The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1106

Chapter 1106: 533 Redemption (second update)

The crowd of onlookers outside the Xianle Inn was so packed it was impenetrable.

During the Lunar New Year, to attract such a large crowd, it was clear that something significant had happened inside.

A few official carriages from the Official Government were parked nearby; by looking at their emblems, there were some from the Capital City Prefecture as well as the Ministry of Justice.

To have alarmed two major authorities, Gu Jiao elevated the severity of the incident by another level.

"Hey! Brother, what happened at Xianle Inn?"

A young man who arrived around the same time as Gu Jiao to see what the commotion was about, politely asked the middle-aged man beside him.

The middle-aged man stretched his neck to look into Xianle Inn, saw nothing, sighed in disappointment, and turned to the young man, saying, "I heard someone died!"

"Died, someone died?" The young man was shocked!

During the Lunar New Year, that word was too ominous, and it took the young man a while to utter the complete phrase.

"Who... died?" asked the young man.

Having spoken once, it seemed less difficult when he asked a second time.

Gu Jiao hadn’t paid much attention to their conversation, until she heard the middle-aged man say, "The Courtesan of Xianle Inn!"

If she remembered correctly, the Courtesan of Xianle Inn seemed to be Mo Qianxue.

Gu Jiao had only met Mo Qianxue a few times; the first time, Mo Qianxue told her where the assassin of the Emperor was, the second time, Mo Qianxue revealed to her that the owner of Xianle Inn was a woman.

Afterward, when she visited Xianle Inn again, she was told that Mo Qianxue had been ordered to leave.

After that, she was no longer in Capital City.

Could it really be that Mo Qianxue was in trouble?

Having left for only three months, Capital City already had a feeling of change she could sense.

Gu Jiao circled around to the side entrance of Xianle Inn and easily jumped in.

The walls of Xianle Inn’s courtyard were higher than ordinary ones; three months earlier, it would have taken her some effort, but now it was almost effortless.

It seemed that the three months she spent at the border pass, fighting many battles—especially the one against Heaven’s Wolf—had unlocked much of her potential.

She was certain she had regained more than thirty percent of her strength.

Gu Jiao passed through a corridor adorned with red lanterns and followed the sounds to the back door of the Grand Hall.

The Grand Hall was filled with people from Xianle Inn as well as officials there for the investigation; Gu Jiao glanced at a sycamore tree next to her, climbed it without changing expression, and found an excellent vantage point to sit down.

She saw a corpse covered with a white cloth on the ground, and next to it knelt a few maids weeping inconsolably, with the one crying most heartbreakingly being someone Gu Jiao had seen by Mo Qianxue’s side.

She couldn’t remember the maid’s name, but she was certain that the maid was Mo Qianxue’s confidante.

"Miss... Miss..."

She lay on the body, wailing loudly.

The Capital City Prefect furrowed his brows and said, "Alright, alright, stop crying now. It’s better to cooperate with us in the investigation so we can find your miss’s murderer quickly, so she can rest in peace beneath the nine springs."

The maid, hearing this, lifted her body from the corpse and pointed with a trembling hand towards the other women of Xianle Inn, "It’s her! She killed my miss!"

From Gu Jiao’s perspective, she couldn’t see who the maid was pointing at, but she recognized the voice as soon as she spoke.

"You can eat anything carelessly! But don’t speak carelessly! Where have your eyes seen me killing Sister Qianxue?"

It was Hua Xiyao.

A woman in Xianle Inn who had some status but could never quite compare with Mo Qianxue.

Gu Jiao remembered one time when Hua Xiyao took her to her room and tried to administer a love potion that actually had no effect on her; Mo Qianxue arrived in time and slapped Hua Xiyao in public.

The maid tearfully accused, "It was you! I heard it with my own ears!"

Hua Xiyao didn’t even lift her eyelids, "What did you hear?"

The maid glared furiously at her, "I heard you say you wanted to kill my miss! Not only did I hear it, but Hongyu and several others heard it too! If you don’t believe me, let the officials ask them!"

The Capital City Prefect and Minister Li from the Ministry of Justice looked toward the other ladies the maid was pointing to; the ladies clutched their handkerchiefs, appearing unable to contradict.

It seemed they had heard it.

The two officials exchanged a glance.

Hua Xiyao huffed, "I was just saying it, can’t I even do that much?"

The maid turned to look at the Capital City Prefect and Minister Li, "Your Honors! It really was her!"

The Capital City Prefect asked, "Did you actually see her kill your miss with your own eyes?"

"This... No," the maid looked down.

Hua Xiyao laughed unrestrainedly.

The Prefect of Capital City looked at Hua Xiyao again, "What did you mean earlier when you said the owner of Xianyue Inn was no longer around?" _{ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com}