The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1412 - 1412 686 Her son (2 taels)_4

Chapter 1412: 686 Her son (2 taels)_4 Chapter 1412: 686 Her son (2 taels)_4 Qun Xuan’s former junior sister, wouldn’t that mean she’s also from the Tang Sect?

Girl, what kind of master did you find for Gu Yan?

Gu Jiao hadn’t come into contact with the Feng Family yet, and naturally wasn’t very interested in Taoist priest Qingfeng. Instead, she was more concerned about Qun Xuan, “Qun Xuan is actually a strategist for the Han Family.”

That’s good.

Birds of a feather flock together, so it won’t be hard to deal with them later.

Thinking about the reason Gu Jiao left Shengdu, Gu Chengfeng asked, “You said last time you wanted to confirm something, did you confirm it?”

“No.”

She hadn’t seen the Princess.

Gu Chengfeng, “Related to Xiao Hen?”

Gu Jiao, “Mm.”

Hmph, he knew it, this girl is reckless when it comes to Xiao Hen.

Gu Chengfeng spoke earnestly, “I don’t care whether you came back safely this time or not, don’t do such thankless tasks again next time. The Princess can’t possibly handle the Crown Prince. Do you know why the Princess suddenly returned to Shengdu?”

Gu Jiao shook her head.

Gu Chengfeng said, “Actually, there are quite a few rumors among the people. Some say the sovereign of Dayan wants to execute the Princess, others say the sovereign wants to pardon the Princess. There are even rumors spreading that the monarch personally called her the Princess; they’re all fake! It was the Princess herself who wanted to come back!”

“She just decided to come back by herself?” If Gu Jiao remembered correctly, the Princess seemed to have been confined to the Imperial Mausoleum to watch over it.

“Of course not. This is the insider information I managed to find out only after putting in a lot of effort!” Gu Chengfeng said gravely, “The Princess… has amnesia!”

…

In the Imperial Palace of Dayan, on a secluded and untidy path in the southwest corner, a Palace maid carrying a basket of wild fruits hurried along in the evening glow, gasping for breath as she approached a decrepit Sleeping Palace.

This place used to be the most bustling area of the Dayan Imperial Palace, but now it couldn’t even be called deserted.

The little Palace maid arrived at the doorway, “Prin…”

She uttered one word, realized the title was incorrect, and corrected herself, “Third…”

Still not right.

In the palace, a single misstep could result in a fate of decapitation.

After thinking for a moment, the Palace maid had no choice but to call out, “Young master, I’ve brought back your dinner!”

However, there was no response.

Bracing herself, the Palace maid stepped over the threshold and entered the overgrown front courtyard, where the weeds were already half a person tall, having not been trimmed for who knows how long. From within the brush, something, perhaps a stray cat or rat, scurried away quickly.

The Palace maid turned pale with fright.

She was a maid newly entered into the palace this year, and because she hadn’t presented a gift to the managing matron, she ended up being assigned to such a place, serving a former Princess who had been deposed.

The word outside was that it was the sovereign who called for the Princess to be brought back, and that in itself was not untrue, but the reason for her recall had nothing to do with the sovereign finally remembering the Princess.

It was because the Princess had been attacked at the Imperial Mausoleum a few days ago.

It was said that the assassins even broke the bridges, all to prevent the Princess from escaping.

The Princess fell into the lake and only then escaped disaster, but no one expected that after being rescued, she would have lost her memory.

Not only that, those people were fierce and evil, to the extent that they even damaged the Imperial Mausoleum.

If it were simply a case of the deposed Princess being attacked, the sovereign might not have been stirred to such action, but desecrating the Imperial Mausoleum was akin to shaking the dragon veins of Dayan. The sovereign was thunderously angry, and it was to investigate the truth of the incident that the Princess was called back to Shengdu.

All the servants around the Princess were taken for questioning, and since nobody was left to attend to her, this new little Palace maid was dispatched here.

This place is where the third princess had resided before she was conferred the title of Princess. After the confirmed charges of the Princess colluding with the Xuanyuan Family in a rebellion, everyone around her had been executed.

Ever since moving in, the Palace maid didn’t dare to get out of bed at night, for fear of accidentally encountering a restless spirit.

“Young master… where have you gone, young master…”

The Palace maid, now sweating with anxiety, couldn’t find the Princess.

“Nothing could have happened, right? Although she’s a deposed Princess, if something really happened, I’d have to be buried with her…”

The Princess the Palace maid was frantically searching for was at that moment sitting in a nearby Pavilion.

The Pavilion was built on a small hillside with railings on the east, west, and south sides, and more than a dozen steps to the north.

The Pavilion was somewhat elevated, offering a broad view, and the breeze was strong.

A man and a woman sat in the Pavilion. The woman was dressed in simple, worn civilian clothes, with a wooden hairpin carelessly holding her black hair back.

Based on her attire alone, she was no different from any woman among the commoners. Yet strangely enough, she was the former Princess of the great Dayan royal family.

“I heard the imperial sister has returned. I should have come to see you sooner, but I have been entangled with official duties these past days. I beg your forgiveness, imperial sister.”