Chapter 522: 261 Truth (Second Update)_3 Chapter 522: 261 Truth (Second Update)_3 Gu Jiao didn’t object to someone pursuing their own happiness as long as they didn’t hurt others in the process.
Talking more and more, the Princess of Rui started to complain about the various princess consorts.
Having learned what she wanted to know, Gu Jiao had a general idea of the situation.
In the afternoon, she went to the Guozijian to pick up Little Pure Space from school.
Little Pure Space came out alongside Qin Chuyu and Xu Zhuzhu.
Ever since their violent brawl with Minmin at the East Palace, the three hadn’t caused any trouble at the Imperial Palace for a long time, but today, Qin Chuyu couldn’t resist any longer.
He discovered a huge bird’s nest on a large tree in the Imperial Palace, and wanted to raid it with his friends.
Little Pure Space ran towards Gu Jiao, hugged her legs, and nuzzled his head against her: “Jiaojiao, I missed you!”
Gu Jiao rubbed his shiny, bald head: “Did you have fun today?”
“I had fun!” Little Pure Space looked at Gu Jiao with eager eyes, “Jiaojiao, can I go play at the Imperial Palace?”
Last time, Marquis Xuanping didn’t complain to Gu Jiao, so she wasn’t aware of the trouble the children had caused in the Imperial Palace. Regardless, even if she knew, she wouldn’t blame them.
As the emperor’s son, Gu Jiao knew Qin Chuyu’s identity
Before agreeing, Gu Jiao asked, “Does your family agree?”
Qin Chuyu vigorously nodded his head, “They agree! They agree! If you don’t believe me, my sister-in-law will be here to pick me up in a bit! You can ask her!”
Speak of the devil and he shall appear.
The princess consort’s carriage stopped in front of the Guozijian. A eunuch stepped off the carriage and walked towards Qin Chuyu, offering a gentle smile: “Seventh Young Master, I’ve come to pick you up.”
Qin Chuyu quickly asked, “Did my sister-in-law come?”
The eunuch stammered for a moment, then chuckled, “Young Madam… she was suddenly busy and couldn’t make it. She sent me to pick you up.”
Qin Chuyu was crestfallen: “She promised to pick me up… How can she go back on her word?”
The eunuch quickly clarified, “Young Madam didn’t break her promise. To tell you the truth, Young Madam went to buy sesame cookies for the young master. Didn’t the young master mention that he loves the cookies from last time?”
Upon hearing that his sister-in-law went to buy cookies for him, Qin Chuyu was mollified: “Alright then, we’ll go ahead!”
Qin Chuyu and Little Pure Space were both ready to get on the carriage, while Xu Zhuzhu hesitated a bit.
After his father took him home and gave him a good spanking, Xu Zhuzhu was warned against causing trouble at the Imperial Palace again.
He didn’t dare to go.
Little Pure Space suggested, “Let’s go to my house instead! There’s a fruit garden nearby, and we can raid bird nests there too!”
Xu Zhuzhu didn’t object.
Qin Chuyu sighed reluctantly, “If you insist, then alright.” He then said to the eunuch, “I’ll play for a while and then go home!”
The eunuch stammered, “But, …”
Qin Chuyu had already thrown off his backpack, and with his two friends by his side, they ran off like the wind.
Despite being chubby, he ran surprisingly fast.
Gu Jiao stroked her chin, regretting that she didn’t sneak into the palace with them.
Gu Jiao followed the little ones to the fruit garden, with the Xu family and eunuchs from the palace taking care of them, so she didn’t need to worry.
The rice and spices at home were used up. Gu Jiao planned to buy some from the marketplace. However, the spices were sold out at the marketplace. She knew of a spice shop on Chang’an Avenue, which wasn’t far from there.
Gu Jiao slung a small basket over her shoulder and headed for Chang’an Avenue.
Chang’an Avenue was busier than Xuanwu Avenue, with more horse carriages and pedestrians. As it was close to mealtime, fragrant aromas wafted out from the various teahouses and restaurants.
There was a street vendor on the side hawking, “Steamed buns—freshly steamed meat buns—”
“Miss, would you like a bun?” the vendor asked when he saw Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao shook her head: “No need.”
She went straight into the spice shop and bought a few spices. When she came out, she saw someone selling candied hawthorn. She bought a skewer for not just the children, but also for the old lady, Gu Yan, Little Punctual, and herself.
With her small basket now heavy, she turned around to head home. After a few steps, a familiar figure caught her eye out of the corner.
‘Familiar’ because the individual was dressed in all white, with a white veiled bamboo hat, and was accompanied by two female officials, one of whom she had seen before.
The time was at the collapse of the Music Hall.
She was led by Feishuang to the basement of the Music Hall and stumbled upon the secret meeting between the wife of the Crown Prince, and Marquis Xuanping. The Crown Princess was wearing this exact outfit at that time, and one of the female officials was the one she met.
Unbelievably, she found the person without even trying.