"No blood, no injuries, don't worry."

Seeing that he was fine, Ye Sili was relieved a lot, and he didn't ask much, just because he was fine.

By the time they returned home, it was already the middle of the night.

Although Ye Zhongyao did not allow Ye Sili to go out too late, he didn't say much because he was accompanied by Gu Liwu.

Yun An escorted Xiao Ling all the way back to the palace, and when the two of them walked to the palace gate, Xiao Ling looked at the heavy patrol and was so frightened that she hurriedly took two steps back, and crashed into Yun An's arms behind her.

Yun An's ears instantly turned red visibly with the naked eye, and the hands that instinctively caught Xiao Ling were even more helpless to take them away at this moment.

"Gong...... Princess...... Yes, I'm sorry." Yun An apologized.

Before Xiao Ling could speak, he saw him decisively kneel down on one foot, bow his head and say, "My subordinates have no intention of offending the princess, please punish the princess!"

His voice was loud in the middle of the night.

Frightened, Xiao Ling hurriedly bent down to cover his mouth.

Xiao Ling covered his mouth and tentatively turned sideways to reveal a pair of eyes, only to see Xu Yang, the leader of the Royal Forest Army, walking towards them with a small team.

It's over, it's over......

Xiao Ling hurriedly retracted his head, lowered his head and shrank into the corner.

Yun An, who was kneeling on the ground, naturally knew that someone was coming, and seeing Xiao Ling's frightened reaction, he looked up at her with some confusion.

Xiao Ling stretched out his hand to help him cover it with his sleeve, and put one hand in front of his mouth to make a silent appearance.

There was a faint floral scent on her clothes, and the night breeze blew, and the soft sleeves of her clothes inadvertently touched his face, and the fragrance was even more intense.

Yun An hurriedly lowered his head to hide the panic in his expression.

Xiao Ling suddenly thought of something, put down his hand, and pulled Yun An up without saying a word.

"Go back yourself, they won't be able to catch you." Xiao Ling hurriedly pushed Yun An.

Yun An's skills are also first-class in the palace where the masters are like clouds, and he will definitely be able to enter it silently.

If you take her with you......

Xu Yang has already discovered them, and if she also runs away, I am afraid that it will alarm the people in the palace.

"The subordinate duty is to protect the princess, so how can he leave first?" Yun An said nothing and refused to leave.

Xu Yang and his guards had already arrived, shouting, "Who is sneaking around here?"

"......" is over, don't go.

Xiao Ling tweaked his sleeves in embarrassment, squeezed out a smile and turned to look.

"Commander Xu, what a coincidence."

Seeing that it was Xiao Ling, Xu Yang and the guards behind him immediately saluted.

"It was originally the fifth princess, and it was only offended by the subordinates, please forgive the fifth princess."

"It's fine." Xiao Ling waved her hand casually, and secretly poked and poked Yun An to give Yun An a look, asking Yun An to follow her.

She slowly moved out as if nothing had happened, bypassed Xu Yang, and walked towards the palace gate, and did not forget to say magnanimously: "Commander Xu is so conscientious, this princess will definitely praise her father."

"Thank you, princess."

Xu Yang hugged his fists in thanks, but when he looked up, he found that Xiao Ling and Yun An were almost at the gate of the palace.

"Princess, stay!" Xu Yang hurriedly shouted.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the palace gate, Xiao Ling didn't listen to him, and lifted his skirt slightly and ran towards the palace gate.

"Stop them." Xu Yang gave an order, and the guard spear at the palace gate tilted just to block her way.

Yun An immediately stepped forward to block Xiao Ling behind him, his eyes scanning the guards coldly.

"Commander Xu, what does this mean?" Xiao Ling turned his head and questioned Xu Yang.

Xu Yangbi replied respectfully, "The princess is angry, this is the curfew period, you ...... When did you leave the palace?"

"Out, out of the palace, when do you care when I go out? Hurry up and let go." Xiao Ling pretended to be a serious order.

However, Xu Yang didn't give any sophistication at all, and directly sent Xiao Ling to Wende Hall in person.

Xiao Ling casually sat on a chair in the hall and tried to persuade him, "Commander Xu, you see it's almost time now

Now, you've just been on a big night shift, so you might as well go back and rest early, and I'll just wait for my father here."

"The subordinate responsibilities, please don't be embarrassed by the princess." Xu Yang is neither humble nor arrogant.

"......" is actually more difficult to communicate than Yun'an.

Xiao Ling looked at the sky outside, her father was about to arrive, she hurriedly said:

"This princess does things alone, you let Yun'an leave."

Yun An, who was standing beside her in a proper manner, raised his eyes and looked at her, Xu didn't expect her to say this, hearing that she was still dealing with Xu Yang, he only said softly: "Where the princess is, where the subordinates are."

Xiao Ling, who was arguing with Xu Yang, turned his head to look at him helplessly when he heard this.

Before she could say more, she heard a movement outside the Wende Palace.

It's over, my father is here.

She hurriedly got up and stepped forward to greet her.

When Emperor Zhou Yuan approached the Wende Palace, he immediately smiled when he saw the baby daughter in the palace.

"How can Xiao Ling have the heart to wait for his father here?"

"Yesterday's son's birthday, my father specially celebrated my son's minister, and my son's minister was very happy, so he came to accompany his father early this morning." Xiao Ling's ability to lie is becoming more and more perfect.

Yun An on the side only listened silently.

Emperor Zhou Yuan touched Xiao Ling's head leaning on his shoulder, smiled very lovingly, and only after a while did he see Xu Yang on the side, and said suspiciously:

"Xu Yang, what are you doing here?"

