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The incident of Yingying and Qin Rong falling off the cliff can be said to be a shock to the court. When Empress Dowager Zhao Xuan just received the news, she fainted.

Because the war in the northwest is in a state of anxiety, Wucheng Emperor's dragon body is now in peace. Although Qin Rong had just returned to the palace, he didn't have much rest time, and there were too many things he needed to deal with.

Gu Lingxiao came here this time, so he naturally had something to talk about. Yingying thought Gu Lingxiao was visiting her. Just as Zuo Zhu was about to invite Gu Lingxiao in, Qin Rong said first: "Take Lord Gu to the study first, and go there alone."

Yingying was choked back when she wanted to say something, and it was very uncomfortable to not go up or down.

"Why don't you let your brother come in?" She hadn't seen her brother for a long time. When she parted at the imperial gate that day, Gu Lingxiao must have been very worried about her.

Qin Rong comforted her head, stood up and helped her tighten the open collar, and told her: "Your brother and I have something to talk about. You should put on your clothes and eat something first, and you will naturally meet your brother later."

Yingying reluctantly agreed: "...Okay."

Grasping Qin Rong's hand that she wanted to pull back, she added: "Those third brother, you should talk quickly. Yingying has a lot to say to her brother."

Qin Rong's hand was accidentally pressed into the collar by Yingying, and the skin touched by the palm of her palm was soft and smooth. Yingying felt nothing. Qin Rong lowered her eyes and looked at her and said, "What are you saying differently from the third brother?"

Yingying muttered softly: "It must be different."

Qin Rong smiled softly, leaned closer to her and asked, "Where is different?"

With his arms slightly closed, Qin Rong's fingertips accidentally touched Yingying's skin. Yingying then realized that she was pressing Qin Rong's hand and pressing her to her. He quickly pushed his hand out of his arms, and Yingying began to drive people: "Stern brother, go, don't let your brother wait too long."

Qin Rong took the opportunity to pull his hand back, and then left after giving a few more instructions.

After lying for many days, Yingying woke up and had a good appetite. After chewing hard food for many days, she could finally get hot food. Xiaodai and Cui'er came in to serve her. Seeing Yingying eating a lot of food, she was happy and felt a little distressed: "The lady is suffering."

Xiaodai blamed herself: "It's all my fault. If I can follow you closely..."

When Yingying was just missing, Xiaodai came out to find someone before healing her injuries. Later, she learned that her master fell off the cliff with His Highness, and she almost couldn't hold on and couldn't sleep day and night waiting for news under the cliff.

Yingying also saw that Xiaodai had lost weight, and even Cui'er looked haggard. A warm current flowed through her heart, and she comforted the two of them a few words: "Aren't I back now?"

"Look, I'm fine now, nothing happened." Yingying always thought she was sick and cold, and she didn't know that someone was deliberately harming her.

She didn't know that when Qin Rong came back with her, she was weakly nestled in her clothes. She was unconscious and didn't get angry when she looked. Qin Rong, who was holding her, had a pale face and blood, which scared the group of people in the East Palace.

Yingying now seems to be fine, but Qin Rong's injuries have not improved. Recently, the old imperial doctors come in and out not only treat Yingying, but also treat Qin Rong's injuries.

"Empress, you don't know..." Xiaodai was about to talk about the situation when they just came back that day, Cui'er pinched her back without a trace.

The voice suddenly stopped, and Yingying asked in confusion: "What do I know?"

During Yingying's coma, Qin Rong explicitly prohibited it and did not allow anyone to discuss this matter. Knowing that he had made a mistake, Xiaodai quickly changed the topic: "You don't know. The Empress saw you in person when you came back, and I felt so distressed."

Yingying was also worried about her aunt. She nodded after hearing this and said, "Then I will go see my aunt tomorrow."

Yingying had eaten too much, her belly became a little swollen. Seeing that Qin Rong had not come back for a long time, she asked Xiaodai to help her go to the yard. Before going out, Xiaodai wanted to dress up Yingying in detail. Yingying shook her head and pointed at the cloak that was on the screen, "I'll just wear it and go out."

Xiaodai was puzzled, "Will the Empress want to see Lord Gu in a while?"

Yingying was tired and still had a weak body, "My brother cares so much about what he does, and he is not going to hook up with a beautiful young man."

The last half of the sentence was fluttering, and Yingying was just muttering casually.

Cui'er is closest to her. After hearing it clearly, she didn't dare to laugh and could only hold it in. Xiaodai came over with a dress. At first, she didn't hear it clearly: "What did the Empress just say?"

After savoring it, she couldn't help but laugh and cry and persuaded: "The Empress should be careful when speaking. It would be fine if you let Your Highness listen."

Yingying also knew that what she said just now was wrong, so she listened to Xiaodai's nagging several times without refuting. The chains on her feet were taken off at some point, and her two ankles were carefully bandaged and wrapped, and she could no longer feel the pain before.

