Chapter 9: You’re Not Allowed to Sneak Out Again

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

This explanation was reasonable, so Qiong Hua accepted it and believed Jun Ning.

However, she did not eat the chicken leg. Instead, she hid it, wanting to leave it for Jun Ning’s next meal.

Jun Ning was really too skinny. She wanted her to be a little fatter so that she would look like a boy.

However, when Jun Ning saw the chicken leg again at the next meal, she did not eat it and insisted that Qiong Hua eat it. Qiong Hua was not willing to eat it, so she claimed that she would starve until Qiong Hua ate it.

In the end, Qiong Hua ate the last chicken leg, but she shared half with Jun Ning.

They both took turns threatening each other.

Following that, the palace was not very peaceful.

The Golden Guards were looking everywhere for the child who had teased Emperor Yong Ning and the other chefs near the imperial kitchen that day.

Emperor Yong Ning had passed a death order. No matter how much time and resources it would take, he had to find the child.

They were only looking for a child, so it would not be too difficult.

In the palace, apart from princes, princesses, and their study partners, there were very few children.

Since the child had not been a prince or princess, they would start looking at study partners.

However, soon, they had screened all the study partners and still could not find a two or three-year-old boy.

Moreover, Jun Ning’s face was pale the other day, so it was impossible to tell what she truly looked like. That made it even more difficult the child.

It was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

If he remained adamant about finding the child, he would have to search palace by palace.

When it would be The Cold Palace’s turn, no one could say.

After Jun Ning heard about the incident, she no longer snuck out during the day to look for food. She had to avoid discovery. Instead, she would go out for a stroll every night at the right time and bring back some food.

Every time her mother saw the delicious food she brought back, she would question her. She made up all kinds of lies to deal with it, but fortunately, managed to deal with her mother’s suspicions.

However, a single lie needed countless lies to back it up.

Gradually, Qiong Hua also realized that something was wrong, and she asked more pointed questions.

Jun Ning was asked questions every day. Qiong Hua would ask her what she said the day before, so that she could not repeat the same lie. Eventually, Qiong Hua saw through it.

In the end, she had to tell her mother the truth about how she was getting all this food.

However, she only told her where she got the food from. She did not say a word about teasing the imperial chefs and Emperor Yong Ning.

After hearing this, Qiong Hua was so scared that she almost fainted.

“Yiyi, I am telling you. If you dare to sneak out again, you can forget about calling me your mother.”

Qiong Hua was very serious. She was not joking, nor was she trying to scare Jun Ning.

“Mother, why can’t I even sneak out?” Jun Ning asked, feeling wronged and confused. “I really don’t want to eat that cold and hard cornbread every day. ”

Qiong Hua did not answer immediately, but took Jun Ning into her arms and held her tightly. After a long while, she said while sobbing, “Because I don’t want to lose you. I want you to grow up safe.”

If Qiong Hua had said this to a real two or three-year-old child, they might not have had any more problems.

However, Jun Ning’s current state of mind and knowledge base was not that of a two or three-year-old child.

She understood the meaning behind Qiong Hua’s words.

There were people outside The Cold Palace who wanted to harm her.

She did not know who these people were.

However, they were looking for her, and she had to be careful right now.

Jun Ning obediently stayed in The Cold Palace every day and did not run around. She was waiting for the incident to blow over.

As for the ones who were looking for her, perhaps they had missed The Cold Palace in their search, or were simply ignoring it. No one had knocked on the door of The Cold Palace.

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