The Grand Secretary's Pampered Wife Chapter 720: JiaoJiao Makes Her Move

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The Emperor heard the name and was silent for a moment.

"Xiao Liulang?" He murmured.

Zhang Dequan, understanding the cue, stepped forward and explained, "He is one of the Tianqiong Academy's polo players who came to the imperial palace to meet Your Majesty. They exchanged rewards with Canaan Academy."

The Emperor frowned and said, "Isn't he the witness who saw Nangong Li before he died?"

Zhang Dequan said, "It's him."

The Emperor remembered that boy. That boy claimed Nangong Li was killed by someone else, and he only wanted to save Nangong Li, but he didn’t make it in time.

Given the Emperor's temperament, regardless of whether the boy's story was credible or not, he would normally be sent to the prison for severe interrogation. However, Shangguan Xue had intervened midway and taken him away.

Shangguan Xue said that he was her equestrian teacher.

“How did that boy become the Little County Princess's equestrian teacher? Did you investigate?” The Emperor recalled that he had instructed Zhang Dequan to look into it.

Zhang Dequan respectfully replied, "This servant inquired. He was Mu Qingchen’s deskmate, and they are both on the same polo team. He once tamed a powerful horse king, and Mu Qingchen highly praised his equestrian skills. Additionally, he is knowledgeable in medicine, and since the Little County Princess has asthma, Mu Qingchen considered her situation and recommended him to her. But it was ultimately the Little County Princess’s decision to keep him, as Your Majesty knows, the Little County Princess is very picky about her teachers."

The Emperor said indifferently, "So he does indeed know medicine."

Zhang Dequan added, “Mu Qingchen would never harm the Little County Princess.”

The Imperial Advisor, who was listening to their conversation, remained calm throughout.

At his level of self-cultivation, there were few things in the mortal world that could stir his emotions.

The Emperor looked towards him and asked, "Are you certain he has the medicine?"

The Imperial Advisor said, "I am certain."

The Emperor said seriously, "Then send someone to retrieve the medicine!"

The Imperial Advisor continued, “He may need to come in person. He has to examine the patient to determine what medicine to prescribe. Additionally, I suggest sending the Crown Princess to the Imperial Advisor's Hall for treatment.”

The Emperor pointed inside the room and said sharply, "In her current state, can she even be moved?"

The Imperial Advisor thought for a moment before replying, "Then let’s wait until Xiao Liulang arrives and decide from there."

……

In Tianxiang Pavilion, Gu Chengfeng's private room fell into silence.

The woman they were gossiping about yesterday turned out to be the former Crown Princess. This news shocked all three of them.

Xu Fengxian was also shocked; she had already fainted seven or eight times in her room. Forcing someone into prost.i.tution, and it turned out to be the former Crown Princess——surely the heavens wanted her dead.

The former Crown Princess seems to know you, and the Crown Prince wants to kill you… Gu Jiao glanced at Xiao Heng beside her.

She felt the answer she wanted to confirm was about to surface.

However, now wasn’t the time to pursue that answer. Why the former Crown Princess got into an accident was highly suspicious.

She didn’t believe the former Crown Princess had fallen and severely injured herself.

The fact that the former Crown Princess could take down four strong servant women indicated she had some skills.

She couldn’t have fallen that badly unless someone increased the force of her fall.

For example——lifting her up high and slamming her down.

As she imagined this cruel scene, Gu Jiao's gaze grew cold.

Of course, this was just Gu Jiao's speculation. To find out the truth, they would need to investigate the scene carefully.

But if her injuries were indeed inflicted by someone, then the perpetrator likely had already cleaned up the scene, making it difficult to investigate.

However, it also depended on who was doing the investigation.

If it was Xiao Heng, he would definitely be able to find some clues.

Gu Chengfeng glanced at Xiao Heng, then at Gu Jiao, and asked, "Am I missing something?"

Indeed, the former Crown Princess gave Xiao Heng watermelon and even gold to help him pursue a wife.

"Liulang! Liulang!"

Just then, Gu Xiaoshun's anxious voice came from downstairs.

Gu Jiao had taken leave in the morning, so at this hour, Gu Xiaoshun should have been in cla.s.s.

Gu Xiaoshun rushed upstairs, breathless, and burst through the door. He placed his hands on his thighs, bent over, and gasped, “Big sis... the people from the Imperial Advisor's Hall... went to the academy... they said... they want you... to go to the imperial palace... to treat the former Crown Princess...”

Just when she was worried about not having a chance to enter the imperial palace.

“I... I brought your medicine chest…” Gu Xiaoshun took off the basket from his back, “If... if you're going... just... head to the city gate... I told the people from the Imperial Advisor's Hall... to wait there... if you're not going... I'll let them... know...”

Gu Xiaoshun had thought it through thoroughly, neither revealing Gu Jiao's whereabouts nor neglecting to cover both possibilities of her going or not going.

At that moment, everyone suddenly realized that Gu Xiaoshun had really grown up.

He was no longer the little village bully who used to pull together a group of troublemaking friends to bully his bad brother-in-law.

Gu Xiaoshun saw the expressions of the three and, puzzled, asked while still panting, “Why... why are you all... looking at me like that? Did I... do something wrong? Should I have... refused them outright…”

Gu Jiao walked over and gently placed her hand on Gu Xiaoshun’s shoulder, “No, you did very well.”

Gu Jiao took the back basket.

Xiao Heng stood up and said, “I’ll go with you.”

Gu Chengfeng widened his eyes and said, “Hey! Are you crazy! If the two of you appear together, aren’t you afraid of being recognized?!”

But Gu Jiao nodded, “It’s fine, you’ll be my medical a.s.sistant.”

Gu Chengfeng: “…”

You two are really partners in crime, always handing each other the knife, never stopping one another.

Gu Chengfeng couldn’t stop them.

Xiao Heng sent someone to the clothing shop to buy a set of common men's clothing, doing his best to make himself look like a medical a.s.sistant.

Medical a.s.sistants entering the imperial palace couldn’t wear masks, so he had no choice but to use a disguise.

Gu Chengfeng said, “In such hot weather, human skin masks won’t stick, they’ll fall off.”

Gu Jiao replied, “Let me show you what it means to swap faces.”

A moment later, when Xiao Heng appeared before Gu Chengfeng again, Gu Chengfeng truly didn’t recognize him.

Most of Xiao Heng’s beauty had been hidden, and his face looked completely ordinary. Even his distinctive phoenix-shaped eyes had been disguised by Gu Jiao into slightly slanted almond eyes.

“You can do this too?” Gu Chengfeng was stunned——he wanted to learn!

Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng left the Tianxiang Pavilion. Neither Xiao Heng's carriage nor the Tianxiang Pavilion’s carriage could be used, so the two went to a nearby carriage rental shop and hired a carriage.

Although the street where the Tianxiang Pavilion was located was bustling, the area was actually remote. After all, it dealt with special business, so the farther it was from the official government offices in the central district, the better.

They had to cross a field and walk along a forest path before reaching the main road of the outer city.

Inside the carriage, Gu Jiao held onto Xiao Heng's cold hand the entire time, silently comforting him.

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Jiang Baiyan had never encountered someone like s.h.i.+ Dai.

After he had slaughtered all the evil creatures in the garden, the blood-stained young man, exuding a murderous aura, approached her step by step, his lips curling into a malicious smile, "Scared?"

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—

After seeing her at a lantern festival with another man, Jiang Baiyan lowered his eyes, his fingers twirling her hair. He said in a mocking and sinister tone, "The mansion in the western suburbs...if I hide you there, no one will find you, right?"

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