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After lunch, Li Chenxuan brought Li Ning'er over.

Compared to the last time he saw her, Li Ning'er looked much weaker.

His exposed skin was pale to the point that it was almost transparent. There was even a faint sickly cyan color on it.

After Li Chenxuan brought Li Ning'er in, he led Xiao Ying out, leaving the two of them with space to talk.

Seeing that, Qu Ling could not help but look towards the door.

She was still worried that Xiao Hui would tell Li Chenxuan about what happened last night.

If she was moved by Li Chenxuan again, Xiao Jingyue would have to waste time to find her.

And if he found her again, he might not know how to avoid her and stay away from her as he did last night.

She was afraid of that man when he went crazy.

Li Ning'er sat on the side of the bed and looked at her.

On the way here, she had heard Li Chenxuan mention it before, so she knew that Qu Ling was injured.

Qu Ling did not reply, he looked at her with a complicated gaze, and asked: "What about you, are you alright?"

Li Ning'er was startled, he quietly pressed down on the wound on his arm, and did not say a word.

"Li Chenxuan told me everything." Qu Ling said.

As the sound of her voice faded, the atmosphere in the room instantly froze.

Li Ning'er's body stiffened, his face revealed a look of embarrassment, and for a moment he did not dare look at Qu Ling.

To her, it was too embarrassing, too unbearable.

If she could, she would never want anyone to know about it, including her parents.

Qu Ling saw that her expression was not right, and her tone became even more relaxed: "Earlier, you came to find me, was it because of this matter?"

Li Ning'er remained silent.

The first time he went to see her, he wanted her to help him think of a way to get rid of this marriage.

The second time he went to find her was when he had just found out about Li Chenxuan's condition and had to cut himself off not long ago. It wasn't easy for him to escape, but he didn't dare go home.

Unfortunately, she was still not there.

Later on, he didn't tell her about it because of his pride, and also because Li Chenxuan had something on his father.

Li Chenxuan said that as long as she did not speak of it, no matter what happened between them, they would not touch her family.

In that case, what choice did she have?

Seeing Li Ning'er like this, Qu Ling suddenly thought of the dead Huo Xinyi.

They made others feel pity and despair.

Qu Ling reached out his hand to hold hers, and said firmly: "I will definitely think of a way to remove the parasite, to save you from him!"

"No …."

Li Ning'er seemed to have received some sort of stimulation, as he shook off Qu Ling's hand and stood up.

Perhaps it was because he had woken up too quickly, but he felt dizzy for a moment before falling back down.

"Ning'er?" Qu Ling was shocked.

She subconsciously wanted to get up, but just as she slightly stood up, the wound on her heart was affected. It hurt so much that she immediately fell back onto the bed.

Although this fall was extremely light, it still shook her wound. In addition to her sudden movement just now when she had stood up, it was so painful that she almost shed tears.

Seeing that, Li Ning'er was startled, and immediately turned and called out: "Qiu Zhu, Qiu Zhu!"

The door was pushed open.

The ones who came in were not Qiu Zhu, but Li Chenxuan and Xiao Ying.

Li Chenxuan looked at Li Ning'er, then looked at Qu Ling who was wincing in pain on the bed, and said to Xiao Hui: Go call the doctor.

Little Ying answered and left.

Only then did Li Chenxuan look at Li Ning'er, and his expression unconsciously became colder. "Madam's health is not too good, you shouldn't stay outside for too long, let Qiu Zhu accompany you back."

Li Ning'er's face changed slightly.

At this time, Qiu Zhu walked in from outside and carefully called out, "Miss."

Li Ning'er did not reply, he slowly stood up and turned, walking towards the door.

"Ning'er." Qu Ling endured the pain and called out to her, "There's nothing more important than being alive."

Li Ning'er's body stiffened.

After a while, he continued to slowly move forward.

After the master and the servant left, not long after, Xiao Ying walked in with a doctor.

