The Prime Minister’s Darling - Chapter 1
After the rain, the coolness of late autumn wafted through Clearspring Village.
Miss Gu Jiao chased him to the village entrance, sweating profusely. “Master Qin, Master Qin…”
Slurp!
As she slipped, she fell flat on her face.
Then, the carriage before her sped off, splattering mud all over her.
“Hahahahaha!”
The people surrounding her burst into laughter.
Gu Jiaoniang was the village fool. She had a crippled husband at home, but she ignored the honest man at home and kept chasing after Young Master Qin in town.
And who was Young Master Qin? His father was a minister, he was an exemplary scholar, and he had the looks to match. Why would he fancy some dirty tramp?
“Hah! A toad lusting after a swan’s flesh!”
“Exactly! Take a good look at yourself in the mirror! You think Young Master Qin will ever take a liking to someone like you?!”
“Whore!”
“Freak!”
“Moron!”
Miss Gu Jiao was furious. Perching her hands on her hips, she stammered back fiercely, “You… you people aren’t allowed to scold me…”
A child hopped out. “Hehehe! So what if we do? Moron, moron, moron! Freak, freak, freak!”
Humiliated, Miss Gu Jiao flew into a rage and pounced towards the child, but she tripped and fell into the water…
At the bottom of the ice-cold lake, the unconscious woman suddenly opened her eyes.
What’s going on? Didn’t I crash my plane into an iceberg during a mission and die? Why am I in the water?
Gu Jiao swam towards the shore with all her might.
However, she did not know if it was because she had fallen badly, but she could not exert much strength.
When she finally made it ashore, she felt like she was about to collapse.
When the villagers on the shore saw Gu Jiao sink, they were about to use their poles to scoop her up, but she had floated up on her own. Everyone looked at each other and dispersed in an instant.
Before Gu Jiao could understand what was going on, she saw a group of people in strange clothes running away.
She lay on the chilly grass and wiped the water off her face. Then, she was startled.
She looked at her hands in surprise.
These hands belonged to a fourteen or fifteen-year-old; but she was already twenty-eight years old. How could she have such petite hands?
Moreover, as the exquisite queen of the secret agent world, she knew how to take care of herself. However, her hands were covered in frostbite scars, and parts of her skin were even cracked.
Soon, Gu Jiao realized that not only had her hands changed, but even her clothes and figure had changed.
A bold guess flashed in Gu Jiao’s mind.
She went to the surface of the water to check her current appearance, but she almost fell in again.
What’s with all this garish stuff?
Gu Jiao took some water and washed the inferior rouge off her face. Unexpectedly, she looked even uglier after washing it off—not only was her face sallow and thin, but there was also a big red patch on her left cheek that extended to the end of her eye.
In her previous life, even a small pimple would have Gu Jiao hopping mad for three days. Now, confronted with such an ugly visage, she wished she could die on the spot again!
“Speaking of which, where is this? What dynasty is it?”
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a sharp pain in her head. A memory that did not belong to her surged forth.
It turned out that she had transmigrated to a dynasty that existed outside of history. This village was called Clearspring Village, and it was located at the foot of Clearspring Mountain.
The original owner’s name was also Gu Jiao, and she was the only child of the Gu family’s third branch.
Old Master Gu was a scholar when he was young. After passing the county examination to become a junior scholar, he became the administrator of Clearspring Village; he would hold this position for many years. Clearspring Village was poor and he did not earn much, but at the least he would not starve.
Old Master Gu had three sons, as well as a daughter who had left the family. The eldest son, Gu Changhai, had a son and a daughter with Madam Zhou. The second son, Gu Changlu, had two sons with Madam Liu.
The first two houses were considered prosperous, but when it came to the third house here, it was as if they had been cursed to be barren no matter what.
It was not easy for them to give birth to Gu Jiao, but she was a girl. Furthermore, she was ugly and born stupid.
As the villagers would say—she was a good-for-nothing. No one would buy her even if she put herself up on sale!
Ever since Gu Jiao was born, the third branch had no more children.
Rumors gradually spread in the village that Gu Jiao was inauspicious, that her birth had ruined any chance for the third branch to have any sons.
At first, the Gu family simply listened and did not take it to heart. It was only when Gu Jiao’s parents passed away one after another that the Gu family completely felt that this child was truly a jinx.
The Gu family pulled strings everywhere to marry Gu Jiao off. The problem was, who would dare to marry her?
Coincidentally, one day when Gu Jiao was strolling at the village entrance, she bumped into a man who had fainted from hunger and picked him up.
As Gu Jiao digested the memories in her mind, she walked towards a dilapidated straw hut in the west of the village.
That was the home she lived in now.
Ouch—
Halfway there, she felt a sharp pain on the back of her head. Gu Jiao raised her hand and touched it. Her hand was covered in blood.
She must have hit a rock under the water just now and broken her scalp. There was still a lot of blood; she had to stop the bleeding as soon as possible.
As Gu Jiao thought about it, she entered her courtyard.
Although it was called a courtyard, it was actually just a small open space surrounded by a rickety fence. Other than the central room, there were a total of two rooms in the small straw hut. The slightly larger room in the east belonged to Gu Jiao.
It was not even as large as the coatroom she had in her previous life.
What a dismal transmigration…
As Gu Jiao sighed, she raised her hand and pushed open the door. However, the moment she crossed the threshold, she acutely sensed that there was someone in the room.
Judging from his breathing, it was a man.
The man was hiding behind the door, trying his best to hold his breath.
Gu Jiao’s lips curled into a cold smile. She walked into the house casually and slammed the door shut. Almost at the same time, she grabbed the man hiding behind the door and threw him to the ground.
The man was bigger than she had imagined.
In her previous life, Gu Jiao would not have been afraid no matter how tall he was. However, now that she had such a petite and frail body, she had to use a lot of strength while pressing her entire body against him to lock him down.
With one hand, she pulled off her headband and tied the other party’s wrists together. With the other hand, she grabbed the other party’s neck and said coldly, “Speak! Who are you? What are you doing in my house?!”
The man was stunned at first, then embarrassment surged to his head. “Gu Jiao, are you crazy!? It’s me!”
We know each other?
Committing a crime on an acquaintance?
That’s even more abominable.
Not only did Gu Jiao not let go of him, she pressed down on the man’s waist even harder.
“You… Get off me!” The man gritted his teeth and barked coldly.
“Pfft~” Gu Jiao sneered.
She had always been the one ordering others around; no one would order her around. Besides, this was her house, and she had yet to question him about what he was doing inside!
Gu Jiao raised her fist, planning to teach him a lesson, but her elbow accidentally knocked open the window behind her.
As the light shone in and illuminated the man’s handsome face, Gu Jiao’s eyes widened.
