After the assassination of Rongcheng, Ning Hu and the others wanted to stay for a few more days, but they couldn't, so early that morning, the group packed their luggage and prepared to go back to Kongming.

Cheng Dongdong was still in a carriage with Ning Hu, and Sihan said that in order not to disturb them, he would not ride with them. In this regard, Ning Hu didn't say anything, although Cheng Dongdong felt that there was nothing between herself and Ning Hu, she didn't say anything either, she thought, maybe she still wanted to stay alone with Ning Hu in her heart.

At this time, although it has only been two days since Qixi Festival, the streets of Rongcheng are no longer as prosperous as before, only the sound of hawkers and children's laughter will never be absent, and Cheng Dongdong can hear it clearly when he sits in the carriage.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Suddenly, a girl's clear voice sounded not far from the carriage, and the other party seemed to be running, and the voice was a little short.

When Cheng Dongdong heard this voice, his body suddenly stiffened, and he subconsciously opened the curtain and looked in the direction where the sound sounded.

I saw a girl about the same age as Cheng Dongdong, carrying her skirt and running forward quickly from the back of the carriage, as if she was chasing something. When the girl passed by the carriage, Cheng Dongdong just opened the curtain to look at each other, and the girl felt something, and also turned her head to look at Cheng Dongdong.

The two looked at each other, and both sides were stunned for a moment, but the subsequent reactions of the two were different, Cheng Dongdong was more shocked, and the other party was more puzzled and ...... Complain.

Although the two of them seemed to recognize each other, neither of them spoke, the girl glanced at Cheng Dongdong, and then ran forward without a trace, and Cheng Dongdong looked at each other's backs, although there was no movement on the surface, but the heart was turbulent, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

"Dongdong."

Ning Hu sensed that something was wrong with Cheng Dongdong and called her softly.

After Cheng Dongdong heard Ning Hu's voice, he quickly withdrew his gaze, looked at Ning Hu, and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "What's wrong?" ”

Cheng Dongdong's appearance naturally couldn't hide it from Ning Hu, but Ning Hu couldn't guess what happened to her for a while: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Me? I didn't think much, I just thought I was leaving, so I just looked at this place twice. ”

"Really?" Seeing that Cheng Dongdong was reluctant to say, Ning Hu didn't ask more, but just murmured symbolically.

Cheng Dongdong also hurriedly smiled and nodded: "Hmm." ”

Ning Hu also smiled, did not speak, and then opened the curtain and looked forward. He remembered the voice that had just attracted Cheng Dongdong's probe, and guessed that Cheng Dongdong's abnormality should be related to the owner of the voice, but at this time, there were people coming and going on the street, and he didn't see any suspicious people.

In this regard, Ning Hu had to give up for the time being, thinking that he would wait until he returned to the prince's mansion.

Cheng Dongdong finished dealing with Ning Hu, but the chaotic thoughts in his heart did not improve at all.

Because the girl just now was Cheng Dongdong's hair small, named Cheng Qianqian. The two are about the same age, and the other is only a year older than her. And the two are together, playing from childhood to adulthood, the relationship is not bad, and they can be regarded as one of the people who are most familiar with each other.

At that moment just now, Cheng Dongdong recognized the other party, and there was no reason why the other party couldn't recognize her, but the other party's reaction really confused her.

As soon as he thought of those eyes with incomprehension and complaining, Cheng Dongdong felt a trace of unprovoked worry in his heart. Cheng Qianqian must not have known about her marrying the crown princess instead of Fang Jinyin, so when the other party saw her, her first reaction should not be surprise, and then stopped and asked her, "Why are you here?"

But why did the other party just run away? And that look, what's going on?

For a while, Cheng Dongdong's worries were all written on his face, Ning Hu saw it in his eyes, but he couldn't ask, so he had to secretly guess what the possibilities were in his heart.

The two of them guessed all the way in this way, and when they arrived at the empty sound, they temporarily converged.

Although they arrived at Kongming, they did not go back to the East Palace directly, but went to the palace first, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was assassinated in Rongcheng, this is not a trivial matter, no matter what, they should enter the palace to report to the emperor.

Cheng Dongdong also temporarily broke free from his worries about Fa Xiao, and turned around and threw himself into the nervousness and fear of meeting the emperor.

But what was very unexpected was that the emperor only gave a few words of condolences to the two of them, and did not pay any attention to Cheng Dongdong, just when Cheng Dongdong thought that the emperor and his old man were too busy, he suddenly turned his head to Sihan, and revealed his dissatisfaction with her leaving the palace without permission during the lockdown, and talked for a long time, and finally said that he would Guan Sihan for half a month.

Cheng Dongdong couldn't help but feel that this emperor should like to scold people very much. When his son was assassinated, he dismissed it with just a few words, and then turned his head and began to reprimand his daughter who had run away at length...... Cheng Dongdong said that he was very puzzled, is this order of importance reversed?

Cheng Dongdong was very puzzled, but Sihan was very unconvinced, she thought, it stands to reason that although she was not right to leave the palace this time, she also helped Ning Hu, so it can be regarded as a merit and demerit, why should she be grounded?

So, Sihan began to bargain with the emperor, and planned to lay out facts and reason with him, but she obviously underestimated her father's determination to punish her, and in the end, the result of this bargaining was that she really didn't have to be grounded for half a month, but for a month.

Seeing Sihan shouting that it was unfair and being "dragged away" on the other hand, Ning Hu didn't say anything, just said goodbye to the emperor.

The emperor then comforted Ning Hu a few more words, asking him to stay in Kongming for a while and not run around, and then let Ning Hu and Cheng Dongdong retreat.

After sitting in the carriage, the nervousness and fear gradually subsided, and Cheng Dongdong began to wonder again, the previous queen was cold to Ning Hu because the two were not close, but how could this emperor treat Ning Hu like this?

She heard that the emperor favored the prince in every way.

Ning Hu saw Cheng Dongdong peeking at herself from time to time, and guessed what she was thinking, so after thinking about it, she suddenly asked out loud, "What's wrong?" ”

"Huh?" Seeing that he was discovered, Cheng Dongdong's face was a little embarrassed, but he still answered truthfully, "People outside say that Your Majesty loves Your Highness in every way, but I can't see Your Majesty's attitude towards you just now." ”

Ning Hu lowered his eyes and smiled: "What others say is not necessarily true, and what you see is not necessarily true. ”

Cheng Dongdong looked puzzled: "Isn't that all fake?" ”

"Different people have different ways of expressing truth and falsehood. It's like what you just asked, obviously my father's attitude towards me is not kind, but why do outsiders say, 'Your Majesty loves the prince in every way'? ”

"Maybe he really doesn't like me...... However, you see that he doesn't seem to be very kind to Sihan, right? So have you ever thought that maybe it's just that he is expressing love for his children, which is different from what you imagined? In fact, it is not uncommon for such parents to always feel that they don't care about themselves, so they don't care about themselves, or they still want to beat and scold you, so you think they don't like you......"

"But in reality, they may just not know how to get along with you. Just like just now, his father was obviously worried about Sihan, but he refused to reveal a word on his lips, but he had to ban her for a month...... What do you see? ”

Cheng Dongdong looked at Ning Hu, her heart seemed to be shocked, she nodded as if she didn't understand, and she couldn't help but think of her family in her mind.