"The Emperor's ......"

Xu Yangfang was about to speak, but saw Xiao Ling let go of Emperor Zhou Yuan's arm, took two steps forward and turned around and stopped in front of Emperor Zhou Yuan, holding the hem of his skirt and kneeling down with a few respects.

"Father, the son is at fault."

Xiao Ling folded his hands in front of his forehead and bowed his head to the ground.

Emperor Zhou Yuan was about to reach out to help her up, but he looked at Xu Yang next to him, and noticed Yun An who was silent on the side, and finally looked down at Xiao Ling who was bowing his head to the ground but secretly looking at Xu Yang, Emperor Zhou Yuan instantly understood, and deliberately asked in a reproachful tone:

"Did you sneak out of the palace again?"

Xiao Ling looked up at Emperor Zhou Yuan in surprise, reacted, and soon his eyes were sour, and his mouth was deflated, "Father...... Erchen knows that he is wrong......

"Your Majesty, the fifth princess took the imperial guards out of the palace without permission, and the two of them have been brought back."

Xu Yang's voice was full of anger, I am afraid that even the guards outside the hall knew that she had sneaked out.

Xiao Ling looked at Yun An without tears, and the meaning in his eyes was clear, "Do you have a grudge against Xu Yang?"

Otherwise, why does Xu Yang always hold on to them......

Yun An took a few steps forward, walked to Xiao Ling's side and knelt down, "The minister is guilty, please don't blame the princess."

Emperor Zhou Yuan's eyes were sharp, and he glanced at Yun An thoughtfully.

"Little Spirit, you get up first." Emperor Zhou Yuan opened his mouth and said, the autumn weather is cold, and kneeling for a long time is not good for her body.

Emperor Zhou Yuan bypassed Yun'an and walked straight to the main hall and sat down.

Xiao Ling glanced at Yun An, who was kneeling on the ground, and felt faintly uneasy, but walked to the front of the hall without changing his face.

"Yun'an, you also come forward." Emperor Zhou Yuan's voice sounded slowly, and there was an elusive emotion of joy and anger in his words.

Yun An got up and walked to the front of the hall, standing behind Xiao Ling's right side, his eyes did not squint, his back was straight and his knees were bent.

"Yun An, how long have you been in the palace?" Emperor Zhou Yuandi's tone was lazy, and it seemed to be casual chatter.

"Back to the emperor, the minister has stayed in the palace since he was a child, and now it has been nearly twenty years."

Emperor Zhou Yuan nodded slowly, raised his eyes to look at Yun An, and asked, "How much time have you been following Xiao Ling?"

"It has been seven years since the minister was ordered to protect the safety of the fifth princess."

"Well said." Emperor Zhou Yuan's tone suddenly rose, but his eyes were approaching Yun An, "Let me ask you, whose order are you serving?"

"The ministers are afraid, naturally by the emperor's order." Yun An bowed his head.

When Xiao Ling saw this situation, he panicked even more in his heart, but he was worried that it would be self-defeating, so he didn't dare to interrupt at will.

Emperor Zhou Yuan looked down at the person who bowed his head to His Highness

, looked satisfied, and said lightly:

"Then I will go and get the thirty boards."

Thirty big boards!

Xiao Ling pleaded anxiously: "Father, it was his son's son who forced Yun An to leave the palace, and it was not his fault."

Emperor Zhou Yuan didn't seem to expect her to react so much, and only said, "I ordered him to go and protect you, but he repeatedly connived at your mistakes, this is a crime of dereliction of duty, I just punished him with a few boards, why not? Come on, take Yun'an down."

"Stop!" Xiao Ling turned to look at the guards who stepped forward and immediately shouted.

Everyone in the hall was stunned.

Immediately, Xiao Ling knelt down and pleaded: "Father, Yun An is under your orders to protect his son, but Erchen has always been stubborn, how can others restrain his son, this time the son went out of the palace without permission regardless of the palace rules, Yun An went out of the palace to protect the son of the minister at your behest of you, and the son thought that he was not only right, but also meritorious."

"Ask my father to forgive him from his punishment."

Xiao Ling burst into tears.

Yun An has followed her for many years, although he is usually very bored and really boring, but he has been loyal and protective of her for several years.

This time it was her fault, how could Yun An be allowed to bear it for her?

Those people are very heavy, if the thirty boards are beaten, Yun'an will have to shed his skin if he doesn't die.

Emperor Zhou Yuan looked at his baby daughter crying into tears, how could he be ruthless with such a grievance, but he also said with a calm face:

"What are you doing? Is it possible to disobey your father for the sake of a mere guard?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall knelt down, and the hall was silent for a while.

"Erchen doesn't dare." Xiao Ling has always been the best at looking at eyes, so she has never really made Emperor Zhou Yuan angry, but at this time, she is not willing to give in and argues with reason, "Erchen just thinks that it is too unfair to punish Yun An like this, and I implore my father to take back his fate."

"Princess......" Yun An whispered to stop her.

Her words were tantamount to accusing Emperor Zhou Yuan of not being reasonable, and there was no distinction between rewards and punishments, how many emperors could withstand such doubts?

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Emperor Zhou Yuandi's face changed instantly.

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Zhou Yuan got up angrily, pointed at Xiao Ling and reprimanded, "Do you still have my father in your eyes? Today, I will let you know what it means to be a gentleman. Fifty boards, not one less!"

The guards in front of the palace stepped forward one after another, wanting to take Yun An down.

Xiao Ling stood up, stretched out his hand to block in front of Yun An, and scolded the guards around him: "Don't touch him!"

"Okay, it seems that I am usually used to you, so you have no respect for the law in your eyes now!"

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