No wonder all the people from the Crown Prince's residence, including Agu, left early this morning, and even the maids from the Crown Prince's residence, such as Lühe, left.
It turned out that they had received orders from the Crown Prince, and all of them had returned to the Crown Prince's residence.
Feng Zixiao, you really can't wait!
At the door, Du Caiyue rushed in, anxiously asking, "Ling'er, do you know? Something's happened to the General!"
"I see."
Hailing nodded, got up and helped Du Caiyue sit down. Du Caiyue took a deep breath and grabbed Hailing's hand: "Ling'er, you should go quickly. Don't worry about your mother. You and Yanzhi should leave together."
She knew her daughter was capable, but she was a burden to her daughter and didn't want to drag her down any further. As long as Hailing was alright, that was enough.
"Mother, what are you saying?"
Hailin was not the kind of person who would abandon others without a second thought. She put on a stern face and looked at Du Caiyue: "Mother, I will not abandon you."
"Ling'er, I know you're a good child, but I'm a burden. You should take Rouge with you and go."
Du Caiyue pleaded with Hailing, but Hailing shook her head and said firmly, "Mother, I won't leave on my own. If we're going to leave, we'll leave together. Tonight, I'll take you and Yanzhi away from here."
"Ling'er," Du Caiyue wanted to persuade her daughter, but Hailing hugged her tightly: "Mother, I won't leave you. I would be very sad if I left you."
Yes, over the past three years, she has enjoyed a deep maternal love. She treats Du Caiyue as her own mother. Now, she has no thoughts of her own mother, only of Du Caiyue, so she will never abandon her no matter what.
Du Caiyue stopped speaking, her eyes welled up with tears that slowly rolled down her cheeks. Inside the room, the mother and daughter remained silent.
The general's mansion was in chaos, but the first wife, Madam Liu, ordered Han Liang not to allow anyone to run around. Everyone was to stay in their own courtyard. If anyone was seen running around again, they should be killed first. After that, the mansion finally became a little quieter.
Although everyone was afraid, they calmed down.
The day passed quickly, and the pitch-black night spread.
Inside the general's mansion, lanterns were lit everywhere. A night breeze blew, and the lanterns swayed gently in the wind, exuding a touch of chill.
Inside Qinfang Courtyard, it was as cold and desolate as ever.
This gave Hailin, Yanzhi, and the others a perfect opportunity to leave.
Although the Nine Riders of the Imperial Guard were guarding the outside, Hai Ling's Fire Cloud Boots were as fast as lightning. Once they darted out, even if the guards noticed them, they couldn't catch up with them.
As the night deepened and it was time to leave, a time when one should be happy, Hailing felt uneasy. The weight of the past day had been pressing on her heart, giving her an indescribable sense of oppression, and she felt that something was going to go wrong.
Outside the door, footsteps could be heard running past, clearly indicating a great hurry.
"Miss, Miss, something terrible has happened, Madam?"
Rouge didn't come in, but her voice came in first. Hailing quickly leaped up and rushed out, grabbing Rouge and anxiously asking, "What happened to Mother? What did she do?"
In the afternoon, Mother said she wanted to take a nap. She had asked Rouge to wake her up so she could leave.
"The lady hanged herself?"
"Oh, is she alright?"
Hailing panicked. The thought of her mother's death made her hands and feet turn cold, and she couldn't help but shiver. She knew that her mother had hanged herself because she didn't want to implicate her and Yanzhi. Did she know that she was willing to take her with her? If it weren't for her, what other relatives would she have?
When Rouge saw Hailing swaying, she quickly asked, "Are you still breathing?"
"Hurry up."
Hailin rushed out first, heading straight for her mother's room.
Rouge followed closely behind, and the two entered Du Caiyue's room.
In the dimly lit room, a person lay on the bed, her face as white as paper, her breathing weak, and she showed no reaction at all. Hailing was so frightened that she rushed over, hugged her, and desperately pinched her philtrum: "Mother, Mother, are you alright? Are you alright?"
Du Caiyue, who was in a deep sleep, was pinched and cried out in her sleep.
Upon hearing this, Hai Ling and Yan Zhi were overjoyed: "Miss, that's wonderful, that's wonderful! Madam is alright, Madam is alright."
"Yes, she's fine."
Hailing actually cried. She was so scared, so scared that she would die. Her lifelong wish was to live with her mother. People are fearless because they have hope in their hearts. If she died, she would lose all hope.
But before the two could even rejoice, they noticed that Du Caiyue was acting strangely.
Her eyes were tightly closed, her brows were furrowed, and she let out a painful groan, as if she was enduring something. She struggled in Hailing's arms, her body twisting and turning.
"Mother, Mother, what's wrong? What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
But Du Caiyue didn't wake up at all. Her hand unconsciously tugged at her chest, as if she was in great pain there.
"Rouge, what's going on?"
"I don't know," the two women said, their faces ashen, unsure what was wrong with the woman in their arms. She seemed to be enduring some intense pain, but it wasn't caused by hanging. She was struggling desperately, sweat beading on her face and sticking to her hair, gasping for breath.
"Mom, don't scare me, what's wrong with you?"
In the darkness, Hailin's anxious calls rang out.
Suddenly, someone arrived, as fast as lightning, and was in their room in the blink of an eye. A deep, magnetic voice slowly rang out: "Put her down."
Hai Ling and Yan Zhi were startled. They quickly looked up and saw that the person who came was none other than the Left Prime Minister, Xi Lingfeng.
Upon seeing him, Hailing inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief and, following Xilingfeng's instructions, put her mother down.
Xi Lingfeng ordered Shi Mei: "Help her find out what happened?"