The Xue family incident made the people in the court panic, for fear that someone would find out that they had a connection with the Xue family. However, at this moment, another bad news came from the palace.

Prince Jing suddenly became ill and could not get up in a dizzy place.

Dong Yuheng's expression was very serious when he learned the news. Not only did he send more than a dozen imperial doctors to the Prince Jing's mansion to treat Prince Jing, but he also continuously rewarded the valuable tonic medicines into the palace.

At night, he was a little absent-minded when he arrived at Chunxi Palace. Chen Ning knew that he respected the prince, so he withdrew from the servants. While massaging his shoulders, he said softly: "Don't worry, I see that the emperor's uncle is healthy and he will be fine on weekdays."

Dong Yuheng sighed heavily, "I am not afraid of anything else, I am afraid of the emperor's uncle..."

"What?" Chen Ning saw that he wanted to speak but stopped, so he couldn't help asking.

Dong Yuheng pursed the corners of his lips and shook his head.

Prince Jing's condition was sometimes better and sometimes worse, and the imperial physicians seemed unable to find a reason. Long Yan was furious and the imperial city was covered with clouds.

Chen Ning found that Dong Yuheng was very concerned about Prince Jing's condition. Although she also knew the meaning of Prince Jing to him, she always felt that there were some deep meanings that she did not understand. She could not learn the truth from him, so she could only do her best to make him feel relieved.

She also asked the imperial physician to inquire about Prince Jing's condition, but she found nothing. She tried the queen, asked Eunuch Hong, and even asked Master Chen for advice with a shameless face, but she could not get a definite answer.

Dong Yuheng knew Chen Ning's actions and was not angry. He just held her and kissed her, "Don't think about it randomly, I'm just worried and messed up. Don't make trouble with me."

Chen Ning looked at him deeply and tightened his hands, "Every time I feel sad, I always look up at the stars in the sky, thinking that the world is so big, I am just a drop in the ocean. As I think about it, my worries become smaller..."

Dong Yuheng was silent for a moment and sighed softly, "It's hard for Ning'er." The woman never vaguely in the place she was above her heart. Thinking of this, a warm current surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh and hugged her tightly.

***

Dongming Sheng lived in Qiankun Palace for many days. Seeing that the emperor's anger towards him gradually faded, the queen weighed and mentioned the emperor about harem education. However, after all the time, she chose it, only Concubine Zhuang was suitable.

Dong Yuheng pondered for a moment, but said, "I have a conclusion in my mind, so the queen doesn't have to worry about it."

The queen was shocked and she couldn't help asking, "I wonder who Your Majesty wants?"

The emperor just shook his head and said nothing.

A few days later, the emperor issued an imperial edict, and the second prince Dong Mingsheng was raised by Concubine Baorui of Chunxi Palace.

The order came out immediately, and everyone in the court was shocked.

No one can match the honor of Concubine Baorui for a moment.

When the queen heard about this, she accidentally poured the tea in her hand on the embroidered face.

Chen Ning was both angry and helpless when receiving the order. She was already so arrogant that she was so fond of her own palace. Now she has a half-grown prince...

At night, Dong Yuheng pressed Chen Ning under his body and entered heavily, murmured in her ear, "Ning'er, I will protect you, take good care of my prince, I will protect you."

The tree was already done, Chen Ning had to obey her orders. Afterwards, she calmed down and thought about it carefully.

Dong Yuheng clearly had no intention of asking her to take over the second prince before. Even though Concubine Xi was demoted now, there should be other candidates in the harem. What made him suddenly change his mind? After thinking about it, she felt that the only thing that stimulated Dong Yuheng during this period was Prince Jing's disease. But what did his illness have to do with her raising the second prince?

She became increasingly unpredictable.

Dong Mingsheng officially moved into Chunxi Palace on the second day. The first thing he did when he stepped into the palace was to lead the servants who served him to kowtow to Chen Ning.

Chen Ning had seen him several times after returning to the palace, but every time he glanced at him quickly. She asked everyone to get up, helped him up in person, and looked at him carefully.

