Stranger and Chen in the Palace

Soon, the new year will come again.

At the New Year's Eve banquet for the emperor and his ministers, everyone was present, but that seat was still empty.

Ling Yichen asked: "Why hasn't Prime Minister Zuo come yet?"

Shunde's heart trembled, and he could only say: "I heard that the princess is ill, Prime Minister Zuo, take care of her at the princess mansion."

Ling Yichen lowered his eyes slowly, and said in a daze, "Really?"

It turned out that he was with Ling Muxue, accompanying her...

My heart hurts.

Shunde saw that he was drinking by himself, he wanted to open his mouth to persuade him, but he didn't know what to say.

Soon, Ling Yichen got himself drunk, he stood up staggered, and Shunde hurriedly supported him.

Ling Yichen pushed Shunde away: "Don't follow me..."

After finishing speaking, he left alone, and Shunde looked at his back worriedly.

After an unknown amount of time, the drowsy Ling Yichen came to the cherry garden. When the two palace servants who were in charge of taking care of the children saw Ling Yichen, they quickly knelt down and saluted.

Ling Yichen waved at them: "Go out—"

The two palace servants withdrew as promised, Ling Yichen walked slowly to the bed, the child was already asleep, and before he knew it, he was almost two years old.When the child was one year old, he gave him a name - Luo Ying.

That year, when the cherry blossoms were falling, he met his father.

Ling Yichen sat down on the ground, staring blankly at Luoying on the bed, lost in thought...

Early the next morning, Shunde finally found Ling Yichen in the imperial dining room, and he was worried all night.Since Ling Yichen ascended the throne, every year on the morning of the next day of the new year, he would make glutinous rice balls in the imperial dining room.

When Shunde arrived, Ling Yichen was eating glutinous rice balls alone.

Unlike previous years, this year he only made one bowl.Shunde stood quietly by the side, not daring to go forward, he suddenly felt that His Majesty looked so lonely and lonely...

Princess House.

Xue Zimo was also at Ling Muxue's bedside, keeping watch all night.

Yesterday evening, Ling Muxue's imperial doctor came to Zuo Xiang's mansion to report to him, saying that the princess has been sick for the past few days, and it suddenly became serious in the past two days, and she passed out, please come and see.Xue Zimo didn't want to go at first, but then thought that she was always tired and she lost the child, so she went with the imperial doctor.

Ling Muxue on the bed has been in a coma, having nightmares all night, yelling about the child from time to time.

When Xue Zimo heard it, he felt even more uncomfortable. If it wasn't for him, Ling Muxue would not have lost that child.

In the morning, Ling Muxue finally woke up.

"Princess..." Xue Zimo whispered.

"Brother Zimo, have you been here all this time?" A smile appeared on Ling Muxue's haggard face.

Xue Zimo nodded: "Are you better?"

"You're here, I'll be fine." Ling Muxue's eyes glistened with tears.

Xue Zimo sighed: "Princess, since you are already well, I..."

Before he finished speaking, Ling Muxue hurriedly said: "Brother Zimo, can you have breakfast with me?"

"This..." Xue Zimo was in a dilemma.

"Are you afraid that I will take medicine?" Ling Muxue's tears fell, and she said sadly, "I won't, Brother Zimo, can you trust me again?"

Looking at Ling Muxue's pale face, Xue Zimo couldn't bear it for a while, and nodded in agreement.

Ling Muxue smiled through her tears, and ordered someone to deliver a hearty breakfast in the flower hall.

Xue Zimo helped her to the flower hall, and started to eat breakfast absent-mindedly.Ling Muxue ate very slowly, and it took nearly an hour to finish eating.

Xue Zimo waited patiently for her to finish eating, and said goodbye again: "Princess, you need to take care of yourself when you are sick. I will go back to Zuo Xiang's mansion first." After speaking, he was ready to get up and leave.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Ling Muxue got up abruptly, not just on purpose or accidentally, she dropped all the dishes in her hand to the ground, and there was a clear and crisp shattering sound instantly.

Xue Zimo turned around, Ling Muxue was about to faint, so scared that Xue Zimo went over to support her: "Princess, what's wrong with you?"

"Brother Zimo, I'm so dizzy." Ling Muxue said weakly.

Xue Zimo was anxious: "I'll find someone to help you..."

He was just about to call the maidservant next to him to help Ling Muxue, but the maidservant stepped forward and said: "My son-in-law, you carry the princess back to the room, and this maidservant will call the imperial doctor..." After speaking, she ran out.

Ling Muxue had passed out, and his hands were still tightly clutching his sleeves. Xue Zimo had no choice but to pick up Ling Muxue and rush to her room.

Soon, the imperial doctor and the maid came back.

After the imperial doctor took the pulse, Xue Zimo asked, "What kind of disease is the princess, why did she faint again?"

The imperial doctor sighed: "Ever since the princess lost her child, she has been depressed and hard to get rid of. This time she is ill and she is so sick!"

Hearing this, Xue Zimo looked at Ling Muxue on the bed, and felt even more guilty.

