"Alright, take this back for Daddy," Zhan Xiaoli said, a faint tear still in his eyes.
He nodded gently, agreeing to Yun Xiaojing's suggestion.
Mother's cooking...
Gu Xiaofeng nodded vigorously, suddenly finding the poison surprisingly palatable.
Yun Shu raised an eyebrow, then saw Yun Xiaojing winking at Li and the others, and suddenly understood.
A hint of stiffness touched her exquisite features; was it another failure?
She picked up her chopsticks and tasted a mouthful, immediately spitting it out.
She turned to them apologetically, "I haven't cooked in ages. I mistook salt for sugar. Um, could you wait a bit longer?"
In her peripheral vision, she saw Yun Changfeng incessantly chugging tea.
It was indeed overwhelmingly salty.
Yun Xiaojing blinked his big eyes, "Mother, can we eat out from now on? Don't make things difficult for yourself, and spare us, okay? Mother is much better with a silver needle saving people."
And with a sword killing people.
In any case, Mother was amazing at everything except cooking.
"No, no, Shu'er must have just been out of practice," Yun Changfeng quickly defended Yun Shu, resolving never to admit that Shu'er's cooking was truly bad.
It was good enough that she could cook at all.
How many young ladies in the capital ever set foot in the kitchen?
Not to mention that his Shu'er was not only skilled in medicine but also formidable in martial arts. Her culinary skills were just a tiny bit lacking, completely negligible.
"I also think Mother will do better next time!" Gu Xiaofeng wholeheartedly agreed with his maternal grandfather.
Zhan Xiaoli pondered for a moment and nodded as well.
Yun Shu looked at them, feeling that her family was truly wonderful!
They were so forgiving of her.
She deliberately ignored Yun Xiaojing's expression of helplessness from the corner of her eye.
From now on, whenever she had free time, she would practice in the kitchen.
As the mother of three children, her cooking skills ought to improve.
...
The quiet moonlight.
A gentle breeze caressed their faces.
Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng were getting sleepy in the carriage, both yawning.
"Are we really going to give these dishes to Daddy to eat?" Gu Xiaofeng hesitated.
Zhan Xiaoli nodded solemnly, "Xiaojing is right. We'll let Daddy taste them. If Daddy truly likes Mother, he'll eat them even if they're unbearable! If he spits them out immediately, it means Daddy doesn't like Mother, and we can only support Mother marrying someone else."
Gu Xiaofeng found this logical, "You're right!"
After yawning, the two little ones were drowsy.
The carriage moved slowly.
Rocking back and forth, they slumped against the carriage and fell asleep.
The guards and the coachman heard their steady breathing from inside the carriage and smiled.
Children their age were truly adorable.
Meanwhile.
Yun Xiaojing had also fallen asleep in his bed.
But for some reason, he suddenly woke up.
He had a nightmare.
In his dream, Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng seemed to be in danger!
He scrambled up, grabbed the little snake curled up beneath his bed, and ran out.
As he ran out, he glanced in the direction of his mother's room. After a moment's thought, he decided to go to the Night King's mansion on his own!
...
The carriage, which had been traveling midway, suddenly stopped.
A large net descended from the sky.
It enveloped the entire carriage.
Simultaneously, swords gleamed with a chilling light, thrusting towards the guards and the coachman.
Both the guards and the coachman were individuals of exceptional martial prowess and immediately counterattacked.
Cold weapons clashed.
Bang, bang, bang.
The sounds startled Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng awake.
"What's happening?" Gu Xiaofeng exclaimed.
Zhan Xiaoli furrowed his little brow and pulled a small dagger from his chest. "It's an assassination. Someone wants to kill us."
Gu Xiaofeng also took out the dagger his maternal grandfather had given him, and simultaneously clutched a handful of poison powder. "Who wants to kill us?"
Suddenly, he thought of his adoptive father.
Could it be his adoptive father?
Zhan Xiaoli crawled out of the carriage first, peering outside.
Amidst the clanging of swords and the glint of blades, the guard uncle and the coachman uncle had already been wounded.
Dozens of black-clad figures surrounded them.
He immediately ducked back into the carriage.
He quickly told Gu Xiaofeng, "I'm your older brother. You have to listen to me. Find an opportunity and run. They might be after me because I'm the heir of the Night King's mansion. Go back and find Daddy. Don't run around blindly! And don't be scared, I'll be fine!"
He could hear the thoughts of the villains.
They wanted to capture him.
They wanted to use him to threaten Daddy.
Therefore, they probably wouldn't harm Xiaofeng. He was the older brother and had to protect his younger brother.
Gu Xiaofeng grabbed Zhan Xiaoli's arm and shook his head firmly, "I want to go with you."
He wasn't a coward!
He had poison powder on him, and today he had learned some fist and foot combat from his maternal grandfather, so he could protect himself! Perhaps he could even use the poison powder to poison those people!
"No, you have to go find Daddy. Daddy will be here in time to save me," Zhan Xiaoli said.
Gu Xiaofeng listened to the sounds outside, his eyes reddening. He bit his lip and nodded, "Okay?"
The carriage was suddenly split in two by a sharp blade.
Leaving Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng with nowhere to hide.
The two little ones saw two bodies lying on the ground not far away.
Just now, the guard uncle and the coachman uncle had said they would take them back to the mansion and that they should sleep well in the carriage, as they would arrive soon.
But now...
Zhan Xiaoli's eyes turned ice-cold as he looked at the black-clad figures, "You will regret this!"
His Daddy would definitely not forgive these people!
Seeing Zhan Xiaoli, who was a spitting image of the Night King, the black-clad figures confirmed their target, "The young heir is small, but not lacking in courage! We hope you won't cry too much later."
"What about the other one?" another black-clad figure asked.
Gu Xiaofeng flung poison powder towards them.
Then, his short legs scurried towards a spot not far away.
However, just as he was about to run,
He was suddenly blocked by a net!
Only then did he realize that they were trapped in a net and couldn't escape at all.
Zhan Xiaoli frowned at the sight.
"Aren't they all sons of the Night King? In that case, capture them together!" said a black-clad figure.
Zhan Xiaoli heard the thoughts of the black-clad figures. The man was thinking that one more person meant more money, so they should take him along, and absolutely no trace should be left for the Night King to find.
He glanced at Gu Xiaofeng, who had failed to escape, and felt a pang of anxiety. However, he maintained a cold expression, "Daddy will definitely find us! If you don't want to offend my Daddy, release us immediately!"
The black-clad figures heard this and their master couldn't help but laugh, "A little baby of a few years old is threatening people now! Hurry up and gag them and take them away!"
As the words fell, they moved to snatch the dagger from Zhan Xiaoli's hand.
Zhan Xiaoli resisted with all his might, but the black-clad figures still managed to snatch the dagger.
Gu Xiaofeng's dagger was also snatched away.
However, the next moment, the two black-clad figures who had been chasing Gu Xiaofeng fell to the ground with a bang. "That was poison powder just now!"
As they fainted, the black-clad figure who still had some consciousness shouted.
"What? These two children are truly not simple. Quickly put them in sacks!"
"Hurry!"
Just as the black-clad figures were carrying Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng away, none of them noticed that a small snake was silently slithering along behind them.