The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1926

Chapter 1926: Chapter 957: Big Brother’s Doting

The past grudges have all been resolved, and the misunderstandings that needed to be cleared have been cleared.

The Yao Family is not a malicious stepmother, and Gu Changqing is also a good elder brother.

For Gu Yan, for Gu Jiao, he risked his life several times. In Yao Family’s heart, there was no longer any resentment towards him, only deep emotion and gratitude.

But having no inner barrier is one thing, creating a visible estrangement is another.

She said she had no expectations, but when this moment actually arrived, she realized she had been waiting for this word ’mother’ all along.

"Look at you, why are you crying?" Seeing the Yao Family shed tears while holding a tea cup, the Duke hurriedly pulled out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, "Isn’t it just a form of address?"

Although he grumbled like this, he understood in his heart that Yao Family had been waiting for this ’mom’ for too long.

When the sons were young, he tried countless ways, both soft and hard, to force them to show filial respect to Yao Family, to call her ’mother’, but the three brothers were so stubborn that they would rather be beaten to death than comply.

The old madam felt sorry for her grandsons and wouldn’t allow him to force the three children any longer. Since then, the matter of addressing her was delayed.

Now that the eldest son took the initiative to speak, honestly, he was quite surprised.

But thinking about how they had gotten along these years, it seemed expected.

Yuan Baolin looked at Yao Family, then at Gu Changqing, who seemed calm on the surface but must have been stirred inside, and took a tea cup from a servant, presenting it to Yao Family with both hands: "Mother, please have tea."

"Good, good!" Yao Family tearfully smiled as she received this daughter-in-law tea.

Yao Family also gave Yuan Baolin a box of jewelry, which she and Gu Jiao had chosen together at the shop. The designs were novel, simple, and elegant, matching well with Yuan Baolin’s temperament.

Seeing this gift, Yuan Baolin knew that a lot of thought had been put into it, and she smiled and thanked her: "Thank you, mother."

The young couple had lunch at Yao Family’s courtyard.

After leaving the courtyard, they walked back together. When they passed a small garden, Gu Changqing suddenly stopped and said to Yuan Baolin: "I have to go to the Military Camp later, I might not return tonight, settle down early yourself."

Before Yuan Baolin could speak, the old duke came over briskly with his hands behind his back.

"Grandfather." They both saluted him.

The old duke nodded: "I have to go out, you two go back to the courtyard."

Gu Changqing said, "Is grandfather heading to the Military Camp? I will accompany you."

The old duke gave him a strange look: "What are you accompanying me for? You’ve been given leave; you don’t need to go to the Military Camp this month, stay well at the residence with Baolin."

Gu Changqing choked: "I..."

Yuan Baolin’s lips curled up slightly.

"I’m leaving." The old duke left with a calm expression.

Yuan Baolin smiled slightly: "Grandfather, take care."

"Hmm." The old duke, having already walked two steps, responded solemnly.

Yuan Baolin looked at Gu Changqing with a face full of regret: "What shall we do? Grandfather won’t let you go to the Military Camp."

Gu Changqing was at a loss. Trained in martial arts since childhood, he followed his grandfather to the battlefield at fifteen, spending every day either training soldiers or licking blood from the knife’s edge. Suddenly having free time was truly uncomfortable for him.

He sighed: "I’ll go to the Back Mountain to practice swordsmanship for a while."

Yuan Baolin made an ’ah’ sound, speaking softly: "You... still have the energy to practice swordsmanship?"

Gu Changqing momentarily didn’t comprehend: "Of course I have..."

As he spoke, he realized what Yuan Baolin meant.

It had only been two days, and the awkwardness hadn’t faded. He cleared his throat and said seriously: "I’ll take you back to the courtyard first."

Gu Changqing escorted Yuan Baolin back to the new chamber before heading to the Back Mountain to practice swordsmanship.

He practiced until evening.

Sweating profusely, he returned to the courtyard to find Yuan Baolin sitting in the room waiting for him. On the table were several delicate and delicious dishes, but they seemed to have been left out too long and lost their warmth.

"You’re back?" Yuan Baolin greeted him.

He nodded slightly and asked her: "Were you... waiting for me?"

"Yes." After answering him, Yuan Baolin instructed the maidservant, "Yue’e, take these dishes to the Kitchen to be reheated."

"Yes, miss." Yue’e took the dishes away.

Yuan Baolin handed him a handkerchief, he paused, accepted it, and then said: "If I come back late in the future, just eat by yourself, you don’t need to wait for me."

Yuan Baolin said: "It would be strange if I ate by myself, easy for people to tell that we’re pretending to be married."

Gu Changqing thought it over and realized that made sense.

He said: "Then I’ll... try to come back earlier."

After the two finished eating and washed up, they prepared to sleep separately.

From head to toe, Gu Changqing was dressed meticulously, even buttoning his collar to the top. Despite being handsome, he exuded an icy, abstinent aura.

Yuan Baolin was not as formally dressed, but her clothes were also complete.

Yuan Baolin drew open the curtain and got into bed, while Gu Changqing, after closing the room door, as usual, went to fetch the bedding to make the floor bed, only to find the quilts missing from the cabinet.

He frowned.

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