The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 552

Chapter 552: Recovery of Memory (two updates)_5

As a result, she caught Empress Dowager Zhuang’s gaze.

Xiao Jingkong quickly retracted his little head and closed the room’s door with a humph!

Empress Dowager Zhuang went to the child’s room.

The child was facing away from her, backed into a corner next to a wardrobe.

"Come out." Empress Dowager Zhuang said.

"I won’t come out!" Xiao Jingkong huffed, then sneaked a glance at her, "You...you feed me, then I’ll come out!"

As soon as he started to act coy, his speech became redundant.

A quarter of an hour later, Empress Dowager Zhuang and the child were sitting in the courtyard.

A small wooden table in front of them held a bowl of steaming millet porridge.

"Eat it yourself." said Empress Dowager Zhuang.

Little Jingkong pouted, tipped back his head, cleared his throat, and put all his effort into a cry: "Wahhh—"

Empress Dowager Zhuang shuddered and spooned some millet porridge into the child’s mouth!

Old Jijiu and Xiao Liulang returned from Guozijian and Hanlin Academy.

"You don’t need to worry about those men from the Zhuang family, I will take care of them later..."

Before he could finish, Old Jijiu and Xiao Liulang walked through the passageway and saw the old lady sitting on a small stool, feeding Xiao Jingkong.

Why was the old lady, and not Empress Dowager Zhuang, because she was dressed as the old lady.

Old Jijiu had just drawn a bit of his salary in silver; his first reaction was to clutch his money bag: "I have no concealed money!"

Empress Dowager Zhuang cast him a gloomy glance.

Old Jijiu immediately fell to his knees.

Xiao Jingkong smacked his lips, "Uncle, why did you fall?"

Uncle? Empress Dowager Zhuang narrowed her eyes!

Fear seized Old Jijiu. Ah! Little monk, are you trying to trap your uncle?

Ah, not true! I’m not your uncle!

No, she’s not your aunt!

It still didn’t seem right...

My emperor!

Your servant and the Empress Dowager have a purely official relationship—

Bang!

Reluctantly, Old Jijiu was dragged by Empress Dowager Zhuang into a small dark room.

There was a bit of a commotion.

"Aunt, I’ll take you home."

"Ok."

...

Renshou Palace.

Zhuang Yuexi had been pacing outside the Empress Dowager’s sleeping hall for a long time, but there was no sign of her coming out.

Two strong eunuchs guarded the door.

She eventually approached and asked, "Gentlemen, it’s getting late. Shouldn’t we remind the Empress Dowager to have her meal?"

One of the eunuchs responded, "The Empress Dowager has instructed that no one should disturb her, unless she herself comes out, otherwise we cannot go in and startle her."

Zhuang Yuexi asked, "But it’s already so late, what if the Empress Dowager starves?"

The other eunuch smiled and said, "Miss Zhuang, don’t worry. If the Empress Dowager is hungry, she’ll have her meals delivered. Besides, there’s no shortage of food inside."

"How can those pastries fill the stomach?" Zhuang Yuexi was visibly worried.

What Zhuang Yuexi didn’t say was that she was genuinely worried about that Gu girl.

That girl was clearly also in Renshou Palace, yet in the blink of an eye, she had disappeared. She strongly suspected that the girl had entered the Empress Dowager’s sleeping hall.

What would she do inside the Empress Dowager’s sleeping hall? What would she say to the Empress Dowager? Would she go all out to get the Empress Dowager to remember the events of the past year?

Isn’t she stupid? How could she not notice that the Empress Dowager was not genuinely pleased with the things she gave her? Her affection for her wasn’t genuine.

Did that girl manage to trick the Empress Dowager?