“Your Highness, is Xiao Bao still sleepy after just waking up? Aren’t you going to call him over so he can pay his respects to his father?” Yun Xun said.

The emperor's gaze fell on Xiao Bao, then slid to Yun Zhuo.

At this moment, the nanny and the others were trying to catch Xiaobao, wanting him to put on his shoes and clothes before going downstairs, but Xiaobao was agile and quick, dodging their hands and feet time and time again.

Suddenly, the room was in chaos.

With the emperor watching, the old women were extremely pale, almost scared out of their wits.

"What... what's going on with the eldest grandson of the emperor?" Ji Mingwei feigned surprise. "With the emperor here, how can he be so presumptuous? Don't His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Crown Princess teach Xiao Bao about etiquette? He is the eldest grandson of the emperor, the eldest son of the Crown Prince!"

The ministers stared at Xiao Bao in shock.

I had heard before that His Highness the Crown Prince's eldest son was an idiot, but the rumors I had heard were not as shocking as seeing it with my own eyes.

All those gazes were fixed on Xiao Bao, following him wherever he ran, like a series of cold, sharp blades.

Ye Qingxue's eyes instantly turned bloodshot. She thought, "Even being pierced by a thousand arrows wouldn't feel like this."

However, even after taking the medicine, Xiao Bao still woke up so quickly. Perhaps it was all part of fate? Was it an inescapable destiny?

She suddenly sneered and walked towards Xiao Bao. Her steps were calm and unhurried, and her back exuded a faint murderous aura. Xiao Bao almost bumped into her, but she raised her hand and grabbed Xiao Bao's arm.

Xiao Bao looked up at her, and that one glance made Ye Qingxue's heart pound. Before, no matter what she did or said, Xiao Bao would never look at her.

But after only one glance, Xiao Bao looked away again, and surprisingly, he didn't struggle desperately.

Ye Qingxue led him before the emperor, her gaze sweeping over everyone's faces with obvious sarcasm, and said, "What do you want to see?!"

The ministers felt a pang of guilt and instinctively looked away.

Ji Mingwei, however, refused to listen. She blatantly lied, saying, "...When Father learned that the eldest grandson was ill, he was very concerned and brought us to visit him. Why is the Crown Princess speaking to us in such a tone? Is the Crown Princess questioning Father? Or is she blaming Father for coming to the Crown Prince's residence? What's wrong with Father caring about his grandson?"

The emperor's brows furrowed, radiating a powerful imperial aura, his gaze pressing heavily on Ye Qingxue: "Crown Princess, why didn't you have Xiaobao greet me? Have you raised him for three years, and he doesn't even know how to greet me?"

“He can’t!” Yun Zhuo responded, standing beside Xiao Bao and Ye Qingxue: “Father, Xiao Bao hasn’t learned to speak yet, but your son and the Crown Princess believe that he will learn sooner or later!”

The emperor's gaze was sharp as he stared at Yun Zhuo.

Their father-son relationship had already broken down the day Yun Zhuo returned alive from Qinglan Gorge to the palace.

What remains is merely a superficial harmony.

If one day, either of them, father or son, has the ability to kill the other, then even the current harmony will be gone.

The emperor, of course, would not miss this good opportunity to suppress the crown prince. He pressed on relentlessly, and said with apparent reason, "It is not a big deal that a three-year-old cannot speak, but does he not even know how to kneel and pay his respects? I rarely come to see him, and he does not even know how to kneel and kowtow to his grandfather who cares about him?"

Yun Xun seemed very anxious for Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue, urging, "Your Highness, quickly make the children kneel down and kowtow, so as to fulfill their filial duty."

Yun Zhuo pushed the child into Ye Qingxue's arms, "Take him away!"

Ye Qingxue instinctively hugged the child, and the next moment she saw Yun Zhuo kneeling down in front of the emperor: "Xiao Bao is young and has just recovered from his illness. I will take care of the kowtowing and kneeling on his behalf. I thank Father Emperor for coming to visit Xiao Bao in person!"

His forehead struck the ground with a loud thud, startling the officials and servants in the mansion, who all knelt down.

The emperor was furious. Yun Zhuo appeared to kneel and kowtow to him, but the "bang" sound was an expression of his anger and accusation.

After his anger subsided, the emperor thought of something, sneered inwardly, and said, "Since the child is mentally challenged, why not send him to the estate to be raised? Arrange for more people to take care of him. As long as he has enough to eat and wear, it will fulfill the bond between you and your son."

The Prince Xuan and his wife, along with all the courtiers present, suddenly raised their eyes: "!!!"

The emperor himself concluded that the eldest son of the crown prince was an idiot, a fool!