The Whole Dynasty Spoils the Tyrant's Beloved Youngest Daughter-Chapter 123: Picking a Fight on Purpose?

Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Picking a Fight on Purpose?
What kind of air is that?
Dusty air!
Especially when she appeared before Qiong Hua in a bright red palace attire, accompanied by the young princess who had been living among the common folk for years, her air of dustiness was particularly strong.
"Sister, I’m here to apologize to you."
Hongniang pulled the little girl beside her and suddenly knelt before Qiong Hua, giving her a loud kowtow.
"...Apologize?" Qiong Hua held Jun Ning’s hand and took a step back, looking at the pair with a confusing expression.
Jun Ning glanced at Hongniang before turning her gaze to the little girl beside Hongniang.
This little girl truly resembled the current Emperor, especially her features, almost carved from the same mold, like a miniature version of the Emperor.
Having lived two lives, Jun Ning prided herself on having seen many people.
She had seen strong genes where the father and child looked alike. But this resemblance was usually only during the father’s youth, not when he was older and still resembled an innocent child.
This kind of likeness felt somewhat strange.
Unnatural, a bit fake.
The girl named Yao Yao opposite also scrutinized her, revealing a very timid nature; she only glanced at Jun Ning once before she dared not look again.
She withdrew her gaze and hid behind Hongniang.
Hongniang turned her head to look at her, then cautiously explained to Qiong Hua, "I’ve heard those unfavorable rumors in the palace about the eighteenth Prin... Prince. It’s all my fault. If it weren’t for the appearance of myself and Yao Yao, there wouldn’t be those rumors in the palace, and His Majesty wouldn’t refuse to see the eighteenth Prin... Prince..."
Eighteenth Prin... Prince?
Two times when she almost said eighteenth Princess, Hongniang changed it to eighteenth Prince?
It’s unclear whether she did it unintentionally or intentionally.
Unintentional slips are innocent, but intentional ones might remind Jun Ning to understand her identity, face reality, and stop deceiving herself by disguising as a male to gain the Emperor’s favor. Her daughter is the Emperor’s only little princess.
Jun Ning dangerously narrowed her eyes into a line as she looked at Hongniang.
Hongniang knitted her willow leaf brows, spoke pitifully, and didn’t notice Jun Ning’s expression at all.
"Sister, neither I nor Yao Yao truly wish to vie for favor with you and your child."
"I simply want to secure a future for Yao Yao. If I’ve unintentionally offended you and caused resentment in your heart, please do not blame His Majesty or His Majesty’s daughter Yao Yao."
"If you must blame someone, blame me; it’s all my fault."
As Hongniang spoke, her tears flowed liberally, as if costing nothing.
Qiong Hua and Jun Ning twitched their mouths, utterly speechless.
Hongniang completely ignored their reactions, as if self-directing and acting in a play that wouldn’t end until finished. She knocked her forehead again heavily and said, "Please punish me severely, sister."
Having lived half a lifetime, Qiong Hua had never seen such a person eager to admit fault and seek punishment.
Her heart grew increasingly confused, thinking, "Does this woman suffer a grave illness or what? Meeting for the first time and asking to be severely punished? Did a donkey kick her brain?"
Hongniang’s brain wasn’t donkey-kicked.
Instead, she came with ill intentions.
Jun Ning saw through her malicious thoughts and harshly issued an expulsion order, "Neither my mother nor I need your apology. If there’s nothing else, please leave?"
Hongniang might have thought Jun Ning was just a child with no threat, so she didn’t take Jun Ning’s words seriously, even directly, ignoring her.
She continued her chatter with Qiong Hua.
"Sister, bringing Yao Yao into the palace was out of necessity; please understand me."
"Yao Yao has been unwell since birth, relying on various precious medicines to survive over the years." Hongniang cried even more intensely, her voice growing hoarse with tears, "I... I truly cannot afford it; hence, I chose to enter the palace to find Yao Yao’s father. Only Yao Yao’s father can ensure her survival."
"What does this have to do with us?" Jun Ning asked again.
Hongniang still paid no mind to Jun Ning, eagerly looking at Qiong Hua, awaiting forgiveness.
Qiong Hua said, "My child just made it very clear; what does this have to do with us?"
Hongniang: "......"
"Please leave; you are not welcome here," Qiong Hua also issued the expulsion order.
Qiong Hua truly felt indifferent towards Hongniang and believed she might suffer from a grave illness.
Yet, Hongniang continued kneeling, reluctant to stand and leave, and boldly declared, "If sister doesn’t forgive me, I’ll keep kneeling here until forgiven."
Qiong Hua: "......"
Jun Ning: "......"
This is deliberately looking for trouble, right?
Qiong Hua finally saw through Hongniang’s ill intentions and pointed outside, "If you like kneeling while speaking, that’s fine, but not in my palace where it’s an eyesore. Please kneel outside."
"And I, as the only princess of the North, have been born by the Empress alone, with no sister. There’s no need for you to insist on calling yourself sister, trying to forge closeness."
Hongniang, hearing these words, remained motionless.
She was truly unafraid.
Qiong Hua, now angry, turned to leave with Jun Ning, intending to go to the Empress Dowager, unwilling to waste more words with Hongniang. Since she liked kneeling here, let her kneel.
But Hongniang grabbed her leg, stopping her steps.
She pleaded bitterly, "Sister, I beg you, please forgive me."
"Let go of my mother, you deceitful green tea, you scheming girl."
Jun Ning had only seen such outrageous characters on TV and in novels.
In reality, it was her first time encountering one.
This kind of woman, seemingly timid and pathetic on the surface, was actually deeply dark inside; encountering her required maintaining a distance.
Jun Ning quickly pried off Hongniang’s hand from her mother’s leg and shielded Qiong Hua behind her, solemnly declaring, "No one can bully my mother."
Qiong Hua was moved watching from behind, "Ning Ning, your mother can take good care of herself."
Jun Ning glanced at the surrounding maids, "Why are you all standing there, waiting for dinner? Go, see this woman and her daughter out; the Unying Palace does not welcome them."
Upon hearing, several maids hurriedly approached to escort them out.
Then, suddenly, Hongniang fell onto the flat ground, somehow her palm got injured and was bleeding? Her entire right palm was covered with bright red blood, alarming to behold.
Obviously, none of the people around her touched her, so how did she fall? How was she injured?
This fall was too nonsensical, wasn’t it?