Princess Yin Cheng had a stubborn look on her face, her eyes were red, and she bit her lip and said nothing.
After a long pause, the Queen Mother, feeling sorry for her daughter, softened her tone and said, "He's now on the frontier, facing a life-threatening situation. We don't even know if he can come back alive. You should just forget about him."
"My mother also said that this is a life-or-death situation. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I am willing to wait for him."
The Queen Mother's face was filled with disappointment: "His father collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. He is the son of a criminal. Even if I didn't stop you, your brother would definitely not agree."
Tears slowly rolled down Princess Yincheng's eyes, but she still said stubbornly, "He said his father wouldn't collaborate with the enemy or commit treason. I believe him!"
The Queen Mother was furious: "You! What a sinner!"
"Come here, confine the princess to Yuxuan. Without my order, you are not allowed to leave Yuxuan even a step!"
"You better reflect on this!"
Princess Yin Cheng wiped her tears, said nothing, stood up and strode out.
The Queen Mother looked at her daughter's stubborn back and sighed. Her character was exactly the same as when she was young. She had suffered a lot because of this character when she first entered the palace.
"Alas! It's all debt!"
Aunt Yu comforted her, "Don't worry, Queen Mother. The princess is a filial child. She will definitely figure it out."
The Queen Mother continued to sigh: "I'm afraid it will be difficult."
…
In the Shengchen Palace, the emperor was also very angry. Today, the guard who was guarding Ning Chen came to report that he was willing to take the blame and go to the border to quell the rebellion.
The emperor would never care about him. It was a mercy of his not killing him now.
But after a while, Yin Cheng came over to plead for the boy, asking him to agree to let the boy make amends for his crime.
If he didn't agree to her, she would keep kneeling there and said that if he didn't agree to her again, she would refuse to eat or drink and go on a hunger strike. The emperor was very angry.
But after all, she was his beloved sister since childhood. Seeing her shivering from the cold, he softened his heart and agreed to her request.
Only then did he understand why his sister hadn't found a husband she liked recently, and he wanted to beat her up.
…
That day, Ning Yuxi was coaxing her son to take a nap when she heard Ruyi come in and report, "Master, Concubine Chen and Concubine Li have arrived and are being blocked at the door by the guards."
Ning Yuxi smelled it and was afraid that the guards would hurt the two of them, so she hurried out.
Outside the gate, two guards stopped Concubine Chen and Concubine Li, their faces stern: "The Emperor has ordered Concubine Ning to be confined to Shuqing Palace. She is not allowed to leave without permission."
Concubine Chen said, "The Emperor has ordered her to remain under house arrest, but he hasn't ordered anyone not to visit her."
Li Changzai also said, "That's right, we also want to visit the Third Prince. Did the Emperor say that we can't visit the Third Prince? The Third Prince loves the fresh milk soup I make these days."
The two guards hesitated: "This..."
Seeing this, Concubine Chen's face turned cold and she said, "If the Third Prince can't eat the fresh milk soup made by Concubine Li and starts crying and hurts himself, can you afford it?"
The two guards then let them in and opened the door for them.
The two looked at each other happily.
When the three of them met, Ning Yuxi couldn't help but have tears in her eyes. She didn't expect that even when she was in trouble, the two of them were still thinking about her.
Although Ning Yuxi was under house arrest, her allowance was not deducted much. After all, she still had the Third Prince, and the Emperor valued the Third Prince so the people in the Imperial Household Department did not dare to deduct too much from her.
The two of them didn't dare to stay for long. Seeing that she was doing okay, they chatted for a while and then left.
After a while, little Chengzhao woke up from his nap. He was now seven months old and had started to eat some complementary foods. Li Changzai would research some foods that were easy for children to digest and prepare them for him every few days.
The little guy also likes it very much. This fresh milk porridge was just developed by her not long ago, and little Chengzhao likes it very much.
Ning Yuxi checked it as usual. It was not that she did not trust the two of them, but she had always been extremely careful with her son.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Ning Yuxi fed him the food. The little guy was very happy eating it. After eating, he crawled around on the bed happily.
Looking at her son's cheerful smile, Ning Yuxi's gloom over the past few days seemed to dissipate a little.
…
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of February. Over the past ten days, Concubine Chen and Concubine Li came to visit her from time to time. She was not lonely living alone in Shuqing Palace. Now she just hoped that her brother would be safe.
It has been more than ten days, and Ning Chen and his group of reinforcements have almost arrived at the northern border. No one knows what the situation is now, and Ning Yuxi is worried.
That night, little Chengzhao suddenly started to have a high fever. Ning Yuxi knew some medical skills, and there were some medicines prescribed by the imperial physician when the little guy had a fever last time, so Ning Yuxi gave it to him.
After struggling for an hour or two, the heat finally subsided, but it didn't last long before it started to burn again. Ning Yuxi didn't delay and quickly asked Ruyi to call the imperial physician.
When the guards heard that the third prince was ill, they did not dare to delay and let her go.
Soon the imperial physician arrived and there was another round of trouble. It was not until dawn that little Chengzhao calmed down.
Ning Yuxi didn't dare to be careless and continued to guard him.
It was not until almost noon that he fell into a deep sleep when he saw that the little guy had not relapsed.
Ning Yuxi felt like she hadn't slept for long when she was awakened by Ruyi's slightly anxious voice: "Master, Master, please wake up quickly. Master, the Third Prince has a fever again."
Ning Yuxi woke up suddenly after hearing this: "What? Cheng Zhao has a fever again?"
She had no time to tidy up her appearance because she was afraid that the child's illness would relapse. She slept with her clothes on, but now she got up in a hurry and ran to Xiao Chengzhao's bed without even putting on her shoes.
Looking at the child's red cheeks, she anxiously called out, "Doctor, go get the doctor!"
"Master, I've already gone to get the doctor. The imperial physician should be here soon."
Ning Yuxi grabbed the little guy's hand and looked at him with eyes full of heartache. The little guy was still sleeping, his little brows slightly furrowed because of the discomfort.
Ning Yuxi's eyes couldn't help but turn red.
After a while, the imperial physician arrived, and with him came the emperor who had not been seen for many days.
He frowned slightly and looked at the little person on the bed with a worried look on his face.
Ning Yuxi devoted herself to her son and didn't care about the emperor's arrival.
The emperor didn't blame her.
The imperial physician examined the prince's pulse for a long time, and Gu Qilan couldn't help but ask, "How is it? Why does the Third Prince have a recurring fever?"
He heard last night that the third prince had a fever and had asked for the imperial physician. Song Qu reported that it was just a common cold, so he did not come. But today he had a fever again. He was worried about him, so he came here.
The imperial physician's brows knitted together. "Your Majesty, the Third Prince's pulse indicates a common fever, and his symptoms are the same. As for why the fever keeps coming back... maybe he's caught the flu again?"
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