The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 882 - 882 407 Protective Long Yi (Two s)

Chapter 882: 407 Protective Long Yi (Two Chapters) Chapter 882: 407 Protective Long Yi (Two Chapters) Gu Jiao came out from Vermilion Bird Avenue and directly changed her clothes in the carriage before heading to the underground Martial Arts Arena.

The Crown Prince had been waiting at the arena early on.

This guy’s enthusiasm is truly higher than the mountains, deeper than the sea!

Regrettably, Prince Ning had something to do today and couldn’t make it.

Well, I wanted to let them bid against each other.

Gu Jiao adjusted the mask on her face, bid farewell to Old He and Zhu Yun as she left the accounting room, and turned towards the Crown Prince’s quarters.

She found out that this room was initially allocated to the martial artist ranked nineteenth in the arena, which the Crown Prince acquired from the original owner at a great cost.

As to whether he bought off that martial artist, Old He was not clear—for after all, it was a private affair between the martial artist and the patron, which the arena would not interfere with.

Ranked nineteenth.

Gu Jiao glanced at the ranking board hung upon the pillars—she hadn’t even made it to the bottom rank yet.

But she wasn’t in a rush.

Gu Jiao arrived at the leek’s—no, the Crown Prince’s quarters, and gently knocked on the door.

The door was pulled open from the inside.

This time, the Crown Prince didn’t sit behind a screen inside the room as he did last time; instead, he sat in an official’s chair, wearing a mask that covered the upper half of his face.

The mask, like its owner, was made of the finest jade, even more exquisitely crafted than Prince Ning’s mask by a notch.

He exuded extravagance befitting of the Imperial Family from head to toe, as if the words “Apart from my father, the Emperor, I am supreme” were written all over his face.

Gu Jiao remained silent, as her character wouldn’t allow her to speak.

However, the Crown Prince mistakenly thought Gu Jiao was intimidated by his imperial demeanor, and was about to raise his hand grandly, inviting her to sit down when she had already pulled out a chair and sat down unceremoniously.

The Crown Prince, with his arm frozen mid-air: “…”

It didn’t matter, he had promised Linlang to win over this young man, and couldn’t oppress him with his status.

The Crown Prince retracted his hand and said to Gu Jiao, “It’s truly not easy to make an appointment with you.”

Gu Jiao lit half a stick of incense on the table.

The Crown Prince: “…”

The Crown Prince asked, “Why only half a stick of incense?”

Gu Jiao took out her small notebook and wrote leisurely, “The price has gone up.”

The Crown Prince again: “…”

Fortunately, the Crown Prince was not short of money; if the price went up, so be it. He pulled out two hundred taels in one go, “Thirty minutes!”

The quality of this batch of leeks was good, very generous with Silver.

Gu Jiao was quite satisfied.

You must know, her visits as a doctor only earned her between one to ten Silver taels, and just the time spent traveling for one visit was more than thirty minutes.

Of course, she still liked treating people—that was her practice.

But that didn’t interfere with developing her own side business of “harvesting leeks.”

Gu Jiao accepted the banknote and generously took out an unlit stick of incense and placed it on the table.

The Crown Prince was also very satisfied.

Last time, the stick of incense was too short, and he didn’t finish talking; this time, with an extra stick, it should be enough to win the person over.

Yet thinking of that person’s sluggish writing speed, the Crown Prince felt he couldn’t take his time and needed to get to the point quickly.

He said solemnly, “I sought out Young Master Xiong for a matter. I hope Xiong can become my man, to fight in the arena on my behalf. As long as you can reach the top three, I…let’s just say, I will generously reward you!”

He nearly exposed his identity!

Little did the Crown Prince know his identity had already been exposed, not even a shred left.

Gu Jiao glanced at him carelessly and wrote in her notebook, “You also want to go to Yan Country?”

The Crown Prince was startled, “How did you know?” He paused, his brow furrowing, “Wait, what do you mean by ‘you too’? Are there others who want to go as well?”

Yeah, your elder brother, Prince Ning.

Luckily Gu Jiao, a person with professional integrity, didn’t reveal her client’s secrets, but instead wrote on her notebook, “I can’t tell you.”

“You…” The Crown Prince choked.

But that was as good as saying nothing—isn’t “I can’t tell you” the same as confirming that there is indeed someone else, but it’s simply inconvenient to say?

The Crown Prince furrowed his brows immediately, what’s going on? Is there a crowd this year wanting to go to Yan Country? To have drawn the attention of someone as influential as Young Master Xiong, it’s clear that this someone sees potential in Young Master Xiong just like himself and Linlang do.

Who has such a discerning eye?

The Crown Prince had only come to find Young Master Xiong following Wo Linlang’s suggestion, but now he felt a sense of crisis upon learning how coveted Young Master Xiong was.

However, he’s the Crown Prince, and he didn’t believe anyone could outcompete him!

Except for his father, the Emperor, and his uncle.

But his father and uncle would not come to a place like this.

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