12dz Chapter 126: Too much imagination can easily lead to stupid things
Chapter 126: Too much imagination can easily lead to stupid things
Ning Sangsang had no idea what Ying Fei was thinking, and continued to gossip about her and her master in her heart.
[Master was the sweetheart of Ying Fei when she was young. Ying Fei has always been obsessed with Master and can't let him go.]
Concubine Ying: “…”
No, she was not unable to let go of her dull-headed senior brother. She had already let him go in her heart a long time ago. Now she had no feelings for him between men and women, only feelings as a senior and a junior brother.
Not wanting to listen to Ning Sangsang talking about her youth in her heart, Concubine Ying changed the subject and said, "Sangsang, I heard from Yu'er that the Queen was poisoned. How is the Queen now?" She had already heard from the palace maid that the Queen was in good health.
Ning Sangsang came back to her senses and replied, "Empress Ying, the Queen is fine now."
"Have you found out who poisoned the Queen?" Concubine Ying continued to ask her.
Ning Sangsang said: "The person who poisoned the Queen was Concubine Xian."
When Concubine Ying heard this, she was not too surprised. Concubine Xian seemed gentle and virtuous and had a good relationship with the Empress, but she knew that Concubine Xian was a scheming and ambitious woman. She just always acted cautiously and concealed her ambition.
This time, Concubine Xian had no idea what she was doing when she poisoned the Empress. It was probably because she was stimulated by her brother Yang Wenguang's exile that she did such a stupid thing. Concubine Xian had no sympathy for Concubine Ying. She no longer cared about Concubine Xian. She looked at Ning Sangsang with a gentle expression and asked, "Sangsang, how old are you?"
"Thirteen." Ning Sangsang replied.
[Here, every time someone asks me how old I am, I always feel like they want to introduce someone to me, especially when a woman looks at me with such tender eyes. I always feel like the next thing she will say to me is, "You're thirteen, not young anymore. How about you becoming my daughter-in-law?"]
Listening to Ning Sangsang's inner voice, Concubine Ying couldn't help but smile and teased her, "Thirteen is not young anymore, it's time for you to get married. What do you think of my Yu'er?"
Ning Sangsang: “…”
[Parents in ancient times were really careless. They wanted to find a wife for their children when they were only ten years old. If it were in modern times, this would be considered premature love and the parents would chase and beat them.]
Ning Sangsang saw Concubine Ying looking at her with a smile, so she found an excuse to deal with her: "Concubine Ying, the Ninth Prince is good, but I only want to be someone like my master and don't want to get married."
Concubine Ying was originally joking with her, so after hearing what she said, she didn't mention it anymore, but just said to her, "Sangsang, I like you very much. Come to the palace more often in the future."
Ning Sangsang nodded and sighed softly in her heart.
[Ah, I feel so tired when I think about having to attend court in the palace every day after becoming a court lady. ]
[I should have been more low-key when saving the queen, so that the emperor wouldn't have valued me so much and made me a lady-in-waiting.]
After hearing Ning Sangsang's thoughts, Concubine Ying and Chu Ao Yu were slightly startled, and they both guessed in their hearts the purpose of Emperor Ming Qing letting Ning Sangsang be a female official.
Ning Sangsang muttered to herself for a while, then seeing that it was getting late, she said to Concubine Ying, "My Lady Concubine Ying, it's getting late. I'll go back first. My parents will be worried if I go back too late."
After hearing what she said, Concubine Ying did not try to keep her. She took her hand and said softly, "Sangsang, please come to the palace more often to talk to me in the future."
"Okay." Ning Sangsang nodded obediently and did not tell her that she was going to be a female official and would not have time to talk to her in the future.
After Ying Fei finished speaking to Ning Sangsang, she looked at Chu Ao Yu and ordered, "Yu'er, send Sangsang back."
"Yes, concubine."
Chu Ao Yu nodded, took Ning Sangsang out of the flower hall, left Xianfu Palace, and walked straight to the palace gate. The two of them walked quietly, each with their own thoughts, and no one spoke. After a long silence, Chu Ao Yu couldn't help but break the silent atmosphere.
"Junior Sister, you..."
Ning Sangsang looked at him upon hearing that. Seeing that he was looking at her with an expression that seemed to want to say something but hesitated, she frowned and said, "What's wrong with me? Don't be so hesitant when speaking, just say it now!"
"Do you...do you like the Seventh Brother?" Chu Ao Yu asked her casually when he saw that she was unhappy. He actually wanted to tell her that everyone could hear her feelings, but he couldn't say it out loud.
Ning Sangsang: “…”
[I thought this little Yuzi wanted to say something important? It's just this question, why bother asking? Anyone with eyes can see that I don't like Chu Aotian.]
