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As he left Consort De's palace, Ye Jinsu was still thinking about Consort De's words. Back then, Ning Yunxiao was only an eight-year-old child, so how could he accept the fact that his mother had died in front of him?

How did he survive alone in this palace?

She could not imagine that in this bottomless palace, Ning Yunyin stood alone.

The sky outside had already darkened. The palace maid led Ye Jinsu back the way they came, passing through some winding corridors once again. In a blink of an eye, they had arrived at the front of the palace.

In the hazy night, Ning Yunyin was standing there. Ye Jinsu recognized her at a glance.

The palace maid stopped in her tracks and pointed out the location of the carriage to Ye Jinsu, which was at the entrance of the palace. The coachman and Little Red were waiting inside. Ye Jinsu walked a few steps over.

The palace maid then left.

Ye Jinxiu exhaled the rising white fog, but she didn't walk towards the carriage. Instead, she walked in the direction of Ning Yun.

Ning Yunyin finally let out a sigh of relief when she saw Ye Jinsu walk out unharmed.

"What did the Concubine De say to you?"

Ye Jinsu tilted her head and glanced at him, with an unreadable look in her eyes. Ye Jinsu spoke softly. "Consort De advised me to stay with you."

Ning Yunyin stared blankly for a moment. Her expression became unnatural for a moment, but she quickly returned to her original state. Ning Yunyin's expression returned to normal. She calmly opened her mouth and asked, "Do you know the meaning behind her words?"

Ye Jinsu stopped in her tracks and asked, "Does Imperial Concubine De have a prince under her?"

"Not at all, but we are quite familiar with Thirteen."

Ye Jinsu smiled, "So that's how it is."

She wasn't stupid. She wouldn't be able to tell that Consort De was trying to change Ye Jinsu's mind. Consort De was a smart person, her eyes were always poisonous when looking at things.

If Ye Jinshu really didn't like Ning Yunyin, then he should show his disgust and impatience. At the very least, he should have kept his distance from her.

But Ye Jinsu did not.

Ye Jinxiu was just like a stiff puppet pretending that she was not familiar with Ning Yunyin in front of everyone.

Some people wouldn't be able to tell, but how many women in the palace had she seen in her lifetime?

She had pinpointed the weakness of her woman's heart, and told her all of the past.

It was simply that he didn't want to end the marriage between Ning Yunyin and the Yu family, so he wanted to make Ning Yunyin lose a helper. Ning Yunyin wasn't her child, and since she had another prince she was familiar with, so she was naturally seeking help for Thirteenth Prince.

Ye Jinsu lowered her head and laughed at herself, mocking herself. Even if she understood what was going on, she was still shaken.

She even wanted to run to Ning Yunyin's side right now.

He really had no prospects.

Ning Yunyin looked at the slightly bowed head of Ye Jinsu and suddenly felt that she was especially gentle today. A thin layer of snow floated down from the sky, gently falling on the two people's bodies before quickly disappearing. The cold wind made Ye Jinsu's nose turn red.

Ning Yunyin took off her long robe and draped it over Ye Jinsu's shoulders.

Ye Jinsu lowered her head and suddenly thought that this palace should be a little longer, a little longer.

But in the end, there was an end.

Ye Jinsu turned around and got into the carriage. When she lifted the curtain, she suddenly turned her head, but she only opened her mouth and didn't say anything.

The carriage left the palace.

Ning Yunyin stood on the spot and watched as the carriage moved further and further away. Finally, she silently turned around and left.

He didn't know that his moral consort had told Ye Jinsu all of this. He only knew that he would never be able to forget what happened when he was eight years old. When he was young, he felt that his father was very powerful. He was the Son of Heaven, and in this world, the wind and rain were like the rain and the rain were like the rain. There was nothing that he could not accomplish.

It was only until the age of eight that he discovered that his royal father could not even protect a single woman.

The scene of her mother's death was unforgettable in Ning Yunxiao's heart.

That day when he looked at Ye Jinsu, he suddenly saw the face of his mother before she died. After being entangled in the palace for half a lifetime, his face was extremely miserable.

The palace was a place for eating humans. Once he entered, he no longer wanted to drag Ye Jinsu inside.

She was right, Ning Yunyin thought as she turned her head to look at the silhouette of the carriage.

On the empty path of the palace, Ning Yunyin's silhouette was dragged along by the candle flames. It was very long and very lonely.

Ye Jinsu opened the window and looked behind her, but could no longer see anything.

Xiao Hong called out from the side, "Miss, Concubine De didn't say anything, right?"

Xiao Hong was so anxious that its eyes turned red. Why did it suddenly leave its young miss alone? How scary.

Ye Jinsu smiled reassuringly at her, but didn't speak of those matters. She only said, "It's fine. Madame Consort De only spoke to me about family matters and chatted with her for a bit."

Only then did Xiao Hong relax and angrily said, "It's all because of that Ning Wang. The young miss said that she wouldn't marry him, and she just wanted to say those words on the young miss's birthday."

"Miss has suffered."

Ye Jinxiu only looked out of the window quietly, not saying a word.

When the carriage reached the Ye residence, it was already dark outside. The steward was waiting at the door. When he saw Ye Jinsu's carriage coming from afar, he immediately went to greet it. Seeing that Ye Jinsu had returned safely from the carriage, he ran to inform Ye Zhonglou happily.

Ye Jinsu called out to the steward from behind. "You go tell father that the Consort only told me about some household chores. Father doesn't need to worry too much." "I'm a bit tired, so I won't go to my father's room to talk."

After saying that, Ye Jinsu walked into her own yard.

It was only then that the steward realized that Ye Jinsu's caring words were particularly estranged from his father.

He was so distant that he didn't even want to see her.

Ye Jinsu truly did not want to see him. Without the Xie Clan in this mansion, there was nothing to threaten her anymore. In the past, she had thought that as long as the Xie Clan was gone, she would have a comfortable life.

Now it seemed that no matter how beautiful the daughter of the Ye family was, she would live a good life.

Ye Jinsu returned to the courtyard silently. When he passed by the ancestral hall, Ye Jinsu noticed that the corpse of the Xie Clan was still in the ancestral hall. The mama, who was in charge, was busy inside. The funeral had been delayed because of Ye Jinsu's birthday. Fortunately, it was winter now, so two days shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Ye Jinru burned paper here every day, but she had never seen Ye Zhenzheng come over to see her.

She finally understood that everything that had happened to her had been ruined by Ye Jinsu.

Ye Jinsu took a glance inside and left without a second thought. Right now, her mind was in a mess. She didn't have the mood to think about Ye Jingru, so she could only casually glance at her. No matter how much Ye Jingru hated herself, she could not stir up any trouble in the Ye Residence.

The snowstorm outside was getting heavier. Ye Jinsu tightly grabbed her clothes and went back.

Ye Jingru knelt on the ground and burned some paper. She looked at the things that the mama were preparing to bury. It was truly simple and crude. Ye Zheng was now unwilling to do even a proper funeral for the Xie family, so he could do whatever he wanted.

The wind outside blew against Ye Jinsu's body, sending chills down her spine.

Her mother had died miserably, but the culprit, Ye Jinsu, was currently enjoying the limelight in the mansion.

In the light of the fire, Ye Jingru's distorted face was imprinted.