The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 548 - 548 272 Restoration of Memories (two more updates)

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

The Empress Dowager’s mind was still echoing those words. But now, there was no confusion, only coldness. This girl approached her because of the Emperor’s instructions. The reason why she let the girl enter her heart was probably due to her loss of memory.

She was caught off guard by this girl, but she wouldn’t let it happen again.

“Leave the thing and go,” the Empress Dowager lifted her chin and looked at the flowers in the Imperial Garden.

“Oh,” Gu Jiao raised her eyebrow and looked at Zhuang Yuexi, “so the Empress Dowager didn’t ask someone to kindy return this to me?”

Only then did the Empress Dowager realize that this girl had been saying “return” from the beginning. The Empress Dowager frowned and looked at the crumpled purse. That was indeed…a strange purse with all thread ends exposed.

Did this girl make it herself and give it to her?

“It’s obvious that you stole the Empress Dowager’s item and then came here making things up!” Zhuang Yuexi clenched her fists, then turned to the Empress Dowager and said, “Empress Dowager, it must have been accidentally dropped on the road and picked up by this girl.”

Gu Jiao looked at Zhuang Yuexi: “You gave it to me.”

Zhuang Yuexi vehemently denied, “I did not!” She turned towards the Empress Dowager, “Empress Dowager, don’t listen to her stirring up trouble!”

“Enough!” The Empress Dowager interrupting Zhuang Yuexi’s words. Zhuang Yuexi was too noisy today, which made her a bit irritable.

In fact, Gu Jiao spoke more than Zhuang Yuexi today, but the Empress Dowager didn’t realize this. She just felt that Zhuang Yuexi was very annoying.

Gu Jiao looked aggrieved at the Empress Dowager, “Do you really want me to go? Then you say it yourself, that you don’t want me anymore.”

The Empress Dowager took a deep breath and opened her mouth.

She couldn’t say it. Just thinking about saying “I don’t want you anymore” to this girl, it felt like there was a huge stone stuck in her throat.

“Nonsense.” The Empress Dowager stood up coldly and left the Imperial Garden with a wave of her sleeve.

Gu Jiao touched the purse in her hand.

When the Empress Dowager was far away, Zhuang Yuexi coldly said, “Don’t embarrass yourself anymore! You know very well what your family has done to my aunt! The Empress Dowager is kind-hearted and doesn’t hold grudges against you, but you should not push your luck! Do you really think the Empress Dowager loves you? She only sees you as a replacement for me—I am her real niece!”

“Oh,” Gu Jiao responded nonchalantly, completely disregarding Zhuang Yuexi’s words.

This woman never told the truth. She wouldn’t listen, wouldn’t listen, like a babbling fool!

Zhuang Yuexi felt like she had punched cotton when she saw Gu Jiao’s indifferent look. She felt completely powerless.

She was a thoughtful person, but whenever she faced Gu Jiao, she easily lost her temper and forgot her own boundaries. With a hardened heart, she blurted out, “Weigh yourself up! Stop daydreaming! My aunt has long forgotten about you!”