Chapter 113: Persuasion
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
While Madam He was not paying attention, Ning Yue took some dry seafood from her space and made some seafood porridge.
After making it, Madam He took a bite. “Yueyue, your porridge is so fresh and sweet!”
After working for a while, breakfast was finally ready.
The two of them brought breakfast to the dining room, where everyone was waiting.
“I smelled a fragrance as soon as I woke up. I think I’m in for a treat today,” the empress dowager said to Ning Yue with a smile.
After a delicious meal, everyone’s mood improved, especially the Empress Dowager. She was overjoyed to see her great-grandson whom she missed every day.
When Ning Yue was free, the empress dowager looked for her.
Ning Yue’s mood instantly soured. She guessed that the empress dowager was looking for her because of the two children.
If the children’s father was an ordinary person, she could still snatch the children away, but they were the heirs of Prince Jin!
In the long run, the children were the future heirs and princes.
“Yueyue, I’m not looking for you for anything else. I want to ask you something. Your grandmother is back. Don’t you plan to let her return to the General’s Residence?” the Empress Dowager asked.
Eh? Ning Yue almost did not react.
“That’s all?” Ning Yue asked.
“What else? Do you want me to ask you to hand the children to me to bring into the palace?” The Empress Dowager pointed out Ning Yue’s thoughts and laughed as she spoke.
“I’m not that kind of person. These two children are a year old. I can tell that you’ve taught them well and they’re polite. Besides, they’re very smart. I’m very relieved that you’re taking care of my two great-grandchildren.”
The Empress Dowager’s words embarrassed Ning Yue. She smiled. “Thank you, Empress Dowager.”
“Didn’t you say that you wanted to call me Grandmother? Why did you change your mind?” The Empress Dowager pretended to be angry at Ning Yue.
“Grandmother, I forgot.” Ning Yue touched the back of her head in embarrassment.
“Alright, let’s continue what we just said. Has your grandmother never thought of returning to the General’s Residence?” The Empress Dowager asked again.
Ning Yue shook her head. “Grandmother said she doesn’t want to go back.”
“Then I understand. Alright, there’s nothing else. Go out and play,” the Empress Dowager said.
Ning Yue was puzzled. What was the Empress Dowager trying to do? Was she just asking her such a simple question?
On this day, Gu Yu and Ning Yue entered the palace to treat the emperor as usual.
The emperor had been poisoned twice. If he wasn’t treated well, he would suffer from illnesses and pain in the future. Considering the emperor’s health, the master and disciple slowed down their treatment process.
While Ning Yue was in the palace, the Empress Dowager quietly went to find An Ning.
“Greetings, Empress Dowager.” An Ning wanted to bow to the Empress Dowager, but was stopped by her.
“That’s enough. Do we still care about those superficial etiquettes between us?” The Empress Dowager said with a smile.
Back then, before she married the emperor and An Ning married the old general, the two of them were best friends.
“That’s right. I miss those days when I was young,” An Ning said with a smile.
“What’s there to miss? The past is in the past.”
Hearing the Empress Dowager’s words, An Ning was stunned. She asked, “You didn’t come to look for me to reminisce, right?”
“Smart. You know me best,” the Empress Dowager said with satisfaction.
“Actually, I’m here for two things. One is to see those two great-grandsons, and the other is to look for you. I want to ask you, don’t you plan to return to the General’s Residence?”
An Ning smiled bitterly. As expected, the Empress Dowager had looked for her about this.
“I don’t want to go back to that place that makes me sad and miserable anymore. I’m fine with Yueyue now.”
The Empress Dowager sighed. “I’m not asking you to leave Yueyue. I mean that you have to go back under your name.”
“It doesn’t seem to matter that much whether I go back or not,” An Ning said. She had long since stopped caring about those false reputations.
“I know you don’t care about those false reputations, but have you thought about Ning Yue? If you go back and can bring Ning Yue a series of benefits, are you willing?”
Hearing the Empress Dowager’s words, An Ning was stunned. She had never thought that returning to the General’s Residence would still have something to do with Ning Yue.
“How so?” An Ning asked.
“Do you know who Ning Yue’s two children belong to?” the empress dowager asked her.
An Ning nodded. Of course she knew. “It belongs to the heir of Prince Jin.”
“Isn’t that so? The two children will have to acknowledge their ancestors sooner or later. Do you want the Prince Jin’s Residence to only acknowledge the two children and not Ning Yue? Since you want to acknowledge them, we have to talk about identity.”
“We all know that Ning Yue is the daughter of the Great General of the North, Ning Feng, but no one else knows. I think Ning Yue doesn’t have any kinship with Ning Feng now.”