The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1168 - 1168 566 Abuse the Scum (First Update)

Chapter 1168: 566 Abuse the Scum (First Update) Chapter 1168: 566 Abuse the Scum (First Update) The Prince of An County experienced a social death right there for a full three seconds before Xiao Hen sent Yu Yaya with a bottle of golden sore medicine.

The Prince of An County wished even more fervently for death…

After treating the injuries of Mo Qianxue and Hua Xiyao in the Medical Hall, Gu Jiao took her small first-aid kit and returned to Bishui Alley.

Hua Xiyao had been staying next door to Mo Qianxue, but in order to monitor Hua Xiyao more closely, Mo Qianxue directly arranged for Gu Jiao to move the two of them into the same room.

It wasn’t Gu Jiao’s room.

Mo Qianxue didn’t want someone else living in Gu Jiao’s room.

Lying on the small bed and having taken a muscle-relaxing powder, Hua Xiyao was so weak that she could only glare icily at Mo Qianxue on the big bed with her eyes: “Mo Qianxue, you traitor!”

Mo Qianxue didn’t speak. She sat at the head of the bed, leaning against a soft pillow, silently knitting a red cord that she had learned from Little Jiang Li.

Hua Xiyao sneered, “What? You dare to do it but not own up to it? The Inn Master shouldn’t have trusted you so much! It was the Inn Master who picked you up! But in the end, you betrayed the Young Inn Master!”

Mo Qianxue paused her work on the red cord and glanced at her, “Hua Xiyao, what exactly do you know?”

Hua Xiyao said coldly, “Then tell me, what don’t I know? Or where did I speak wrongly?”

Mo Qianxue paused for a moment, “You didn’t say anything wrong. Yes, I did betray the young master.”

Some things, once admitted, actually bring relief. She had previously refused to accept the fact that she had betrayed the young master, but when she’d truly reached this point, there really was nothing left to argue.

She hadn’t carried out the young master’s commands, which in everyone’s eyes, meant she had betrayed the young master.

Nobody considered that she could have turned against the young master. She didn’t do that, she couldn’t bring herself to harm Gu Jiao. She chose to either flee or die, but she also couldn’t bring herself to push the young master to the execution platform; after all, that was her master.

Mo Qianxue said softly, “Hua Xiyao, do you know? That night, I almost died. To win Gu Jiao’s trust, the young master had someone hit me hard. I really came very close to losing my life.”

Hua Xiyao gave a sarcastic smile, “Aren’t you fine now? The Young Inn Master knew that the Medical Hall could heal you.”

Mo Qianxue shook her head, “You don’t understand. If she hadn’t given me her blood, no matter how skilled her medical techniques were, they would not have been able to save me.”

Hua Xiyao said dismissively, “Just a few drops of blood, that’s all!”

Hua Xiyao wasn’t a doctor; she didn’t understand that not everyone’s blood types can be transfused to one another, and obviously the Young Inn Master of Xianle Inn didn’t know that either—so the young master had truly disregarded her life and death at that time.

Mo Qianxue spoke indifferently, “I can’t be bothered to explain it to you.”

Women, in general, are like this—if a fight could be straightforward and clear, it would be one thing, but a halfway, unresolved argument is like punching a bunch of cotton.

Hua Xiyao, frustrated and unable to vent her anger, said, “Hmph, our lives all belong to the Young Inn Master. Even if we die for the Young Inn Master, what of it? You are just afraid of death!”

Mo Qianxue took a deep breath to clear her mind of distractions and continued working on the red cord.

Gu Jiao knew she was an important witness, but she had never forced her to testify against the Young Inn Master; she hadn’t even suggested it.

If the roles were reversed, and the young master knew she had a chance to testify against Gu Jiao, would the young master care whether she was willing or troubled by it?

Definitely not.

The former Mo Qianxue, like Hua Xiyao, believed that the sole purpose of their existence was to serve their master. She wasn’t an independent individual; she was just an appendage to her master.

Until she met Gu Jiao.

How could Hua Xiyao possibly understand? What she herself had never received, she neither hoped for others to have nor believed others could ever receive.

No matter how Hua Xiyao tried to provoke Mo Qianxue after that, Mo Qianxue let it go in one ear and out the other, ultimately infuriating Hua Xiyao to the point of passing out.

Lately, there had been a number of cases in the Capital City and countless reversals. First, it was revealed that Xianle Inn was colluding with the Royal Princess, but then it turned out that the person behind the scenes was the Empress Dowager. When the Emperor was about to dispose of the Empress Dowager in defiance of the world’s opinion, the Empress Dowager disappeared.

Minister Xing, a minion of the Empress Dowager, was locked up in Dali Temple. Minister Li, who reported the matter and contributed to the investigation, temporarily took over Minister Xing’s post. It was only temporary, as officially taking on the ministerial role would require the Emperor to close the case and issue a decree, among other processes.

The dynasty was unstable, the people anxious.

Prime Minister Zhuang once again fell ill.

The Capital was overwhelmed with memorials to the throne, all the pressure of the Imperial Cabinet weighing down on Grand Secretary Yuan alone.

The two Vice-Grand Secretaries, both confidants of Prime Minister Zhuang, had been very passive since the incident; fortunately, Grand Secretary Yuan’s tactics were enough to keep things under control.

Only, it was somewhat strenuous, and for the first time, Grand Secretary Yuan entertained the idea of appointing a lesser assistant.