Chapter 587 Awakening (First Update)
The weather was fine and sunny, and the air was filled with gentle breezes and pleasant air.
Gu Jiao woke up to the chirping of birds. She opened her eyes and found herself lying in an unfamiliar room.
Given her personality, she should have been alerted immediately, but she wasn't.
The familiar scent and fragrance emanating from the pillows and blankets inexplicably brought a sense of peace.
creak—
The door was pushed open a crack from the outside, and a tall figure flashed in.
It's Long Yi.
He grabbed a large spatula and strolled around the house.
Gu Jiao closed her eyes almost instantly.
Long Yi bent down and stared at Gu Jiao for a long time, seemingly wondering why she hadn't woken up even though he had heard the noise.
Long Yi eventually grabbed his spatula and shoveled it out.
Gu Jiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn't want to be fed by Long Yi's spatula.
The scent on the bed and Long Yi guarding the door reassured Gu Jiao that she was safe.
creak—
The door was pushed open again, and Gu Jiao subconsciously closed her eyes—worried that Long Yi would come to cause trouble again.
But what they heard was not Ryuichi's footsteps.
Gu Jiao opened her eyes and turned to look towards the door.
Xiao Heng walked towards the bedside and, seeing that she had her eyes open, quickly asked, "Awake?"
"Mmm," Gu Jiao hummed in agreement.
Xiao Heng came to the bedside, bent down, and reached out his long, jade-like hand to touch her forehead: "It's not hot anymore."
"How long have I been asleep?" Gu Jiao asked.
“Three days,” Xiao Heng said.
"So long," Gu Jiao murmured.
“This is a house on Zhuque Street. I told my family my mother has angina, so you'll stay here and take care of her.” Xiao Heng sat down on the stool by the bed, looked at Gu Jiao carefully, and asked softly, “Is anything bothering you?”
Gu Jiao shook her head: "No, I just slept for too long and feel a little weak."
"This is what happens when you sleep for too long. Let me help you sit up."
Xiao Heng spoke too late, because Gu Jiao had already tried to sit up on her own. Then Gu Jiao's small body froze in mid-air. She moved her eyes and lay down, saying, "I feel a little weak."
Xiao Heng: "..."
Xiao Heng helped the "weak" person up.
She was wearing a thin nightgown, and his fingertips and palms could almost feel the soft, delicate warmth of her arm.
Xiao Heng's eyelashes trembled slightly. He took a cushion and placed it behind her, then took a thin jacket from the wardrobe and draped it over her shoulders.
These were clothes that Princess Xinyang had tailors made for Gu Jiao. Several wardrobes were full of them, but Princess Xinyang never mentioned them or gave them to her on her own initiative.
"Thank you." Gu Jiao put on her thin jacket.
Spring has arrived, and the weather is no longer so cold, but in order to help Gu Jiao recover from her injuries, smokeless silver charcoal is still burning in the house.
Wearing a thin jacket, Gu Jiao felt warm enough.
She subconsciously touched her neck and pulled out a lucky charm strung on a red string. She made a soft "hmm" sound.
Xiao Heng looked at the amulet around her neck and said, "It's not the original one. I couldn't find that one, so my mother had someone make a new one."
It was too chaotic at the time; the amulet had long been mixed with blood and mud. In the dark, and with Gu Jiao out of her mind, there was no way to find it.
Xiao Heng did send people to look for it, but the damage at the scene was too severe, and the amulet had long since been shattered into pieces.
Gu Jiao's memories of removing the amulet were fragmented. She knew she had killed the expert from the Yan Kingdom, but what happened after that? What became of her afterward?
She opened her mouth: "Medicine..."
Xiao Heng said, "It's been delivered. You sent the medicine into the capital and handed it over to the guards stationed there. Xiao Qi's poison has been cured, and he's recuperating in Kunning Palace. When you have time, I'll bring him over to thank you."
Gu Jiao thought about it seriously: "We can't just thank you verbally."
Xiao Heng couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Alright, let Kunning Palace reward you handsomely."
"Where are Princess Xinyang's Dragon Shadow Guards?" Gu Jiao remembered that they had been poisoned by insects.
Speaking of this, Xiao Heng couldn't help but feel proud of her: "The medicine you brought back also contained the antidote for that poisonous insect. Nanxiang's teacher's wife has already helped them clear the remaining poison from their bodies."
Gu Jiao then asked, "What about my insects..."
Xiao Heng smiled and said, "At Nanxiang's place, Nanxiang said that those insects need to be kept alive, otherwise they will die in two days. She will keep them for you first, and give them to you when you have fully recovered."
Gu Jiao nodded.
That would be excellent.
Gu Jiao: "My red-tasseled spear."
Xiao Heng: "It's been found."
"Then..." Gu Jiao wanted to ask her if she had hurt anyone, but when she turned her head, she caught sight of the wound on Xiao Heng's neck.
