Chapter 544: 270 Reunion (two updates combined)_6 Chapter 544: 270 Reunion (two updates combined)_6 She didn’t accept the basket that the palace maid offered but rather recoiled several steps, eying the little fellow in fear. Her lips quivered, and she just turned and left!
Xiao Jingkong scratched his head.
What on earth just happened?
Zhuang Yuexi stumbled back to Renshou Palace in a state of shock and chaos.
The palace maid followed her with the basket, “Miss Zhuang, Miss Zhuang, are you alright? Are you feeling unwell? Or did something scare you?”
In the Imperial Garden, although looked after by gardeners, in May, bugs and rodents are a possibility.
“No… No…” Zhuang Yuexi muttered in a daze.
The person the Empress Dowager favored should be her, not a low-status physician girl! She, the Empress Dowager’s own niece, what was that physician woman in comparison? Not even qualified to carry her shoes!
Upon finishing the Emperor’s check-up, Gu Jiao removed the stethoscope and announced, “Your Majesty is in good health. You have nothing to worry about.”
“That…” The Emperor hesitated, seemed unsure about how to proceed.
Gu Jiao added, “Your sexually transmitted disease is cured. You must continue check-ups for the next two years. But feel free to resume your sexual activities.”
Well, the cat is out of the bag, and there’s nothing left to live for.
The Emperor cleared his throat, “Um, I don’t exactly intend to…”
Great, he can favor his harem again, which brings him much joy!
Who isn’t a normal man, after all?
Gu Jiao was packing up her things when she noticed a small palace maid looking for something outside.
And Xiao Jingkong was nowhere to be found.
“What are you looking for?” Gu Jiao asked.
The little palace maid replied, “I was playing hide and seek with the lady’s brother.”
You’ve been tricked, little girl.
With a quick look, Gu Jiao knew Xiao Jingkong wouldn’t hide here. More his speed would be hiding in places like the furnace or the rice vat.
The little guy had slipped away.
Gu Jiao hadn’t mentioned the Empress Dowager’s relationship to Xiao Jingkong, so it took her a while to figure out he went to find the Empress Dowager.
Nonetheless, the boy left quite a trail behind due to his bouncing and hopping.
Xiao Jingkong made it to outside Renshou Palace, bouncing like a little rabbit. He knew that the Empress Dowager stayed here because he used his amazing cuteness to ask palace maids for directions.
However, two guardians evoked his wrath by refusing to let him in!
Xiao Jingkong puffed up, “You can’t stop me! I want to see my Gupo!”
One of the eunuchs retorted,” Who do you belong to? This is the Empress Dowager’s sleeping palace. Go back from whence you came!”
While many concubines had relatives who often visited the palace, including children Xiao Jingkong’s age; this was the Empress Dowager’s sleeping palace, where not even the seventh prince had the privilege of entering without permission!
In the end, Xiao Jingkong couldn’t get in. However, if the front door was closed, what about the dog hole?
He remembered Xiaoqi telling him about numerous dog holes in the palace.
Coincidentally, the Empress Dowager’s place had one too.
He knelt and crawled on the ground, puffing all the while. As he approached the hole, he saw the same eunuch who stopped him earlier standing over him with a small whip in his hand.
Xiao Jingkong silently crawled back.
The day was bright and sunny, and Xiao Jingkong refused to give up!
Alright, if I can’t get in, then I’ll wait for Gupo to come out!
Perhaps he was simply lucky as Zhuang Empress Dowager did leave after her nap.
She boarded the Feng Nian to take a leisurely stroll in the Imperial Garden. Zhuang Yuexi joined her in the extravagant and comfortable Feng Nian.
Xiao Jingkong scrambled up the tall tree and from the top of its trunk, watched the Feng Nian pass underneath. Squinting, he extended his arms and plunged himself downwards!
Gupo, I’m coming! Catch—me—
As Empress Dowager Zhuang sat on the Feng Nian, resting with her eyes closed, she was startled by a loud thud.
She stiffened, opened her eyes and furrowed her brows, “What fell and hit the ground?”
Indeed, Xiao Jingkong had miscalculated and passed right by the Feng Nian, landing instead in the grass the Feng Nian had just passed over. It took him quite a while to dig himself out.
“It’s a child, perhaps one of the relatives of a concubine.” One of the eunuch outside the Feng Nian said.
“Have someone take him back where he belongs.” Empress Dowager Zhuang was not interested in other’s children.
“Yes!” The eunuch acknowledged her command.
Having followed Xiao Jingkong’s footprints, Gu Jiao arrived nearby when she heard the commotion. As she hurried over, she ran into Empress Dowager Zhuang’s Feng Nian.