Drunken Lotus: Fated With The Rogue Hidden Dragon.

Seals (2nd)

Before Fan Hui Zhong could even ask, his brother turned to him in a panic and hurriedly spoke.

"Brother, the stasis seal that I placed on father when he fell into a coma was broken! The wards that I placed to monitor his condition and surroundings indicated that there was an assassin who managed to sneak past the guards and break my seal
but before he could do anything else, the protection seal I left activated, giving the guards enough time to incapacitate the assassin. Unfortunately they were a second
too slow and the assassin managed to
swallow a poison pill hidden in one of his teeth."

Sensing the gravity of the situation, Fan Hui Zhong's expression turned grave.

"Liang'er go to Father and check to see if you can delay the effects of the poison on the assassin, I'll get Xia'er!"

A look of understanding spread across Fan Hui Liang's face before he nodded once and quickly left the Blooming Phoenix Courtyard.

Turning on his heel, Fan Hui Zhong made his way to his daughter's room and also happened to bump into Min Sheng who just canme back.

Seeing the dark expression on his face, Min Sheng immediately felt something amiss, as he hurriedly turned to bow but his movements were stopped mid-way.

"Min Sheng, an assassin has made a move against Father, go and have several of our elite groups of soldiers from the Lei Sha Di Army secure out estate and make sure that no one gets in or out at this timne, no exceptions! If Xian'er comes back, have him proceed to his mother's courtyard and
stand guard there. As for Li Jie, have him help you in finding any intruders and taking control of the estate as well as the servants, also, go find Yong Rui and have him come to his grandfather's courtyard, understood?"

"Affirmative, Lei Wangye!"

Departing quickly, Min Sheng disappeared like a gust of wind, and resuming his earlier plans, Fan Hui Zhong quickly arrived in fromt of Fan Zhu Xia's door and gave it three sharp knocks.

Hearing it, Fan Zhu Xia's gaze was drawn to the door and instead of sitting down at the table where a light lunch of snow lotus congee, steamed fish and pickled vegetables were arranged, she immediately walked towards the door and pulled it open.

Seeing his daughter's familiar face devoid of any traces of makeup, making her look younger yet also more delicate because of her pale countenance due to her fatigue, Fan Hui Zhong felt a tinge of hesitation
before his eyes took on a determined glint.

Fan Zhu Xia who had just finished changing into a plain white dress that was cinched at the waist by a wide, bamboo-green belt and had half of her hair pinned up by a single hairpin made of white jade with the rest cascading down her back softly was
preparing to eat some food first before taking a nap immediately realized that there was something wrong the moment her eyes met Fan Hu Zhong's.

"Father, is something the matter?"

"Zhu Xia, something happened with your grandfather. We need your help."

Hearing her father's words and seeing such a grim look on his face, Fan Zhu Xia quickly spoke and said, "Let's go then! I'll see what I can do to help."

Giving her a small tense yet grateful smile, Fan Hui Zhong then bent down and took Fan Zhu Xia into his arms and carried her princess-style and swiftly left her courtyard. His speed was extremely fast with the use of his qinggong and they arrived at a large courtyard that was heavily guarded by armored guards who gave a respectful salute towards Fan Hui
Zhong before going back straightaway to their duties.

Wasting no time, Fan Hui Zhong proceeded inside with Fan Zhu Xia still in his arms this giving her no time to look around and appreciate the simple yet elegantly decorated courtyard but was instead promptly brought to the courtyard's main
master's bedroom where her uncle: Fan Hui Liang was standing beside a bed as he made several hand signs as a seal was manifesting on top of the bed where a person was lying unconscious.