The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 268

Chapter 268: 153 Recognizing Relatives (second update)_2

Either way, I wound up “cucking” the late emperor. It’s terrifying!

“My nephew.” Gu Jiao introduced.

Xiao Liulang: “…..”

You disappeared for a bit and now you’ve picked up a new nephew at home?

Gu Jiao cried foul: It wasn’t me who picked this one up.

Xiao Liulang gave the old man a complex look.

The old man was now blank, he didn’t even remember he was here to recognize Xiao Liulang. He just was crazily apologizing to the late emperor in his heart — His relationship with the Empress Dowager was definitely pure!

The old lady’s anger had calmed down now, she asked indifferently: “Alright, just lay it out, do we have a child?”

The old man almost slipped off the chair.

He barely managed to sit up from the chair, his face pale: “No, we don’t.”

The old lady nodded: “I thought so, otherwise I wouldn’t have traveled such a long distance to seek refuge with Liulang.”

Xiao Liulang looked at the old man, who was busy wiping his sweat.

Having fought with the Empress Dowager his whole life, this round was the hardest to handle. He was completely defenseless!

The Empress Dowager casually said: “You abandoned me when we were young, now that you’re old, you want my nephew to take care of you. There’s no door for you here, scram!”

The old man sighed in relief, this was the first time he found the word ‘scram’ so comforting.

After leaving the courtyard, he still had a sense of unreality.

He needed to figure it out, so he didn’t leave, he waited by the door.

And Xiao Liulang did not disappoint him, he came out soon after.

The two saw each other without surprise, as if each had calculated one wouldn’t leave, one wasn’t going to stay in.

Xiao Liulang was no longer as flustered as last time at the alley entrance.

The old man’s heart was mixed: “The woman inside is the Empress Dowager, right? How are you related to the empress dowager? You can deny that you are Ahen, but you can’t deny her identity, the Empress Dowager is not dead.”

Xiao Liulang was silent.

The old man asked in distress: “What happened? What happened between you and the Empress Dowager? The Empress Dowager may have lost her memories, but you haven’t. Tell me!”

Xiao Liulang stayed silent.

The old man closed his eyes in pain: “Fine, if you don’t want to talk, I won’t pester you. I’ll come to see you another day. Today’s incident… I will keep your secret.”

Xiao Liulang slightly bowed and turned to go back to the courtyard.

“Your leg…” The old man’s worried gaze fell on his right leg.

Xiao Liulang paused, “It’s no big deal.”

That was the only sentence he said to himself.

The old man felt that maybe, he came out just to say these three words to him.

He didn’t want him to worry about him.

The old man’s heart was filled with sorrow.

Xiao Liulang went back into the courtyard, and the old man got back on the carriage.

Today’s “harvest” was not just seeing the Empress Dowager, but also his young benefactor.

He never expected that she and Ahen… no, now called Liulang would be husband and wife.

What destiny is this?

In the courtyard, everyone was watching the old lady intently.

“Grandma, grandpa really left, aren’t you sad?” Xiao Jingkong asked.

In this family, there weren’t many who knew that the old lady wasn’t Xiao Liulang’s real aunt. Gu Xiaoshun was one of them. He was present when the old lady had fainted at Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang’s doorstep.

Those who came after, like Gu Yan, Xiao Jingkong, Yao’s family etc. all believed that the old lady really was Xiao Liulang’s aunt and she had traveled a long distance to find refuge with him.

So when grandpa appeared, people like Xiao Jingkong hardly had any doubt.

Gu Xiaoshun also believed it because over time he had forgotten that granny was a foundling.

Old lady nibbled a melon seed: “Why should I be sad? It’s peaceful when he’s not around!”

Who wants to spend their latter half of life with a grumpy old man?

Isn’t it better to play cards all day?

Xiao Jingkong, “Oh.”

When Gu Jiao was cooking in the kitchen, Xiao Jingkong jauntily walked in, tugged at Gu Jiao’s clothes and said: “Jiaojiao, I want to tell you something.”

“What is it?” Gu Jiao asked.

Xiao Jingkong skewed his little head, looking at her: “Brother-in-law has a nickname, Ahuang, like the character in hegemony.”