Reborn as the Regent's Beloved

Feng Xingye grabbed Mu Zhi's already sparse hair and scolded, "Mu Zhi, have you forgotten that you killed Chen Zichen?"

His movements were too big and too fast, catching Chen Zichen off guard. His hands kept grabbing at the air, and his incoherent shouts made the people outside Chunyi Pavilion tremble all over, some of whom were so frightened that they went downstairs.

Xiao Fengyi was the person standing closest. She wasn't afraid, but she blinked a few times, making her appear to outsiders as a cold and heartless person.

To onlookers, the two people, one in black and one in red, looked like assassins.

"Who are these two people? I've never seen such outstanding looks before. It's really strange."

"Shh! Don't talk. These two might be assassins in disguise. Let's hide quickly."

"What about this official from the Privy Council? If we don't do anything, what if the Emperor comes and shuts down our Chunyi Pavilion for murdering a high-ranking official?"

"What kind of 'sir' is he? He's just a low-ranking official who never goes to work and just loafs around in our Chunyi Pavilion. I think the Emperor is too busy with state affairs to remember him."

Dressed in red, Xiao Fengyi stood gracefully by the window, listening to the discussions behind her, while before her eyes was the brutal scene of Feng Xingye's iron fist beating Mu Zhi.

bang——

After delivering a punch, Feng Xingye asked the man, "Who sold you your official position? Who were you in contact with?"

The man had already been beaten into a famous offering, a pig's head, and he begged for mercy to Feng Xingye with tears streaming down his face.

"My sir, I really don't know! It was all my father's doing! He bought all the official positions for me!"

One push, two, five, six? Trying to escape?

Feng Xingye gave him no chance at all, his face even colder than the coldest days of winter, and dragged Mu Zhi toward the bed.

He spoke like a thug, "Are you kidding me? Tell me, how exactly did Chen Zichen die!"

Mu Zhi was startled and said to Feng Xingye, "I really didn't lie. I don't know how Chen Zichen died. I thought... I thought he was alive and well."

"Hmph, still alive and well?"

Xiao Fengyi suddenly burst out laughing, because she couldn't stand the man's absurd statement.

Feng Xingye grabbed Mu Zhi by the back of the neck and asked Xiao Fengyi, "Do you have anything to say?"

Xiao Fengyi lifted her skirt and walked to the bedside, not even looking at Mu Zhi. "Do you know what kind of life the person you impersonated has been living these past few years? You actually think he's doing just fine?"

Mu Zhi didn't hear what the woman was saying at all; instead, he covered his cheeks and kept begging for mercy.

"I really don't know, I really don't know. Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. Go find my father, he knows everything."

Feng Xingye punched him in the face. "Looking for your father? How dare you say that? Your father did all this for you, his useless son, and you're trying to shirk responsibility?"

"Spare me, spare me." Mu Zhi couldn't say anything else besides these few words.

Seeing that Mu Zhi was acting like a coward and unwilling to take responsibility, Xiao Fengyi shook her head. "Alright, if you want us to spare you, you can, but you must reveal who's behind it all. We know that you not only bought the official position, but you also participated in the sale of official positions."

After she finished asking the question, she looked at Feng Xingye, who gave her a thumbs up, indicating that it was a very good question.

Na Muzhi still refused to admit it, saying, "I didn't sell official positions. I'm just a minor official of the seventh rank. How could I possibly sell official positions?"

After he finished speaking, he seemed afraid that Feng Xingye and Xiao Fengyi would ask other questions, so he tried to break free from their grasp.

"What do you want to do?"

Feng Xingye was incredibly strong, like a five-finger mountain, impossible to break free from.

The man, looking half-dead and struggling in vain, could only say to the man holding him captive, "Sir, I can speak, but could you please let me go? I'm out of breath and can't speak."

To convince Feng Xingye, Mu Zhi even mimicked the voice of the Chunyi Pavilion girl, letting out a couple of soft moans.

What is this doing?

Xiao Fengyi almost vomited up the food she had eaten that morning when she left the Prince Zhao's residence because of the man's disgusting appearance.

Feng Xingye finally let go of the person. "Alright, you can talk now."

It would have been better if they hadn't let go. As soon as they did, Mu Zhi grabbed the blanket, got out of bed, and ran away.

He had just escaped when he charged straight at Xiao Fengyi.

Xiao Fengyi was afraid that the filthy man would bump into her, so she instinctively dodged to the side, but she was quick-witted and stepped on the man's quilt.

Mu Zhi tripped and fell to the ground.

"what……"

After Mu Zhi fell, he tried to get up and continue running, but as soon as he got up, Feng Xingye wrapped his neck with a horsewhip and pulled him back.

He felt suffocated for a second, desperately pulled on the whip, and begged, "Please... let me go."

When the person begged for mercy, Feng Xingye actually released him, saying, "Speak quickly, stop playing tricks."

"The mastermind behind the selling of official positions is..." Just as Mu Zhi was about to speak, a gust of wind, seemingly from nowhere, pierced through the air, tore through the window paper, and struck the man's neck directly, penetrating his flesh. Blood gushed out and splattered onto Xiao Fengyi and Feng Xingye.

Xiao Fengyi wiped away the blood in front of her eyes. She saw that Feng Xingye's face was also covered in blood. The blood dripping from his eyelashes contrasted with his amber eyes, making him look bewitching and dazzling.

The man placed Mu Zhi's body on the ground, went outside, and saw who was shooting arrows.

"Who is it?" He grabbed a man and pointed his sword at the world.

The man waved his hand frantically, his voice trembling, "I don't know, I don't know who it was, it just whizzed by and an arrow came flying through the air."

In the dimly lit room, Xiao Fengyi squatted beside Mu Zhi. An arrow was still stuck in the man's neck, but his eyes were still open, his face contorted in a grimace.

She noticed the marking on the arrow's tail: a daffodil.

“This is the symbol of the Yong Kingdom.” Feng Xingye’s voice came from behind, interrupting Xiao Fengyi’s thoughts.

The daffodil arrow is the symbol of the Yong Kingdom? She really didn't know that in her past life, but she felt like she had seen this daffodil somewhere before.

"Run! People from the capital's government offices are here!"

Someone shouted, and everyone scattered.

Feng Xingye also helped Xiao Fengyi up, "Let's go first, it will be troublesome if we get caught."

"it is good."

The two ran against the sunlight, constantly following the flow of people, as if they were on the run for their lives.

"It was that man and woman. When they were talking to Lord Mu, Lord Mu was shot to death by an arrow."

They didn't know who was complaining, but Xiao Fengyi and Feng Xingye could only keep running.