The Whole Dynasty Spoils the Tyrant's Beloved Youngest Daughter-Chapter 122: There’s a New Dog Outside

Chapter 122: Chapter 122: There’s a New Dog Outside
Who doesn’t like hearing flattering words?
The Empress was overjoyed by what she heard, smiling warmly as she nodded, "Thank you, father."
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Weiyang Palace.
The heat was unbearable, so Jun Ning moved the Taishi Chair to the place where the ice chest was kept.
Lying on the large Taishi Chair, with a plate of mung bean cakes in her arms, she nibbled on them while humming a tune.
When Jun Yu came back from studying at noon, he saw her like this.
"Sister, I heard you went to see the Emperor, but he refused to see you?"
As the saying goes, good news doesn’t go out, but bad news spreads far and wide.
The news that Jun Ning was refused an audience by the Emperor spread quickly, becoming widely known within just an hour or two throughout the palace.
Everyone speculated about whether the newly favored Princess Anle, Jun Ning, had fallen out of favor. Some even silently sympathized with her—how long has she just won the Emperor’s favor, only to lose it so soon?
Truly sad and lamentable!
But it was also quite normal.
The Emperor’s favor is unpredictable; the day of favor is bound to meet the day of falling out.
Everyone who has been immersed in court life for so many years understands such truths, having witnessed rise and fall firsthand.
After hearing about this, Jun Yu prepared a lot of comforting words to console Jun Ning. He hoped his sister wouldn’t feel sad, let alone abandon herself to despair. Even without the Emperor, she still had him and their mother. They would love her all their lives.
But he didn’t expect that his sister, catching some shade, eating cakes, and humming a little tune, didn’t have a hint of being hurt.
When he brought up the rejection, Jun Ning seemed to have little emotional reaction.
She calmly replied to him.
"Yes, I was refused."
Jun Ning’s reaction left Jun Yu at a loss for words.
"Brother, what did you read today? Tell me about it?" Jun Ning also didn’t want to dwell much on this matter; she cleverly diverted the topic.
Jun Yu thought for a moment and then told Jun Ning everything he had learned today. After listening, Jun Ning praised him, saying not bad, not bad, and remembering everything and rewarded him with a mung bean cake.
Jun Ning shared one of her favorite mung bean cakes with Jun Yu.
Jun Yu felt that when his sister asked him what he read today, she was like a teacher testing him on various difficult-to-remember knowledge points, while also helping him reinforce his memory.
But seeing his sister’s casual demeanor when asking him questions, he felt he might have overthought.
He took several deep breaths, accepted the mung bean cake handed by Jun Ning, and ate it despite the sweetness.
"Sister, the Imperial Physician from the Imperial Hospital says that children who eat too many sweets may lose their teeth. This mung bean cake is really sweet, yet I see you eat it every day. Let me give you some advice, eat less."
"Otherwise, if your teeth fall out, it won’t be good."
Jun Yu, holding a book in his arms, lectured Jun Ning with the air of an old teacher, resembling the white-haired instructor in the classroom.
Jun Ning listened with a headache and mumbled, "Brother, why don’t you go find mother! There’s a new set of clothes made for you by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the upcoming visit from foreign envoys in half a month; it’s already been delivered, and mother is waiting for you to come back and try it on."
"Oh!" Jun Yu was sent off to try on clothes.
Jun Ning continued eating her mung bean cakes and humming her little tune.
Life is short, enjoy it while you can.
If she loves to eat these mung bean cakes, then let her eat them, why care so much?
Teeth falling out... well, that’s a topic for later...
As for the matter of Emperor Yongning refusing to see her, it would be untrue to say Jun Ning didn’t feel any ripples in her heart. But even with ripples, it didn’t matter because Jun Ning viewed this matter with a particularly open mind.
Relationships between people rely on destiny.
If destiny attracts them to each other, they accompany each other for a journey. When destiny ends, the broad road lies ahead, and they go their separate ways. There’s no need to insist on staying together, nor to lower oneself to salvage anything.
So, let it be!
After refusing to see Jun Ning, Emperor Yongning never summoned her again. Jun Ning, with her pride, never rushed to the Imperial Study Room to seek him out actively.
She spent her days at Weiyang Palace playing with mud, catching butterflies, eating things she loved, listening to singing palace maids, and visiting Cining Palace to chat with the Empress Dowager when bored...
In her previous life, she had no childhood because of her training as an assassin, but it seems she’s making up for it in this life.
Her days were full and satisfying, and she felt content.
One day, just after she and her mother sent Jun Yu to school, they heard a commotion next door.
"Wasn’t Furong Pavilion next door unoccupied? Where’s the noise coming from?" Jun Ning was puzzled.
Qiong Hua sent someone outside to check the situation.
It turned out to be the matchmaker and the little princess, both brought back from among the commoners by Marquis Zhongyong. Although they hadn’t been formally acknowledged, they were going to move into Furong Pavilion next to Weiyang Palace.
Emperor Yongning had personally escorted them there.
It was only then that Jun Ning and Qiong Hua understood why Emperor Yongning hadn’t visited Weiyang Palace recently or summoned Jun Ning as often.
Turns out, he found someone else.
Ha, men.
After settling them in, Emperor Yongning had a meal with the mother and daughter duo.
Logically, Weiyang Palace and Furong Pavilion weren’t far apart, just around the bend, and Emperor Yongning was here, so why not visit Weiyang Palace, where he used to love going?
However, after finishing the meal with the mother and daughter, he returned to the Imperial Study Room to review documents, showing no intention of visiting Weiyang Palace.
He seemed to have no feelings for the people residing in Weiyang Palace, with a very resolute attitude.
It indeed seemed to confirm the rumors; he no longer favored the Eighteenth Princess and no longer wanted to associate with her.
"Yi-Yi, let’s not stay at the entrance, let’s go inside? Go inside and eat your favorite mung bean cakes?"
Qiong Hua was worried that Jun Ning, who was used to the Emperor’s favor, might not be able to cope with such neglect suddenly. To prevent Jun Ning from dwelling on it, she tried hard to distract her attention, making sure she wouldn’t overly focus on this issue.
Jun Ning, the little glutton, wanting not to make Qiong Hua worry or perhaps truly craving...
As soon as Qiong Hua mentioned the mung bean cakes, Jun Ning wouldn’t stop asking how they were made, why they tasted so good, and whether there were any other flavors besides the sweet ones.
She mentioned liking cilantro, asking if cilantro-flavored mung bean soup could be made for her.
Qiong Hua patiently answered Jun Ning’s questions.
The mother and daughter were happily chatting when suddenly the matchmaker from Furong Pavilion next door brought over the legendary lost little princess to visit.
The matchmaker was stunningly beautiful, with brows like distant mountains shrouded in mist, her peach blossom eyes full of expression, seemingly able to speak. Her nose was high and straight, her mouth small and delicate, and her features were very refined.
Her exquisite features were not outdone by those of the various concubines in the harem.
However, compared to the concubines who grew up among noble families and entered the harem through selection, this matchmaker had a different aura.
What kind of aura?