It was not until the first hint of dawn appeared in the sky that Jing Zhichen finally calmed down from the pain and struggle and fell into a deep sleep exhausted.

Xu Xingyin carefully pulled out his hand and wiped the cold sweat off Jing Zhichen's head with a handkerchief.

After a busy night, I finally have some peace and quiet.

When Xu Xingyin thought about how he was almost strangled to death by Jing Zhichen during his previous nap, he was still frightened and didn't dare to sleep anymore.

I leaned tiredly against the cave entrance and looked at the sky, when suddenly, a burst of urgent calls came into my ears.

"Your Highness! The Crown Princess!"

"Chen'er, Chen'er!"

Xu Xingyin immediately recognized Du Huaigu's voice, her eyes lit up, and she ran out holding up her skirt, saying excitedly.

"We are here! We are here!"

After receiving Xu Xingyin's response, the searching team was obviously very excited, and even their steps became quicker.

Xu Xingyin didn't dare to go too far away and stood guard at the entrance of the cave. After a while, he saw Emperor Yan Ning and a group of people rushing towards this side in a hurry.

When he saw Emperor Yanning, Xu Xingyin was a little surprised.

Would the king of a country come here in person?

This shows the status of Jing Zhichen in Emperor Yanning's heart.

"My son, I send my regards to my father. Long live my father. Long live my father."

Without taking time to think, Xu Xingyin bowed politely and spoke urgently.

"Father, please let Mr. Huaigu take a look at His Highness! His Highness had a fever all night yesterday, and he finally managed to recover."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yanning frowned, his eyes full of worry.

"Mr. Huaigu, I'm in trouble!"

"Your Majesty is too polite."

Du Huaigu responded and hurried into the cave. He took Jing Zhichen's pulse and asked Xu Xingyin.

"Please tell me everything that happened yesterday, Princess."

Xu Xingyin nodded and recounted everything that had happened since the two fell off the cliff.

Du Huaigu examined it carefully, and combined with what Xu Xingyin said, he roughly understood what was going on with Jing Zhichen.

Jing Zhichen was injured yesterday. Among the herbs that Xu Xingyin found in the dark, there was a herb that could heal the wound, but it conflicted with the medicine that Jing Zhichen usually took.

As a result, Jing Zhichen's old illness, which was supposed to occur today, broke out prematurely.

This matter...

Du Huaigu glanced at Emperor Yan Ning who was waiting anxiously, and still kept his mouth shut as instructed by Jing Zhichen, and thought of another explanation.

"The Crown Princess took good care of the injuries His Royal Highness sustained yesterday. He only needs to continue taking medicine. As for the sudden onset of madness yesterday, it was probably caused by miasma entering the body, a sign of mild poisoning. He will be fine after getting through it last night."

Xu Xingyin was a little puzzled, "But why didn't I get infected by the miasma?"

"The Crown Princess has no external injuries, so the miasma will naturally have difficulty entering her body."

"Oh."

Xu Xingyin nodded, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

Emperor Yan Ning's face was very solemn when he heard this, "Mr. Huaigu, are you sure? Why hasn't Chen Er woken up yet?"

Du Huaigu opened the medicine box, took out a bottle of medicine, and applied some on the tip of Jing Zhichen's nose.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Your Highness is just exhausted. I just gave Your Highness some tranquilizers. Let Your Highness have a good sleep. If you can recuperate, your body will get better soon."

After receiving Huaigu's affirmative reply, Emperor Yanning's expression finally looked better.

At the command, the group set out on the journey back to Beijing.

Although Emperor Yan Ning looks gentle, he is actually as domineering as Jing Zhichen in his heart.

On the night Jing Zhichen disappeared, Emperor Yan Ning and his men almost dug the mountain hollow. They accidentally found a secret passage and finally found them before dawn.

Seeing Xu Xingyin return to the carriage unharmed, Chen's heart finally settled down.

Unexpectedly, Xu Xingyin saw Xu Chaoge in the crowd.

He had an untidy beard and dark circles under his eyes, as if he had just been beaten. When he saw Xu Xingyin glaring at him fiercely, he stopped talking.

Chen was not much better off. She had not slept all night, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying. She pulled Xu Xingyin to ask about his well-being.

It was not appropriate for Chen to follow the carriage in until it entered the palace, so she said a few words with red eyes and then returned to the Duke's Mansion.

After bidding farewell to Chen, Xu Xingyin thought he could have a good sleep, but he did not expect that before he even entered the Eastern Palace, he was called to Longxiang Palace by Emperor Yanning.

This was the first time that Xu Xingyin came to Longxiang Palace alone. As soon as he entered, he saw Emperor Yanning sitting high on the dragon throne with a solemn expression.

Xu Xingyin performed the greetings properly, but Emperor Yanning did not ask her to stand up.

A pair of eyes looked her up and down before speaking.

"Xu, do you admit your guilt?"

When Xu Xingyin received the news, he had roughly guessed what was going on, and he lowered his head and lowered his body a little more.

"My son, I know my guilt."

"Oh?"

"If I hadn't accidentally fallen off the cliff, Your Highness wouldn't have risked your own life to save me, and you wouldn't have been seriously injured."

After hearing this, Emperor Yan Ning felt relieved and snorted.

"It is true that the prince praised you for your intelligence. However, no matter how nice the words are, I have to punish you this time."

Xu Xingyin did not plead for mercy and just bowed his head.

"My son, I accept my punishment."

Emperor Yan Ning was quite satisfied with Xu Xingyin's attitude. He had been holding some words in his heart for a long time. Now that he found someone who could talk, he couldn't help but start muttering to himself.

"I know that your mother despises my Chen'er and secretly wants you to marry someone else. So I was not happy when Chen'er wanted to marry you at first. My Chen'er is the best child in the world, but you are the one who is being picky."

Chen had done this very secretly before, but she never expected that Emperor Yan Ning would still notice it.

Now that Emperor Yan Ning pointed it out so bluntly, Xu Xingyin felt a little embarrassed. He buried his head like a quail and kept silent.

And what about Emperor Yanning?

Unlike the emperor who was always high and mighty, he was now as resentful as an old mother, standing up for his own son.

"Later, it was Chen Er who said that he would marry you. I thought my child liked him, so I followed his wishes and did not try to stop him."

Will you marry no one else but her?

Xu Xingyin was stunned. Jing Zhichen was really willing to risk his life for their alliance.

"Now that you've married, Chen'er's mother passed away early, so some things can only be said by me. As for you, I know that Chen'er is a calm and steady child, and he is not as good at talking as those playboys outside to please girls.

But the people of the royal family have always been helpless. Chen'er is the crown prince, the future emperor of our Dayan, so he naturally cannot be the same as those young masters outside. Countless eyes are staring at his every move, he is the face of our Dayan!

Now that you are the Crown Princess, you can no longer indulge yourself as you did in the past. Even if it is not for yourself, you should think about Chen'er. Prince of Dayan, is it appropriate for you to be criticized by the civil and military officials in the court because of you?"

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