The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 890

Chapter 890: 410 Mother and Child Reunion (Second Update)

The place where the woman’s cry of alarm came from still had a hint of an expert’s aura. Gu Jiao covered the Consort of the Prince of Rui’s mouth and signaled to her with her eyes.

The Consort of the Prince of Rui’s eyes widened as she nodded.

The path they were on was between Renshou Palace and Kunning Palace, with beautiful scenery all around, plenty of covers, and good for concealing one’s presence, which is exactly why the other party chose this spot.

Gu Jiao was not sure what the other party wanted to do; she only knew that if she took the Consort of the Prince of Rui and left now, no matter which way they went, they would be seen by the person behind the rockery.

Gu Jiao simply pulled the Consort of the Prince of Rui gently to the back of a large tree.

The Consort of the Prince of Rui picked up Gu Jiao’s hand and wrote in her palm with her fingertips, "Aren’t we going to see what happened?"

Gu Jiao shook her head and wrote in her palm, "There’s an expert." She paused, then added, "He has no killing intent."

In other words, he wasn’t trying to kill the woman.

The Consort of the Prince of Rui nodded thoughtfully.

The rockery was right in front of the big tree, about less than twenty steps away, and both of them held their breath.

With Gu Jiao’s skills, she could conceal her own aura very well. The Consort of the Prince of Rui couldn’t do that yet, and could only slow her breathing as much as possible. But it was probably because the breathing of the woman was too nervous and rapid, it overshadowed the Consort’s, preventing the expert from noticing.

Voices behind the rockery reached them faintly.

"Is that you? You... What are you doing here? What have you done to Chun Yin?"

Hearing this name, the Consort of the Prince of Rui’s temples throbbed violently several times.

Gu Jiao looked at her, puzzled.

She picked up Gu Jiao’s hand, wrote in her palm, "Chun Yin is the maid of honor to the Crown Princess."

Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows, so the woman who was speaking was—

The woman and the expert both lowered their voices, sounding different from their usual speaking voices, making it difficult to recognize from the tone alone whether the voice matched the person Gu Jiao was guessing.

But there was no hurry; after all, the two of them were going to come out from behind the rockery soon.

The conversation continued.

"I only touched her sleep acupoint, it will release itself half an hour later."

Gu Jiao thought, hmm, she wanted to learn this.

Knock her husband out, and then do this or that.

The expert had a man’s voice.

The woman: "You must be mad, this is the Imperial Palace! Broad daylight... Aren’t you afraid of being discovered?"

This voice sounded somewhat angry.

The expert sneered: "Who told you to keep hiding from me, I had no choice but to take this measure."

"Don’t come any closer!"

The woman shouted fiercely.

Several rapid footsteps came from behind the rockery, likely the woman stumbling backwards while trying to avoid the expert.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t go far; Gu Jiao heard her back hit the rockery.

The expert seemed to compromise: "Alright, I won’t come closer, just don’t hurt yourself."

The woman coldly asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"

The expert smiled playfully: "Don’t you know what I want to do?"

"You..."

"Look how scared you are, rest assured, I don’t want to do anything today, I just came to tell you..."

Gu Jiao and the Consort of the Prince of Rui didn’t hear the rest; the expert seemed to be whispering in the woman’s ear.

Then there was a crisp slap from behind the rockery.

The Consort of the Prince of Rui stared blankly, blinking. Was that a slap across the face?

Gu Jiao nodded; it sounded like it.

After that slap, there was no more conversation behind the rockery, presumably the expert had left, and the woman’s gasping continued.

Neither Gu Jiao nor the Consort of the Prince of Rui left; both wanted to see who the woman behind the rockery was.

The two of them waited eagerly, not sure how long it was before the woman from behind the rockery finally came out.

The Consort of the Prince of Rui stared intently, then quickly covered her mouth!

Why was it her?

Gu Jiao had guessed early on, so she didn’t react much.

Just at this moment, the little maid left by the Consort of the Prince of Rui in the Imperial Garden for too long without seeing the consort return, could not help but come looking this way.

"Consort! Consort, you’re here!"

Now the Consort of the Prince of Rui couldn’t hide even if she wanted to, and she had to come out from behind the tree, her face stiff.

Gu Jiao also stepped out.

"Consort," the little maid bowed to the Consort of the Prince of Rui. She had not seen Gu Jiao before, so she did not greet her, but on seeing the woman who came out from behind the rockery, she quickly bent down to bow, "Crown Princess!"

The cookie stall was set up at the entrance.

Xiao Liulang approached and said to the busy shopkeeper, "I would like ten Plum Dried Vegetable Cakes."

The shopkeeper replied, "There’s only the last one left."

"Then..."

"I want a Plum Dried Vegetable Cake."

Xiao Liulang’s words were almost simultaneous with another voice.

It was a female customer who had appeared suddenly beside Xiao Liulang. The shopkeeper looked at Xiao Liulang and then at the woman, asking, "This is the last one, who will buy it?"

"I will," Xiao Liulang said firmly.

He didn’t look at the female customer, but she curiously took a glance at him.

That look was inadvertent, but as soon as she saw him, her purse fell to the ground with a thud!

Xiao Liulang finally gave her a look, but it was this very look that caused his arm, which was handing over the money to the shopkeeper, to freeze.

"You are..." Yujin grabbed Xiao Liulang’s arm in a flash!

"I’m not, you’ve mistaken me for someone else," Xiao Liulang averted his gaze, placed the copper plate on the table, took the cookies, and left.

Yujin’s face changed, "Wait a moment!"

"Hey! Sir! You’ve given too much!" the shopkeeper called out to Xiao Liulang, holding up two copper plates.

Xiao Liulang, leaning on his crutch, quickly walked into an adjacent alley.

By the time Yujin gave chase, he had already ducked into another shop.

Yujin searched the vicinity for a long time but couldn’t find Xiao Liulang, and eventually left with disappointment and desolation.

Xiao Liulang let out a long sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, he hadn’t been found out.

He came out from the back of the Ready-Made Clothes Shop; whether it was from the quick escape from Yujin or not, his good left foot twisted a bit, and he stumbled forward.

Just then, a customer who had finished selecting fabric turned around and headed his way.

Xiao Liulang, caught off-guard, bumped into her shoulder and fell to the ground in a sorry state, his crutch flying out of his hand.

The maid cried out in alarm, "Princess! Are you alright?"

Princess Xinyang waved her hand dismissively, "It’s nothing."

She looked toward the Hanlin official who seemed to have been tripped by her and fell. Her gaze landed on the back of his head as she asked, "Sir, are you alright?"