The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1080 - 1080 522 Return to the Capital (Second Update)

Chapter 1080: 522 Return to the Capital (Second Update) Chapter 1080: 522 Return to the Capital (Second Update) Suddenly bursting in like this, the soldiers in the injured soldiers’ camp were so startled that they immediately drew the swords and blades by their beds.

Yuan Tang clicked his tongue, unfastened the sword from his waist, and threw it to an injured soldier nearest to him, “Here, take it.”

Injured Soldier: “…”

Gu Jiao’s expression remained calm. She only glanced at Yuan Tang before saying to the injured soldier beside her, “Continue.”

The injured soldier continued walking forward with the support of crutches.

Yuan Tang casually stood next to Gu Jiao and exaggeratedly groaned, “Seeing me, Your Highness, you’re not even a little excited? Had I known, I wouldn’t have come to see you.”

“Is there something you need?” Gu Jiao asked.

Yuan Tang opened his mouth, as if he had nothing to say.

He clicked his tongue, “Aren’t you going to ask me what I’m doing in the borderlands?”

Gu Jiao responded with an “Oh” before saying, “Are you here to kill Prince Bo, or to kill Rong Yao?”

Yuan Tang: “…”

“Here, take this.” Yuan Tang handed her a small bundle he carried with him.

“What is it?” Gu Jiao asked.

Yuan Tang stuffed the bundle into her arms, saying, “The begonia flower box is for you; the bamboo leaf box is for my cousin. I’m heading back to the Capital City, as I need to deal with my uncle, so I might not be able to visit Zhaodu for a while. You pass it on to my cousin for me.”

“Mm,” Gu Jiao acknowledged.

Yuan Tang raised an eyebrow, “But don’t overthink it, eh? I’m only giving you a gift as thanks for helping my cousin with the errand. Besides… back in Zhaodu, it was thanks to your husband that I managed to escape.”

Initially, Yuan Tang thought he had concealed himself well enough that Xiao Liulang was unaware, but after retrospection, he realized that Xiao Liulang, who was supposed to go on duty at the office, had suddenly changed course and left through the City North gate, even stopping at the post station.

Perhaps Xiao Liulang had discovered him all along and had intentionally sent him away.

Gu Jiao had no idea that this had happened.

It was indeed thanks to Xiao Hen that Yuan Tang had been released; otherwise, the battle wouldn’t have ended so quickly, and both sides would have suffered numerous additional casualties.

Yuan Tang said, “Alright, I’ve said what I needed to, and now I must leave. Remember to make my cousin miss me.”

Hearing this, Gu Changqing finally sheathed the sword he had drawn.

Yuan Tang rode away from Yuegu City.

Watching his departing figure, General Zhang asked, “General, are you really just going to let him leave like that? The Chen Kingdom has an army of one hundred and forty thousand; if they engage with us now…”

“He won’t,” Gu Changqing assured.

If Jiaojiao trusts him, then he would trust him too.

Gu Jiao left the injured soldiers’ camp and saw Gu Changqing waiting at the entrance.

“Are you here to change your bandages?” Gu Jiao asked.

Gu Changqing seriously replied, “… Yes.”

Gu Jiao led him to the adjacent barracks, used scissors to cut open the bandages on his hands. These were not the wounds he got from gripping the Red-Tasseled Spear on the day he first arrived in Yuegu City to protect the out-of-control Gu Jiao. These injuries were from when he sought Gu Jiao in the lair of the remnants of the former dynasty.

Gu Changqing lightly glossed over the events of that day, but the reality was far more difficult and complex than imagined.

He had indeed learned about the former dynasty’s army stronghold and the secret map from his staff, but the map was incomplete, and the wooden bridge leading to the stronghold had been destroyed by Huangfu Zheng.

Gu Changqing stood on the cliff for a long time, concluding that unless he grew wings, there was no way he could cross over by light martial skill alone.

He then decided to go down the mountain first, walk around from the base, and then climb to the top of the opposite mountain.

The hardships he faced were naturally unspeakable.

Fortunately, although the map was incomplete, the general direction was correct. He climbed dangerously along the cliff faces; several times, he nearly fell into the abyss.

At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind: he had to live, live to find his sister.

The wounds on his hands were acquired while climbing the cliffs and had not yet healed. As he led troops in battle, the wounds kept tearing open.

In Gu Changqing’s eyes, such injuries were trivial. If Gu Jiao hadn’t been there, he would have been too lazy to change the bandages.

“You can’t get injured again; otherwise, these hands will be ruined,” Gu Jiao said seriously while changing his bandages.

Gu Changqing smiled faintly, “No, I won’t. The battle is over.”

“These stitches can be removed,” Gu Jiao commented as she looked at the wound on the back of his left hand.

Gu Changqing obediently extended his hand to her.

Gu Jiao took out the sterilized scissors, “This is going to hurt a bit.”

Gu Changqing reassured, “It won’t hurt; your stitching didn’t hurt.”

Without anesthetic, of course it would hurt.

At this mention, Gu Jiao’s hand paused for a moment.

After escaping back from the mountains, she had sutured Gu Changqing’s wounds, just as an injured soldier also urgently needed stitching.

However, in the first aid kit, there was only one dose of anesthetic left.

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