During the four years that Ye Jinghe suffered from bullying and torment, no one sincerely told him, "I'm doing this for your own good."

He knew that his illness was dangerous and that his brother was also sick, so he could understand his brother's actions. The thought that "my brother doesn't want to sleep with me, does that mean he still hates me?" quickly disappeared.

He was happy that his brother was still the same brother who treated him well, so naturally he wasn't angry.

"No, I'm not angry," he said without hesitation.

However, the fact that he wasn't angry with his brother didn't mean he wouldn't hold a grudge against the two palace maids for sowing discord and spreading rumors.

There is ample time.

"Brother, hug me!" Ye Jinghe opened his arms to Ye Jingchen with practiced ease.

He ran out in such a hurry that he put on his boots later and was only wearing his undergarments.

Despite the lingering chill of early spring, he seemed oblivious to the cold.

Ye Jingchen first got out of bed, took the clothes Fang Xi was holding, and dressed Ye Jinghe. Then he dressed himself and carried Ye Jinghe to wash up.

After the two finished washing up, breakfast was already laid out.

What was prepared for Ye Jinghe was still a bowl of porridge, but it was a little better than yesterday's plain porridge. Today's porridge had more chopped vegetable leaves in it, and the vegetable juice dyed the porridge a bright green color, which looked quite appetizing.

He specifically instructed me to replace the plain white porridge with vegetable porridge before going to bed last night, because children like to eat colorful things, and vegetable porridge can also supplement vitamins.

Ye Jingchen enthusiastically fed Ye Jinghe porridge, and Ye Jinghe cooperated well, eating one bite at a time, which made Ye Jingchen feel particularly accomplished.

"After eating vegetable porridge for three days and meat porridge for seven days, Jinghe should no longer need to be restricted in his diet and can eat whatever he wants." Ye Jingchen explained to Ye Jinghe while feeding him porridge.

He was doing this for Ye Jinghe's own good, so naturally he had to tell Ye Jinghe to avoid others thinking he was abusing Ye Jinghe, and especially to prevent Ye Jinghe from misunderstanding him.

Ye Jinghe had been puzzled as to why Ye Jingchen kept feeding him plain porridge, and even wondered if Ye Jingchen was deliberately torturing and humiliating him. Now that he knew Ye Jingchen was doing it for his own good, he couldn't help but smile, his eyes crinkling. Without even realizing it, he gave Ye Jingchen a happy smile.

Ye Jingchen couldn't help but smile, "Jinghe's smile is so handsome, he should smile more often!"

Just as the two brothers were enjoying themselves, a commotion could be faintly heard outside.

"Fangfei, go see what's going on?" Ye Jingchen instructed, still feeding Ye Jinghe.

Fangfei was about to go out when she almost bumped into a figure rushing in.

"Greetings, Your Highness the Princess!" Fangfei quickly curtsied.

The newcomer snorted coldly and strode past Fangfei without even glancing at her.

"Ye Jingchen, you have quite the airs! I am your elder sister. Do I need to announce my presence to see you?" Before she even arrived, the questioning voice preceded her arrival. Ye Jingshu stormed in angrily, only to find Ye Jingchen feeding Ye Jinghe.

"Ye Jingchen, what are you doing?" Ye Jingshu couldn't believe what she was seeing. She strode over and slapped the bowl out of Ye Jingchen's hand.

"Ye Jingchen, you are the Crown Prince, why would you stoop so low as to feed this little bastard?!"

Ye Jingchen didn't expect a little girl to be so fierce and have such a big temper. Before he could react, the bowl was slapped to the ground.

With a "crash," the bowl shattered and the porridge spilled, making a mess all over the floor.

Judging from this arrogant and disdainful attitude, Ye Jingchen already knew who the person was.

The original owner's elder sister, also born to the Empress, was the Emperor's first child, the eldest legitimate princess Ye Jingshu.

'Jing Shu' means quiet and beautiful. This name is full of the empress's expectations for her daughter. Unfortunately, Ye Jing Shu was also spoiled by the emperor, and her personality was completely different from her name.

In the novel, Ye Jingshu has a much larger role than Ye Jingchen.

The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was the guardian of Dayuan. The emperor devised a plan to have all the men of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion die on the battlefield, which put his mind at ease. However, the border of Dayuan was left unguarded and could not withstand the invasion of the Northern Barbarians.

Dayuan suffered repeated defeats and was eventually forced to cede territory, pay reparations, and make peace through marriage. Ye Jingshu was afraid that the emperor would send her to the northern barbarians for a marriage alliance, so she found an ally for herself.

The ally she found was none other than the male protagonist, Xie Chang'an.

She was attracted to Xie Chang'an's good looks and wanted him to propose to her in front of the emperor.

Therefore, she became a troublemaker, making the situation of the seven princes vying for the throne even more chaotic.

Although Ye Jingchen has not yet seen her fate, the deposed crown prince is dead. How can Ye Jingshu, who is trying to ally with a tiger, have a good ending?

Ye Jingchen patted off non-existent dirt from his hands, looked at Ye Jingshu, and asked calmly, "Your Highness is quite the show-off, coming to the East Palace to act like a tyrant so early in the morning. Do you know that the little bastard you're talking about is also Father's child? If he's a little bastard, then what is Father? An old bastard?"

"How dare you! You're being so insolent! You've almost poked Ye Jingchen's nose with your finger, and you're furious! You said that, I didn't mean it that way! How dare you disrespect Father Emperor? You've gone too far!"

Ye Jingchen didn't like her, but he didn't want to stoop to the level of a young girl. "What brings you to the Eastern Palace, Imperial Sister? Surely it's not just to scold me?"

"I heard you brought that brat Ye Jinghe back to the East Palace and even stood up for him. Did you lose your mind from that fever last time?" Ye Jingshu asked angrily, hands on her hips.

Ye Jingchen blinked hard, his eyes instantly turning red, looking very sad. He said in a deep voice, "So, my elder sister also knew that I had a high fever. As my elder sister, you didn't even come to see me when I had a high fever, but as soon as you heard that I brought my fifth brother back to the East Palace, you couldn't wait to come. It seems that in your heart, I, your elder brother, am far less important than your fifth brother."

Ye Jingshu: ……

Ye Jingshu's expression at this moment was no less than that of someone who had unsuspectingly swallowed a fly, making her feel nauseous and wanting to vomit.

Her face flushed with anger, and she glared fiercely at Ye Jingchen and Ye Jinghe for a long time before shouting, "Bring that wretched maid Fangzhi up here!"

Ye Jinghe had been staring at the broken bowls and porridge on the ground, feeling sorry for them. But when he heard a familiar name, he suddenly looked up and saw two palace maids dragging a disheveled woman with a swollen face forward like a dead dog.

So this is the woman who gave birth to him and brought him into this world to suffer—the woman others call a lewd and promiscuous bed-climbing maid.

At this moment, he does look quite disheveled.

"Jinghe—He'er! My child!" The woman's eyes flashed with intense light when she saw him. She screamed shrilly and struggled violently to break free from the palace maid's grip.

Ye Jinghe looked at her quietly, his heart calm and undisturbed, feeling not even as much regret as when the bowl of porridge had been overturned.