Until February, Princess Yincheng still had not decided on her husband. It was said that Princess Yincheng disliked the candidate for husband as he was too slick and disliked the candidate for husband as he was unromantic.
There are also those who complain that the young master eats too much, is too tall and scary, is not white enough, or has too big feet...
All kinds of weird excuses kept coming up, which made the emperor so angry that he didn't bother to care about her anymore, and the empress dowager was also helpless.
The dozen or so people selected were all top-notch, but she still couldn't find a single one that satisfied her. She was really at a loss.
Ning Yuxi felt a little worried again. Could it be that the princess was still thinking about her brother?
By mid-February, the situation in the north was not optimistic. General Liu suffered a defeat and Xianzhou City fell.
The emperor was furious and issued an edict to severely reprimand General Liu. Those nomadic peoples had already lost many cattle and sheep to starvation and freezing due to natural disasters, and they had no choice but to invade the Jin Dynasty.
They were short of food and supplies, and their people were hungry and cold. We thought we could quickly wipe them out, but we actually let them take away a city.
A few days later, General Liu wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that there was a spy in the army, who gave the defense map of Xianzhou City to the enemy, which led to the fall of Xianzhou.
And this person was Ning Yuxi's father, Ning Yi, the deputy captain of the army going on this expedition.
The emperor was furious and immediately ordered the execution of Ning Yi, but he learned that Ning Yi had disappeared in the battle when Xianzhou fell.
So the emperor raided the Ning Mansion and imprisoned everyone in it, including Ning Yi's wife, Shen.
Ning Chen was also imprisoned by the emperor.
When Ning Yuxi learned about this, she felt like her heart was about to break. She immediately went to the Emperor's Shengchen Palace to plead for mercy, but the Emperor ordered her to be under house arrest and not to leave unless summoned.
The once bustling Shuqing Palace suddenly became deserted. All the palace servants except Ruyi and Luoying, who served Ning Yuxi personally, and the two wet nurses of the third prince were taken away.
Ning Yuxi stared blankly at the locked palace gate guarded by guards. In her memory, her father Ning Yi was an absolutely loyal man. How could he collude with the enemy and give them the defense map?
Could it be that General Liu had framed her? After all, Concubine Liu had been dissatisfied with her for a long time.
If it was General Liu who framed my father, then he would be in great danger. Even if my father was wrongly accused, he would be dead and have no evidence to prove it.
Haha, Concubine Liu, Liu Qingruo, really think highly of her!
She said that with Concubine Liu's intolerant personality, she had offended her several times unintentionally, so how could the emperor just coax her into submission?!
She sat in the hall in a daze. Ruyi and Luoying tried to persuade her several times, but they didn't know where to start.
At the end of the hour of Hai, Ning Yuxi still remained in that position motionless. Luoying was worried that her master would not be able to bear it if she continued like this, so she wanted to persuade her to rest.
At this moment, Ning Yuxi suddenly heard some noises, like the sound of someone stepping on tiles. It was very subtle. If it weren't for her sensitive ears, and the fact that Shuqing Palace was so quiet at the moment that you could hear a pin drop, she probably wouldn't have heard it.
She slowly turned her head to look outside the door. Not long after, there was a soft knock on the door. Ruyi and Luoying were startled and asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"
The person outside the door lowered his voice and said, "Sister, it's me."
Ning Yuxi was startled. It was Ning Chen. She quickly got up and opened the door. Seeing that it was indeed Ning Chen, she quickly pulled him in and looked around to make sure there was no one around.
Ning Chen entered the house and said, "Don't worry, sister. I was paying attention when I came, and no one noticed."
"Sister, are you okay?" Ning Chen looked worried.
Such a big thing happened, his father was in trouble, his mother was imprisoned, he was afraid that his elder sister would not be able to bear the blow and collapse.
Ning Yuxi did not answer him, but asked: "Didn't the emperor lock you up? How did you get out?" Prison escape is a serious crime.
Ning Chen's expression was a little unnatural, and then he said, "Yes...Princess Yin Cheng saw that I was worried about you, so she let me out to see you."
"Princess Yincheng?" Ning Yuxi was a little surprised that Princess Yincheng was so bold.
Ning Yuxi temporarily put aside the matter of Princess Yincheng and said, "I suspect that it was Concubine Liu's father who deliberately framed my father. Concubine Liu has always disliked me, but my father's whereabouts are unknown, so even if he deliberately framed us, there is no evidence."
Ning Chen pursed his lips and suddenly said solemnly: "Sister, I want to ask the emperor to let me go to the border to redeem myself and redeem myself for my crime, and also to find my father."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ning Yuxi refused, "No, you're walking into a tiger's mouth if you go to the border. General Liu will definitely not let you go!"
Ning Chen knew it too, but he couldn't just watch his father being wronged, couldn't just watch his father disappear and remain indifferent.
Like Ning Yuxi, he also believed that his father would not collaborate with the enemy and commit treason.
He said firmly, "Sister, as a son, how can I watch my father imprisoned and remain indifferent? You don't need to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind."
Seeing that he was so determined, Ning Yuxi stopped persuading him. Parents love their children deeply, and so do children love their parents.
She warned: "Be careful, sister is waiting for you and father to come back."
Ning Chen nodded firmly.
Finally, he added, "Don't worry about Mother. I...I asked Princess Yincheng to send someone to take care of it."
Ning Yuxi was slightly stunned. Was Princess Yincheng too kind to her family, or to her brother? She originally thought that it was just a young girl's first love, and she would forget about it when she met someone better. Who knew that she would take it so seriously.
Ning Yuxi wanted to say something, but in the end, she said nothing. Well, everyone has their own destiny.
A few days later, Ning Yuxi heard that the emperor had sent another 20,000 troops to reinforce the border, and her brother was among them.
Originally, the emperor would never listen to the words of a criminal's son. If he had not saved the princess twice, he would have executed him immediately.
In the end, it was the princess who went to plead for mercy. When the queen mother learned about this, she almost scolded Princess Yincheng. She said that this girl was not satisfied with so many men, and it turned out that she had set her eyes on that boy for a long time.
She wished she could cut the boy who stole her daughter's heart into pieces. How could the son of a fifth-rank official be worthy of her daughter? Even if he was now a second-class guard and a fourth-rank official, it was not enough. It was because he saved the princess that he was promoted.
Not to mention that his father Ning Yi is now colluding with foreign enemies, causing the fall of Xianzhou.
The emperor will not tolerate him for the crime of treason.
The Queen Mother was so worried that her hair almost turned white. She strictly forbade Princess Yin Cheng to mention that boy again.
In the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother looked at Princess Yincheng, who was kneeling on the ground, with a serious face: "I will not agree to you being with that boy from the Ning family. Just give up on this idea."
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