Chapter 92

Not long after, the palace maid named Duruo walked out from inside, bowed to Lin Jiaojiao again, and said with a smile, "Imperial Concubine Ning said that the two guards can follow Lin Guniang into Yonghe Palace."

"Thank Imperial Concubine Ning for me." Lin Jiaojiao bowed to express her gratitude, "Please guide me, Auntie Duruo."

"Follow me." Duruo smiled and walked in front, leading them into Yonghe Palace.

As soon as Lin Jiaojiao entered the door, she smelled a burst of fragrance, and even Guo Shi sighed, "So fragrant!"

Yonghe Palace had the red walls and yellow tiles unique to palace buildings, and the architecture revealed a sense of nobility. As soon as she entered the door, what appeared before her was a huge courtyard. She saw a clear small pond in the center of the courtyard, where several koi were swimming happily.

In front of the small pond was a rockery two or three zhang high. She saw a dwarf pine with twisted branches planted on the rockery, which looked like a precious treasure at a glance.

Elsewhere in the courtyard, various autumn chrysanthemums were planted, some as large as plates, some as small as hands, with butterflies dancing on them from time to time, and the fragrance came from the autumn chrysanthemums.

"Imperial Concubine Ning truly has good taste," although Lin Jiaojiao had seen cultivated autumn chrysanthemums in the modern world, this fragrance surrounded by fresh flowers was something she had seen for the first time, "I suppose Imperial Concubine Ning's temperament is as elegant as these autumn chrysanthemums, right?"

Duruo led the way, turning her head slightly and smiling, "Miss Lin is right. Our Empress has a quiet temperament and is first-class to us servants."

At this time, Duruo led the way around the rockery and walked to a courtyard with a lake in front. From the room on the other side of the courtyard, a child's muttering came, "No, no, I just won't eat! This food is not delicious at all! I don't want to eat it!"

"Crown Prince, please just take a bite. If you don't eat, this old servant really has no way to explain to Niangniang!"

But the child wouldn't listen obediently. He hurriedly moved his two little legs and rushed out of the room like a wind. Lin Jiaojiao only saw a child wearing a lemon-yellow brocade robe running around the courtyard like a wind, and the nanny following behind, carrying a bowl of food, chasing and shouting, wanting to feed him.

"Don't eat, don't eat, I just won't eat! Nanny, if you find it hard to explain, then you eat it yourself!" The child looked back and stuck out his tongue at the nanny to make a face, but because he didn't look at the road, he stumbled and fell directly toward Lin Jiaojiao!

"Crown Prince! Be careful!" The nanny chasing behind him shouted, wishing she could grow wings and fly over to block in front of the little Crown Prince!

"Ouch!" Lin Jiaojiao, who was hit in the waist, cried out in pain! Her body couldn't control falling backward. Qingdai behind her hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and Guo Shi quickly stepped forward to take the Zhu Geer in her arms and hold him, so that the mother and child didn't fall!

Lin Jiaojiao was still holding Zhu Geer in her hands at this time, so she couldn't catch the child who fell over. In a hurry, she raised Zhu Geer with both hands, and the little Crown Prince, who didn't look at the road, hit her waist directly because of the fall!

Lin Jiaojiao lost her balance and fell backward!

To prevent her from falling, Guo Shi quickly took the raised Zhu Geer over.

And the little Crown Prince who rushed over was frightened and cried "Wah!", and at the same time, Zhu Geer in Guo Shi's arms also burst into tears!

"Ouch, my little ancestor!" Guo Shi hurriedly soothed the baby, and Qingdai was busy steadying Lin Jiaojiao.

Knowing the child was the Crown Prince, Lin Jiaojiao squatted down to soothe him and told him not to cry.

"Crown Prince, are you alright?" Duruo was anxious to check his body for wounds.

But the little Crown Prince only knew how to cry: "Wah wah wah! I almost fell! Wah!"

"Where did this blind thing come from, actually daring to bump into the Crown Prince!" A nanny chasing behind the Crown Prince didn't distinguish right from wrong, carrying the bowl of breakfast, and started scolding Lin Jiaojiao, Qingdai, and Guo Shi, "If the Crown Prince has any shortcomings, watch your heads!"

