"This..." He looked at Zi'an in doubt, then looked at the dagger. If he was not mistaken, the word on the handle of the dagger was the word "dragon".
How is it possible? How could a dagger with the word "dragon" engraved on it be in Xia Zian's hand
It was not unjust that Chen and Xia Wan'er were injured by this dagger. They were lucky not to die.
Thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, but he put them aside one by one, took the dagger, walked over and respectfully handed it back to Zi'an, "Miss, in my opinion, what happened tonight was just a misunderstanding. Please don't be offended, Miss. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying this, he left without even paying any attention to the Crown Prince or saying goodbye to Prime Minister Xia.
Upon seeing this, the prince quickly asked the guards to help him leave, and the two officials brought by Tutor Liang also left.
When Xia Wan'er saw that the prince left without even looking at her, she felt sad and angry, and couldn't help crying, "Father, what's going on? Are we just going to let her hurt us like this?"
Prime Minister Xia stared at the dagger in Zi'an's hand and said absentmindedly, "Since the matter has been reported to the authorities, we will just listen to Lord Liang."
This dagger must be of great origin to have scared Master Liang like this.
Murong Zhuangzhuang then spoke calmly, "Master Liang, is Xia Zian guilty?"
Lord Liang knelt on the ground and said, "Princess, the eldest lady is innocent. Chen and the second lady hurt the lady first. The eldest lady is the eldest daughter. It is in accordance with the law and etiquette to punish them."
"Why don't you take your people and get out?" Murong Zhuangzhuang said sternly.
"Yes, yes!" Lord Liang didn't even dare to look at Prince Li, and left with his constables with his tail between his legs.
When Prince Li saw that the case was over, he did not stay and said to Murong Zhuangzhuang, "Aunt, it's time for us to leave too."
Murong Zhuangzhuang looked at Zi'an worriedly, and Zi'an bowed and said, "Princess, please go back first. Thank you for today, Princess."
Murong Zhuangzhuang said: "If anyone bullies you, just let someone inform me."
These words were not spoken to Zi'an, but to the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Zi'an nodded slightly and smiled at Murong Zhuangzhuang.
The old lady had a gloomy face and said nothing, but Prime Minister Xia was still staring at Zi'an's dagger and didn't pay attention to what Zhuangzhuang said.
Prince Li and Zhuang Zhuang walked out. When they reached the door, Zhuang Zhuang said worriedly, "Third Brother, after we leave, will the people in the Xiangfu target Zi An?"
She reached out and lifted her hair on the left side, looking at Prince Li.
Prince Li looked at her, stretched out his hand, pulled down some of her hair on the right side to make it as messy as the left side, and then helped her tuck it behind her ear and smooth it out. "Yes, but Xia Zian is not easy to bully. The words my nephew said tonight were all taught by her. She taught me how to judge this case."
"She taught me?" Murong Zhuangzhuang looked at him in surprise, "Why don't I know?"
"Didn't she talk to her nephew alone at the time? That's what she said. She also guessed many possible situations and made proper arrangements. Obviously, it wasn't necessary, but she was able to think so comprehensively, which proves that she is meticulous. The people in the Prime Minister's Mansion are no match for her."
"Zi'an's plan is quite sophisticated." Murong Zhuangzhuang was a little unhappy, "You actually avoided me and talked alone."
"That's not avoiding it. You said you wanted to drink sweet soup."
"Is it also planned that you showed up late tonight?"
"Yes, first let them relax their defenses and let her make some confessions. When my nephew appears again, they can't deny what they said before because my aunt is a witness. Then my nephew can seize the power to interrogate them, and he can hit them with one strike, quickly, fiercely and accurately."
"So that's how it is," Zhuangzhuang suddenly realized. He didn't expect that when she was drinking the sweet soup, the two of them would resolve the deadlock of the night. "By the way, why is Master Liang so afraid of Zi'an's dagger? That dagger was given to Zi'an by Lao Qi. He's not even afraid of Lao Qi, so why would he be afraid of this dagger?"
