Shen Tangning feigned surprise and stepped forward: "I heard a noise here and came to check. Miss Gu, what's wrong?"
Gu Qingxu's face turned pale: "You must leave quickly! An assassin has broken into the princess's residence! I just heard the news and twisted my ankle while fleeing."
As if things weren't bad enough, she hadn't brought her maid with her when she came out, and now that she was injured and couldn't walk, she could only grit her teeth and find a place to hide.
assassin?
Xueqing was startled.
How could an assassin have broken into the princess's residence?!
Shen Tangning also looked shocked, but instead of backing down, she stepped forward, her brows furrowed: "Since that's the case, then I can't leave you here alone any longer."
Gu Qingxu was touched, thinking that Miss Shen was indeed a good person.
Shen Tangning and Xue Qing went up to help her up. Gu Qingxu's face turned pale with pain, but she didn't want to hold them back, so she bit her lip tightly and didn't say a word.
Shen Tangning comforted her, "Don't worry, I saw a lot of guards on my way here, I believe the assassin will be caught soon."
Gu Qingxu finally breathed a sigh of relief and thanked her gratefully, "Miss Shen, thank you so much. I'm so grateful for what you did today."
Shen Tangning smiled and said, "Just call me Tangning." She winked at her, "I've heard my cousin, the Crown Prince, mention you."
Gu Qingxu was surprised: "Your Highness mentioned me?"
Shen Tangning chuckled softly, but refused to say anything more.
Some things are best done in moderation; going too far makes them seem contrived.
Gu Qingxu belatedly realized something, her eyes slightly opened, and a touch of pink quietly appeared on her fair earlobes.
Halfway there, Shen Tangning suddenly stopped, her face filled with panic: "Oh no, where did my jade pendant go?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingxu frowned, her tone worried: "Did you leave it where you were just now?"
“It’s possible.” Shen Tangning frowned and said to Xueqing, “Xueqing, help Sister Gu back to the table to fetch a doctor. Her foot injury can’t be delayed.”
Gu Qingxu grabbed her wrist anxiously: "What about you? The assassin hasn't been caught yet. What if you encounter danger on your own? Why don't we wait until the assassin is caught..."
"Sister Gu, you don't know this, but that jade pendant was a gift from my mother. It has great significance, and it's even engraved with my name," Shen Tangning lied without batting an eye. "Besides, such a private item, if it falls into the wrong hands..."
Before she could finish speaking, Gu Qingxu suddenly came to her senses.
If such a personal item falls into the hands of an outsider, there's no way to explain yourself!
Xueqing met her mistress's gaze, shuddered, and replied with difficulty, "Miss Gu, let's go first."
Her young lady couldn't possibly be so careless as to lose something so important.
Thinking back to what the young lady had said earlier, Xueqing felt her heart pounding.
She didn't know what her mistress was planning, but she couldn't hold her back.
Watching Shen Tangning leave, Xue Qing hardened her heart and helped Gu Qingxu, who kept turning back to look at her, leave.
"Don't worry, Miss Gu. My young lady is blessed with good fortune and will be fine." Xueqing said this to her, but in reality, she was also saying it to herself.
Miss doesn't do things she's not sure of; she must have her reasons for doing so!
Gu Qingxu's heart was in turmoil. If something really happened to Miss Shen because of her, she was afraid she would feel guilty and uneasy for the rest of her life!
...
Instead of returning to the place where she met Gu Qingxu to look for the jade pendant, Shen Tangning headed towards a more secluded area.
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