"I miss Daddy, I miss Mommy …"
"Little Yi will take her medicine. Little Yi is not afraid of injections. Little Yi must live well …"
"Daddy, Mommy, where are you? Little Yi is so scared alone. Do you not want Little Yi anymore …"
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"Little Yi, don't be afraid. Little Yi is not alone …" Li Yi listened to the little girl's incessant murmuring. He used his hand to gently pat her back and said softly.
Not long after, her murmuring gradually became softer.
Looking at her clenched fists and furrowed brows in her sleep, Li Yi closed his eyes and this scene began to appear in his mind.
In the depths of the dark and serene palace, a five-year-old girl curled up in a corner. She did not know what had happened, nor did she know what had happened to this world. Perhaps when she woke up, her daddy and mommy who loved her were gone, and the only one who accompanied her was a doll by her side.
Although it wasn't good-looking and couldn't be compared to her beautiful sheep doll, it was her only playmate at the moment. It was also her only spiritual sustenance. She missed her beautiful sheep very much, so she gave it such a name.
Then, someone finally appeared.
But she did not know those people. They walked in from the outside, wearing strange clothes and saying strange things. They called her little princess — that was what her daddy used to call her, but where did daddy go?
It was not only her daddy and mommy who disappeared. Pleasant Sheep, Big Big Wolf, Beautiful Sheep, and Lazy Sheep — where did they all go?
She cried for her daddy and mommy. She wanted to leave this strange place, she wanted to go home, but the way those people looked at her slowly became strange. This made her very afraid … Every time she spoke, she would be looked at with a strange gaze. Then, she stopped talking.
Princess Yong Ning, who had been seriously ill and had miraculously woken up, became the topic that the people of Jingdou took delight in talking about. Regretfully, although the little princess had managed to keep her life, she had contracted an illness that caused her to lose her soul. The clever and quick-witted little princess had become stupid. The heavens were truly unfair to her.
In the following year, a silly little girl appeared on the stone steps of a certain palace in the palace. She held a doll in her arms and only stared blankly into the distance. She was a target that all the princes and princesses could bully at will.
Perhaps it was because she hid in the dark and silent palace at night that her tears had run dry. She never cried when she was bullied by other princes and princesses, until the King of Shu destroyed her only hope …
Li Yi tightened his arms and hugged her tightly. He couldn't imagine what kind of pain and torment a five-year-old girl had suffered in this strange world for a year.
He kissed her forehead with some pity. The little girl's fists gradually loosened and her brows relaxed.
A smile appeared on Li Yi's face. He simply sat cross-legged on the ground and carefully let her lie in his arms.
"That's great."
He thought to himself as he looked at the little girl in her sleep.
At this moment, the feeling of loneliness that had never been extinguished in the depths of his heart completely disappeared.
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"It's already midnight, why is it taking so long!" Li Xuan's face was full of anxiety as he paced outside the palace. His tone was a little anxious.
Li Yi said that he had a way to cure Princess Yong Ning's illness, but the condition was that they needed a quiet place. Only he and Princess Yong Ning were there. Even Imperial Physician Liu's request to go in and help was rejected.
However, it had already been several hours since he entered the palace. Even the palace gates were closed, but there was no movement from inside. Li Xuan couldn't help but feel worried.
He was worried that Li Yi couldn't cure Yong Ning's illness and made Imperial Uncle wait outside for so long. This was a crime of deceiving the Emperor, and it was much more serious than beating up the King of Shu …
"Why don't I go in and take a look?" MIngzhu looked back at her father, who was still waiting there, and said with a frown.
She had just taken two steps forward when a creaking sound suddenly rang out in the silent night.
She looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the palace doors were slowly pushed open from the inside. Two figures, one big and one small, walked out from inside.
At this moment, Princess Royal Highness inexplicably had an illusion. The two figures who walked out holding hands seemed to be like this.
Jing Di stood up from the chair, looked at the little girl, and slowly walked over.
"Yong Ning greets Imperial Father." Princess Yong Ning stood beside Li Yi, bowed to Jing Di, and said in a soft voice.
"Hiss …"
Not far behind Jing Di, Imperial Physician Liu Jimin took a deep breath. Under the light, the little girl's intelligent eyes were as clear as water. Where was the slightest bit of foolishness?
Li Xuan was even more stunned on the spot. He actually did it!
Was the little girl in front of him really the foolish Princess Yong Ning?
A trace of joy flashed across MIngzhu's face, but Jing Di was even happier than her. The Emperor's face finally showed a change of expression. How long had it been since he heard the word 'Imperial Father'?
"Good, good, good!" Jing Di said the word 'good' three times in a row. He was obviously in a very good mood.
"Your Majesty, I only temporarily stabilized Princess Yong Ning's condition. If she wants to completely recover, she still needs a long time of treatment." Li Yi looked at Jing Di and said.
"No matter how long it takes, as long as Yong Ning's illness can be cured. If there is anything you need, you can just tell me." Jing Di lovingly touched Yong Ning's little face, then looked up at Li Yi and asked, "Do you know what happened today?"
"Ahem …" Before Li Yi could speak, Imperial Physician Liu Jimin suddenly coughed in a low voice.
Li Yi touched his forehead with one hand and tried hard to recall for a while. He said, "Your Majesty, I, I only remember seeing the King of Shu bullying Princess Yong Ning in the palace. Later, later, when I came back to my senses, I saw Your Majesty in the Hall of Diligent Government."
Imperial Physician Liu Jimin came forward and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I have already thought of a treatment for County Magistrate Li's illness. I only need to go back and read the medical books to verify it. I believe that County Magistrate Li will soon be cured."
Jing Di glanced at Li Yi and said, "The palace is closed today. You should stay in the palace and leave tomorrow morning."
"Yong Ning's body has just improved. Take her to rest early." Jing Di ordered. The eunuchs and palace maids who served Yong Ning immediately came forward. The little girl looked at Li Yi with reluctance. Thinking of what he had just warned her, she gritted her teeth and left, looking back three times.
Jing Di did not mention the matter of the King of Shu until he left. It seemed that he had completely forgotten about it. When Li Yi and Li Xuan were taken to a side hall by the eunuchs to rest, they remembered that they did not have a chance to send a message to their families today. Ruyi and the others should be very worried now.
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