The Prime Minister’s Darling - Chapter 663

Chapter 663: 314 Overbearing Jiaojiao! (First update) Chapter 663: 314 Overbearing Jiaojiao! (First update) A masked assassin drew his sword but in an instant he was struck in the shoulder by an arrow flying out near the carriage. The immense force sent him tumbling onto the ground, throwing his whole body into the air.

He slammed hard into the tree, staggered and collapsed to the ground, and fell unconscious.

The coachman, hit by an arrow, had already fallen.

The horse, startled, began to run forward in a panic.

This was a mountain road, and the cliff was immediately ahead.

“Protect the princess!”

The guards accompanying her shouted.

However, they were obstructed by a wave of assassins descending from the sky, leaving them engaged in fierce combat.

“Hold tight!” Gu Jiao let go of the princess, placing her hand on the carriage’s handrail, “Grip it!”

“Yes!” The princess nodded nervously, her heart in her throat, but at a time of crisis, she didn’t fail. She didn’t add chaos for Gu Jiao.

She clung tightly to the handrail.

Gu Jiao peeled back the curtain and walked outside, sitting on the seat of the outer carriage, both hands grasping the reins.

She had thought about jumping off, but that would likely endanger the princess’s child, so she could only try to stop the carriage.

The cliff was getting closer and closer.

The horse seemed to have gone mad and continued to rush forward.

Gu Jiao leaped onto one of the horses, her legs clenching the horse’s belly, pulling the reins tightly. The horse raised its front hooves as the whole body stood erect, trying to throw Gu Jiao off.

However, Gu Jiao held on tightly, without losing a bit of her grip.

Eventually, the horse was subdued. After a couple of whinnies, it stopped panting. At this time, due to inertia, the carriage swept out, its wheels slammed by the rocks, and the rear half of the carriage was hanging over the cliff.

Gear friction –
The carriage sways on the edge of the cliff.

“Ah-” The princess’s face turned pale. She was sitting in the carriage suspended over the cliff, and any careless move might cause her to fall off the cliff and be shattered to pieces!

“Don’t move!”

Gu Jiao said.

The princess shuddered uncontrollably, but heeded Gu Jiao’s words, trying not to flinch.

Gu Jiao carefully approached the princess, gently lifted the curtain, and reached out to the terrified princess, “Don’t be afraid, give me your hand.”

The princess timidly extended her hand, but the carriage shook violently as soon as she moved, and she quickly retracted her hand.

Her eyes filled with fear and tears, “I… I’m afraid…”

Gu Jiao comforted her, “It’s okay, I’ve got the carriage under my foot, slowly make your way over.”

The princess glanced at Gu Jiao’s foot, which indeed had one foot on the carriage’s floor. She gritted her teeth and bravely stepped closer to Gu Jiao.

With every step she took, she could feel the carriage slipping downward a bit.

“I… I’m scared…”

Her tears dropping down.

Gu Jiao whispered, “Don’t be afraid, I will hold you tight.”

The princess looked at Gu Jiao’s determined eyes, which gave her unparalleled courage. She steeled herself and stepped towards Gu Jiao.

However, just as Gu Jiao grabbed her fingertips, an arrow swooped in and brushed past Gu Jiao’s sleeve.

“Hiss -” Gu Jiao sucked in a breath, her hand slipping, and the princess’s fingers slipped away.

The princess departed back to the far end of the carriage, and the entire carriage plunged downward a great distance!

Gu Jiao grabbed the carriage shaft with one hand, and forcefully plunged her dagger into the hill’s rocks with the other.

The princess felt most of the carriage suspended in mid-air.

She watched Gu Jiao desperately pulling the carriage, as if her body would be torn apart. Her tears poured out, “Miss Gu… let go… you’ll fall too…”

Gu Jiao didn’t let go, “come here… grab my hand… hold it tight…”

Whoosh!

Another arrow landed on the carriage, exerting enormous pressure on Gu Jiao.

What’s more dangerous is that the arrows were becoming more frequent. Several of them shot near Gu Jiao, and it was uncertain which one might hit her.

“Miss Gu…”

“There’s no time, hurry up!”

Whoosh!

Another arrow flew by, slicing off a strand of Gu Jiao’s hair.

With tears in her eyes, the princess gritted her teeth, mustering all her strength and courage to throw herself towards Gu Jiao!

She clung to Gu Jiao’s arm.

Almost at the same moment, Gu Jiao released her hold on the carriage shaft and instead caught her wrist.

Without Gu Jiao pulling it, the carriage plummeted rapidly towards the cliff. The princess screamed and closed her eyes.

She didn’t fall. She was caught by Gu Jiao.

Just as Gu Jiao intended to pull her up, several masked assassins came rushing towards her.