Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 160: Reverberation of the Bell

The maids and eunuchs of the imperial palace quickly stood by the side with lowered heads upon seeing Fang Chen. One of the maids suddenly thought of something and anxiously looked around with worried eyes.

The eunuch beside her immediately pinched her arm and harshly whispered, “What are you doing? Don’t offend Imperial Duke Fang and implicate the rest of us!”

The maid winced in pain.

Just then, a five-year-old boy ran over and charged into the eunuch. He angrily glared at the latter. “How dare you bully my Big Sister Xiang Zhen!”

“Aiyo!” The eunuch groaned in pain from being bumped into.

That drew Fang Chen and Li Daoye’s attention.

The five-year-old boy was dressed in silk, but his clothes were old and had stitchings on them. Other than that, there were also bruises and scabbing wounds on his face.

“You little bas…” The eunuch instinctively raised his hand to strike the five-year-old boy, only to belatedly remember something and turn over.

What he saw made him shudder in fear.

The maid named Xiang Zhen quickly pulled the boy down to kneel on the floor beside her. The eunuch also hurriedly groveled on the ground in fear.

“Paying respect to Imperial Duke Fang!” They greeted him with trembling voices.

Only the boy didn’t say a word and stared at Fang Chen with curious eyes.

“You are… the Seventeenth Prince?” Fang Chen asked after some thought.

He was deducing it based on the other party’s traits and age. He remembered that Xia Xuanji had yet another son shortly after he fell in defeat in the Three Realms Mountain. This child was born from a little palace maid, who died shortly after giving birth to him.

“You are Imperial Duke Fang?” Seventeenth Prince Xia Yuan asked.

“Seventeenth Prince, be respectful!” Xiang Zhen reminded him with worried eyes, fearing that he would anger Fang Chen with his impoliteness.

“Yes, Big Sister Xiang Zhen.” Xia Yuan nodded his little head before taking a more courteous tone. “May I know if you are Imperial Duke Fang?”

“Yes, I am.” Fang Chen nodded with a smile. “You may rise.”

“Great!” X

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