The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1012

Chapter 1012: 480 Siblings (Second Update)

Gu Jiao stood in silence for a few seconds, then without another word, she pulled open the cabinet door and retrieved the soft armor that Old He from the martial arts arena below had given her.

Originally, she found it too ugly to wear.

After that, Gu Jiao found various blades from around the house—she tucked two daggers at her waist, hid two willow-leaf sabers within her narrow sleeves, inserted a few silver needles into her hair bun, secreted several knife blades inside her shoes, and even concealed a tiny hidden weapon under her tongue.

Xiao Hen: ...That may not be necessary.

Gu Jiao set off fully armed!

Her Red-Tasseled Spear was indeed eye-catching, so Xiao Hen wrapped it for her with cloth strips.

Xiao Hen kept watching her until she left Bishui Alley and completely disappeared into the boundless night. He stood still in place, lost in thought for a long while.

The night deepened, and the lights of thousands of households gradually went out, plunging the Capital City into the tranquility of the late night.

Yet, the patrol guards from the imperial guards were still quietly going about their rounds, careful not to disturb the sleeping citizens.

Gu Chengfeng managed to reach the north city gate under the watchful eyes of the city’s guards.

The city gate had long been closed, but as the legitimate heir of the Gu Family, he knew that there was a secret passage nearby, usually guarded by two to four guards in rotation.

Due to its concealment, not many people were aware of it, hence the guards stationed there were also not particularly formidable experts.

For Gu Chengfeng, passing through alone was not a problem; the key issue was that he was also leading a horse...

Gu Chengfeng glanced at the horse behind him, and the horse looked back at him.

A man and a horse locked in a mutual stare: "..."

There was a moment when Gu Chengfeng even regretted stealing his own father’s horse. Although a fine steed, it was difficult to handle.

Forget it, having come this far, it would be a pity to leave the horse behind, especially since a steed of such quality could not likely be found at a post station.

To charge out... a large squad of the imperial guards was nearby.

In the end, Gu Chengfeng could only close his eyes, helplessly clenched his teeth, and muttered, "Sorry, Dad, I have no choice but to trick you."

Half an hour later, Gu Chengfeng, wearing a broad-rimmed hat, riding his father the Marquis’s prized horse and holding his father’s personal token, appeared outside the secret passage.

The guards on duty, seeing the token, looked at the man on the horse with strange expressions and asked, "You are...?"

Gu Chengfeng lowered his voice, imitating his father’s tone, "You no longer recognize your lord? I have an imperial edict from His Majesty, ordering me to leave the city overnight. I have official business to attend to. Let me pass immediately! If you delay His Majesty’s affairs, how many heads will you have to chop off?"

"I dare not!"

The leading guard, having said that, hurriedly signaled for his subordinates to clear a path and stood respectfully aside.

Actually, they had never seen the Marquis in person and couldn’t tell whether the voice was truly his or not. However, the token that Gu Chengfeng showed was real. Moreover, the Marquis Residence was indeed a trusted ally of the emperor, and coinciding with the recent continuous troubles at court, not to mention the empress dowager’s order for Gu Changqing to reorganize the Gu Family Army.

All these events together left no one to suspect that at such a critical juncture, someone would dare impersonate the Marquis and falsify the emperor’s order.

This was a capital offense.

Gu Chengfeng figured his father would likely be summoned before the emperor for questioning the next day.

But since the court had placed such importance on his older brother and the Gu Family Army, they wouldn’t take his father’s life—at most... they might reprimand him for failing to teach his son properly, perhaps by giving him a hundred military strokes or something of that sort.

The Marquis, half asleep, suddenly shivered for no apparent reason...

After leaving the city, Gu Chengfeng galloped northward, fearing the guards would come to their senses and follow him. Only when the horse was almost out of breath did he finally slow down and stop.

He looked back.

"They shouldn’t have... followed us, right?"

"Rest assured, they didn’t follow."

A casual voice sounded from behind the shrubs, startling Gu Chengfeng to the point where he almost tumbled off his horse!

In the dead of night, to hear a voice from behind a large tree—was it a human or a ghost!

Wait a minute, that voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Gu Chengfeng calmed himself and turned to look in the direction of the large tree. In his haste to leave, he hadn’t paid much attention, but now, in the faint moonlight, he saw a tall Chinese parasol tree with a horse tied to it, and beside the horse stood a young boy dressed in green.

The young boy crossed his arms and leaned nonchalantly against the tree trunk.

Having said that, the young boy stepped out from the shadows of the tree.

Gu Chengfeng could see her face clearly.

"Is it really you?"

He exclaimed in surprise.

Gu Jiao tapped her finger on her crossed arms and tilted her head, asking, "Surprised?"

"How can I not be surprised? In the middle of the night, instead of sleeping, you come here. We’re already outside the city gates." That’s not right, they were at least twenty or thirty miles from Capital City.

Gu Chengfeng looked at her suspiciously, "You’re not trying to catch me to run errands for you again, are you? I warn you, I won’t go with you this time! I have important matters to take care of!"