You can't hide your thoughts when you're not around the capital year-round!
You blurted out your true intentions.
You've hurt your grandson's feelings for no reason!
It made him feel rather awkward.
Zhan Tianye was used to it, but he was curious about one thing, "Grandfather, you've always mentioned a close friend in your letters. Who exactly is this little friend?"
Old Master Qin chuckled twice. "My little friend is no ordinary person! I'll tell you when my little friend wants people to know her identity."
Zhan Tianye frowned. "Grandfather, you haven't been to the capital in a long time. Be careful not to be deceived."
"What is there to deceive this old man about! You can't fool me! Put your mind at ease!" Old Master Qin put on a stern face. He detested hearing anyone badmouth his little friend!
Not even his closest grandson was exempt.
"Where's Xiao Li? My great-grandson?" Old Master Qin peered around, unable to find Zhan Xiao Li.
Qiu Lu quickly said, "This humble servant will go fetch the young prince. He'll be overjoyed to know that the Old Master is here!"
"Good, good, go quickly! I've been thinking of him all this time. I wonder if his little temper has become any more cheerful! Why is he so much like his father with his temper!" Old Master Qin frowned as he spoke.
He truly felt for Xiao Li.
Soon, Qiu Lu brought Zhan Xiao Li over.
Zhan Xiao Li was extremely happy to hear that Old Master Qin had arrived.
Xiao Ran came over.
Seeing Zhan Xiao Li, Old Master Qin quickly opened his arms. "Come here, come here! Oh my, my precious great-grandson!"
Zhan Xiao Li hugged Old Master Qin. "Great-grandfather."
His voice was milky and tender.
It made Old Master Qin beam with joy. "You've grown taller, grown taller, and put on some weight! Good, good!"
Zhan Xiao Li liked his great-grandfather very much, but his great-grandfather didn't live in the capital.
"Oh my, you're looking more and more like your father!" Old Master Qin looked at Zhan Xiao Li's face, which so closely resembled Zhan Tianye's, and his heart ached.
He hoped heaven would be kind to Xiao Li!
And not like his father!
Zhan Xiao Li frowned, his small brows furrowed. "I'm like my mother too!"
Zhan Tianye also knitted his brows.
Old Master Qin, being sharp as ever, caught the undertone. He turned to Zhan Tianye and said, "I heard you personally sent the betrothal gifts to marry the Li family's daughter?"
"Mm."
Old Master Qin's brow furrowed. "Is Xiao Li's birth mother not good enough?"
Zhan Tianye's face turned cold. "That woman is unworthy."
The mere thought of Yun Yueyin being the one who gave birth to Zhan Xiao Li made him feel uncomfortable all over.
He even had an incredible thought: if it were Yun Shu who gave birth to Zhan Xiao Li, he might not feel so disgusted.
Old Master Qin understood the underlying reasons and could only sigh.
He thought to himself that Xiao Li was truly unfortunate.
Zhan Xiao Li, however, said coldly, "My mother might not even look at you, Father."
Even when Father was spitting blood, Mother didn't even want to look at him.
If he hadn't begged his mother, Father might have died.
Zhan Tianye's gaze suddenly turned sharp as he looked at Zhan Xiao Li. "What did you say?"
His back stiffened.
Yun Yueyin had abandoned Zhan Xiao Li and left back then because she knew he had become crippled.
Zhan Xiao Li said coldly, "I don't like Miss Li. She's very bad!"
Zhan Tianye let out a cold laugh. "You like Yun Shu?"
"Mm! I like her. She's the one who deserves to be my mother!" Zhan Xiao Li nodded immediately.
Unfortunately, he wanted his father to marry his mother, but his mother looked down on his father!
"Don't even think about it!" Zhan Tianye said coldly.
When Old Master Qin heard the name Yun Shu, he was a little taken aback. Could it be the same person?
He rolled his eyes.
He didn't ask.
He would ask when he met the person tomorrow.
"Stop arguing, stop arguing. Have that Miss Li come over the day after tomorrow. I'll take a look," Old Master Qin interjected to stop the quarrel.
If a father and son had personalities that were too similar, it would be disastrous!
Why weren't they like him?
He had been cheerful since childhood.
...
Deep in the night.
A middle-aged man carrying a satchel entered the Prince of Night's mansion.
He came before Zhan Tianye.
After only a few words, he began to feel Zhan Tianye's pulse.
After taking his pulse, his face gradually filled with shock.
He looked at Zhan Tianye in disbelief.
"Didn't the message say that His Highness had two episodes of poisoning?"
"That's right!" Qiu Lu nodded.
Jiang An's face was filled with disbelief, even shock. "Impossible, this is impossible."
"Ah? Why is it impossible?" Qiu Lu was puzzled.
Zhan Tianye furrowed his brows. "What's going on?"
"His Highness's two poisoning episodes were very perilous. Even if I were there, I might not have been able to wake His Highness so quickly. It would have taken at least three to four days of unconsciousness, and I would have had to administer detoxifying medication. But His Highness's message said that after being rescued, he woke up very quickly. This is simply miraculous medical skill!" Jiang An said with extreme shock.
Qiu Lu was even more shocked. "Is that true? To be able to wake His Highness up so quickly, is this medical skill so miraculous? Could it be comparable to that Divine Doctor?"
Zhan Tianye narrowed his eyes. Yun Shu's medical skills were even more formidable than he had imagined!
Jiang An paused for a moment, then shook his head. "I haven't had the honor of meeting the Divine Doctor, but according to rumors, the Divine Doctor's medical skills are unmatched. Perhaps the person who saved His Highness is not as good as the Divine Doctor, but their skills are definitely not far off."
"Really?" Zhan Tianye's gaze suddenly turned cold.
Jiang An nodded. "It's true, I wouldn't dare to speak carelessly."
Qiu Lu's eyes widened as he looked at Zhan Tianye. "Your Highness, Second Miss Yun's medical skills are indeed so incredible! No wonder she could save the Emperor and Your Highness! If the Divine Doctor continues to refuse to see us, can we ask Second Miss Yun to step in?"
Second Miss Yun is too amazing!
"Since this person could make His Highness wake up quickly twice, perhaps she can also think of a way to completely detoxify His Highness. Also, this time I have found enough medicinal herbs, along with the several snow spirit snakes in the mansion, we can suppress the poison in His Highness's body." Jiang An said, as he opened the satchel he carried on his back.
It was filled to the brim with medicinal herbs.
"Use these herbs to suppress it first," Zhan Tianye ordered.
Qiu Lu raised a question. "Your Highness, why not try asking Second Miss Yun to help?"
"If she were to help, and made an excessive demand, would you agree, or would I?" Zhan Tianye looked at Qiu Lu with icy eyes.
Qiu Lu was stunned for a moment. "Second Miss Yun doesn't look favorably upon this humble servant either."
Zhan Tianye's gaze immediately turned cold. "It seems you have feelings for Yun Shu?"
Qiu Lu's eyes almost bulged out. "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare!"
"Go, tomorrow order someone to follow my grandfather and see who he is meeting! If someone is trying to deceive my grandfather, tie them up and send them to prison!" Zhan Tianye commanded in a deep voice.
"Yes!" Qiu Lu immediately scrambled out.
...
The next day.
When Yun Shu woke up and stepped out of her room, she heard laughter coming from not far away.
Yun Changfeng was practicing his sword.
Yun Xiao Jing was flattering him from the side, "Too amazing! Too, too amazing! Wow, wow, wow!"
Yun Shu's lips twitched.