her hard work. They came into this world to live openly. Now that many people knew their identities, what was she afraid of?
Seeing Yun Shu's utter indifference, Zhan Ming suddenly felt a surge of anger.
Damn it!
This woman before him was so uncontrollable.
"Are you truly not afraid? If the people of the capital find out about this, do you think Lord Yi would still want to marry you? As for Prince Ye, he already despises you; he will only think that you deliberately gave birth to children to try and use them to secure your position. He will absolutely not let you enter Prince Ye's manor. As for General Yun, he will be dragged down by you and become the laughingstock of the entire capital! Yun Shu, you are smart right now. You should understand my methods well. Don't try to provoke me. Tell me, who was the one who saved you back then!"
Yun Shu rolled her eyes. Using children to secure her position?
She had no intention of marrying Zhan Tian Ye at all.
"Why doesn't the Regent try to spread this matter throughout the capital first? As for the secret the Regent has been painstakingly hiding, I believe it will be more shocking than my situation when it is revealed. Shall we try it together?" Yun Shu asked with a relaxed tone.
She gave Zhan Ming a choice.
Zhan Ming immediately narrowed his eyes, staring at her with extreme vigilance. "What do you know about my secret?"
"What I know is far more than the Regent can imagine," Yun Shu's voice was clear and elegant, like heavenly music, yet it carried a bone-chilling coldness.
A gust of wind swept by.
It was like a biting cold wind.
Zhan Ming suddenly realized that Yun Shu before him was deeply hidden, and by no means someone as easy to control as he had thought!
He even had a feeling that Yun Yue Yin absolutely did not understand the real Yun Shu.
"Are you threatening me?" Zhan Ming asked with a cold narrowing of his eyes.
Yun Shu couldn't be bothered to answer Zhan Ming. Instead, she glanced at his hand. "If it hadn't been dealt with in time, your hand would have been crippled."
Suddenly, a thought struck her.
She curved her lips again, her smile somewhat radiant. "If the Regent wants to heal his hand, just kill Yun Yue Yin with your own hands, and then announce to the world that the father of Yun Yue Yin's unborn child is someone else, not you. I guarantee your hand will be completely restored. How about it?"
The dog-eat-dog drama was truly the most entertaining.