Zhan Ming gnashed his teeth in anger, perhaps from clenching them too hard.
A cracking sound was heard.
His teeth in his mouth directly broke off.
They even had streaks of blood.
Then they fell to the ground.
This situation stunned Zhan Ming. His body swayed violently. What?
It was too terrifying!
His teeth actually fell out!
Immediately after, he realized his lower front teeth were also loose, about to fall out!
Yun Shu was also shocked to see this. Logically, as long as Zhan Ming cultivated himself and could survive for a period, he wouldn't deteriorate this fast, with his teeth becoming so loose. This indicated a prognosis of at most three to five days, or ten at most.
"How could this happen? Why are my teeth falling out? Yun Shu, tell me, what is going on! Why are my teeth falling out! Tell me!" Zhan Ming fiercely questioned Yun Shu.
At this moment, the more ferocious he appeared on the surface, the more panicked and helpless he felt inside.
This was the fear of death looming. He had never imagined that one day he would face such fear!
He was the Regent, second only to the Emperor!
The guards of the General's mansion were also terrified. This was the first time they had seen someone bite their own teeth off by clenching their jaw!
Some people who used to clench their teeth when angry suddenly felt their teeth ache, reminding themselves never to clench their teeth when angry again. Teeth were not meant for biting, and if the Regent's teeth couldn't withstand it, theirs certainly couldn't!
They were even less durable.
"Regent, why don't you go back and think carefully about how you will live the next few days, and whether you want to atone for your past deeds, so as to avoid being rebuked on the Yellow Springs Road a few days later," Yun Shu kindly advised.
She had nothing more to say to Zhan Ming.
She was no saint, to save an enemy.
Moreover, Zhan Ming was more than just an enemy; he was a twisted pervert, and he had lived long enough.
It was time for him to die.
Upon hearing this, Zhan Ming almost glared his eyes out. "You! You actually said I might not live a few more days? You are cursing me!"
In his furious state, Zhan Ming likely didn't realize his teeth were now loose.
The threat and intimidation in his words were greatly diminished.
"No, only you can save me now, you must save me! Yun Shu, name your price, you must save me! If you continue to stand by and do nothing, I will make you regret it! I will make the entire General's mansion be destroyed, do you believe me?!" Zhan Ming threatened.
Yun Shu replied directly, "I can do nothing. Please, Regent, do not waste any more time."
With that, Yun Shu turned and entered the room.
The gatekeepers and guards behind her stopped Zhan Ming, who was trying to follow her.
Zhan Ming was now extremely weak. The successive blows since morning had sent him into a state of frenzy. "Yun Shu! Don't go! Someone, quickly capture Yun Shu and bring her to the Regent's mansion. I don't believe she can stand by and do nothing when faced with torture! Go! Why are you all standing there? Do you all want to be thrown into the snake pit? And you're still standing there doing nothing! Do you believe I will kill you right now?!"
The servants who accompanied Zhan Ming were caught in a dilemma.
This was the General's mansion, and now it was heavily guarded, with many people coming and going. How could they arrest the Second Miss Yun without any reason?
This, even a fool could tell, was not the way to go about it!
They should beg!
Seeing that the people he brought were still hesitant, Zhan Ming, furious, kicked one of them. "You are seeking death!"
He wanted to kill them!
What audacity, to not even listen to him!
The people outside the General's mansion saw this scene and were utterly dumbfounded.
This Regent had truly gone mad!
Perhaps it was because he was at his wit's end that his leg lacked strength, but when he kicked, those people remained motionless. Or perhaps this was the result of his past training? These people dared not move?
They had heard before that in the Regent's mansion, the Regent did not treat his people as humans, resorting to beatings and scolding, making everyone in the Regent's mansion live in fear.
While others were thinking to themselves, the guards of the Regent's mansion were even more incredulous.
It wasn't that they didn't want to move.
It was that the kicks from the Prince were so light?
They didn't feel any pain.
Before, a kick from the Regent would have put them in bed for a month before they could get up!
Seeing himself kicking them one after another, with effort and anger, yet none of them dodged or fell, Zhan Ming suddenly felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head.
He was chilled from head to toe.
He had used almost all his strength just now!
He was unwilling!
"I am unwilling, I am unwilling! How could I be willing! At the last moment, so close, where did I go wrong?" Zhan Ming muttered to himself as if he had lost his mind.
No one could answer him.
Not far away, the common people who witnessed this scene were terrified and bewildered.
"Has this Regent gone mad?"
"I remember the Regent was very handsome before, why does he look like a seventy or eighty-year-old man now?"
"Yes, he's lost so much hair, and his teeth have fallen out!"
"..."
Whispers spread.
Zhan Ming, already lost in his despair, boarded the carriage.
Only the many guards and servants who followed Zhan Ming lowered their heads, too ashamed to show their faces.
In the past, when they followed the Prince out, they were so imposing.
They never expected that the Regent nowadays... was going mad!
...
As Yun Shu entered the mansion, she hadn't gone far when Yun Changfeng came to meet her.
His face was full of worry. "I heard from a servant that the Regent was blocking you at the gate! Did he hurt you?"
"Father, don't worry, I'm fine. The Regent can't hurt me," Yun Shu explained with a smile.
She turned around in front of Yun Changfeng.
Yun Changfeng finally relaxed. "That's good. Why hasn't the Regent settled down yet? He's already suffering from a serious illness, yet he doesn't think of cultivating himself and seeking peace, truly seeking his own demise."
"Father, the Regent doesn't have many days left to live, at most seven days."
Upon hearing this, Yun Changfeng was first stunned, then exclaimed in disbelief, "Didn't they say he could live for at least a few more months? Why only a few days now?"
Yun Shu sneered, "Because he overthinks things and cannot achieve self-cultivation, his condition has worsened."
There was another possibility that she couldn't tell Yun Changfeng.
That was, it was almost certain that Zhan Ming couldn't help himself and had been with a woman in the past two days.
Just a simple touch, without any interaction, he couldn't have any interaction. The intense desire could not be resolved, and it was conceivable that this fire had now endangered his life.
Yun Changfeng's expression also darkened. "It's good that he's dying. He has done too much evil over the years."
Yun Shu smiled. At this moment, besides the Regent himself being anxious, the Empress Dowager was probably even more anxious.
Indeed.
As Zhan Ming returned to the Regent's mansion in despair, the Empress Dowager arrived shortly after.
When the Empress Dowager saw Zhan Ming's sparse hair and his face with no eyebrows and sallow skin, she let out a terrified scream, "Ah! You!"