Chapter 574.1: JiaoJiao and Long Yi

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Gu Jiao slept until the afternoon.
Long Yi had already been taken out by Xiao Heng, leaving Gu Jiao alone in the room.
Gu Jiao sat up, looked at the bed she was on, and pondered for a while.
"Hmm, did I sleep here by myself?"
Today, both the Imperial Academy and the Qinghe Academy have classes, but Gu Chengfeng had recently been busy helping Gu Jiao "punish the wicked and eliminate evil" and took a leave of absence from the academy with the excuse of being ill.
One day of absence was originally enough, but he took the liberty of extending it to two days.
When Gu Jiao came out from the east room, Gu Chengfeng was chopping wood in the backyard. Seeing Gu Jiao, he stopped chopping and waved to her.
Gu Jiao walked over casually, "What's the matter?"
Gu Chengfeng looked around and lowered his voice, "Come here, I have something to tell you."
"What is it?" Gu Jiao didn't go over.
Gu Chengfeng clicked his tongue. He put down the ax in his hand, skillfully wiped his hands with a cloth, leaned close to Gu Jiao's ear, and whispered, "It's about..."
Before he could finish speaking, a tall figure descended from the sky, grabbed his collar, and threw him away!
Gu Chengfeng, who was now hanging from a tree branch, looked confused.
What the heck?
Gu Jiao also made a puzzled sound.
Just how did this guy offend Long Yi?
Shortly after, Little Jing Kong returned from the Imperial Academy.
"JiaoJiao! JiaoJiao! I had an exam today!"
Little Jing Kong rushed to the backyard and handed his exam paper to Gu Jiao.
As expected, it was another big "A."
Gu Jiao rubbed Jing Kong's little head and said, "Jing Kong is amazing."
Little Jing Kong bowed his head, twiddling his fingers shyly, "I want to kiss JiaoJiao."
And then he was taken away by Long Yi——
Gu Jiao watched the distant figures of the two people and stroke her chin oddly.
Just then, Xiao Heng returned from outside carrying a basket of eggs. He handed them to Gu Jiao with a straight face, "Grandma Zhou gave these eggs, she said thank you for curing her grandson's cold last time."
Gu Jiao gave him a deep look, "Is that so?"
"Hm? Yes." Xiao Heng took the basket back, "Let me put them in the kitchen."
He brushed past Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao turned around, her gaze following him, squinting her eyes as she caught up, "Did you say something to Long Yi?"
"What would I say?" Xiao Heng calmly put the basket in the kitchen, opened their small jar of eggs, and put the eggs from the basket into it one by one.
Gu Jiao asked, "Then why won't Long Yi let anyone get near me?"
Xiao Heng continued transferring the eggs with his back to Gu Jiao, the corner of his lips involuntarily hooking up. When he turned his head back to look at her, his face went back to an expressionless one, "Really?"
"Yes." Gu Jiao nodded.
Xiao Heng calmly said, without blushing or breathing heavily, "Maybe Long Yi is just playing around with them."
Gu Jiao thought for a moment, "Oh."
After Xiao Heng put the last egg in place, he turned to Gu Jiao, who was leaning against the kitchen counter, contemplating something. The setting sun slanted in from the doorway, casting a perfect glow on her profile, illuminating her long eyelashes.
Xiao Heng's eyes flickered, "That..."
"Hmm?" Gu Jiao looked at him puzzled.
"Here..." Xiao Heng pointed to her temple.
Gu Jiao raised her hand to touch it but felt nothing.
Xiao Heng walked over, reached out his left hand that hadn't touched the eggs, and plucked a small leaf that had fallen on Gu Jiao's temple at some point.
The two were very close, their breaths entwining in the quiet room.
Xiao Heng lowered his head, almost kissing her forehead.
"What is it?" Gu Jiao looked up at him.
Xiao Heng stared blankly at the face so close at hand, his heart pounding like a drum as he tilted his head slightly and leaned gently towards her.
The next moment, a shadow flashed by, and Long Yi took Xiao Heng away!
Xiao Heng: " ?!!"
Xiao Heng's ‘anyone else’—other people except him.
Long Yi's ‘anyone else’—everybody.
