The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1268 - 1268 618 Mega Local Tycoon (Second Update)

Chapter 1268: 618 Mega Local Tycoon (Second Update) Chapter 1268: 618 Mega Local Tycoon (Second Update) Emerging from the study room, Xiao Hen went to the adjacent room of Marquis Xuanping.

Although Marquis Xuanping didn’t need a new plaster cast, he still had to use a wheelchair.

He was already aware of Gu Yan’s situation, and even though he didn’t understand what an operating room was, he knew that if even Gu Jiao was at her wits’ end, the only hope to cure Gu Yan lay in Yan Country.

“Don’t even think about it, no idea, not having it, and even if there was, wouldn’t give it to you,”

Without waiting for Xiao Hen to explain his purpose, Marquis Xuanping flatly refused three times in a row.

Xiao Hen frowned at him, “Do you know what I’m about to say?”

Marquis Xuanping leaned back in his chair and looked at him indifferently, raising an eyebrow, “Who exactly was the Yan Country slave woman who gave birth to you? Did she leave behind any token? If so, could you have it?”

Xiao Hen felt the blow to his soul.

Indeed, he was his father.

“What, you’re thinking of going to Yan Country?” Marquis Xuanping asked with a seemingly casual air, “Do you know there are people in Yan Country who want to kill you?”

Xiao Hen was of course aware.

But this wasn’t a reason for him to back down.

He said, “Only Yan Country has the thing Jiaojiao needs, and with that, Gu Yan can be cured.”

So, the girl could be cured; she was just lacking the essential items.

“Your wife has quite some skill,” Marquis Xuanping said with a touch of pride.

“Back then…” Xiao Hen seemed unsure how to address her and after a moment of thought, he asked, “Did that person truly leave nothing behind?”

“Nothing. She cleaned away even the traces of her hair to cut off ties with you,” said Marquis Xuanping before realizing his words might be misconstrued, adding quickly, “Not what you are thinking; she was afraid of holding you back.”

It wasn’t that she didn’t want you.

Xiao Hen was silent.

He never doubted that woman’s feelings for him; otherwise, she wouldn’t have chosen to kill Xiao Qing just to leave the antidote for him.

Sometimes he would be curious, what kind of woman was she? One who could bring herself to kill even a newborn baby?

Was she like the Nangong clan members who hurt Gu Yan, criminals who disregarded human life?

But even if she was, he had no right to blame her; his life was one she secured with all her wrongdoings.

In the end, Xiao Hen was unable to find a way to Yan Country, but Gu Jiao thought of Gu Changqing who had spoken of going to Yan Country to seek medical help for her.

Lately, Gu Changqing had practically been living in the underground martial arts arena, refreshing his ranks daily, and with his reckless fighting style, it seemed likely he wasn’t far from breaking into the top three.

Once in the top three, he would be sent to Yan Country by the arena to compete in the next round; nominally a competition, but in reality, a means for Yan Country to attract and retain extraordinary martial talents from other nations.

Gu Jiao summoned a shadow guard, ordering him to find Gu Changqing immediately.

To their dismay, the shadow guard was a step too late.

Returning, the shadow guard reported to Gu Jiao, “The heir has already left!”

Gu Jiao asked, “Left for where?”

The shadow guard replied, “According to the folks from the Marquis Residence, the heir has left for Jiangnan on imperial orders, to seek the divine bird as a betrothal gift for the Yuan Family’s daughter.”

In Zhan Country, it was customary for a man to catch a goose as a betrothal gift for his fiancée, the rarer the goose, the greater the sincerity shown.

The divine bird was not a goose but a mythical phoenix.

Gu Jiao had seen illustrations of phoenixes and thought they resembled the flamingos from her previous life.

Such birds, never before seen in Zhan Country, were mere legends.

Gu Changqing had no intention of getting married; his ostentatious departure for bird hunting seemed more like a cover for infiltrating Yan Country.

“How long has it been?” Gu Jiao asked.

“Three days,” the shadow guard said.

Gu Changqing had indeed taken his leave from Gu Jiao early on, so strictly speaking, his departure was not without farewell.

Yet Gu Jiao still felt somewhat disheartened.

After three days, it was likely too late to catch up.

Xiao Hen too was seeking ways to get to Yan Country, with no leads from Marquis Xuanping, he went to visit Princess Xinyang.

Upon hearing of Xiao Hen’s intention to go to Yan Country, Princess Xinyang’s reaction was the same as Marquis Xuanping’s – disapproval.

However, since Xiao Hen was grown, they could only offer opinions and not make decisions for him.

Insisting on going, all his parents could do was try their best to help him.

Princess Xinyang thought of the Yan Country pharmacist from the underground arena, “Yujin, bring the pharmacist here. If he refuses to come, have Long Yi bring him by force!”

With Long Yi in tow, Yujin set out, yet disappointingly, the Yan Country pharmacist had already left with Gu Changqing for Yan Country.

This indicated that it was the Yan Country pharmacist who had personally taken Gu Changqing, the martial prodigy, back to Yan Country.

The young couple repeatedly hit dead ends. When they returned to the main room, both sat in their chairs in a daze, speechless.

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