In Changyang Palace, the emperor received an urgent report in the court, and his mind was instantly blank. The ministers were waiting for the master to inform him of the urgent report. After waiting for a while, they saw Long Yan Muran under the pearl curtain. He didn't say a word for a long time and looked at each other.

Wan Fuli was by his side, and he couldn't help but look at the master side with concern.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." An old minister called out a few times, and Dong Yuheng suddenly came to his senses. Instead of raising his hand to let him start the music, he pinched the letter in his hand and stood up suddenly, "Retreat!"

The court suddenly felt silently surprised.

The emperor, regardless of whether they had kneeled or not, left Kaiming Hall with great strides.

After leaving the main hall, the emperor did not want to be a royal carriage or a servant. He waved his hand and walked quickly towards the Tongming Hall of the Second Hall.

Only Wanfu follows not far behind the master.

Tongming Hall has always been quiet, with only a few eunuchs and servants cleaning every day. Dong Yuheng waved all the people back, but he didn't enter the hall. He walked back and forth outside the hall, just like a wounded lion full of the aura of being unaware of being away from the stranger.

Concubine Rui! Jian Xiyan said that he saved the eldest prince and Concubine Rui! Absurd and ridiculous! The emperor was still holding the letter paper tightly, and the veins in his hand burst out. Ning'er is still alive? Impossible! She clearly contacted the child with a rash in front of everyone, and she had a rash on her body, and finally set fire. Someone pretended to be her? The eldest prince and Jian Xiyan were sure that she was Concubine Rui! Has the eldest prince ever met Concubine Rui? Has Jian Xiyan ever met Concubine Rui? It is not surprising that the beautiful girl also looks like Ning'er? What's so strange about having another similar person!

But if she was really Shen Ning... uncontrolled ecstasy surged up in an instant. She was still alive, God blessed, she was still alive! What should he do when he saw her? Hold her tightly? Or scold her? God, she was still alive! The emperor's heart was trembling. The corners of his lips came on stage. She was still alive, she was still alive...

But if she was a fake... and it seemed like a basin of cold water extinguished his joy, his smile disappeared instantly. She was obviously dead, so how could she appear in Baizhou and be raped by Nuerling! It must be fake, maybe it was an assassin sent by Nuerling. If it was fake, he would have to let this person dismember him and torn apart! This would not relieve his anger.

But if it is true again... it must be fake...

Dong Yuheng looked back and didn't know what it felt in his heart, but he felt that a big oil pan was boiling his joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, ecstasy and anger, and uneasiness kept boiling.

But even though he was very happy and sad inside, there was no expression on his face like a carving. Wanfu felt a little worried.

After a long time, the emperor finally stopped, but stood there motionless. After a long time, Wanfu couldn't help but worry and spoke carefully, "Your Majesty?"

After a while, Dong Yuheng said stiffly: "Call the adults in the cabinet to the Imperial Study Room. I have important matters to discuss, and I will pass on my orders..."

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Three days later, Shen Ning, who was lying by the window pavilion and basking in the sun, woke up from the nightmare again. When she woke up, she felt like she fell from a cliff. She sat up straight in cold sweat. She was stunned for a while before she slowly came to her senses.

It was time for her to see a psychiatrist. She stroked her gauze-wrapped face and thought, if anything.

"Madam, are you awake? I'm just about to call you." Miss Xiuge - Zhang Sulan, the daughter of the magistrate of Baizhou, led Hua'er in, "Your Highness is here to apply medicine to you again."

"Then please help me change my clothes first." He couldn't see this weak look.

Hua'er stepped forward and changed her clothes lightly. Seeing that her clothes were wet again, she said without a doubt: "Madam, are you having a nightmare again? Do you want me to change the gauze for you?"

"Then please." She had to get better as soon as possible.

Zhang Sulan did not avoid this time. She looked at the hideous scars on Bai Yu's body and gasped a lot. She felt that her own pain was unbearable and she couldn't bear to look at it again.

After she changed her clothes, Zhang Sulan personally went to welcome Dong Mingyi in. Although she was a daughter-in-law, this little lady in the prefecture was just a servant in front of the noble royal relative.

Dong Mingyi was not yet Chen Ninggao, and still had a childish face. He waved his hand and asked the host and servants who were paying tribute to him to get up, walked to Chen Ning who was sitting at the table, and saluted half a day, "Madam."

