CHAPTER 73: CHAPTER 73: THIS FOOL

Whether it is the eunuchs or the palace maids, they have served in the palace for many years, so they understand Emperor Yongning’s temperament.

They had never seen Emperor Yongning shout so unrestrainedly for Bao’er, searching for someone in such an uninhibited manner! Not even the Crown Prince, whom he valued most, had ever received such treatment.

Yet, somehow a princess who had just recognized the Emperor and was disguised as a man was granted such favor?

The shock in everyone’s hearts was beyond words.

However—

After the brief shock, they began to feel joy for their Empress.

Did the Emperor’s emphasis on Jun Ning signify that he could help their mistress lift her house arrest and reclaim control over the harem’s affairs?

Not only did the Palace Attendants think this, but even the Empress also believed it.

The more she thought about it, the happier she became. The Empress even stepped forward to assist Emperor Yongning in finding Jun Ning.

"Your Majesty, Ah Ning is over here."

Following the direction pointed by the Empress, Emperor Yongning said, "I saw her."

Emperor Yongning directly approached his little princess, then, in an unguarded moment, lifted her up.

At that moment, Jun Ning, who had just sipped some water brought by a Palace Attendant due to thirst, was suddenly lifted from behind.

The unexpected elevation startled her so much that she almost choked to death.

She coughed violently, spitting out all the water she drank.

Where did she spit it?

It happened to land on Emperor Yongning’s body.

Upon witnessing this scene, everyone was so frightened that they knelt to the ground.

It’s over, it’s over, the tyrant is going to kill someone.

Everyone knew, the tyrant had a cleanliness obsession. If any of the concubines had a bit of dirt on their clothes or went a few days without bathing, thus emitting any odor, the tyrant would see and smell it, rebuke them severely at best, or send them directly to the Cold Palace to live out their lives in solitude at worst.

Such examples were not unheard of.

Previously, there were Consort Zhao and Consort An, who had accidentally stained their clothes with oil during a palace banquet and were, in a fit of the tyrant’s anger, sent to the Cold Palace.

Those two probably still hadn’t figured out how they offended the tyrant to end up with such a fate.

Now the situation where the Eighteenth Princess spat water onto the tyrant’s body was far more serious than when those two concubines accidentally stained their clothes with oil while dining.

The tyrant was probably going to kill someone.

The Empress did not exaggerate in thinking so.

"You little brat, why did you spit water onto the Emperor’s body at this time? Couldn’t you have held it in a little longer until you begged the Emperor to let me out before spitting?" the Empress thought to herself.

Now it’s hopeless; how could she expect the princess to plead on her behalf now?

Since the incident happened in her Jiaofang Palace, she would be thankful not to be implicated.

Thinking of this, the Empress’s previous smiling demeanor changed, casting a resentful glance at Jun Ning.

Coincidentally, Jun Ning met her gaze.

But Jun Ning’s thoughts were not on the Empress’s little schemes; she had more important matters at hand. Today, she must seize this opportunity to get her mother out of the Cold Palace.

"Father, why did you suddenly pick me up? Do you know you almost scared me to death with choking?"

Jun Ning did not feel that spitting water and dirtying the Emperor’s clothes was her fault; instead, she blamed the Emperor’s recklessness for causing her to choke.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Jun Ning as if she were an idiot.

This fool dared to blame the Emperor? She’s courting death!