"You good-for-nothing Yun Xiao Jing, how dare you run away from home! You made us search for you everywhere these past few days!"
Ruan Xi grabbed Yun Xiao Jing and reprimanded him repeatedly.
He intended to settle the score with Yun Xiao Jing.
Yun Xiao Jing hadn't expected to be caught by Ruan Xi. After struggling a few times without breaking free, he said indignantly, "Hmph! Let me go quickly!"
"Let you go, so you can run off again?" Ruan Xi gritted his teeth. He must have owed Yun Xiao Jing in his past life to be tormented by him in this one!
He hadn't been back to the capital to enjoy good wine, good food, and beautiful women every day, only to spend his days looking for Yun Xiao Jing.
"I want to save Mother!" Yun Xiao Jing was speechless. Mother had been thrown into prison, he didn't want to run away!
Ruan Xi paused for a moment, raised an eyebrow, and released Yun Xiao Jing.
He pointed to a spot not far away.
They saw two people being carried onto carriages not far away.
The Dali Temple personnel were all in a panic.
Ruan Xi said with a half-smile, "Do you know what happened to those two?"
Yun Xiao Jing shook his head.
"I just received news that those two tried to bully your mother, but were taught a good lesson by her," Ruan Xi said, unable to hide the smile on his face.
The clever Yun Xiao Jing understood immediately. "They saw Mother in prison and thought she was easy to bully, so they went to bully her, but Mother beat them up instead! Mother is just amazing!"
Yun Xiao Jing was exceptionally proud.
Ruan Xi nodded. "So, don't worry, your mother will be fine. We'll keep an eye on things."
"Come with me and stay at my manor. You're not allowed to wander off again!"
Yun Xiao Jing was a little reluctant. "I miss Mother."
"You miss your mother, yet you ran away from home? Tell me, what have you been doing these past two days?" Ruan Xi narrowed his eyes, examining Yun Xiao Jing.
He always felt that Yun Xiao Jing was hiding something from them.
With Yun Shu gone, he had to find out.
Yun Xiao Jing's eyes flickered.
"I went to play! It was too boring living at your place!"
Ruan Xi's eyes widened. "My place is boring? What do you want that you don't have? Plenty of people to play all sorts of games with you!"
Little rascal!
He suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"How come I feel like you've got a secret? And this secret is being kept from me and your mother?" Ruan Xi was no ordinary person.
Few people could pull a fast one on him!
"Hmph! I won't tell you!" Yun Xiao Jing was also quite stubborn.
The matter of him meeting his scumbag father and brother absolutely could not be known!
Ruan Xi knew Yun Xiao Jing's temper. Seeing this, he understood that Yun Xiao Jing would not easily reveal the truth.
He wasn't in a hurry either.
He would let Yun Shu ask when she got out of prison.
"Let's go," Ruan Xi said.
Yun Xiao Jing shook his head. "Mother isn't afraid of being bullied. What if my maternal grandfather is bullied? I want to find a way to see my maternal grandfather!"
He had just thought of a plan!
"Your maternal grandfather?" Ruan Xi didn't quite understand at first.
"Yes, Grandpa is old. What if he's bullied? I'm the man of the house now, I need to protect them!" Yun Xiao Jing raised his chubby little arms, acting as if he were very strong.
Ruan Xi was speechless. "Have you forgotten who your maternal grandfather is? He's a legendary general! One roar on the battlefield might scare a couple of people to death. And you're saying your maternal grandfather might be bullied?"
Yun Xiao Jing pouted. "Then... then why were my maternal grandfather and Mother arrested? And someone even wanted to bully Mother in prison?"
"That's because they're blind." Ruan Xi didn't hesitate. Anyone who wanted to come over and step on Yun Chang Feng at this time was simply out of their minds.
Yun Xiao Jing pointed at a rat by the wall. "If I let the rat dig a hole, I can get in to see Grandpa!"
Upon hearing this, Ruan Xi's mouth twitched violently. He grabbed Yun Xiao Jing by the shoulder and hoisted him up, "Stop talking nonsense, let's go!"
"Put me down!" Yun Xiao Jing struggled.
Ruan Xi completely ignored him.
The figures of the man and the child disappeared beyond the walls of the Dali Temple.
At the same time.
Zhan Tian Ye, who had just returned from the palace, entered his manor.
Ruan Xi received a message from a hidden guard.
He then quickly relayed this message to Zhan Tian Ye.
"The young masters of the Li and Wang families went to prison to drug the second Miss Yun, intending to bully her there."
Zhan Tian Ye's eyes darkened slightly. He raised his head. "Have they bullied her yet?"
His voice was extremely cold.
Even, at this moment, for some reason, he felt an uncontrollable irritation in his heart.
Qiu Lu shook his head, a hint of surprise on his face. "Just as they were about to bully the second Miss Yun, she kicked both of them... there. I heard she kicked accurately and hard."
Under the influence of the drug, and being bullied by two strong men.
Any other woman would have been overpowered by now.
Yet, the second Miss Yun was able to fight back, preventing them from bullying her any further.
Zhan Tian Ye's cold eyes instantly became calm as frost.
Not far away,
A small figure ran over.
He ran to Zhan Tian Ye.
His small face was filled with anxiety.
However, when he reached Zhan Tian Ye, he first frowned slightly.
He knew that Father didn't like Aunt Yun Shu, but he had to say it to save Aunt Yun Shu.
"Father, Aunt Yun Shu has been arrested and thrown into prison. Can you go and save her?"
Zhan Tian Ye looked down at Zhan Xiao Li.
Zhan Xiao Li, who usually showed little expression towards anyone, was asking him to save Yun Shu, someone he had only met twice.
Seeing that Zhan Tian Ye didn't speak, Zhan Xiao Li became anxious. "Father!"
"She'll be fine," Zhan Tian Ye said only these few words.
After hearing Zhan Tian Ye's reply, Zhan Xiao Li felt relieved.
If Father said she'd be fine, then Aunt Yun Shu would definitely be fine.
...
Time passed quickly.
It was dark.
Zhan Xiao Li wanted to find Yun Xiao Jing, only to discover that Yun Xiao Jing was missing.
Then he searched everywhere.
No one had seen Yun Xiao Jing.
At this moment, Steward Wang also discovered that Yun Xiao Jing was missing.
He immediately went to inform Zhan Tian Ye.
"Missing?" Zhan Tian Ye raised an eyebrow.
Qiu Lu, standing nearby, suddenly remembered that Yun Xiao Jing and Zhan Xiao Li had run away together before. He quickly asked, "Have you looked for the young prince? See if the young prince is in the manor."
Steward Wang said, "It was the young prince who said Xiao Jing was missing."
"Then what's going on? Did Xiao Jing leave the manor by himself? How did he get out?" Qiu Lu was very puzzled. The manor had patrol guards. It was almost impossible to sneak out from within the manor.
Steward Wang was a little anxious. "Your Highness, should we send people from the manor to search?"
Just then.
A servant ran over.
"Your Highness, there's a dog hole under the southwest wall. It's just big enough for a child to crawl in and out. This dog hole looks like it was dug today!"
Zhan Tian Ye narrowed his eyes, feeling that he might have overlooked something.
For example, Xiao Jing.
Why would he dig a hole to run out today?
"Send a few people from the manor to search," Zhan Tian Ye ordered.
After Steward Wang left, Zhan Tian Ye then instructed Qiu Lu, "Investigate Xiao Jing's true origins."