……
In the afternoon, Gu Jiao went to the blacksmith shop and handed a blueprint to the blacksmith.
The blacksmith looked at the strange blueprint and hesitated, "We've never made anything like this before."
Gu Jiao asked, "Can you make it?"
The blacksmith said, "We can make it, but... it might not look as good as on your blueprint."
Gu Jiao said, "Let's make it first."
"Oh!"
After coming out of the blacksmith shop, Gu Jiao went to the medical hall.
She opened her little medicine chest and looked at the full set of first aid supplies, frowning, "Still no materials for the prosthesis, do I really have to go resin-tapping myself?"
As she muttered, Second Owner rushed into her small courtyard in a panic, "Little Gu! Something big happened!"
Gu Jiao came out of the house, "What happened?"
Second Owner trembled, "I don't know exactly! Just now, a patient in our medical hall turned out to be an officer of the imperial guards, and his subordinates came to report that something happened in the palace, and the Empress asked them to rush to the palace!"
Imperial palace, in Bixia Palace.
Princess Ning'an, who was thrown down the steps by Princess Xinyang yesterday, causing her to be bruised all over, was now holding Qin Chuyu at knifepoint with a dagger.
And by her side and behind her, ten martial experts were on guard, ready to prevent anyone from snatching Qin Chuyu back from her.
A large number of imperial guards were lurking outside Bixia Palace, with archers also on standby.
Princess Ning'an looked fearlessly at Empress Xiao and said, "Don't act rashly. If you kill me, it's a small matter, but no one can guarantee that I won't accidentally slit your son's throat when I fall."
Empress Xiao never expected Princess Ning'an to commit a life and death struggle with them so soon. Did she stop pretending fearless because she couldn't hide the truth any longer?
Empress Xiao had to admit that ordinary people couldn't be as decisive as Ning'an.
She was truly a daring woman!
After being detained in Bixia Palace, Princess Ning'an began to secretly assess the possibility of turning the tables. Princess Xinyang had shown absolute dominance in the imperial audience hall. The Emperor favored her, but Xinyang definitely wouldn't tolerate her.
It was only a matter of time before she was exposed.
Instead of waiting to die, it was better to take the initiative and catch them off guard!
"Imperial mother, I'm scared... Waah..." Qin Chuyu cried out in fear.
Empress Xiao's heart broke. She wished she could tear apart the woman who didn't spare even her child!
What would her brother do if he were here?
Her brother would definitely say, stop crying, aren’t you ashamed to be wailing like that as a man?
“Don't cry!" Empress Xiao took a deep breath and said sternly, "You’re an imperial prince! Hold back your tears!"
Qin Chuyu was startled at first, then cried even louder, "I can't stop... Waaahhh..."
Empress Xiao was both angry and heartbroken. She suppressed her emotions and looked coldly at Ning'an, "What do you want?"
Princess Ning'an said coldly, "Prepare a carriage and send us out of the capital! Don't let anyone follow us, otherwise, your son and I will die together!"
Eunuch Su looked anxiously at Empress Xiao.
Empress Xiao clenched her fists, "...Prepare the carriage!"
Princess Ning'an said lightly, "Lian'er, bring Xian'er out."
Lian'er beside her had long been scared silly by the scene. She looked at Princess Ning'an as if she had just met her, tears welling up in her eyes.
Princess Ning'an angrily said, "What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and go!”
Lian'er's body swayed, and a tear the size of a bean fell.
"Y-yes."
She returned to the room in a daze, choked up as she approached the bed, "Young master, young master..."
She called out several times, but Huangfu Xian didn't respond.
She reached out to touch Huangfu Xian's forehead, her expression immediately changed, "Princess! The young master is sick! His head is burning up! Quickly, get the imperial physician for the young master!"
Empress Xiao hurriedly comforted her, "Ning'an, let's talk things out calmly. The child's health is important. I'll get an imperial physician for you first. You let Xian'er receive treatment."
"No need!" Princess Ning'an glanced coldly at a nearby martial expert, "You go help."
The expert entered the room and in just a few moves he wrapped Huangfu Xian in a quilt and lifted him onto the wheelchair.Raz P.'s Thoughts

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