Dong Mingsheng followed his mother's face and looked very fair and beautiful, but these blows from time to time made him look quite haggard. Chen Ning sighed in his heart, held his hand and said, "I see you are getting thinner and you have to eat more."

Dong Mingsheng's voice was a little stiff and hoarse, "Thank you for your concern, my son and I will remember it."

Chen Ning didn't expect that one day she would be the stepmother of a ten-year-old child. Her mind was also very complicated, but she knew that Dong Mingsheng must be more nervous than her, and he was very young and had experienced too much.

Chen Ning is very tolerant of children because she did many things she felt unreasonable when she was a child. When she thought of her unreasonable behavior when she was a child, she looked at her not being crooked when she grew up, and she felt that she should give her children more tolerance.

And seeing Dong Mingyi and Dong Mingsheng, both of them were forced to grow up before they had grown up, she was indeed a little uncomfortable for them.

Chen Ning held Dong Mingsheng and entered the living hall, with a group of palace servants following behind. Liuli knew that Chen Ning didn't like to serve many people in front of her, so she left two big palace maids to follow her into the hall together, and the others were waiting outside.

Dong Mingsheng's nanny had to stand outside and look inward from time to time.

Chen Ning sat on the couch first, stared at Dong Mingsheng standing in front of him for a while, and smiled and stretched out his hands, "Mingsheng, just hug your mother."

Dong Mingsheng was shocked and said stiffly: "My son dare not be arrogant..."

"How can this be called being unrestrained? Come here." Chen Ning waved his arms with a smile.

Dong Mingsheng looked at Chen Ning carefully, and saw her smiling face, not seemingly disgusted, so he slowly walked towards her side.

Chen Ning closed his hands and hugged his thin body in his arms.

Dong Mingsheng's whole body was as stiff as a piece of wood. It took him a while to grab her cuffs.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly heard a crisp smile, and felt his body suddenly soaring into the air. Before he could react, he was already sitting on Chen Ning's lap!

Staring at Yingying's smiling face in front of her, Dong Mingsheng's mind was blank for a moment, and then he blushed and said, "Mother, please let me go!"

Liuli and the two palace maids were also stunned by this sudden scene.

"My mother saw that Ming Sheng was cute, so she couldn't help but want to hug her," Chen Ning held him and gently flattened her mouth, "Does Ming Sheng not want her hug her?"

"No, son-in-law, mother-in-law..." Dong Mingsheng had never been hugged like this before, and he became a little incoherent.

"Since I'm willing, Mingsheng lets his mother hold her and talk to him." Chen Ning reached out and took a piece of pastry and handed it to him, "Do you like it? Golden Silk Cake?"

Dong Mingsheng sat straight, and it was not right to answer, nor was it not right to answer.

"Do you want your mother to feed you?" Chen Ning turned his head, his smile and his eyes were bright.

Dong Mingsheng immediately took it with both hands and took a bite subconsciously.

Chen Ning chuckled twice and asked again: "Is it delicious?"

Dong Mingsheng nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Chen Ning smiled and stopped talking.

Dong Mingsheng carefully finished a piece of golden silk cake, and the slag didn't fall on Shen Ning at all. Chen Ning pulled out the silk handkerchief and gently wiped the debris in his hands. She said while wiping: "Ming Sheng, you have come to find your mother, but your mother didn't promise you for her own reasons. Don't blame her mother."

"My son dare not..." Dong Mingsheng looked at her wiping him and said noddedly.

"Actually, this time, my mother had no plans." At this point, Dong Mingsheng pulled away his hand as if he was in a fire.

Chen Ning looked up at the sensitive child and sighed softly, "You listen to your mother's words first."

Dong Mingsheng lowered his head and pursed his lips.

Chen Ning touched his head and continued, "It's the mother who is selfish and does not want to get involved in trouble, but since your father asked me to take care of you, I can no longer refuse. Don't worry, since I have become your mother-in-law, I will definitely take responsibility and raise you with all my heart."

Dong Mingsheng was silent for a long time before slowly raising his head and said softly: "Will the mother not leave Mingsheng alone?"

"No." Chen Ning looked at him and shook his head firmly, "I will try my best to treat you as my own."

