Chapter 557 A big show is probably waiting for me.
Just an arm's length away, a fluffy little head was looking at him.
At this moment, Baozhu rubbed her eyes, her little head nodding sleepily, and looked at Jiang Nuanzhi in a daze, saying: Baozhu tilted her head: "We can't fight. Mother can't beat Father. If Mother gets hurt, Baozhu will be very angry and heartbroken."
After thinking for a moment, she added, "Mother, we absolutely cannot fight for three hundred rounds! We'll get beaten up badly."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "..."
He swallowed hard, unable to think of anything to say for a long time.
For a moment, he and Baozhu just stared at each other.
"Huh? What do you mean by a three-hundred-round battle?"
Just as Jiang Nuanzhi was stunned and unsure how to explain, she heard another voice. Xiao Er jumped up from the innermost part of the bed and yawned, "Baozhu, what battle did you say? Who wants to fight whom?"
When Baozhu saw her brother, she shook her still slightly dizzy little head and pointed her fair, delicate finger at Jiang Nuanzhi: "It's Mother and... *sob*."
Before Baozhu could finish speaking, Jiang Nuanzhi covered her mouth. Jiang Nuanzhi then suddenly broke free from Li Rong's arm and pulled Baozhu into her embrace.
"Ahem, what big battle? Well, Mother was just kidding."
In a daze, Jiang Nuanzhi slapped herself across the face. "Serves you right for being so cheeky!" she thought. Beauty really does lead to ruin; she was sleeping in the same bed and hadn't even noticed the children were there. It's all Li Rong's fault!
The two children were stunned to see Jiang Nuanzhi hitting herself.
"Mommy, what's wrong? Why are you hitting yourself?"
Jiang Nuanzhi swallowed hard, coughed lightly, and yawned as the two little ones stared at her intently. "It's almost dawn. If you two don't stay with your mother for a while, she'll have to go to the palace to work."
As she spoke, she held the little pearl in her arms and patted the space between herself and Li Rong, saying, "Little Er, come to your mother's side."
Upon hearing Jiang Nuanzhi say this, the two little ones forgot about everything else and obediently lay down beside her.
Little Baozhu gently patted Jiang Nuanzhi's arm with her fair little hands and said in a childish voice, "Mommy, go to sleep, Baozhu will pat you."
Seeing her serious expression, Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't resist poking her cheek.
Xiao Er obediently covered his father with the quilt, then happily turned to look at Jiang Nuanzhi.
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at the blanket he had tucked into his father's blanket, which was then completely pulled over when he turned his head, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.
"Baozhu, Xiao'er, have you two arrived in the capital? Are you feeling unwell? Your mother has been quite busy lately and hasn't had a proper chat with you two for several days."
Jiang Nuanzhi originally wanted to distract the two children, but after asking the question, she felt a little guilty.
The children are very well-behaved and haven't bothered her these past few days. You know, before going to Beijing, Baozhu couldn't sleep at night if she couldn't see herself.
In the midst of my busy schedule yesterday, I spotted Baozhu secretly watching her from afar, quietly gazing at her with longing eyes.
These past few days when I've been home, the children seem to be doing the same thing, watching her from afar. Seeing her busy, they just follow along, and haven't even asked me to cook their favorite dishes for them for several days now.
I don't know how those two little gluttons managed to resist.
I couldn't help but think of Ping'er again. It's been more than half a month since I left the Great Wilderness. I wonder how Ping'er is doing now.
Is the food to your liking? How well did the exam go?
Lost in these random thoughts, Jiang Nuanzhi drifted off to sleep.
Baozhu and Xiao Er, on the other hand, propped their little heads up and looked at Jiang Nuanzhi.
"Brother, Mother's cheeks are so red, is she feeling unwell..." Baozhu said softly.
The little hand even helped Jiang Nuanzhi tidy her hair.
