Chapter 240: I Will Never Abandon You
Ever since Xiao Wu took his slave contract and left to take the exams, Sun Jiaojiao had only seventeen guards on her roster. However, Sun Jiaojiao didn't dare offend the Jade-Faced Swordsman by having this great god take Xiao Wu's name and be an ordinary guard. Instead, she specially arranged for him to be her personal guard, protecting her 24/7-after all, she paid a high price, so she had to make the most of it.
Fortunately, the Jade-Faced Swordsman did not object.
Only after the Jade-Faced Swordsman had received his guard uniform and changed did Sun Jiaojiao realize a headache-inducing problem-the Crown Prince and the Eighth Prince were mortal enemies. It was impossible for him not to know the Jade-Faced Swordsman's background. The Eighth Prince had just had his "accident," and she was rashly bringing the Eighth Prince's man back to the residence. Was that not good?
"Your Highness." Sun Jiaojiao sent the Jade-Faced Swordsman away and went to find the Crown Prince, feeling very troubled. "Jiaojiao recently found a martial arts expert..."
"Military matters don't concern you." The Crown Prince misunderstood. "We are not lacking experts."
"Ah... Jiaojiao means, this expert's original master had... some 'changes.' But experts also need to support their families, so he pulled some connections, wanting to come to the Crown Prince's Residence to guard the house. After all, the Crown Prince's Residence is famous in the capital for paying its servants generously."
Flattery will get you everywhere.
Sure enough, the Crown Prince nodded after hearing this. "Adding a servant to the residence is a small matter. My beloved consort can decide on her own."
"Great!"
Sun Jiaojiao happily slipped away. But after she left, the Crown Prince called his trusted aide. "Run a background check on the new servant. Then report to the Crown Princess."
The Crown Prince's Residence would absolutely not employ someone of unknown origin or with ulterior motives.
The subordinate took the order and went to investigate.
Sun Jiaojiao never expected the Crown Prince to check the Jade-Faced Swordsman's background, and she expected even less that his past would be so bitter.
The Jade-Faced Swordsman had been sold by his parents as a child to a notorious assassin's sect. At a young age, he was forced to experience bloodshed, fighting his way out from a hundred children. Only the sole survivor was qualified to be trained in martial arts. The Jade-Faced Swordsman's youth was spent constantly practicing assassination, constantly moving toward becoming an outstanding assassin. After ten years of hard training, he finally achieved some success and was gradually looked upon favorably by the sect's leaders, slowly getting a "family" feeling. But fate was unpredictable. A secret mission failed, and the entire sect's hideout was wiped out. Except for the Jade-Faced Swordsman, who was on a mission and escaped, no one else survived. Now a free man, the Jade-Faced Swordsman didn't know where to go, so he inquired around his old hometown, looking for his birth parents. Who knew that when he found his parents, he learned they had both been beaten near-death and were suffering from serious illnesses due to their own criminal deeds. They were worrying about not having silver for treatment when this convenient son showed up. Naturally, they clung to him, repenting in every way. The Jade-Faced Swordsman, who had never felt the warmth of a family, was fooled into emptying his savings. Who knew his parents were not satisfied at all. For the sake of "filial piety," the Jade-Faced Swordsman had no choice but to sell himself to the Eighth Prince, giving the silver he earned every month to his parents for "treatment."
The Crown Prince could naturally find out what kind of people the Jade-Faced Swordsman's parents were. It was just that the Jade-Faced Swordsman was blinded by the word "family," unable to recognize that the parents who had cruelly sold him off were, in fact, cold-hearted, evil people.
Hearing the Jade-Faced Swordsman's life story, Sun Jiaojiao couldn't help but be flooded with sympathy.
"Aih, no wonder he haggled with me over a little silver. It turns out it was to pay for his parents' medical bills. His parents are really awful!" Sun Jiaojiao cursed his parents through gritted teeth while marveling at the Jade-Faced Swordsman's kindness. "I didn't expect him to be such a loyal and righteous person."
After the subordinate finished reporting, she dismissed him and summoned the Jade-Faced Swordsman.
The Jade-Faced Swordsman had just stepped through the door with his cold face when Sun Jiaojiao suddenly hugged him from behind, saying in a soft, whispering voice, "Hugs. Follow me from now on. I will never abandon you!"
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