"Your Highness, I made two new friends at the banquet just now, and they're very interesting." Wen Nongnong, who was beside him, couldn't help but share her recent experience with him.
Gu Linchao glanced at her and saw that she was smiling and clearly very happy. He paused for a moment and couldn't help but feel a little infected by her mood.
But he wasn't good at chatting with people, and after thinking for a long time, he finally replied with an "Oh".
Fortunately, Wen Nongnong didn't seem to want him to say anything. She continued somewhat ramblingly, "Jiang Hua really likes the Emperor. She wants me to help her find a way to gain his favor, but I don't think the Emperor is a good man. I want to advise her to stay away from him, but she won't listen to me. But another girl doesn't like the Emperor and wants me to find a way to help her avoid the opportunity to enter the palace..."
She paused, then hugged his arm. "I'm only telling you this in secret. Please don't tell the Emperor."
Gu Linchao hadn't expected that she would talk to him about such trivial things, yet he wasn't annoyed at all.
He pursed his lips, glanced at her sideways, and said softly, "I know, don't worry."
Wen Nongnong felt relieved.
She didn't know what had gotten into her, but she actually started to treat Gu Linchao as someone she could confide in and chat with, while the main subject of the gossip was still Gu Heng.
She raised her hand and patted her forehead, exhaled softly, and stopped talking.
But Gu Linchao, who was used to her nagging around, found it rather strange.
After walking a few steps, seeing that she had quieted down, he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you stop talking?"
Wen Nongnong was taken aback. "What does Your Highness want to hear me say?"
Gu Linchao pursed his thin lips, unsure of what to say for a moment.
"Oh, right, Your Highness, I have something to tell you, the Empress Dowager is acting very strangely." Wen Nongnong remembered something and lowered her voice to say it.
Gu Linchao didn't speak, just quietly looked at her.
Wen Nong Nong took his silence as encouragement and continued, "At the banquet just now, she kept targeting me, but I don't even know what I did to offend her. Isn't that strange?"
Following behind the two, Granny Zeng saw the couple intimately huddled together, whispering secrets, and she couldn't hide the smile in her eyes.
Not wanting to disturb the two of them, she returned to Jingci Palace first.
Gu Linchao paused for a moment, then looked at Wen Nongnong, "Are you mistaken?"
Wen Nongnong frowned. "Really?"
"Don't overthink it." Gu Linchao didn't want to talk about his widowed sister-in-law behind her back, and with that one sentence, he signaled the end of the conversation.
Wen Nongnong shut up, looking annoyed.
Alright, Empress Dowager Guo became a widow at a young age, which is already difficult enough. It seems a bit inappropriate for her to talk about others behind their backs, especially since this person is Gu Linchao's sister-in-law.
But she was still a little annoyed, after all, she hadn't made any false accusations against Empress Dowager Guo, and she really did give him that feeling.
Upon arriving at Jingci Palace, Granny Zeng stood beside the Empress Dowager and spoke to her, her face beaming with smiles.
Seeing the two of them enter, she smiled even more broadly, her eyes filled with satisfaction.
"Mother seems to be in a very good mood today. Is there some good news?" Wen Nongnong asked curiously.
"Seeing you two doing well makes me very happy; this is a joyous occasion," the Empress Dowager said frankly, then lovingly invited, "Sit down, please sit down."
The two sat down on the chairs as instructed.
The Empress Dowager instructed Granny Zeng, "Nong Nong must be hungry, quickly bring her some snacks."
"Yes." Granny Zeng replied with a smile and brought the freshly baked pastries to Wen Nongnong.
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