Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

Chapter 489 What Our Own People Said

"It was the prince's men who exposed it themselves. I overheard them mentioning the prince."

Prince Jing immediately looked at Shan Qing with an unfriendly gaze.

"My lord, we absolutely did not mention you!"

Dan Qing's tone was very firm. He and his men hadn't exchanged more than a few words, and he was absolutely certain that he hadn't mentioned anything related to Prince Jing.

Prince Jing trusted Shan Qing quite a bit. After listening to Shan Qing's words, he turned to look at Cheng Wan again, his tone clearly threatening: "Marquis Zhaoping, I hope you can tell the truth."

"Your Highness, everything I have said is true. I recently encountered a group of masked men who wanted my life, and I clearly heard them mention Your Highness... cough..."

Cheng Wan's physical condition was so bad that she couldn't help but cough as she spoke.

"Your Highness, cough, Your Highness, think about it yourself. If it weren't for this, how would I have known... known... cough..."

After a few violent coughs, Cheng Wan's originally deathly pale face regained some color.

Prince Jing glared fiercely at Shan Qing.

The meaning in his eyes was quite clear.

Look at your useless subordinates who are good for nothing but causing trouble!

Dan Qing lowered his head even further, cursing his reckless subordinates in his heart.

"Where are they?"

Although Prince Jing asked this question aloud, he already had a premonition in his heart.

The first group of people who went there must all be dead, otherwise there would be no news of them until now.

Despite the cold and pain, Cheng Wan lowered her head wearily and replied weakly, "A group of people, I don't know whose orders they were on, helped me kill... kill all those masked men, otherwise I would have been meeting the King of Hell long ago."

Cheng Wan didn't mention that she single-handedly killed the first group of masked men, leaving only one alive.

At times like these, the more you flaunt your strength, the more likely you are to court death.

As for whether saying this will cause trouble for Mu Yao?

Who knows who sent those people to help her?

Besides, it's no secret that Prince Jing and the Crown Prince are at odds.

“Master, there is indeed a group of people helping Marquis Zhaoping, and their skills are no less than ours.”

Shan Qing also thought of Shisan and the others.

"Have you figured out who those people are?"

Dan Qing lowered his head: "This subordinate is incompetent."

Prince Jing remained silent, but as if lost in thought, his expression grew increasingly grim and terrifying.

Suddenly, Prince Jing glanced at Shan Qing's head and then looked at Cheng Wan, who seemed to be on the verge of death, on the ground, and asked again, "How can Marquis Zhaoping be sure that both groups of people were sent by me?"

Upon hearing Prince Jing ask this, Shan Qing couldn't help but look up at Cheng Wan.

He also wanted to know the answer to this question.

Cheng Wan still looked like she was about to breathe her last, and slowly said in a hoarse voice, "Same attire, similar skills. I was just suspicious at first, but then I had no choice but to test the person next to you. His expression told me that I was right."

Dan Qing immediately knelt down on one knee facing Prince Jing, feeling extremely annoyed and hating Cheng Wan at the same time.

Prince Jing took a deep breath and practically spat out the two words through clenched teeth: "Useless!"

Dan Qing dared not argue, but simply lowered his head and clenched his fists.

"Your Highness, Physician Xuan has arrived," came the guard's voice from outside the tent.

"Come in."

At Prince Jing's command, a refined-looking middle-aged man carrying a medicine chest entered.

A young woman was following behind the man.

This girl is Xuan Qianfeng's daughter and also his apprentice, named Xuan Zheng.

"See you, Your Majesty."

The father and daughter of the Xuan family bowed respectfully to Xuan Qianfeng, but Xuan Zheng couldn't help but secretly glance at Prince Jing. Then the girl quickly lowered her head, her ears and cheeks involuntarily turning red with embarrassment.

Prince Jing completely failed to notice Xuan Zheng's unusual behavior. He simply gestured for Xuan Qianfeng to look at Cheng Wan, his tone sinister and cold: "Save her life, I will have a great use for her."

Prince Jing and Shan Qing left, leaving five people in the tent.

Cheng Wan, Xuan Qianfeng and his daughter, and the two bodyguards that Shan Qing had called to watch over Cheng Wan.

These two bodyguards were the same two who had previously taken the civilians hostage.

Xuan Qianfeng carried the medicine box to Cheng Wan, then put it down and squatted down to take Cheng Wan's pulse and examine her wounds.

The injuries are very serious.

But with him around, he won't die.

Xuan Qianfeng gently brushed aside the messy hair on Cheng Wan's forehead and lifted her chin with his fingers.

The face was dirty, but Xuan Qianfeng was absolutely certain that it was a rare and beautiful face.

Most importantly, this is the renowned Marquis Zhaoping...

Cheng Wan's somewhat unfocused gaze met Xuan Qianfeng's suddenly burning eyes, and she remained silent.

Xuan Qianfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and he couldn't help but subtly stroke Cheng Wan's chin with his fingertips a couple of times.

"Aaaaaaah! What is he doing?! What is that old man doing?! Jin Jin is going to chop off his hand! Cut off his arm!!!"

Jin Jin's shout successfully woke up Cheng Wan, who was feeling dizzy.

Cheng Wan lowered her eyes and glanced at Xuan Qianfeng's fingers resting on her chin. Her hand, which was bound by rope, twitched slightly.

Where is her knife?

Just then, Xuan Qianfeng withdrew his hand, stood up, walked to the table next to him, sat down, and began to write the prescription in a long and detailed manner.

While Xuan Qianfeng was busy writing the prescription, Xuan Zheng was still staring at Cheng Wan, her eyes full of curiosity and... wariness.

Is this the one and only female Marquis Zhaoping in the world?

Xuan Zheng slightly pursed the corners of her mouth.

It's not that great. She's not particularly good-looking, and I can't see what's so special about her.

"Zheng'er".

"Father." Xuan Zheng snapped out of her thoughts and quickly ran to Xuan Qianfeng's side.

Xuan Qianfeng handed the prescription to Xuan Zheng, his tone clearly showing affection: "Prepare the medicine according to the prescription."

"Yes, Dad."

Xuan Qianfeng watched his daughter leave before politely bowing to the two guards: "Please help me take her down from the pillar so I can clean and bandage Marquis Zhaoping's wounds."

After exchanging a glance, one of the guards said to Xuan Qianfeng, "Our master has ordered that as long as we save Zhaoping Marquis's life, we can just clean and bandage her like this."

The eldest brother said that Marquis Zhaoping was exceptionally skilled and instructed them not to let their guard down.

If they untie Marquis Zhaoping, and something goes wrong, their master might skin them alive.

"Yes, I understand."

Xuan Qianfeng relies on Prince Jing for his livelihood; he would never do anything contrary to Prince Jing's orders.

So Xuan Qianfeng didn't say anything more. He squatted down in front of Cheng Wan again, lowering his eyelids to treat her injuries.

This time, perhaps because two bodyguards were watching closely nearby, Xuan Qianfeng didn't make any unnecessary movements.

Cheng Wan's wounds, which were easy to treat, were carefully cleaned and bandaged. Then, Xuan Zheng fed Cheng Wan a bowl of herbal soup.

Afterwards, Cheng Wan told Jin Jin to wake her up immediately if anything happened, and then leaned against the pillar and fell into a deep sleep.