Upon seeing that it was Du Mingxian who entered, Ling Silang stood up in shock and stepped forward. The two looked at each other through the wooden fence, and Du Mingxian already had tears in her eyes. "Are you alright?"

Ling Silang sensed that something was wrong with her, and looked at Wen Yibin. Wen Yibin had already found the key and opened the door. "Go inside and talk. I'll wait outside. Come out when you've finished talking."

Wen Yibin left after speaking, while Du Mingxian went into the cell and threw herself into Ling Silang's arms. "We were so scared! You didn't come back. Dongmo went out to find out that you were in prison, so I rushed to find Uncle."

Ling Silang held her tightly, gently stroking her back. "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm fine. This is Lord Wen's territory, no one is bullying me."

Du Mingxian, who had been on the verge of losing her composure, had calmed down considerably. She straightened up after leaving his embrace, checked that he was unharmed, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"These people are absolutely despicable."

"It's nothing, just some minor revenge. They wouldn't dare to do anything to me easily. Even if the Emperor were to die, I was still the top scholar personally appointed by the late Emperor. They wouldn't dare to kill me before my body is even cold."

Seeing that Ling Silang spoke with such confidence, Du Mingxian's anxiety gradually subsided. "But it's not good for him to be locked up here forever."

"Don't worry, the officials of Da Shun are not to be trifled with. I believe that although things seem calm these past two days, Lord Wen and his men have already begun their actions, but the time is not right yet."

Ling Silang's words of comfort calmed Du Mingxian's panic, and her mood gradually improved. "When I heard this afternoon that you were locked up, I was so angry that I didn't even want to go to the palace tonight, and I didn't want to care about the Crown Prince's affairs anymore."

"Go ahead, but be careful. The Crown Prince still needs medicine. No matter what the situation in the capital is like now, think of your grandmother. Even if it's just for her sake, you should help him."

"I'm just angry that they locked you up."

"It's alright," Ling Silang continued to comfort him. "Think about it, you're not just saving the Crown Prince, but also the people of the world. It'll be troublesome if the person behind him takes power."

"He was either cooperating with the Gharpo people, or the Gharpo people were above the Shun people. At that time, no one, including us, had a good life."

"We need wise rulers like the Crown Prince and the Emperor to protect our lives and the lives of everyone."

Du Mingxian sighed softly, "I know you want me to go. Fine, I'll go."

"Be careful."

"understood."

"Then you go first. Don't worry about me. With Lord Wen here, no one will dare to do anything to me. They have more important things to deal with right now, so they probably can't concern themselves with me."

Du Mingxian checked the time; it was already past midnight. People in this era got up early, and the Crown Prince still had to take his medicine twice that night. It was time to leave.

"You stay here and I'll find a way to come see you again tomorrow."

"Ah."

Du Mingxian left, and Wen Yibin, who had been waiting for her outside, asked when he saw her come out, "Are you done talking?"

"Okay, please take good care of him, Uncle. I'll be going now."

“Alright.” Wen Yibin knew she was going to the palace, so he didn’t stop her anymore. After watching her leave, he went in and comforted Ling Silang for a few more minutes before leaving.

Du Mingxian arrived at the palace with a belly full of anger. After delivering the medicine to the Crown Prince and checking his wounds, she didn't say much to him, only that she would deliver the second dose of medicine to him later, and then she left.

The Crown Prince was bewildered. He felt that Du Mingxian's condition was not right, but he didn't know what was wrong. However, he had taken his medicine and needed to get a good night's sleep, so he didn't think too much about it.

Both of them are capable; he doesn't need to worry about them, they will take good care of themselves.

When Du Mingxian returned, it was almost dawn. She rushed into the palace where the Crown Prince lived. Before the Crown Prince had even woken up, she had already taken out the medicine.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." They woke him up directly.

When the crown prince woke up, he was startled to see that it was almost dawn outside. "It's already this late, why are you still in the palace?"

"I need to deliver the medicine to His Highness again. Please drink it, and I will leave after you finish."

"Row."

Before leaving, Du Mingxian left some food for the Crown Prince. By the time she climbed over the wall and left the palace, it was already dawn, and she could see people in the distance.

She hid and returned home.

The family didn't sleep at all last night. Ling Silang didn't come back, and Du Mingxian didn't come back after she went out either. Everyone was very worried, afraid that something might have happened to her after she went out.

Upon seeing people return, Ling's mother and father were the first to come out of the room, followed closely by Ling Erlang.

"How are you? Are you alright?" Ling's mother looked Du Mingxian up and down, and was relieved to find that she was not injured. "How is Silang? Why didn't he come back all night?"

According to what Dongmo and Chunfeng found out, without Du Mingxian's orders, the news had not been spread, and the Ling family was unaware of it.

“Something happened in the palace, so he was kept here. He will be in the palace for the next two days. I have already checked and he is fine, Father, Mother, you don’t need to worry.”

Ling's mother and father believed in Du Mingxian wholeheartedly. Even if Du Mingxian said the clouds in the sky were black, they would blindly believe her.

Ling Erlang wasn't as easily convinced as his parents. He could even tell that Du Mingxian wasn't in a good state, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"Father, Mother, Silang is alright. You should go back to your rooms and get some sleep. You didn't sleep at all last night, and if you stay up any longer, your health will collapse. If Silang leaves the palace and sees you like this, he will be even more worried."

Ling's mother and father nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, let's go and rest."

"Mingxian, you should go back to your room and rest. Erlang, tell your wife not to wake Mingxian up for dinner today," Ling's mother instructed before leaving.

Ling Erlang agreed, "I understand, Mother."

His fourth sister-in-law held a much higher position in his wife's heart than he did. Even if his mother hadn't said those words of advice, his wife would definitely have done the same.

Watching the person go inside, Ling Erlang didn't leave. Instead, he lowered his voice and asked, "Did something happen?"

Du Mingxian was quite surprised. Ling Erlang was usually carefree, but she didn't expect him to be so meticulous this time. Since the other party had asked, she didn't deliberately hide anything. "Because of some things that happened before, someone retaliated against him and imprisoned him in the Dali Temple prison."

"In jail, what are we going to do? Is there any way to get him out?" Ling Erlang was extremely anxious, his voice very low, afraid that his father and mother, who had just entered the room, would hear him.

Du Mingxian comforted him, "Second brother, don't worry. I went to see him last night, and he's fine. My uncle... Uncle Wen is the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. He has his people watching over him and will take good care of you."

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