"Nanny Qi, this is Miss Lin, whom Imperial Concubine Ning invited to adjust the Crown Prince's body—" Duruo wanted to speak for Lin Jiaojiao, but that Nanny Qi was the Crown Prince's wet nurse, and sometimes even Imperial Concubine Ning had to give her three points of face. Seeing the Crown Prince still crying, her eyes were full of heartache.

She pulled the Crown Prince behind her and snapped at Duruo, "The Crown Prince doesn't want to eat. There are imperial physicians in the palace; how can it be the turn of this commoner from outside the palace who doesn't understand etiquette and rules to bring a child into the palace to adjust the Crown Prince's body?"

"If you adjust it badly, can you afford the responsibility?"

"This little baby is crying, it's so noisy! Could it be that you want to use the heart blood of this little baby to adjust our Crown Prince's body?" Qi Nanny glanced at the crying Zhu Geer, her head aching from the crying. The little Crown Prince didn't want to eat, and she was already dizzy!

This little baby she didn't recognize was crying, and she was even more angry!

She took two steps forward, reached out her hand extremely fast, and before Guo Shi could dodge, she pinched Zhu Geer's little arm viciously. Zhu Geer felt the pain and cried even more violently!

Guo Shi knew she couldn't afford to provoke the little Crown Prince and the nanny who was bullying others with the power of the fox, so she could only hug the crying Zhu Geer tightly and hide behind the two guards, soothing the baby anxiously.

Lin Jiaojiao saw it in her eyes and was angry in her heart!

She protected this little baby in her heart every day, and it was not easy to bring him into the palace to see people, so how could she let others bully him!

Seeing that Qi Nanny was going to pinch the baby again, Lin Jiaojiao stepped forward, grabbed the nanny's arm, and pinched it hard!

"Ouch, it hurts the old servant to death!" Nanny Qi had never suffered such grievances. She screamed in pain, wanting to break free from Lin Jiaojiao's grip, "Where did this bitch come from! Duruo, why don't you pull her away for me!"

But Duruo only made a gesture of wanting to persuade, and didn't go up to pull Lin Jiaojiao away directly.

Lin Jiaojiao understood immediately: Auntie Duruo probably didn't like that old nanny!

After figuring it out, she still held the old nanny's fat arm tightly, with a fake smile, "This nanny, what kind of skill is it to bully a little infant? Do you know it hurts now?"

Then Lin Jiaojiao pinched the tiger's mouth of the nanny with one hand and pressed down with all her strength!

That was one of the most sensitive acupoints on the human body. Just a little force to pinch and press could make her tiger's mouth hurt for three to five days!

"Ouch! Let go of the old servant!" Qi Nanny screamed in sharp pain, "Ah!! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

Lin Jiaojiao increased her strength while showing a profound look of a divine physician: "Nanny, I see that your liver yang is rising, so you scold everyone you see. Watch me press this acupoint to help you lose your fire!"

"Let go of Qi Nanny! You bad person!" The little Crown Prince, seeing his nanny being bullied, actually stood up and hit Lin Jiaojiao with his little fists!

"Imperial son, don't be rude!" A solemn shout came from the other side of the courtyard. She saw Imperial Concubine Ning leading two palace maids walking toward them.

When the little Crown Prince saw his mother, he quickly rushed over, hugged Imperial Concubine Ning's thigh, and "complained," "Mother Concubine! It was that bad woman who bullied Nanny first! I am not rude, but punishing a bad person!"

Seeing Imperial Concubine Ning coming, Lin Jiaojiao let go of the hand pinching Qi Nanny and bowed, "Imperial Concubine Ning, may you enjoy ten thousand blessings and golden peace."

Everyone else bowed together. The little Crown Prince hid behind Imperial Concubine Ning, glaring at Lin Jiaojiao. Lin Jiaojiao only made a face back, which made the little Crown Prince stunned.

"Rise," Imperial Concubine Ning signaled them to rise and asked Duruo, "What exactly is going on here?"

"It was this humble servant who didn't have eyes and bumped into—" Qi Nanny was just about to complain when she suddenly realized her head wasn't so dizzy anymore! "Eh? My dizziness is actually cured?!"