Chapter 29 — His Highness the Crown Prince (2/2)

Beside her laid the remains of a table and sprawled atop was Yun Qing Er, who was struggling to get up. As Yun Qi approached, he accidentally stepped on her whip. He didn’t need to guess to know what had happened in the hut.

Yun Qing Er finally managed to climb onto her feet and asked in a sweet, delicate voice, “Grandpa, how, how come you’re here?”

Traces of anger appeared on Yun Qi’s calm face. He looked at the granddaughter he’d originally thought highly of, and for the first time, he felt sorely disappointed.

“Get the hell back to your own courtyard and stay there for two days. If I see you and Yun Lingshui take even one step out of your rooms, I’ll kick both of you from the family!” He was completely serious.

“Grandpa, you can’t…” Yun Qing Er paled. Yun Qi cut her off by waving his hand and commanding, “Wu Gang, get people to send the Third Miss and the Sixth Miss back to their respective rooms immediately. Anyone who dares let them out will have their legs broken.”

“Yes, Old Master!” Wu Gang replied.

“Sixth Miss, I will send you back to your room,” he stood in front of Yun Qing Er and said respectfully. However, he peered at Yun Wu from the corner of his eye, probing and observing. Yun Wu was well aware of his scrutiny.

As if oblivious, the corners of her lips raised. She looked incomparably delicate and fragile. No one would’ve been able to guess she was last night’s “top assassin Fengxing.”

Yun Qing Er wanted to say something, but Yun Qi’s wrath shut her up. She could do nothing but endure and shoot Yun Wu an exceptionally hateful glare, thinking one day, she’ll get even with Yun Wu.

Only after her two seething sisters left did Yun Wu slowly rise from her stool. A faint smile appeared on her face as she remarked, “Grandpa… if you’d come any later, I probably wouldn’t have been able to resist chopping off their heads.”

At that, Yun Qi was stunned and didn’t know whether to cry or to laugh. After all, she was blaming him for arriving too early. When he thought about it, he realized that chances were, she wasn’t lying. In that case, were his two other granddaughter’s necks currently broken?

“Brat, nonetheless, they are still your biological sisters. If they ever push things too far, do consider giving Grandpa some face and let them off.”

Yun Wu lifted her eyes and asked coldly, “Grandpa, how much is your face worth?”

That day her “biological sisters” went after her life, where was this so-called “Grandpa”’ at? If he hadn’t caught on to her hidden strength, would he still be paying so much attention to her?

The answer was obvious.

She didn’t take unkindly to him, but that didn’t mean she was willing to acknowledge him as her grandfather. In both her previous and current life, she was cold-hearted. There were few things and people capable of moving her emotionally.

Having said that, once she approved of someone, she would go as far as to unhesitantly fighting the Heavens for them. Clearly, Yun Qi had not yet gained her approval.

His expression changed slightly at her words. How could he not have understood what she meant? For over a decade, he never bothered to show concern for her. Asking her to accept him as her grandfather just because they were related was little different from him asking for the moon… but wasn’t this brat being a bit too unreasonable? No matter what, he was still her biological grandfather.

Despite that, he could only take in her indifferent expression and sigh helplessly.

“Forget it. Right now, Grandpa’s face isn’t worth anything. Wait until it gains some worth, then Grandpa will talk it over with you again. Now, let’s go. I’ll take you to Ning Courtyard.”

Yun Wu was a little taken aback, as she hadn’t expected Yun Qi to have such a generous attitude. Anyone else probably would’ve been miffed. This made her regard him somewhat differently.

The instant they stepped out, a guard rushed over to report, “Old Master, Crown Prince and Prince Long are waiting in the main hall.”

“Crown Prince and Prince Long? Why did they come?” Yun Qi furrowed his brows.

Crown Prince?

Yun Wu’s eyes narrowed slightly. She had traversed and woke up in a whipped and lacerated body, courtesy of this very Crown Prince.

Coupled with the fact that his biological mother was the most likely the Empress of Zhou Dynasty, Yun Wu was quite “curious” about this Crown Prince.

“Grandpa, I’ll go with you,” she said. Yun Qi glanced at her and seemed to have noticed something, but he didn’t ask and instead nodded, “Mhm, let’s go. While we’re at it, I need to talk to His Highness about your participation in the tournament that will start on the day after tomorrow.”