Isn’t it good for the five of us to be together?

I returned to the side hall again. Actually, I wanted to take a walk outside. None of the three people gave in, but my eyes were only injured, and my hands and feet were fine.

Prime Minister: "It's windy outside, which is bad for your eyes."

I:"……"

So I lay back on the bed. Ling Hengyuan still had a chilling feeling about him. I don’t know if Qin Che blocked my view on purpose.

The Prime Minister said: "That Mr. Li pretended to be a young man and poisoned your tea. After all, he no longer wanted to live. He didn't struggle when he was caught, and he was very happy when he was interrogated."

No wonder things look so smooth today.

I said: "As long as he is brought to justice."

The Prime Minister stretched out his hand to touch my eyes, but stopped in mid-air: "But your eyes...why are the people around me so miserable? You are, and so is Ya'an..."

I lowered my eyes, not knowing how to comfort her.

Prime Minister: "But you and Ya'an are different. Ya'an died in the war, and the truth is powerless. But you, the truth must be protected. Even if you search all over the foreign land, the truth will find an antidote for you. .”

"Congratulations to the host, the Wen Ning'an side story plot has been completed! Rewards have been distributed! 』

"Wen Ning'an's virtual branch story scene is being constructed...currently 1%..."

I looked at the Prime Minister, maybe my vision was blurry, but I could also feel her firm tone.

To be honest, I don’t know how I could let adults treat me like this.

Ling Hengyuan spoke: "Next month will be a good time."

I was a little confused and didn't know what dates were available next month, but seeing that the three of them had plans on their faces, I didn't know how to ask.

After Qin Che and the Prime Minister left the palace, I called Ling Hengyuan.

I said: "Your Majesty, I have a question to ask."

Ling Hengyuan stood beside me and said, "What's the matter?"

I said: "Why did your Majesty give those wealthy businessmen a way out that day?"

I felt Ling Hengyuan looking at me, and he asked, "You really don't know?"

I opened my mouth, and the answer was ready to come out, but I didn't say it.

Seeing that I didn't say anything, he continued: "You were injured that day because I was cruel, so I gave you a way to survive. However, because of my generosity, you were injured again. I don't know at all that I should be more cruel. It's better to be merciful than to be happy with a sword."

I was stunned. I could feel Ling Hengyuan's complicated emotions and tangled heart, but I never dared to guess that it was because of me.

Options appear:

"Your Majesty does as he pleases"

"Your Majesty is right"

I chose the first one.

I said: "Actually, Your Majesty can do whatever you want as before..." After finding that I could speak independently again, I continued: "They are all guilty, and they must be punished. Your Majesty let them go. This is a way to let the world see that His Majesty is not just cruel. No one expected the poisoning of the humble minister, and it is not His Majesty's fault."

Ling Hengyuan was silent. I thought he didn't want to talk anymore. Just when he was about to say that he was ready to rest, he suddenly said: "Why are you all injured because of me?"

"drop! Unlock Ling Hengyuan story fragments! 』

After Qin Che left, I opened my backpack and checked.

There are a lot more medicines and some food in the backpack.

I sighed and didn't bring me any substantial gifts. I couldn't use the medicine myself, but I could eat the food myself. There were attribute points before, but now they are gone.

They were given some medicine and food, and it felt like they were trying to survive on a deserted island.

I'm going to read the fragments of Ling Hengyuan's story.

"drop! The virtual story scene has been entered for the host! 』

I opened my eyes and found that I could see clearly in the virtual scene.

We are currently in... The place is a bit shabby, but it also has red brick walls. It seems to be a cold palace.

I guess, since we didn’t see Ling Hengyuan in the previous Qin Che Palace Banquet storyline, could it be that Ling Hengyuan grew up in the Leng Palace?

It is snowing now, the snow is white, and a small figure can be seen in the house. There is no stove, only a tattered and moldy quilt.

I took a closer look and saw that it was little Ling Hengyuan, who seemed to be a little older than the last story line of Ling Hengyuan's mother.

I heard rumors that Ling Hengyuan's mother-in-law passed away when he was young. Now it seems that Ling Hengyuan should be without a mother. The late emperor was cruel enough to send his son to the cold palace to suffer such torture.

It was indeed in response to Ling Hengyuan's words, it would be as satisfying as a sword strike.

After a while, a little palace maid came in from outside the cold palace. She looked thin, weak and malnourished. She ran into the house holding a small package that didn't know what it contained.

Little palace maid: "Third prince, look what this slave has brought?"

