The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 814 - 814 378 Happy (one more update)

Chapter 814: 378 Happy (one more update) Chapter 814: 378 Happy (one more update) The Emperor and Empress Dowager were busy outwitting each other, and neither noticed the unusual behavior of the Quiet Consort across from them; in other words, at that instant, the Quiet Consort became invisible to their eyes.

Only Gu Jiao, who had been observing the Quiet Consort’s reactions, noticed every detail.

Actually, she didn’t quite understand.

The Quiet Consort was ruthless enough to drug the Emperor and arrange for an assassin to attack him—although the assassination that night might not have been intended to take the Emperor’s life, but rather to scare and injure him, in order to frame her aunt. In any case, it proved that she didn’t love the Emperor that much.

So why should she care at all whom the Emperor favored?

Gu Jiao wasn’t someone with a strong desire for control and naturally couldn’t empathize with the Quiet Consort’s feelings.

But if she absolutely had to put herself in the Quiet Consort’s shoes, it would be like if Xiao Jingkong, who talked about Jiaojiao all the time, suddenly stopped liking her one day and turned his attention to cling to someone else. She would probably be very hurt too.

However, Xiao Jingkong’s feelings for her couldn’t be compared to the Emperor’s for the Quiet Consort.

So Gu Jiao thought this comparison wasn’t entirely accurate.

But that didn’t prevent her from plainly seeing the Quiet Consort’s subtle movements.

Whoa, she’s angry!

And not just a little angry!

Gu Jiao simply propped her chin in her hands, watching the Quiet Consort with great interest.

The Quiet Consort’s perception wasn’t usually so dull, but perhaps she was truly infuriated, for it took her a long while to notice two strange gazes fixed on her.

When she turned her head, she met Gu Jiao’s eyes.

Normally, being caught peeping at someone would be quite awkward, compelling one to avert their gaze as if nothing had happened.

But Gu Jiao did no such thing.

She wasn’t embarrassed.

She even kindly glanced at the handkerchief in the Quiet Consort’s hand, riddled with several small holes, raised an eyebrow, as if to suggest to her,

— “Go ahead, don’t be polite. After all, I won’t mind if the handkerchief is ruined!”

The most shameful thing in the world isn’t having feelings of jealousy but being discovered by others in the midst of it. Thus, it was the Quiet Consort who was truly caught in the act.

The Quiet Consort’s body stiffened, and a sense of panic clogged her heart.

She stood up suddenly, “I’m feeling a bit unwell and will take my leave first.”

After speaking, she turned around with exaggerated motion.

This was naturally to draw the Emperor’s attention, to provoke his guilt and pity by acting petulantly, but sadly, she miscalculated.

The Emperor was busy being annoyed and hiding from Empress Dowager, who was using a dirty handkerchief to wipe his mouth, but she firmly pressed down on his head, and he tried to wrestle her hand off.

This scene… frankly, it was just short of coming to blows.

Eunuch Wei and Eunuch Qin couldn’t bear to watch and turned away, each looking up at the sky.

Apart from Gu Jiao and the Quiet Consort’s close attendant, Mother Cai, no one noticed the Quiet Consort stomping off in a huff.

Naturally, Gu Jiao didn’t attempt to keep her.

She paused for a moment, looked toward the two who were causing a ruckus, and caught Gu Jiao’s gaze.

Then she looked back at Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao gestured for her to go ahead.

DOn’t want to leave?

Go on, then?

Don’t stick around!

The Quiet Consort was fuming, her face ashen as she left.

When the Emperor finally freed himself from the Empress Dowager’s clutches, he looked up for the Quiet Consort, but where was her shadow to be found?

The Emperor felt a flush of embarrassment as he glared at the Empress Dowager, “Now look what you’ve done, Mother is upset and has left. Can’t you show some restraint in front of the Quiet Consort? It’s meant to be a show for the assassin, not for…”

He was cut off mid-sentence as the Empress Dowager abruptly smacked the dirty handkerchief on his face, then stood up, “Jiaojiao, let’s go!”

Even as the Empress Dowager had been pressing the dirty handkerchief against his mouth, her tone and smile didn’t show the slightest impatience; she was very much like a rather mischievous mother who enjoyed joking with her child.

The Emperor almost believed it to be genuine, thinking the Empress Dowager was truly acting out of affection for him, her son!

He was about to say to her: Please don’t take it seriously, I’m only playing a role with you, and I would never consider you as my mother in my heart; my only mother is the Quiet Consort—

Yet the Empress Dowager exited the act in a second, reclaiming her imposing royal demeanor, turning on him so quickly that the Emperor was dumbstruck!

The Emperor: “We’re just leaving like that?”

The Empress Dowager snorted dismissively, considering even a glance in his direction a waste of effort and left with Gu Jiao, striding away proudly.

The Emperor: “…”

Elsewhere, the Quiet Consort returned to the Nunnery with Mother Cai.

Along the way, she maintained a gentle and proper demeanor, but as soon as she entered her own Meditation Room, her face turned cold.

In Mother Cai’s view, her young master was somewhat inclined to seek out trouble for herself. Since the Emperor had been drugged, his intimacy with her was bound to dwindle day by day. There was no need to seek validation from the Emperor, as it was a clear-cut issue without remedy.