The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 548

Chapter 548: 272 Restoration of Memories (two more updates)

"She was stunned.

After a long pause, she opened her mouth in disbelief, but didn’t say anything for a long time.

...Jiaojiao?

Was the name she once casually uttered now belonging to this little girl?

Why did she feel so...?

"The Empress Dowager!"

The voice of Zhuang Yuexi suddenly appeared. She saw a familiar small figure standing beside the Empress Dowager from a distance. Perplexed, she walked over and confirmed that it was indeed Gu Jiao.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Then she saw a small purse in Gu Jiao’s hand, and her face rapidly changed.

She tried hard to hide her unease, telling herself that the Empress Dowager had long forgotten about this little girl. Now, she was the one that the Empress Dowager loved, and no matter how much this girl struggled, it was all in vain.

With this thought, she calmed down.

She looked at Gu Jiao and asked with suspicion, "What are you doing here? Can you come and go freely in the Imperial Palace?"

Of course not, but since Gu Jiao could get in, at least it indicated that she had a way. The only people Gu Jiao knew in the palace were the emperor and the Empress Dowager. Since the Empress Dowager hadn’t given her the freedom to come and go, it could only be the emperor.

Zhuang Yuexi’s words were undoubtedly a reminder to the Empress Dowager—who Gu Jiao was loyal to.

The Empress Dowager’s expression indeed cooled a bit.

Zhuang Yuexi then said, "I heard that the Emperor is unwell. As you are treating him, I wonder how his condition is now."

Everyone in the Zhan Country knew that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor were adversaries. The Empress Dowager supported the Emperor’s ascension to the throne only to cultivate a puppet emperor. But once the Emperor came into his power, he was unwilling to remain a puppet.

The overt and covert battles between the two had never ceased.

The Empress Dowager wanted to take advantage of the Emperor’s illness to kill him, but the appearance of Gu Jiao gave the Emperor a thread of life. How could the Empress Dowager tolerate Gu Jiao?