"Your Highness, I'm going to trouble you again." Chen Ning placed his arm on the table and chuckled.

"Miss Zhang, you guys will retreat first." Dong Mingyi nodded and, as usual, left the idle people and others.

Zhang Sulan looked at Dong Mingyi in disappointment, saluted, and led Huaer out of her boudoir.

Hearing the sound of the door closed, Dong Mingyi opened the ointment box placed on the table, "Empress Ruifei, I'm rude." He said with a light face, took the ointment from the box, and skillfully applied it to her arm.

Since she asked Feng Baolan to call him to meet him that day, she did not say anything else to him, but only reached out to ask him to help apply medicine. He was puzzled for a moment, and saw that the scars on her hands were dense, so he did it in a daze. Then he brought tea and water for her, and fed and changed her medicine, which became his prince's job. He wanted to have an attack, but inexplicably endured his arrogant self-esteem and did what she said.

Perhaps... because he felt guilty. Whenever he applied medicine to her, he always had to work hard to stop the trembling of his fingertips. Compared to him, she was a weak woman, more brave and fearless. When he was defeated, she made a quick decision to knock him out so that he would not make a big mistake. Feng Baolan originally wanted to save her, but she resolutely used bait to make them escape safely, and ended up being covered in whip. The doctor who healed for her said that she was lucky that she had not been raped, which meant that she had been tortured for two nights and a day! How did she endure that vicious feeling that was piercing in her mind! She also witnessed Huang Yi's death with him. Compared to her, his pain was simply not worth mentioning...

"Your Highness, I wonder what the current battle is?" Chen Ning asked suddenly.

Dong Mingyi's movements stopped, and then he said in a voice that had already begun to change his voice: "I heard that Nuerling has led his army back to Kumun, and it must be going to Aldo." His wishful thinking of trying to surround Wei to save Zhao was gone, so he naturally had to turn back to resist General Huang Ling who had launched a fierce attack.

"Is that so? It's a pity that we can't capture him and throw him into pieces in person." Chen Ning felt quite regretful.

Dong Mingyi was silent for a moment before asking slowly: "Empress, have you been afraid?"

Chen Ning looked into his eyes, "I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid, not only afraid, but also hurt." She pointed to the wound on her hand.

Dong Mingyi also looked straight at her, but as he looked, he shed tears somehow. His legs weakened and fell to Shen Ning, choking and said, "I am a coward, I'm scared!"

Chen Ning sighed lightly and slowly reached out to caress his head.

Dong Mingyi lay on her lap, crying and said, "It's all my fault... If I hadn't underestimated the enemy and fell into the enemy's trick, Huang Yi wouldn't have died so miserably to protect me... I dreamed that Huang Yi was killed, and sometimes I dreamed that I was also being Nuerling□□... I am ashamed of General Huang, I have no shame to meet my father... They comforted me because I am the prince, I know they are all blaming me and looking down on me..."

Dong Mingyi was almost incoherent and talked about the fear and anxiety in his heart to Chen Ning, who was sympathetic.

Chen Ning let him vent his anger and gently stroked his head to comfort him. After a long time, she said softly: "Everyone has a time to make mistakes, don't blame yourself too much." She paused and continued after a while, "Since you have to learn to get up from where you fall, and then try your best to solve this mistake."

Dong Mingyi raised his head, with a pair of red eyes and a red nose with some sympathy.

"Good boy, wipe away the tears, you have to avenge Huang Yi." Chen Ning wiped the tears from his face with his fingertips.

The young prince felt the tenderness of the face as the spring breeze blowing, like a dew dropping from the tip of the leaves into the calm lake, causing a ripples to dissipate immediately, and finally merged with the lake water.

This moment was recorded in the depths of his soul.

At this moment, he was stunned for a while, suddenly stood up, and quickly wiped away his tears in a rather embarrassed manner.

There was an awkward silence in the room, and Chen Ning picked up a spring roll and handed it to him, "Your Highness, are you hungry? This snack is delicious, do you want to try it?"

Dong Mingyi didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he just said: "My hands are dirty..."

"Then let's eat like this," Chen Ning chuckled and sent the spring roll to his lips, "Ah."

Dong Mingyi's face turned red, and she looked at her vaguely "I'm rude" and opened her mouth and bit the spring roll.

Chen Ning smiled and looked at him finishing his meal, and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Dong Mingyi nodded silently.

