Sure enough, when he arrived at the cold palace, it was extremely deserted.

He knocked lightly on the paint-chipped iron door and waited quietly for the person inside to open it.

After a while, the door cracked open and the girl Xiao Tao poked her head out. When she saw Leng Ming, she turned around and shouted happily:

"Your Majesty, Prince Ming is here."

When Chang heard Xiaotao's cry, she hurried out of the house.

When she saw Leng Ming, she was surprised at first, then her face turned cold.

"Didn't I tell you not to act rashly? If people find out you're here, you won't be able to explain yourself."

Leng Ming held the mooncake in his hand in front of Chang and said calmly:

"Mom, today is Mid-Autumn Festival. Everyone is busy with their own things. No one will notice me."

Chang took the mooncake bag from his hand, opened the oil paper, and when she saw the mooncake inside, her eyes suddenly turned red and she murmured,

"Is it Mid-Autumn Festival already? Autumn is here, and it looks like the weather will soon get colder..."

"Mom, why are you crying?"

Leng Ming was a little bit at a loss, Xiao Tao hurried forward to explain,

"She must be happy that you still think of her on such an important day."

Chang also nodded.

"Yes, I am really happy. My son has grown up and knows how to miss me."

As she spoke, she picked up a mooncake, took a bite, and nodded.

"That's the feeling. I've been living in this cold palace in such a daze that I don't even know what year or month it is."

Chang's words made Leng Ming feel sad. He hated himself for being incompetent and unable to rescue his mother from here.

Seeing Chang eating mooncakes in big mouthfuls, Xiao Tao standing beside her kept swallowing her saliva. Leng Ming took out a mooncake and handed it to her.

"This is for you, eat it too!"

Prince Ming gave himself mooncakes?

Xiao Tao immediately looked at Leng Ming with shining eyes, and nodded with tears in her eyes while taking the mooncake.

"Thank you, Prince Ming, for remembering Xiaotao."

"How could I not remember? In this cold palace, my dear mother lives. You are the one who takes care of her. How could I, Leng Ming, forget?"