When Ye Zhen and Zhao Zhong hurried over, Ye Zhen's eyes nearly split with rage after taking just one look!
For some reason, Little Cat had revealed its true form, yet an Old Eunuch with a gloomy face and vicious expression had it tightly by the scruff. Its entire body was confined by a layer of dark, sinister power as it struggled and wailed.
The sight instantly turned Ye Zhen's eyes red.
"Let go!"
Without hesitation, Spiritual Light surged from his body as Ye Zhen charged at the Old Eunuch.
Ye Zhen's charge terrified Zhao Zhong. In that lightning-fast instant, he had already recognized the identity of the young girl behind the Old Eunuch.
"Do not act rashly!"
Zhao Zhong hurriedly yanked Ye Zhen back. With his Spirit-Connecting Realm cultivation, he shot out a hand like lightning and caught hold of Ye Zhen.
But the Old Eunuch holding Little Cat shrieked furiously, "Bold! You dare attempt to assassinate the Princess!"
With one hand free, he slapped at Ye Zhen as though swinging a palm-leaf fan!
That strike was clearly meant to smash Ye Zhen into a pulp on the spot.
Zhao Zhong, who was holding Ye Zhen back, was utterly dumbfounded. He had no idea what consequences would follow from offending the noble young lady before them.
But if Ye Zhen were killed by this Old Eunuch, Marquis Xingqing would not only wipe out Zhao Zhong's entire family—he would make Zhao Zhong beg for life and be denied death!
Because Zhao Zhong knew exactly how crucial Ye Zhen was to Marquis Xingqing's wager, and how much Marquis Xingqing cared about it.
"Eunuch Jin, stop!"
Zhao Zhong's ducklike voice became incomparably shrill in that instant. He released Ye Zhen without hesitation, and his pale fingers immediately flickered into thousands of finger