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"Mn!"

After the hot compress, Qin Ke applied ointment to Rong Xi again. Rong Xi was already on the verge of sleep, yet he stubbornly forced himself to stay awake.

A short while later, a domestic servant returned, carrying a lacquer tray holding piping-hot porridge and cakes that must have just come out of the oven.

"The princess said, My Lord, Eldest Brother, please have some early meal before resting."

This series of instructions was filled with thick maternal love.

The two of them happily finished their early meal, by which time Rong Xi could no longer hold on; he leaned sideways onto the couch and plunged into a dream.

Qin Ke undid his hair bun, covered him with a quilt, and quietly left the bedroom to go to the main courtyard.

Princess Mingyi was just asking a domestic servant, "Have they both eaten the early meal?"

The servant respectfully replied, "Both the prince and Young Master Rong have eaten."

She sighed lightly and waved her sleeve to dismiss the servant.

As soon as the servant retreated, Qin Ke entered the room, walked straight to Princess Mingyi, and paid formal respects on his knees.

Princess Mingyi could not bear it; he had just knelt through the night and his knees were currently injured. As a mother, how could she be willing to watch her child suffer?

"Sit down and speak." She said with a trace of annoyance.

Qin Ke obediently complied, sitting cross-legged on the soft mat.

"Many thanks to you, Mother, for granting this."

Allowing Rong Xi to enter the Qin Family Ancestral Hall and kneel alongside him had already made Princess Mingyi's stance clear.

Princess Mingyi still felt a block of stifled oppression in her heart. Glaring at him, she said, "You knelt for so long, why didn't