Chapter 574 Extra: May this winter not be cold (3)

In Dong Yin's heart, even if it was a brief reunion between mother and son, and a brief moment of feeling the mother's warmth, it was enough, enough to mend his young but already broken heart.

As a result, Dong Yin smiled more often.

However, the good times did not last long. His late-night trips to the cold palace were soon discovered and reported to the queen.

When Dong Yin came to the cold palace late at night again, the Queen brought people to catch him personally and caught him red-handed.

The queen came in angrily with a group of people, pointed at the mother and son hugging each other fiercely, and said, "You are so good, Dong Yin, you didn't stay in the Imperial Household Department and came here."

"What is the crime?"

As soon as the words fell, the old nanny beside the queen said with a stern face: "Reporting to the queen, His Highness Dong Yin disregarded the emperor's order and trespassed into the cold palace, which is a crime of disrespect."

"He should be caned thirty times."

"Thirty punishments?" Bai Xuanbing was so frightened that he became limp.

She stood up, hid Dong behind her, and faced the queen with ill intentions alone.

"Empress, Yin'er is only six years old. How can he bear thirty strokes of the cane?"

"Aren't you trying to kill him? No, please, please, please, please, please!"

Bai Xuanbing knelt in front of the Queen and kowtowed continuously, begging the Queen to be magnanimous and spare Dong Yin.

This matter could be a big or small one, it all depends on the Queen's decision, it depends on whether the Queen is willing or not.

Bai Xuanbing understood this truth, so her attitude when begging for mercy was very sincere.

She kowtowed so violently and hard that blood came out from the center of her forehead. The blood flowed down her high nose bridge, slid to her chin, and dripped onto the bleached clothes around her neck.

Dong Yin looked at her with a bad taste in his heart. He walked forward and tried to pull Bai Xuanbing, "Mother, mother, please stop kowtow. Yin'er begs you, please stop kowtow."

Dong Yin's little face was covered with tears, and the stubborn, resolute look that she once had, that refused to bow down no matter what, disappeared in an instant.

Dong Yin turned to look at the Queen.

"Mother, I was wrong. Please forgive me." As long as the queen forgives him, his mother will stop begging for mercy.

However, how could the Queen miss this great opportunity to attack? She said, "I'll spare you. Haha, Dong Yin, do you think the crime you committed was a minor one?"

"Sparing you, impossible."

"Come here, take him away for execution."

The Queen is vigorous and resolute.

The guards behind the queen went to drag Dong Yin away. Bai Xuanbing once again stopped Dong Yin in front of her and stopped the guards from taking her away. She didn't care even if the guards kicked her and stepped on her hair, completely disregarding her as a human being.

As if she didn't feel any pain, she instinctively used her body to protect Dong Yin, preventing anyone from hurting Dong Yin.

Upon seeing this, the Queen ordered her men to stop and came to Bai Xuanbing, who was covered in wounds, kneeling on the ground in pain, staggering and about to fall.

"Bai Xuanbing, if you want to protect Dong Yin and ask me not to hold him accountable, that's fine."

"Really?" Bai Xuanbing was so happy that she looked at the queen excitedly.

"But don't be too happy too soon." The queen got a dagger from somewhere and threw it in front of Bai Xuanbing, "Go commit suicide!"

"As long as you commit suicide, I will not pursue the matter any further."

"I will also tell the emperor that you loved your son so much that you confessed your crime and committed suicide on his behalf in order to save him from punishment. We don't need to pursue his crime anymore."

The Queen has never liked Bai Xuanbing, and even felt that it was the appearance of Bai Xuanbing that caused the Emperor, whom she cared about the most, to betray his original oath not to favor anyone else except her, and he lingered in the harem every day. As a result, many princes were born in the harem.

She really hated Bai Xuanbing.

I've wanted to kill her for a long time.

But Bai Xuanbing had lived in the palace since she was a child and knew how to protect herself, so she never had a good opportunity.

If she acted rashly, it might ruin her reputation as a virtuous queen, so she endured it.

Now there's finally a chance.

How could Bai Xuanbing not understand the Queen's thoughts? She was doomed to die today.

Bai Xuanbing looked at Dong Yin reluctantly, then picked up the dagger on the ground and looked at the queen for confirmation: "Did the queen keep her word?"

"I am the daughter of a country, so I will naturally keep my word." The queen looked arrogant.

"Okay, I promise you." Bai Xuanbing said, picked up the dagger, unsheathed it, and stabbed herself in the stomach fiercely.

Dong Yin wanted to stop them but was held down by the Queen's men. He looked at his mother who committed suicide in front of him and could do nothing but cry heartbreakingly.

After the Queen's men confirmed that Bai Xuanbing was dead, they left and did not trouble Dong Yin any more.

Dong Yin could finally look at his mother quietly.

He knelt in front of Bai Xuanbing, hugged Bai Xuanbing, and spoke the most words to Bai Xuanbing in his life. It was also the most frank and fearless time.

After saying this, Dong Yin picked up a dagger and wanted to commit suicide, but was stopped by an old Taoist who suddenly appeared.

The old Taoist held a whisk in his arms, looking like an immortal. He looked at Dong Yin from afar, shook his head with pity, and said, "My young prince, are you willing to take me as your master?"

"If you take me as your master, you will become strong and no longer be bullied."

The old Taoist priest is devoted to Taoism, and he came to the palace today to teach Taoism. But on the way here, he calculated that there would be a bloody disaster in the palace, and he and Yizi have the fate of master and disciple.

So he asked to come over to stop the bloody disaster and to accept disciples.

Unfortunately, he was still a step late.

It’s hard to defy fate!

"My disciple?" Dong Yin wiped his tears and looked at the old Taoist: "What can you teach me?"

"I can teach you a powerful skill that will make you immortal."

"Powerful skills?" Dong Yin only heard these few words. If he wanted to avenge his mother, he must have powerful skills, and this person could help him.

Then he won’t die for now, and wait until he has taken revenge.

On this day, Dong Yin was accepted as the eldest disciple by Taoist Priest Xuan Ling.

As a result, Dong Yin no longer had to suffer as a slave in the palace. He followed Taoist Xuan Ling to practice meditation in the royal Taoist temple. It was also this year that he felt for the first time that winter was warm and not cold.

He gave himself a name, Bu Han.

It means that this winter is not cold. I hope every winter can be like this year.

The name Dong Yin was gradually forgotten because of Dong Buhan's rejection and avoidance of the topic.

Everyone remembers that winter is not cold.

When Dong Buhan was twelve years old, he followed his master Taoist Xuanling into the palace.

He met his father again, and also saw the queen who killed Feng Qin and forced his mother to death. She sat on the high hall, surrounded by people, and did not live badly because of the bad things she had done in the past.