The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 257

Chapter 257: 148 Family of Three (First Update)_2

He knew Qin Chuyu very well. To avoid being treated with trepidation and deference by the people of the Guozijian, as he was, in the Imperial Palace because of his princely status, he had ordered everyone to tight-lipped, including Qin Chuyu, preventing any disclosure of his royal identity outside.

If discovered, one would be confined in the dark, small room as punishment.

No wonder Qin Chuyu was scared stiff when Xiao Liulang forced him to reveal his identity.

However, Qin Chuyu was accustomed to the tyranny of the imperial palace, he’d never truly valued a three-year-old child. When the day came that the Emperor would no longer restrain him, it’s never too late to settle the score with the child!

As Qin Chuyu ate, he became gradually entranced by the delicacies, and soon his mind was filled only with sheep milk cakes.

“Return to the palace,” the crown princess commanded.

Princes of a certain age would establish their own Prince Residence outside the palace, except for the crown prince who would reside in the East Palace.

The seventh prince was still young, so he lived in the Imperial Palace.

The carriage slowly moved forward, and the crown princess glanced inadvertently as they drove away from the Guozijian.

Just then, Xiao Liulang was leading a little child out of the Guozijian.

The crown princess saw that familiar handsome face and her pupils contracted!

She quickly pulled open the curtain of the car window, her gaze fixed intently at the young man in white among the crowd.

She muttered to herself in disbelief, “How could…”

“Jiaojiao!”

Accompanied by a clear call from the little kid, a young woman with a backpack walked up.

The young girl was not wearing a veil, she was dressed simply, not shabby, but not luxurious either.

Her long hair, as lustrous as satin, fell to her waist and was held up on the top of her head with a bai yulan hairpin.

She was a fair yet cold-looking young girl.

On the young girl’s left cheek was a red birthmark. She didn’t seem to mind, gracefully navigating through the curious stares.

The girl walked up to the little kid and the Guozijian youth, pinching the little guy’s face.

The crown princess only then noticed that the little one was also adorable.

However, she hadn’t linked him to the little rascal who had offended Qin Chuyu.

“Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao!” the younger child was thrilled upon seeing Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao rubbed his little head.

It had snowed on the way, and although it had now stopped, her hair was sprinkled with snowflakes.

Xiao Liulang hesitated for a moment but then reaches out his slender jade-like fingers and gently removed the snowflakes from her hair.

Gu Jiao did not move, obediently letting him do so.

She gave off a somewhat well-behaved aura.

The family-of-three’s warm scene was somewhat dazzling.

The crown princess pinched her fingertips. Then she saw the girl fetch a bag of warm candied chestnuts from her bag and handed one to him.

The young man ate it without hesitation.

“Is it good?” Gu Jiao asked.

“Mmm, sweet,” replied Xiao Liulang.

Nobody knew who he was referring as being sweet.

Gu Jiao gave all the candied chestnuts to the little kid to hold.

The little kid was like a squirrel that found food, enthusiastically chewing away.

The harmonious family of three walked away.

The crown princess let go of the curtain.

He’s already dead.

He doesn’t eat chestnuts.

Even if it looks like him, it won’t be him.

“Crown princess, are you alright?” The lady of the court asked, looking at her pale face.

She calmly said, “It’s so cold. Let’s head back to the palace.”

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After Xiao Liulang had contradicted Mr. Zheng in the Confucius school, he completely offended him.

That Mr. Zheng rose to such a high position was indeed due to his real talents. His articles were excellent, and even the emperor who didn’t like the eight parts essays occasionally praised a few words about them. However, scholarship is one thing, and moral conduct is sometimes another.