C27

The beauty in Xiao Chengzhen's arms was the daughter of the Ye Family, Ye Ning, the Concubine of Xiao Chengzhen.

Nangong Lin bowed his head in greeting, and didn't raise his head at all.

"Raise your head."

Xiao Chengzhen looked at the kneeling Nangong Lin with interest, his dignified tone unquestionable.

Ye Ning, who was trapped in Xiao Chengzhen's arms, frowned and looked at Nangong Lin quietly. There was a moment of confusion in his eyes.

"What are you looking at?"

Before Nangong Lin could raise his head, there was a crisp sound as a bright red palm print appeared on Ye Ning's beautiful face.

"Your Highness."

Ye Ning's voice trembled slightly as she resisted the humiliation and lowered her head.

Nangong Lin had already raised his head, and when he saw the bright red mark on Ye Ning's face, his eyes immediately filled with hatred.

"Gu is only disciplining his own woman. Do you have any objections?"

Xiao Chengzhen's expression was cold, and said with a smile that did not reach his eyes, "Even though you are Third Brother's sworn brother, you do not have the right to meddle in my affairs, do you?"

"This commoner doesn't dare."

Nangong Lin had long since put away the emotions in his eyes, and his voice was unusually calm.

"Your Highness, how did you forget?"

Zheng Qingyao dismounted, and laughed sweetly, her voice as clear as jade slowly sounded out, "In the past, Sister Ye and Nangong Lin had an engagement, you were the one who stole my lover."

She walked over and leaned on Xiao Chengzhen, but her eyes were still fixated on Ye Ning who had just been beaten up.

"Is that so?"

Xiao Chengzhen lowered his head, reached out, and pinched Ye Ning's chin, forcing her to look up at him, and asked: "Ning'er likes Nangong Lin."

"No, no."

Ye Ning's eyes were filled with tears, her expression pitiful.

"Your Highness, I am your Concubine, how can I possibly care about others? My previous engagement with Nangong Lin was also set by my family, and after that, I annulled the engagement. You are my husband, how can I think about others?"

"Is that really the case?"

Facing the beauty in his arms who was on the verge of tears, Xiao Chengzhen remained unmoved and continued to slap his again.

This slap was extremely heavy, and when the slap landed, he simultaneously released the other hand that was holding Ye Ning.

Ye Ning was unable to bear the weight of the punch, and his body swayed, falling right into Nangong Lin's body.

Nangong Lin instinctively stretched out his hand to catch Ye Ning and involuntarily called out softly, "A Ning."

This voice was extremely soft, so soft that only he and Ye Ning could hear it.

Ye Ning could not help but look at him, the tears in her eyes started to surge again.

"How dare you!"

An angry bellow sounded from above his head.

Xiao Chengzhen reached out his hand to pull Ye Ning who was being supported by Nangong Lin.

Then, he pointed at Nangong Lin and shouted: "Nangong Lin, how dare you, you dare touch this woman."

Nangong Lin stood there silently, his expression calm.

Xiao Chengzhen was obviously trying to cause trouble.

"Your Highness, it's not, it's …"

Ye Ning trembled as she looked at Xiao Chengzhen, and started to explain.

However, Xiao Chengzhen suddenly pushed her back and said angrily, "Just you wait."

"What does Crown Prince want?"

Nangong Lin laughed at himself.

"To dare covet His Highness' woman, naturally, only death awaits you."

Zheng Qingyao glanced at the pale Ye Ning complacently.

"Oh?"

Xiao Chengzhen turned to look at her, and held her in his arms as he asked happily: "But he still has some relationship with Third Brother, and I cannot bear to go against him, so from what you can see, how should I punish him?"

With that, he smiled and pinched Zheng Qingyao's cheeks: "Well said, I have my rewards."

Hearing that, Zheng Qingyao's smile became even more brilliant, she cutely leaned into Xiao Chengzhen's embrace, and said daintily: "I only want to help Your Highness out of your worries, I don't want to ask for any rewards."

"Relying on concubine to look …"

She lowered her eyes and thought for a moment before raising her head again. Her eyes were filled with radiance as she said, "Then let's chop off my hand."

"This idea is not bad. As expected of someone who would be happy to be alone."

Xiao Chengzhen laughed, and turned to look at Nangong Lin as he instructed, "Cut off his hands."

"Yes."

After Gu Zhao heard this, he took out his sword and walked towards Nangong Lin with an ice-cold expression.

"Your Highness, don't!"

Ye Ning's face instantly became pale white, and she knelt down to plead for mercy.

Xiao Chengzhen let out a cold snort, kicked her away, and said angrily: "Bitch, you really are thinking about him in your heart."

Ye Ning's frail body fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Nangong Lin frowned, he wanted to say something, but he could not.

The more he spoke for her, the more she suffered.

And at this time, Gu Zhao had already raised the sword in his hand.

"No!"

Ye Ning raised her head, her eyes opened wide in shock, and she could not help but shout out, before fainting.

Seeing Gu Zhao's sword attacking over, Nangong Lin did not give up.

His expression changed slightly as he slowly took two steps back.

"You actually dare to resist!"

Xiao Chengyi was furious, he bellowed: "Gu Zhao!"

Gu Zhao understood, and raised his sword.

Although Nangong Lin understood martial arts too, because of his body, he was unable to learn the essence.

It was not a problem to deal with ordinary people, but against an expert like Gu Zhao, he had no chance of winning at all.

So the moment Gu Zhao made a ruthless move, he had no way of dealing with it.

A single blow had struck him right in the chest, and it was extremely vicious, causing everyone to be dumbstruck.

Gu Zhao did not continue with his stab, but suddenly pulled out his sword, and blood immediately gushed out.

By doing this, it would be better for him to just stab Nangong Lin to death.

This was an absolute abuse.

Nangong Lin could not help but groan as he retreated while clutching his chest. Fresh blood was flowing from his fingertips.

He raised his head to look at Xiao Chengzhen's sinister and complacent expression.

Their hearts were at a loss. If a grudge was formed, then so be it. There was simply no way to resolve it.

Even if his father was dead, it wouldn't be enough to quell the hatred in his heart.

"Cut off his hands and let him live."

Even though Gu Zhao's sword was aimed at Nangong Lin's chest, it deliberately deviated from his heart.

Right now, Xiao Chengzhen only wanted one of Nangong Lin's hands.

Without these hands, he was afraid that he would never be able to practice medicine again.

Because he was severely injured, Nangong Lin no longer had the possibility to retreat.

Just as Gu Zhao's sword was about to land, the sounds of horses galloping could be heard.

Everyone looked behind them in confusion, only to realize that their horses had gone mad.

A few horses charged towards Xiao Chengzhen and Zheng Qingyao like madmen.

Gu Zhao did not have the mind to care about Nangong Lin anymore, and quickly turned to stop the horses, in case he hurt his master.

Just as he turned around, a charming shadow flew past him.

A long whip suddenly flew towards Zheng Qingyao who was already panicking and helpless.

With a hissing sound, the buttons on Zheng Qingyao's clothes were removed.

His shirt was opened wide, revealing a large amount of spring light, as well as the red mandarin duck apron.

Ah!

His clothes were smashed into pieces in front of the crowd, causing Zheng Qingyao's face to be completely disgraced, as he immediately shouted out.

"Who is it!"

Xiao Chengzhen did not care about the flushed Zheng Qingyao, and immediately turned to look at the direction of the whip.

However, he only had time to see a beautiful figure take away the already severely injured Nangong Lin.

"Damn."

Xiao Chengzhen could not help but curse.

Who the hell was this guy? How dare he meddle in the affairs of the crown prince?