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Little Jing Kong was particularly well-behaved along the way. He sat beside Gu Jiao, cute as a porcelain doll, which completely reassured Eunuch Wei.
After entering Huaqing Palace, Eunuch Wei led Gu Jiao to the Emperor for follow-up consultation, and left the little guy in the small garden to play. He had someone to bring him snacks and fruits and arranged a palace maid to look after him.
As soon as Eunuch Wei and Gu Jiao left, the little guy immediately transformed!
"Big sis palace maid, let's play hide-and-seek!" He said in a cute voice.
And then he disappeared!
With a bad smile, the scheming Little Jingkong slipped out of Huaqing Palace.
He was going to find Grandaunt!
The imperial palace was so big and he didn’t know where exactly his Grandaunt lived. However, he had asked Little Seven before who told him that the Empress Dowager resided in the imperial harem, which was just across the imperial garden!
He promised JiaoJiao not to run around, so he really didn't run. He just skipped the whole way!
He skipped into the imperial garden and saw a familiar figure.
"Yi? JiaoJiao? You’re here too?"
He jumped over and hugged the other party’s leg.
The other person got a fright and pushed him away!
Little Jing Kong fell down on the grass. He wasn’t hurt, but utterly confused. He raised his little head and looked at the other party oddly, "You’re not JiaoJiao! Why are you wearing JiaoJiao's clothes? Huh? I've seen you before! You’re the big sister who gave me candied haws back then!"
Having heard what he said, Zhuang Yuexi also recognized Little Jing Kong.
Wasn't this the little guy she met that time she went to Bishui Alley to find Gu Jiao?
She was pecked by this little guy’s gyrfalcon on the neck which hurt several days.
Wait a minute.
What did he just call her?
JiaoJiao?
Zhuang Yuexi's mind suddenly flashed back to Gu Jiao's appearance—— a dark dress and a red birthmark on the left side of her face...
Zhuang Yuexi's expression changed in an instant.
“Young Miss Zhuang, Young Miss Zhuang!”
A palace maid came up to her with a basket, "Here are the basket and scissors the young miss asked for."
This palace maid was sent by Empress Dowager to wait on her. Just now, she went to get flower picking tools for her, otherwise she wouldn't have been alone here.
An absurd guess faintly flashed in Zhuang Yuexi's mind, which she simply thought was impossible. However, recalling all of the strange things that happened after the Empress Dowager returned to the palace and the coarse clothes that the Empress Dowager wore that night, she shuddered.
Instead of taking the basket in the hands of the palace maid, she jerked back several steps and looked at the little guy in front of her in horror. Her lips quivered, and she turned around and walked away!
Little Jing Kong scratched his head in bewilderment.
What? What was going on?
Zhuang Yuexi almost stumbled and looked as though she had lost her soul as she headed back to Renshou Palace.
The palace maid chased after her with the basket in her hands, "Young Miss Zhuang, Young Miss Zhuang, are you all right? What's wrong with you? Were you scared by something?"
Although the imperial garden was tended by the gardeners, it wasn’t impossible for insects and rats to appear during the days of the fifth month.
"It can’t be... Impossible..." Zhuang Yuexi murmured blankly.
It was her whom the Empress Dowager doted on, not some lowly medical woman. She was the grandniece of the Empress Dowager. What did a medical woman like her amount to? She wasn’t even worthy to lift her shoes!
Huaqing Palace.
Gu Jiao finished the Emperor's reexamination, put away her stethoscope and said, "Your Majesty's dragon body is in good health, there are no more problems."
"That…" The Emperor's eyes flickered, wanting to say something but hesitated.
Gu Jiao said, "The venereal disease has also been cured. Adhere to reexamination within two years. Having sexual intercourse is okay."
Of course, his disguise had been completely seen through; he felt there was nothing for him to live for.
The Emperor cleared his throat, "Well, It’s not like I have to..."
Nice, he could pamper his harem again, so happy!
Who was not a normal man?
Gu Jiao packed her things and was ready to leave. When she got outside, she found the palace maid looking around for something.
And Little Jing Kong was nowhere to be seen.
"What are you looking for?" Gu Jiao asked.
The palace maid replied, "This servant is playing hide-and-seek with young miss’s younger brother."
You've been fooled, girl.
Gu Jiao swept her eyes around and knew that Little Jing Kong wouldn't be hiding here. In this place, there was only the hollow of the stove and the big rice jars to hide in.
The little guy had indeed slipped away.
Gu Jiao didn't mention the real identity of Grandaunt to Little Jing Kong, so she failed to guess for a while that he was going to find Grandaunt.
However, the little guy left a lot of traces in the grass when he skipped around.
Determined not to break his promise of not running around, Little Jing Kong bounced and hopped around outside of Renshou Palace like a rabbit. Of course, he knew that the Empress Dowager lived here because he asked the palace maids on the way with his invincible cute acting skills.
But to his anger, the two guards outside refused to let him in!
Little Jing Kong said angrily, "You can't stop me! I want to see Grandaunt!"
One of the eunuchs who came said, "Which palace are you from? This is Empress Dowager's living quarters. Go back to where you came from!"
There were many imperial concubines in the palace, their relatives would enter the palace to visit them from time to time, and there was no lack of children as big as Little Jing Kong among them. However, this was the palace of the Empress Dowager, not to mention the relatives of imperial concubines, even His Seventh Highness couldn’t just intrude here!
Little Jing Kong failed to get inside in the end. However, if the main entrance wouldn’t work, how about going through the dog hole?
He heard Little Seven say that there were many dog holes in the palace.
What a coincidence. Grandaunt had one here too.
He knelt on the ground and crawled through, but the eunuch who had blocked him just now was standing tall behind the dog hole, holding a small leather whip in his hand.
Little Jing Kong:“…”
Little Jing Kong crawled back silently.
Today, the breeze was gentle and the sun was shining brightly. Little Jing Kong would never give up!
Fine, since he couldn’t get in, he would just wait for Grandaunt to come out!
His luck must be good. Empress Dowager Zhuang really came out after a nap.
She sat on her phoenix palanquin and intended to go to the imperial garden for a walk. Zhuang Yuexi accompanied her, sitting in the comfortable and luxurious palanquin with her.
Little Jing Kong climbed up a tree and stood on the high branch. He watched the phoenix palanquin passing by below with narrowed eyes, stretched out his little arms, and threw himself down!
Grandaunt, I'm coming! Catch—— Me——
Empress Dowager Zhuang was sitting in repose inside the palanquin when she suddenly heard a loud bang.
She felt her body shake, opened her eyes and frowned, "What hit the ground?"
That's right. Little Jing Kong anticipated wrongly, missed the palanquin, and smashed down the grassy spot where the palanquin had just passed. For a long while, he failed to get up.
"It’s a child, perhaps a relative of one of the imperial concubines.” One eunuch outside the palanquin answered.
"Send someone to take him back." Empress Dowager Zhuang wasn’t interested in other people's children.
"Yes!" The eunuch complied.
Gu Jiao followed Little Jing Kong's tracks and judged that he should be nearby. Then she heard the noise and hurried to this side, only to bump into the palanquin of Empress Dowager Zhuang unexpectedly.
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