"Mhm, speak," Yun Shu motioned for Ruan Xi to continue.
Ruan Xi's expression turned serious as he got down to business.
"The Regent adores Yun Yueyin, granting her every wish. Not long ago, someone dared to target Yun Yueyin, and upon learning this, the Regent had the person torn apart by five horses. Furthermore, in the Night King's mansion, your son there treats Yun Yueyin as his own mother." Ruan Xi stated the situation concisely.
Yun Shu's beautiful eyes flickered. "Back then, after Yun Yueyin snatched Xiao Li, she intended to lie and claim Xiao Li was her own child to marry the Night King. However, at the same time, the Night King was injured and crippled. Yun Yueyin abandoned Xiao Li and fled, but people from the Night King's mansion still managed to uncover some information, leading Xiao Li to believe Yun Yueyin was his mother."
"As for the Regent..."
"That Regent is an absolute pervert! I don't know what kind of spell Yun Yueyin cast on him to make such a twisted man so devoted to her." Ruan Xi's expression changed when he mentioned the Regent.
"Oh? Tell me about this Regent." Yun Shu suddenly felt a flicker of curiosity.
The original Yun Shu had almost no memories of Regent Gu Yichen.
This Regent was originally a non-royal king. The year after Zhan Tianye was crippled, Gu Yichen became Regent, assisting the current Crown Prince in managing court affairs while the current Emperor remained bedridden.
One could imagine the immense power this Regent wielded.
He was practically second only to the Emperor, above all others.
And Yun Yueyin had managed to latch onto such a person.
Her gaze shifted; this was going to be troublesome.
Ruan Xi glanced at Yun Xiaojing. "Yun Xiaojing, go play somewhere else. You are not to listen to what I'm about to say."
Yun Xiaojing was obedient at crucial moments. He gave a soft "oh" and ran off to play elsewhere.
After seeing Yun Xiaojing run far away, Ruan Xi spoke again. "This Regent keeps a snake pit. He enjoys watching prisoners or people he dislikes being entwined and devoured by thousands of snakes. He also likes to steam assassins in a steamer until they are cooked, even forcing their companions to eat the cooked flesh. In short, he's utterly perverse!"
After speaking, he glanced at Jing Heng.
If anyone here could be considered perverse, it was him.
Jing Heng coldly raised an eyelid.
Ruan Xi felt a chill run down his spine, goosebumps erupting.
He immediately whined to Yun Shu, "Shouldn't you give Jing Heng some money to find some women for recreation? Why does he seem so volatile? What if he loses control and goes on a killing spree in the capital?"
"I'll kill whoever talks too much," Jing Heng coldly threatened.
Ruan Xi twitched his lips. "As if you could actually kill me."
He knew martial arts too, after all.
Besides, if he couldn't win, he would run.
Who was afraid of whom?
Yun Shu couldn't be bothered to listen to their bickering.
These two always fought whenever they met.
However, Ruan Xi was the only one who could make Jing Heng talk this much.
She stroked her chin, lost in thought.
After hearing Ruan Xi's description, she found the Regent she had never met to be even more troublesome.
She figured she would be very busy during this period.
...
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
A small figure suddenly appeared beneath the wall of the Night King's mansion.
He held a snake in his hand.
The little snake was as still as a toy in his grasp.
"This way, I haven't completely disobeyed Mother!"