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Seeing her like this, Madame Shu couldn't help but reach out her hand to touch her.

She could not bear to tell her.

”Listen to me slowly.” Shushi pulled Ye Jinsu to a seat and prepared to speak in a gentle manner.

However, Ye Jinsu looked at her and suddenly whispered, ”Is that true?”

The moment Ye Jinsu opened her mouth, two streams of tears flowed down from her red eyes.

Lady Shu felt her heart aching. She hugged Ye Jinsu and slowly spoke, ”Listen to me. Sixteenth Brother only went missing on the battlefield. He didn't actually die.”

”Then why did you still try to persuade me?” Ye Jinxiu closed her eyes and felt a sharp pain in her chest so much that she couldn't breathe. She still looked forward to going with him to the horse farm in the spring, to the hot spring full of flowers, and to the cliff together to see the river mountain that he wanted.

Madame Shu's eyes turned sour as tears streamed down her cheeks.

However, she quickly wiped the corner of her eyes and said, ”Sixteenth Brother definitely doesn't want you to be like this.”

”You can't wait like this any longer.”

Ye Jinsu was almost 18 years old. If this dragged on, she would pass the age of marriage and be delayed for the rest of her life.

However, as Ye Jinsu looked at Lady Shu, she suddenly lowered her head and burst into tears. She firmly held onto the broken jade in her hand and shook her head, ”No, no.”

He must be very happy.

After thinking about it for so long, he finally agreed.

How could he not come?

Madam Shu couldn't help but burst into tears. She hugged Ye Jinsu and advised, ”Sixteenth Brother fell off the cliff. Our army searched around the bottom of the cliff for a month, but no trace of him could be found.”

”Now that the war is over, they will be back soon.”

”Sixteenth brother won't be able to come back.”

”Will you wake up?” Mrs Shu hugged her as she spoke, her voice choked with sobs. She didn't want to see this result either, but even the Emperor had given up.

She had to admit that her sixteenth brother was truly gone.

They had been keeping this news a secret from Ye Jinsu.

But he would find out sooner or later. He didn't know now, but when the army returned, Ye Jinsu would find out as well.

Since that was the case, it was better to have a long pain than a short one.

The wet nurse at the side could not bear to see this any longer and came over to persuade Madam Shu. ”Esteemed wangfei, the imperial physician said you have insufficient milk. You should try your best to keep your emotions calm. For the sake of the child, don't be sad. ”

”Miss Ye is the same. This old servant knows that you have a deep affection for her, but things have already come to this point.”

”Miss, it's best if you don't lament over this.”

Ye Jinsu lowered her head and her eyes filled with tears.

If she didn't mourn, then what right did she have to mourn for Ning Yunyin? They weren't engaged, nor were they engaged. Ning Yunyin couldn't even find the corpse, so why should she mourn?!

”Why do we have to return to the imperial court …” Ye Jinsu asked hoarsely, reaching out her hand to grab the hem of Lady Shu's clothes. ”Why don't you let them continue their search …”

Haven't you found the body yet?

Maybe he was still alive.

Lady Shu gazed at Ye Jinsu with a pained expression. She had never seen her like this before, and her heart couldn't help but feel even more pained.

”It's been a month. There hasn't been any news for an entire month.” ”There's nothing at the bottom of that cliff. We've searched the surrounding areas three to five times.”

”Our army has been delayed at the border for a month. We can't delay any longer.”

”This is the emperor's order.”

Ye Jinsu shook her head furiously.

She did not accept this.

It was the emperor's order again! It was also the emperor's order for Ning Yun to withdraw her troops. It was also the Emperor's order to completely give up on his own son!