The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 1676 - 814 Acting Skills Showdown! (Second Update)

Cold Palace.

The Han Family had already retired to the eastern courtyard.

Suddenly, a Hai Dongqing flew past the roof, crashing into her window frame, dropping a small bamboo tube from its beak, and then swiftly flying away.

The Han Family was startled awake and called Xu Gao, who was guarding outside the door, to see what was on the windowsill.

Xu Gao pushed open the window, and a small bamboo tube fell to the ground. He went around and picked up the bamboo tube from the courtyard: "Your Highness, it’s a bamboo tube."

"What’s inside?" Han Family asked.

Xu Gao stretched his arm long, trying to hold the bamboo tube as far away from himself as possible, making sure the opening and base of the tube didn’t face him.

He pointed his fingers elegantly and, with a hardened resolve, quickly pulled off the bamboo tube’s lid.

No hidden weapons flew out, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"It’s a note, Your Highness."

Xu Gao presented the note from the bamboo tube to Han Family with both hands. After reading it, she punched the table: "Damn it! They’ve actually kidnapped the prince!"

Xu Gao took the note and glanced at it, only to see it read — tonight at 2 hours, meet at Baifeng Pavilion, or the prince will die.

The chicken-scratch writing made Xu Gao’s eyelids twitch.

"Your Highness, this may not be true," Xu Gao said.

Han Family calmly replied: "I know, so go to the prince’s residence immediately and investigate the truth."

"Yes!"

Xu Gao accepted the order.

Though Han Family was imprisoned in the Cold Palace, she controlled today’s "ruler". The palace gates’ guards had long been replaced with Han Family’s people, making it easy for her and her men to go out.

To Xu Gao’s surprise, the prince was indeed not in his residence, and the ten imperial guards the prince took with him had also returned to mobilize forces, saying the prince had been abducted!

After hearing Xu Gao’s report, Han Family’s veins throbbed with anger: "Prepare the carriage!"

...

At 2 hours, Han Family’s carriage arrived at the agreed-upon location precisely on time.

Gu Jiao and Xiao Hen had been waiting in the pavilion.

Seeing the Grand Prince and Xiao Liulang, Han Family’s eyes cooled: "It’s you?"

Gu Jiao shrugged: "Didn’t Dark Soul tell you, the ruler was snatched by me!"

Of course, Dark Soul informed her, but Han Family did not expect the two to kidnap the prince overnight.

She knocked the ruler unconscious just before, and Xiao Liulang came to snatch him right after.

The next day, she had the prince crowned, and that night, Xiao Liulang kidnapped the prince.

Han Family, accompanied by Xu Gao, walked up the steps. She gracefully and openly sat opposite the two, then looked at Xiao Hen and sneered: "I haven’t met such a formidable opponent in a long time. Shangguan Qing, you truly impress me."

"Your Highness flatters me," Xiao Hen said calmly, "It’s not early. I’ll skip the pleasantries. I invited you tonight for a transaction."

Han Family glanced around.

Xiao Hen smiled faintly: "No need to look around, the prince is not here. Don’t waste time, hoping your expert can find the prince."

Han Family squinted: "What transaction do you want with me?"

Xiao Hen responded: "Hand over the fake ruler, and I’ll return the prince to you."

Han Family replied without hesitation: "Ha, dream on!"

Xiao Hen said coldly: "Aren’t you afraid I’ll kill the prince?"

Han Family threatened: "If you kill the prince, I’ll kill the little princess in the palace! This is not the outcome you want!"

Anger flashed in Xiao Hen’s eyes: "Han Family! You’d harm a four-year-old innocent child! How ruthless and cruel you are!"

"You just realized I’m ruthless?" Han Family fearlessly looked at the two youngsters in front of her, sneering, "You’re still too inexperienced to fight me! If you don’t want anything to happen to the little princess, you’d better bring the prince back to me obediently!"

Initially, Xiao Hen and Gu Jiao’s aim wasn’t to exchange the fake ruler, but to open a window in a pitch-dark room, one must first propose to remove the roof.

Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows: "Capturing people is easy for me. Returning the prince, fat chance!"

"So, it’s you, this boy from the lower kingdom again!" Han Family shot Gu Jiao a cold glance, her gaze suddenly turning meaningful, "Actually, what’s the benefit of following the Grand Prince? Shangguan Yun and the Grand Prince can offer you what my family and the prince can, much more. Why not consider working for me? I promise you won’t be treated unfairly."

Oh dear, she’s digging the corner right in front?

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