The Prime Minister’s Darling - Chapter 562

Chapter 562: Sheep into the Tiger’s Mouth (Second Update) Chapter 562: Sheep into the Tiger’s Mouth (Second Update) Fang Momo prepared dinner, and the whole family gathered in the central room to eat.

Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun were having their meal with Master Lu and Nanxiang, so there was no need to wait for the two of them.

Even though granny was not there, the presence of grandfather made the atmosphere at the dinner table quite pleasant.

However, it was difficult for them to ask about the swelling in his eye.

After dinner, Gu Jiao helped Fang Momo clean up the dishes, while Xiaojingkong went off to tend to the chickens, and Xiao Liulang returned to his room to study a book that he thought was unlikely to be a national book of Yan Country.

Even with translation and annotation, it was not easy to assimilate the information.

It took Gu Jiao more than a decade from elementary mathematics to advanced mathematics, which was certainly related to the progress of education, but the educational resources of her previous life were far more extensive and systematic. Xiao Liulang had to grope his way alone.

The imperial examination did not test arithmetic, so he had spent little time studying it. It was like a liberal arts student suddenly receiving an advanced mathematics textbook.

Gu Jiao: Starting tomorrow, I will feed six walnuts to my husband every day.

The family was busy with their own tasks while waiting for Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun to return home.

Usually both of them would be home around 9:45 PM and no later than 10:15 PM.

By 10:15 PM, the Yao family could not sit still.

Every time there was a footstep outside, she would turn her head to look.

And when the footsteps passed, she would sigh softly.

After another quarter of an hour, there was finally the sound of a carriage at the door.

Xiaojingkong, who had already bathed and was lying in bed, heard the commotion and climbed down from bed. He put on his shoes and ran out: “I’m coming, I’m coming!”

The May night was slightly chilly.

He was wearing a thin nightgown and exerted all his strength to open the courtyard door and looked up: “Oh? Big brother!”

The visitor was Gu Changqing.

A carriage slowly passed behind Gu Changqing. The sound of the carriage they heard earlier was from this carriage.

Gu Changqing had ridden his horse here. He had dismounted before entering the alley and walked in leading the horse.

Seeing the little lad who had run out specifically to open the gate for him, Gu Changqing felt suddenly happy. Looking at his small nightgown, he asked, “Are you going to sleep?”

Xiaojingkong nodded his head: “Yep.” Then he shook his head, “I am waiting for Brother Yan and Brother Xiaoshun!”

Gu Changqing turned his head to look at the end of the alley: “Have they been studying late recently?”

Xiaojingkong shook his head: “No, only today is it this late!”

“Have Brother Yan and Brother Xiaoshun returned?” Yao family asked from the courtyard.

The family spoke in Xiaojingkong’s tone and identity.

Xiaojingkong turned his head and said: “Big brother is here!”

The Yao family’s attitude towards Gu Changqing was much softer than before, but there was no motherly love or filial son between them. They treated each other as familiar guests.

“Worried about Ayan?” Gu Changqing looked at Yao’s family and asked.

Speaking of Gu Yan, they had something in common. Yao sighed: “Yes, he didn’t use to be this late. I’m worried that he got held up on the road…and it didn’t rain today.”

Gu Changqing took the game hanging from the saddle and put it on the stone table, saying to the Yao family: “I’ll go and see.”

The Yao family gave him a grateful look: “Will it delay your… tomorrow?”

“No,” Gu Changqing said.

Seeing him answer so simply, the Yao family thought there must be nothing wrong, so she was relieved and said, “That’s good, that’s good.”

“I’m off,” Gu Changqing said, and before he had time to greet his sister and brother-in-law, he turned around and left the mansion.

Gu Jiao looked at Xiao Liulang finishing a math problem and noticed that it was getting late. She went out and asked, “Haven’t Yan and Xiaoshun returned yet?”

“The crown prince went to find them.” Yao family said.

“Did big brother come?” Gu Jiao looked at the game on the table, Xiaojingkong was standing on a stone stool, scrabbling at the rabbits and pheasants inside, Gu Jiao walked over, lifted him up, carried him to the ancient well to wash his hands, and took him back to his room. “Go to sleep, don’t come out again.”

“Okay.” Xiaojingkong obediently nodded.

“Haven’t they returned yet?” Xiao Liulang asked her as Gu Jiao passed the study room.

Gu Jiao said: “Not yet, I’ll go and take a look. You stay at home and keep an eye on Jingkong, don’t let him run around.”

Most people can’t look after Xiaojingkong, he became cause trouble when she wasn’t here.

Sure enough, as soon as Gu Jiao left, Xiaojingkong slipped out from the west room.

With a poker face, Xiao Liulang stood at the door, looking down at him.

After some thought, Xiaojingkong made a final struggle: “I need to pee.”

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The place where Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun studied is in the north of the city. It’s not a rich area, but it’s not poor either. It’s a place of beautiful scenery.