The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1090

Chapter 1090: 527 Huanxi (second night watch)

At the New Year’s Eve imperial banquet, the Emperor and Empress Dowager both slipped away stealthily, leaving Empress Xiao and the Crown Prince to preside over the festivities, inviting Princess Xinyang and various other royal relatives to celebrate the triumph at the border pass and welcome the New Year.

This was indeed a first in the annals of history.

The Emperor entered the courtyard with not a trace of psychological pressure; wherever his mother was, there he would be!

Eunuch Wei looked at his sovereign with an expression that said it all.

Ever since the Emperor believed he had taken an aphrodisiac, he had irreversibly embarked on the path of self-liberation. Should someone remind His Majesty that what he ingested was merely a Hair Growth Pill?

"Mother! Your son is here!"

The Emperor instantly became the Empress Dowager’s little shadow.

Eunuch Wei covered his eyes, damn it! He couldn’t bear to watch!

Gu Jiao originally planned to enter the palace to report her well-being to her auntie, but since her auntie had come, there was no need to go to all that trouble.

Gu Jiao and her aunt entered the main hall. _{freēwēbηovel.c૦m}

She hadn’t paid much attention before, but now, as she accompanied her aunt around the house, she discovered that there had been quite some changes during the three months she was away.

The vegetable patch in the front yard had been expanded to include more scallions and radishes, and the small fishpond opposite had been filled in and replaced with a large fish tank.

This was suggested by little Jie Kong, who said that now with a little brother in the house, his brother should also have his own play area. Despite the brother being so young, Jie Kong unhesitatingly offered up his own little fishpond.

Furthermore, the passageway in the backyard leading to the neighboring property was no longer a passageway; the wall had been completely knocked down, and the backyards of the two mansions had been connected, forming one large courtyard.

"Your granduncle has purchased that mansion," Xiao Hen explained softly to a stunned Gu Jiao as she gazed at the now joined courtyard.

"It wasn’t cheap, I presume," murmured Gu Jiao.

Xiao Hen nodded, "Hmm, it cost a thousand taels."

The price wasn’t so high before, but ever since a new top scholar emerged, Bishui Alley was given the nickname Scholar’s Alley, and both land and house prices soared.