After five bigwigs in Beijing's elite circle fell into their trap, I fled.

Chapter 187 Old Friends and Old Feelings
Nie Zheng nodded distantly: "Your Majesty."

Guan Muyun looked him up and down: "It's been twenty years since we last met, hasn't it? Back then, there were so many young men from wealthy families in the capital who were obsessed with Yunyun. I managed to get rid of them all, but you were the only one. You were like a cockroach, following Yunyun around since you were toddlers, right up until you were fifteen. If it weren't for your young age, I would have almost mistaken you for a rival in love."

Nie Zheng lowered his eyes, remaining indifferent and silent.

"To be honest, the person I hated the most back then wasn't any of my rivals, but you." Guan Muyun said with a touch of nostalgia, "You were always sending Yunyun delicious food and fun things to her all day long, and you even had a face that was just as good as mine. In fact, during the two years I was sent abroad, you, who were only seven or eight years old, ate and slept with Yunyun for two years! And on the day Yunyun and I got married, you scheming bitch even tried to steal her away."

Nie Zheng gave him a disdainful look: "Have you said enough? If you have, please leave."

"Old friend, haven't seen you in years, let's chat a bit more." Guan Muyun said sarcastically, "It's a pity, you were only fifteen when Yunyun married me. If you were three years older, maybe I wouldn't have been able to compete with you!"

"It can't compare to the official's superior methods."

"I married Yunyun out of genuine affection, not through any tricks," Guan Muyun sighed softly. "Back then, I despised you to death, but now, looking at you, even the image of Yunyun in my memory comes vividly to life..."

Nie Zheng turned slightly to the side, no longer looking at him.

Guan Muyun seemed to be suppressing a burning resentment towards Nie Zheng deep inside, and couldn't help but speak again in a low voice:
"You brought so many people to guard this place, what, is someone important to you in the ward? Could it be a woman? Your wife?"

Nie Zheng glanced at him: "Yes. If the Master has nothing else, please leave."

“你竟然娶老婆了？”官慕云冷笑一声，“当年不是哭着非云云不娶？不是还在我们的新婚之夜把我打晕了、你自己想顶替我和云云共度良宵？让我想想……哟，当时你被云云揍得可不轻啊！你当时那伤心欲绝的模样，我还真以为你会为云云单身一辈子，没想到就有新人了啊！是哪家的千金小姐？”

"It has nothing to do with you."

"How long have you been married? Next time I see Yunyun, I'll have to tell her all about you to make my unwavering loyalty stand out."

"The emperor is indeed loyal and faithful; his mistress and illegitimate daughter in the harem are known throughout the city."

"..."

Nie Zheng paused for a moment: "I am naturally not as promiscuous as the Lord of the House, who can sleep with anyone. Since I turned eighteen, for the past twenty years, I have only slept with my wife."

"Eighteen years old?" Guan Muyun was taken aback for a moment, then said sarcastically, "After causing a ruckus in front of Yunyun for so many years, it only took you three years to fall for someone else!"

“Your Excellency is forty-five, quite old. Don’t bother talking about such trivial matters with a young man in his thirties like me.” Nie Zheng once again ordered him to leave. “If you don’t leave, I’ll have you thrown out, and that won’t look good.”

Guan Muyun was about to speak when an annoyed voice rang out from inside the ward: "Nie Zheng, why waste your time with a dog? Come in."

Guan Muyun was terrified!
Then, she suddenly fell off the wheelchair, scrambling and crawling towards the ward, screaming in anguish:

"It's Yunyun! I heard Yunyun's voice! Nie Zheng, you hid my wife in the hospital room? I want to see her! I'd rather die than not see her!"

Nie Zheng: "You misheard."

"No mistake! Waaah, no mistake!" Guan Muyun's emotions collapsed almost instantly. His arrogant and wicked demeanor vanished completely, replaced by a sense of humility akin to digging up the Jiang family's ancestral graves. "It's Yunyun's voice! Only her voice can make my whole body boil instantly! Yunyun! Yunyun, come out!"

Nie Zheng's subordinates slowly surrounded him, preparing to take Guan Muyun away.

Nie Zheng glanced at the ward: "If you're still not giving up, then let's see him."

He pushed open the door to the ward.

Inside the ward, a group of malnourished elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people, dressed in the most shabby clothes, with unkempt hair and covered in treated external injuries.

Jiang Liuyun sat in the middle, his gray hair still stained with undried blood, his face wrinkled, exuding an air of hardship. Guan Muyun had already crawled to the ward door, her eyes filled with excited tears: "Waaah! Where's Yunyun? I clearly heard Yunyun's voice just now! Where is she hiding? Where is she hiding? You surnamed Nie, give Yunyun back to me!"

Jiang Liuyun glanced at him irritably: "Your Yunyun isn't here."

The familiar voice startled Guan Muyun.

He abruptly stopped crying, staring blankly at Jiang Liuyun. After a long while, his eyes reddened again, and he seemed to have suffered a tremendous blow.
"Waaaaah! It's not my Yunyun! You surnamed Nie, where did you find this old witch with the same voice as my Yunyun? I'll fucking kill you! You old and ugly woman with the same voice as Yunyun, won't my Yunyun feel disgusted?"

Nie Zheng glanced at Guan Muyun with a strange expression.

Jiang Liuyun: "...Nie Zheng, throw him out."

This time, Nie Zheng disregarded the official's reputation and ordered his men to throw him and his wheelchair out of the hospital.

At the hospital entrance, Jiang Shu and her group hurried over and bumped right into Guan Muyun, who had just been thrown out.

Jiang Shu looked at Guan Muyun's absent-minded appearance and red eyes, and asked curiously, "Master Guan, what's wrong... are you being a whiny whiner again?"

Guan Muyun absentmindedly tidied his appearance, his gaze sweeping over Li Yubai, Feng Li, and the other bigwigs. He wanted to exchange pleasantries, but the voice he had longed for in his dreams for twenty years still lingered in his heart. In the end, he could only force a smile and said, "I'll invite the little divine doctor for tea another day. I have important business to attend to today, so I'll take my leave now!"

After saying that, he left in a daze.

Inside the ward, Nie Zheng looked at the white-haired Jiang Liuyun and said, "How can the doctor examine your injuries if you're dressed like this?"

"Let's check after Xiaoshu leaves." Jiang Liuyun pointed to herself, "Check if I did anything wrong, so that I don't give myself away later."

“It’s only a matter of time before we’re exposed.” Nie Zheng looked at her, his eyes filled with helplessness. “The people stationed in Xinghua Village said that Xiao Shu discovered the secret door to the underground palace at noon today.”

Jiang Liuyun was agitated: "As long as she can't open it and discover the secret inside, I won't admit it."

Nie Zheng: "...Get ready, Xiao Shu is getting on the elevator."

Sure enough, three minutes later, Jiang Shu arrived at Nie Zheng's floor.

She glanced at the heavily guarded special forces soldiers around her and gently said to Li Yubai and the others, "You wait at the door."

Li Yubai's expression was solemn: "Call us immediately if anything happens."

Jiang Shu hummed in agreement and walked to the door of the ward.

The door was opened by a slender hand, and Nie Zheng stepped out.

The two stared at each other silently for several seconds.

Nie Zheng's expression softened slightly: "Why didn't you call anyone?"

Several more seconds passed.

Jiang Shu coughed lightly: "...Dad."

(End of this chapter)