The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1255 - 1255 611 True colors revealed

Chapter 1255: 611 True colors revealed Chapter 1255: 611 True colors revealed Gu Jinyu was completely shocked by that first sentence, so much so that she forgot to be amazed that he actually had Renshou Palace’s Token in his hand.

“You…”

“What? So happy you can’t speak? Don’t be like that, I always bullied you before, I was wrong. I came here today to make it up to you properly. I’ve also prepared some travel funds for you; if you economize on clothes and food, it should be enough to support you until you reach the frontier.”

As he spoke, he pulled out a banknote worth fifty taels from his bosom and handed it to the shadow guard A.

Shadow guard A very tactfully stuffed the banknote into Gu Jinyu’s jewelry box.

Fifty taels… It wasn’t even enough to buy a bolt of cloth in Capital City.

Gu Jinyu opened her mouth, her eyes frantic as she looked at Gu Yan: “Yanyan, you…”

Gu Yan said impatiently: “Hurry up! The sleeping drugs won’t last long, they’ll wake up soon. If my father finds out, my second sister won’t be able to leave!”

“Yes!”

Shadow guard A went over to Gu Jinyu’s side, “Second Miss, forgive me!”

Gu Jinyu paled: “What are you doing?”

Shadow guard A hoisted Gu Jinyu onto his shoulder in one move.

Shadow guard B grabbed the trunk with one hand and the jewelry box with the other, following swiftly.

Gu Jinyu was in utter chaos: “Yanyan! Yanyan!”

Gu Yan smiled reassuringly: “Don’t worry, my shadow guards are very skilled in martial arts, they won’t be noticed by the mansion’s guards. Just leave the city peacefully and elope with my brother-in-law.”

Gu Jinyu: “Yanyan!”

Gu Yan: “Don’t call out, you’ll draw father here. Or is that what you want, to bring father here to stop you? If that’s the case, it seems you’re not really sincere about my brother-in-law.”

Gu Jinyu choked up: “If father finds out… he’ll punish you… I’ll be fine if I leave… What about you? I don’t want to involve you… Put me down… I’ll find my own way…”

“In the entire mansion, the last person father would punish is me; he would even beat Gu Xiaobao before me,” Gu Yan raised his eyebrows, “I am sick.”

Gu Jinyu: “…”

“Who’s there!”

A familiar voice suddenly rang out from the path not far away.

Gu Jinyu’s heart leapt with joy, she shouted loudly: “Yanyan! You run! It’s second brother who’s come!”

This voice could have almost carried to the old lady’s Courtyard.

Gu Chengfeng walked over briskly, accompanied by Gu Chenglin.

The two brothers watched Gu Yan proceeding with great fanfare and then looked at Gu Jinyu being carried on the shoulder of a shadow guard, both equally surprised.

Gu Chengfeng asked: “What are you doing?”

Without waiting for Gu Yan to reply, Gu Jinyu cried, “Second brother, please persuade Yanyan. He wants to help me escape the mansion, but I don’t want to implicate him.”

“Escape the mansion? What do you mean?” Gu Chengfeng was utterly confused as he looked towards Gu Yan.

Gu Yan sighed: “Isn’t my brother-in-law voluntarily going to the frontier? Second sister has a deep affection for him and doesn’t want to abandon him in his time of distress, so she decided to elope with him. Once they get to the frontier, they’ll continue to fulfill their marriage pledge.”

Ordinary families wouldn’t dare to elope like this—it would bring shame to the family name and also badly affect the marriage prospects of the other children.

Gu Chengfeng frowned and thought for a moment: “Gu Yan, what you’re doing is really improper.”

Gu Jinyu’s heart leaped with joy.

Second brother was going to stop her.

“Alright, put her down,” Gu Chengfeng said to shadow guard A.

Shadow guard A looked at his young master.

The young master nodded, and shadow guard A set Gu Jinyu back on the ground.

Gu Chengfeng said to Gu Jinyu with a complex expression, “We are siblings, after all; I will still help you with this small favor. I will take you out of the city.”

Gu Jinyu: “…!!”

Gu Chenglin said, “Big brother, I also want to leave the city.”

Gu Chengfeng said irritably, “What for? Has your hair grown back yet?”

