nucmednet Chapter 99: The person ran away?
Chapter 99: The person ran away?
Meanwhile, inside the Prince's Palace.
Xiao Hengzhi only woke up at this moment. The purple veins on his face and the bulging blood vessels on his body disappeared, and his originally tense body finally relaxed.
He looked very disheveled, with messy hair, a long beard, and a haggard face.
After taking a bath and getting ready, the first thing he did was knock on Jiang Mian's door.
But no one responded.
His heart tightened, and he pushed the door open and went in.
The room was quiet, with fine dust floating in the light. The teacup on the table was untouched, and the desk was as tidy as ever, but—her figure was nowhere to be seen.
Ran?
Did they go to find Ning Zhi?
Xiao Hengzhi stood there, his brows furrowed, his mind filled with bad thoughts, his fingertips unconsciously gripping the door frame.
Jiang Mian has never been an obedient person. If she really has a plan, who can stop her?
He should have locked her in the house so she couldn't even leave.
A guard rushed over and reported, "Your Highness, please forgive me. Miss Jiang wanted to go out for a walk today, and I did not dare to stop her, so I let her go."
"To relax?" Xiao Hengzhi's eyes turned cold, and his tone suddenly became low. "Take me there."
The guard was silent for a moment.
"Why aren't you talking?"
"Your Highness, spare my life!" The guard suddenly slammed his forehead to the ground. "Today, a lion suddenly appeared in the street, causing chaos in the crowd. I accidentally lost track of Miss Jiang..."
"Lost?"
Xiao Hengzhi's eyes turned cold, and the restrained composure on his face shattered instantly.
He reached out and grabbed the guard's collar, lifting him up. His voice was extremely low, as if he were suppressing a raging fire: "A whole group of people, and you couldn't even keep an eye on her?"
The guard hurriedly explained, "I...I was protecting her from a distance, but...a lion suddenly broke into the street, causing chaos in the crowd, and before I knew it...I got separated from Miss Jiang..."
The guard's voice grew fainter and fainter until it was almost inaudible.
Xiao Hengzhi suddenly noticed what he said: "A male lion appeared?"
"Yes, it happened right there in the bustling street. The lion lunged at Miss Jiang. My subordinates and several guards couldn't get there in time, but fortunately, a man subdued it, preventing Miss Jiang from being harmed. I've already sent people to search..."
The guards were still explaining to him, but it was as if a string in Xiao Hengzhi's mind had suddenly snapped.
Only a wild animal can subdue a lion...
After a moment, he looked up and asked, "Did you see where that man went?"
The guard bowed and reported, "It seems that when the government sent people to subdue the beast, they put him and the lion into a cage together."
The government? It couldn't possibly be the government.
Using ginger as bait, the male lion attacked and captured it, returning it to the wild.
Such a precise move was clearly a warning to him.
Xiao Hengzhi didn't have time to think much; his immediate priority was to find Jiang Mian.
He grabbed his cloak, strode out of the mansion, mounted his horse, and lightly nudged the horse's flanks with his legs.
Just as I was about to speed away, I heard a crisp sound behind me.
"Your Highness, please wait."
Xiao Hengzhi tightened the reins and turned his head to look. He saw a magnificent sedan chair slowly come to a stop, from which a richly dressed young woman stepped out.
"Miss Chi?"
Chi Yu gave a slight curtsy and said respectfully, "Your Highness has moved, and I have not yet prepared a congratulatory gift. I have come today to make up for it. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Xiao Hengzhi's eyes were cold, and his tone was indifferent: "I appreciate Miss Chi's kindness, but I have important matters to attend to today and I'm afraid I cannot stay any longer."
"Doesn't Your Highness intend to take a look at my congratulatory gift?"
Chi Yu smiled slightly, deliberately raising her voice, her tone subtly mysterious.
Xiao Hengzhi frowned, then turned to see her walking towards him with small steps, handing him a brocade box.
"Your Highness may wish to open it and take a look. If you like it, then my trip will not have been in vain."
She had an ambiguous smile on her face. Xiao Hengzhi took the box, casually lifted the lid, and found only a thin piece of paper with a line of small writing on it.
After looking down at the words on the paper, Xiao Hengzhi's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint, cold smile: "I like this congratulatory gift very much. Thank you."
"Giddy up!" He flicked the reins and shouted crisply. The horse's hooves kicked up dust, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone.
Chi Yu stood there, watching his receding figure, her expression inscrutable.
A moment later, she gently adjusted her cloak, turned around, and returned to the sedan chair.
The maid helped her sit down and asked in a low voice, "Miss, I don't understand. Why did you tell the Prince where Jiang Wan is? Wouldn't it be better if she lost her innocence?"
Chi Yu sat in the warm sedan chair, her slender fingers gently playing with her nail polish, her tone nonchalant:
“What do you know? My aunt said she watched His Highness grow up, and if His Highness wants something, he will definitely get it. I’m afraid that even if Jiang Wan loses her innocence, His Highness will still order it to be kept secret and still marry her.”
She paused after speaking, then continued, "Besides, His Highness is not in the palace today. I'm worried that if he finds Jiang Wan and the two of them get involved, wouldn't that backfire? Why not send Xiao Hengzhi over? Doesn't he want to marry Jiang Wan? Why don't I do him a favor while I'm at it?"
The maid bowed her head and flattered with a smile: "Miss is indeed intelligent. His Highness only had to deal with Jiang Mian for the sake of the greater good; in his heart, he still cares about you."
Chi Yu was pleased and her smile relaxed.