Chapter 555 Counterattack (Second Update)
Gu Jiao also noticed that there was a charcoal brazier burning in her room, which must have been lit early in the morning, making the room very warm.
She's been staying at the clinic for the past few days, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, she'll be there tonight as well.
Did he specially light the charcoal brazier just because she wanted to talk to him in this room?
Was he worried that she was cold?
Although Gu Jiao's current physical condition meant she wasn't afraid of the cold, she couldn't help but curl her lips into a smile.
After adjusting the lamp wick, Xiao Heng turned around and was caught off guard to see her resting her chin on her hands, looking at him with a lovesick expression.
Xiao Heng: "..."
Xiao Heng calmly sat down opposite Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao looked at him frankly and asked, "What do you want to tell me?"
Xiao Heng ignored her burning gaze and said seriously, "It's about Mo Qianxue."
Gu Jiao said "Oh" and asked, "How do you know Mo Qianxue?" She didn't remember introducing Mo Qianxue to him.
Xiao Heng said casually, "How could I not care about a patient who has moved into my wife's room?"
Gu Jiao blinked, then rested her cheeks on her hands: "Are you jealous?"
"No," Xiao Heng denied outright.
I want to sleep with you every day!
Gu Jiao smiled and stood up, leaning over the table to bring her face close to his.
At this distance, I could see his thick, trembling eyelashes and hear his tense breathing as I suddenly stood up and approached.
Xiao Heng was very thick-skinned in the yamen, but he was always easily shy in front of close people, especially Gu Jiao.
He lowered his eyes to avoid her gaze, but he couldn't escape her alluring aura. She hadn't actually done anything, yet she still managed to stir his heart.
*Smack!*
Gu Jiao kissed him on the cheek.
Xiao Heng stiffened and subconsciously looked at Gu Jiao. At close range, he met her burning gaze.
It felt like something had struck his chest, and his heart skipped a beat.
"My husband looks so handsome when he's jealous."
After she finished speaking, she sat back down with a slight smile on her lips.
Xiao Heng's cheeks were burning hot, and the places she had kissed felt like they were on fire.
They were husband and wife in name only, and had done things more intimate than this, but for some reason, this unexpected light kiss still stirred him so much that he almost lost control.
He almost forgot where he was!
Xiao Heng took a deep breath, forcibly clearing his mind of distractions, and said calmly, "Mo Qianxue is from Xianleju."
"Yes, I know." Gu Jiao nodded.
Xiao Heng was not surprised by this. If it were an ordinary patient, she would not have brought her back to her courtyard. It was very likely that she had known Mo Qianxue for a long time.
Xiao Heng continued, "Her injury was intentional, her aim was to get close to you and gain your trust."
Gu Jiao touched her chin: "Hmm, no wonder."
Mo Qianxue's injuries weren't actually that bad; she was almost dead. The strange thing was that she collapsed on her way back from Xianleju.
She had her suspicions, but she couldn't sense any malice from Mo Qianxue, so she didn't take it to heart.
Gu Jiao said thoughtfully, "If Mo Qianxue really wanted to kill me, she would have had many opportunities to do so."
But she didn't.
How did you two meet before?
"...Met you on the street?"
She vehemently denies ever visiting brothels!
Xiao Heng: "..."
Well, even a fool could guess that this girl had been to Xianleju, probably when she was investigating Consort Jing.
Women are not allowed to enter Xianleju.
Is this girl dressed as a man?
Mo Qianxue's feelings for her—
Xiao Heng suddenly felt like he was being cuckolded!
Gu Jiao instinctively protected herself from danger, blinked, and said with utmost sincerity, "Husband, you are so handsome, you are the most handsome!"
Very well, they're feeling guilty.
Xiao Heng silently made a mental note of it.
I've decided to settle things with her later!
Right now, we should deal with the big problem of the young master of Xianleju first.
...
After the Lantern Festival, it snowed again in the capital.
When the emperor held court, the matter of bestowing titles and honors upon meritorious officials sparked heated discussions in the court. Almost no ministers objected to the bestowal of titles upon the brothers Tang Yueshan and Gu Changqing, but the bestowal of titles upon Princess Ning'an was met with differing opinions from many ministers.
The court officials were roughly divided into two factions. One faction, led by Vice Minister Xu, consisted of civil officials who demanded a generous reward for Princess Ning'an and the title of Protector-General Princess. The other faction, led by the Minister of War, consisted of military officials who opposed the appointment of Princess Ning'an as a princess and, more importantly, the title of Protector-General Princess.
Xu Yuan, the Minister of War, is Xu Zhouzhou's father.
