The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 793 - 793 Post 368 The Pit Empress (Second Update)

Chapter 793: Post 368: The Pit Empress (Second Update) Chapter 793: Post 368: The Pit Empress (Second Update) “Who’s this foolish lad?”

Empress Dowager casually asked.

Only then did Gu Chengfeng noticed that the Empress Dowager had come over, standing behind Gu Jiao.

Gu Chengfeng had met the Empress Dowager two times before. Once in Bishui Alley, and the other time when he and Gu Jiao were chased by Tang Ming to the vicinity of the Imperial Palace.

The Empress Dowager “killed” them as assassins, which put Tang Ming at ease ever since.

The idea of disguising as assassins and pretending to be killed came from the Empress Dowager.

That time, Gu Chengfeng wore a mask, so the Empress Dowager did not recognize him as Gu Jiao’s “friend” that night.

And at this moment, Gu Chengfeng’s face was covered in mud, the Empress Dowager also did not recognize that he was Gu Chengfeng.

But the next second, the Empress Dowager guessed something: “Oh, the one who went to the Marshal Residence.”

Does she have such sharp eyes?

She can even guess this?

Even though he changed his voice!

If the Empress Dowager didn’t have some ability, she wouldn’t have been able to dominate the Court and Imperial Harem for so many years. She cast a faint glance at Gu Chengfeng: “What is your relationship with Jiaojiao?”

Why does this question feel like a death sentence?

Gu Chengfeng looked at Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao folded her arms and stood by, watching the fun.

Ah! This girl, uses him and then discard him! She’s so heartless!

“Reporting to the Empress Dowager.” He stood up and bowed in a salute, “I’m a commoner, Gu Chengfeng, greeting the Empress Dowager.”

“Oh.”

Jiaojiao’s brother, not a wild flower or weed.

And he didn’t disturb her as she was hugging her great-grandson.

Then the Empress Dowager left, without asking why Gu Chengfeng knew kung fu, why he entered the palace, etc.

This left Gu Chengfeng a bit bewildered: “The Empress Dowager…her temperament is quite unique.”

The tortoise of Eunuch Qin was the one who really made them dumbfounded. Fortunately, the tortoise shell was hard, and it was not seriously injured. It was just frightened and hid in its shell all afternoon.

After treating Gu Chengfeng’s shoulder injury, Gu Jiao asked for a thousand taels of silver from him, claiming it as a consultation fee.

Gu Chengfeng, who had just warmed his thousand taels of silver bills: “…..”

Gu Chengfeng looked at her with a headache: “Speaking of which, you’d rather give up the Imperial edict and saved me from the Dragon Shadow Guards. You couldn’t possibly be coveting this thousand taels of silver bills, could you?”

After all, if he had died, his body would definitely be disposed of, and she wouldn’t be able to get the silver bills.

Gu Jiao had a face that said ‘how could that be possible!’.

Gu Chengfeng understood, and he suddenly felt a bit touched. This girl actually had a bit of a conscience. She wasn’t constantly thinking of exploiting him.

Jiaojiao analyzed seriously: “If you are dead, I would lose a thousand taels. But if you are alive, you can earn me many thousands of taels! As for the Imperial Edict, aren’t you the number one thief? Just steal it back next time!”

Gu Chengfeng: “…..”

So, why was he touched again?

The two of them had lunch at the Empress Dowager’s Renshou Palace.

Gu Chengfeng couldn’t view the Empress Dowager as an ordinary old aunt. He ate his meal with extreme caution. In contrast, Gu Jiao was chewing and chewing. Her chubby cheeks reminded him of a fat squirrel he once caught on Back Mountain.

In the nunnery, Concubine Jing was rhythmically hitting the wooden fish (a Buddhist percussion instrument) and chanting scriptures, while quietly waiting.

However, she did not get news of Nurse Cai catching the assassin, instead she got bad news about Nurse Cai being arrested by the Emperor for interrogation.

“Concubine Jing.” Said the novice nun who brought her the news, kneeling behind her and looking at her anxiously, “What should we do? Nurse Cai has been arrested… Why did the Emperor arrest Nurse Cai? Isn’t Nurse Cai one of us in the nunnery? Isn’t the Emperor…”

The novice nun blurted out a string of grievances, shedding tears at the end.

News can’t be kept a secret in the palace, and a small incident can be magnified and exaggerated.

There was no need for the Renshou Palace to deliberately spread rumors. The arrest of Nurse Cai was enough to make people speculate that the relationship between Concubine Jing and the Emperor had truly become tense.

“Concubine Jing, let’s go to the Emperor and beg for mercy, asking to release Nurse Cai… Nurse Cai is old… she can’t withstand such hardship…”

The novice nun was new to the palace and had often heard horror stories of the tortures within it. Being arrested for interrogation, regardless of whether there was a judgement, one would at least lose a layer of skin.

She was worried.

And she was afraid.

Afraid that this huge building would collapse and crush her, who was also in the building.

Night fell, and the nunnery was silent. The little nun’s sobs gradually faded into the night.

Concubine Jing did nothing. She didn’t even send someone to inquire about Nurse Cai’s situation. She just sat quietly in the Buddha Hall, hands clasped together, as if she was devoutly worshipping the Buddha. Or perhaps, she was merely sitting in meditation.