The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 632

Chapter 632: 304 The Empress Dowager’s Favoritism (First Update)_3

The Fifth Prince was furious, stomping his foot: "You dare to attack someone in the Imperial Palace!" He reflexively reached out to grab Gu Jiao.

Such a nuisance!

Her fiery little temper!

Luckily, nearby was a water tank housing some lotus. Gu Jiao grabbed the Fifth Prince by the collar and flung him into it!

"Ah——"

The Fifth Prince shrieked.

He toppled into the tank, soaking wet and flailing desperately to climb out, a large lotus flower neatly perched on his head.

The commotion alarmed the passing Empress Xiao.

The day was beautiful and sunny, Empress Xiao originally had accompanied Qin Chuyu to play in the Imperial Garden, but he had run off out of sight after a while.

She was leisurely strolling about when she heard the commotion. Striding over, she discovered the comically soaked and floundering Fifth Prince in the water tank.

Though the Fifth Prince looked pretty disheveled, he was hilariously entertaining to watch.

Made even more amusing by the charming looks of the Fifth Prince, drenched and with a delicate lotus flower atop his head, it was truly a sight for holding back laughter.

"Ahem!" Empress Xiao cleared her throat, covering her mouth with her handkerchief and commanded the palace maids, "What are you standing around for? Quickly, help the Fifth Prince up!"

"Yes!" Eunuch Su personally led a few people over and fished the soggy Fifth Prince out of the tank.

Although it was summer and being soaked was not exactly cold, it sure was embarrassing.

The expression on the Fifth Prince’s face was even worse.

The palace maids didn’t dare to laugh at him and stifled their giggles.

Empress Xiao strolled over leisurely, scanned the surroundings, and asked, "What happened?"

The Fifth Prince choked back his humiliation and bowed, "Mother."

Gu Jinyu also bowed: "Greetings, Empress. May you be in good health."

Empress Xiao’s gaze fell upon Gu Jiao standing next to Gu Jinyu: "Which palace does she serve in?"

Gu Jinyu hurried to reply: "To answer Empress, this is my elder sister."

"Your elder sister?" Although Empress Xiao had never met Gu Jiao, she had heard of her. But people’s memories can sometimes fail them, and she couldn’t remember right away which sister Gu Jinyu had.

Besides, Gu Jiao’s appearance was quite eye-catching, to put it mildly.

Empress Xiao furrowed her brows and withdrew her gaze from Gu Jiao.

"What happened?" Empress Xiao asked the Fifth Prince.

The Fifth Prince reluctantly glanced at Gu Jiao. He did not intend to tattle, but the eunuchs under him were quite talkative.

One eunuch, picking himself up from the ground, kneeled before Empress Xiao, "Empress, this servant girl is out of line, daring to lay a hand on the Fifth Prince in the palace! If you hadn’t arrived, the Fifth prince would have been at her mercy!"

The expression on Empress Xiao’s face turned cold.

Attacking a prince in the Imperial Palace, this was outrageous!

"Empress!" Gu Jinyu kneeled down, pleading desperately, "It was just a misunderstanding between the Fifth Prince and my sister. She didn’t mean to kill the Fifth Prince! Please understand, Empress!"

"Oh, the Imperial Garden is quite lively today."

The entrance echoed with the sniggering voice of Concubine Zhuang.

Consort Yu accompanied her.

Consort Yu was the birth mother of Prince Rui, and those two have always been close.

This was the first time Concubine Zhuang had ventured to the Garden after having a miscarriage from slipping, and she walked into such a spectacle.