Who doesn't like hearing flattering words?
The Empress was overjoyed by what she heard, smiling warmly as she nodded, "Thank you, father."
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Weiyang Palace.
The heat was unbearable, so Jun Ning moved the Taishi Chair to the place where the ice chest was kept.
Lying on the large Taishi Chair, with a plate of mung bean cakes in her arms, she nibbled on them while humming a tune.
When Jun Yu came back from studying at noon, he saw her like this.
"Sister, I heard you went to see the Emperor, but he refused to see you?"
As the saying goes, good news doesn't go out, but bad news spreads far and wide.
The news that Jun Ning was refused an audience by the Emperor spread quickly, becoming widely known within just an hour or two throughout the palace.
Everyone speculated about whether the newly favored Princess Anle, Jun Ning, had fallen out of favor. Some even silently sympathized with her—how long has she just won the Emperor's favor, only to lose it so soon?