Ning Jiu had only slept for less than six hours, but he did not look tired at all when he woke up in the morning. He practiced a set of techniques in the courtyard, and when he heard Hao Pingguan say that the Prince was awake, he did not even wipe his sweat and just walked over with his sword in hand.
When Morong Gan entered the room, he just happened to be finishing his breakfast. Qi Hong was clearing up the table, and when Qi Hong came in, she looked up at him once. However, Ning Jiu turned a blind eye to her, and walked straight in front of Morong Gan, cupping his hands in greeting: "Your highness, what orders do you have for me?"
Everyone who saw Morong Gan was surprised. Only he had a face that showed that it was natural, as if the Prince Chu was like this.
Morong Gan asked: "Have you checked?"
"Yes, this subordinate has carefully checked. Jia Tong's judgement was not wrong."
"What do you think happened?"
Ning Jiu turned his head to look at Qi Hong. Qi Hong hastened her actions, packed her things and left the room.
She returned to the kitchen just in time to see Lv He cooking porridge. Seeing her enter, he asked: "I heard that I was awake. Have you eaten? "
Qi Hong nodded her head, "It's eaten. It's still in good spirits. It's pretty much the same as usual, just that it doesn't like to talk."
Lv He sighed, "Of course it's like this. Who would be able to endure such a thing? Moreover, this grandpa and wangfei have deep feelings for each other, and there's also the Heir …" Thinking of the cute Heir, she couldn't help but have his eyes turn red.
Qi Hong said, "I took great pains to calm down, don't cry in front of me."
"I know," Lv He smacked her nose, "Jia Tong is also better today, I'm really afraid that this grandpa will take his life in a fit of rage. I've only been married for less than a year and I don't want to become a widow, but I really don't have the face to go and beg for mercy in front of this grandpa."
"Speaking of which, we are all guilty. We had our imperial concubines and Heir snatched away under our noses," Qi Hong said with a sigh. "We are slaves and did not protect our imperial concubines and Heir well. She looked at the steaming hot porridge, "Go back and guard Jia Tong, the porridge is ready, I'll send it over."
Lv He had nothing to say to her. After saying hi to her, she turned and left.
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time, they could only look into the matter. As a first-tier imperial bodyguard, Jia Tong getting his people to take away the princess and the Heir right under their noses was a heinous crime. If it was anyone else, she would definitely think that the Prince's punishment wasn't excessive. But Jia Tong was still her husband after all, husband and wife were one and the same; if Jia Tong really sentenced his to death, she could only put his life on the line and bear half of the responsibility for him.
After entering the door and seeing that Jia Tong was still unconscious, she secretly shook her head. After a while, she became confused for a while, as he looked even more sick than the Prince. He stretched out his hand to feel his forehead. Luckily, it was not burnt.
Just as he was about to retract his hand, Jia Tong opened his eyes and looked at her in a daze, "Wifey."
"Yes," she said softly, tucking him in. "Are you feeling better?"
"I'm fine," Jia Tong's voice was also somewhat hoarse. "How is the Duke today?
"I'm already awake. Qi Hong sent breakfast over, and said that I'm still in good spirits, so I called Ning Jiu over to have a talk. It looks like I'm fine now."
Hearing that, Jia Tong immediately got off the bed, "I have to go see Your Highness."
Lv He held him down, "You're still sick, how are you going?"
Jia Tong was quiet for a moment, "Has the Prince called me over?"
Lv He pressed down on him and did not say a word.
"The Prince called me, didn't she?" He raised her voice. "Get out of my way, I need to go." His body was not fully recovered yet, so she could not use much strength, but she could still deal with Lv He easily.
Lv He was pushed to the side, seeing him walk towards the door with her shoes, Lv He's heart suddenly sank, and ran over to hug him, "You know, this trip, might be …"
Jia Tong did not turn back as he patted her hand, "I know," he said, "If I don't protect Princess Hua-Yang and Heir well, I will die a thousand deaths." He paused for a moment, then turned around and looked deeply into her eyes, "Lv He, I'm sorry …"
"Stop talking," Lv He started crying and hugged him tightly, "I'll go with you. If the Duke wants to kill you, with one life, and two people coming to compensate for it, and us husband and wife being one, I won't make you walk alone on the road."
Jia Tong's heart was greatly shaken. He held Lv He tightly in her embrace, lowered his head and placed it on her shoulder, and took a deep breath. In the next life, I still want to marry you. "
Lv He held onto the clothes on his chest, crying so hard she couldn't stand it, "You keep your promise."
"Of course," he smiled, releasing her, pulling on his sleeve to wipe her tears away. "In the next life, you must wait for me." Seeing that she couldn't stop crying, he comforted her: "Don't worry. This time I will come back. The king won't kill me immediately. There is something more important than my life at the moment."
Lv He knew what Jia Tong said was right, the king had called for help from the Head Steward, probably because she had something to ask, and would not immediately kill Jia Tong before she made sense of the situation.
"You can go now," she said, patting his clothes and reminding him, "I'm not feeling well, so you have to be careful with what you say."
"I know," Jia Tong did not leave immediately, he suddenly raised her chin and kissed him, kissing him hard. Usually, Lv He would definitely resist, but this time, she did not, but she hugged his neck and replied him passionately.
After he finished kissing her, Jia Tong turned around quickly and left without even turning his head back.
As soon as he entered the study, he immediately knelt down. "Your Highness, I've come." It was time to receive his punishment.
Morong Gan watched as he remained silent. Standing at the side, Ning Jiu naturally did not dare to speak. The room was very quiet, and he could hear his own heartbeat. The moment he entered, he took a quick glance. His highness had already weakened, and his eye sockets were sunken. His appearance was even more profound, like a dark ancient well. Just looking at him made one feel fearful.
After a long while, Morong Gan finally said, "Stand up."
He did not ask any questions, but Jia Tong knew what he wanted to ask, so he explained everything to him.
After Morong Gan heard him out, he muttered to himself and asked, "Did you personally see the wangfei and Heir fall off the cliff?"
If there were more of us, he would definitely be able to escape. This subordinate can vaguely hear the crying of a baby, and the person on his shoulder looks like an imperial concubine, so this subordinate has followed him all the way, and can be sure that it's the imperial concubine and the Heir. "" That's right.
"Since that person went through so much trouble to rob him, why did he fall off the cliff?"
"…" Jia Tong thought for a while, "It's because this subordinate was too anxious to chase him and there were only our people left with nowhere to run. He knew that robbing the wangfei and Heir is a huge crime, if he got caught, only death awaited him, so …" He knelt down again, "It was this subordinate who chased you too fast. This subordinate's sin is unforgivable!"