Save him!
That voice kept urging her.
She didn't have the leisure to deal with Zhan Tianye; she had to save the child!
Tonight, she would go and see what the Regent's Mansion was truly like!
Didn't they all say Zhan Ming was a pervert?
Then she would see just how much of a pervert Zhan Ming was!
Qiu Lu gasped, "How dare she!"
Zhan Tianye's face turned ashen.
Suddenly, he realized the direction she was leaving was towards the Regent's Mansion!
"I want to tell my father... I want to find that bitch, she actually severed my limbs and tendons!" Zhan Qian'er came back to her senses, weakly cursing.
Zhan Tianye casually threw a stone.
It hit Zhan Qian'er, making her yelp and faint.
No one was around anymore.
He wanted to catch that woman and see who she was!
Just as he was about to get up and jump out of the carriage.
His legs were so heavy he couldn't stand.
Seeing this, Qiu Lu immediately reminded him in a low voice, "Your Highness, it must be time. In a little over an hour, the sky will be light."
Zhan Tianye's gaze darkened, and he stared at his powerless legs, his eyes filled with a hidden intensity.
"Find out what's going on with the Regent's adopted son! He shouldn't do anything to the child tonight."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Zhan Ming said sternly, "Send a few dark guards. No, you personally infiltrate the Regent's Mansion in secret. If that woman is also there, lend her a hand to rescue the child."
"Ah? Yes!" Qiu Lu seemed to smell something.
He had noticed something was wrong earlier!
The usually cold-hearted Prince's eyes, when looking at the masked woman, were deep and very unusual!
Could it be that he wanted to break off the engagement with Li Yuexian to marry the masked woman?
Filled with doubt, Qiu Lu took the order and headed for the Regent's Mansion.
...
Regent's Mansion.
After Zhan Ming returned with Gu Xiaofeng.
His face was extremely grim and pale. Whether on the way or upon arriving at the mansion, he hadn't said a word to Gu Xiaofeng.
Instead, after throwing Gu Xiaofeng to his personal guards, he tore off his sleeve, revealing the wound on his arm.
The wound was surprisingly deep.
Deep enough to see the bone.
It was evident that the hidden weapon was intended to take his life!
"Damn it! Die!" Zhan Ming gritted his teeth and cursed.
Gu Xiaofeng trembled upon hearing this.
But from beginning to end, he didn't shed a single tear. Even though he was scared and sad, he didn't cry.
"Your Highness! Oh my heavens! This servant will fetch the medicine box immediately to bandage and medicate His Highness!" the servant exclaimed in panic.
Zhan Ming's gaze suddenly turned sinister as he looked at Gu Xiaofeng.
Gu Xiaofeng's small back straightened, and he looked at Zhan Ming.
"Do you know that masked woman?" Zhan Ming asked in a deep voice.
People in the martial arts world rarely meddled in others' affairs, especially when they knew he was the Prince of Night opposing the Regent. For her to still want to intervene, there had to be a reason, otherwise, it made no sense.
Gu Xiaofeng shook his head, "I don't know her."
But she had seen injustice and stepped in to save him, so she must be a kind-hearted person!
"Oh? You don't know her?" Zhan Ming grew suspicious.
However, his suspicion vanished in the next moment.
Gu Xiaofeng had grown up practically under his nose. A child abandoned by his parents could not possibly know people from the martial arts world.
He suddenly sneered at Gu Xiaofeng, "Xiaofeng, are you afraid of this Prince? Or do you resent me?"
Gu Xiaofeng lowered his head. He didn't want to lie. He did indeed resent his adoptive father!
"You are this Prince's adopted son. How could I possibly let anyone bully you? I was merely trying to use you to catch that fat man's weakness. If I wanted to harm you, why would I have followed and appeared at such a critical moment? Xiaofeng, you haven't forgotten what I told your adoptive mother, have you? In the next couple of days, I will officially announce it to the world, making it known that you are my adopted son." Zhan Ming's eyes gleamed as he spoke softly.
Gu Xiaofeng froze and then looked up abruptly.
Seeing his reaction, Zhan Ming's tone softened, "You grew up under my watch, and your adoptive mother treated you like her own son. Are you going to believe others and not me?"
He knew very well how important Yun Yueyin was to Gu Xiaofeng.
Gu Xiaofeng's large, round eyes flickered with surprise.
Was his adoptive father telling the truth?
He really wouldn't let him be bullied?
Zhan Ming beckoned to Gu Xiaofeng, "Come to your adoptive father's side."
Gu Xiaofeng hesitated for a moment, but then walked over.
Zhan Ming hugged Gu Xiaofeng, gently stroking his head.
Suddenly.
His hand stopped.
His brow furrowed.
A dark light flickered in his eyes.
As Gu Xiaofeng grew up, Zhan Ming had been looking at him more and more and finding him familiar. Suddenly, Zhan Tianye's face, a face that even made him feel a little jealous, appeared in his mind.
They looked somewhat alike!
In his memory, young Zhan Tianye had a bit of Gu Xiaofeng's appearance.
Such a coincidence?
Gu Xiaofeng knitted his small brows.
The room was silent.
Until a servant brought the medicine box and tremblingly took out medicine, "This servant will medicate His Highness's wound first."
Zhan Ming was lost in thought and merely grunted when he heard the servant.
The servant quickly applied medicine to the wound.
However, as he was about to sprinkle the powder on the wound, he was startled.
"Your Highness, the wound is poisoned!" the servant exclaimed, his face pale with fear.
The blood flowing from the wound was dark purplish, indicating poison.
Zhan Ming snapped back to attention, glanced at his arm, and indeed saw something unusual about the wound. "It's poisoned! As expected of someone from the martial arts world!"
Only people from the martial arts world, fearing their enemies, would put poison on their hidden weapons to ensure a swift kill.
"There's no need to panic. Go out of the city and invite the divine doctor!" Zhan Ming commanded expressionlessly.
"Yes!"
After the servant left, Zhan Ming took out a porcelain bottle from his embrace, poured out a large pill, and swallowed it.
Then, he lowered his gaze and continued to look at Gu Xiaofeng.
Gu Xiaofeng felt his adoptive father's gaze was terrifying.
"Has your adoptive mother ever mentioned your parents?" Zhan Ming's voice was very gentle.
But Gu Xiaofeng had never seen Zhan Ming be so gentle with him. He was a little confused and could only shake his head, saying, "My adoptive mother said I was thrown into the mountains, and the person who threw me away wanted me to have no remains, to be devoured by the wild wolves in the mountains."
Zhan Ming hummed in response.
It was the same story Yun Yueyin had told him before.
He hadn't thought much of it then, but now he suddenly became curious about Gu Xiaofeng's origins.
"Why is adoptive father suddenly asking about Xiaofeng's parents?" Gu Xiaofeng dared to ask back.
Didn't his parents abandon him and cast him aside?
He had always believed so.
His adoptive mother couldn't have lied to him.
Zhan Ming looked down at Gu Xiaofeng, and the more he looked, the more alike they seemed. Especially since he had seen Zhan Xiaoli, Gu Xiaofeng also resembled Zhan Xiaoli in some ways, as if they were brothers.
He didn't believe in coincidences.
"Your adoptive father wants to help you find your biological parents and ask them why they abandoned you," Zhan Ming replied with a half-smile.
Gu Xiaofeng still felt something was not quite right.
"Xiaofeng, if anyone else wants to take you away, like that masked woman just now who wanted to take you, you absolutely must not go with her. If you go with her, I will break off the engagement with your adoptive mother." Zhan Ming threatened in a low voice.
He had a bad feeling that the woman from the martial arts world would not leave them alone!