Chapter 23: Taking the blame on the master

"If I say I'm just passing by, does Your Highness believe it?"

She looked at the prince with a guilty conscience and answered tentatively.

When he met the prince's slender eyes, there were a few big words written clearly inside them.

Do you think I look like a fool?

Gu Jinzhao coughed slightly to cover up his embarrassment.

"Actually, I received a letter from my master. He told me that there were abducted children in the yard and asked me to rescue them."

Her master is the very famous old man Tianhuan in the world. He is a close friend of the prince's master, so they have known each other since childhood.

Only a few people in the world know the identity of her apprentice, Old Man Tianhuan, not even everyone in the Hou Mansion.

Sure enough, he pulled out his master, and the prince believed it.

"I just didn't expect that those people are more powerful than the master said. If His Highness hadn't come to the rescue, I might not have escaped so easily."

Lu Yanshuo's eyes fell on Gu Jinzhao, who had a flattering look on his face. He was dubious about her words, but he had no intention of continuing to embarrass her.

"The person has been rescued, you don't need to interfere in this matter anymore."

Gu Jinzhao breathed a sigh of relief and nodded immediately.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I have always been at Nanshan Temple and have never left here."

Lu Yanshuo rubbed the jade pendant around his waist with his fingers a few times and nodded slightly.

"Your Highness, can I go back to my small courtyard to rest? I've been away for a long time, and I'm afraid the maids who serve me will be worried."

Gu Jinzhao lifted the quilt, and her arm no longer hurt so much. She had to go back quickly.

Seeing her urgency, Lu Yanshuo nodded.

After getting the promise, Gu Jinzhao put on his shoes and ran faster than a rabbit.

After leaving Qingxin Xiaozhu, she asked a young monk for directions and quickly returned to her small courtyard.

She went in through the back door and jumped out of the window into the inner room. As soon as I entered, I heard Aunt Nan and Si Hua talking outside.

"Is the big girl awake?"

Si Hua has been guarding the door. Yu Qi has come back before. She knows that the girl is injured and is now in Qingxin Xiaozhu with the prince. Aunt Nan cannot be allowed in.

Before she could think of an excuse to send Aunt Nan away, Gu Jinzhao's voice came from the room.

"Is Aunt Nan here? Please ask Aunt Nan to come in."

Si Hua felt relieved when the girl came back in a hurry. She stepped aside and led Aunt Nan into the house.

In the room, Gu Jinzhao looked like he had just woken up, with sleepy eyes. He was taking the tea cup from Yu Qi and sipping the tea in small sips.

"Aunt Nan, do you want to see me if you have anything to do?"

Aunt Nan sat on a chair to the side, took a sip of the tea handed over by Yu Qi, and then spoke slowly.

"The Prince came to Nanshan Temple, and I heard he was injured. There were bandits in Yushan Forest not far from Nanshan Temple a few days ago, so it's not very safe."

Gu Jinzhao's hand holding the tea cup paused. The prince was injured? Bandits?

Aren't those people traffickers?

After suppressing the many questions in his mind, Gu Jinzhao put down the tea cup in his hand.

"What else do you want to say, aunt?"

"I have already sent someone to send a message to the Marquis, and I will send more people to escort us back when we return."

Aunt Nan pursed her lips, feeling uneasy in her heart. As if something was going to happen, her intuition had always been very accurate, allowing her to avoid danger many times.

"Everything depends on my aunt." Thanks to someone for escorting them back, it does provide additional protection. She will not refuse.

Moreover, those people today do not look like human traffickers, nor like the bandits that Aunt Nan mentioned, but more like well-trained...

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is recuperating from his injuries in Nanshan Temple. We should not wander around the temple in the past few days."

Aunt Nan warned a little worriedly. It was really the eldest girl in their family who was stalking the prince, and she was really afraid that she would come and disturb the prince.

Gu Jinzhao twitched the corner of his mouth. Is it so difficult to make everyone believe that she has let go of the prince?