He Liufeng felt very uncomfortable seeing Qu Qingxi staring at him with such a vulnerable and innocent look.
However, He Liufeng showed nothing on his face, and said in a calm tone, "So you are Lord Lan's son."
"Who is this?" Cang Yuan glanced blankly at He Liufeng, then looked at Qu Qingxi questioningly.
"This is He Liufeng, the Prince of Nanqing, my husband," Qu Qingxi introduced briefly.
Hearing Qu Qingxi say this, He Liufeng felt a little better. My husband? Hmm, that's a good introduction.
However, Cang Yuan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he realized, "So it is the Prince of Nanqing. I have long admired your name. Please forgive me for not being able to bow to Your Highness due to my physical condition."
The Prince of Nanqing? My husband? Is she the Princess Consort of Nanqing?
"It's alright. Since you're not feeling well, there's no need for formalities," He Liufeng said with a faint smile, maintaining the same politeness.
"Now that you're all better, get some rest." He Liufeng looked Cang Yuan up and down again, then turned to Qu Qingxi. "It's getting late. Gu Liangsheng is here taking care of him, so let's go back and rest."
"Okay, that's fine." Qu Qingxi nodded. As long as the filth inside is expelled, there won't be any problems. "Then you should rest well. If you need anything, just have someone prepare it."
After the two finished speaking, they left, leaving Gu Liangsheng and Cang Yuan staring at each other.
Qingdai followed the two away. Lingmu looked at the person on the bed, then at Gu Liangsheng standing to the side, and then made an excuse to turn around and leave.
"Someone, clean the blood off Young Master Lan's body and change his bedding." After Qu Qingxi left, Gu Liangsheng stopped serving Cang Yuan and began calling in the people who were serving Cang Yuan outside.
He gave a few more instructions before going to the outer room, intending to spend the night there to avoid any further trouble in Cangyuan during the night.
The servant came in and helped Cangyuan change his clothes and the things on the bed before stepping back two steps.
"No need for all that trouble. Go and rest. I'll call you if I need anything." Cang Yuan seemed uncomfortable with someone guarding the place and then dismissed the servant.
Cang Yuan felt very uncomfortable just having Gu Liangsheng outside. If there was someone else guarding him next to him, Cang Yuan felt that he might not be able to sleep.
After the servant left, Cang Yuan couldn't sleep. He had just had a nightmare and was wide awake. The scene from earlier kept replaying in his mind.
Qu Qingxi is so amazing. If she hadn't given me acupuncture just now, I probably would have been in real trouble.
The atmosphere in the Crown Prince's study was heavy and somber.
"This is impossible, absolutely impossible." The prince threw everything he was holding onto the ground.
A large group of people were kneeling on the ground. The man who had returned with the news knelt there tremblingly. "Your Highness, I dare not lie. I was being chased all the way. If it weren't for my quick thinking and good luck, I probably wouldn't have seen Your Highness at all."
Unfortunately, that person would never know that it wasn't because he was lucky or clever; if someone hadn't been secretly helping him all along, he would have died on the way back.
"You've been chased all the way?" The crown prince clenched his fists. "Were they from the Xu family?"
Although he already knew the answer in his heart, the crown prince still clung to a sliver of hope.
"It's the Xu family. When I went to investigate, they discovered me. They were worried that I would tell the Crown Prince the truth, and they were also worried that I would bring back evidence. So I've been on the run the whole time."
"Outrageous! Utterly outrageous!" The Crown Prince gritted his teeth and roared angrily. The Xu family was so bold as to secretly do so many things behind his back.
He used his own money to support their army, and then secretly carried out a double-dealing scheme. He even claimed that his belongings had been stolen when he had actually moved them from his own residence.
Deceiving superiors and concealing the truth, they deserve to die!
I treated them as my support and family, but they stabbed me in the back.
The Crown Prince couldn't even imagine how angry his father would be if he found out about his raising an army.
The Crown Prince could almost foresee that the Xu family would definitely shift all the blame onto him, and then no one would listen to his explanation.
Seeing the man kneeling on the ground covered in wounds, the Crown Prince breathed a sigh of relief. "Take him away and let him recover properly."
The man was quickly taken away. The crown prince could hardly imagine what they had suffered. He had sent out an elite squad of ten skilled men, and now only one had returned, and he was badly injured.
"Get out, all of you." The Crown Prince glanced coldly at the people kneeling on the ground. He didn't want to see anyone right now, afraid that he would run to the Xu residence and question his uncle.
Oh, and there's Xu Xingfeng too. Xu Ding did so many things behind his back, the Crown Prince doesn't believe Xu Xingfeng wouldn't know about it.
The Crown Prince dares not do anything to Xu Ding now, but he has plenty of ways to deal with his most valued son.
"Guards!" The crown prince stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
"What are your orders, Your Highness?" A guard quickly entered and knelt on one knee.
"Go and tell the people in the prison to take good care of Xu Xingfeng, just keep him alive."
"Yes." The guard received the order and quickly disappeared.
The crown prince's face was full of ruthlessness. "Xu Ding, since this is your choice, don't blame me for being impolite to you."
It wasn't that the Crown Prince was soft-hearted and didn't kill Xu Xingfeng; it was just that people suffer endless torment and humiliation while they are alive, while death would end everything and they would know nothing. He wanted to torture Xu Xingfeng properly and teach Xu Ding a lesson.
"Go and call Mr. Shi over," the Crown Prince called out.
Although the Crown Prince told them to get out, they only dared to leave the study. There were still guards outside, waiting for the Crown Prince's orders at any time.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go right away," the person outside replied.
Mr. Shi is the Crown Prince's most valued advisor. He is extremely intelligent, and every suggestion he makes aligns with the Crown Prince's thoughts. The Crown Prince is very angry and wants to take action against the Xu family, but he is also wary of the Xu family's power.
The most troublesome thing now is that the Xu family supports him. If he chooses to fight against the Xu family, he will be cutting off his own wings, which is not the situation the Crown Prince wants to see.
"Greetings, Your Highness." After entering, Mr. Shi first respectfully bowed to the Crown Prince.
The crown prince simply replied, "No need for formalities."
"Has the Crown Prince encountered something troubling him?" Mr. Shi clearly noticed that the Crown Prince was in a bad mood, but he didn't know what had happened to upset him.
“Mr. Shi, are you aware that what the Xu family told me before was untrue?”
"What is it?" Mr. Shi frowned. What had the Xu family been hiding from the Crown Prince that made him so angry?
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