She opened the bag and found two still warm steamed buns inside. She quickly handed them to Ling Hengyuan: "Third Prince, eat them while they're hot!"

Ling Hengyuan did not take action. He asked in a hoarse voice: "I don't eat stolen things."

The little palace maid hurriedly explained: "No, the third prince misunderstood. It was not stolen. It was a master chef in the imperial kitchen who saw that the slave was pitiful, so he specially left two buns for the slave."

Although the little palace maid has a sallow face and thin muscles, her eyes are bright, clear and pure, and her words do not seem to be false.

Ling Hengyuan was so hungry that he finished the steamed bun as big as his face in three mouthfuls.

The little palace maid divided her steamed bun into two halves and handed it to Ling Hengyuan: "Third Prince, this slave cannot eat so much."

Ling Hengyuan didn't pick it up. He said, "If you can't eat it, just throw it away. What's yours is yours."

So the little palace maid ate the whole bun.

In this way, the little palace maid relied on the chef's support. She and Ling Hengyuan could eat hot steamed buns every day, sometimes rice, and sometimes they could get a little carbon residue.

Once, the little palace maid found a dagger from somewhere and handed it to Ling Hengyuan, saying, "Third Prince, take it for self-defense."

Ling Hengyuan: "Why give it to me?"

The little palace maid smiled and said: "I have seen that the other two princes have swords, so I thought that the third prince should also have one. But long swords are hard to find, so this dagger is the only one."

Ling Hengyuan stroked the dagger and said, "Thank you, I like it very much."

After hearing this, the little palace maid immediately smiled, as if she had received such a huge reward.

Ling Hengyuan: "You gave me the dagger. Then when I go out, I will give you a thick cotton coat."

The little palace maid said happily: "Okay, the third prince will definitely be able to go out!"

In this way, relying on each other's weak warmth, the two seemed to be able to survive this winter.

The nightmare came unexpectedly. The noble concubine in the palace came to the cold palace in person, and her servants escorted the young palace maid and Ling Hengyuan out.

The maid next to the imperial concubine said in a cold voice: "The maid in the cold palace secretly stole food and charcoal fire from the imperial dining room. I will punish her ten times with a stick."

Ling Hengyuan shouted: "She didn't steal it!"

The imperial concubine sneered: "Didn't you steal it? Someone, bring the chef."

After that, the palace maid and the eunuch brought up a man, the chef who helped the little palace maid. The little palace maid panicked and said, "Your Majesty! This is none of your business!"

The Imperial Concubine: "If it's none of the chef's business, then you, a lowly servant, stole something from the palace. If you didn't take it, then it was the chef's secret possession of something in the palace, and it's also a big board."

The head chef had a rag stuffed in his mouth and was shaking his head wildly.

The little palace maid shed tears and said, "I admit that I stole things from the palace."

The imperial concubine smiled and said: "I wish I had said no earlier. Someone is here..."

Ling Hengyuan interrupted her: "Wait a minute, I will punish these ten big boards for her."

The maid next to the imperial concubine quickly said: "How can the third prince, with his body of a thousand pieces of gold, be punished by such a stick? Come on, hold this lowly maid down and beat her!"

Ling Hengyuan wanted to rush forward to stop them, but was stopped by a group of eunuchs. He couldn't move forward, so he watched helplessly as the little palace maid was brutally beaten.

After the beating, the little palace maid's back was already bloody and bloody, but she was still breathing.

The imperial concubine felt unlucky, covered her nose and left.

Only Ling Hengyuan and the little palace maid were left in the cold palace again.

It was freezing cold, Ling Hengyuan could only cry weakly while holding the little palace maid in his arms.

The little palace maid raised her hand to wipe away his tears and said: "Third Prince, don't be sad for me. It's just that the Third Prince may never have hot buns to eat again."

The little palace maid's body temperature gradually disappeared, and her eyes gradually became blurry. She was cold to death, with no charcoal fire, no thick clothes, and only white snow on the ground.

Ling Hengyuan knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "I don't want hot buns, I just want you to live... You haven't told me your name yet, and you haven't received the cotton-padded clothes I want to buy for you yet..."

"drop! Fragment reading completed! 』

I opened my eyes and my face was filled with tears.

I didn't expect that Ling Hengyuan would experience something like this, nor did I expect that someone could actually kill such a young child. It was terrible to freeze to death outside in such a cold day.

It's no wonder that the dagger that Ling Hengyuan carries around all year round was actually given by the young palace maid. According to Ling Hengyuan's temperament, he must have taken revenge with that dagger.