As soon as he left the bedroom, a maid came to report: "Empress, Princess Shunhe is here to see you."

"Are you sure she is not here to find her third brother?" Yingying didn't believe it. With Shunhe's temperament, how could she take the initiative to come to see her?

In fact, Princess Shunhe did not take the initiative to come to see her, but she did not come to Qinrong, but was entrusted by someone to deliver things to Yingying.

When she came in, she was holding a food box in her hand. Seeing Yingying asking about her physical condition, she handed the food box in her hand and said, "This is what Ananto brought to you. She said that Chunxi cooked more when cooking soup."

The sentence was not smooth, mainly because Princess Shunhe felt that there was no need for Qiu Anan to say the last half of the sentence, but her friend was still unable to hold back her face and insisted on pretending to be casual.

Knowing Qiu An'an's character, Yingying thanked her after taking it and pretended to say casually: "This palace is deserted. The princess can call Qiu An'an to come with her next time. Eat so many meals for her, and let her taste the deliciousness of the Eastern Palace. By the way, we can join us at the same table and promote Paijiu."

Shunhe heard the implication of Yingying's words, and she became more fond of the little girl, nodded and said, "I will tell her."

As the breeze passed, a faint fragrance wafted out along the food box. Yingying was hooked up and moved to her mind. She raised the food box in her hand to open it. Seeing this, Xiaodai took the food box from Yingying in time and reminded softly: "This soup slave is here for you. I'd better take a walk first, otherwise your highness will feel distressed later."

Yingying thought about it and did not yell at the moment that she wanted to eat now.

Once falling off a cliff, Yingying felt the warmth of her family and friends. This was something she had never had in her previous life. It was always her accident that everyone in the imperial city celebrated, and even more so, she went to the temple to worship Buddha and hoped that she would be in trouble soon and would be more likely to be in a slump.

The evil emotions brought back from the cliff disappeared without a trace. Yingying suddenly realized that human things are really wonderful and complicated. When it is bad, she will feel cold from the bottom of her heart, and when it is good, she can warm her heart and make her feel that being a human being is a very happy thing.

It was already here, and Shunhe was not able to deliver things and left. She happened to have something to ask the emperor's brother. When she learned that Gu Lingxiao was in the study, she accompanied Yingying in the yard.

When Gu Lingxiao and Qin Rong came out of the study, Yingying and Shunhe were squatting in the yard and fiddling with flowers and plants.

When they learned that Yingying was not in the bedroom, the two walked towards the garden. Gu Lingxiao saw his sister squatting on the ground from afar. He raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Yingying."

Yingying turned around when she heard the sound. When she saw her brother, she happily climbed her eyebrows and eyes. Without the constraints of the chains, she picked up her skirt and ran to Gu Lingxiao.

"Brother!" I was used to being close to Gu Lingxiao. After so long, Yingying couldn't control her emotions when she saw Gu Lingxiao and rushed into Gu Lingxiao's arms.

He hugged Gu Lingxiao's neck with both hands and hugged the person tightly. Yingying wanted to cross her legs to him like she was when she was a child. Gu Lingxiao noticed Yingying's intention to hold her legs first, and he leaned back to pull the distance between the two of them, laughed and scolded: "What's the way you look? Why don't you get off me quickly."

Yingying was reluctant, and she pouted like a child and refused to let go. She talked about the topic that day and said, "Fortunately, my brother recognized me in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

After that, Qin Rong's tracking of Yingying and Chen Xue was all after Gu Lingxiao chased them to the south of the city. If Gu Lingxiao had not recognized Yingying, they might have been searching for the palace and various streets in the city. Even if they were interested in checking out, they would not know where they started.

"I am worthy of being Yingying's biological brother." Yingying praised this. Because she couldn't eat well and sleep well recently, she picked her up a lot lighter.

After all, Gu Lingxiao couldn't help but touch Yingying's little face as big as a palm. He was sure Yingying was really fine, so he smiled and continued: "If your father hears this, he will hit someone."

"I'm sick, and my dad doesn't even have time to care for me now, so how can I bear to beat me?"

As if no one was talking, they seemed to have forgotten that the Crown Prince was standing beside him. Zuo Zhu, who was standing diagonally behind, couldn't stand watching. He didn't say anything but coughed dryly and secretly glanced at Qin Rong.

Gu Lingxiao reacted and hurriedly pulled Yingying off his body. In order to change the topic, he turned his eyes to Princess Shunhe, "The princess is there too?"

Invesco Ho explained softly: "Come here to send some things."

Yingying didn't react at first until she found that Princess Shunhe's face was a little unnatural when she spoke. She looked up at Shunhe and then at Gu Lingxiao. She seemed to have discovered something interesting, her eyes kept moving between the two of them, and she was tactful and did not interrupt.

