The tyrant family read my heart and doted on me.

Even though the reunion between mother and son was brief, even though he could only feel the warmth of his mother for a short time, it was enough, enough to mend his young but already broken heart.

As a result, Dong Yin's face gradually smiled more often.

However, the good times did not last long. His late-night trips to the cold palace were soon discovered and reported to the queen.

When Dong Yin came to the cold palace late at night again, the queen brought people to catch him personally and caught him red-handed.

The Queen pointed at the mother and son hugging each other and said, "You are so good, Dong Yin. Instead of staying in the Imperial Household Department, you actually came here."

"What's the crime?"

As soon as the words fell, the old nanny beside the queen said with a stern face: "Reporting to the queen, His Highness Dong Yin disregarded the emperor's order and trespassed into the cold palace, which is a crime of disrespect."

"He should be caned thirty times."

"Thirty punishments?" Bai Xuanbing was so frightened that he became limp.

"Empress, Yin'er is only six years old. How can he bear thirty strokes of the cane?"

"Aren't you trying to kill him? No, please, please, please, please, please!"

Bai Xuanbing knelt in front of the queen, kowtowed continuously, and begged the queen to spare Dong Yin.

This matter could be big or small, it all depends on the Queen's decision.

Bai Xuanbing understood this truth, so her attitude when begging for mercy was very sincere.

She kowtowed so violently and hard that blood came out from the center of her forehead. The blood flowed down her nose, slid to her chin, and dripped onto the bleached clothes around her neck.

Dong Yin looked at her and felt very uncomfortable, "Mother, mother, please don't kowtow, Yin'er begs you, please don't kowtow."

Dong Yin's little face was covered with tears from crying, and the stubborn, obstinate look that never bowed its head was no longer seen.

"Mother, I was wrong. Please forgive me." Only if you forgive him will the mother stop begging for mercy for him.

However, how could the Queen miss this great opportunity to attack? She said, "I'll spare you. Haha, Dong Yin, do you think the crime you committed was a minor one?"

"Sparing you, impossible."

"Come here, take him away for execution."

The Queen is vigorous and resolute.

The guards behind the queen went to drag Dong Yin away. Bai Xuanbing once again stopped Dong Yin and stopped the guards from taking her away. She didn't care even if the guards kicked her or stepped on her hair.

She seemed to feel no pain and instinctively used her body to protect Dong Yin.

Seeing this, the Queen said, "Bai Xuanbing, if you want to protect Dong Yin and ask me not to hold him accountable, that's fine."

"Really?" Bai Xuanbing was overjoyed.

"Don't be too happy too soon." The queen got a dagger from somewhere and threw it in front of Bai Xuanbing, "Go commit suicide!"

"When the time comes, I will tell the emperor that you confessed your crime and committed suicide on behalf of Dong Yin in order to absolve him of punishment. I will also advise the emperor not to pursue the matter any further."

The Queen disliked Bai Xuanbing all the time, and even felt that it was the appearance of Bai Xuanbing that made the Emperor, whom she cared about the most, betray his original oath not to favor anyone else except her, and he lingered in the harem every day, resulting in the birth of many princes in the harem.

She really hated Bai Xuanbing.

I've wanted to kill her for a long time.

But Bai Xuanbing knew how to protect herself very well. She didn't have a good opportunity, and if she acted rashly, it would ruin her reputation as a virtuous queen.

Now it finally does.

"Does the Queen really keep her word?" Bai Xuanbing said, looking at the dagger on the ground.

"Well, I keep my word," said the Queen.

"Okay, I promise you." Bai Xuanbing said, picked up the dagger, unsheathed it, and stabbed herself in the stomach.

Dong Yin wanted to stop them but was held down by the Queen's men. He looked at his mother who committed suicide in front of him and could do nothing but cry heartbreakingly.

The Queen's men left after confirming that Bai Xuanbing had died, and did not trouble Dong Yin any more. Dong Yin was finally able to look at his mother in peace.

He knelt in front of Bai Xuanbing, hugged Bai Xuanbing, and spoke the most words to Bai Xuanbing in his life. It was also the most frank and fearless time.

After saying that, Dong Yin even picked up a dagger and wanted to commit suicide.

But he was stopped by an old Taoist who suddenly appeared.

The old Taoist held a whisk in his arms, looking like an immortal. He looked at Dong Yin from afar, shook his head with pity, and said, "My young prince, are you willing to take me as your master?"

"If you take me as your master, you will become strong and no longer be bullied."

The old Taoist priest was devoted to Taoism, and he came to the palace today to preach Taoism. After his lecture, he predicted that there would be a bloody disaster in the palace, and that he and Yizi had the fate to be apostles.

So he asked to come over to prevent the bloody disaster and also accepted as a disciple.

Unfortunately, he was still a step late.

"My disciple?" Dong Yin wiped his tears and looked at the old Taoist: "What can you teach me?"

"I can teach you a powerful skill that will make you immortal."

"Powerful skills?" Dong Yin only heard these few words. If he wanted to avenge his mother, he must have powerful skills, and this person could help him.

Then he won’t die for now, and wait until he has taken revenge.

On this day, Dong Yin was accepted as the eldest disciple by Taoist Priest Xuan Ling.

As a result, Dong Yin no longer had to suffer as a slave in the palace. He followed Taoist Xuan Ling to practice meditation in the royal Taoist temple. It was also this year that he felt for the first time that winter was warm and not cold.

He gave himself a name, Bu Han.

It means that this winter is not cold. I hope every winter can be like this year.

Because of Dong Buhan's rejection and avoidance of the name Dong Yin, people gradually forgot about it, and Dong Buhan became the one that everyone remembered.

When Dong Buhan was twelve years old, he followed his master Taoist Xuanling into the palace.

He met his father again, and also saw the queen who killed Feng Qin and forced his mother to death. She sat high in the hall, surrounded by people, and did not live badly because of the bad things she had done.