Reborn as the Regent's Beloved

However, Feng Mingyu received news that Xiao Fengyi had been punished with family discipline yesterday and had been pushed into the lake by her younger sister, Xiao Qingyin.

Even knowing that his father had punished Xiao Qingyin with twenty strokes of the cane, he still felt sorry for Xiao Fengyi, who had been pushed into the water.

After finishing her official business, Feng Mingyu left the government office and headed straight for the Xiao residence.

He wanted to check whether Xiao Fengyi, who had fallen into the water with injuries, had caught a cold, and planned to bring her some medicine for internal and external use.

When Feng Mingyu arrived at the Xiao residence, the gates were wide open, and there wasn't a single servant guarding the entrance.

Without anyone informing him, he and his servants abandoned their plan to climb over the wall to Qingya Courtyard and went straight into the Xiao family mansion.

What's even stranger is that Feng Mingyu didn't see anyone along the way, not even a servant or a maid who was supposed to be holding a lantern.

The enormous Xiao family mansion resembled a haunted house, pitch black and gloomy, its darkness impossible to conceal.

Suddenly, he saw a light shining from afar in the hall, so he went over to check it out.

It would have been better if I hadn't looked, because once I did, I saw that Xiao Fengyi had been beaten badly and was barely breathing.

Feng Mingyu could see that after Shen Shi and Xiao Qishan finished complaining, they even made Xiao Qingyin walk back and forth in front of the man to remind him how badly Xiao Qingyin had been beaten.

The woman, tears streaming down her face, knelt before Xiao Qishan, feigning sympathy for Xiao Fengyi.

"Father, please stop hitting my sister. She already knows she was wrong and has fainted. I've felt this pain before, it's unbearable..."

"She knows she's wrong? I don't think she knows at all."

Xiao Qishan recalled Xiao Fengyi's stubborn resistance when she was beaten, without uttering a sound; there was not a trace of remorse or remorse in her.

Thinking of this, he lost his temper again and said to the servants beside him, "Go to the well and fetch some cold water. Pour it on this girl to wake her up. Keep beating her until she admits her mistake."

The master's words were so venomous that the servants around him were at a loss for what to do.

The servants didn't know whether Xiao Qishan really wanted to kill the young lady or was just angry.

Even tigers don't eat their cubs, so no one would believe that Xiao Qishan would actually beat his own daughter, Xiao Fengyi, to death.

If Xiao Qishan ordered the beating in a fit of anger, and the young lady was beaten to death, then if the other party regretted it, they certainly wouldn't look for the cause in themselves, but would inevitably come after the servants who did the beating.

Therefore, when the servants heard Xiao Qishan tell them to fetch water, they all pushed each other, staring at each other blankly, and none of them took the initiative.

Seeing the servants so passive and uncooperative, the most vocal among the masters was Madam Shen.

Shen added fuel to the fire, saying to Xiao Qishan, "Master, look at these servants. Aren't they just like Fengyi? They don't listen to you at all, and they even make excuses for something as simple as fetching water from the well."

Just now, Xiao Qishan was so angry that he didn't notice the servants shirking their responsibilities and not going to fetch water. Now that he noticed, and after hearing Shen's words, he was furious.

"Do you think I can't understand human language? I told you to go fetch water."

Xiao Qishan's outburst of anger made the servants no longer hesitate and they all went to the well to fetch water.

As they approached the well, they were still stammering, "Young Miss, it's your own father who's trying to kill you today. It has nothing to do with us. The grievances should be settled by the perpetrators, so don't come looking for us."

Feng Mingyu, who was in the darkness, saw all of this.

Even these servants knew that if the fighting continued, Xiao Fengyi might die. How could Xiao Qishan, as the father, not know this? And why did Shen, as the mother, always try to kill her own child?

Inside the brightly lit hall, a group of people were gathered, and in the middle of them stood Xiao Fengyi, isolated and helpless.

Feng Mingyu decided to step in and save her.

He instructed his guards to announce the arrival of the Eighth Prince, and Xiao Qishan finally learned that the Eighth Prince had condescended to visit the Xiao residence.

"Master, the Eighth Prince Feng Mingyu has arrived."

The Eighth Prince, Feng Mingyu.

Xiao Qishan only snapped out of his anger after hearing these words.

Where is the Eighth Prince?

As he questioned the servants around him, he had already seen the white-clad youth walking out of the darkness.

The boy had thick eyebrows and big eyes, with gentle yet striking features. He walked with an air of innate nobility that made people afraid to look directly at him.

"Xiao Qishan, is this how you treat distinguished guests?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qishan immediately led Shen Shi, Xiao Qingyin, and the servants and maids standing in the hall to kneel before the other party.

He knelt on the ground, clasped his hands in a fist, and looked up at Feng Mingyu, "Eighth Prince, this humble abode of the Xiao family, why did you come here without giving me any notice beforehand so that I could make preparations?"

At this moment, the man standing there only had Xiao Fengyi's safety on his mind.

Throughout the entire hall, she was the only one who wasn't kneeling before him; she lay unconscious on the wooden board, unresponsive.

Seeing Xiao Fengyi like this, his heart was in turmoil, and he felt that he had arrived too late.

He vented all his anger on Xiao Qishan's family.

Feng Mingyu walked slowly to Xiao Fengyi's side, resisting the urge to stroke her cheek. He turned around and laughed angrily, "Xiao Qishan, you asked me to inform you in advance that I was here. Did you want to hide the fact that you bullied Xiao Fengyi without distinguishing right from wrong?"

"This……"

Xiao Fengyi didn't know how to answer the Eighth Prince's question.

He guessed that this eighth prince, like the eleventh and thirteenth princes, had approached Xiao Fengyi because he was attracted to her destiny.

Phoenix Destiny Holy Phoenix!

Xiao Qishan opened his eyes wide and realized how outrageous and foolish he had been just now. He had almost killed Xiao Fengyi, the most important resource of the Xiao family, just to avenge Xiao Qingyin.

Because Xiao Fengyi possessed the sacred phoenix, His Majesty the Emperor designated her as the Crown Princess.

Unlike in the past, this time Xiao Fengyi will marry whoever becomes the crown prince.

With her around, it meant that no matter which of the emperor's sons became emperor, Xiao Qishan would still be the emperor's father-in-law.

How could he have been so confused just now?

Seeing Xiao Qishan's dazed look, Feng Mingyu was furious.

His daughter has been beaten like this, yet he remains completely indifferent.

"Xiao Qishan, why aren't you fetching the imperial physician to examine Xiao Fengyi? Are you trying to kill her?"

Feng Mingyu usually appears approachable, making many people forget that he is also a descendant of the imperial family.

Only now, when he loses his temper, does Xiao Qishan realize what's going on.

He ordered the servants beside him, "Quickly, go and fetch the family physician."

When Xiao Qingyin saw that her father was going to call the family doctor for her sister, her expression changed instantly.

After a moment, she said to Madam Shen in a gentle tone, "Mother, Father is going to call the family doctor for my sister. My sister is about to wake up. That's wonderful."

Inside the hall, no one except Xiao Qingyin herself knew that she was being sarcastic.