Chapter 213 - 109: Can You Handle a Woman This Fierce?

Chapter 213: Chapter 109: Can You Handle a Woman This Fierce?

Zhao Ci rushed to the edge of the Martial Arts Arena, asking with concern, "Are you alright?"

Those nineteen grueling battles were truly nerve-wracking.

Kan Luotang’s face was a little pale, but she still managed a smile and said in a low voice, "You were fine after fighting a hundred men. What’s this in comparison? Go on, go get your prize!"

With that, she leaped off the Martial Arts Arena.

Unexpectedly, however, something tapped the back of her right knee.

She stumbled and pitched forward, falling straight off the platform.

And landed right in Zhao Ci’s arms.

Zhao Ci’s voice grew tense. "Zhu Li! Luotang fainted! Go accept the prize for me."

"Oh, okay!"

Zhu Li glanced over worriedly. After confirming Kan Luotang wasn’t seriously injured, she scurried up to the high platform on her short legs.

Kan Luotang: "..."

She stared at the high platform in disbelief, and then Kan Tianji’s Transmission sounded in her ear.

"What are you staring wide-eyed for? Pretend to be unconscious! Does your grandpa have to teach you everything?"

"..."

...

「Tenth Prince’s Mansion.」

A crowd of people surrounded Kan Luotang’s sickbed, awaiting the Imperial Physician’s diagnosis.

A long while passed.

Then another.

The Imperial Physician stood up. "Your Highness, please rest assured. Miss Luotang is not injured, just suffering from extreme exhaustion. She’ll be fine after a few days of rest. Once she awakens, make sure she does not go outside. This prescription is to help her recover her strength. Twice a day will be sufficient."

"Many thanks!"

Zhao Ci thanked him profusely and warmly saw the Imperial Physician to the door.

Unexpectedly, however, the moment he turned back, he saw Xiang Yunzhan brandishing a spear and glaring at him furiously.

"You’ve got some real nerve, kid! I help you train your Mansion Officials, and in return, you bully my daughter, is that it?"

"...No, no, no! Uncle, stop pulling my ear! It hurts!"

Zhao Ci cried out in misery. Staring at Xiang Yunzhan’s furious expression, he blurted out on a strange impulse, "This really isn’t about whether I bullied her or not. It all comes down to Mr. Kan. If Mr. Kan didn’t want me to win, I couldn’t have done it even if I wanted to, right?"

A subtitle instantly popped up.

[Xiang Yunzhan’s Current Wish: Why is he bringing that up? This kid must never find out about my scheme with Old Kan! Wish Completion Reward: Comprehension Value +100, Heavenly Concealment Talisman x1.]

Zhao Ci: "..."

’Well, now!’

’So you were all in on it!’

’Damn it!’

’This whole thing really is complicated.’

Xiang Yunzhan’s eyes blazed. "What the hell are you rambling about? I don’t understand a single word. What does you bullying your cousin have to do with your grandfather-in-law? You better explain yourself, or this isn’t over today!"

Sensing his ear was about to be twisted clean off, Zhao Ci quickly begged for mercy. "I’ll explain, I’ll explain! Let’s just find a quiet place first."

"Fine! I’d like to see just how you’re going to explain this."

Xiang Yunzhan snorted and dragged Zhao Ci into the Practice Room, looking like he was ready to beat an explanation out of him.

To be honest, he was genuinely furious.

The main reason was that the kid had used dirty tricks. The Imperial Clan Court couldn’t convict him without evidence, but Xiang Yunzhan wasn’t about to let rules get in his way.

Zhao Ci, however, just smiled and hesitantly pulled a jade vial from his robes. "Here, you take this. Have my cousin give it to Zhao Qian in secret. Don’t mention my name; let’s call it a favor from her."

"What’s this piece of junk? You think you can fob me off with this?"

Xiang Yunzhan shot him a look and pulled the wooden stopper from the vial.

And then.

He immediately stuffed it back in.

He had caught a whiff of the pill’s aroma, and a muscle in his cheek twitched. "You dare to just give something like this away?"

"Huh? And what ’something like this’ might you be referring to?"

"This! It’s an Emperor Pill!"

"An Emperor Pill? I don’t have one. The one Father Emperor bestowed upon me... I’ve already taken it!"

"Then where did this one come from?"

"How would I know where it came from? It’s not mine!"

"If it’s not yours, then whose is it?"

"You pulled it out of your own pocket. If you don’t know whose it is, how would I know?"

"You son of a..."

Xiang Yunzhan was so choked with frustration he was about to curse, but then he felt something wasn’t quite right.

He gave Zhao Ci a suspicious look. ’This kid... he couldn’t possibly know something, could he?’

’This is the kind of thing you can’t know, even if you do know!’

But the kid just had a look on his face that said it had nothing to do with him.

This...

"Ahem!"

Xiang Yunzhan cleared his throat twice and nonchalantly tucked the vial into his robes. "Ah, I remember now. I found this thing on the road while I was out. That kid Zhao Qian sure is lucky. Good thing you reminded me, or I would’ve completely forgotten about it."

Zhao Ci: "..."

’For fuck’s sake, at least make up a believable lie!’

’Found it on the road?’

’Could you be any more ridiculous?’