Chapter 231: Chapter 231
"Hmph!" Jing Shu turned her head away, making it clear she wouldn’t give in.
Jun Ning reached out and pinched her round, white little face, giving it a playful squeeze, but not too hard.
"Will you call me or not?"
Not only did Jing Shu refuse, she also reached out to pinch Jun Ning’s face. Jun Ning dodged back easily, avoiding her attempt.
Jing Shu failed to pinch Jun Ning’s face but ended up getting her face pinched by Jun Ning, feeling so wronged and upset, asking why it turned out this way?
She burst into tears.
Seeing this, Jun Ning let go of her hand and stopped pinching Jing Shu.
But Jing Shu was still crying.
Jun Ning looked to Nanny Zhang for help.
She was still a child herself and had no experience calming others.
So let Nanny Zhang handle this!
Nanny Zhang had raised children before and indeed had her ways when it came to parenting.
She gave Jun Ning a reassuring look, then squatted in front of Jing Shu to wipe away the two strands of tears on her little face. Just as she was about to start coaxing Jing Shu, Jing Shu suddenly reached out and pinched her face.
Don’t be fooled by this small girl; her strength was no joke.
When her little hands pinched Nanny Zhang’s face, Nanny Zhang whimpered in pain and was left speechless.
"Hmph, Yi Yi, do you think you’re the only one who can pinch people? I can too."
Jing Shu said with tears in her eyes, looking both proud and adorable, unlike her earlier wronged expression when Jun Ning pinched her face.
Didn’t she realize she had pinched the wrong person?
Nanny Zhang didn’t know what to say.
Watching the scene unfold, Jun Ning couldn’t help but laugh and asked, "Jing Shu, is your eyesight poor? Is that why you can’t see who you’re pinching?"
Jing Shu, hearing just the first part of Jun Ning’s words, got so angry she stomached her foot, not in any mood to listen to the rest! As a result, she missed the important part of Jun Ning’s question.
She retorted to Nanny Zhang’s face in front of her, "You’re the one with poor eyesight!" The source of thɪs content is 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⟡𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵
Nanny Zhang: "......"
The reason Jing Shu failed to realize she was pinching Nanny Zhang instead of Jun Ning was due to her eyes filled with tears, blurring her vision to only vaguely register the general outline of someone in front of her.
Yet, Nanny Zhang’s outline was much larger than Jun Ning’s, but Jing Shu didn’t notice that either.
Jun Ning laughed so hard her stomach hurt and couldn’t resist saying, "Jing Shu, are you trying to laugh me to death so you can inherit my Hua Bei?"
Jing Shu: "What’s Hua Bei?"
"Well..." Jun Ning hesitated for a moment, then said, "It’s the bud of a flower."
"Oh!" Jing Shu still didn’t quite understand, but she had no extra thoughts to ponder deeply. Now, her entire focus was on pinching the face in front of her.
Nanny Zhang groaned in distress.
But this little episode greatly improved Jun Ning’s mood. At least she wasn’t feeling down and anxious anymore over the nest of mice at the upcoming New Year’s Eve banquet.
Although she couldn’t avoid what would happen at the New Year’s Eve banquet, she already knew beforehand. From now on, she just needed to tackle problems as they came, leaving nothing to be troubled about.
Having figured it out, Jun Ning felt much more at ease.
Once Jing Shu’s tears dried up, she finally realized who she had been pinching. Annoyed, she unclasped her hands and chased after Jun Ning.
"Yi Yi, today if I don’t pinch your face, I absolutely won’t..."
Before Jing Shu could complete the sentence with "give up," she ran too fast, didn’t pay attention to her path, and tripped over something. She fell face-first onto the ground, having a close embrace with the earth, and ended up giving two of her teeth to the ground.
"My teeth, my teeth..."
Jing Shu’s teeth were knocked out, lying quietly on the ground.
She lay on the ground, mouth full of blood, staring at those two teeth with tears streaked down her face.
Jun Ning, seeing this, quickly turned to help Jing Shu up. Upon seeing all the blood in her mouth and the two teeth on the ground, she looked at Nanny Zhang and said urgently, "Nanny, hurry, go fetch the Imperial Physician."
Nanny Zhang rushed off to get the Imperial Physician.
Jun Ning looked at Jing Shu’s bloodied mouth, feeling heartbroken.
Jing Shu wanted to say something but couldn’t speak because of the blood in her mouth.
Jun Ning advised, "Little ancestor, don’t cry for now, let’s spit out the blood first." If she kept crying with blood in her mouth, it could choke her, causing breathing difficulties.
"Hmph!" Jun Ning let out a hum and then reached out with both hands to pinch both sides of Jun Ning’s face, squeezing a few times and mumbled, "Finally pinched you."
Jun Ning was speechless, "My little ancestor, you haven’t forgotten this?"
"Haven’t forgotten..." Jing Shu said, suddenly choking on the blood in her mouth and coughed violently, with her face turning red in no time.
Jun Ning was terrified, quickly removing Jing Shu’s hands from her face and turning her head towards the ground, patting her back, aiding her to spit out all the blood.
After quite a bit of turmoil, Jing Shu finally spat out all the blood. The Imperial Physician arrived just in time.
With great difficulty, the Imperial Physician examined jing Shu’s teeth, prescribed medicines to stop the pain and bleeding, and didn’t forget to instruct Jing Shu that since her teeth were knocked out, she should watch her diet and avoid eating spicy or irritating foods or gnawing on bones, sticking to soft foods for each meal.
Jing Shu listened with an expression of despair.
Like Jun Ning, she loved to eat.
Suddenly only being able to eat soft foods felt like a death sentence!
"Alright, Jing Shu, don’t be upset, they’ll grow back eventually." Jun Ning tried to console her.
Jing Shu was still angry about her two missing teeth and didn’t want to talk to Jun Ning.
Jun Ning wanted to say something, but Jing Shu interrupted, "Yi Yi, shut up, I don’t want to hear you now, I want to be quiet."
Because of the missing two teeth, Jing Shu’s speech was airy and unclear, but having been around her long enough, Jun Ning understood what she was saying.
Jun Ning said, "Jing Shu, one day, you’ll willingly call me ’Auntie’."
Jing Shu tilted her head with a cold snort and thought to herself, "No way!"
The New Year’s Eve banquet arrived as scheduled.
The night was dark as ink, and the lanterns shone bright.
Various ministers entered the imperial palace.
Those with sufficient rank brought their families, while those without enough rank entered alone, joining in groups as they went forward.
All the ministers’ achievements over the past year would be brought up and discussed at this moment, summed up.
On the path entering the palace, everyone was chattering, making it a lively scene.
Jun Ning, dressed up early by Qiong Hua, waited for the evening banquet.
Today, she wore a red dress coat, a tiger-head hat, and tiger-head shoes, looking both festive and adorably naive.
"Gurgle..." Her stomach suddenly growled.
She reached out to grab the green bean cake on the table in front of her, just about to eat it when suddenly someone stopped her...