"I wonder if Mother still wants to see me."
"She does," Gu Jiao said.
Aunt Gu had never forgotten about Princess Ning An.
Tears flashed in the eyes of Princess Ning An, but she did not let them fall; she held them back.
The echo in the secret passage was loud, Gu Jiao could hear them prying open the well cover, the torrential force chasing after them.
Apart from Gu Jiao, the other three couldn’t walk fast, and they were eventually caught up with in a huge cavern.
One end of the cavern was connected to the passage they came through; the other was a Suo Bridge suspended over a cliff.
The moonlight, mingled with the light from the snow on the cliffs, slowly penetrated the cavern, filling it with light.
Gu Jiao tossed the first aid kit to the Medical Officer, standing protectively in front of the other three, and coldly looked at the troops that swarmed into the cavern, "You go first."
"No one is allowed to leave today!"
The voice of Huangfu Zheng came from behind the large army.
The soldiers inside the cavern immediately parted to make way.
Huangfu Zheng walked over with an icy expression, his gaze landing on Gu Jiao as he slightly narrowed his eyes, "I underestimated you. Despite the epidemic and the frostbite, you still have the energy to stir up trouble!"
"Epidemic?" Lianlian looked incredulously at Gu Jiao.
The Medical Officer also looked over in shock.
Huangfu Zheng took in the expressions of both, his gaze moving to the face of Princess Ning An, which was devoid of any expression.
Princess Ning An, however, did not look at him, as if unwilling to even spare him a glance anymore.
Huangfu Zheng clenched his fingers, "It seems you don’t know yet, she’s infected with the plague. She brought it here, and she’s about to die. If you escape with her, you’ll eventually get infected by her and die from the epidemic."
Lianlian was so frightened that she moved closer to Princess Ning An.
The Medical Officer looked blankly at Gu Jiao, "You... The medicine you gave me... was it for curing the epidemic?"
Huangfu Zheng’s brows furrowed as he looked at Gu Jiao, who could now move with ease, and then at the Medical Officer, who showed no sign of illness. For a brief moment, he realized something!
Excitedly, he said, "You have the medicine for treating the epidemic!"
"Even if I do, I won’t give it to you," Gu Jiao stated solemnly.
She deliberately lowered her voice and spoke behind an iron mask, making it sound like an ambiguous young man’s voice on first listen.
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