The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 885 - 885 408 Coming to Find Me (Two More s)

Chapter 885: 408 Coming to Find Me (Two More Chapters) Chapter 885: 408 Coming to Find Me (Two More Chapters) “`

Princess Xinyang fainted without any warning.

The servants in the courtyard did not panic with worry; instead, they carried out their tasks in an orderly fashion under Yujin’s direction.

Princess Xinyang was carried to the bedchamber by Yujin.

Gu Jiao did not expect the delicate Yujin to have such strength but realized that Yujin, who was not accustomed to practicing martial arts, had used all her strength in this effort.

She gasped for breath in a sorry state, with thin beads of sweat appearing on her forehead.

“Lady Yujin, this servant will go fetch the doctor,” said a young maid.

Yujin first nodded and then, as if she remembered something, shook her head.

Then, she turned to Gu Jiao, who had not taken the opportunity to run away in the chaos, and looked at her intently as she asked, “Doctor Gu, can I trust you?”

…

The evening light slanted from the west.

Xiao Liulang had finished a whole day’s work and was coming out of Hanlin Academy when he noticed a little servant boy nervously pacing at the doorway.

The boy was a coachman from the Medical Hall, who often accompanied Gu Jiao on her medical visits.

Instinctively, Xiao Liulang looked behind the boy to see only a quiet carriage with its curtains tightly drawn, but his intuition told him that Gu Jiao was not inside.

“Little third son, what’s the matter?” Xiao Liulang walked over and asked.

Upon hearing Xiao Liulang’s voice, the boy turned his head abruptly, panic-stricken, and said, “Brother Xiao, Miss Gu is missing!”

Xiao Liulang’s brow furrowed: “When did she disappear? And where?”

The boy was beside himself with worry: “Just… just now…”

Xiao Liulang tried to calm him: “Don’t panic, tell me slowly.”

The boy knew he had to control himself, after all, he had accompanied Miss Gu when she met the Emperor, he had to be calm… he had to be composed…

Regaining his composure, the boy recounted the events that had taken place in front of the store.

Xiao Liulang frowned and said, “Are you saying she just disappeared suddenly?”

The boy said, “Isn’t that sudden? I was holding cookies in one hand and a food box in the other, telling her that she should eat the cookies while they’re hot, otherwise they would soon get soft and not be crispy. She had said ‘okay,’ but when I turned to look at her, she was gone! I mean… what I mean is… she was nowhere to be found! I asked the couple at the bakery, and they hadn’t seen her either! So, I searched everywhere… but I scoured the whole avenue and still couldn’t find her…”

Xiao Liulang went to the scene of the disappearance.

“Where was your carriage parked?” he asked the boy.

The boy pointed to a spot about half a zhang away from the store and, while gesturing, said, “Here! The horse stood here, the carriage was here!”

After completing the sale to Gu Jiao, the store had sold out of materials and closed, with no other customers coming by.

Xiao Liulang carefully looked around the scene and suddenly crouched down, picking up a broken piece of charcoal.

Charcoal is not a good tool for writing, and not many would use it, but Gu Jiao loved to use it; the pouch given to her by her aunt had a special inner layer for holding charcoal that could be removed and cleaned if it got dirty.

She usually carried one or two pieces in it.

However, the piece of charcoal Xiao Liulang held was not the type that Gu Jiao usually used.

Her charcoal was treated to be softer in texture.

This piece of charcoal belonged to someone else, and he had seen it in only one place.

…

Inside a courtyard on Vermilion Bird Avenue, Princess Xinyang slowly awoke.

Yujin had been by her side the whole time, and upon seeing her open her eyes, she smiled slightly and said, “Your Highness, you are awake? How do you feel?”

This was not the first time Princess Xinyang had fainted, but it was the first time she felt so relaxed upon waking, not dizzy nor in pain but as if she had just slept casually.

Seeing the color returning to her face, Yujin knew she had recovered better than before and smiled, saying, “Your Highness fainted just now. It was Doctor Gu who treated you with acupuncture.”

As she spoke, she stood up, took a step back, and gave a bow, “I took the liberty, please punish me accordingly, Your Highness.”

Princess Xinyang looked at her helplessly: “You know I won’t punish you.”

Yujin revealed a smile.

Princess Xinyang asked, “Where is that girl now?”

Yujin glanced back and responded, “In the courtyard.”

In the brightly colored courtyard, beneath a lush, leafy tree, someone was once again reluctantly holding a pen, her little face scowling.

“Tell me, you’re a master, a member of Zhan Country’s Dragon Shadow Guard, the top martial arts expert in the world, why do you like getting slapped in the face by others?”

Gu Jiao spoke resentfully, breaking another piece of charcoal.

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