Chapter 535 The Regent wants to kill me, help!
When Jiang Nuanzhi heard Li Mingyu speak, she was gnawing on half a rib and subconsciously looked up.
A woman was seen sitting in a wheelchair, being pushed out the door.
Her moon-colored dress shimmered faintly in the candlelight. She appeared to be around twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. Needless to say, she was beautiful, with a pair of watery eyes that seemed to both scold and resent. Her face was as pale as paper, and her figure was so thin that she looked as if she might be blown away by the wind at any moment.
The Regent Xiao Yuanshan, who had previously seemed to conceal no emotion, suddenly softened his gaze after the woman appeared, and instinctively took two steps forward to greet her.
"It's chilly, why did you come here?" she said, then frowned and glanced at the servants behind her: "How are you serving her? Letting the princess come out dressed so lightly!"
The servants knelt down and admitted their mistakes all at once, like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Jiang Nuanzhi, however, observed the interaction between the two without showing any emotion. Her gaze moved from Xiao Yuanshan's hand holding his princess's to the wheelchair the princess was sitting in, and finally settled on her legs beneath her moon-colored dress. Her eyes flickered slightly.
At this moment, Jiang Nuanzhi's heart, which had been pounding since she entered the door, finally began to relax a little.
They finally figured out Xiao Yuanshan's intentions.
Jiang Nuanzhi is observing Xiao Yuanshan and his wife.
Lord Xie and the others, however, were all focused on her.
At this moment, Lord Xie saw her throw the gnawed bone onto the table with a "bang," then pick up the soup beside her and take a sip. He couldn't help but twitch his eyelids, glancing at Lord Zhang not far beside him, and lowered his voice, saying, "The Prince's food is something most people couldn't possibly enjoy. Let alone something specially made for her? Why isn't she dead yet?"
Lord Zhang's deeply lined face was also full of doubt. After looking at her for a while, he said, "I underestimated this woman. Now it seems that she really does have some skills."
He paused, then said in a low voice, "That's true. If one didn't possess some real skill, how could one have cured the Emperor's poison?"
"Heh, she must not have encountered a more potent poison. Wait a minute, I don't believe it. I don't believe she can survive after touching that rice!" Lord Xie said, staring intently at the small bowl of rice in front of Jiang Nuanzhi.
As if in response to Lord Xie, the words had barely left his lips when two faint "crackling" sounds were heard.
Jiang Nuanzhi looked down and saw the white rice burst open once again.
"They're here!" Lord Xie's lips curled into a cruel yet gleeful smile, but the next second, his expression froze.
As if prepared, Jiang Nuanzhi grabbed a folding fan and snapped it open, completely blocking the spurting venom, leaving not a single drop. She even covered the bowl with the fan and then dropped a medicine bowl inside. A few moments later, a sizzling sound rang out, and when she lifted the fan again, the bowl was filled with black liquid.
Jiang Nuanzhi grimaced and threw the folding fan on the ground, frowning as she said, "Your Highness, the rice at this banquet is even infested with worms! My goodness, Your Highness, your residence truly is an eye-opener!"
Upon hearing this, the surroundings fell silent once more. For a moment, everyone was too lazy to reprimand Jiang Nuanzhi and instead looked towards Regent Xiao Yuanshan.
A hint of anger flickered in Xiao Yuanshan's eyes, especially as he looked at the folding fan he had cherished for so many years, now lying dirty on the ground. He had only let it out of his hand for a moment, and it was ruined just like that.
The two characters he cherished most, "gentle and kind," were now completely obscured by the black venom. The darkness in his eyes deepened.
Almost instantly, Li Mingyu sensed the prince's emotions. She followed his gaze to Jiang Nuanzhi beside her, her brows furrowing almost imperceptibly before returning to her usual calm demeanor, a smile playing on her lips: "Your Highness, who is this young lady? I've never seen her before."
Xiao Yuanshan looked at his fan, and for a quarter of an hour he really wanted to tear the person in front of him apart. But when he met his wife's clear and watery eyes, he finally calmed down, frowned, and said, "You don't need to care. He's just an imperial physician."
"Why didn't Your Highness explain things clearly to Madam? This humble official greets Your Highness." Jiang Nuanzhi greeted Li Mingyu with a smile, then looked at her and said sincerely, "Your Highness, besides being an imperial physician, I am also Li Rong's wife, that is, Li Sheng's sister-in-law. You know Li Sheng, right?"
"It's you—my former sister..."
"shut up!"
In an instant, Xiao Yuanshan's eyes flashed with immense killing intent: "You bastard, how dare you!"
As they spoke, Xiao Yuanshan had already approached, clearly about to make a move.
Then, upon hearing a soft "ding," she turned around and saw that the Regent's wife's face had turned ashen, especially after hearing the name Li Sheng. In the blink of an eye, all the color drained from her face, and she was trembling all over.
"Your Highness. Your Highness"
She clung to Xiao Yuanshan's clothes as if grasping at a last straw.
Xiao Yuanshan didn't care about anything else for a moment and squatted down: "I'll take you back. Don't worry, I'll kill anyone who offended you today. Ah Ming, go back and get a good night's sleep. When you wake up, you won't see the people you hate anymore."
"Your Highness, I...I'm fine."
Li Mingyu's voice was as soft as a whisper, and the faint smile on her lips made one feel a pang of sympathy for her.
Clearly, her appearance made Xiao Yuanshan feel even more sorry for her.
When Jiang Nuanzhi met Xiao Yuanshan's gaze, this was the first time she had sensed the intense, almost tangible killing intent emanating from this man.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Nuanzhi had almost instantly run up behind the old man in black.
In a flash, the old man once again blocked Xiao Yuanshan's attack from the front.
This time, the old man took half a step back, while Xiao Yuanshan remained standing.
During the stalemate, a dark shadow suddenly flashed by, and another old man in black appeared beside the old man in black. This time, the man was taller, and the two of them stared intently at Xiao Yuanshan.
Xiao Yuanshan's sinister eyes were fixed on Jiang Nuanzhi, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
"You do have some skill, enough to make my master spare two of his four guardians to protect you. However, when I, Xiao Yuanshan, decide to kill someone, no one can stop me."
"Really?" Jiang Nuanzhi asked sincerely.
Then, she stood firmly in front of the three people protecting her, and smiled.
The next second, he put his hands on his hips and roared with a powerful voice, "Murder! Murder! The Regent is trying to kill me! Help!"
The roar was so loud that the candlelight in the hall flickered.
(End of this chapter)
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