Chapter 152 Offended

Gu Huaizhi looked at the looming majestic pavilion, his brows and eyes were frowning. The regent didn't want to see Su Wan, and he didn't know if he would embarrass her or vent his anger on her.

Today, he personally brought Su Wan to the regent, just to expose his identity to Su Wan.

Gu Huaizhi frowned, and a trace of uneasiness emerged in his heart. Would she blame him for hiding it and not being open and honest?

This hurdle must be crossed sooner or later.

Gu Huaizhi's steps were steady, without any hesitation.

In a moment, he stopped at the door of the main courtyard.

Luo Cheng came late.

He coughed: "You... don't want to go in?"

"Don't you need to pass it on?" Su Wan was full of doubts.

Luo Cheng coughed again, looked at Gu Huaizhi with a guilty look, and shook his head: "No need to pass it on, the prince wants to see you, just go in."

Anyway, he didn't believe that the regent would punish Su Wan.

At most... at most, he would be angry with him afterwards, anyway, there was Gu Huaizhi to share the burden.

Su Wan looked at the three-story attic, with its golden palaces and jade-carved railings. Each one was exquisitely carved and looked very spectacular. It was much higher than ordinary pavilions.

"The feng shui here is very good. Standing on the third floor, you can have a panoramic view of the scenery of the capital." Luo Cheng laughed: "Miss Su, you can go to the third floor to have a look when you are free some other day."

Su Wan didn't have this idea. The regent was tolerant of her because of her mother's face. She couldn't push her too far.

"Shall we go in together?" Su Wan thought of the rumors about the regent's moodiness, and hesitated in her heart: "Why don't you wait for me outside?"

If she annoyed the regent and was punished, Gu Huaizhi could still save her.

If two people go in together, they will suffer together.

Luo Cheng was shocked: "You two go in together!"

If Su Wan goes in alone, he pretends to obey but disobeys, wouldn't it be all his fault?

"The regent is not in good health. If you don't go in quickly, you won't see guests after you rest." Luo Cheng urged.

Gu Huaizhi glanced at Luo Cheng meaningfully, "Let's go."

"Not good... Eh? Slow down." Su Wan was led to the door by Gu Huaizhi.

"Knock knock."

Gu Huaizhi raised his hand and knocked on the door.

A low and hoarse voice came from inside: "Come in."

Gu Huaizhi pushed the door open, and the light outside instantly poured into the room, dispelling the coldness in the room.

The two walked slowly to the inner room.

The regent sat on the couch with his back to the door, and his whole body had a kind of pine and cypress rising from the ground and leaning against the sky, majestic and magnificent.

Perhaps because he was surrounded by close people and because he was sick, his reaction was a little slow. It was not until the footsteps were close to his ears that he realized there were two footsteps, one of which was a woman's.

The regent looked sideways, with a pair of cold and sharp eyes, like a fierce knife in the snowy night, revealing a thick and murderous aura.

Su Wan paused, nervously squeezed Gu Huaizhi's hand, and saluted, saying, "Junior Su Wan pays respect to the prince."

The regent stared at Su Wan with a sharp gaze. If it weren't for the temperament and dress of the whole body, it would seem that he saw Qi Min. The same eyebrows and eyes, almost carved from the same mold, this young and beautiful face, there is no resemblance to Su Jihong.

This is the second time I have seen Su Wan in so many years.

The first time was not long after Qi Min gave birth. He heard that the child was premature and only conceived for more than eight months. At that moment, his blood boiled, his heart beat fast, and a thought jumped into his mind. He rushed back to the capital regardless of everything, wanting to ask if this was his child.

Qi Min denied it flatly. She said that it was because of an accident that the child was premature and weak. If it was his child, it would be full-term. How could it be as thin as a kitten and almost impossible to raise?

She also said: "If I marry Su Jihong, I will be his wife. Even if I have your child, I will not let him be born."

In order to dispel his doubts, Qi Min asked Su Wan to make an engagement with the prince.

Disappointment and pain came like a tidal wave. The regent thought he was possessed by a demon, which was why Qi Min abused him like this.

He left the capital overnight and soon heard the news of Qi Min's death.

Every year on Su Wan's birthday, he sent a gift, but never met her.

What he was afraid of was seeing the shadow of Su Jihong on this face.

The regent stared at her face for a long time, and then felt ridiculous. Even if she didn't look like Su Jihong, what did it matter? Su Jihong's blood was flowing in her veins.

He withdrew his gaze indifferently and his eyes fell on Gu Huaizhi. He clenched his left hand into a fist, put it against his lips and coughed a few times: "Tingyuan, what do you want after you passed the provincial examination?"

"Adoptive father, Tingyuan only wishes you good health, nothing else." Gu Huaizhi bowed with both hands and stood up to pay his respects.

Su Wan looked at Gu Huaizhi in shock, and then at the regent who looked normal, and his mind was a little confused.

Gu Huaizhi is the adopted son of the regent? The young man in the book who was as talented as Zhao Wei? He was also the adopted son who died early due to illness and never showed his true face to the outside world?

Su Wan had long expected that Gu Huaizhi had an identity, and perhaps not simple, but he never expected that he was so hidden!

When fighting against the prince and Jiuyu, he could obviously use the identity of the regent's adopted son, and he should have a greater chance of winning. Why did he fake his death to get away from the regent's power?

Could it be that Gu Huaizhi and the regent also have a plastic father-son relationship?

Or maybe something happened to the Regent, and this identity would do Gu Huaizhi no good.

Suddenly, Su Wan thought of the Regent's current illness.

According to the timeline, could it be that the Regent died of illness?

Su Wan pinched her fingers with her nails. No matter how big the waves were in her heart, she was very calm on the surface.

"Your Highness, I know some medical skills. Why don't I take your pulse?" Su Wan suppressed her emotions and felt the pulse of the Regent to see what disease he had.

The Regent was very cold: "No need."

Su Wan's appearance reminded the Regent of many unpleasant things. He was in a bad mood. He was impatient and his low voice was filled with anger: "Luo Cheng, send the guest away!"

"Adoptive father!" Su Wan followed Gu Huaizhi and called him adoptive father in a hurry.

She remembered that when the Regent saw her before, he was clearly angry and unhappy. An idea jumped out of her mind. The Regent wanted to see Gu Huaizhi instead of her.

Otherwise, when she asked Gu Huaizhi to stay outside the courtyard, why did Luo Cheng react so strongly and urged them to come in together.

She came in against the Regent's wishes, and he didn't get angry and blame her. Su Wan guessed that as long as she didn't go too far, the Regent would tolerate her?

Su Wan was bold and walked over. Seeing that the Regent seemed a little absent-minded when he heard her address, she was more certain of this guess.

"I'm sorry." Su Wan was quick to grab the Regent's wrist and press two fingers on his pulse.

The Regent was shocked and angry, and raised his hand. Su Wan screamed, "It hurts."