Gu Chenglin touched the half-grown hair on his head with a sense of grievance.

Gu Jinyu, with a fishbone stuck in her throat, said, “Big brother, I…”

Gu Chengfeng waved his hand, “Enough, no more words, let’s hurry.”

Gu Jinyu’s eyes flickered as she said, “Big brother… I… I will implicate you… I can’t be so selfish… I’ll go by myself… I can think of a way…”

Gu Chengfeng glanced at her sideways, “It’s really something that at this time, you still consider us. It seems I have wronged you in the past; you are not a heartless person after all. Rest assured, my light-foot skills are better than those of Gu Yan’s guards; no one will notice that I’ve taken you away.”

This was Gu Chengfeng’s heartfelt truth.

Gu Chengfeng grabbed Gu Jinyu’s wrist.

“No… Big brother…” Gu Jinyu was on the verge of tears.

“Big brother… Big brother… Elder brother!”

She saw Gu Changqing, who had turned back towards the mansion on his horse.

“Why has elder brother come?” asked Gu Chengfeng, his brows furrowed.

Gu Changqing rode up to them, looking down at everyone from his horse. His gaze fell upon Gu Jinyu, who couldn’t stop crying, and asked, “What happened?”

Gu Yan repeated to Gu Changqing what he had told Gu Chengfeng a moment ago.

Gu Jinyu sobbed and pleaded, “Elder brother, big brother and Yanyan didn’t do it on purpose. I won’t leave! I will listen obediently! Please don’t be angry with them! Don’t tell grandfather and father! I’m afraid they will punish big brother!”

No one was willing to punish Gu Yan, but Gu Chengfeng was often punished.

“Big brother, please let me go!” Gu Jinyu said, her eyes red, “Don’t be foolish for my sake! Let’s pretend nothing happened today! You go back obediently with elder brother! I… I can’t, for my own selfishness, drag down my siblings! Although Jin Yu is not of blood relation, I understand that the favor of raising one is greater than that of giving life! Since childhood, my brothers and Yanyan never mistreated Jin Yu, and I have nothing to repay you with, only hoping not to implicate you!”

Gu Changqing frowned as he gazed at Gu Jinyu’s swollen eyes, “Do you truly wish to follow Zhuang Yuheng to the borderlands?”

Jin Yu was taken aback, a bad premonition surging in her heart.

“To have one’s heart’s partner, to never part until hair turns white,” Gu Changqing seemed to reflect on something, his usually cold and hard demeanor softened a bit. He sighed slowly, “Nevermind, Zhuang Yuheng is virtuous and benevolent, loyal and kind, a man to whom you can entrust your life. If you are determined to marry, then marry him. I will speak to father, and you will not be put in a difficult position.”

Gu Jinyu nearly choked to death on her brothers’ words, “He… he is leaving… tomorrow morning…”

Gu Changqing’s brow furrowed even more, “Can the date not be changed?”

Gu Jinyu said, “It’s… it’s already been decided and can’t be changed!”

“A wedding that is too hurried is not acceptable either,” Gu Changqing mused silently, then spoke after a long pause, “Then you should head to the borderlands first. It just so happens his family is there as well, and it would be more suitable to hold your wedding ceremony at the borderlands.”

Jin Yu felt as if she had been struck by lightning!

Gu Changqing said to Gu Chengfeng, “Alright, you take Jin Yu out of the city first.”

Jin Yu’s face changed with panic, “Elder brother! Elder brother! I — I won’t go — I won’t marry!”

Gu Changqing said, “Father won’t blame you, I will persuade him.”

Gu Chengfeng was about to use his light-foot skills to take Jin Yu away.

Jin Yu cried out in terror, “I don’t want to marry! I don’t want to marry him! I don’t want to suffer in the borderlands! I don’t want to become a commoner!”

Gu Changqing frowned and said, “But didn’t you say you were willing to marry him—”

Jin Yu wailed loudly, “I was lying! I said that on purpose! I also packed my things to alert father on purpose! I knew he would surely stop me! I— Father? Prince of Anjun?”

As she cried, she suddenly saw Lord Gu and the Prince of Anjun, who had arrived nearby without her noticing.

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