Dong Mingsheng was obviously relieved, and he showed the first smile when he entered Chunxi Palace, "Thank you, Mother."

Chen Ning smiled and nodded, and said, "From now on, you don't have to be so careful, nor do you have to force yourself to regard me as your mother immediately. Your biological mother is still there, and Mother Hui has just left for a while, so we will slowly cultivate our feelings."

Dong Mingsheng was stunned for a moment before he hesitating and replied: "Yes..."

"Good boy." Chen Ning rubbed his head.

He hugged him and said something irrelevant. Wei Hui, the eunuch of Dong Mingsheng, knelt down and said, "Impress, the second highness should go to school."

Chen Ning then let Dong Mingsheng down, dressed up for him, "Go."

"My son will leave first." Dong Mingsheng was about to kneel down.

"Don't kneel down, you're so close. When you see me later, you'll just treat me." Chen Ning held his arm, then added with a smile, "When your father was there, he knelt down."

After Dong Mingsheng went out, Chen Ning breathed a sigh of relief. Although she acted naturally in front of Dong Mingsheng, she had never been a stepmother before, and she was such a young child. She really had many things to prepare for.

Since then, Chen Ning first asked Dong Mingsheng's personal servant one by one, and asked him clearly about his daily food, clothing, housing and transportation. Even what he liked to eat and didn't like to eat clearly. She knew that he used less breakfast, so she sent Dong Yuheng to court every day, and always urged Dong Mingsheng to use food to let him go to school. When he came back at night, he asked him about his studies and reunions with his brothers during the day and what interesting things were there. Dong Mingsheng was vague at first, but later he also said a few words to her. Not only that, she often asked the eldest princess to come and meet his brother, and sometimes asked the concubine De, who was carrying the eldest princess, to come and sit.

Dong Yuheng saw it and smiled and said one day that her mother was quite dedicated. Chen Ning said, "Educating children is a big problem."

The emperor chuckled.

The first snow fell in Changyang, and Prince Jing Dong Ruixiang passed away from the palace. The bad news spread to Qiankun Palace overnight. Dong Yuheng was sleepless all night, and Chen Ning was by his side all night.

After the grand funeral of Prince Jing was held, the emperor could not control his depression and anxiety, and pressed against Shen Ning rudely to ask for her warmth. Chen Ning gritted his teeth to suppress the pain, and accepted his collision with incomparable tolerance.

"Ning'er, Ning'er..." Dong Yuheng called her name anxiously in her ear, pouring the heat into the deepest part of her body.

The next day Chen Ning woke up and saw the emperor caressing her red and purple skin pity, she smiled and kissed his heart, responding to her an almost suffocating hug.

The next day, the emperor recovered as usual. Chen Ning felt a little distressed, and he even had time limits for sadness.

The Princess summoned the queen and said that it was a funeral in the palace recently. I am afraid that the Tian family would be in a state of depression and could not live a good life. It is necessary to quickly decide the prince's concubine of Dong Mingyi and hold a happy event in the spring.

The queen received the order.

Because the emperor was disturbed by Prince Jing's affairs, Meng Ya did not dare to mention the eldest prince's marriage to the emperor. At this time, he presented several candidates for the prince's concubines, including no daughter of the Chen Mansion. Since visiting Zhiyuan, Meng Ya could not understand Chen Ning and the Chen Mansion. Seeing that Chen Ning was always pretending to be confused, he decided to ease the marriage.

After looking at the candidates, the emperor decided for half a day and chose Gu Yuanshan, the daughter of Gu Changqing, as the chief concubine of Dongming Yi.

When Dong Mingyi learned about this, he came to Chunxi Palace alone for a long time. No matter how Chen Ning teased him, he didn't speak up. He just ate snacks and drank tea silently. He didn't look at her deeply until he was about to pay the money and food. He turned around and left.

Chen Ning told Dong Yuheng about this at night, and she was afraid that Dong Mingyi would have premarital phobia. "He is still a child, so can't he take it for another year or two?"

Dong Yuheng just hummed when he heard this, saying that the eldest prince would marry and have children soon, so he would not let him come alone in the future.
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