In the early morning, before dawn, Xiao Mingxin opened his eyes.
He rubbed his eye sockets with his chubby hands, yawned, got dressed and got off the bed, went to bring a basin of hot water to wash himself and Xinping.
Xinxinping was disturbed from sleeping, and immediately pursed his mouth, about to cry.
"Ooooh!"
"Ouch!"
Ming Xin was so frightened that she covered her mouth and said, "Don't cry, what will you do if you cry and attract the bad guys?"
But this time, his intimidation didn't seem to work very well.
Xin Ping was so wronged that tears dripped down her face, even though her mouth was covered by him, she still sobbed and cried: "Woo, mother..."
"..."
"mother!"
Ming Xin was a little surprised: "Oh, so you can talk?"
"Father...mother..."
Hearing what he said, Xinping cried even harder.
In fact, it's not surprising that Ming Xin thought she couldn't speak, but a child over one year old originally learns to speak by imitating the words of adults, but since she came out with Ran Xiaoyu, Ran Xiaoyu is a person who doesn't talk much, and Ming Xin With these days, Mingxin was afraid of attracting others' attention, so she told her to be quiet and not to cry.
If discourse cannot be learned, there will be fewer natural words.
But at this time, she seemed to have been terribly wronged, crying for her father and mother, and her tears wet Ming Xin's palms in a short while.
Ming Xin could only hold her in his arms and coax her softly: "Okay, okay, don't cry."
"..."
"Then, we don't live here anymore. Let's go out to find your mother today, okay? I will help you find your mother!"
"Woo..."
After all, Xinping was different from half-pampered children and golden princesses, but he was very coaxed. After crying for a while, he stopped sobbing.
Mingxin helped her wipe her face, and then said: "I'll go and ask the shopkeeper for some food later, and when I'm full, we'll leave, ha."
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."
Just as Xinping was crying and calling for his mother, Nanyan was running fast in another dark alleyway.
Her heart was beating hard.
She had just sprained her ankle a little bit, but luckily she couldn't speak, she couldn't even cry out the pain, she gritted her teeth and endured the severe pain forcefully, without even taking a break, she ran away in the dark.
Now, she needs to follow the path in her memory and return to Prince Ning's Mansion.
No matter what other people do, she wants her daughter to be safe and sound.
And Ran Xiaoyu...
She must have escaped from the palace with peace of mind for her own sake, in order to fight against injustices for herself. At this time, she can't leave her alone.
They must be rescued.
must!
She almost gritted her teeth and kept repeating these words in her heart, but no matter how firm her heart was, the pain on her body could not be ignored no matter how firm her heart was. The pain in her ankle followed her step by step. The rushing forward became even more exacerbated.
pain!
It hurts so badly.
Her figure was also staggering, and even when she reached the intersection, her ankles felt sore again, she suddenly lost her balance and fell forward all of a sudden.
"ah!"
She let out a low exclamation.
But at this moment, a tall figure suddenly jumped out in front of him, stretched out his hand, and hugged her into his arms.
That familiar feeling made Nan Yan's heart skip a beat.
He raised his head and looked at those bright eyes under the dim light.
"Doesn't hurt...?"
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At this moment, Zhu Feng sat at the table, looked at the attendant standing in front of him, and frowned slightly.
Why, it seems that I heard the cry of a child
Is it an illusion
Or—a dream
Last night, he had a whole night of chaotic dreams. In the dream, for a while, there was the slender figure of the woman, as if she was about to leave him, and the pain broke his heart; It eased his burning mood.
The illusory images were constantly in front of his eyes and lingering in his ears, making him unable to calm down for a moment.
At this moment, although he was still sitting safely at the table, he was already physically and mentally exhausted.
But there was no expression on his face.
He only raised his head, and said in a deep voice, "Did the news come back?"
The attendant standing in front of him immediately whispered: "Report to the emperor, King Ning was the one who moved the day before yesterday."
"How did he find Ran Xiaoyu?"
"According to my subordinates' investigation in the city, it seems that a few days ago, Ran Xiaoyu had appeared in Changqing City with Her Royal Highness the Princess, but was chased by people from Prince Ning's Mansion, and then disappeared."
"The day before yesterday, where did King Ning find her?"
"It is said that it is a Buddhist temple on the outskirts of the city, called Dabao Temple."
"Buddhist temple?"
"Yes."
"What about the people in the Buddhist temple?"
"I heard that most of them have already been arrested."
"Basic, that is to say, there are still fish that slip through the net?"
"The subordinates found out that before leaving Dabao Temple, King Ning sent people to search around the Buddhist temple for a while. It should be that something slipped through the net, but it is said that the search failed in the end, so he returned to Prince Ning's mansion."
"..."
Zhu Feng's breathing became heavy.
At this moment, Qin Ruolan walked in with her two maidservants, and gently saluted Zhu Feng: "Your Majesty."
"Um."
Zhu Feng was thinking about something at the moment, so he didn't say much, he just waved his hand at her lightly.
And Qin Ruolan saw that there were obviously more attendants around than those transferred two days ago, so she immediately guessed that Zhu Feng was going to send troops.
"Your majesty, is your majesty really going to Prince Ning's mansion today?"
Zhu Feng glanced at her.
"You don't want me to go?"
For some reason, Qin Ruolan's heart trembled when she saw her, as if she had seen through her own soul in an instant.
She could only lower her head, and said softly: "The concubine is just worried about the emperor."
"..."
For some reason, he was obviously concerned about himself, but Zhu Feng felt that her words were boring.
Then he said lightly: "I have my own opinion."
After speaking, she got up and walked out, Qin Ruolan was a little anxious, and hurriedly followed: "Where is the emperor going?"
Zhu Feng didn't say a word, he went out and turned around, and he did arrive at the door of Si Nanyan's room.
Seeing this, Lian'er, who was standing behind Qin Ruolan, suddenly showed a complacent expression on her face, and hurriedly lowered her head so that no one would notice.
Zhu Feng had already said to the two guards at the door: "How is she?"
"When you return to the emperor, the room has been very quiet."
"always quiet?"
Hearing these words that should have been reassuring, Zhu Feng suddenly felt something strange? He frowned, reached out and pushed the door open.
There was a bang, and the door slammed into both sides.
The cold wind poured into the room, and there was no one in the room, only the open window on the other side was slightly flapped by the wind.
Seeing this scene, the two guards widened their eyes in fright: "This—"
Zhu Feng's face suddenly turned livid.
"what happened?!"