When Yu Jingchen left Cining Palace, he was in a daze, feeling somewhat lost after what had happened that day. This was the first time Yu Jingchen had experienced such a sense of powerlessness.

"Your Majesty, the Empress has woken up. After waking up, the Empress just lay there alone, not saying a word. The palace servants called her, but she didn't respond... and she didn't drink her medicine." It was Xia Yi who came over.

Upon hearing this, Yu Jingchen didn't linger and immediately rushed back to Fengyin Palace. When he entered, he saw palace servants kneeling all over the ground, and Nan Zhiyun lying blankly on the bed. Cining Palace seemed to have lost its soul, and Yu Jingchen's heart ached as if it were being ripped apart.

He walked up and sat down next to Nan Zhiyun.

He called her "Yun'er".

“I know you’re upset, I know you can’t accept what happened, but we have to listen to each other, okay? Think about how much your father used to spoil you. You’re the one he worries about the most. If you continue like this, won’t he be very upset?” Yu Jingchen’s voice was gentle, as if he was afraid that if he raised his voice any louder, he would disturb Nan Zhiyun.

Nan Zhiyun still didn't react, but the tears sliding down her cheeks were heartbreaking.

"Yun'er, be good, let's be good, okay? That way your father will be at ease, right? And doesn't Yun'er want to know the truth and avenge your father? We can't just leave things like this, without knowing the truth, can we? So let's go and arrest those people, okay?" Yu Jingchen wiped away Nan Zhiyun's tears.

Nan Zhiyun's eyes finally came to their senses. She looked at Yu Jingchen and burst into tears.

"Your Majesty..." Nan Zhiyun's voice was very hoarse, as if she couldn't speak. Yu Jingchen helped her up, then hugged her and comforted her.

“I’m not sad anymore…” Yu Jingchen didn’t know what he could do to make Nan Zhiyun feel better.

“Your Majesty… I have no father anymore… I am a child without a father…” Nan Zhiyun told Yu Jingchen, and these words pierced Yu Jingchen’s heart.

“Father doesn’t want me anymore… I don’t have a father anymore, he abandoned me…” Nan Zhiyun continued, and Yu Jingchen did not say anything, but just patted Nan Zhiyun’s back to comfort her.

"I will be good, I want my father... I will never make him angry or sad again, and I will never leave him alone in the mansion. Please don't leave me alone either, okay? Your Majesty, I miss my father..." Nan Zhiyun cried as Yu Jingchen held her in his arms.

“I don’t have a father anymore…” Nan Zhiyun hugged Yu Jingchen back, and Yu Jingchen silently comforted her.

Nan Zhiyun cried unrestrainedly, her sobs becoming hoarse. Yu Jingchen did not stop her; he thought that crying it out was much better than bottling it up inside.

Nan Zhiyun cried until she was too tired to make a sound, and gradually she calmed down. Yu Jingchen felt terrible looking at Nan Zhiyun like this.

"Yun'er, everything will be alright... Believe me, okay? He didn't abandon you, he couldn't bear to leave you either. He's become a star now, he's with you every day. And, Yun'er isn't alone, Yun'er still has me, and the baby, right?" Yu Jingchen gently comforted her.

He was really worried about Nan Zhiyun's current situation, not to mention the Empress Dowager's matter. Yu Jingchen couldn't imagine how Nan Zhiyun would react if she knew about the Empress Dowager's current state...