Seeing Chu Aoyu looking at her with a subtle expression, she said, "I don't like it." After saying that, she felt strange again:
[Why would this little Yuzi suddenly ask me this question? Could it be that this little Yuzi has fallen in love with me after hearing what his mother said? If that's the case, I have to nip his feelings for me in the bud.]
Thinking of this, Ning Sangsang stopped, looked at Chu Aoyu seriously and said, "Don't have any inappropriate thoughts about me. I only treat you as my younger brother."
Chu Ao Yu laughed when he heard this and said, "Little Senior Sister, don't let your imagination run wild. In my heart, I only think of you as Little Senior Sister."
When Ning Sangsang heard what he said, she realized that she was daydreaming again. She couldn't help but cough a few times to cover up her embarrassment and said, "Well, I won't let my thoughts run wild. Let's go."
After saying that, Ning Sangsang continued to walk forward, sighing in his heart.
[If you can imagine too much, you will do stupid things. 】
Chu Ao Yu smiled upon hearing this, and followed her and joked, "But if you like me, little sister, I can obey you."
Ning Sangsang twitched the corners of her lips when she heard this, and then said to him, "I don't want an old cow to eat young grass."
Chu Ao Yu chuckled and said, "Junior Sister, you are only two years older than me, you are not old at all."
Ning Sangsang couldn't help but roll her eyes at him when she heard what he said, "Little brother, don't try to hit on me, or you'll cry." Then she waved her fist at him, "It hurts when I hit you."
Seeing this, Chu Ao Yu's smile grew even wider, and he thought to himself: This junior sister is really interesting.
Ning Sangsang ignored him and concentrated on walking.
.........
When the two men walked out of the palace gate, Chu Ao Yu's carriage was already waiting there. The driver of the carriage was a middle-aged man. When he saw the two men coming, he hurriedly came up to them, greeted them respectfully, and then welcomed them into the carriage.
After the two of them sat down, Chu Ao Yu said, "Let's go to the Ningguo Mansion," and the middle-aged man drove the carriage towards the Ningguo Mansion.
Ning Sangsang felt a little tired, so she leaned against the wall of the carriage and closed her eyes to rest. Chu Ao Yu did not disturb her when he saw this, and the atmosphere in the carriage was very quiet.
After a long time, the carriage stopped and a man's respectful voice came from outside the carriage, "Your Highness, we have arrived at the Ningguo Mansion."
Chu Ao Yu said "hmm" and looked at Ning Sangsang. Before he could say anything, Ning Sangsang opened her eyes and stretched. She felt a little more refreshed. She looked at Chu Ao Yu, said goodbye, opened the carriage curtain, got off the carriage, and said to Chu Ao Yu, "It's getting late. You should go back."
Chu Ao Yu looked at Ning Sangsang with a smile and said, "Junior Sister, please come to my house to play with me when you are free."
Ning Sangsang nodded, waved to Chu Ao Yu, turned around and stepped into the gate of Ningguo Mansion.
Chu Ao Yu watched her back disappear behind the door before instructing the coachman to set off back to the Ninth Prince's Palace.
As soon as Ning Sangsang entered the mansion, she saw her father with a serious face, hurrying towards the gate. She walked over quickly and asked with concern, "Dad, what's wrong with you?"
Ning Xiaotian looked at his daughter and felt relieved. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that you're back safely. Dad thought something happened to you in the palace and was about to go to the palace to look for you."
After that, he asked her with concern, "Sangsang, has anyone bullied you?" While asking her, he cursed Chu Aotian in his heart: This Seventh Prince is such a disgusting stinky thing. The Queen is sick, why did he bring his daughter into the palace? His daughter is not a doctor.
Ning Sangsang shook her head, "Dad, no one bullies me, don't worry."
Ning Xiaotian heard this and asked her again, "Sangsang, how is the Queen?"
"The Queen is now fine."
Hearing that the Queen was fine, Ning Xiaotian no longer cared about the affairs in the palace. He said to Ning Sangsang in a gentle voice, "Your mother knows that you followed the Seventh Prince into the palace and has been worried about you. Go see her."
Ning Sangsang nodded and followed Ning Xiaotian into the mansion.
Ning Xiaotian brought Ning Sangsang to the flower hall. In the flower hall, Jiang Shi was sitting at the table with a frown on her face, worried about Ning Sangsang. When she saw Ning Sangsang appear in the flower hall, she hurriedly stood up to greet her and asked worriedly, "Sangsang, are you okay? Did the Seventh Prince embarrass you?"
"Mom, I'm fine. The Seventh Prince didn't make things difficult for me. You don't have to worry." Ning Sangsang comforted Jiang in a gentle voice.
Jiang's heart was relieved, and she asked Ning Sangsang, "Sangsang, how is the queen's health?"
"The Queen is fine now."
Hearing that the Queen was fine, Jiang was finally relieved. She took Ning Sangsang's hand and sat down at the table, asking her, "Sangsang, what happened to the Queen?"