The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1140 - 1140 556 Young Master Exposure (Part One)_2

Chapter 1140: 556 Young Master Exposure (Part One)_2 Chapter 1140: 556 Young Master Exposure (Part One)_2 “`

“That one?” Xiao Hen pointed to a lone grey-robed expert who was feigning death on the side; unfortunately for him, he couldn’t fool Xiao Hen’s eyes, “Fine, you all go back first, leave the rest to me.”

“Okay.” Gu Jiao got on the carriage.

Following Xiao Hen’s instruction, the coachman took his seat on the box and turned the carriage around, heading towards the Capital City.

On the carriage, Mo Qianxue leaned against the wall, slowly regaining her body heat and consciousness. She glanced at Gu Jiao, who seemed to be resting with her eyes closed opposite her, and whispered, “Did you fall asleep?”

“No.” Gu Jiao opened her eyes, her calm gaze meeting Mo Qianxue’s, “How do you feel?”

Mo Qianxue lowered her eyes and said softly, “Like a nightmare.”

Gu Jiao reached out her hand to her.

Mo Qianxue understood her meaning and slowly lifted her hand, handing over her wrist to Gu Jiao.

After checking her pulse, Gu Jiao found that Mo Qianxue had sustained some internal injuries and her vital energy was greatly depleted.

“Do you have any wounds on your body?” Gu Jiao asked.

“No.” Mo Qianxue replied.

The attacker hadn’t managed to violate her in the final step.

“How did you come to be here?” Mo Qianxue asked.

“Xiaojiu brought me here.” Otherwise, she wouldn’t have found her way.

Mo Qianxue opened her mouth slightly: “I mean… weren’t you drugged by me? How could you still be awake? Is your tolerance even better than Hua Xiyao’s?”

Hua Xiyao was the best drinker at Xianle Inn; to date, no one has outdrunk her.

The Seven-day Intoxicant was her unique stupefying drug, capable of bringing even her to her knees.

Realizing something, Mo Qianxue’s almond eyes widened: “You didn’t actually drink it, did you?”

“…Yes.” Gu Jiao admitted generously.

That night, Xiao Hen had spoken to her about Xianle Inn and mentioned Mo Qianxue’s purpose, as well as the command of the young master of Xianle Inn.

The glass of water Mo Qianxue handed her—she pretended to drink it on the surface, but didn’t actually swallow it.

She wanted to see what Mo Qianxue would do next.

First, Mo Qianxue laid her on the bed, then pulled someone out from under it—it was Hua Xiyao.

Mo Qianxue dressed Hua Xiyao in her clothes and put a veil over her face.

By that point, Gu Jiao had almost guessed what Mo Qianxue was going to do.

The reason she didn’t stop her immediately was because Mo Qianxue’s drug was indeed too strong; even though she hadn’t swallowed it, keeping it in her mouth for a long time resulted in her absorbing some of it anyway.

She slept for half a “hour”.

Fortunately, Mo Qianxue didn’t travel too fast; otherwise, by the time she arrived, the tragedy would have already occurred, and killing that man would have been futile.

Mo Qianxue did not ask Gu Jiao from what point she started to suspect her—it was not quite appropriate to ask, nor was it necessary.

She approached Gu Jiao with a different purpose, and now that everything had come to light, she still rushed over to save her…

“Next time there’s a situation like this, bring me with you,” Gu Jiao said, “Don’t do foolish things on your own.”

Mo Qianxue looked at her intently.

After a long while, she lowered her head and softly responded, “Okay.”

Gu Jiao brought Mo Qianxue back to the Medical Hall, while on the other side, Xiao Hen and the yamen officers took the “survivor” back to the Yamen along with Hua Xiyao, who had fainted nearby.

Hua Xiyao had been poisoned with Seven-day Intoxicant and wouldn’t wake up for seven days and nights, so Xiao Hen temporarily placed her in a solitary cell.

The grey-robed man was taken to the punishment room.

He had a poison sac in his mouth, which Xiao Hen discovered and had removed; after that, he tried several times to commit suicide by biting his tongue, so Xiao Hen simply administered a dose of Relaxing Bone Powder to him.

Xiao Hen, the Chief of the Punishment Department, wasn’t usually tasked with interrogating prisoners, but when he personally requested to conduct the interrogation from Minister Xing, the minister readily agreed.

The grey-robed man slumped weakly in the iron chair at the center of the punishment room, with an instrument of torture behind him that held prisoners in place, and various torture devices hung on the walls on both sides.

The light in the punishment room was dim, no candles were lit, with only a human-height furnace burning on the right side as one entered. A glowing red-hot iron brand was placed atop it.

Xiao Hen sat opposite the grey-robed man, only a few steps from the furnace; the flame’s light cast on his right side gave his handsome face an eerie combination of light and dark, adding an uncanny and chilling aura to his demeanor.

“You may all leave,” Xiao Hen said to the two yamen officers in the punishment room.

“Yes, Chief Xiao.”

Under Minister Xing’s orders, they were to follow Xiao Shuling’s commands.

Xiao Hen, casting aside his usual benevolent official persona, looked towards the grey-robed man with a cold and even slightly sinister expression, “Who sent you?”

The grey-robed man was an experienced crook and relatively composed; he slumped lifelessly in the chair, his head tilted, unable to move his body. Upon hearing Xiao Hen’s question, he let out a cold laugh, “Doesn’t your Yamen always start by questioning a criminal’s identity? Are you not going to ask who I am, sir?”

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