...The brother said that he didn't like Qiu An'an, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be at ease in the future, so he didn't like girls with similar personalities as her.

Yingying suddenly remembered the conversation with Gu Lingxiao earlier, and Gu Lingxiao joked: [The brother likes kind and gentle girls, like tough and weak grass, which seems inconspicuous, but who knows how beautiful it is when it blooms?]

Yingying only thought Gu Lingxiao was teasing her at that time. Now she was thinking about this sentence seriously and picked out several of the key points: kind and gentle, as inconspicuous as grass but strong enough, with some beauty that others cannot see.

Isn’t this what Princess Shunhe said?!

The more Yingying thought about it, the more she felt that she had discovered the truth. Her eyes widened a little, and her eyes changed when they fell to Gu Lingxiao and Princess Shunhe.

Perhaps because she noticed Yingying's sight, Princess Shunhe did not talk much with Gu Lingxiao. She looked calm and said a few words to Qin Rong and said goodbye and left. Yingying ignored Qin Rong to the end after seeing Gu Lingxiao. It was not until Shunhe reminded her that Qin Rong was there.

The surprised expression could not be stopped, just for Qin Rong to see it all. The gentle man gently fiddled with the half-person-high flower branches, his tone was calm and uneven: "If you have nothing to do, come to the East Palace more often, Yingying praises you in front of you."

"Oh? The Empress still has time to praise people?"

Gu Lingxiao knew his sister very well. He was curious and asked Qin Rong: "I wonder how the Empress praised the princess?"

"It's nothing." Qin Rong's smile spread on his lips. He raised his eyes and looked at Yingying with a soft face, and told Yingying about the previous competition between Shunhe.

Yingying couldn't even stop her. Gu Lingxiao soon learned that Yingying was "miserable and abused" by Shunhe. The smile on her face froze slightly. Gu Lingxiao looked at Yingying with a complicated expression, "Girlfriend is a good swordsman."

He said Liangliang: "It's all my fault that I didn't teach the Empress personally at that time, and I don't know which master the Empress learned martial arts with."

Who else can it be? Isn’t it him?

When Yingying was practicing swordsmanship, Gu Lingxiao was afraid that she would not hurt her seriously, so she always taught her step by step. Now Gu Lingxiao's words not only made Yingying feel guilty, but also made Shunhe feel uncomfortable.

She also knew that Yingying's swordsmanship was taught by Gu Lingxiao. She agreed to help Yingying keep the secret, but she didn't expect that the emperor would tell her so calmly today.

Princess Shunhe was not easy to leave for a moment. Seeing that Gu Lingxiao's face was not very good, she pretended to be ignorant and kind-hearted: "Actually, Yingying is not as exaggerated as the emperor said, and Yingying is still quite powerful."

"...It's really amazing." The voice became smaller and smaller, and Shunhe turned her face awkwardly.

She was not used to having sex, and others even lied in front of so many people. She repeated the word "awesome" dryly, but she couldn't say how powerful Yingying was. Later, she realized that it would be better not to say it after she said it, so she shut up.

"The princess is really amazing." Gu Lingxiao quickly calmed down and saw from Shunhe's unnaturalness that she had known Yingying's 'teacher'.

He also wants face and doesn't want to mention this matter more. He changed the subject in a few words. At the end, he only smiled and said, "If you have the chance, I hope the princess will give Gu a chance to discuss."

Princess Shunhe's cheeks flushed and she said in a low voice: "I can't afford to talk about it."

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In the end, Princess Shunhe came out of the East Palace with Gu Lingxiao.

Yingying wanted Gu Lingxiao to stay for a while and was afraid that Gu Lingxiao would mention the competition again, so she could only wait for someone to leave and complain to Qin Rong: "What are the third brothers doing to ask this in front of brothers?"

Qin Rong looked at her with a very harmless look: "Can't you mention it?"

He held Yingying's hand and explained with a good temper: "The third brother doesn't know that this matter cannot be mentioned."

Yingying ignored him completely before, but Yingying didn't believe that this man did not mean it. Looking at Qin Rong's expression, Qin Rong lowered her eyes and looked at her and let her see, her open and honest appearance was not as if she was fake.

Late at night, when Yingying returned to her dormitory after taking a shower, Qin Rong had already finished her business and leaned on the couch to read a book.

Maybe Yingying has become much lazy due to illness. Since she woke up, she has been wearing loose bed clothes. She did not change clothes when she went out and only covered her clothes. After taking a shower, she was a little chilled. After Yingying returned to the house, she did not take off her clothes immediately, but stood by the window and played with the two kittens for a while.

The soft meows in the bedroom rang from time to time, probably affecting Qin Rong's reading. After closing the book, he put his back on the edge of the couch and looked at Yingying, shouting quietly: "Yingying, come here."
To be continued...