Chapter 182

Good!

Emperor Ning smiled and didn't say anything else.

Wait until this girl fails to grow them, then I'll give her some more grapes later, so she won't be upset.

"Jiang Yunchu went to the study?"

Cao Noble Consort's face was full of gloom; earlier, His Majesty had reprimanded himself in the harem, all because of Jiang Yunchu.

"How dare you come today?"

"Let's go see too—what magic does Jiang Yunchu have that can make Your Majesty spin around?"

Cao Noble Consort freshened up and immediately led her people to the study.

"His Majesty has ordered that no one may approach the study." The palace guards crossed their swords and blocked Cao Noble Consort.

Cao Noble Consort furrowed her brows, "Open your dog eyes wide and see clearly—am I just anyone?"

The palace maid behind Cao Noble Consort said, "The Noble Consort prepared sweet soup for His Majesty; if it gets cold, can you bear the responsibility?"

The palace guards still wouldn't make way, "Noble Consort, His Majesty has ordered that no one may pass; please don't make things difficult for us."

Cao Noble Consort's complexion grew even worse.

"Fine, fine, fine—I, the Noble Consort, will wait here."

For a moment, a group of people stood outside the study's gate, and Emperor Ning's expression was already grim.

Jiang Yunchu spat out the grape skins, collected the seeds, and with an indifferent look said, "Your Noble Consort, you're a bit impatient."

How long has she been here?

She came running in such a hurry, shouting at the study's gate—is she still a state Noble Consort?

Really……

She has indeed opened her eyes.

Emperor Ning narrowed his eyes, "The Cao clan must not move; if the Cao clan stays still, then Cao Noble Consort must remain standing here!"

Emperor Ning's words were like a basin of ice water suddenly poured down in midsummer—chilling to the heart, uplifting the spirit.

Jiang Yunchu glanced at Emperor Ning……

Is the Cao clan just a pawn on Emperor Ning's chessboard, where pulling one thread moves the whole body?

It seems……

She's still thinking too simply!

"Should I go out?" Jiang Yunchu asked.

The matter is already settled, the grape seeds are in hand, and as for planting, that's for later.

Emperor Ning smiled, "Xi Zi, take the Princess Consort out through the side gate."

Better not let Yun Chu run into that madwoman outside.

"Huh……"

Eunuch Xi Zi made that sound, but Jiang Yunchu didn't move.

"Princess Consort?" Eunuch Xi Zi's face turned a little pale as he looked at the Regent's Consort, wondering if she was preparing to confront him directly.

Just……

"Don't forget the grapes you promised me."

After she said that, she happily went to the side gate with Eunuch Xi Zi; Eunuch Xi Zi let out a breath of relief, though thinking of the Princess Consort's nature, she was indeed likable.

Just say what you mean; dealing with someone like this, there's no need for all those roundabout schemes.

Upon hearing her words, Emperor Ning was also speechless; this girl was indeed blunt, and he subsequently smiled unconsciously—this feeling, isn't it the familial affection he hoped for?

Rather than being taught by the harem to flatter and scheme all day, the lofty royalty lacks any hint of familial warmth.

"Let Cao Noble Consort come in." Emperor Ning's smile faded, and then he spoke to those outside.

Upon hearing that, Cao Noble Consort immediately adjusted her hair, lifted her smile, pushed aside the two palace guards, and walked straight up the steps.

"Your Majesty~" that cooing voice echoed again and again inside the study.

However, her eyes also scanned the study, but she didn't see Jiang Yunchu's figure; it seems that little wretch ran away again.

What a wretch—she's already married into the Regent Prince's Manor, yet she comes to the palace to seduce the emperor; truly lacking in upbringing.

I wish I could tear her face off!

"Anything?" Emperor Ning eyed her, slightly narrowing his eyes; such a beauty, using her brain as mere decoration—isn't that fine?

That sinister look directly ruins the beauty.

Needless to say, Cao Noble Consort is a beauty; now in her thirties, her charm remains, and over the years heaven has favored her—there's been no change to her face.

The Third Prince is nearly twenty, yet she still looks like she's in her twenties.

Pure yet with a hint of allure, it makes one's heart itch.

"Your Majesty~"

That cooing voice called out in a spoiled tone, then she walked to Emperor Ning's side and pinched his shoulders.

"I didn't make this sweet soup just because I saw Your Majesty working hard; I specially boiled it and brought it over."

"Your Majesty's toil pains my heart."

That delicate appearance is enough to arouse a man's protective instinct.

However……

"Just leave it there."

"I still have memorials to approve."

The intention to drive her away is already very obvious.

Cao Noble Consort unwillingly walked to the side, "Yes."

Then she looked back at the Ning Emperor every step, but he kept his head down; all her flirtatious glances seemed thrown at a blind man.

"I'm so angry I could die."

"Jiang Yunchu!"

"I won't let this go!"

After Noble Consort Cao came out, she gritted her teeth and snapped two sentences; for years she had suppressed the Empress, and the newcomers all obeyed her, but she never expected a Jiang Yunchu to appear.

She didn't believe it; that little minx could make Your Majesty utterly bewildered!

"Your Majesty, the person has been sent away." Eunuch Xi returned, looked at His Majesty's expression, and guessed that Noble Consort Cao must have just come in.

"Hmm."

The Ning Emperor said he was looking at the memorial, and then he really started reading it.

As for that bowl of sweet soup, after it had cooled, Eunuch Xi simply took it away.

"Yun chu!" Kang Mengxian hurried over, sweat on his forehead, his eyes bright and sharp.

After returning from the Palace, she was still studying grape seeds when she suddenly heard shouts outside; she quickly put the grape seeds away and then got up to go out.

Her maternal grandfather, usually calm and composed, would only be flustered if something major had happened.

Could it be…?

A terrifying thought formed in her mind: had something happened to her maternal grandmother?

But just a few days ago, when she took her pulse, her maternal grandmother's pulse had clearly improved!

"Maternal grandfather, what's wrong?" she asked as soon as she saw him.

Kang Mengxian caught his breath and asked, "Did you give your maternal grandmother medicine a few days ago?"

Jiang Yunchu's heart skipped a beat; could it really be that her maternal grandmother had met with misfortune?

"Yes."

"The Imperial Physician said your maternal grandmother's pulse has improved, hahaha!" Kang Mengxian exclaimed, his whole face beaming with joy.

"Improved…"

"Improved?"

"Then why are you in such a hurry to find me?"

Jiang Yunchu's anxious heart suddenly took a sharp turn—now she couldn't relax, nor could she stay worried!

"Then you're in such a hurry…"

"I want to ask, is there any of that elixir left?" Kang Mengxian whispered.

Only then did Jiang Yunchu understand her maternal grandfather's purpose; there was some, though it required many points, but these children were very promising, and she had recently earned a huge surge of points.

She had thought that after successfully remodeling Ning Hanmo, the points would stop.