Seeing this, the imperial doctor seized the opportunity and said: "My lord, please forgive me for talking too much, the princess has a heart disease. If you can show more care for her, the depression in the princess' heart may be solved."

Xue Zimo smiled bitterly: "I don't know what to do."

He has never thought about how to treat Ling Muxue well.

"My son-in-law, you just need to be with the princess. You don't even know that when you're not around, the princess thinks about you every day, and the servant feels heartbroken. If you can accompany her, the princess will be happy." It's great, and her illness will recover soon." The maid said with a sad face.

Xue Zimo turned his head to look at Ling Muxue, hesitating for a while, he really didn't want to stay in the princess mansion, but at this moment, how could he leave the seriously ill Ling Muxue alone?

Xue Zimo sighed, and said to the imperial doctor: "You go and make medicine for the princess." Then he told the maid, "You find some people to serve the princess, and I will guard her here first."

The imperial doctor and the maid looked at each other, nodded, and went out with happy faces.

Xue Zimo sat down on the stool in front of Ling Muxue's bed again, and looked out the window absentmindedly.

At night, a maidservant came in and said, "My son-in-law, you should go and rest first, the maidservant has already tidied up the guest room."

Xue Zimo nodded: "You take good care of the princess."

When he arrived at the guest room, Xue Zimo was lying on the bed, anxious and restless.Although he was very tired after guarding Ling Muxue for a day and a night, he couldn't fall asleep.

He was really worried about Ling Yichen's side, if he knew that he had stayed in the princess mansion for so long, what would happen to him.He was really scared, afraid of bringing pain to Ling Yichen and hurt Ling Muxue...

Xue Zimo tossed and turned on the bed for most of the night, but still couldn't fall asleep, so he simply got up and prepared to go for a walk in the garden.

As soon as he left the room, he saw that the candles in the princess room were still on. Xue Zimo frowned. What's the matter with these maidservants? The candles are still lit in the middle of the night. How can the princess rest in peace?

He walked towards Ling Muxue's room, ready to help her extinguish the candle, but when he approached and opened the door, he suddenly heard someone talking inside, it was a man's voice! ?

"Sister Mu Xue, I came here specially to see you, don't be angry, okay?" the man said.

Ling Muxue said anxiously: "Cousin, if Ling Yichen finds out that you are here, it will cause serious trouble."

Xue Zimo suddenly remembered that Ling Muxue had a cousin, Ji Heng's son Ji Yue, and the man in the room was Ji Yue?

"Don't worry, I sneaked into the imperial capital in the middle of the night. Even my cronies didn't know about it, and Ling Yichen wouldn't know about it." Ji Yue quickly explained.

Ling Muxue was still very angry: "Why are you running here all of a sudden?"

"I heard that you were sick, so I came here in a hurry." Ji Yue's voice lowered a little, as if he was aggrieved.

Xue Zimo suddenly realized that Ji Yue fell in love with Ling Muxue!

Ling Muxue said angrily, "I'm just pretending!"

Xue Zimo and Ji Yue outside the door were both taken aback.

Ji Yue suddenly said: "You are for him?" He said a little sadly, "What's the use of this, you can only keep him for a while if you pretend to be sick, and he will still leave when you recover from your illness."

Ling Muxue sneered: "What do you know, brother Zimo has always been the softest-hearted, as long as he gets sick a few times and makes him feel sorry for me, he will slowly move closer to me. Besides, Ling Yichen held a New Year's Eve in the palace the night before I just want him not to see Brother Zimo, the more he suffers, the happier I will be!"

Xue Zimo outside the door shook his head. He always thought that Ling Muxue was still that innocent girl, but he didn't expect her to be so scheming.He was turning around to leave, but he heard Ji Yue say: "You want me to raise troops to overthrow Ling Yichen, just to get him completely?"

Xue Zimo's footsteps suddenly stopped.

"Cousin, you don't know that Ling Yichen killed my child and abolished my mother. Over the past two years, he has tried his best to kill me." Ling Muxue said with red eyes, "From childhood to Da, it’s my cousin who loves me the most, do you want to see me die by his hands?”

Ji Yue's heart ached: "Sister Mu Xue, don't worry, I will never let him hurt you again, even if I bear the charge of regicide and treason, I will kill Ling Yichen for you!"

Ling Muxue nodded with satisfaction: "When the time comes, you and Xue Jingting will cooperate internally and externally. I'm not afraid that you won't be able to defeat Ling Yichen!"

Xue Zimo was shocked that his father even participated in it! ?

"By the way, this is the marching route map I brought, and you put it away. I will raise troops in a few days, and when you follow this route map to meet me, I am afraid that Ling Yichen will be against you. Before that , don't act rashly, so as not to arouse his suspicion." Ji Yue instructed.

Through the crack of the door, Xue Zimo looked into the room, quietly remembered where Ling Muxue put the road map, and then left.

Xue Zimo, who returned to the guest room, fell into a huge conflict. How could he protect Ling Yichen without hurting his family?