Chu Yunning stood in the corridor for a long time, and suddenly a cloak appeared on her shoulders. She turned her head, and Chu'er's pale and frail face appeared in front of her eyes.

"Why did you come out?"

Chu'er smiled shyly: "I couldn't sleep, so I happened to see my mother standing on the porch and came over to take a look."

She reached out and touched Chu'er's palm to make sure he wasn't cold before she felt relieved. Chu'er said warmly, "Mother, is there something on your mind?"

It took him two days of sleep to regain some of his complexion, but his body was still thin. He had been carefully cared for in the Jokhang Temple over the years, which reduced some of the pain and suffering, but he still often couldn't sleep at night.

Chu Yunning shook her head.

"Mom, don't worry about me. I know what this body is like, and I'm used to it." Chu'er covered her mouth and coughed twice. Her thin body looked very fragile, as if it was about to break at any time.

of.

Chu Yunning gently stroked his back and pulled him to walk twice in the yard. She suddenly turned her head and asked: "Chu'er, what kind of person do you think my mother is? A good person or a bad person?"

Chu Er turned his head and glanced at Chu Yunning, and said firmly: "Of course he is a good person."

"But my mother's hands will be stained with blood."

"Is it because of Chu'er?" Chu'er stopped. Under the moonlight, his face seemed to be coated with a soft light. He was so pure that Chu Yunning couldn't stand in front of Chu'er.

I always feel that my hands are too dirty.

"Of course not."

Chu'er hesitated for a while before saying: "Uncle Huang once said that sometimes people can't help themselves in this world. If you kill one person and save many people, how can you be a bad person? No matter what my mother does,

I support everything because my mother is my mother and she is not a bad person. It’s a pity that Chu’er is in poor health and unable to protect her, otherwise she wouldn’t have to work so hard.”

Chu'er's eyes were slightly red, and she turned sideways not to let Chu Yunning see her.

Chu Yunning also pretended not to see it, looked up at the moon in the sky, and said with a smile: "That's because Chu'er is still young. When he grows up to be a man, he can protect him and his younger brother.

In my heart, there is nothing happier than being together as a family."

The two chatted for a while, and then Chu Yunning asked in a roundabout way: "Chu'er, how much do you know about your father?"

Chu'er hesitated for a moment, as the unfamiliar word "father" did not exist in his memory at all.

In fact, Chu Yunning was also very uneasy. She was not sure what Prince Xiao's image was in Chu'er's heart.

"I don't know what's going on outside." Chu'er lowered his head and recalled that he accidentally heard about Prince Xiao's reputation in Jokhang Temple.

He spent all his hard work to save a concubine, imprisoned his mother for five years, and almost killed his younger brother.

Chu Er still rejects such people in her heart.

"Don't worry, just say whatever comes to mind. Mother won't blame you." Chu Yunning put her hand gently on Chu'er's shoulder to comfort her.

After a while, Chu'er said: "Actually, I have an uncle and a mother, and my younger brother is enough. I don't want to see him."

As early as the moment when King Xiao took his heart, the relationship between father and son had already been severed.

"Is Chu'er bad?" Chu'er asked anxiously.

Chu Yunning immediately shook his head; "Of course not. If you like it, you like it, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. There is no need to force yourself."

Hearing this, Chu'er's mouth raised a faint smile.

"It's late at night, go back and have a rest."

"good."

After sending Chu'er back to the house, Chu Yunning waited for a while before leaving. She called the secret guard: "Has Prince Xiao set out over there in the capital?"

"Back to Chu Shang Palace, Prince Xiao has just set off and is expected to arrive in five days."

Five days…

Chu Yunning nodded. She was no longer sleepy late at night, so she calculated the time and went to Liu's mother's house again.

Maybe she heard Magistrate Li talk about Chu Yunning, so Liu's mother was extra polite to her.

"Master, according to your instructions, this man is hung up with the best ginseng soup every day. I am personally watching over him and I don't dare to be careless in the slightest."

Mother Liu is also a resourceful person. She has trained many girls over the years, but compared to the one in front of her, her skills are not enough.

If she hadn't watched it in person, the people queuing up would have almost reached the city gate. After all, the old lady Zhen Guo Gong and his wife were old and lacked dexterity, so they couldn't withstand a few twists and turns.

Chu Yunning nodded and followed Liu's mother's gaze. She saw the old lady Zhenguo Gong wearing a brocade dress and thick makeup on her face, which could not conceal her old age and fatigue.

After not seeing each other for just a few days, the old lady Zhenguo seemed to have changed. Her eyes were dull, and her cloudy eyes wanted to die.

Mrs. Zhen Guogong was brought to Chu Yunning. She raised her head and saw the person coming. Her eyes gradually regained clarity and her mood became a little excited. She knelt on the ground and said, "Chu Shanggong, please do well and kill me."

, please kill me, all the mistakes you made are my fault."

Chu Yunning raised the chin of Mrs. Zhen Guogong with one hand: "Where did you go wrong?"

"I..." Mrs. Zhen Guogong was tortured to the point of going crazy. She only wanted to die. She wanted to die several times but was discovered by others. They rescued her and gave her more money.

She was severely punished, and someone was sent to watch her, and she was not allowed to die.

I can't even ask for death.

"I shouldn't have allowed the Duke to kidnap the child. The child is innocent after all. It's me who deserves to die. If you have any anger, just take it out on me." Mrs. Zhen Guogong was really scared.

She had been waiting for her son to save her for a long time. After no news for these days, she knew something was wrong.

Chu Yunning lowered her head and whispered a few words into the ear of Mrs. Zhenguo Gong, who agreed without hesitation.

"Remember, if you dare to play tricks, I will kill your descendants!"

Mrs. Zhen Guogong nodded: "Yes, yes, I will bear the responsibility for my mistakes alone. I promise you, I will never mess up."

"Go ahead."

Chu Yunning let go of her hand and winked at Liu's mother: "Don't worry about her, just let her be."

"yes."

Mrs. Zhenguo's face was exposed and she wandered around the hall. Whenever she met, she would tell everyone that she was Mrs. Zhenguo and that she would be the Queen Mother in the future.

Many people had seen the old lady Zhenguo Gong, and when they saw that her face was indeed hers, they were frightened and at a loss.

There was a commotion in the hall.

Chu Yunning was watching this scene upstairs. Mother Liu on the side couldn't stand it, so she turned her back and turned her head.

Suddenly, the old lady Zhen Guo Gong crashed into a pillar, blood spattered and she lost her breath on the spot.

The person was dead, but Chu Yunning's anger had not completely disappeared. He ordered to Liu's mother: "Find a thin coffin and bury it."

"yes."

It was almost dawn when we came out of the brothel, and there were more and more patrols on the streets. Occasionally, people selling stalls whispered: "The prince of this town is simply crazy. The emperor is fighting on the front line, and he is causing trouble behind, damn it!"

"More than that, it was obviously Duke Zhen Guo who led his people to burn the mountain, but he still wanted to blame others. Many young monks who ran out saw with their own eyes that Duke Zhen Guo was sitting on horseback directing all this."

"God damn it, you will be punished."

"Isn't this already retribution? I was poisoned due to negligence and was controlled by the prefect. I also went crazy. Last night was very lively."

"Just wait, it won't stop in the next few days, just wait for the court people to come."

Several vendors began to discuss each other one by one. Chu Yunning listened for a while and realized that the goal had been achieved and it was not a waste of time to deal with it.
Chapter completed!