The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1073

Chapter 1073: 520 Jiaojiao’s Rage (Part One)

On the other side, the man with silver hair, brimming with murderous intent, sought out Gu Jiao. Patrol soldiers were so intimidated by his aura that they didn’t dare utter a word of salute.

It’s no wonder the silver-haired man was so furious. Despite being clever his entire life, he’d suffered such a great defeat at the hands of a wretched kid!

He refused to admit his own stupidity, nor did he want to regret that if he hadn’t been so obstinately self-willed and had listened to his uncle’s advice, what might the outcome have been?

But the world has no ifs, only consequences and results.

He couldn’t deceive himself. He so regretted meeting that soldier from Zhan Country that he wished he had never encountered him.

If given another chance, he would undoubtedly kill him without hesitation!

Now it was too late to kill him, yet with nowhere to vent his overwhelming rage, he felt he must do something!

What the silver-haired man had not expected was that, when he kicked open the door to Gu Jiao’s room, it was an empty room that awaited him.

"Where is the person?"

"Medical Officer!"

There was no Medical Officer.

"My lord!" A soldier who was patrolling nearby came over upon hearing the commotion and saluted the silver-haired man.

Raising his hand towards the room, the silver-haired man demanded in a cold voice, "Where did the person inside go?"

The soldier, with a puzzled expression, said, "My lord, are you asking about the young Medical Officer? Wasn’t it you who sent for the young Medical Officer to treat the princess?"

"When did I ..." The silver-haired man stopped short, taking a deep look at the empty room. Something occurred to him, his expression changed, and he pushed past the soldier, striding toward his own courtyard!

As he approached his courtyard, he heard commotion, and soon he saw thick smoke and a sky ablaze with fire nearby.

"Quick, quick, quick! Water!"

A sergeant commanded the soldiers to run about fetching water as chaos reigned at the scene.

The silver-haired man abruptly seized a soldier heading to get water and barked, "What happened?"

Startled, the soldier exclaimed, "My lord! Your courtyard has caught fire!"

His courtyard?

The silver-haired man’s face changed again, and he threw the soldier aside and rushed over.

The fire had started from inside his study room. At first, the soldiers didn’t notice it. By the time the flames spread outside, the fire was already fierce; almost everything in the study room, be it documents or important items, was nearly burned to ashes.

The jade disc.

Huangfu Zheng had never restricted Princess Ning An’s freedom to leave the courtyard. As long as they were on the mountain, she could wander as she pleased.

But she had not left her residence in the last few days, so why today?

Only then did Huangfu Zheng remember that Princess Ning An had summoned the young Medical Officer to treat her. He had rushed over feeling that something was off, and upon seeing the fire, he had forgotten the pressing matter.

No, the loss of the jade disc was the real issue.

But with the fire already burning, could he perhaps gather the ash of the jade disc and piece it back together?

When Huangfu Zheng visited Ning An’s room, everything seemed largely unchanged at first glance. But a careful search revealed the absence of Princess Ning An’s token, and that the snacks and dry food on the table were also gone.

Huangfu Zheng’s eyes narrowed coldly. Ning An, you had better not have betrayed me!

In the woods of Back Mountain, Princess Ning An, dressed in a purple marten cloak, slipped and fell heavily.

"Princess!" Lianlian hurriedly helped her up.

Shaking her head, Princess Ning An said, "I’m alright."

There were four of them in total: Princess Ning An, Lianlian, the young Medical Officer, and Gu Jiao.

All four wore masks, braving the biting cold wind as they moved through the forest of Back Mountain.

In fact, Princess Ning An was not as frail as rumors in Capital City suggested, at least not anymore.