The Prime Minister's Darling

He was lying on Madam Yao’s lap, with Xiaojingkong in Gu Jiao’s arms, and the two slept soundly.

Madam Yao remained silent.

She tried her best not to let her emotions affect Gu Jiao, but Gu Jiao could still feel it.

“Sorry, Jiaojiao, I shouldn’t have brought you here today,” she said with guilt.

Gu Jiao said, “I thought it was good.”

“Huh?” Madam Yao was slightly taken aback.

Xiaojingkong kicked the blanket, Gu Jiao pulled it back over him and said, “I was always curious about where madam used to live.”

Madam Yao stared at Gu Jiao, “Jiaojiao… why were you curious?”

Gu Jiao thought for a while and said, “I don’t know, just curious. I want to know about Lady’s past, and I also want to know how Lady spends her days.”

Madam Yao covered her mouth, unable to believe what she heard.

Was her Jiaojiao starting to care about her?

“Jiaojiao…”

“Does lady regret it? Regret marrying Marquis Gu?”

When Madam Yao and the He family were arguing, Gu Jiao was in a nearby garden. With her hearing, she heard some of it.

Without hesitation, Madam Yao shook her head, “I don’t regret.”

“Why?” Gu Jiao asked.

Madam Yao caressed Gu Yan’s cheek, then looked at Gu Jiao with adoration, “Because if I didn’t marry the marquis, I wouldn’t have you and Yanyan. You two are the most precious gifts in my life.”

Gu Jiao did not understand this emotion.

Her childhood experiences had made her shut down her emotional system at an early age as a form of self-protection to prevent her from collapsing under the impact of her parents’ actions.@@novelbin@@

But at the same time, she had also lost her ability to approach emotions rationally.

In her world, liking is liking, disliking is disliking, everything is either black or white.

Madam Yao’s experience seems more like a gray area – having a much-desired child with a man she did not want to marry.

Seeing her daughter’s puzzled look, Madam Yao chuckled.

Her own daughter was both caring and adorable.

All the unhappiness in Madam Yao’s heart was gone.

Madam Yao sent Gu Jiao and the others back to Bishui Alley before returning to the residence.

Gu Jinyu spent the whole day with the concubine at the imperial palace and didn’t return to the Marquis residence until late at night.

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With less than ten days to lunar new year, Qinghe Academy was on holiday, the Guozijian school had one more day and the sixth classes had three more days.

Early in the morning, Gu Jiao went to the Medical Hall.

The old lady and a few neighbors were playing cards in the room, with the old priest serving tea and splurging money with a sullen face!

Gu Xiaoshun was tinkering with a piece of wood in the backyard.

Gu Yan quietly came to the front yard, first looking around the doorway, then at the entrance of the alley.

At the end of the alley was Chang’an Avenue.

People were coming and going, the shops were all adorned with paper-cut decorations and couplets, radiating a festive atmosphere.

As he was looking around, a tall shadow suddenly enveloped him.

“What are you doing?”

It was Gu Changqing.

He was dressed in a luxurious fur coat, sitting on a stallion, looking dashing.

Gu Yan was startled and turned his head, looking unruffled as he said, “I’m certainly not waiting for you!”

Gu Changqing: “…”

Seeing him with his hands behind his back, Gu Changqing asked, “What are you holding?”

After hesitating for a while, Gu Yan withdrew his hand from behind and handed it to him, “Here.”

Gu Changqing took it.

It was a wood carving.

The carved object… was kind of indescribable.

Gu Changqing: “A monkey?”

Gu Yan bristled, “Monkey? Open your eyes and see clearly! Are there such handsome monkeys in the world?!”

What a waste of all the effort he and Gu Xiaoshun put in, even getting blisters on his hand!

This guy really doesn’t know what’s good for him!

Said it was a monkey!