After three or four days.
In Chaohua Palace, Empress Liu Yunxiu was restless.
"Ling Yue, are you sure we shouldn’t attend to Qiqi? Maybe you should send another Little Square Crane to enlighten him; it took so much for Qiqi to start talking to people."
For the Empress, this was undoubtedly a great step forward.
"The timing isn’t right yet, Empress, you just need to follow my instructions and deliver this water. In a few more days, I believe the chronic toxins in the Sixth Prince’s body should almost be cleared." Ye Lingyue was not in a hurry.
She had added a bit of Phoenix Tears to the water for Xiahou Qi.
The tears of the Divine Phoenix were excellent Divine Water, particularly effective for the Sixth Prince who had deviated due to his spiritual power training, allowing him to gradually co to his senses.
Through the feedback from Little Golden Crane, Ye Lingyue was sure that in these past days, the spirit of the Sixth Prince was recovering.
However, it was odd that Xiahou Qi, who had almost restored his Divine Sense, had not requested to leave the side chamber; he seed reluctant to leave that place and also reluctant to et the Empress.
Could it be that besides deviation, there was sothing else that the Sixth Prince was wary of?
Ye Lingyue felt that to fully recover the Sixth Prince, it was necessary to understand his true inner reservations.
Next, all that was needed was to uncover the real cause of his deviation at the right mont and then carry out one final treatnt.
Another night.
In the side chamber, the Sixth Prince Xiahou Qi sat desolately.
Without the company of Little Square Crane, the days and nights seed particularly long. In the side chamber, which had been silent for many days, there ca a faint sound of footsteps; a palace maid appeared.
The palace maid unlocked the iron bars, and upon hearing the sound of the bars opening, Xiahou Qi’s body slightly moved.
Barefoot, Xiahou Qi, wearing only a loose robe, his long hair covering his face, looked like a ghost.
Through his long hair, Xiahou Qi cautiously gave the palace maid a glance.
Very normal palace maid attire... Xiahou Qi’s gaze moved and unintentionally t a pair of eyes.
Those eyes sparkled brilliantly, lively as high-quality black gems, inscrutable at a glance.
The face of the palace maid that caught his eye blinked at him casually and sat down beside Xiahou Qi, placing the food box next to him.
Such a bold palace maid, daring to sit on the floor beside him?
Xiahou Qi, shocked, looked at this unfamiliar palace maid who he had never seen among the Empress’s attendants.
"Rember , Sixth Prince?" Hearing the voice of the palace maid, Xiahou Qi’s eyes widened.
This voice was all too familiar.
It was the voice of the Little Square Crane.
"You!" Xiahou Qi abruptly stood up, just like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"No need to be so alard, I am the master of Little Square Crane, and also the person the Empress called in to treat you." Ye Lingyue said casually as she opened the food box, taking out so food and a bottle of Rainbow Five Treasures Brew.
Xiahou Qi, who had not eaten for several days, was initially sowhat resistant to Ye Lingyue.
Ye Lingyue was in no rush, leisurely pouring wine and eating dishes, completely oblivious to Xiahou Qi’s reactions.
The tantalizing aroma of the food was too much for Xiahou Qi to bear, and sowhat petulantly, he picked up the ivory chopsticks and hastily ate a few mouthfuls.
Upon the first bite, he was taken aback.
The dishes, all prepared using fruits and vegetables from Hong ng Heaven by Ye Lingyue, had an incredibly delicious taste. Xiahou Qi couldn’t help but devour the food, unknowingly finishing everything in the food box.
"Tell your story?" Ye Lingyue, having finished her al, poured a cup of wine and placed it in front of Xiahou Qi.
"..."
"Sixth Prince, don’t you know the saying about biting the hand that feeds you? Or are you planning to hide the reason for your feigned stupidity all these years, and let the Empress protect you forever?" Ye Lingyue scoffed.
Hearing the words ’feigned stupidity,’ Xiahou Qi sharply raised his head, his long hair billowing, revealing a pair of cold eyes and a rebellious face.
Ye Lingyue raised her eyebrows and clearly saw the appearance of Sixth Prince, Xiahou Qi.
She had thought this "autistic madman" of a Sixth Prince would have a pale, sickly appearance, but the one before her... although only fourteen or fifteen years old, had a face as beautiful as the autumn moon and features as vibrant as spring flowers, with sculpted brows and a complexion like peach petals—truly deserving of the world’s praise.
Among the n Ye Lingyue had seen, only Feng Xun was slightly better than him.
With outstanding looks, overflowing talent, and knowledge of spiritual power, it was no wonder the Sixth Prince had been dearly loved by the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xia since childhood.
He should have been the Heavenly Son, yet why did he continually feign madness and stupidity?
Even Ye Lingyue nearly believed that the Sixth Prince’s "madness" was caused by Noble Princess Consort Luo’s poison, but now it seed she was wrong.
"What do you know! Is she really protecting ? If so, I wouldn’t have been ostracized by the other princes back then, nearly losing my life." Xiahou Qi, agitated, caused the wine glass before him to explode.
Instantly, the fragrance of wine filled the air, and a layer of misty rainbow fog appeared in midair.
Xiahou Qi couldn’t help but be captivated by this surprising scene.
The mories buried deepest in his mory were being unearthed.
That year, when Xiahou Qi was five, born to the Empress, he held the highest status among all the princes in the Imperial Palace.
And because of his unparalleled appearance and intelligent talent, he was much beloved by the Empress Dowager, naturally considered by everyone as the future Crown Prince candidate.
The other princes and princesses born to concubines treated him with great respect, including the Fourth Prince, Xiahou Hong, born to Noble Princess Consort Luo.
Being of a similar age, Xiahou Qi often played with Xiahou Hong and other princes and princesses.
At first, everyone was friendly toward him.
However, one day, one of the princes’ mothers, Princess Consort Yu, was punished by the Empress for improper conduct and eventually fell ill and died.
After that, the other princes and princesses began to distance themselves from Xiahou Qi.
Young Xiahou Qi didn’t understand anything; he simply wanted to play with his brothers and sisters.
One day, he was pushed into a lotus pond in the Imperial Palace by several princes and princesses, nearly drowning.
After he was rescued, for fear of other princes’ and princesses’ exclusion, he didn’t tell the Empress about the incident, but this did not win the others’ forgiveness. On the contrary, whenever the Empress punished the guilty concubines, Xiahou Qi would suffer even more severe bullying.
At that ti, only the Fourth Prince, Xiahou Hong, was still willing to play with him and secretly gave Xiahou Qi a book about cultivating spiritual power. Xiahou Qi then gradually stopped playing with the other princes and princesses and beca engrossed in cultivating his spiritual power.
Xiahou Qi never thought that all of this would beco the root of all his suffering.
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