Xu Cifu requested that Princess Ning'an be granted a high title because she had made great contributions on the frontier. Xu Yuan objected because Princess Ning'an was the widow of a remnant of the previous dynasty and had a son with the previous royal family.
She misjudged people, let wolves into the house, and even gave birth to the child of a remnant of the previous dynasty. She is not qualified to be named the Protector of the Nation Princess.
The emperor's men pressed down on the memorial presented by the old chief priest.
The memorial stated that someone might use Huangfu Xian's background to make a fuss, and requested that His Majesty not turn against his ministers in court.
The people always sympathized with Princess Ning'an, not Huangfu Xian.
If Your Majesty were to turn against the court officials for Huangfu Xian's sake, all the hard-won popular support would be lost.
Left with no other choice, the emperor had to adjourn the court session.
But he felt sorry for Ning An, and the more people opposed him, the more he felt sorry for her.
Why does everyone in the world bully Ning An?
What exactly did Ning An do wrong?
Aren't the remnants of the previous dynasty the ones who are at fault?
His Ning'an was also a victim!
Why shouldn't I get compensation!
On the way back to Huaqing Palace, for a moment the emperor almost felt an urge to insist on bestowing the title of Ning'an upon him, even if all the civil and military officials opposed it.
However, thinking of Huangfu Xian, he ultimately held back.
On the eve of the three-day deadline, Hua Xiyao came to the clinic again.
Mo Qianxue was already able to walk a little. She sat by the window and gave Hua Xiyao a disgusted look: "Can you please stop coming over all the time? You'll expose me!"
Hua Xiyao smiled and waved her fan, "I'm just here to remind you, sister, that tomorrow really is the final deadline. Have you figured out how to lure her out of the city yet?"
Mo Qianxue said calmly, "What would have happened if I hadn't lured her out?"
Hua Xiyao said with a smile, "Then my sister will die."
Mo Qianxue said coldly, "You think you can kill me?"
Hua Xiyao curled her lips: "If I can't kill him, someone else will. Sister knows the consequences of betraying the young master."
Mo Qianxue turned her face away: "Do you still have any poison?"
Hua Xiyao asked with a smile, "Which one are you referring to, sister?"
Mo Qianxue said coldly, "Like the kind of cartilage-softening powder."
Hua Xiyao covered her face with her fan and smiled: "Ah, Seven Days of Intoxication? Yes, I brought it. I was worried that you wouldn't ask me for it, sister."
Seven-Day Intoxication, as its name suggests, is a medicine that can keep you drunk for seven days and seven nights after taking one pill.
Mo Qianxue paused for a moment and asked, "She has a high alcohol tolerance, will it be ineffective?"
Hua Xiyao handed the medicine bottle to Mo Qianxue, then tapped it with her fan, saying, "No, it's my poison, sister, don't worry. I have the best alcohol tolerance in the whole capital, but even one pill will knock me out. Just in case, there are three pills here, sister, use them slowly."
That night, Gu Jiao came over to check on Mo Qianxue's health, as usual.
"It's healing well," Gu Jiao said.
Mo Qianxue absentmindedly hummed in agreement, poured a cup of flower tea and handed it to Gu Jiao: "Drink some water, your lips are all dry."
"Really?" Gu Jiao touched her lips, took the teacup, and drank the water in it in one gulp.
Mo Qianxue looked at her nervously.
Gu Jiao didn't react at first, but while packing her first-aid kit, she suddenly collapsed with a thud!
...
As dawn broke, a horse-drawn carriage sped out of the city.
The driver was from Xianleju.
Mo Qianxue sat inside the carriage. No one in the clinic noticed that she had left, and by the time they did, it would probably be too late to catch up with her.
"hurry up!"
Mo Qianxue urged the driver on.
"But miss, where are we going?" the coachman asked.
"I don't know either." Hua Xiyao didn't tell her where to take Gu Jiao, only that she should take her out of the city.
She's already outside the city.
Did the young master's men discover her?
"There's a post station ahead," the driver said.
Mo Qianxue said, "Don't worry about it, just keep going forward."
"yes!"
The coachman cracked his whip, and the carriage sped away on the cold road.
Just as they were about to arrive at the post station, a group of experts dressed in gray suddenly rode out from a side path on fine horses, lined up in a row on the main road, and instantly blocked Mo Qianxue's way.
The coachman quickly stopped the carriage: "Miss?"
"There's nothing for you to do here, you should hurry up and leave," Mo Qianxue instructed. "Go to the post station ahead."
"this……"
"Go quickly!"
"yes."
The coachman got off the carriage, completely bewildered. He felt that the group of people had a terrifying aura, and he didn't even dare to raise his head when he walked past them.
Fortunately, those people didn't stop him.
He quickened his pace and rushed into the post station.
