The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1184 - 1184 574 Jiaojiao and Long Yi (two updates) _3

Chapter 1184: 574 Jiaojiao and Long Yi (two updates) _3 Chapter 1184: 574 Jiaojiao and Long Yi (two updates) _3 Gu Jiao asked, “What if they don’t exchange horses?”

Xiao Hen frowned, “If they don’t exchange horses, things will get a bit troublesome.”

Dealing with Ning An wasn’t difficult, but she was a madwoman who, when driven to a corner, would indeed harm Qin Chuyu.

Moreover, there was the injured Huangfu Xian; in a real melee, it would be hard to ensure the safety of the two children.

Acting on the road was very unsafe, and if they stopped, it would be even easier to find a flaw.

It was a night of a dark moon and high winds.

A carriage was racing madly on the Official Road outside the west city gate, flanked by nine experts on swift horses.

The expert coachman said, “Princess, we have entered Cangbei Mountain. Five more miles ahead is Phoenix Pavilion Post Station, the only post station in this area. Mama is nearly worn out, should we stop at the post station to change a few horses?”

Qin Chuyu had already cried himself to sleep, held in Lianlian’s arms.

Princess Ning An said, “Don’t change horses, keep going, someone is up ahead to meet us.”

This was an indication to ride the horses to death without stopping.

“Yes!” the coachman responded.

“Cough cough cough!” Huangfu Xian coughed, slowly opening his eyes, “My stomach hurts… I need to use the toilet…”

“Endure it for now.”

“I can’t hold it… I… Blegh—” In mid-sentence, Huangfu Xian suddenly vomited something up.

Princess Ning An frowned, glancing disdainfully at the filth on the ground, and said impatiently, “Go to the post station!”

The carriage stopped at the post station.

“Lianlian,” Princess Ning An gave Lianlian a meaningful look.

Understanding, Lianlian pushed Huangfu Xian out of the carriage’s back door.

With the carriage soiled, it had to be cleaned.

Princess Ning An woke Qin Chuyu, who tried to cry upon waking, but having cried all the way, his throat was already hoarse, and he couldn’t muster any real tears.

Several people disembarked from the carriage.

Princess Ning An told Qin Chuyu, “You also go to the Greeting Room; there will be no place for you to pee on the way later!”

Qin Chuyu had already urinated several times along the way, each time into a water flask, nearly suffocating Princess Ning An with the smell.

Princess Ning An had an expert accompany the three of them there.

“Young Master, let me help you,” the expert offered.

With no special facilities in the Greeting Room outside, Huangfu Xian couldn’t manage to relieve himself alone.

“Okay,” Huangfu Xian didn’t refuse.

The expert carried Huangfu Xian into the Greeting Room.

Lianlian and Qin Chuyu were shivering in the cold wind outside, unsure if it was from the chill or fear.

Soon, a fierce shout from Huangfu Xian came from inside the Greeting Room, “Don’t touch me there! Dare to be rash again, and I’ll kill you!”

The nearby experts all shook their heads; their young master was always so unpredictable in temperament.

What everyone didn’t know was that beneath that fierce shout a heavy object hitting the ground and a painful groan was concealed.

The expert was now lying in the latrine, with Huangfu Xian sprawled atop him, his face covered with splattered blood.

“Lianlian, you come in,” he said calmly.

“Eh!”

Lianlian brought Qin Chuyu inside.

Seeing the scene within, Lianlian’s eyes widened in shock, and Qin Chuyu, dumbstruck, let out a horrific scream, “Ah—”

Fortunately, his voice was already hoarse, and the scream had no sound.

“Young Master, what happened to you?” Lianlian quickly crouched down, anxiously looking at Huangfu Xian covered in blood on his face and hands.

Huangfu Xian tightly grasped Lianlian’s hand, weakly speaking, “Lianlian, take him and go.”

Lianlian shook her head in fear, “I… I can’t take him… I don’t know the way… I can’t outrun them… It’s not possible…”

Huangfu Xian endured the constant dizziness in his head, “You can do it, Lianlian… The palace people will soon be here… Run to the east… If the court’s people come after you… and they don’t want to be discovered… they will take that path… I’ll tell them… it was you who killed this man… you took Qin Chuyu and fled west… they will chase after you… so you must be quick…”

“But what about you, Young Master…”

“I am her biological son… I won’t be in any trouble… Hurry and go… It’s going to be too late…”

Tears streamed down Lianlian’s face as she gritted her teeth and lifted Huangfu Xian onto her back: “If we go, we go together!”

Huangfu Xian closed his eyes briefly: “Go together… It’s impossible to escape…”

Qin Chuyu dashed out!

Lianlian was shocked and pale!

Just as she was about to chase after Qin Chuyu, she saw him pushing a wheelchair in from outside.

His legs were shaking, and his hands trembled as he pushed the wheelchair.

Huangfu Xian gave a weak, cold chuckle: “You are so afraid of me… yet you still want to take me with you… Aren’t you afraid that I’ll eat you along the way…”

Qin Chuyu’s teeth were chattering as he hoarsely and silently cried, “If… if you really want to eat… then… just take a small bite… Don’t eat too much… I’m afraid of pain…”

“Why has it been so long?” Inside the tidied-up carriage, Princess Ning An pressed her aching forehead, “Go and see what’s going on.”

A skilled fighter headed to the Greeting Room in the backyard.

The wheelchair was still there.

The curtains of the Greeting Room were tightly closed.

The fighter called out, “Are you done yet?”

No one responded.

The fighter frowned and strode forward, flinging the curtain open.

“Princess— they’re gone!”

On the rugged and uneven mountain road, Lianlian carried Huangfu Xian with difficulty, each step she took deep and unsteady, while Qin Chuyu followed behind them, gasping for breath.

“Ahead… to the left…”

“To the right…”

“Further ahead…”

Huangfu Xian weakly directed Lianlian, barely holding on.

Lianlian asked anxiously, “Young Master, which way should we go now?”

East…

“Young Master! Young Master!”

“They’re over there!”

The skilled fighters of Princess Ning An had caught up.

“Run!” Lianlian took Qin Chuyu and picked a random mountain path, sprinting forward with all her might.

But how could they be a match for those people?

When they crossed a wooden bridge, a group of people used their lightness skills to block their path, and the way back was also cut off by several others.

The river beneath the wooden bridge was raging.

If one were to fall carelessly, they would be swept away by the current in an instant.

A skilled fighter shouted fiercely, “Lianlian, how dare you kidnap the Young Master with such boldness!”

“I…” Lianlian looked at the skilled fighters on both sides in terror, trying to sound calm, “Don’t come any closer! Otherwise, I’ll jump down with the Young Master!”

“You wouldn’t dare!” The fighter charged at Lianlian with a sword.

Lianlian was too frightened to move.

At this critical juncture, a figure that was almost but a blur separated from the night and fiercely arrived behind the skilled fighter, kicking him off and into the water!

With no chance to struggle, he was swept away by the relentless rapids.

These eight skilled fighters would be dealt with by Long Yi, as Gu Jiao approached the trio in the middle of the wooden bridge.

Tears welled up in Lianlian’s eyes: “Doctor Gu!”

Carrying Huangfu Xian and taking Qin Chuyu with her, she ran toward Gu Jiao, but the bridge had ice in its crevices. She slipped on it, her feet slid out from under her, and she lunged forward!

Gu Jiao reached out to grab her, but managed to hold onto only her, and Huangfu Xian, who was on her back, fell out.

Almost without thinking, Gu Jiao leapt, catching Huangfu Xian tightly before he could plunge into the furious river.