Chapter 555: 273 Spoiling Jiaojiao (One more update)_2 Chapter 555: 273 Spoiling Jiaojiao (One more update)_2 Master Qin led cleaning palace maids inside, clearing up the ss on the floor.
The lights in the Sleeping Palace were lit.
Perhaps it was the presence of the little maid on the Phoenix Bed that added an unexpected yet lively touch to the stern and cold palace, making it seem a bit out of place yet sowhat comforting at the sa ti.
Gu Jiao sat on the bed, pondering whether she should get off or stay.
The Empress Dowager sat down next to her, staring at her reddened hand without saying anything.
Master Qin, who had sharp eyes, stepped forward and said to Gu Jiao with a smile, “Miss, your hand is injured. I have so ointnt here. Let apply it for you.”
Gu Jiao looked at her hand in confusion, “Where is it injured? I don’t see anything.”
The Empress Dowager’s gaze was cold.
Gu Jiao looked at her, then at Master Qin standing beside her.
Master Qin winked at her playfully.
Gu Jiao: “Oh.”
She extended her small paw: “Alright then.”
Master Qin pretended to apply the dicine, but then, as if rembering sothing, slapped his own forehead and said, “Look at my mory. My hands are not clean after cleaning. Perhaps the Empress Dowager should apply the dicine instead.”
Seriously, what a crafty person he was.
Master Qin seed to feel no embarrassnt over his previous harsh words to Gu Jiao. As for sha, it was as if it cost nothing to him.
After passing the ointnt to the Empress Dowager, Master Qin tactfully retreated with the palace maids.
Turns out the Empress Dowager could show concern too. Why did she never show it before? Yet, it seed the Empress Dowager wouldn’t want her unknown side to be perceived by others.
Only Gu Jiao and the Empress Dowager were left in the room.
After so thought, Gu Jiao presented her hand to the Empress Dowager: “Hurry up with the dicine.”
If it isn’t applied now, it’ll heal on its own!
The Empress Dowager: “…”
Gu Jiao’s hand wasn’t seriously injured. After the Empress Dowager applied a bit of the cooling ointnt, she told her, “Turn around.”
“Huh?” Gu Jiao was slightly taken aback.
The Empress Dowager spoke in a grave tone: “As I said, turn around.”
“Oh.” Gu Jiao obediently turned around.
As the Empress Dowager gently lifted her gown, Gu Jiao’s petite body stiffened. Just as she started to turn back, the Empress Dowager commanded: “Don’t move!”
Therefore, Gu Jiao stopped moving.
Scars covered Gu Jiao’s back. The swelling had subsided, but large purple bruises and scabs still ached. The skin around the scabs was slightly reddened.
It itched when undisturbed and ached when scratched; Gu Jiao bore it in silence.
She never ntioned how she got those scars, instead acting nonchalantly and carefree in front of the Empress Dowager.
Thinking about how she was always running around the kitchen or hanging upside down from the roof, laughing without any concern, the Empress Dowager felt an inexplicable weight in her heart.
She dabbed a bit of ointnt on her fingertips and gently applied it over the wounds.
“Ouch.” Gu Jiao’s body jerked, instinctively trying to evade.
“Does it hurt?” the Empress Dowager asked anxiously.
“It itches.” Gu Jiao said.
The itch was worst when the scabs were shedding. The Empress Dowager couldn’t help her with this. All she could do was apply more ointnt to cool the area down.
Gu Jiao sat cross-legged on the Phoenix Bed, allowing the Empress Dowager to apply the dicine.
Suddenly, she asked, “Empress Dowager, do you rember now?”
The Empress Dowager paused, then said seriously, “No.”
“Oh.” Gu Jiao sounded disappointed.
Having finished applying the dicine, the Empress Dowager ordered a al to be brought in.
Having slept till evening, Gu Jiao was indeed hungry.
She looked at the exquisite dishes on the table, among them a plate of sesa-coated at. The Empress Dowager and she shared a liking for sesa.
This was obviously the at pie Xiao Liulang had gotten from his classmate at the Guozijian; the taste was the sa.
“Empress Dowager, are you sure you haven’t rembered anything?” Gu Jiao asked suspiciously as she ate the at pie.
She loved this dish.
The Empress Dowager responded indifferently, “Eat your food. Why are you so talkative?”
Gu Jiao continued eating quietly.
There was an abundant variety of dishes in the palace, and Gu Jiao even managed to get so crab.
The crab at and roe had been neatly removed and placed back in the shell. All the unwanted organs had been taken out. With a single stroke of chopsticks, a mouthful of crab roe and at was revealed.
“Empress Dowager, why aren’t you eating?” Gu Jiao asked.
“I’ve already eaten.” The Empress Dowager replied.
She had indeed eaten, and it was Xiao Liulang’s terrible cooking. The Empress Dowager had been utterly revolted. She didn’t even want to eat anything for the next three days!
After so thought, Gu Jiao took out a small paper package from her purse. Inside were three pieces of candied haw. “Empress Dowager, would you like to have so of these? It’s okay to eat them after als; they won’t cause indigestion.”
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