"Then let's eat another peach bag." Chen Ning took a small peach bag and fed it to his mouth again.

After eating, Dong Mingyi said softly: "...It's delicious." The peach buns that I never tasted in the palace in the past now have a different fragrance.

"It's delicious." Chen Ning turned his head and wiped the corners of his lips with a smile.

Dong Mingyi's face turned red again, and then he bent down and held his hands and bowed to Chen Ning and gave a big gift, "Please forgive me, my son has just lost his manners."

He should be able to cheer up without a heavy hammer when the drum is ringing. Chen Ning had a compliment in his eyes, "Why did your highness say this? Your Highness applied medicine to me, so why did you say that you lost your etiquette?"

Dong Mingyi heard Chen Ning’s implication, pressed her head lower and said silly: “Thank you, Empress.”

Then he cleaned his hands with clean water, wiped it dry, and applied medicine to Chen Ning again. Chen Ning stared at the face that looked eighty-point like Dong Yuheng, and sighed in his heart.

After Dong Mingyi finished applying medicine to her arms, Chen Ning said, "Thank you, Your Highness, Ming will not bother you anymore. You may have to go back to the camp?" He cannot hide behind now. He is Dong Yuheng's child, and he must have the courage to take responsibility.

Although there was still a trace of fear in his eyes, Dong Mingyi still answered firmly, "That's right."

"The battlefield is ruthless, your highness, please be careful."

"Thank you for your advice."

At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and the captain of the yamen led a few officers to rush in.

"Rareless!" Dong Mingyi shouted immediately.

"Sorry, the eldest prince, the youngest came to take this woman to jail after Lord Zhang's order."

"What?" Dong Mingyi frowned unhappily, "Absurd! Mom, what crime did the lady commit?"

"This... I don't know that Lord Zhang only instructs the young one that this is the will of the Lord and must not be wrong."

"Imperial Order?" Dong Mingyi was shocked.

Chen Ning's face remained unchanged, and he followed the captain into the prison without any objection. He saw Feng Baolan standing in front of him, his cell was arranged like a boudoir, and even with a faint fragrance. She burst into laughter, "Master Bao, is this your masterpiece?"

Feng Baolan curled his lips, "Your identity is precious, and Master Zhang dares not neglect." Feng Baolan sighed in his heart. I'm afraid the Tian family cannot let go of her abscond, so it would be fine if she didn't kill her immediately.

"Thank you." Chen Ning walked in, glanced around, and said to him innocently, "It would be better if there was still a chess table."

"...I'll send someone to send you here later." Feng Baolan's mouth seemed to twitch for a moment.

"That's thank you." Chen Ning sat on the soft couch and tried it, well, it's not bad.

Dong Mingyi also came with them. Seeing Chen Ning smiling, she didn't know what she was thinking. He pursed his lips and said, "Don't worry, my son and Mr. Feng will definitely plead for the empress. Please let you out of prison with your father."

"No need." Chen Ning raised his head, and in the dim light, Dong Mingyi only saw her bright eyes.

"No need." She said again.

Although her tone was still mediocre, Feng Baolan could still hear her hidden sorrow.

He suddenly wanted to ask the whole story of her escape a year ago, but he held it back and knew that she would definitely not tell.

But his heart actually felt a little pity for this woman. He felt that such a woman should not suffer such sin again, but this was the man's imperial edict, and he... could do nothing.

After Feng Baolan and Dong Mingyi left, Chen Ning sat on the couch for a long time, tears rolling in his eyes, and he stubbornly refused to fall out.

Dong Yuheng, you are so ruthless.

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Chen Ning listened to the prisoner's howling in a yin prison, covering his head and ears, and still tossing and turning, feeling the headache was split and it was difficult to fall asleep.

Before dawn the next day, Dong Mingyi, who was already wearing armor, originally planned to go to the military camp with his entourage who came to pick him up, but finally, Chen Ning, who was worried about being imprisoned, turned his head and went to Baizhou Prison. The prison guard bent his back and led him to Chen Ning's prison. He looked through the wooden fence and looked at the woman with her back facing him and was sleeping soundly. He breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Can she take the opportunity even in prison?

He asked the prison guard to open the door, and he asked his entourage to bring the hot breakfast in. He walked to Chen Ning and called out "Madam".

No one responded.
To be continued...