After hearing his shout, there was silence inside for a while. After a while, the door was opened from the inside. When the girl saw him, she was startled at first, then looked up and asked:
"Who are you? The cold palace is a restricted area where men are not allowed to enter. Don't you know that?"
Leng Ming's nose tightened, and he pinched the girl's neck directly, pushing her inside while questioning,
"I'll tell you who I am. I'm Leng Ming, Prince Ming of Daning State, and the son of Concubine Chang. What did you do to her just now?"
The girl who was being strangled by him wanted to break free from his restraints, but she had no strength at all. She could only shake her head and beg him with tears to be gentler.
At this moment, Leng Ming suddenly saw Concubine Chang tied to a chair. She was disheveled, her eyes were dull, and there was a handkerchief stuffed in her mouth.
She looked at Leng Ming, mumbling as if she wanted to say something, her body twisting constantly.
"Mother..."
As he said these two words, tears rolled down his eyes and his hand unconsciously loosened the girl's neck.
The girl covered her throat and took a few deep breaths, then ran outside while shouting:
"Someone come here, someone broke into the cold palace, someone broke into the cold palace..."
Leng Ming seemed to realize something. He rushed to the girl and grabbed her neck again. He kicked the door shut with one foot, looked at the girl with fire in his eyes, and asked in a cold voice:
"You little bitch, you still want to complain? If I kill you right now, no one will know. Do you believe it?"
The girl's face turned purple and she shook her head vigorously, waving her hands constantly, as if begging for mercy.
Concubine Chang kept twisting her body, as if trying to stop him from doing so.
Leng Ming loosened his hand again, and he pushed hard, and the girl fell to the ground immediately. Leng Ming looked down at her and said angrily:
"If you dare to make any more noise, I will strangle you to death."
The girl shook her head vigorously, stepped back, and replied timidly:
"Prince Ming, please spare my life. I was wrong. I dare not say any more."
Seeing the girl curled up in the corner, Leng Ming hurried forward and quickly untied the rope on Concubine Chang.
Without the restraint of the rope, Concubine Chang hurriedly stood up from the chair, raised her hand, and looked Leng Ming up and down.
"Ming'er...is it really you? You came to see Mother? Am I right?"
"Mother..."
Looking at the pale Concubine Chang, Leng Ming felt a wave of guilt in his heart. He suddenly knelt on his knees.
"Mother, I should have come to see you earlier. I was wrong."
Concubine Chang shook her head vigorously.
"No, Ming'er, this is the cold palace, you can't come here. If people knew you were here, you would be breaking the rules of heaven. Leave now, leave now."
"Mother..."
Leng Ming knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Concubine Chang, tears streaming down his cheeks.
He didn't know what to do. He really wanted to take his mother away from here. He couldn't let his mother live a life like neither human nor ghost here anymore.
Thinking of this, he stood up from the ground, took Concubine Chang's hand, and said indignantly:
"Mother, follow me. I will take you away from here."
Concubine Chang followed him and walked two steps towards the door. Suddenly, she called out to him in a clear-headed manner.
"Ming'er, this is the imperial palace. How can you take me away? Even if you have wings, you can't fly away. Don't do such a futile thing. If you are discovered again, your future will be ruined. I am very happy that you can come to see my mother. Please go back!"
"But I can't let you stay here any longer. This is not a place for human beings!"
"Ming'er, you're confused. Even if you can use brute force to get Mother away from here, your father won't let us go. You better wake up!"
Concubine Chang's words made Leng Ming freeze in place. Yes, the whole world was the territory of the Great Ning Kingdom. Even if he rescued his mother, he would still have to live a life of hiding from the public and never seeing the light of day. What's more, it would be difficult to take someone out of this heavily guarded palace.
"Mother, what should I do? Tell me, what should I do to get you to leave here? I'll go and beg Father..."
"No, even if you say it to the sky, your father will not agree. A woman who has been banished to the cold palace has long become a discarded child. He will not even look at her again. Now my mother's only hope lies with you."
At this point, she turned around and glanced at the girl hiding in the corner, then pulled Leng Ming aside and said cautiously:
"Ming'er, as long as you become the emperor, mother can leave here."
Concubine Chang's words made Leng Ming's face darken. He became the emperor? That was as difficult as ascending to heaven. Even if Leng Yu didn't become the emperor, there was still Leng Xi to take over. How could he have such a chance?
"Mother, I..."
"Ming'er, don't jump to conclusions about things you haven't tried. You're grown up now, so don't settle for mediocrity. You must be brave enough to do things you dare not think about or do. Even if you don't succeed, you won't regret it in the future."
"Mother, my fourth brother and fifth brother are here, I don't have a chance!"
"Ming'er, if you want to save me, it's only possible if you become the emperor. Otherwise, I'll have to stay here for the rest of my life, and I'll die here. I've been thinking for a while now that if you weren't here, I would have given myself a three-foot white silk scarf and ended this worthless life. But you're also the emperor's son, the current Prince Ming of Daning. You have the same right to compete for the throne as the others. Why don't you fight for it? You are my only hope now!"
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