The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1660

Chapter 1660: Siblings Succeed (Second Update)

In fact, even if Gu Jiao didn’t mention what happened in the dream, Xiao Hen also understood that the king couldn’t fall into the hands of the Han Family.

They had long torn faces with the Han Family, and the first thing the Han Family would do by borrowing the king’s power was to deal with them.

Gu Jiao and Xiao Hen took the carriage from the Duke Residence back to the National Master Hall.

When Shangguan Yun heard that the king had been schemed against by the Han Concubine, she didn’t have much of a reaction.

When she heard that the king in the court was a counterfeit, she didn’t have too much of a reaction either.

But when she heard Gu Jiao ask her where the dog hole in the Cold Palace was, she instantly exploded!

"What do you want to do!"

Gu Jiao spoke frankly: "Retrieve the king."

Shangguan Yun’s face sank: "No! It’s too dangerous!"

She firmly disagreed to sacrificing her precious daughter-in-law’s life for a scoundrel father who had exterminated her mother and entire family!

It was he who wanted to marry someone from the Han Family, he who wanted to elevate the ten great families to besiege the Xuanyuan Family, and now, what? Suffer backlash?

Xiao Hen said: "But if the false king issues an edict to depose Jiaojiao, that’s very dangerous as well."

Shangguan Yun furrowed her brow.

Given the nature of that venomous woman from the Han Family, it was indeed possible she could do such a thing.

The false king had just taken the throne, outsiders wouldn’t be able to notice anything yet, but they themselves would have some misgivings, therefore it was unlikely he’d make drastic changes to previous conduct, such as moving against her and "Shangguan Qing."

Others couldn’t be ruled out though.

Shangguan Yun had her son fetch paper and brush, then drew the map of the Cold Palace for Gu Jiao: "Gu Chengfeng went there last time, but he stayed outside the dog hole, didn’t go in. After you crawl through here, you have to bypass Lady Wan’s territory to reach the Han Family’s courtyard. But did she really hide the king in the Cold Palace? Are you sure?"

"The information Xiaojiu gathered is reliable." Gu Jiao said without changing her expression.

"Oh, that bird." Shangguan Yun no longer doubted.

Xiao Hen took a deep look at Gu Jiao and did not expose her.

.....

After dark, Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng changed into night-walking clothes, wore masks, and under the cover of night, went to the Cold Palace.

Gu Chengfeng expertly found the dog hole from last time.

Gu Jiao was originally puzzled why Gu Chengfeng, with such great qinggong, didn’t just lead Shangguan Yun over the wall. When she reached the corner, she saw faintly visible silk threads and understood.

Gu Chengfeng whispered: "Above is Snow Region silk, incredibly sharp. If you accidentally hit it, you’d be sliced into pieces. I don’t know how high the silk threads go, afraid to risk it and end up with only half a body after flying over."

"Looks like crawling is the only option." Gu Jiao said.

"I’ll go first." Gu Chengfeng crawled through, confirmed there was no danger, then let Gu Jiao through.

The two stood up and brushed the dust off their clothes.

Gu Chengfeng said: "The king should know Shangguan Yun loves crawling through this dog hole, yet he didn’t block it, leaving it for her to play. Despite loving her so much, why hurt her in the first place?"

Gu Jiao coldly replied: "Don’t try to understand a man’s thoughts."

Gu Chengfeng: "..."

Gu Chengfeng looked around and said to Gu Jiao: "That expert must be guarding the Han Family. I’ll draw him away while you rescue the king."

Gu Jiao asked: "Can you lure him away?"

Gu Chengfeng patted his chest: "I am Feishuang, the greatest thief of Zhan Country. Don’t think that just because my martial arts aren’t as good as yours, my other skills are inferior too. Watch and learn how I draw him away."

Given the situation, there were no other options. Gu Jiao thought for a moment and sternly said: "You’re not allowed to fight him."

Gu Chengfeng laughed: "Don’t worry, I’m a thief, not a raider. Fighting isn’t my thing, escaping is my specialty. But I’ll say this first, if he’s as formidable as you describe, I might not hold out long. One incense stick...you’ll only have one incense stick’s time!"

Gu Jiao nodded: "Understood."

Gu Chengfeng turned away.

"Gu Chengfeng, be careful." Gu Jiao called out, "If he kills you, I won’t avenge you."

Gu Chengfeng pouted: "Tch, heartless!"

Gu Chengfeng used lightness skills to fly towards the Han Family’s courtyard.

Gu Jiao quietly followed, closely monitoring the movements in the night.

Honestly, she was a bit uncertain, since Dark Soul was indeed a formidable expert. Would he really be so easily fooled by Gu Chengfeng?

Wouldn’t he suspect someone who didn’t dare fight him was using him as a distraction to draw him away?

Even if Dark Soul didn’t suspect, wouldn’t the sharp-witted Han Family fall for it?

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