"There's a dragon character engraved on the dagger!" Prince Li smiled. "Who likes to mark their surname on their belongings to declare sovereignty?"
"Grandmother!" Zhuangzhuang exclaimed, "This dagger was given by the Grandmother to my brother, who then gave it to the seventh brother, who then gave it to Zi'an. Taifu Liang didn't know the inside story, so he thought the dagger was given by the Grandmother to Zi'an, so he was afraid. He wasn't afraid of the dagger, he was afraid of the Grandmother."
"Smart!" Prince Li got on the carriage and Zhuangzhuang followed him.
After seeing off Prince Li and Zhuang Zhuang, Zi An helped Yuan, who hadn't said a word tonight, to get up, "Mother, we're going back too."
Seeing that everyone had left, but Xia Zian, the wounded man, was not hurt at all, Xia Wan'er could not help but feel grief and anger, and rushed forward to stop Zian, "You want to leave like this?"
Zi'an looked at her and sneered, "What else do you want?"
Xia Wan'er remembered that she had disfigured herself, and that she could get away with it after all this torture. She turned around abruptly, took the whip from the wall, and swung it at Zi'an, saying furiously, "I'm going to kill you!"
The whip had little power, so Zi'an grabbed it with one hand and pulled it hard, and Xia Wan'er fell to the ground in a very ugly posture.
Zi'an said coldly: "Don't humiliate yourself. I have shown mercy tonight. Just because you hurt my mother like this, I don't want your lives. This is to leave a last bit of kindness to the Xiangfu."
After hearing this, the old lady ordered with a cold face: "Come here, send the second young lady back to her room. She is not allowed to come out without my order."
Xia Wan'er yelled at the old lady in grievance, "Grandma, why is this happening? My mother and I were bullied by her like this, and you didn't stand up for us?"
"Take him away!" the old lady gave the order in a very majestic voice.
Aunt Cuiyu hurriedly ordered someone to pull Xia Wan'er away.
Xia Wan'er shouted at Zi'an angrily, "I won't let you go. I won't let you go."
Zi'an didn't raise his eyes. Madam Linglong also said this in the clinic. In the end, who didn't let whom go
After Xia Wan'er was taken away, the old lady looked at Madam Linglong and said in annoyance, "You are more likely to cause trouble than to help. You should go down too!"
Madam Linglong bit her lip in grievance and looked at Prime Minister Xia, her voice choking with sobs, "Prime Minister, is this matter over?"
"But what else do you want? Get out!" The old lady chased her away like a fly.
"Prime Minister," Madam Linglong was still unwilling to give in, and kept looking at Prime Minister Xia with resentment, "If you don't stand up for me and Wan'er, how can I and Wan'er continue to live in the mansion?"
"Go down first. I will consider this matter myself!" Prime Minister Xia finally spoke slowly, but his eyes were always fixed on Zi'an. There were too many complex emotions in his eyes that were difficult to explore.
Madam Linglong was very unwilling, but she also knew that there was nothing she could do about what happened tonight. She looked at Zi'an with resentment, "Do you really think you can cover up everything with one hand? Do you really think you must be the regent princess? Just wait!"
Yuan hadn't spoken tonight. She was the last person to talk to, but she suddenly said, "Chen Linglong, come closer. I have something to say to you."
Madam Linglong looked at her with hatred, but still wanted to hear what she had to say, so she leaned over and whispered to her. Yuan gently parted her lips and said in a voice that only Chen Linglong could hear: "Zi'an has something to say but I'm telling you, ever since the day you and the prince forced her to marry him in the courtyard, she has been determined to kill you and your daughter."
The Zi'an she was talking about was not the Zi'an who was standing next to her, but her daughter who had disappeared into thin air.
Madam Linglong sneered, "Really? Let's see if you have the ability to do it!"
Madam Linglong looked at the strange smile on her face and felt inexplicably panicked. This Yuan was no longer as patient as before.
(End of this chapter)