The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 92

Chapter 92: 86 Walking the Chicken (First update)_3

As for Gu Jinyu, Marquis Gu had ordered the Gu Family to renounce their guardianship over him and vowed not to appear in front of Gu Jinyu for the rest of his life.

Furthermore, he made everyone promise to remain silent on the matter, not to leak out a single word.

So even Dashun and Xiaoshun in the Gu Family were kept in dark.

Gu Ershun overheard some snippets, knowing there was a possibility that Gu Jiao might be the wrong child they had raised, yet he wasn’t clear about all details.

The strange atmosphere was firstly due to these revelations, and secondly due to the female family members dining at the table now.

Gu Dashun was not accustomed to this.

Gu Dashun glanced at his younger sister Gu Yue’e, then remarked, “Jiao is really fortunate to marry a scholar.”

His own sister was not young as well. It was time for her to get married, and it would also be of great help to him if she marries a good family.

Gu Yue’e ate her food in silence.

Everyone thought, isn’t it Xiao Liulang, rather than Jiaojiao, who’s been really fortunate to marry the daughter of the Marquis Residence?

It was really a stroke of good luck that fell from heaven!

In retrospect, they’d been negligent regarding this marriage. If they had known about her true identity earlier, they certainly wouldn’t have arranged for her to be wed.

She could have been their cash cow at home! Imagine the benefits they could have got by leveraging her connection with the Marquis Residence!

The Gu Family was regretful to the point of going green with envy. But what could they do? The girl wasn’t the naive fool they could easily fool around with anymore, and mending the relationship wouldn’t be easy for them.

Madam Wu gave a meaningful glance to Madam Liu, hinting her to take a huge piece of meat from the bowl.

This was an exceptionally large piece of meat, so thick that fat dripped from it. It used to be a delicacy only Gu Dashun could enjoy.

Madam Liu, swallowing her saliva, picked up the thickest piece, initially intending to put it in Ershun’s bowl. However, upon seeing the warning glare from Madam Wu, she hurriedly placed it into Xiaoshun’s bowl.

Xiaoshun looked at his mother strangely: “Why?”

Madam Liu stammered: “You rarely come home, eat some meat!”

Xiaoshun had been living at the Academy recently. He was only invited back home by Dashun today.

Dashun had no intention of making a warm invitation, yet he had no choice when their father made the order.

Xiaoshun looked at the meat in his bowl and ate it with little interest.

Ershun was drooling with envy.

Dashun furrowed his brows.

The rest of them pretended not to notice anything.

Madam Liu cheerfully said: “Xiaoshun, you haven’t visited your sister since you came back, right?”

Xiaoshun asked: “Why?”

Madam Liu stuttered,”Your sister cares a lot for you, why haven’t you visited her when you’re back?”

Xiaoshun ate a mouthful of rice: “I’ll go later.”

Madam Liu went on stuttering: “Your brother-in-law has been appointed as a scholar, remember to extend your congratulations.”

Xiaoshun replied, “Hmm.”

None of them had gotten to the point yet, which made Madam Wu and the eldest quite anxious.

Gu Changhai said, “Xiaoshun, your uncle prepared a jar of high-quality tea and two old hens, you should bring them to your sister later.”

Xiaoshun replied, “I’ll go alone. Why are you coming?”

Are you seriously saying that you’re afraid I can’t carry the things?

Gu Changhai was absolutely angry at Xiaoshun’s cluelessness. Xiaoshun was unyieldingly honest which made him unable to understand the subtleties.

Gu Changhai decided to be straightforward: “There’s no lasting feud among family members. We were wrong in the past, and now we should apologize to your sister. Starting today, we should be a happy family.”

Marquis Gu only told them not to approach Gu Jinyu, he never said they couldn’t approach Gu Jiao, as long as they kept the truth from her.

They could guess the intention of Marquis Gu – he probably worried that Gu Jiao couldn’t accept the truth right away. So they would take a gradual approach, just need to patch up their relationship with Gu Jiao prior to the father-daughter reunion!

“You want to suck up to my brother-in-law now that he’s a scholar, isn’t it?” Xiaoshun put down his chopsticks indifferently and asked, “Where are the things?”

The first part of his statement left a sour taste, but they felt hopeful hearing the latter part.