The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 526 - 262 Beat Up (One More)_3
Chapter 526: 262 Beat Up (One More)_3
Chapter 526: 262 Beat Up (One More)_3
There was no lamp inside the carriage, just the pale light of the dull street lamp and the moonlight filtering through the gap in the curtains, faintly illuminating the increasingly handsome face of the Duke of Xuanping, sculpted by time.
Chang Jing, with his face blindness, couldn’t figure out what made this man attractive.
The Duke of Xuanping sighed, “Do you fear anything?”
Chang Jing thought for a moment and then shook his head, “No.”
The Duke of Xuanping looked at him skeptically, “Nothing at all?”
Chang Jing lowered his head, “Cockroaches.”
The Duke of Xuanping: “…”
You, the best assassin of the Dark Night Sect, are actually afraid of cockroaches?
“They’re disgusting,” Chang Jing explained, somewhat aggrieved.
When Chang Jing was very young, he once found cockroaches in his food. Some people deliberately disgusted him, and it worked. From then on, whenever he saw a cockroach, he would remember eating them, and it made his scalp numb.
The Duke of Xuanping raised an eyebrow, with a hint of pride in his voice, “At least Ahen is afraid of cats, which is better than you.”
Chang Jing’s mouth twitched, what self-esteem are you trying to establish from this?
Speaking of which, the Duke of Xuanping never expected Ahen to be afraid of cats. On further reflection, he felt that he had been a derelict father, not knowing what his son feared.
After a moment of hesitation, the Duke of Xuanping grit his teeth and said, “Before we go back to the mansion, we’ll take a detour to Bishui Alley. Also, find me a cat.”
Chang Jing quickly found a stray cat from the roadside. As the Duke of Xuanping held the pitiful little wildcat, he frowned. Could this creature reveal if he was indeed Ahen?
When Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang hadn’t returned home after dark, Xiao Liulang decided to go out and look for them. As he crossed the threshold of the front court, he noticed a familiar carriage parked at the door.
The Duke of Xuanping was sitting in the outer seat, holding the wildcat in his hand with evident distaste.
He had planned to use this cat to test Xiao Liulang. However, as soon as Xiao Liulang walked out of the door, he instinctively stuffed the cat into Chang Jing’s arms and blocked Chang Jing with his broad body.
He was too quick, and Xiao Liulang didn’t see the cat, finding his behavior strange.
Xiao Liulang ignored him and walked out of the alley with a poker face.
Looking at the wildcat suddenly stuffed into his arms, Chang Jing asked, “Aren’t you going to test him?”
The Duke of Xuanping sighed, “No, I’m not.” At least not with this.
“Why?” Chang Jing couldn’t understand.
The Duke of Xuanping sighed, “I’m afraid in case he is Ahen.”
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Chang Jing glanced down at the wildcat in his arms, then at the Duke of Xuanping, “Isn’t it good if he is Young Master Ahen?”
The Duke of Xuanping said bitterly, “No, if it’s him, he’ll be scared by this cat.”
Understanding complex emotions was a downfall of assassins. Just as Gu Jiao couldn’t understand the choices of the Yao Family in matters of the heart, Chang Jing also couldn’t understand the Duke of Xuanping’s caution around Xiao Liulang.
Chang Jing asked, “Do you still want this cat?”
The Duke of Xuanping replied with indifference, “No, clear out all the stray cats in the mansion too.”
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The two maids finally found the crown princess, who’d been used as a target for playing petal toss in the fruit garden. Her appearance was indescribable. Seeing that the one who led the beating was Qin Chuyu, they were at a loss for what to do.
Detaining him was out of the question. The crown princess was indeed the emperor’s daughter-in-law, but Qin Chuyu was their biological son of the emperor and empress.
Moreover, being turned into a target for petal toss and beaten to such a state was too humiliating. If it got out, would the crown princess have any face left?
In the end, the two maistresses took the crown princess away… um no, they dragged her away under the excuse of reporting the incident.
After returning to the palace, Qin Chuyu bragged to his imperial father about having chased away a petal toss player, earning high praise from the emperor.
Zhuang Mansion.
The physician had removed the stitches for the Duke of An, applied the last dose of medicine, and reminded him to rest more before carrying his first aid kit and leaving.
A servant sent the physician out of the mansion.
Zhuang Taifu gave a sign, and Wuyang understood, leaving the room and shutting the room’s doors from outside.
The Duke of An sat on the bed’s edge, pulling the blanket over his injured leg, and said calmly, “It’s getting late, Grandfather. You should also rest.”
Zhuang Taifu’s eyes cooled, “The Duke of Xuanping is intolerable. This grudge, I will avenge for you sooner or later!”
The Duke of An lowered his eyes and gave a cold smile, “Easier said than done? He’s the emperor’s brother-in-law, the emperor’s eldest brother-in-law, and he controls the military. Who can handle him?”
Zhuang Taifu’s eyes cooled, “If the Empress Dowager Zhuang was still in the court, it wouldn’t be his turn, the Duke of Xuanping, to stir up trouble!”
Mentioning the Empress Dowager Zhuang, the Duke of An didn’t refute this time.
