Chapter 86

“Mr. Liu, Prince Mu apologizes for having offended you and Childe Liu because of the misunderstanding!” Instead of asking the accountant to pay Liu Wuyi, Nangong Du suddenly humbled himself and apologized. However, from the way he addressed himself and Zixiu, Liu Wuyi could tell he was full of anger. Actually, since his darling left secretly, this prince had been in a bad temper!

Narrowing his eyes, Liu Wuyi stopped mocking at Nangong Du and put on a serious look. “Your Highness, since it’s a misunderstanding, my son will have nothing to do with you in the future. I accept your apology and I’ll pass it on to my son as well.”

“Mr. Liu, aren’t you curious about who replaced Princess Liuxu with your son?”

Liu Wuyi froze for a moment. He hadn’t asked his son how he had gotten into the Prince Mu’s Mansion. It was Luo Huali who had told him that everyone thought Zixiu was Princess Liuxu for no reason, but he had never told him why Zixiu would have shown up in Nangong Du’s mansion.

Seeing Liu Wuyi hesitant, Nangong Du tried to probe into more. “Mr. Liu, it’s said you’re not only skillful in medicine, but also are highly accomplished in martial arts. I wonder why you suddenly retired to seclusion thirteen years ago…”

“What do you mean?” Liu Wuyi had come back to his senses. “Your Highness, you think it has something to do with me?” he asked with a faint smile.

“Are you trying to deny it?” Nangong Du asked back. How come the well-known King of Medicine had suddenly vanished from public sight and was willing to become a peddler in such a remote place? There must be a skeleton in the cupboard!

‘This brat is trying to trick me into telling my secret! Humph! No way!” Liu Wuyi sneered secretly. “I don’t care if it might have something to do with me. Your Highness, you’re smart and powerful, so I’m sure you’ll get to the bottom of it soon!”

“Mr. Liu, you’re overestimating me! I’m not a scheming person, but I’m not willing to be manipulated by others. By the way, do you want Childe Liu to hide in the mountains for the rest of his life?”

‘Hide?’ Hearing the word so clearly meant to belittle them, Liu Wuyi was a little annoyed. Frowning slightly, he said with a grim look, “Your Highness, do you know why my son is hiding?”

“That’s what I want to ask!”

“Really?” Liu Wuyi’s face darkened. Nangong Du was more canning than he had expected, so his chances of escape seemed slim. However, Liu Wuyi wasn’t easy to mess with either! After pondering for a while, he continued, “Your Highness, since you think my son is hiding from someone, I guess those soldiers you sent to Mount Windward for the magic herb are actually looking for Liu Zixiu!”

“Hahaha! Mr. Liu, is this some kind of a joke? How could I possibly think of a living person as a medicinal herb? What’s more, in addition to this team on Mount Winward, I also sent some people to other places to look for the herb. Mr. Liu, I wonder what makes you think in this way. Seems you’ve taken me as a devil who eats human flesh and drinks human blood?!”

When Liu Wuyi heard that Nangong Du had sent other teams to look for the herb elsewhere, he felt his heart skip a beat. His experience and intuition told him that this prince was doing this not to expand his search for the herb or to distract someone, and his real purpose was probably beyond his guess. Liu Wuyi couldn’t figure out what this crafty prince was going to do and why he was telling him this. Sure enough, people who could make Zixiu hold a grudge were by no means good! “Your Highness, you know well if you’re a devil or not!” Liu Wuyi immediately shot back.

“Er…” Hearing that, Nangong Du felt a little lost with a flicker of melancholy in his eyes.

What the hell? Liu Wuyi was stupified. ‘Did I really overestimate this brat?’

“Mr. Liu, so you’re still unwilling to accept my apology! I guess Zixiu won’t forgive me either…” Without trying to hide his disappointment, Nangong Du continued in a tone of sadness, and to show his sincerity, he addressed himself as ‘I’ instead of ‘Prince Mu’. “I should be blamed for being so drunk and doing such a thing to Zixiu. It’s all my fault! He must have hated me to the core and didn’t want to see me. I admit I was too dissolute and uninhibited before, but except for Zixiu, I’ve never fallen for anyone else. In any case, I won’t abandon him. Now that the wrong is done, as the prince of the Nan Kingdom, I promise I’ll take care of him for the rest of his life. So father, please allow me to be with Zixiu…”

“Fa… Father?!” Hearing the way Prince Mu addressed him, Liu Wuyi almost cried out in surprise. Though he had figured out why this prince had spared his son’s life, he couldn’t accept him to be his… It was just too ridiculous!

“I’m serious that I like Zixiu. Father, I beg you to grant my request!”

“What?! Nangong Du, you’d better leave me alone!”

“Father!”

“Get lost!”