Chapter 431 Discovery (First Update)
The Crown Princess closed her eyes.
Or perhaps Xiao Liulang is indeed not Xiao Heng.
Either Xiao Heng hasn't recognized Princess Xinyang yet.
The Crown Princess's feelings were incredibly complicated.
"Crown Princess." Yu Jin's voice interrupted the Crown Princess's thoughts.
The Crown Princess regained her senses and asked politely, "Lord Yu Jin, what's wrong?"
Yu Jin said earnestly, "Please, Your Highness, consider the princess's feelings and make an exception for Doctor Gu's matter. The princess's heart ailment is incurable, and it was only after meeting Doctor Gu that it finally found some relief."
Upon hearing this, the Crown Princess frowned slightly: "Wasn't the Hundred Flower Pill effective last time?"
Yu Jin shook her head: "To be honest, that's not the effect of the Hundred Flower Pill, it's Doctor Gu's medicine."
The Crown Princess squeezed her hands tightly.
Yu Jin added, “Princess Consort, there’s no need to worry. In the princess’s heart, you are the person she is closer to. It is precisely because she regards you as family that she does not treat you as an outsider.”
Who wouldn't be happy to hear these words?
The Crown Princess smiled generously and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that petty. I won't tell His Highness the Crown Prince or Father about what happened today. If they ask, I'll just say I accidentally fell and hurt myself."
Yu Jin grasped the Crown Princess's hand: "Only the Crown Princess would think of the princess so much."
That's right, she was the only one who was truly sincere towards Princess Xinyang. Regardless of whether Xiao Liulang was Xiao Heng or Gu Jiao was Princess Xinyang's daughter-in-law, she was the closest person to Princess Xinyang.
After Long Yi dragged Gu Jiao out of the house on Zhuque Street, Gu Jiao thought he was going to take her for a casual stroll outside. Little did she expect that Long Yi would throw her directly into the Princess's Mansion.
Gu Jiao had never been to the princess's residence before, but that didn't stop her from recognizing the characters on the plaque.
Gu Jiao stared blankly at Long Yi, who had tossed her into the princess's bedchamber. "Seriously, I'm worried about your future dates? Do you even know how to pick a place?"
The princess's residence had servants on duty, but Long Yi moved too quietly, and no one noticed that someone had entered the princess's residence.
Gu Jiao sat in the chair, watching Long Yi leap onto the roof beam, and asked, word by word, "Can we go somewhere else?"
Long Yi did not react.
Gu Jiao: Sir, are you agreeing to the destination and tour time and not accepting any changes? Can we discuss it again?
Gu Jiao thought for a moment: "How about... you come down, and we go to the yard to pick up a pen?"
"Or tell me, how long are we going to have to stay here?"
"The princess won't be angry for long, will she..."
Long Yi ignored Gu Jiao. Gu Jiao tried to sneak out through the door and window, but Long Yi pulled her back each time.
Gu Jiao finally gave up resisting, slid down on the chair, and sprawled out like a soulless little salted fish.
However, from her angle, her gaze swept across a pile of scrolls.
She sat up, stood up, walked to the display cabinet, and pulled out a scroll from a large bottle.
She untied the ribbon and opened it to find a portrait of Xiao Liulang... or rather, Xiao Heng.
That was Xiao Heng, thirteen years old, dressed in white, with a graceful and elegant appearance.
She then opened another portrait, also of Xiao Heng at the age of thirteen, dressed in the robes of a young priest, his beauty and elegance unparalleled.
Whether he was the young marquis or the young chief priest, his eyes were always filled with starlight.
His smile was pure and warm, like the purest piece of jade in the world.
Gu Jiao stroked the smiling boy in the portrait, her fingertips tracing his face. It was hard to believe that such a smile had disappeared from his face forever.
The light in his eyes had also disappeared.
Gu Jiao rubbed her chest.
There is not just one portrait, nor is there only a portrait of Xiao Heng.
Gu Jiao also saw Princess Xinyang.
Princess Xinyang was truly beautiful in her youth, and she is still beautiful now. But she was once a vibrant flower under the sun, radiating vitality and life; now she has become a silk flower.
It is beautiful, but it is no longer vibrant.
Gu Jiao also saw a portrait of a mother and son together. It was of Princess Xinyang in her twenties and five-year-old Xiao Heng. Princess Xinyang was holding him, and the tenderness made the years seem peaceful.
Princess Xinyang's relationship with Xiao Heng was not the same as the terrible relationship she had with her parents in her previous life. They were once the closest, most needed, and most dependent people in the world on each other.
"Slacking off again, aren't you? I've only been keeping an eye on you for a moment, and you're all slacking off. If the princess finds out, you'll all be in for a beating!"
Suddenly, a fierce old woman's voice came from outside. She walked towards the bedroom and pressed her hands against the door.
Just as she was about to push open the door, Long Yi suddenly leaped down from the roof beam, grabbed Gu Jiao, and jumped out of the window with her.
Gu Xiaojizi Jiao, who was being held captive, looked ashen-faced: "Next time...next time, could you please give me a heads-up?"
Because of the nanny's interruption, the day trip to the princess's residence ended early, which was actually a good thing. Otherwise, Gu Jiaozhen would have been forced to hide by Long Yi for who knows how long.
However, everything happened too fast, and Gu Jiao didn't have time to put the scroll back in her hand. At this moment, she was still holding the portrait of the mother and son in her arms.
In the mansion on Zhuque Avenue, Xiao Liulang slowly woke up. He stared at the somewhat unfamiliar tent top and was momentarily disoriented. He looked at the furnishings in the room and it took him a while to realize where he was.
He blinked incredulously.
He began to recall what had happened yesterday. It seemed that Long Yi had taken him away, but he didn't know where he had been taken because he had fainted.
Although she woke up once in the middle of the night, she wasn't very awake. Seeing Gu Jiao beside her, she fell back asleep.
The hand that rested on his forehead in the middle of the night...
"Young master, you're awake?"
A young maid pushed open the door and entered.
This was a servant that Princess Xinyang brought back from Fengdu Mountain. Xiao Liulang had never seen her, and she had never seen Xiao Liulang either.
She didn't know Xiao Liulang's identity; she only knew that he was someone Long Yi had brought back.
Princess Xinyang didn't know why she would tolerate a man from another family sleeping in her bed, nor did she dare to ask.
Upon seeing the unfamiliar maidservant, a bizarre thought suddenly flashed through Xiao Liulang's mind. He asked, "Where is this? Where is your master?"
The maidservant said, "This is Zhuque Street. Are you asking where the princess went, young master?"
Xiao Liulang tentatively asked, "Princess Xinyang?"
The maid nodded: "Yes."
It seems that my guess was wrong; the house hasn't changed owners.
Xiao Liulang then asked, "How long have I been asleep?"
The maid said, "Half a day and a night! You came yesterday evening, and it's noon today. Young master, are you hungry? The kitchen has made some porridge."
Xiao Liulang had no appetite for the moment. He paused and asked, "Where... is your princess?"
The maid pointed outside: "The princess has returned to her residence."
Xiao Liulang gave a bitter smile.
She still didn't want to see him.
(End of this chapter)
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