After some time of some silence between the two, "You should eat before this turns cold. I will come again and bring you my cooking." Tai Yuqing had left soon after, with Lin Ning opening the window, reaching out to feel the lunchbox nearby for her to grab. Unwrapping the cloth, she opened the lunchbox to catch the scent of the food that was in it.

'Hm, it seems as though he must have worked really hard this time.' Grabbing the chopsticks, she started to eat the food with her heart easing down a bit. Her thoughts then went back to Tai Yuqing, who had someone that he loved before; she wanted to know more about what had happened in the past. 'I wasn't even in this body when all of that occurred.' Lin Ning wanted to learn more about what happened before she arrived in this body. All of the unknown secrets that lingered in the Zhao Palace, she knew some from the novel but not all in the real world. 'I will come to know everything eventually, but not right now.' After finishing with the food, she placed it back outside and went back to bed that night. Laying in the cold bed, she placed one of her hands on the empty half of the bed. 'Nothing feels warm without you by my side.' She then thought of Cao Peizhi once more; she was weak and had no real strength in the Zhao Palace.

***

"What was the point of him sending Hun Cuifen if he was going to go there by himself?" Chun Yunchen grumbled, staring at Yi Changpu, holding his head while tapping his index finger on the table he sat near. "If he was going to go, he should have at least taken me with him since he might not properly know how to use the limb?!" Chun Yunchen was most upset about Cao Peizhi taking the limb with him right after he had finished it. 'All my hard work!!!' Chun Yunchen did not want the limb to be destroyed so soon.

Yi Changpu could see that Chun Yunchen was worried more about the limb, but there was nothing that they could do at this time since Cao Peizhi had already gone off by himself, and they could not all go back when he was still in charge of handling the matters at the border. He was also still in contact with the Ma Emperor, who was still seeking his son, which the Zhao Empress still assumed she had complete control over him. "We can only wait and see how things go from here. We can't just leave and act rashly. If we think of taking action so soon, it can only give us more trouble." Yi Changpu was thinking about the bigger picture here. Standing up, he had then patted Chun Yunchen on the head. "I can trust that Cao Peizhi will not act stupid in this. He is one of the best strategists and my best friend. He will think before he acts." Ensuring the young boy that Cao Peizhi was not going to ruin anything and cause a ruckus at the Zhao Palace.

"Hmph, he better be like what you say he is!" Chun Yunchen grumbled once more, allowing Yi Changpu to pat his head. "By the way, how is Xu Meili? I know that you both had to talk alone and figured things out." He curiously asked.

Yi Changpu shook his head and held a light smile, "A child like you should not be nosy but just focus on your education."

"Tch, I am already smarter than most kids. Who else can compete against me?" Chun Yunchen crossed his arms over his chest, wishing that he could just reveal his real intellect and self. 'Too bad they won't believe me. They will think that I am some kind of possessed being in a boy's body. I can imagine myself burning at the stake of fire if I reveal all that 'nonsense' to them.' Being sure to keep quiet about his real self and his transmigration story. Then, he thought about Lin Ning, 'I hope you are safe and avoid anything stressful. You are pregnant, which I believe you do not even know that you are pregnant.' Shaking his head, he wished that there was a way for him to help them all. An idea then popped into his head that made him immediately say, "That's it!" A loud and excited tone came from Chun Yunchen, who would rarely express himself in that way.

Yi Changpu was confused about why the child all suddenly blurted out those words. "That's what?" He gave a questioning look at the boy. 'I've never seen this boy so excited about something before.' Yi Changpu was a little surprised and wondered what was going on at this very moment.

"I know how to find out how they are at the palace!" Chun Yunchen felt a sudden urge to start another project and work on a new gadget that would highly benefit them in a good way while they were not physically there at the Zhao Palace. 'I hope I can find all the stuff for it.' He prayed, running out of the tent to look for any items or materials that would benefit him.

***

"Concubine Ning, the second princess consort, invites you to join them at the dining table." The maid entered Lin Ning's room, waiting for her to be on her way.

"Tell them that I am not hungry." Lin Ning didn't want to leave the comfort of her room, knowing that once she took a step out, she was vulnerable.

"Concubine Ning, the second prince, will be there as well. He asks that you cannot refuse and must come to join them." The maid said, worried that she could be given punishment if she did not convince Lin Ning to go.

Lin Ning would have never thought that both would be working together at this. "Fine, lead the way." Lin Ning got up, feeling the maid take hold of her hand to lead her. Walking out from where she would usually stay and eat, she was being dragged out to eat with the rest of the second prince's women. 'What kind of trouble will I encounter?' Entering the dining room, she opened her eyes to see what kinds of emotions awaited in front of her.