The Whole Dynasty Spoils the Tyrant's Beloved Youngest Daughter-Chapter 87: Disdain
After Emperor Yongning arrived, and Xiao Lizi finished reading the Imperial Decree to release Qiong Hua from the Cold Palace and move her to the Weiyang Hall, without waiting for Qiong Hua to react, he casually inquired about Qiong Huaโs injuries as a formality, then began to look around for someone. ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฒ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐.๐๐ผ๐บ
"Whereโs my darling?"
"Didnโt she come to the Cold Palace before me? Why canโt I see her?"
Emperor Yongningโs return to the Cold Palace was purely because of Jun Ning. Without seeing Jun Ning, he wasnโt very interested in anything else.
Qiong Hua and Cai Wei and their group were still hoping to exchange a few words with him.
Of course, Qiong Hua wanted to speak with Emperor Yongning, but not in an attempt to get closer or anything. Given her current state, she wasnโt considering those things at all. She was worried about her one and only.
One and only rushed out like that, and she feared she would be harmed.
She hoped the Emperor could go and check, but didnโt know how to express it without displeasing him.
Qiong Hua carefully pondered over her phrasing, but before she could come up with anything, after Emperor Yongning learned that Jun Ning went to Consort Zhao for revenge, he hurriedly took people with him to Consort Zhaoโs place.
Before leaving, he even specifically instructed Xiao Lizi to tell the Imperial Physician to take good care of Qiong Huaโs injuries, and also reminded Qiong Hua to rest well and not to worry about Jun Ning, saying he would take good care of Jun Ning.
Qiong Hua was finally relieved after hearing this.
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Jun Ning rushed into Consort Zhaoโs palace with a kitchen knife.
At this moment, Consort Zhao was lounging on the imperial concubineโs chair in the flower hall, holding a Persian cat, listening to music while being fed grapes by a palace maid from time to time.
Not far from her were two ice sculptures and a fragrant incense burner.
The incense in the burner was a gift from the Empress, reportedly a tribute from the Western Regions, quite rare. The Empress granted this incense to Consort Zhao out of their past sisterly affection.
Consort Zhao was grateful, and she had been using this incense since she entered the palace.
As soon as Jun Ning entered, she smelled the strong fragrance.
She couldnโt help but sneeze and acutely detected, with her former assassinโs instinct, something unusual in the fragrance, as if something special was added.
But she didnโt feel any life-threatening danger from this fragrance.
So she didnโt dwell on it and walked towards Consort Zhao with the knife.
"You wretched Consort Zhao, how dare you have people beat my mother? Just see how I wonโt chop you up."
When Consort Zhao heard a childโs voice in her palace, she thought she was hearing things. Following the direction of the voice, she saw Jun Ning rushing towards her with a knife.
Frightened, she turned pale and immediately got up, shouting for help.
"Someone, come quickly, help! The Eighteenth Princess wants to kill me."
With Zhao Feiโs movement, the Persian cat in her arms rolled down and, scared by the sudden tension, scrambled around chaotically and accidentally slipped to Jun Ningโs feet, almost tripping her with the knife.
Jun Ning stumbled, then fell silent for a moment, "......"
She suspected the cat did it on purpose, but she had no evidence.
"Consort Zhao, do you have the guts not to run?" Jun Ning said to Consort Zhao, who was holding her head and running into the inner chamber, after making sure the Persian cat had moved away and was no longer scurrying about her feet.
There was disdain in her words.
She was just a child, even with a knife in hand, she was still a child, far less powerful than an adult.
Was Consort Zhao truly frightened like this?
Did she really fear the knife in Jun Ningโs hand and thus avoid her? Or was it because of a guilty conscience, fearing Jun Ning might do something reckless to her?
