Chapter 154: Give Him a Little Lesson

Yan Ning did not step forward either, but instead began to observe this horse.

A horse trainer at the side said, "Your Highness, you don't know, but yesterday Xiao Quanzi wanted to feed this Golden Horse, and as a result, he had a rib kicked broken."

Yan Ning was surprised: "This horse has such great strength?"

The horse trainer gave a wry smile, "Yes, Your Highness. How about I feed it, and you watch from the side?"

Yan Ning refused immediately.

She had read the Instruction Manual for the Beast Taming Pill; it had to be fed to it personally.

Yan Ning asked the horse trainer: "What does this Golden Horse like to eat?"

The beast tamer said: "Your Highness, it likes to eat apples."

Yan Ning thought for a moment and had him bring over the apples in his hand; in order to send the beast tamer away, he said: "Go and prepare some more apples."

The beast tamer hurriedly agreed, but he still said: "Your Highness, you must absolutely not get close."

After he left, Yan Ning immediately gouged a hole in an apple.

Then she stuffed the Beast Taming Pill into the hole.

Then, Yan Ning began to move with lightning speed, directly stuffing the large apple into the horse's mouth.

Before the Golden Horse could even raise its hooves, the Beast Taming Pill melted the moment it entered its mouth.

The Golden Horse went "chew chew chew," and in two or three bites, finished the apple.

When the beast tamer came back, what he saw was that bad-tempered Golden Horse rubbing its head against Yan Ning's cheek.

The beast tamer was stunned, "This, this, this, am I seeing things?"

Yan Ning said with a smile: "You aren't seeing things; it came over after I fed it an apple."

The beast tamer looked at her with some suspicion, clearly not believing it.

Yan Ning flipped onto the horse's back directly.

This Golden Horse hadn't been named yet; Yan Ning patted its head and said: "From now on, you'll be called Xiao Huang."

The Golden Horse snorted from its nose, grumbling with dissatisfaction.

She didn't know if it was because of the Medicinal Pill, but she could feel the Golden Horse's emotions.

Yan Ning scratched her head: "You don't like that name? Then I'll name you Yuanbao."

The Golden Horse carried Yan Ning around the horse track for several laps, incredibly happy.

After Yan Ning settled the Golden Horse, she went back to find her father.

Seeing her father incredibly happy, Yan Ning asked again: "Besides the Beast Taming Pill, are there any other good things?"

Yan Ze took out five Small Porcelain Bottles and said with a smile: "My luck was too good this time; I was actually able to trade with an alchemist. Each of these five bottles contains one Life Extending Pill, which can let a person live ten years longer."

Yan Ning's eyes lit up: "Then can't we give one to Great-Grandmother to take?"

Yan Ze nodded: "Our family, plus Yan Qing, and the Grand Empress Dowager, it's exactly one bottle each."

The Grand Empress Dowager was getting on in years.

The results of the Imperial Physician taking her pulse were not very good, only saying that the Grand Empress Dowager's health was far worse than in the past.

Yan Ning took a bottle of the Medicinal Pill and some freshly picked Spirit Fruit and went to the Grand Empress Dowager's place.

At this time, the Grand Empress Dowager was resting.

Yan Ning then stayed in the Cining Palace, took out a piece of paper, and began to write and draw, waiting here for the Grand Empress Dowager to wake up.

The nanny said that the Grand Empress Dowager was becoming increasingly prone to sleepiness these days.

After waiting for about an hour, the Grand Empress Dowager finally woke up.

Yan Ning put away all those papers of hers.

Seeing Yan Ning, the Grand Empress Dowager had an unstoppable smile on her face: "Ningning is here."

Yan Ning leaned over and whispered: "Great-Grandmother, please have the nannies step back; I have something to say to you."

Yan Ning took out the washed Spirit Fruit and fed it to the Grand Empress Dowager.

The Grand Empress Dowager originally didn't have much of an appetite, but she ate these Spirit Fruits one after another.

Yan Ning blinked: "Great-Grandmother, after eating, do you feel any changes in your body?"

The Grand Empress Dowager said: "I feel my body has loosened up a bit."

Yan Ning said with a smile: "This fruit can extend life, and it can also remove illnesses and pains."

But the Grand Empress Dowager was old after all; in a few months, it would be her eighty-first birthday banquet, and she didn't know if this Spirit Fruit would still be of any use.

Yan Ning said mysteriously: "Great-Grandmother, you don't know, but the person who gave us the fruit also sent a Medicinal Pill that can increase one's lifespan by ten years."

The Grand Empress Dowager's kind smile instantly turned serious.

She prepared to get up: "Did your father also come to believe in those crooked paths? He forgot that the late Emperor was obsessed with Medicinal Pills, and his health became worse year by year."

Yan Ning cursed "Gou Huangdi" again; even after dying, he still had to come and cause her trouble.

Yan Ning said with a smile: "Great-Grandmother, don't worry, neither my father nor I believe in those things, but this Medicinal Pill truly has the effect of extending life."

As she spoke, Yan Ning took out a bottle, opened the Medicinal Pill, and ate it.

This Medicinal Pill melted the moment it entered her mouth, and after eating it, Yan Ning only felt her body become light, feeling somewhat floaty.

She said to the Grand Empress Dowager: "Great-Grandmother, I've tried it; after eating it, it feels like I'm floating. This feeling is really comfortable."

The Grand Empress Dowager was also a bit unsure.

Yan Ning acted like a spoiled child: "Great-Grandmother, just trust me once. My father and I are such shrewd people, how could we possibly be deceived?"

The Grand Empress Dowager was a bit indecisive.

But she thought it was better not to let down the child's good intentions.

Yan Ning smiled and handed her the bottle.

There was only one Medicinal Pill inside the porcelain bottle, and it smelled of a faint, delicate fragrance.

The Empress Dowager swallowed the Medicinal Pill.

The Medicinal Pill melted the moment it entered her mouth, tasted somewhat sweet, and the feeling after consuming it was exactly the same as Yan Ning's—a bit floaty, and her body felt much lighter.

The Empress Dowager's eyes lit up, "Could this Medicinal Pill really be effective?"

Yan Ning smiled brilliantly, "Of course, we went to great lengths to get it."

She was even caught by her father staying up late reading storybooks.

Imperial Academy.

Yun Shu had already finished building a Steamship and was preparing to start researching Chemistry.

For him, Chemistry was too far in the past, and many knowledge points had not been recorded, so he simply decided to relearn it all over again.

Yan Ning had left a Tablet Computer with him, telling him to watch it away from others.

Yun Shu locked the office door to study.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone knew the research he did was considered confidential, someone would surely suspect he was doing something bad inside.

The alarm clock rang, and Yun Shu sighed; he had to go face that group of lunatics again.

Yun Shu put the Tablet away, locked the door, and then went to the classroom.

Just like before, he read from the textbook and casually drew a few diagrams on the blackboard, finishing the day's Physics lecture in less than an hour.

Yun Shu used to say, "Those who don't understand can ask me in the afternoon," but this time he said nothing and left directly.

It was as if he didn't want to waste a single moment of time.

At first, everyone didn't think much of it, until Zhou Zixing, the nephew of General Zhou, said, "Who does he think he's looking down on? He barely lectured before leaving; he's too lazy to even go through the motions."

The crowd was stirred to anger and also began to feel dissatisfied.

Zhou Zixing sneered, "It's one thing for him to be perfunctory, but he even dares to file complaints; let's see if I don't teach him a lesson."

At this moment, someone said, "His father is the Minister of Personnel, and he is currently a favorite in front of His Majesty..."