What are your plans?
Qin Yuan wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Gu Baozhu was confident, slightly raised her head, put her hands behind her back, and smiled slowly. Qin Yuan's forehead twitched. How could this person look a bit like Lord Gu and a bit like Mr. Songshan?
"Trust those you employ, and don't employ those you don't trust. Third Sister-in-law, just wait and see how she does it."
Qin Yuan had no choice but to wait patiently.
A moment later, two bird calls rang out from outside the back window.
Gu Baozhu was overjoyed: "They've arrived!"
After saying that, he quickly jumped up, opened the back window, and stuck his head out, saying, "Come on, come on, we've been waiting for you, my third sister-in-law is getting impatient."
The other party did not answer, but simply stuffed in a long strip wrapped in brocade.
Gu Baozhu leaned to one side, one foot on the wall and the other dangling in the air, and caught the long strip with both hands, hoisting it onto her shoulder.
Qin Yuan: ……
Then Gu Baozhu threw the long strip onto the canopy bed, grabbed the edge and tore it open, revealing a disheveled woman in a nightgown.
It turned out to be the unconscious Miss You.
"this……"
Qin Yuan covered her mouth in surprise and looked at Gu Baozhu.
Then another person jumped in through the back window. He was dressed in a Yelü clan robe, with a headscarf wrapped around his head, revealing only his eyebrows and eyes. He said in a hoarse voice, "Seventh Miss, is this the person?"
Gu Baozhu clapped her hands and laughed, "Yes, that's her."
Qin Yuan realized: "What are you going to do..."
Gu Baozhu nodded smugly: "She's been busy scheming against me all day, so it's my turn now. I originally wanted to match her up with the Crown Prince, but unfortunately the Crown Prince fell into the water, so I'll go with the Prince of Jin instead."
Qin Yuan was both amused and exasperated.
When Gu Baozhu makes a move, it's always deadly.
Prince Jin already has a Princess Consort, and the positions of concubines are already full. Miss You is the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. If she were to enter Prince Jin's mansion as a concubine, the Duke of Zhenguo would probably be furious.
At this time...
Qin Yuan pondered.
The man said, "Madam, this matter has reached the highest level, and even the Marquis of Dingbei can bear the consequences. His Highness Prince Qi will not stand idly by either."
Qin Yuan asked curiously, "How did you know?"
The man laughed and said, "I am loyal to His Highness Prince Qi and have been at the beck and call of Marquis Dingbei recently. Today, I am accompanying Prince Yelü to the banquet on his orders."
After saying this, he bowed and took out a token from his inner pocket, which he handed to Qin Yuan. The token was engraved with the seal of the King of Qi.
Qin Yuan took the token and examined it carefully. Gu Baozhu, standing to the side, widened her eyes, put one hand on her hip and pointed at the other, angrily saying, "So you were sent by my third brother and Prince Qi. Why did you lie to me just now?"
The man smiled but said nothing.
Qin Yuan quickly returned the token and reassured her, "Alright, alright, Baozhu, now is not the time to talk about this. Let's finish the arrangements quickly, we still need to find Hongye and Cuiming. I'm afraid Mother is getting impatient. Later you still need to apologize to His Highness the Crown Prince, so you still need to maintain appearances."
Gu Baozhu was rather dejected: "Fine."
She had always thought that her chivalrous deeds had earned her a great reputation, attracting people from all directions to join her. Little did she know that the other party was actually someone arranged by her third brother, and that all those words of gratitude the other person had just plied in to deceive her.
But her martial arts skills were superior to hers, and she had more ideas than her.
Now is the time when we need manpower again.
They couldn't even turn against each other.
Gu Baozhu was holding her anger in and didn't know where to vent it, so she couldn't help but be a little rude to Prince Jin and Miss You.
Everyone busied themselves making arrangements, and just before leaving, Qin Yuan lit the aphrodisiac again. Gu Baozhu, without thinking, asked curiously, "Third Sister-in-law, isn't Prince Jin already a eunuch? Why bother with this?"
Qin Yuan forced a smile and replied, "I don't even perform acupuncture this quickly. This is probably the last time."
Gu Baozhu chuckled.
The man lowered his head and remained silent, as if he hadn't heard.
Gu Baozhu added, "Third sister-in-law, you must teach me this trick in the future."
Qin Yuan's ears turned red, and she sighed, "We'll talk about it later. Let's hurry up and find Hongye and the others. I don't know what's going on."
The three of them climbed out of the back window one by one. The backyard was quiet and deserted. The side gate was half open and half closed. The man said in a low voice, "Excuse me." He then grabbed one of them with each hand, touched the ground with both feet, and slid over the wall.
They passed through the second gate and returned to the inner courtyard where they had initially been waiting.
Only Yang'er stood anxiously under the shade of the tree. As soon as Qin Yuan and the others landed, Yang'er came up to them, her voice trembling with tears: "Madam, where have you been? You scared me to death!"
Qin Yuan said, "To make a long story short, are you the only one here?"
Yang'er nodded.
Qin Yuan sighed, "Hehua and Hongye have both been captured. We will try to find them."
The seedlings were getting anxious.
Lotus and she trained together under Madam Jin and were like sisters. Today, she went out as a guest with the Lady of Dingbei and fell into danger. Now, she doesn't know where she is suffering, whether she will come back alive, or whether they will ever meet again and work together.
Yang'er tried her best to hold back her tears, her eyes so red that Qin Yuan couldn't bear to look.
The man said, "Madam, don't worry. There are maids here to serve you. You and Miss Qi should go find the old lady first. Once you find the others, you can send them over."
Gu Baozhu said, "Why don't you let Third Sister-in-law take the maid first, and I'll search with you?"
The man shook his head.
“It would be troublesome for the Seventh Miss to be with me. If someone sees her, it will be hard to explain. Don’t worry, Prince Jin and the others will not harm them.”
Qin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "You're right. We were too hasty and lost our composure."
The man nodded and said, "It's settled then. I'm going. I'll take care of things here. Just wait for news."
Before the words were even finished, the figure vanished in a flash.
Yang'er was so shocked that she didn't dare to speak for a long time. After walking for a while, she asked Qin Yuan, "How old is she? She looks about the same age as me. How can her martial arts be so superb? Did she start practicing martial arts when she was breastfeeding?"
Qin Yuan laughed and said, "Even if I had been practicing martial arts since I was a baby, I still couldn't compare to you. It's clear that everyone has different talents."
Yang'er said, "Yes, yes, it's a gift from heaven, we can't be envious."
Gu Baozhu remained silent, as she felt that the other party's martial arts skills seemed to be even stronger than Gu Shiliu's.
She couldn't withstand a single move from Gu Shiliu.
It would probably be the same under this person.
Isn't there any way for her to get justice for herself?
Thinking back to how this person had flattered her with sweet words, making her feel that his martial arts skills and chivalrous deeds were exceptionally outstanding and could easily cover up this pitiful yet grateful woman in front of her, did she secretly laugh at her in her heart?
Gu Baozhu stomped her foot angrily.
Qin Yuan asked, "Baozhu, what's wrong with you?"
Gu Baozhu said awkwardly, "Nothing much, it's just that I suddenly felt like they'd been buzzing around like flies for so long, wouldn't it be too much of a loss for us to defeat them in one move?"
It should be like a cat catching a mouse—play with it until it's half dead before eating it.
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