Xiao Er placed his little hand on Jiang Nuanzhi's wrist. After a while, he shook his head and said in a low voice, "It's nothing. Mother isn't sick, she's just too tired."
Baozhu blinked her big, watery eyes: "Then I'll walk by myself tomorrow and won't let Mommy carry me."
Xiao Er nodded: "Okay, I'll get up early tomorrow to make some delicious food for Mother to take with her. Mother needs to eat her fill and get plump up, because she's lost so much weight!"
"Okay, brother, I'll go with you tomorrow."
"Okay, Baozhu, go to sleep now."
Baozhu nodded vigorously, put her little finger to her lips, and gently shushed. She placed her little hand on Jiang Nuanzhi again, mimicking how Jiang Nuanzhi coaxed her to sleep, and gently patted her.
When Jiang Nuanzhi woke up again, it was already broad daylight.
Although the sun had not yet risen, it was already more than half an hour late for the usual time for officials to enter the palace.
Jiang Nuanzhi got up, stretched, and glanced at Lin Chun beside her: "Let's go."
Lin Chun had prepared everything early and helped Jiang Nuanzhi get dressed. The official robes she was wearing had been altered to fit her perfectly. After dressing and washing their faces, the two got into the carriage.
"Linchun, your OCD has improved a lot! Now you can even accept me eating snacks while combing my hair. You didn't even pick up the snack crumbs that fell on you right away, that's great!"
Lin Chun: "Yes."
Of course she couldn't pick it up right away, because she was currently combing the lady's hair!
Lin Chun felt that if things continued this way, her condition—what the madam called obsessive-compulsive disorder—would actually be cured. Putting everything else aside, she genuinely didn't have that many hands!
After finishing her snacks, Jiang Nuanzhi yawned and leaned back on the carriage cushion, feeling drowsy.
After Lin Chun finished combing her hair, she took a handkerchief and wiped the crumbs from Jiang Nuanzhi's mouth. She then wiped Jiang Nuanzhi's hands and cleaned them thoroughly. After that, she breathed a sigh of relief and finally couldn't help but ask, "Madam, the Emperor will probably ask about what happened at the Regent's Palace yesterday. Do you have any plans to deal with it? We are late today, and I'm afraid the Emperor will take this opportunity to make trouble."
Jiang Nuanzhi had actually been resting with her eyes closed. Upon hearing Lin Chun's words, she opened them and saw Lin Chun's delicate brows furrowed tightly. She couldn't help but reach out and smooth her furrowed brows with her fingers: "My Lin Chun, don't worry. Actually, no matter how we prepare today, there's probably a big show waiting for me. We might as well rest and prepare. We don't need to prepare anything; we'll just deal with whatever comes our way. In any case, he won't kill me."
As he spoke, he patted Linchun's hand and said, "Since you're here, make the best of it."
Lin Chun's expression betrayed her worry: "Why don't we send someone back to bring Dong Cang along? She's more skilled in martial arts."
Jiang Nuanzhi shook her head: "Dongzang is simple-minded. She shouldn't follow you in the palace. You also need to remember that if anyone comes to cause trouble, never confront them head-on. They might not dare to do anything to me, but it's hard to say what they might do to the people around me. If someone makes things difficult for you, just try to smooth things over and find an opportunity to escape and ask for help."
After saying that, he patted Linchun's hand: "Remember, as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood. In my eyes, no matter what integrity or trouble it may cause, nothing is more important than life."
Lin Chun was taken aback, and gave Jiang Nuanzhi a deep look: "Madam, Lin Chun understands."
As the two were talking, they arrived at the palace gate.
But before they could even go in, they were stopped.
“Lord Jiang, this is not the gate you should use. If you want to enter the palace, you should use the side gate.”
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow: "Taking a shortcut?"
Lin Chun squinted at the two people blocking her way, her voice slightly cold: "What do you mean by that? My master has been gone from Xizhimen for two days, why can't we enter today?"
(End of this chapter)
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