The Whole Dynasty Spoils the Tyrant's Beloved Youngest Daughter-Chapter 291: Waiting for Him to Come to School
The Crown Prince was silent for a long time and said, "Yiyi, you are still young, many adult matters are far from being as simple as they seem, you don’t understand."
Jun Ning shook her head, "Brother, I am indeed young and don’t understand many things. But I can sense people’s sincerity." Jun Ning placed her hand on her chest, "Many things can’t just be judged by appearances; you have to listen to the voice of the heart."
The Crown Prince wanted to listen, but what exactly was the voice of the heart, and what was there to say? He couldn’t hear it, nor did he know how to respond to Jun Ning’s words. After a while, he didn’t say anything more and just stared blankly at his portrait not far away.
The study was silent, you could hear the sound of a pin dropping.
The siblings didn’t know how long they stood like this, neither mentioning the matter of leaving.
Until the Crown Princess Consort sent someone to urge them, if they didn’t leave, those officials would bring it up again.
The Crown Prince could not stay any longer. He turned and walked over to Jun Ning, and embraced the young girl who had grown to his chest, gently patting her shoulder, "Yiyi, take care."
Then he released Jun Ning and turned to leave.
Jun Ning was about to say something, but the Crown Prince suddenly turned back again. He did not say anything; he just took Jun Ning’s right hand and gently placed a candy in her palm.
"Yiyi, no matter how the world changes, I will always be your brother."
"Brother..." Jun Ning looked at the candy in her palm, not knowing what to say. Clearly, in this difficult situation, it was the Crown Prince who needed sweetness the most, yet he still gave her a candy, telling her that he wouldn’t change and would always bring her sweetness.
Thinking of all the good things the Crown Prince had done for her in the past, Jun Ning’s nose tingled, almost shedding tears.
The Crown Prince folded Jun Ning’s hand over the candy, affectionately rubbing her head before leaving.
Jun Ning lifted her skirt and hurriedly chased after him, "Brother, Father and I will definitely wait for you to return, you must believe us."
Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince slowed his steps slightly, but a moment later, he resumed his normal pace and walked away without looking back.
Jun Ning would always remember that day. The weather was especially hot, the cicadas were chirping nonstop, and the sound of frogs croaking came from the pond as she watched the figure of the Crown Prince, dressed in a white robe, slowly disappear from her sight.
In the long days that followed, this scene often appeared in her dreams.
"Yiyi, don’t cry." Who knows how long it had been since the Crown Prince left, when suddenly a deep voice spoke behind Jun Ning.
This voice was one Jun Ning heard daily, and she immediately recognized that it was Emperor Yongning speaking.
The Crown Prince left the palace for Sairu City—who knew when he might return? Jun Ning had hurried over to see him off, and hadn’t Emperor Yongning done the same? He set aside all his affairs to come, but he did not show himself.
He stood in the corner the whole time, silently watching the Crown Prince’s family’s carriage leave the palace, unnoticed by anyone.
Jun Ning turned around and rushed into Emperor Yongning’s arms, complaining, "Father, since you came, why didn’t you show yourself to see the Crown Prince off? The Crown Prince kept staring at his portrait of when he was named Crown Prince in the study. He may not have said much, but Yiyi knows he wanted to see Father one last time before he left, to say goodbye."
The situation was set; there could be no hesitation.
At this moment, not seeing was best.
Emperor Yongning had his own considerations.
Facing the complaints of the young girl, Emperor Yongning reached out and rubbed her head, "Enough, don’t say anything, let’s go back!"
After going back, Jun Ning’s life returned to its previous state. However, after Jun Ning finally managed to attend classes at Shang Shufang with difficulty thanks to Jing Shu, the two didn’t even get to listen to a full lesson together before Jing Shu left.
If Jing Shu knew this was going to happen, would she have still insisted every day for Jun Ning to accompany her to study?
Since the day Jun Ning went to Shang Shufang to study, she had been waiting for the grandson of the Duke’s mansion.
Just because Jing Shu left, doesn’t mean the bet she made with him doesn’t count.
Jun Ning was determined to help Jing Shu win back those hundred pieces of silver and send them to her, no matter how far Jing Shu had gone.
But the Duke’s grandson had been lounging around because he was spoiled, and never showed up for classes, lazing at home in bed. Meanwhile, his father followed the Crown Prince to the western region of Sairu City, leaving no one to discipline him.
And the Duke was overly indulgent of his grandson. When the grandson said he couldn’t attend classes because his bottom hurt, he allowed it.
Jun Ning wanted to confront him directly to quickly win back those hundred pieces of silver but found herself unable to do so.
And since Zhang Zihao didn’t come, she couldn’t drag him from home either.
So she could only wait for Zhang Zihao to attend classes.
The waiting days were quite dull; every day was just studying, then visiting Cining Palace and the Imperial Study Room to see the Empress Dowager and Emperor Yongning.
After waiting a while, Jun Ning couldn’t bear to wait any longer. She couldn’t understand what kind of injury was so slow to heal, leaving the Duke to indulge his grandson?
She sent someone to inquire about Zhang Zihao’s recent condition.
The person sent came back to say that recently, Zhang Zihao had been taken by the Duke to pray at temples outside the city and would not return for at least half a month.
This meant that recently Jun Ning didn’t need to keep vigil at Shang Shufang, waiting for Zhang Zihao to come. She could do something she wanted to do.
Resolutely, Jun Ning decided to leave the palace for the Black Market.
She first used visiting Qi Xiao and Qi Xiangsi as a pretext, and under the protection of the disguised Imperial Guard, left the palace.
After visiting Qi Xiao and Qi Xiangsi, Jun Ning claimed she was sleepy and wanted to rest for a while, returning to her room in the Qi Mansion.
After a quick tidy-up and dressing, she disguised herself as a sharp little servant, left her maid behind, and went out to the Black Market.
Although Princess Anle was a bit weak physically, her appearance and skin took after her mother, with very fair skin. Upon closer inspection, her brows and eyes faintly carried some exotic features, though not obvious, they added to her beauty.
Only over eight years old, but the beauty already showed.
But at this moment, she was disguised as a dark-skinned little servant, her skin was so dark that the exotic features in her brows and eyes were indistinguishable.
Plus, wearing clothes of not great quality made her even less recognizable.
If anyone saw her, they would likely mistake her for a street servant, absolutely not associating her with Princess Anle.
Not even standing in front of her own parents would she be easily recognized.
