The whole person was shaking. Fu Ciyi quickly took her into his arms, but she was still shaking in his arms. Clearly frightened. Seeing this, Concubine Yun scolded: "A Ling, what are you doing? Why don't you take off the mask quickly?" "I won't!" Ling Taipin muttered, "Don't let anyone come near me, don't bother me, if anyone bothers me, I will scare him to death." Fu Ciyi patted Yan Funing's back gently to comfort her, indicating that he was there and she didn't have to be afraid. I asked myself, "May I ask Concubine Ling, were all the poisons you had with you stolen?" Concubine Ling suddenly stood up, took off the mask on her face, and said to Fu Ciyi with a smile: "The emperor is here, do you want me to dance for you?" After saying that, he began to dance. The old maid of Concubine Ling said, "Please forgive me, Your Highness. My master is really crazy."

He actually called the third prince the late emperor. Yan Funing's heart was still beating as she glanced at the mask on the table. At this moment, the inside of the mask faces outwards, and there is a word engraved inside. She looked closely, and although the word was small, she could still see it clearly. It was the word "Ming". So he asked, "Grandma Yun, does Concubine Ling's name contain the word 'Ming'?" "No." "Who in the palace has the word 'Ming' in his name?" Yan Funing asked again. "There has never been one among the people I know. Of course, there are many people I don't know, so maybe there is one." Concubine Yun said frankly. Meanwhile, Ling Taipin was dancing non-stop. Yan Funing came out of Fu Ciyi's arms and stepped forward boldly: "Madam Ling Taipin, you are not crazy, right?" A trace of astonishment flashed across Ling Taipin's eyes, but she quickly smiled, hummed a tune, and turned around. Yan Funing didn't see it, and continued as if talking to herself: "You are probably not crazy. You know about poison. Even if you want to pretend to be crazy, it is easy to give yourself a drug. We have encountered a problem, and there has been no special antidote, so we came here specially to ask for your help." Her answer was still laughter and dancing. Yan Funing continued, "I was switched by a bad guy after I was born. I have never felt what maternal love is since I was young." "The family that adopted me never treated me sincerely. When I was young, I really longed for the care and love of my father and mother." "Unfortunately, there has been no such thing." "Later, I was tricked into marrying my husband, and I thought life would be hard." "I didn't expect that life would get better and better, and I didn't expect that my mother-in-law would treat me so well." "Although she couldn't see, she treated me like a mother treats her daughter. That was the first time I felt a mother's love in this world."

"My mother is not only my mother-in-law, but also my mother. She gave me motherly care and love." "But she can't see yet, and she has no memory of it." "Lady Ling, if you can help me, please help me, okay?" Concubine Ling was still dancing and humming. Seeing her like this, Yan Funing looked depressed. "Forget it, forget it. We don't want a crazy woman." Concubine Yun took Yan Funing into her arms, "Good girl, don't be sad." Yan Funing nodded. Soon, the three of them left Ling Taipin's residence. Fu Ciyi and Yan Funing sat in Concubine Yun's room for a while and then left the cold palace. Walking in the corridor, Yan Funing whispered, "Taipin Ling must be pretending to be crazy. After listening to all I said, if she was really crazy, she would not ignore it. She should pay attention to it in a mess. But she just danced and sang, obviously covering it up." She could probably help, but she just refused to help. "Forget it, we won't ask for help." Fu Ciyi gently took her hand and squeezed it. The couple went to the Queen's palace. Seeing them finally coming over, Qiao Wanyou asked, "I heard that you guys had come to the palace a long time ago, and I waited and waited, but there was no sign of you. You were nowhere to be seen in the prince's palace, and you were not seen in Nanyao Palace either. Tell me, where did you go?" I didn't come to her right away. Teach her the taste. Fu Ciyi told the truth and told him that they had been to the cold palace and were looking for someone to help. He also repeated word for word what Yan Funing had said to Concubine Ling. Hearing this, Qiao Wanyou burst into tears: "My son!" She stretched out her hand towards Yan Funing. "Mother." Yan Funing threw herself into her mother-in-law's arms. "I really like you. Although I can't see you, I like you as soon as I see you. Now I know that you are the daughter Qingyi gave birth to for me. No wonder I like you. It shows that we have been destined to be together for a long time. Even if we don't know each other, we can still treat each other well." Yan Funing nodded in her mother-in-law's arms. The young couple had dinner in the Queen's Palace before returning to the Prince's Palace. - As the night deepened, the car stopped and Fu Ciyi helped Yan Funing get out of the car. Eunuch Song and Butler Yu came forward as usual. The two of them asked, one asked if I had drunk too much, and the other asked if I wanted some sobering soup. "I didn't drink much tonight." Fu Ciyi said. Yan Funing said, "Eunuch Song, I have something to ask you." Eunuch Song nodded: "Okay, Princess, please ask."

"Let's go to my study." Fu Ciyi said. Yu Liang suggested softly, "Then I will go prepare some midnight snack." "Okay, please help me, housekeeper." Yan Funing smiled slightly. So the three of them went to the study, and Yu Liang went to the kitchen. When they arrived at the study, Fu Ciyi pulled Yan Funing to sit down. Seeing that Eunuch Song was standing, he ordered him to sit down as well. "Thank you, Your Highness." Eunuch Song thanked him and sat down. Yan Funing said directly: "Eunuch Song, I actually wanted to ask you this morning, but I was busy all day, so I can only come back to ask you in the evening." "Princess, please continue speaking." Eunuch Song said, "I will tell you everything I know." Yan Funing nodded: "Do you know how Concubine Ling went crazy?" Eunuch Song shook his head: "This old servant really doesn't know." Yan Funing pursed her lips and said softly, "The following question may be disrespectful to the Emperor's uncle, but I still dare to ask, can you tell me about the relationship between the Emperor's uncle and Ling Taipin?" "The late emperor was a man who regarded the country as more important than anything else, including beauties of course." Eunuch Song said slowly. "There were few cases of jealousy among the concubines in the late emperor's harem, but that's not to say there was none. When the late emperor was still young, he naturally favored a few concubines. As long as there is favor, there will be jealousy." "But the late emperor at that time did not explicitly state that he liked any woman, and no one else knew about it." "But I know that when the late emperor was still a prince, he did treat Ling Taipin, who was still a concubine, in a special way." "As someone who was close to the late emperor, I am naturally always by his side." "They met privately a few times, always discussing important matters such as policy and state affairs. At that time, Concubine Ling was able to express opinions that other women could not, and the late emperor admired her very much." "It's a pity that the Empress Dowager had already helped the late emperor find a candidate for a principal wife. At the same time, Ling Taipin, who was a concubine, was favored by the old emperor." "At that time, Concubine Ling thought that the selection was for the princes, she didn't expect that the old emperor was selecting for herself." (End of this chapter)