In Dongfang Qinyin's palace, it was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop, and the dim candlelight was swaying slightly. Suddenly, a familiar and gentle voice, like the sound of nature, came into her mind.
Dongfang Qinyin's heart trembled, she hurriedly got up from the bed, not bothering to put on her shoes, and ran barefoot in the direction of the sound. With the dim candlelight, she finally saw the person in front of her clearly, it was indeed Xiao Ning!
Dongfang Qinyin's eyes were blurred by tears of excitement, and she threw herself into the boy's arms like a happy magpie. Xiao Ning obviously did not expect her to be so excited, and he felt a strong force slamming into him. His feet retreated involuntarily, but he still caught her steadily.
Dongfang Qinyin hugged Xiao Ning tightly, as if she was afraid that he would suddenly disappear, and she sobbed softly.
"Ning'er, you're finally here! Why didn't you contact me during this period? I thought something happened to you!" Dongfang Qinyin's voice was filled with a hint of complaint and grievance.
Xiao Ning felt her body trembling slightly in his arms, and he couldn't help feeling extremely ashamed. He gently put his arm around her waist and said softly, "I'm sorry.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness. My communication disc was broken and I couldn't contact you. I only came here after hearing the news from Sister Song Yu. I'm sorry..."
It turned out that half a month ago, Xiao Ning accidentally dropped the communication disc he was using to communicate with others. This kind of communication disc was fragile, and after the fall, it was completely broken and could no longer be used.
Fortunately, Xiao Ning didn't lack such things, so if it broke, it wouldn't have much impact on him, he would just have to buy another one. However, what was really important was the contact information stored on it, which was the most important information to him.
Therefore, Xiao Ning had to spend a lot of time and energy to re-add the contact information of those people one by one. After completing the addition of the contact information of everyone around him, he went to the capital specifically to add the contact information of Dongfang Qinyin and Song Yu.
When Dongfang Qinyin heard Xiao Ning's explanation, a big stone in her heart finally fell to the ground. Her body seemed to have suddenly lost its support, and it softened all of a sudden, and she collapsed directly to the ground. Seeing this, Xiao Ning squatted down and hugged her delicate body tightly with his hands, fearing that she would fall to the ground.
The two of them sat on the ground together. Fortunately, there was a thick carpet, so there was no need to worry about Dongfang Qinyin catching a cold. Xiao Ning looked at Dongfang Qinyin with concern and asked softly:
"Your Highness, what happened? Why did the Emperor impeach you?"
This question has been lingering in Xiao Ning's mind, and it is also the most critical issue at the moment. After Dongfang Qinyin heard this question, her originally bright eyes dimmed instantly, she slowly lowered her head, and her voice became unusually hoarse.
"No matter how outstanding I am, no matter how hardworking I am, I am still a woman after all..."
Dongfang Qinyin's words were filled with endless helplessness and sadness, as if she was carrying the weight of the whole world. The cause of all this can be traced back to when Dongfang Qinyin was appointed as the crown prince. In fact, the old man Dongfang Xiong was still very opposed to the idea of a woman ruling the country, and he even had the idea of passing the throne to his son.
Now, the crown prince has passed away, and the second and third princes have been deposed for treason, which has made the men who should have inherited the crown prince ineligible.
But as Dongfang Xiong is now old and in failing health, in order to ensure the stability of the court, he has to make a difficult decision - to pass the crown prince position to his eldest daughter Dongfang Qinyin.
However, despite Dongfang Qinyin's extraordinary intelligence and talent, in Dongfang Xiong's heart, she is always just a girl, and cannot be compared with men. He feels that entrusting his country to his daughter is simply a kind of guilt to his ancestors. But he feels that it is too much of a loss to pass it on to his brother, so he finally set his sights on his illegitimate son!
When Dongfang Xiong was young, he was a playboy. When he visited the people incognito, he had many affairs. However, because most of these women were of humble origins, he did not call them back to the palace, but let them fend for themselves outside the palace.
Finally, under the persuasion of several ministers who had complaints about the princess, Dongfang Xiong reluctantly agreed to send people to search for his so-called illegitimate child among the people. Unexpectedly, they actually found one!
This man is called Lu Xin, and he lives in a quiet town in the Jiangnan water town. He lives with his mother and has never seen his father since he was a child. His mother told him that his father was a very great man, and this statement was deeply engraved in his heart and accompanied him throughout his childhood.
Time flies, and now Lu Xin is nineteen years old. He has grown into a strong man. He makes a living by fishing and has become a qualified fisherman.
As for how to determine that this young man is Dongfang Xiong's offspring, it is also because the Dongfang family has a special method of testing blood, and Lu Xin happened to be detected to have a special blood. This discovery made Dongfang Xiong very interested in him, so he was brought into the palace.
When he learned that he was going to enter the palace, Lu Xin's first thought was to take his mother with him. However, this request was rejected. He faced a difficult choice between wealth and glory and his mother. In the end, after a painful struggle, he decided to leave his mother and step into the unknown world alone.
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