The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 961 - 961 444 The Originator of Pitfalls (First Update)

Chapter 961: 444 The Originator of Pitfalls (First Update) Chapter 961: 444 The Originator of Pitfalls (First Update) After leaving the East Palace, Gu Jiao checked on Gu Chengfeng’s learning progress.

Gu Chengfeng’s heart was resistant.

Gu Jiao took out a bottle of Hair Growth Potion and easily handled it.

Once she confirmed there were no issues with Gu Chengfeng, the main prop, Gu Jiao began preparing to lure the Crown Prince into the trap.

First, she needed to find a moment when the Crown Prince’s wife was alone, without an alibi, before she could successfully guide the Crown Prince to “catch the adulterers.”

Quite conveniently, in the evening, Empress Xiao had invited the Crown Prince’s wife to dine at the Kunning Palace, and lately, since the East Palace had many affairs to deal with, Qin Chuyu had been taken back to the Kunning Palace for care.

After the meal, Qin Chuyu wanted to find the little monk Xiao Jingkong at the Kunning Palace, and Empress Xiao asked the Crown Prince’s wife to accompany Qin Chuyu.

The Crown Prince’s wife dared not refuse and accompanied Qin Chuyu together.

The two little rascals were absolutely wild together, dashing from the Renshou Palace to the Imperial Garden, and then from the Imperial Garden to the Taiye Pool; the Crown Prince’s wife, who was ordered to watch Qin Chuyu, had no choice but to follow them.

But how could she keep up with two little ones? She lost them after just a short while.

Only Chun Yin was left beside the Crown Prince’s wife, and she was very easy to get rid of.

Gu Jiao walked straight over, “Do me a favor, take this over there for me.”

The Crown Prince’s wife frowned, “Why is it you again? Can’t you leave me in peace?”

Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows, “Will you help or not?”

If the Crown Prince’s wife had come to ask Gu Jiao, she certainly would not have helped, but it was different for the Crown Prince’s wife; she had her character and status, and she had to help.

The Crown Prince’s wife glanced at Gu Jiao’s basket and said to Chun Yin, “Help Physician Gu carry it.”

“Yes!” Chun Yin reluctantly took the basket and followed Gu Jiao towards the direction of the pavilion.

Halfway there, Gu Jiao said to Chun Yin, “You can take it straight to the Renshou Palace. I still want to pick some fruits.”

Chun Yin choked, wasn’t it just to the pavilion? How come it’s the Renshou Palace now?

“The Crown Prince’s wife is alone there. I am worried.”

“What if I call her over to pick fruits?”

It is precisely when you call her that I feel uneasy, Chun Yin thought, but she dared not show her displeasure on her face.

This is the Imperial Palace, and Qin Chuyu and the palace maids are nearby; Chun Yin presumed that Gu Jiao would not dare to mess around here and left with the basket.

Gu Jiao had no intention of really calling the Crown Prince’s wife to pick fruits; she turned and headed in the direction of the Imperial Study Room.

The Crown Prince was in the Imperial Study Room today, according to the news given by Eunuch Qin.

When Gu Jiao arrived at the Imperial Study Room, the Crown Prince had just come out and he looked at her strangely, “Why is it you? What are you doing here?”

As if the Imperial Study Room was a place for someone like her to come.

The Crown Prince’s impression of Gu Jiao was stuck on the fact that she was Xiao Liulang’s shabby wife, unattractively ugly, grew up in the countryside, a lowly status little medicine girl, and he didn’t understand how she had the fortune to gain a bit of favor from His Majesty and the Empress Dowager.

In short, he didn’t hold Gu Jiao in high regard.

Gu Jiao didn’t mind the attitude of the Crown Prince towards herself at all; since he had come out, it saved her the trouble of making up excuses to lead him out.

“I… was passing by,” Gu Jiao said without changing her expression, “Is the Crown Prince returning to the East Palace? I just encountered the Crown Prince’s wife near the Taiye Pool.”

The Crown Prince was indeed returning to the East Palace, but upon hearing the Crown Prince’s wife was at the Taiye Pool, he changed his mind and headed directly there.

Gu Jiao was going in the same direction.

The Crown Prince frowned and asked impatiently, “Why are you following me?”

Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows, “I am not following His Highness the Crown Prince, I am also going to the Taiye Pool; my brother is playing near the Taiye Pool with Prince Seven.”

Qin Chuyu’s new friend, the little fellow named Jingkong, was also someone the Crown Prince had somewhat heard of.

The Crown Prince’s brow creased, but he said nothing.

Together, they entered the Imperial Harem. As they passed a rockery located between the Kunning Palace and Yongshou Palace, Gu Jiao suddenly halted her steps.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince!” she whispered to him.

The Crown Prince was extremely impatient and asked irritably, “What now?”

“Shh~” Gu Jiao pressed her fingertip to her lips, gesturing a silence sign, “There’s a noise behind the rockery, listen!”

Generally speaking, the Crown Prince was not a very indifferent person and wouldn’t ignore things happening around him; he frowned upon hearing Gu Jiao’s words and stopped in his tracks.

Afterward, he indeed heard faint noises coming from behind the rockery nearby.

That rockery was, in fact, the site of the former “crime scene.” However, the spot Gu Jiao chose for eavesdropping differed slightly from the original incident.

If she and the Consort Rui had stood by the big tree too far from the rockery last time, making it hard to hear clearly, this time she and the Crown Prince were standing on a footpath, half the distance closer to the rockery.