Caixia hurried away from outside the corridor. When she got closer and was about to speak, Ruan's mother pulled her aside and asked her why she had come.

Caixia, acting on the orders of the Imperial Concubine, escorted the young master back to the Eastern Palace.

Mrs. Ruan was startled and quickly asked what had happened.

Caixia then said, "This one was selected from the descendants of the founding emperor and is currently being raised in the Eastern Palace."

Upon hearing this, Madam Ruan's hands and feet went weak, and she quickly whispered in Caixia's ear, "What if Your Highness is fortunate enough to give birth to a prince in the future?"

Caixia sighed. The emperor was frightened during his southern tour and is now unable to have sex. He is only here to sleep. There is no way he could possibly have a prince!

However, this matter involved the privacy of the people, so she could only keep it to herself and said, "How could we possibly fathom the thoughts of the people of today?"

Mrs. Ruan quickly slapped her mouth and said, "Damn it."

Caixia wasn't trying to scold her, so she quickly stopped her, saying, "Alright, we're just chatting, why take it so seriously?"

The two walked inside.

Inside the house, Shi Lan was talking to the children about kites. It was March, the sun was shining, and the spring breeze was warm, so it was the perfect time to fly kites. The children's eyes were bright as they asked when they could fly them. Shi Lan said that she had to frame one first.

The child asked her if she could do it now. Shi Lan had never framed anything before, but in order not to mess things up, she still gritted her teeth and said she would give it a try.

When Madam Ruan and her companion entered, they saw the two children writing and drawing at the table. Caixia bowed and respectfully invited the young man to go back, saying that they had been searching frantically for him.

Shi Lan recalled the scene of the eunuch in the garden and turned to look at the boy.

The boy stubbornly pursed his lips and remained silent.

Seeing this, Shi Lan gently tugged at him and whispered, "Go back first, and come back tomorrow. We'll go release them together."

The boy tilted his head slightly, looked at her for a while, and finally nodded.

Caixia breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at Shi Lan, and respectfully followed the boy out.

It was only then that Shi Lan realized that Cai Xia treated this child exceptionally differently.

When the soft curtain fell and the footsteps faded into the distance, Shi Lan asked Ruan's mother, only to be shocked by the boy's identity.

She actually became friends with the future emperor of the Great Yu Dynasty?!