"Huaiyu, you've really grown up. Mother is very relieved. Don't worry. Mother said she would protect you and she will definitely protect you."
"mother……"
Huaiyu suddenly knelt on the ground again.
"Mother, please don't make things difficult for me. I can't repay your kindness to me in this lifetime. I can't cause you any more trouble. This time, it's my fault. I treated the imperial examination as a joke. I almost implicated my sister An An. Please don't plead for me anymore. I accept the punishment that the emperor has for me. I really accept it."
Luo Lan stepped forward again, helped Huaiyu up, and then held him in his arms.
This big boy, who was already half a head taller than her, seemed to have grown up in an instant.
He shyly broke free from Luo Lan's arms.
"Mother, please go back first. If you stay here for too long, it will easily make the emperor unhappy."
"You don't even want to call me dad?"
"No, I did this to avoid putting him in a difficult position. He sent two high-ranking officials, Ayu and Ahou, to look for me for so long because of me. I feel guilty and I feel sorry for him. Mom, please don't run around and plead for me. It's my fault, let me take the responsibility myself!"
"Huaiyu..."
"You can go back, just to make me feel better."
Luo Lan stood there, not knowing whether she should be glad that Huaiyu had grown up, or feel sorry that he had distanced himself from her.
But she finally chose to respect him.
"Well, if this is what you truly think, then I will not bother to ask the Emperor for help anymore."
Huaiyu didn't think twice and just bowed and clasped his fists.
"Thank you for your help, mother."
Luo Lan looked at him reluctantly again and left with a heavy heart.
She didn't look back until she arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Punishment.
Ah Cai and Ah Hong stayed beside her, comforting her with heartache.
"My Lady, Huaiyu seems to have grown up. He knows how to take on the responsibilities he should. You should be happy."
Luo Lan smiled bitterly with some sadness.
"I should be happy, but I'm afraid the emperor will really take ruthless action against him. You all know that his father...the emperor hates his own father."
"Your Majesty, you worry too much. The Emperor will definitely handle this impartially. He won't use this as an excuse to settle personal grudges."
After being reminded by Ah Hong, Luo Lan also realized that she might be too impatient, so she suspected Leng Yu.
"Acai, get ready, I want to leave the palace."
"My lady, where are you going?"
"Let's stay at the Duke's Mansion for a few days."
"My Lady, why are you…"
"Staying in the palace all day, I can't help but worry about Huaiyu. Going out of the palace to relax and let him and I calm down a bit."
At this point, she waved her hands weakly.
"Go tell the Emperor that I'm going to stay with my mother at the Duke's Mansion for a few days and will return on a later date."
In fact, only she knew in her heart that she left the palace not to accompany her mother, but because she didn't want to see Leng Yu.
Regarding Huaiyu's matter, she had some resentment towards him in her heart. If he had not insisted on finding Huaiyu, could he have lived a peaceful life in the quiet Xiangshan Temple and would not have suffered such a disaster in his life?
She admitted that she was a little petty at this time, but Huaiyu was her child. As a mother, she would be selfish if she did not consider the overall situation. She only hoped that her child would be safe and healthy.
…
Prince Ning's Mansion
Xingnan spent the whole day thinking about how she would interrogate Xiao Ningzi after he came back.
So, when Xiao Ningzi came back happily carrying a bag of medicine, Xingnan directly asked someone to call him into the main hall.
He asked his servant to boil the medicine in his hand, and then ran to the main hall happily.
He wanted to tell Xingnan that this prescription would definitely work.
But when he saw Xingnan with a gloomy face, he looked at her with surprise.
"Xingnan, you...what's wrong?"
The moment he came in, Xingnan was already furious.
Seeing him asking him questions, Xingnan simply waved his hands to the servants.
"Everyone, get out of here."
The servants hurriedly retreated with their heads down. Xiao Ningzi took two steps forward, even more puzzled.
"Xingnan, is something wrong? What's wrong with you?"
Xingnan did not answer him, but asked directly,
"A hero saves a beautiful woman, a beautiful night. Last night, I heard you brought another woman back? Her name is Aqin, and she's sweet-looking. How does she compare to me, your wife? Is she better?"
Aqin?
Xiao Ningzi was confused.
"Which Aqin?"
"Are you still pretending not to know? What's your relationship with the woman you brought back last night? I finally know why you couldn't stand me. It turns out you already had another woman, and now you've brought this woman back home. Prince Ning, are you planning to have three wives and four concubines? The emperor of your Great Ning Kingdom only married one woman, the empress. You don't want to learn from the good, but choose to learn from the bad. Very well, I'll grant your wish. Let's go find the emperor to issue a divorce letter. I'm leaving now and going back to my Nanping Kingdom..."
Xingnan's words left Xiao Ningzi a little confused.
He blinked hard a few times, then thought of the woman he brought back home last night. He immediately explained with a mixture of laughter and tears.
"Xingnan, that's not the case. I don't know who that woman is. I don't even know her. I brought her back because I felt sorry for her."
"You feel pity for her? There are so many pitiful people on the street, why do you only see her as pitiful? I think you are attracted by her cuteness and have evil intentions. Little Ningzi, I never thought that you, who usually look quite honest, could do such a thing. Let's go find the Emperor and the Empress now, I want them to make the decision for me."
After leaving these words, she was about to go out, but Xiao Ningzi hurried forward to hold her back.
"Xingnan, don't get excited. Just listen to me slowly."
Xingnan shook his hand off directly.
"What do you want to say? You want to say that you have nothing to do with that woman? Then why did you bring her back drunk in the middle of the night? You even put her in the guest room and ordered someone to find her clean clothes. You're just short of making her a maid and giving her a proper status, right?"
Seeing that Xingnan was getting angrier and angrier, Xiao Ningzi realized that Xingnan would not believe his blind explanation.
He stood there, took a deep breath, then stepped forward and took her hand.
"Come on, I'll take you somewhere."
"Let me go..."
Xingnan wanted to break free from his hand, but his hand was too strong and she couldn't get rid of it.
After a while, Xiao Ningzi stuffed her into the carriage. He then got on the carriage and asked the coachman to rush to General Ling's mansion.
Xingnan glared angrily.
"What do you mean? Why are you going to find General Ling? If you have the guts, go to the palace and find the emperor."
Xiao Ningzi turned his head away and didn't look at her.
"Are you still angry? You brought a woman home, and you're still angry?"
As she spoke, she pulled his hand over and bit hard on the back of his hand.
"ah……"
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