Chapter 232: Chapter 232

Since Jing Shu lost two teeth, she hasn’t been able to eat rich meals lately. It’s said that the Crown Princess Consort has been having someone prepare various kinds of porridge for Jing Shu every day.

Only being able to drink porridge every day is already a painful thing, and she still has to be nagged by the Crown Princess Consort all day.

The Crown Princess Consort always says that as the eldest daughter of the Crown Prince, she mustn’t be reckless or lose propriety; she must be well-behaved... Has she forgotten? How did she fall down? And lose two teeth? It’s shameful when it gets out, not to mention being laughed at by others.

Jing Shu naturally didn’t dare to tell the Crown Princess Consort the truth; she only said that it was an accident.

But the more she said it was an accident, the more the Crown Princess Consort got angry with her, nagging about the incident every day.

Talking about the incident from the day she lost her teeth until today, Jing Shu’s ears have become calloused from listening, and the Crown Princess Consort still hasn’t let her off.

Jing Shu felt stifled inside because of this.

This time, she deliberately ran over to Jun Ning, intending to nag at Jun Ning for a while, so Jun Ning could experience the suffering she had endured these days.

But when she saw Jun Ning preparing to eat her favorite mung bean cake, Jing Shu suddenly changed her mind. She didn’t nag at Jun Ning; instead, she sat beside Jun Ning, staring blankly at her.

Her eyes were filled with, "I’ve been drinking porridge for days, and you’re eating and drinking lavishly without any shame?"

Jun Ning’s hand, holding the mung bean cake, froze in mid-air.

Although she didn’t push Jing Shu, it was Jing Shu who fell by herself. However, to be honest, Jing Shu’s fall had a little to do with her, she couldn’t deny it.

At this moment, if she were to ungraciously eat Jing Shu’s favorite mung bean cake in front of her, it would indeed be somewhat cruel to Jing Shu. Googlᴇ search 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹•𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖•𝗇𝗲𝘁

Jun Ning touched her rumbling stomach, put down the mung bean cake, and asked, "Jing Shu, what are you doing here at Weiyang Palace at this time? Why not stay in the Eastern Palace and wait for the Crown Prince to take you to the New Year’s Eve banquet?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a group of people suddenly came from the Eastern Palace, and without a word of explanation, they directly carried Jing Shu away.

Only then did Jun Ning know that Jing Shu had sneaked over to Weiyang Palace by herself, without the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Consort knowing.

In hopes of attending the evening banquet with Jing Shu, they were searching all over the palace for her. Unable to find her for a long time, their tempers naturally flared, and the people they sent out to find her were a bit rough when they did.

Watching Jing Shu being carried away, Jun Ning shook her head.

This girl, just to prevent her from eating well, deliberately came over to watch her, also angering the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Consort.

After the ministers were seated, Emperor Yongning and the Empress Dowager also arrived.

Emperor Yongning said a few simple words, and the New Year’s Eve banquet officially began.

The sound of music was incessant, and the gorgeously dressed dancers appeared on stage with the music, dancing gracefully. Their figures were ethereal, as beautiful as celestial maidens. The tables were filled with exquisite wines and delicious dishes, earning unanimous praise from the attendees.

Jun Ning, along with the princes, sat together. Since she was the eighteenth princess, the youngest among Emperor Yongning’s children, her seat was the most peripheral, almost by the door.

Beside her, truly sitting by the door, was Yao Yao.

Ever since sitting down, Yao Yao had been exchanging looks with Jun Yang across from her, next to Prince Xiao Yao. They seemed to be secretly communicating about something.

Jun Ning sneered slightly, withdrew her gaze, and started eating the food in front of her.

She had been interrupted by Jing Shu just now and hadn’t eaten anything before being brought over here, and her stomach had been growling all this while.

Just as she picked up the osmanthus cake and was about to eat, Jing Shu unexpectedly... showed up again.

Not only did she show up, but she squeezed beside Jun Ning, insisting on sitting at the same table as her.

Jun Ning really did not want to sit with her because as long as she was by her side, looking at her with that pitiful gaze, she couldn’t eat anything and could only follow her in drinking porridge.

"Jing Shu, your seat is not here. Go back to the Crown Prince’s side."

"Hmph, I’m not going back. What can you do about it?"

Jing Shu was stubborn, determined to sit beside Jun Ning, absolutely refusing to leave.

Jun Ning couldn’t make her leave, and scolding her wouldn’t work either.

Jun Ning had never realized that, at such a young age, her face could be so thick-skinned?

Almost as thick-skinned as the Crown Prince!

Just as she was about to continue urging Jing Shu, Yao Yao beside her suddenly spoke up, "Sister, if you really don’t want Jing Shu sitting beside you, just let her sit with me! There’s enough space here with me, and I don’t mind her."

The tone was sarcastic.

It sounded like she was mocking Jun Ning, her being Jing Shu’s aunt, but she wasn’t willing to spare a seat for her. Is it because she looks down on her niece? Or is she just too stingy?

Across from them, Jun Yang seemed to have noticed the commotion on their side. She was resting her chin while watching them, especially focusing on Jing Shu.

Jun Ning suddenly remembered the dream in which they used Jing Shu to lure her to the small dark room.

Just as she was about to stop Jing Shu from going over.

But Jing Shu spoke first, interrupting her.

"Who are you?" she asked Yao Yao.

Yao Yao felt a bit embarrassed by the question. She was a princess, the emperor’s daughter. Jing Shu, as the daughter of the Crown Prince, didn’t recognize her?

Yao Yao was angry inside, but she still smiled gently and said, "I am Princess An Ding."

"Oh!" After Jing Shu made an ’oh’ sound, she suddenly got up from Jun Ning’s side and walked over to Yao Yao.

Seeing this, Jun Ning thought Jing Shu was really going to sit with Yao Yao. In a hurry, she grabbed Jing Shu’s hand, and when Jing Shu turned her head to look at her, she shook her head, signaling that she shouldn’t go to Yao Yao’s place, it was dangerous.

Jing Shu, however, acted as if she didn’t understand, broke free from Jun Ning’s hand, and stepped further toward Yao Yao. Under Jun Ning’s worried gaze, she suddenly swore at Yao Yao.

"Where this Commandery Princess wants to sit is none of your business, you wild chicken princess!"

Upon hearing this, Yao Yao’s face turned livid.

"Moreover, you don’t dislike me, but I dislike you." Jing Shu said with disdain, "You’re just someone who came from the common people. Do you really think changing into a princess’s outfit makes you a princess? Ha!"

In this era, any noble identity required generations of effort from parents and ancestors!

Jing Shu’s parents and ancestors had made legitimate efforts, resulting in everything she had today.

Yao Yao’s mother was just a singer, who climbed up to the emperor by pleasing him, essentially a prostitute. There were countless such people in the vast world.

Jing Shu therefore looked down on Yao Yao.

Jing Shu continued, "An Ding, your mother is a wild chicken, so naturally you are, too. A wild chicken can never become a phoenix!"

Jun Ning thought to herself: With the Crown Princess Consort’s upbringing, it doesn’t seem like she would say such things. There’s no way Jing Shu could have come up with these words herself, I wonder where she learned them?

That’s really vicious!