The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 1075 - 1069: Dealing with the Informant

Chapter 1075: Chapter 1069: Dealing with the Informant

It was the end of the month again, and one by one the Store Managers brought their account books to Gu Youyou.

She sat in the bamboo forest, enjoying the breeze while flipping through the account books in her hand. But at that moment, she noticed a maid by the distant lotus pond eyeing her sneakily.

Gu Youyou’s lips curled into a smirk, and she said to Searcy, "Don’t you like conducting experiments on living people? Here’s your chance."

"Hm? What?" Searcy looked up and followed Gu Youyou’s gaze.

The maid by the pond, realizing they were looking her way, quickly withdrew her head, but not before Searcy caught sight of her and recognized her.

Searcy’s smile turned sinister as she said, "This is on you, remember."

Gu Youyou usually used only actions for experiments and had long since forbade Searcy from using living people. What wind blew today?

Gu Youyou said, "Indeed, it’s on me. Take care of that girl, until she becomes honest. But after all, she is the Empress’s person, so don’t go too far, and don’t kill her!"

Searcy winked at her conspiratorialy, "Don’t worry, I know my limits!"

Xiang Chun hurried to the backyard to find Gu Youyou, her face a picture of panic.

Gu Youyou put down the account book and furrowed her brow.

"What’s the matter? Haven’t I told you not to panic when you encounter problems?"

"But, but the matron from the palace has come. She says it’s an imperial command from the Empress herself, summoning you to the palace."

Gu Youyou paused for a moment, glanced in the direction where Searcy had departed.

She had just let Searcy deal with the person arranged by the Empress, and now in the next second the matron was at the door. What a coincidence.

"Let’s go and see!"

Ever since she married Jin Zijin, it seemed that the Empress had stopped troubling her, but Gu Youyou knew it wouldn’t be that easy, and she wanted to see where the Empress was planning to wait for her.

Jin Zijin had gone out today and wasn’t at home. Was the Empress calculating to find her during this time to dispel her good luck?

"The Prince isn’t here, the Empress must be up to no good. Why don’t we just not go?" Xiang Chun said worriedly, almost in a state of panic.

"Shall I go tell the matron that you’re sick?"

Gu Youyou rolled her eyes and replied, "If it were that easy to fool her, could she become the Empress? Don’t worry, she can’t blatantly devour me."

The visitor was a middle-aged woman in palace attire, whom Gu Youyou had seen before; she indeed was one of the Empress’s people.

Strictly speaking, she was not the kind of matron who served others, but a female official, directly under the Empress.

She came with all seriousness to summon Gu Youyou to the palace. Since it was a female official who came, it would be recorded officially.

It seems that the Empress was also telling Gu Youyou that she wouldn’t harm her.

With that thought, Gu Youyou chuckled speechlessly.

The female official respectfully saluted Gu Youyou, then read the Empress’s imperial command, which wasn’t much actually, simply saying that she was to be summoned to the palace for a reunion—not only Gu Youyou but also the official wives of the three Princes were required to enter the palace.

That made Gu Youyou even more puzzled. What was this? Trying to improve mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relations?

Did they have a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship to improve?

Of course, Gu Youyou could not refuse. She quickly got ready and followed the female official into the carriage.

Xiang Chun, pale as a ghost, stood at the gate watching Gu Youyou’s carriage disappear into the distance, feeling much like the moment Gao Jianli bid farewell to Jing Ke on his mission to assassinate the Emperor of Qin.

Once the carriage was out of sight, she hurried back into the residence and went to the stables in the outer courtyard to find Gui Yunxi, anxiously asking, "Do you know where the Prince has gone?"

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