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In that moment, the strong gust of wind arrived in front of him and blew Zheng Huaiyuan away.

Zheng Huaiyuan miserably lied on the ground, his face ashen, as he also spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Who exactly is it that has the guts to actually dare to commit murder in the Minister Mansion?"

Seeing that his son was injured, Zheng Ji was immediately enraged.

As soon as he finished speaking, that ink-black figure landed on the ground.

"This king is returning this palm strike to you on behalf of Xiao Yu."

Xiao Chengyi blocked in front of Mu Qianyu, and stared coldly at the Zheng Huaiyuan who was lying on the ground and vomiting blood.

Hearing his words, Mu Qianyu was stunned, her beautiful eyes moved, she was in disbelief.

He actually returned a palm strike to Zheng Huaiyuan for her sake.

At this moment, her thoughts went through a hundred twists and turns, and her complicated feelings could not be described with words.

It was a feeling of being moved, it was astonishment, it was indifference. Exactly what kind of emotion it was, she was simply unable to say.

Because no one had ever done this to her.

Someone had injured her, and someone had actually returned it for her.

In the end, she still didn't understand why he would treat her like this.

She had asked him if he liked her.

But he did not answer.

Such feelings and protection, aside from liking, what else could it be?

She couldn't help rubbing her forehead. Life is so troublesome.

"How is it?"

Xiao Chengyi suddenly reached out and grabbed her hand, passing the warmth of his palm to her without restraint.

Even his words had a hint of warmth to them.

Mu Qianyu was startled for a moment, and lightly shook her head, "It's no big deal."

In the end, she was too careless, she shouldn't have come to Zheng Mansion alone.

It seems that she had still underestimated Zheng Ji's black-hearted old fox.

"Greetings, Your Highness."

Zheng Hong was the first to react and immediately knelt down.

Only then did the others react.

Zheng Ji felt even more guilty. He wanted to kill his own daughter, but didn't expect that he would actually be discovered by the Prince Li.

Zheng Qingqing's complexion had long ago become intertwined with red and green. She could not understand why Xiao Chengyi would protect Mu Qianyu to such an extent.

Moreover, it wasn't as if Xiao Chengyi didn't have any bodyguards by his side, so why would he personally take action?

The only woman who could get the dignified Prince Li to personally help him, was probably Mu Qianyu.

"Zheng Ji, what do you mean by that?"

Xiao Chengyi pointed to the miserable Zheng Huaiyuan and asked.

Zheng Ji frowned, but continued to speak unabashedly: "Reporting to Your Highness, this unfilial daughter has come to provoke and is disrespectful to this humble subject, my son was unable to endure it, and thus injured her."

Hearing that, Mu Qianyu could not help but sneer.

She was really her father, just now he openly wanted Zheng Huaiyuan to kill her in front of so many people.

To be able to turn hostile and not admit it, his skin was incredibly thick.

"Father."

Mu Qianyu opened her mouth and addressed Zheng Ji as father.

But when he called out 'Father', Zheng Ji's heart sank. He had a nagging feeling that nothing good would happen.

"You wanted to kill me just now, but now you're saying it wasn't intentional. How thick is your skin? Are you lying to the emperor like this every day when you're in court?"

Mu Qianyu had never been a weak person.

Zheng Ji tried to kill her time and time again, but she would never give this person any face.

Most probably, there was no one like Mu Qianyu in this world who could stay calm and insult her own father in front of the Prince Li, and even scold him so harshly.

"Bitch, I'll kill you!"

Zheng Ji had not spoken, but hearing this, Zheng Huaiyuan became angry.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, glared at Mu Qianyu, and then rushed forward again.

Xiao Chengyi did not even bat an eyelid, with a casual wave of his Mo Xiu, he threw Zheng Huaiyuan out once again.

Zheng Huaiyuan spat out another mouthful of blood, making Madame Wang's heart ache, his face filled with anger but he did not dare send a message.

If it wasn't for the fact that the person who attacked her was the Prince, she would have already rushed forward and cursed at him.

"Your highness, why are you so determined to protect this person? You also heard what this person said just now. Don't you think this kind of outrageous daughter deserves to die?"

Seeing his son get injured multiple times, Zheng Ji couldn't help but get angry. "You" became "you", and gave Xiao Chengyi no respect whatsoever.

"If you weren't so ruthless, would she have said that?"

Xiao Chengyi's thin lips slightly pursed, his tone ice-cold. "Zheng Ji, do you really think this king is a fool?

This man was lawless with the backing of the crown prince. He dared to openly challenge him? Good, very good!

Xiao Chengyi's words immediately made Zheng Ji's face change.

He also knew that Xiao Chengyi was not to be trifled with. If he did not have the crown prince as his backer, he would not have dared to do such a thing.

However, on the day he moved closer to the crown prince, he had already been opposing Xiao Chengyi, so what could he do about it?

No matter how powerful the Prince Li was, it wouldn't become the crown prince in the future.

It was because of this that caused Zheng Ji to be so arrogant in front of Xiao Chengyi.

"Zheng Ji, don't worry, there are some things that I don't have the time to deal with you about. Since you dared to ask your son to kill me today, I will slaughter everyone in the clan with my Zheng Family. I, Mu Qianyu, will never lie!"

Mu Qianyu squinted her eyes and looked at Zheng Ji with a cold expression.

She had remembered today's grudge. It seemed like she would have to settle both old and new debts together.

When she said this, the entire room went silent.

The slaughter of the entire clan with such insolence was truly unbelievable.

It was fine if she was just being arrogant, but the assured air she emanated caused chills to run down one's spine.

It was as if she had convinced everyone of her words before she had even made a move.

Perhaps there would really come a day when she annihilated the entire Zheng Family.

"You slut, you can even say such words. You better be careful not to die one day without a burial ground."

Just a moment ago, she saw Xiao Chengyi protecting Mu Qianyu and it was already enough to make her extremely jealous. Now, she finally found a chance to open her mouth and scold him.

He then looked at Xiao Chengyi and said, "Your highness, your identity is respected and revered by tens of thousands of people. You cannot let this fox spirit lose your mind and ruin your reputation!"

"What does This King want to do, I'll leave it to you to handle?"

Xiao Chengyi looked at her with cold eyes, his thin lips slightly pursed, as he coldly spat out a sentence, "This king wants to protect her. From today onwards, whoever dares to hurt her will be killed by this king!"

When he finished speaking, he had already carried her and left the Minister Mansion with a light tap of his toes.

By the time Mu Qianyu managed to react, she was already being carried onto Lightning's back.

She stared blankly at the man beside her. She couldn't believe that everything that had happened today was real.

He had even openly protected her in front of the Zheng Family and did not allow anyone to hurt her.

All of this happened so suddenly that she couldn't think straight.

She still wanted to ask, were they really very familiar with each other?

He hadn't even known her for a month.

She was just a young miss who had a disreputable reputation and wanted nothing more than to stay in the outside world.

But he was the son of the current imperial concubine, the noble Prince Li, the target of the admiration of all the girls in the capital.

He had used all his strength to protect her.

If this were to spread, would anyone believe it?