The Prime Minister’s Darling - Chapter 1266

Chapter 1266: 617 Dragon and Phoenix Twins (Second Update) Chapter 1266: 617 Dragon and Phoenix Twins (Second Update) Gu Jiao pondered and said, “What you mean is… Gu Yan was accidentally knocked down by someone? The person didn’t intend to harm or kill Gu Yan? But why would he have an attack after being bumped into? His body isn’t that weak anymore…”

Gu Jiao always felt that something was wrong. She went back into the room, pulled back the quilt, and opened Gu Yan’s clothes.

It wasn’t very obvious when she was trying to save him just now, but now the bruise had appeared, and Gu Jiao saw a palm print on Gu Yan’s chest.

He had been hit with a palm strike!

“We didn’t sense any murderous intent, though.” The shadow guard A said in surprise, looking at the palm print on Gu Yan’s body.

The shadow guard B nodded.

Frankly speaking, Gu Yan was almost like a little overlord at Qinghe Academy now, even Gu Chenglin didn’t dare to provoke him anymore, and they would appear immediately at Gu Yan’s call.

If there was ever a situation where Gu Yan couldn’t call out, it must have been that a master had come, but a master’s killing intent would be too strong, and it would not elude their perception.

Then there was only one possibility; this person indeed didn’t come to kill Gu Yan. He had just accidentally bumped into Gu Yan, and then struck him with a palm in passing.

“Sister, Teacher Nan has arrived!”

Outside the eastern room, Gu Xiaoshun interrupted Gu Jiao’s train of thought.

Today was the day Gu Xiaoshun and Gu Yan were supposed to go to Master Lu’s house to study martial arts. Usually, if they didn’t go, the shadow guards would report in, but today, no one had come, so Teacher Nan worried that something might have happened and hurried over to Bishui Alley to check.

Master Lu also came.

“Master Lu, Teacher Nan,” Gu Jiao greeted the two as she went to the main house.

Teacher Nan had sensed an unusual atmosphere from the moment she entered the courtyard, and seeing Gu Xiaoshun secretly wiping tears, she asked Gu Jiao, “What happened? Why has Xiaoshun been crying? And where is Yanyan?”

“There was a bit of an incident; his heart condition acted up.”

“Is it serious?”

“Somewhat serious.”

“Let me see him quickly!”

Gu Jiao led Teacher Nan and Master Lu into the eastern room.

They knew about Gu Yan’s heart condition, but since he had hardly ever had an attack for so long, they had almost come to regard him as a normal child.

The sight of Gu Yan now, lying on the bedchamber with a pale face and weak breath, looking as though he might pass away at any moment, was heartbreaking for both of them.

Master Lu exclaimed in shock, “How did it suddenly come to this? He was fine yesterday.”

“He was hit with a palm strike,” Gu Jiao said.

“Who!” Teacher Nan’s eyes flashed with killing intent.

Gu Jiao shook her head and went to the bedside, “We don’t know. No one saw who it was. There’s just a palm print. Otherwise, we wouldn’t even know he’d been hit.”

“A palm print?” Teacher Nan quickly walked over, opened Gu Yan’s clothes, and after a fixed look, her eyes darkened, “Nine Cloud Palm?”

“What’s Nine Cloud Palm?” Gu Jiao asked.

Teacher Nan said gravely, “A unique skill of the Nangong Family from Yan Country. The terrifying aspect of this palm technique lies in the fact that at the moment of being struck, nothing seems wrong, but afterwards, the veins will gradually break. This palm strike was done with controlled force. The intent wasn’t to kill but to vent anger and teach Yanyan a lesson.”

Gu Jiao’s brows furrowed, “Nangong… Family?”

Could it be Nangong Li?

Nangong Li, having had an arm severed by Chang Jing, had been hiding everywhere these days – could it be that he sneaked into Qinghe Academy today?

Nangong Li didn’t know Gu Yan. He probably just bumped into Gu Yan by accident, found him in the way and struck him in a fit of rage.

It might seem unintentional, but in reality, the act was heinous.

Gu Yan had neither provoked him nor offended him. It was just an accident, and it wasn’t even clear who bumped into whom, yet he had attacked a frail scholar in his anger.

Was he even human?

Coldness seeped into Gu Jiao’s gaze.

Nangong Li, you had better not be the one responsible, or else…

Teacher Nan was also furious. Gu Yan was just an innocent child; which beast from the Nangong Family could do such a thing to him?

“Why would someone from the Nangong Family come to Zhan Country?” Master Lu asked Teacher Nan in a low voice.

“How would I know!” Teacher Nan retorted irritably.

Master Lu choked back his words and said no more.

He understood that Nanxiang was not targeting him; she was just too angry.

To be honest, he was angry too; no matter who from the Nangong Family did it, such behavior was even more despicable than acts of targeted revenge.

It was a complete disregard for life, inhuman!

Teacher Nan looked at the weakened Gu Yan and closed her eyes in distress.

Detoxification she could do, but healing was beyond her ability.

“Jiaojiao, can you cure Yanyan?” she asked Gu Jiao hopefully.