The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 347

Chapter 347: 186 Happiness Pulse (Second Watch)_3

Madam Yao bowed slightly: “Yes.”

With the approval of Old Lady Gu, Madam Yao settled herself comfortably in Songhe Court.

Sure enough, in a little while, Mrs. Ling came by.

She was taken aback upon seeing Madam Yao.

Madam Yao smiled and said to her, “It has only been a day, why are you looking at me like this?”

Gu Chenglin had come crying to Mrs. Ling early this morning, claiming that Madam Yao was a villainous character, who has been privately meeting other men and even let Madam Yao escape; Mrs. Ling was already aware that the scheme last night had failed.

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She marveled at how Madam Yao was so fortunate to have survived this ordeal!

Mrs. Ling, hiding her emotions, said, “Nothing much, it’s just I heard the wife was ill, and I didn’t expect the wife would come to pay respects to the old lady in her sick state.”

Fearful of spreading her sickness to the old lady!

Playing it down, Madam Yao said: “Madam is really concerned about my courtyard.”

With this comment, Mrs. Ling’s face tensed up. Since she hadn’t been to Songhe Court earlier, she should not have known about Madam Yao’s illness. Yet, by openly stating so, wasn’t she implying that she had been spying on the happenings in Songhe Court?

It was one thing to spy on Madam Yao, but utterly unacceptable to spy on Old Lady Gu!

Old Lady Gu’s brows furrowed.

Mrs. Ling hurriedly said, “I heard it from Lord Hou. This morning, Lord Hou went to Yamen, and I ran into him.”

Madam Yao looked surprised: “Lord Hou didn’t come back home at all last night.”

Recently, something seemed to have happened at the Ministry of Works. Lord Gu had gone to Bishui Alley and brought her back to the residence. After visiting Gu Chenglin’s courtyard, he went straight off to the Ministry of Works.

Mrs. Ling has now ended up smearing her own name even more.

Old Lady Gu was no fool; how could she not see through Mrs. Ling’s attempts at justifying herself?