The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1075 - 1075 520 Jiaojiaos Rage (Part One)_3

Chapter 1075: 520 Jiaojiao’s Rage (Part One)_3 Chapter 1075: 520 Jiaojiao’s Rage (Part One)_3 “I wonder if Mother still wants to see me.”

“She does,” Gu Jiao said.

Aunt Gu had never forgotten about Princess Ning An.

Tears flashed in the eyes of Princess Ning An, but she did not let them fall; she held them back.

The echo in the secret passage was loud, Gu Jiao could hear them prying open the well cover, the torrential force chasing after them.

Apart from Gu Jiao, the other three couldn’t walk fast, and they were eventually caught up with in a huge cavern.

One end of the cavern was connected to the passage they came through; the other was a Suo Bridge suspended over a cliff.

The moonlight, mingled with the light from the snow on the cliffs, slowly penetrated the cavern, filling it with light.

Gu Jiao tossed the first aid kit to the Medical Officer, standing protectively in front of the other three, and coldly looked at the troops that swarmed into the cavern, “You go first.”

“No one is allowed to leave today!”

The voice of Huangfu Zheng came from behind the large army.

The soldiers inside the cavern immediately parted to make way.

Huangfu Zheng walked over with an icy expression, his gaze landing on Gu Jiao as he slightly narrowed his eyes, “I underestimated you. Despite the epidemic and the frostbite, you still have the energy to stir up trouble!”

“Epidemic?” Lianlian looked incredulously at Gu Jiao.

The Medical Officer also looked over in shock.

Huangfu Zheng took in the expressions of both, his gaze moving to the face of Princess Ning An, which was devoid of any expression.

Princess Ning An, however, did not look at him, as if unwilling to even spare him a glance anymore.

Huangfu Zheng clenched his fingers, “It seems you don’t know yet, she’s infected with the plague. She brought it here, and she’s about to die. If you escape with her, you’ll eventually get infected by her and die from the epidemic.”

Lianlian was so frightened that she moved closer to Princess Ning An.

The Medical Officer looked blankly at Gu Jiao, “You… The medicine you gave me… was it for curing the epidemic?”

Huangfu Zheng’s brows furrowed as he looked at Gu Jiao, who could now move with ease, and then at the Medical Officer, who showed no sign of illness. For a brief moment, he realized something!

Excitedly, he said, “You have the medicine for treating the epidemic!”

“Even if I do, I won’t give it to you,” Gu Jiao stated solemnly.

She deliberately lowered her voice and spoke behind an iron mask, making it sound like an ambiguous young man’s voice on first listen.

Huangfu Zheng laughed out loud thrice, “Heaven hasn’t forsaken me!”

No one could fathom the surging emotions within Huangfu Zheng at that moment. He had thought he was doomed, but this kid actually had the medicine!

The real cure for the plague!

He and his uncle were saved!

Gu Jiao had brought nothing on her person, whereas the Medical Officer was carrying his own first aid kit and also Gu Jiao’s small basket.

Huangfu Zheng coldly hooked the corner of his lips, “Leave the kid to me, the rest of you stop them!”

“Yes!”

His deep gaze turned towards Princess Ning An, “Be careful not to hurt the Princess!”

“Yes!”

The soldiers charged at once.

Gu Jiao swung her Red-Tasseled Spear, and Huangfu Zheng leapt up to engage her in combat.

Huangfu Zheng snorted, “Boy, I’m the one who saved you. If it weren’t for me, you would’ve frozen to death in the snowfield! It’s fine if you don’t thank me, but to repay kindness with ingratitude, endangering me and my uncle, and even attempting to take away the Princess!”

“Not taking away, but rescuing,” Gu Jiao slashed down with her spear!

Huangfu Zheng parried with his sword, and their strength clashed in the cavern, creating another battlefield!

Huangfu Zheng sneered, “Kid, you are not my match!”

Gu Jiao was still ill and indeed less strong, but Huangfu Zheng, infected with the epidemic, was no stronger than her.

As Gu Jiao lunged at Huangfu Zheng with another spear thrust, he failed to block and his long sword was forcefully snapped in two!

Gu Jiao’s Red-Tasseled Spear fiercely pierced through his shoulder!

Then she kicked him, sending him flying to the ground!

Huangfu Zheng immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

He hadn’t expected the kid to be this tough!

No wonder he managed to kill Heavenly Wolf!

Though Gu Jiao’s martial skills were indeed inferior to Huangfu Zheng’s, Gu Jiao fought as if she had nothing to lose, but could Huangfu Zheng dare the same?

Gu Jiao’s eyes were like those of a fierce young wolf. She advanced in a few strides and launched a fierce attack on Huangfu Zheng.

Her energy was rapidly depleting.

She had to deal with this trouble before it ran out!