Upon closer inspection, it was not caused by a sharp blade, but rather by two rows of remarkably conspicuous small teeth marks.
Gu Jiao was immediately speechless.
Seeing that she had seen it, Xiao Heng stopped trying to hide it and said mischievously, "You remember now?"
Gu Jiao looked down at her fingers: "No."
Xiao Heng laughed and said, "You're really strong."
Gu Jiao vehemently denied it: "I didn't."
Xiao Heng suddenly stood up, leaned close to her, and whispered in her ear, "Next time, bite somewhere else. My colleagues are all laughing at me."
Gu Jiao tugged at her little ear: "Oh."
Xiao Heng had teased him enough, so he stopped there. After all, his skills weren't that great, and if he continued teasing, no one would know who was blushing.
"There's millet porridge in the kitchen, I'll go get it for you."
"Um."
...
"want."
"Yes, I want more."
"Honey, there's too much, I'm afraid you can't handle it."
"I can handle it, I want it."
Princess Xinyang had just reached Gu Jiao's room when she overheard these suggestive words: What did she mean by "more"? What did she mean by "too much, I'm afraid you can't handle it"?
Under the clear blue sky and bright sunshine, how can they be so unrestrained!
And that girl is injured, is it really okay to let her be so indulgent?
"You didn't even close the door!"
Princess Xinyang gasped and went to the side, about to quietly reach out and close the door between the two of them.
"mother?"
Xiao Heng came out and looked at Princess Xinyang, who was clinging to the door in a very strange posture, with a strange expression. "What are you doing?"
Princess Xinyang stared in disbelief at Xiao Heng, whose clothes were still intact. She blinked, then leaned over to look at Gu Jiao, who was sitting on the bed without a trace of dishevelment. She coughed lightly and asked casually, "Nothing, I was just passing by and came to take a look. There was something on the door a moment ago, but it's gone now."
"Really?" Xiao Heng turned his head to look at the spotless door.
“You…” Princess Xinyang’s gaze fell on the empty bowl in Xiao Heng’s hand, “Were you just drinking porridge?”
Xiao Heng said, "This is the second bowl. Jiao Jiao must be starving."
It turned out they were talking about food. She kept saying she wanted more than she could eat, and I thought the two of them had finally come to their senses.
Princess Xinyang said sternly, "You can't eat any more!"
Xiao Heng smiled and said, "Mother is right. Would you like to go in and see Jiao Jiao?"
Princess Xinyang looked at the empty bowl in his hand and said irritably, "You can eat so much, do you even need to look? I came here to see you!"
Xiao Heng said casually, "I wonder who it is that came to see me three or four times in one night."
"Shut up!"
Princess Xinyang, with an icy expression, led someone to the study at the end of the corridor.
With Long Yi guarding the courtyard, Princess Xinyang was not worried about being overheard by anyone.
The mother and son sat down in the study, one in front of the other.
Princess Xinyang handed him a secret letter: "We've found the Zhao State man who frequents the estate. He's a staff member of the estate, surnamed Jiang, named Jiang Ping. His household registration and background are clearly explained in the letter. Take a look for yourself."
Xiao Heng opened the secret letter, read it carefully, and then asked Princess Xinyang, "Is Jiang Ping one of Grand Tutor Zhuang's men?"
Princess Xinyang said, "That's right, he is one of his confidants. It is said that many of the methods used to deal with the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion were devised by this confidant."
Xiao Heng analyzed, "Since he is such an important confidant, the possibility of him being bribed by others is very low."
Princess Xinyang nodded: "Grand Tutor Zhuang is an ambitious man. Even after Prince Ning was placed under house arrest, he still did not give up and visited Prince Ning every few days. On the surface, he was continuing the relationship between grandfather and grandson, but in reality, he was inciting Prince Ning to rebel. Fortunately, Prince Ning had given up and simply ignored him."
Xiao Heng said calmly, "The Prince of Ning ignores him, and the Empress Dowager no longer protects him, yet he still refuses to give up."
Princess Xinyang sneered, "Sitting on the clouds for too long, one doesn't want to fall down. Grand Tutor Zhuang's ambition is too great, but unfortunately, the Zhuang family, riddled with problems, can no longer support his ambition."
Xiao Heng seemed to realize something and asked, "And what is the identity of that General Nangong?"
Princess Xinyang said, "Among the sixteen great families of Yan, the Nangong family ranks eleventh. I wonder if this is the general from the Nangong family. If so, then our opponent is indeed quite formidable."
Don't underestimate the Nangong family just because they don't even rank in the top ten. Yan State is the most powerful state in the last thirty years, and any aristocratic family in Yan State is a force to be reckoned with.
However, the State of Yan has its own laws, and even the Nangong family cannot rashly raise troops and cause trouble in our country. They dare not act openly, but we have ways to deal with them.”
(End of this chapter)
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