Sigh...
The Empress should never have, absolutely never have, pinned her hopes on lifting her confinement and regaining power on such a fool.
The Empress thought the same, and she even began to feel that her initial assessment of Jun Ning being clever and potentially threatening in the future was a mere oversight.
Such a fool wouldn't survive for long, what threat could there be?
However, amidst the sighs of the onlookers, Emperor Yongning was initially furious about the water spilled on him, but upon hearing Jun Ning say she was nearly choked to death by his rash actions, a strong sense of guilt and affection quickly replaced his anger.
He put Jun Ning down from his arms, saw that she was still coughing, patted her back, and asked with concern, "Bao'er, feeling better?"
Jun Ning's throat was still choked with water, feeling very uncomfortable, so she kept coughing and didn't answer Emperor Yongning.