The doctor took Qu Ling's pulse, prescribed some medicine, and had Xiao Ying apply it on her wound again. Then, he followed Li Chenxuan out.

In the room, only Qu Ling and Xiao Ying were left.

Hearing that Li Chenxuan was still outside the door, even if Qu Ling wanted to know if Xiao Ying had told him what had happened last night, he had no choice but to endure it for the time being.

After applying the good medicine again, Xiao Ying packed up her things and asked softly, "Mrs. Xiao, would you like to rest for a while first, or do you want this servant to continue reading your book?"

Qu Ling blinked and said: "I'll go to sleep first. After I wake up, you can continue to read to me."

The little firefly answered and covered her with the blanket before being carried out with the rest of the medicine.

Li Chenxuan had not left yet, but he was waiting for him at the end of the corridor.

Xiao Ying walked in front of Li Chenxuan and bowed, "Young Noble."

"What happened yesterday?"

Xiao Ying lowered her head and said softly, "Mrs. Xiao ordered a servant to buy some chatterboxes for her to relieve her boredom. There's nothing else."

Li Chenxuan stared at her for a long time, then nodded his head, "Go down."

Xiao Ying replied and left.

In the end, Xiao Jingyue did not manage to find Qu Ling before the imperial guards brought him to the palace to beg for forgiveness.

There was no other reason.

The rich families and imperial court officials who had their families searched were naturally displeased.

Forget about the rich and powerful families, those court officials who were not on good terms with Xiao Jingyue would not give up.

That day, in the palace of the Golden Chimes, Li Yun, who had been stationed at the mansion for a few days, took a look at Xiao Jingyue's book along with a few other court officials who had their residences searched.

This was not a trivial matter, and what he had done was a little too lawless.

Not only did he offend his colleagues in the imperial court, he also lost the will of the people.

Even if the Emperor wanted to protect him, he wouldn't be able to.

Since the border had been settled recently and there were no wars going on, he decided to take over his troops and ban him from thinking in front of his General Mansion for a month.

This punishment not only heavily punished Xiao Jingyue, but also didn't change the current situation of the imperial government.

After all, Xiao Jingyue was not the crown prince. His position was unclear, he did not support the Eighth Prince nor the crown prince.

The court officials who were led by Li Yun did not have any objections.

Recruitment of troops was a serious matter for generals, and in their eyes, this was already a very heavy punishment.

The rest of the ministers, especially the old officials of the court who opposed the command of the Crown Prince's son, almost applauded this.

Therefore, the imperial government was overjoyed by the decree.

After dispersing throughout the imperial court, Li Yun wanted to talk to the crown prince, but the crown prince walked over to him.

"Please wait, General Xiao."

Xiao Jingyue stopped in his tracks and frowned.

He did not forget that this person was still thinking about his wife even now.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was a love rival.

The Crown Prince asked gently, "Has General Xiao found the location of the Mrs. Xiao yet?"

The expression in Xiao Jingyue's eyes darkened slightly as he coldly replied, "I have not."

The Crown Prince's face darkened.

The people he had sent out had also gained nothing.

Li Yun's gaze turned solemn, and he called out softly: "Crown Prince."

The Crown Prince glanced at him, then turned and walked out of the Hall of Golden Chimes.

"General Xiao, be careful."

At some point in time, Prime Minister Jiang had walked to Xiao Jingyue's side, and was watching Li Yun and the crown prince leave together.

Xiao Jingyue nodded lightly.

After exiting the Hall of Golden Chimes, Prime Minister Jiang sighed: "Since we've found Ah Ling's location, let's take her back. I won't be at ease if we let her stay in the hands of the Li Clan members."

He paused and lowered his voice: "If possible, don't get into conflict with Li Yun right now."

The meaning in his words was to go secretly, for the time being, do not fall out with Li Yun.

After all, Xiao Jingyue had just been accepted into the army and was still wearing the body of a criminal.

Xiao Jingyue's eyes flashed slightly as she softly replied, "Alright."