The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 831

Chapter 831: 384 Spousal Abuse Scum (two updates)_2

The late emperor had not managed to revoke the regent power of the virtuous empress dowager before he passed away.

Xiao Liulang guessed that the late emperor probably felt that since he had left an imperial edict for the virtuous empress dowager to be buried with him, whether he revoked her power or not did not matter anymore.

Unfortunately, it was one step too short, as the imperial edict was stolen by the serene imperial concubine.

The virtuous empress dowager was supported as regent by the late emperor, and her continued regency under the new emperor did not stir as much resentment from the late emperor’s former officials.

But as soon as this imperial edict came out, the former officials of the late emperor would, like ravenous wolves, inevitably drag the Dowager Empress Zhuang to the imperial mausoleum.

So Gu Jiao was right; the imperial edict could not remain in the hands of the serene imperial concubine. They had to find a way to steal it back and destroy it.

However, with the Dragon Shadow Guard around, it would be difficult for them to succeed.

"Dragon Shadow Guard." In the darkness, Xiao Liulang narrowed his eyes slightly.

The next night, Gu Jiao indeed came, bringing the spicy beef that Xiao Liulang loved to eat, skewered on bamboo sticks and placed in jars. The two sat in the room, enjoying their skewers.

"Shall I come again tomorrow?" Gu Jiao asked him when leaving.

Xiao Liulang laughed softly, "The exam ends tomorrow, and I can go back. You don’t need to come over."

Gu Jiao: "Oh."

She actually wanted to come.

Sitting with him in the middle of the night, secretly enjoying skewers, was fun.

Xiao Liulang was an invigilator and did not take part in the grading. After the exam ended, he packed up and left the Imperial College.

The time was not too late, so he first went to the Hanlin Academy to deal with the work he had missed over the past three days.

Ever since he had faced off against Dowager Imperial Tutor Zhuang outside the Hanlin Academy, not many there had dared to openly trouble him anymore. Everyone knew he was there to invigilate the exam, not to play around, and they did not dare to assign him too much work; it was nothing more than sorting through some classics.

He spent an afternoon getting the classics sorted, and then delivered them to Scholar Han.

When he returned from Scholar Han’s office, he bumped into Ning Zhiyuan loitering near his office.

"What’s up?" he approached and asked.

Hearing this, Ning Zhiyuan turned around and said, "I just heard you’re back. How was it? Did the invigilation go smoothly?"

Thinking of the scenes of enjoying skewers with someone at night, Xiao Liulang couldn’t help but smile, "Quite smoothly."