After narrowly escaping death, her first action wasn’t an expression of gratitude but to kick the person!
With a “splash”, a head suddenly popped out of the lake. With one hand covering his bloody nose that was the result of the impact of falling into the lake, and another hand wiping the water from his face, the man shouted angrily, “What’s going on? Who kicked me into the water? Where is he? Bastard! Bastard!”
Seeing Jin Siyu when he looked up, the young prince of Changning stood in the waist-deep water, his face covered with blood and water as he roared in anger, “Who was that bastard just now? Who was the ingrate that repaid kindness with enmity? Tell me, I will kill him!”
Looking at him, Jin Siyu finally understood why Feng Zhi Wei had kicked him into the water. Previously, Feng Zhi Wei’s body was leaning way back, very close to the lake’s surface. The young prince’s attention was on him at the start, and then was distracted by the poison needle thus he never took a proper look at Feng Zhi Wei’s face. Feng Zhi Wei didn’t want him to discover her identity and the entanglement she had with Jin Siyu, so she simply kicked him into the water.
A faint bitter smile tugged at the corner of Jin Siyu’s lips. This woman is truly ruthless and decisive, in a manner that is beyond the reach of most people.
Jin Siyu stared at the unfortunate Prince Changning, and suddenly a rush of satisfaction filled his heart— see, I am not the only man who has been defeated by her.
“Zhi Yan.” He slowly called Prince Changning’s name, and said slowly, “Just now, I saw someone leaning against the railing and was about to fall into the water. I rushed over to grab him, but you came over before I had time to see who it was, and it ended up like this. I don’t know who that was either.”
“Bastard!” Lu Zhi Yan wiped the mixture of blood and lake water off his face as he waded out of the water, cursing all the while, “Don’t let me meet you again!”
Jin Siyu leaned against the railing, looking in the direction where Feng Zhi Wei had left, and a gentle but chilling smile appeared on his lips.
He said softly, “Yes, if we meet again…”
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Feng Zhi Wei raised her leg and kicked her savior into the water, then walked away without any feeling of guilt. She returned to the hall and sat down. The party was as wild as when she left, and no one noticed her departure.
Seeing that Gu Nan Yi had not returned yet, Feng Zhi Wei could not help but frown and felt a little uneasy. She was about to get up to look for him when she suddenly heard a commotion outside the hall, and then a little plump boy no more than six or seven years old rushed in. He was followed by a large group of panicked palace maids and nannies. The plump boy rushed straight to the Regent’s seat and when he saw that the Regent was not there, he threw himself in Lu Rui’s direction and shouted, “Beat him! Beat him! Beat, beat, beat, beat…”
“Speak properly!” Lu Rui shouted in a low voice. When such a fragile-looking man became serious, everyone immediately fell silent. The plump boy received a fright and trembled all over. He immediately became quiet and sobbed, “I was beaten…”
Lu Rui’s expression darkened and demanded, “What’s the matter? Why are you guys here? Did you bring him out secretly?”
The plump boy appeared nervous and said quickly, “No, no. It’s not me, not me, is…don’t ask, got beat!” Then he started to drag Lu Ri away.
“Who got beaten?” The voice of the Regent came from behind the screen. He had already changed into a casual robe and came out. When he saw the plump boy, his expression changed, and without asking anything, he said right away, “Where? Take me there!”
He nodded to Feng Zhi Wei apologetically and ran out with the little plump boy leading the way. All of the Xiliang officials seemed to know who the little plump boy was, and all followed them out with nervous expressions. Feng Zhi Wei looked at the backs of the crowd, frowned, and a concerning thought flashed through her mind, causing her to quickly follow behind.
Turning the corridor and passing a few screen walls, the little plump boy brought everyone to a small flower garden, where “two armies” were facing each other off. On one side of the two armies was a two or three-year-old in a brocade robe with a dusty face, surrounded by a large group of guards and eunuchs. On the other side was Gu Zhi Xiao, who was also dusty, and behind her was a commander without troops– her father.
The side with more people was like arrows already strung on the bow, ready to shoot out in the next instant. They pointed at the two lonely people on the other side, but the two people appeared calm as if they were the ones with thousands of troops. Gu Zhi Xiao was jumping up and down, pointing at the large group while making a gesture of encirclement, and said in a tone that would not take no for an answer, “Dad! Get them all! Destroy them!”
The Xiliang officials who rushed over shook their heads in amusement, all looking at the little girl with the “This little kid is very brave, but it’s a pity that you are dead meat.”
An expression of “just as I expected” appeared on Feng Zhi Wei’s face as she let out a sigh. That kid always thinks that owning her dad means owning the world. It’s not easy to intimidate her…but no wonder Master Gu got stuck here. This is troublesome, truly troublesome.
As soon as someone came over, the child burst into tears as if he had seen a savior. He struggled out of the nanny’s arms, ran with stumbling steps towards the Regent, and said with tears in his eyes, “Hit me…hit me…”
The Regent took in the situation at hand, then looked at the bruise on the child’s forehead, frowned, took a breath, quickly bowed, and said, “Your Majesty, I am late to rescue you. Please forgive me.”
The officials behind him were already all kneeling on the ground.
Feng Zhi Wei sighed again.
As expected, they are indeed lucky to meet an emperor just from casually wandering around.
Young Master Gu on the opposite side was naturally unmoved. It was not like he had never seen an emperor before. All kinds of emperors were the same to him. Big ones or small ones, no one could bully his daughter.
Gu Zhi Wei was stunned for a moment. She tilted her head and looked at the child, then suddenly laughed, “Emperor? Haha, the emperor can’t even fight!”
The child in the Regent’s arms abruptly turned his head, suddenly feeling braver, and said fiercely, “Take! Take! Drag out! Kill!”
The Regent pondered for a moment, asked for a hand towel, and wiped the child’s face clean before saying gently, “Your Majesty, since you are here, the envoy of Tiansheng is also here. How about going to the main hall to meet him? I will handle the things here for you.”
“No!” The child didn’t even spare one look at Feng Zhi Wei and immediately rejected the Regent’s proposal to divert his attention. Punching and kicking in the Regent’s arms, he yelled, “Kill her, kill her!”
Feng Zhi Wei looked at the child with interest. Hey, isn’t this one too spoiled? So very ordinary, not at all as domineering as her Gu Zhi Xiao.
“What’s going on?” Seeing that the Xiliang emperor would not be pulled away, Lu Rui asked the plump boy.
“No… we thought she looked fun, so we went to play with her. Later, she imitated His Majesty’s speech…” The plump boy’s words caused everyone to collectively hold back a laugh— the young emperor of Xilang had a bit of stutter, and he hates people imitating his speech the most, no wonder.
“…His Majesty was angry, so he went to step on her hand…” The little plump boy was surprisingly honest and did not say a single word of falsehood. Xiliang’s little emperor shouted, “Just stepped once!”
Gu Zhi Xiao immediately made a “Bah!” sound and said, “You come here, let me step on you, just once!”
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