Only after he went inside did Mo Qianxue lift the curtain a crack: "Who are you people?"
The gray-robed man at the head of the group said, "Young Master sent us to pick you up. Have you brought the person?"
Mo Qianxue lifted the curtain slightly, revealing the person sleeping inside: "I've brought her."
He said, "Hand them over to us."
"Wait!" Mo Qianxue pulled out a dagger and held it to Gu Jiao's neck.
He frowned: "What are you doing?"
Mo Qianxue said, "I think my life is probably not going to be saved either. To prevent you from discarding me after you've served your purpose, I need to go to a safe place first before handing the person over to you."
The gray-robed man at the head narrowed his eyes dangerously.
Mo Qianxue said coldly, "The young master needs her life. If she dies now, you won't be able to explain it to him. As for me, my escape is my own business. The young master will hunt me down in the future; it won't be your fault!"
The gray-robed man at the head of the group tightened his grip on the reins: "Alright, where are you going?"
Mo Qianxue said, "Feng County is thirty miles from here. It only takes half an hour to get there by fast horse."
The gray-robed man gestured to his men, and the group surrounded the carriage. One of them dismounted and became Mo Qianxue's coachman.
The group hurried towards Feng County, but halfway there, Mo Qianxue suddenly shouted, "Wait! Stop! She's going to throw up! She's been drugged with the Seven-Day Intoxication; if she chokes while vomiting, it'll be a real problem!"
Those who practice martial arts naturally understand that vomiting when a person is unconscious is very dangerous, so the group had to stop the carriage.
The gray-robed man at the head of the group, mounted on his steed, said to his subordinates who were acting as the coachman, "Let's see what's going on."
The subordinate turned around and lifted the curtain.
A gleaming silver needle flew out with a whoosh. It was too close and too fast for him to dodge. He screamed and fell off the carriage.
"It's a trap!"
The man in the gray robe drew his sword from his waist.
Another row of silver needles shot out, and the crowd blocked them with their swords.
Mo Qianxue swiftly cut the reins on the carriage and rode away on a fine horse!
Just as the gray-robed man at the head was about to order her to be stopped, a sudden fire broke out inside the carriage, and it burst into flames in an instant!
"hostage!"
The gray-robed man at the head of the group leaped up, cleaved the carriage in two with a single stroke, and carried the unconscious hostage to the snow-covered ground not far away.
He sensed something was wrong, pulled down the veil on the face of the person opposite him, but it wasn't a hostage at all, it was Hua Xiyao!
That's right, Mo Qianxue knocked Hua Xiyao unconscious and gave her Seven Days of Intoxication the night Hua Xiyao came to find her.
She also got Gu Jiao drunk so that she could leave.
She betrayed the young master.
She couldn't escape her fate of dying.
But she didn't want to die in front of her.
Mo Qianxue pushed her speed to the limit, but she hadn't gotten far before an arrow struck her horse.
The horse let out a mournful cry and tumbled forward, and she also fell to the ground in the snow.
She was in excruciating pain all over her body, and a sudden pain shot through her chest. She turned to the side and coughed up a mouthful of blood!
"Mo Qianxue!"
The gray-robed man at the head of the group dismounted, brandishing a precious sword and approaching her with a wicked grin.
Mo Qianxue raised her hand to use the silver needles, but he kicked her in the acupoint, and she froze instantly in the snow.
The gray-robed man squatted down, grabbed Mo Qianxue's collar, and pulled her roughly in front of him.
He was furious, his anger simmering inside him with nowhere to go.
His gaze fell on Mo Qianxue's long, fair neck, and a wicked glint suddenly appeared in his eyes: "The number one courtesan of Xianleju, it is said that she has never been defiled by any man. Why don't you submit to us brothers today and let you have a good time before you die?"
Mo Qianxue was unable to speak or move, and could only glare at him fiercely.
The gray-robed man ripped Mo Qianxue's clothes in a flash, exposing large patches of her snow-white skin to the cold air.
The gray-robed man originally only intended to humiliate and intimidate her, and did not really intend to do anything to her, but this body... was just too alluring.
I'm afraid even a eunuch would become a real man after seeing this!
The gray-robed man tore off Mo Qianxue's ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress)...
Humiliated and desperate tears streamed down her face in large drops.
She trembled, despaired, yet couldn't help thinking.
Luckily it was me.
Luckily it was me...
The moment Mo Qianxue closed her eyes, a hawk's cry suddenly came from above.
Immediately afterwards, a chilling red-tasseled spear, accompanied by a sharp whooshing sound, shot out from the side of the gray-robed man with the force of thunder, piercing his head through his temple!
Hmm, are there any monthly passes left?
(End of this chapter)
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