Chapter 63

When Zixiu was “intently” taking care of Nangong Du, who had just come round, Physician Ling came to the prince’s bedroom. However, he didn’t come here to exam Nangong Du’s condition, but to ask Yueying to release Lianshan! Huali told him that it was Nangong Du who had detained Lianshan, but Lingxiao was aware that a person who was just out of danger and had not yet regained full consciousness couldn’t be the mastermind behind all this. After pondering for a while, he thought that there was only one possibility—he accidentally exposed himself in the fight with the assassin that day, which aroused the suspicion of Yueying, the personal guard of Prince Mu.

When he arrived at the door of the prince’s bedroom, Yueying was guarding in the corridor with a serious look as usual. At the sight of Lingxiao, Yueying walked over and stopped him in a low voice expressionlessly, a trace of unfathomable look crossing his eyes. “Wait, Physician Ling!”

“I’m not here for Prince Mu!” Lingxiao interrupted him. “Where’s Lianshan?”

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Yueying immediately figured out what he was here for. “No worries. When His Highness recovers, Lianshan will be free again!” he answered coolly.

“Really?” Lingxiao nodded, but next, he suddenly put on a grim look while shooting Yueying a cold glare. ”I hate being threatened the most!” he said, gritting his teeth.

“Don’t get me wrong, Physician Ling!” Yueying looked into his eyes calmly. “I’m so impressed with your superb medical skill and I appreciate you so much for detoxifying Prince Mu. How could I try to threaten you? His Highness always told me to be grateful. Now he has just woken up and hasn’t seen you yet. If he knows I’m watching you leave without doing anything, he’ll definitely blame me for that. So I have no choice but to resort to such disgraceful means to keep you two in the mansion. Physician Ling, I hope you won’t feel offended!”

Though Lingxiao was unhappy with him, he had to admit what Yueying said did make sense. His heart skipped a beat when he heard Yueying say “you two” just now. “Did he find out I was trying to take Zixiu away? Impossible!”

Needless to say, that couldn’t be the case. During Nangong Du’s coma, to ensure his safety, Yueying had never left him alone, so though he was suspicious about Lingxiao, he could only assign some guards to watch him over. As those guards were no match for Lingxiao in the cultivation of martial arts, none of them had ever discovered that he had secretly met with Zixiu. However, from Lianshan’s expression and the way he acted before midnight, Yueying could tell there was something wrong, so he detained him. Even he himself didn’t expect that he would have successfully prevented the ‘princess’ from escaping by doing this!

Managing to calm himself down, Lingxiao became more cautious. “Well, if you let Lianshan go, I’ll get into the room to see Prince Mu right now!” he said gruffly.

“Physician Ling, relax! As long as His Highness recovers, I won’t make things difficult for Lianshan!”

“Humph!” Lingxiao shrugged with a snort while staring at Yueying angrily. “Seems you’re not going to let him go anytime soon?”

“You’re right!” Yueying shot back with a resolute look.

If it weren’t for Zixiu, Lingxiao wouldn’t have taken down the government notice and come to detoxify Nangong Du. It was unbelievable that this guy was threatening him holding his servant hostage! “Do you think you can do anything to me?” Burning with anger, Lingxiao roared as if his eyes were about to erupt with flames.

“Physician Ling, are you desperate to run away because you’re not sure you can cure His Highness?” Yueying changed his strategy. He was aware that Lingxiao thought highly of himself, so he was deliberately stimulating him verbally.

“Run away?” As Yueying had expected, Lingxiao seemed to have taken his bait! Giving him a filthy look, Lingxiao said grumpily, “Listen, I’ll go nowhere if I can’t cure Prince Mu!”