After the Retired Emperor listened to his explanation, he immediately sighed. “The child’s mind is still so heavy. It’s all the fault of this emperor and his useless emperor father.”
Eunuch Sun did not know how to respond to this, but could only comfort him. “The Retired Emperor does not need to blame himself too much. Third Prince is intelligent and he would let go of the things that weighed his heart down.”
“Old Sun, ah…that child is so bitter that he can’t really compare with Xiao Qi.” The Retired Emperor was deep in his reminiscence that his eyes were somewhat red. “A Prince suffered so much. He was a sensible child yet betrayed by his closest relatives. Tell me, as a grandfather, how can I not be distressed? Even his deceased mother did not cherish him very much. Whenever I think of that, my heart becomes…”
In the past year, The Retired Emperor had mentioned this mistake for countless of times. Probably at that time he was still young and only had power in his eyes, thus he neglected a lot of things.
At that time, the third prince had not developed such a temperament as he was now but was a little reticent. At the age of five or six, he was much more sensible than children of his age.
He never took the initiative to ask for anything. There were several shadow guards following the prince. Those shadows were selected by him personally. They were not as powerful as they were now.
But his innate chilly and noble temperament and his tendency to right the wrongs couldn’t be concealed.
Wherever he went, those places were empty.
The other princes didn’t like to play with him because he was boring and dissimilar to others since he didn’t want to join them and form a faction with them.
The empress also didn’t like to see him.
She was even a bit resentful toward him.
All of these clearly happened in his sight.
Therefore, the noble and chilly Third Prince’s childhood was not as satisfactory as what people had imagined.
The disfavored Prince was sadder than the disfavored children in the palace.
He would ordinarily receive harsh treatments.
Even the eunuchs and palace maids would look at him with a weird expression in their eyes.
It was difficult, even for a smart child like him, to be like a praying mantis who could stop Duke Chuang’s chariot inside the Harem.
In that kind of atmosphere, many of those eunuchs and palace maids deliberately made things difficult for Third Prince.
Eunuch Sun remembered the situation in those days when the dynasty was the most unstable and the Retired Emperor could not see the third prince for many days.
Later, he ran into the third prince in the rear court.
Truth be told, at that time, not only was the Retired Emperor so stunned, his eunuch, who was accustomed to fighting in the palace, was also flabbergasted.
The Third Highness had a wound on his forehead. He was short a month from adulthood, but his eyes were still beautiful and unearthly. He was chilly and noble.
He said nothing at first when the Retired Emperor asked him.
The emperor shouted angrily, “Come, bring all the slaves to this emperor. I want to see those who acted so bold!”
“No need.” In the time it took an incense stick to burn, the third prince finally opened his mouth. His expression was very indifferent and his tone was casual as if he was talking about other people’s affairs. “I have killed all of them.”
At that time, it seemed that only one servant girl remained. She did not betray him in his most difficult circumstances.
But later, it was this servant girl who almost destroyed the third prince.
Only very few people know the inside story of this matter since it had been kept secret by the retired emperor.
Eunuch Sun knew that the Retired Emperor did not want anyone to touch the third prince’s weak spot…