The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 396

Chapter 396: 202 Unmasking (Two Updates Combined Into One)_3

Gu Yan glanced at her, ignoring her.

Gu Yan despised her.

He had not liked her even before knowing her background, his disdain only intensified after finding out.

Gu Jiao also ignored her, continuing with her gluey rice mortar.

She had not spoken to Gu Xiaoshun, thus naturally, Xiaoshun wouldn’t interact with her either.

Looking at her over her shoulder, Madam Yao asked, “Is that you, Jinyu? What brings you here?”

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Softly, Gu Jinyu replied, “I couldn’t find you in our marquis residence, and I have brought something for my siblings.”

Gu Yan, however, rolled his eyes in disdain. “Who cares?”

Soon, the mortar was ready, and Gu Jiao filled a large bucket.

“I’ll take it!” Xiaoshun carried the bucket off towards Aunt Zhang’s house.

Yan also wanted to carry it but couldn’t, so he settled for holding a small scoop instead.

The three siblings headed to Aunt Zhang’s house to repair the wall.

Madam Yao sighed.

Gu Jinyu looked at the dirty mortar on the ground and the pot of unfinished sticky rice gruel, her brows furrowed in disgust. She turned to Madam Yao and made a snide remark, “Mother, how could sister let our little brother do such hard work? He is so frail.”

“It is precisely because he is weak that he needs to work more. Haven’t you noticed how much livelier he is compared to before?” If Gu Yan was not still taking medicine every day, she would almost believe that he was normal.

Jinyu pouted, “But the imperial physician said that our brother should avoid excessive work and get adequate rest.”

Madam Yao replied firmly. “Your sister is a physician. She knows what is best for Yanyan!”

Jinyu was speechless — just a trainee and already called a physician?

She glanced at the sticky rice porridge and the mortar on the ground. It was a ridiculous mess. The rice gruel was food, and yet Gu Jiao used it to mix mortar. A perfect display of countryside ignorance.

Jinyu wanted to scorn her, but she held her tongue. Instead, she addressed Madam Yao: “Mother.”

“What is it?” Madam Yao asked.

Jinyu smiled and pulled out a gold seal and a treasured edict from her sleeve, presenting them to her mother.

Madam Yao was perplexed, “What is this…?”