The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 862 - 862 394 Jiaojiao Majestic (Second Update)_3

Chapter 862: 394 Jiaojiao Majestic (Second Update)_3 Chapter 862: 394 Jiaojiao Majestic (Second Update)_3 Gu Jiao nodded.

Okay.

Hua Xiyao was extremely surprised.

The man who had shared a bed with Mo Qianxue fell for another woman so easily, wasn’t his fickleness too much of a slap in Mo Qianxue’s face?

“Just afraid Sister Qianxue will get angry,” said Hua Xiyao, biting her lip, with a tea-infused gentleness in her tone.

Gu Jiao wrote quickly, “Don’t be afraid, if the sky falls, this Young Master will shoulder it for you.”

Hua Xiyao burst into laughter. She reached out to grasp Gu Jiao’s hand but was casually avoided by Gu Jiao.

Hua Xiyao’s gaze shifted slightly, “What, Sister Qianxue can touch you, but I can’t?”

Gu Jiao: I’m afraid I won’t be able to resist punching you.

Gu Jiao wrote, “It’s hot, my hands are sweaty; I don’t want to dirty the lady’s jade hands.”

Eunuch He’s mouth twitched, how could a woman be even more glib than a man!

Eunuch He had no right to enter the room and could only stand guard outside.

He felt this matter was a bit suspicious as the girl called Xiyao clearly wasn’t a pushover. This was also their turf. He just hoped she wouldn’t give away the game; otherwise, he would have to rescue her himself—

No sooner had the thought crossed his mind.

Creak—

The door opened.

Eunuch He looked at Gu Jiao in shock, “Were you, were you kicked out?”

Gu Jiao glared at him, “What are you thinking? I’m done asking.”

Eunuch He incredulously peeked inside to see that all the maids in the room had fainted. Hua Xiyao hadn’t fainted, but she was in a very strange state, as if she had lost her soul.

Rumors said the maids at Xianle Inn were skilled in martial arts and were all experts. How did a room full of experts fall, he didn’t hear any fighting!

And what did she mean by asking, how did she ask?

Of course, Gu Jiao wouldn’t tell him that she had used an anesthetic and a hallucinogen, the same as the hallucinogen used during the interrogation of Tang Ming’s servant. It’s just that she hadn’t expected Hua Xiyao, who seemed somewhat capable, to have such weak concentration, spilling the truth so quickly.

In a secluded corner, Gu Jiao took out a portrait, pointed at the masks on it, and said, “There have been three people wearing these kinds of masks at Xianle Inn. It’s not certain if they are the ones in the portrait, as they never took off their masks.”

Eunuch He could almost be certain that those three were the missing Dragon Shadow Guards from the Emperor.

He hadn’t expected this; they really were somehow connected to Xianle Inn!

“Where did they go?” Eunuch He asked.

“To the borderlands,” Gu Jiao said.

Eunuch He frowned doubtfully and inhaled sharply, “The borderlands? Isn’t that—”

“Young Master!”

A woman’s voice suddenly came from the end of the walkway.

The two immediately stopped talking.

A young woman in green approached Gu Jiao. Her face wasn’t too unfamiliar; Gu Jiao had seen her in Xianle Inn, but Gu Jiao had never spoken to her.

The green-clothed woman arrived in front of Gu Jiao and gave her a bow, “Young Master, please don’t take to heart what Miss Xiyao said just now. Sister Qianxue hasn’t gone out for clients, she really has left Xianle Inn for some time now. Only, she didn’t leave to do anything to betray the Young Master. She is…”

She looked around, lowered her voice, and leaned closer to Gu Jiao, speaking softly, “Sister Qianxue went out of Capital City to run errands for the innkeeper.”

“When did she go?” Gu Jiao asked.

The green-clothed woman looked at the words on Gu Jiao’s small notebook, thought carefully, and shook her head, “I don’t remember the exact date, but it has been a while. I guess Sister Qianxue should be back soon.”

Mo Qianxue wasn’t in the Capital City, the Dragon Shadow Guards weren’t either; they had left not long ago. Could it be a coincidence?

If it was, it was too coincidental.

If not, could it be that Mo Qianxue had also gone to the borderlands?