Chapter 1289: Her Royal Highness the Princess vs. Stand-in Hidden Guard (Part 15)

Long Xiao suddenly let out a low laugh.

"Your Highness the Eldest Princess, this is the only trick you have to threaten me."

Long Xiao turned his head, directly facing Gu Shengyin’s flawless side profile.

"Even if Her Highness the Eldest Princess doesn’t mind, I don’t want anyone to see Her Highness the Eldest Princess in just her inner clothes."

Then Gu Shengyin realized she couldn’t speak.

This person, he had actually struck her silence pressure point!

"Never mind, I don’t need an answer from Her Highness the Eldest Princess." Long Xiao laughed self-mockingly, "Whatever comes out of Her Highness the Eldest Princess’s pretty little mouth wouldn’t be anything nice anyway."

He tightly embraced the woman in front of him, his gaze unusually tender. Unfortunately, Gu Shengyin couldn’t see it.

"Then let Her Highness the Eldest Princess slowly listen to what I have to say."

"I am fond of Her Highness the Eldest Princess."

Long Xiao seemed not to think at all that he was uttering earth-shattering words. He also noticed Gu Shengyin’s earlobe turning crimson from the surge of emotions.

So beautiful, he thought.

"My name isn’t really Xiao Xiao, but I can’t tell Her Highness the Eldest Princess my real name yet."

"I swear, one day, I’ll stand before you and tell you my name personally."

"Bao Chan. I’ve wanted to call you that for a long time."

"..."

Gu Shengyin felt something cold being placed on her chest.

"This was a gift given to me by my father at my birth. Please take good care of it."

Long Xiao looked at the silent girl in front of him, sighed softly, and leaned down to gently kiss her earlobe.

"I’m leaving."

Gu Shengyin felt the embrace loosen, followed by a room filled with silence.

Gu Shengyin: "..."

She turned around and indeed found no one behind her.

Damn, couldn’t he have unlocked my silence pressure point before leaving?

Gu Shengyin looked down, taking the jade pendant hanging at her chest into her hand.

The jade pendant was smooth to the touch, and the white jade showed not a hint of flaw, clearly a rare treasure.

The front of the jade pendant was solemnly engraved with the ancient character "Xiao."

The person who carved it was obviously a master, with the characters being upright and revealing a hidden aura of power in their restraint.

Gu Shengyin’s fingers gently caressed the jade pendant twice, then opened her mouth and realized she could speak again.

"Fool."

Her low voice disappeared into the darkness.

The next day, a steward came to report that the servant responsible for tending to Tao Hua was missing.

If it were just an ordinary servant, the steward wouldn’t have troubled Gu Shengyin.

The key was that this servant was personally brought by Her Highness the Eldest Princess and didn’t seem ordinary at all, which was why the steward came to report.

"It’s nothing. I let him go," was all Gu Shengyin said.

Only then did the steward relax, since it had nothing to do with him.

Enough time had been spent at the Traveling Palace, and the Empress Dowager, who missed her daughter, had already sent people to urge her return twice.

"We set out for the palace tomorrow," Gu Shengyin instructed her maid beside her.

After thinking for a moment, she summoned Ying Yi: "Tell Ying Qi she can stay at the Traveling Palace and doesn’t need to return to the palace with me."

"Yes."

Ying Qi was taken aback upon hearing this order and quickly said, "A stand-in’s duty is to follow the master. How can I be too far from the master?"

"Ying Qi."

Ying Yi’s icy voice brought Ying Qi back to her senses: "Are you not going to listen to the master’s words?"