The other princes weren't much better off; dragging their dirty clothes, they followed the seventh prince and left together.
Lin Wanwan looked at the empty Imperial Garden.
【Ah, finally some peace and quiet.】
[Feels so good...]
"Waaaaah..."
"Waaaaah..."
“My poor son, it’s all your mother’s fault that you can’t even speak now.”
"If I hadn't been selfish and insisted on keeping you by my side, perhaps you would have been reincarnated by now?"
Lin Wanwan searched everywhere for the source of the sound.
【Huh?】
Is someone crying?
The woman, dressed in an elegant moon-blue dress, stood gracefully by the lake, her sorrowful figure reflected in the water.
Lin Wanwan followed Xiao Junli to the source of the sound and then stood not far from the woman.
Xiao Junli explained:
"This is Consort Mei, the birth mother of the Fifth Prince."
"When Consort Mei gave birth to the Fifth Prince, she was still a Noble Lady. Due to the midwife's improper delivery, the Fifth Prince became mute. Whenever it was quiet at night, the Fifth Prince would often stare out the window and laugh foolishly, and even go crazy."
"Now that the Fifth Prince is fifteen, Consort Mei asked her father, the Emperor, for permission to keep him by her side when he is seventeen and assigned to a separate household."
"According to ancestral rules, once a prince is seventeen, he must leave his birth mother."
Lin Wanwan gazed at the shimmering lake surface.
The woman's delicate features could be vaguely seen, and two lines of tears hung on her face like kites with broken strings. Her sorrowful face perfectly conveyed her tragic fate.
"Hey, where is the Fifth Prince now?"
“He was imprisoned. There were no other concubines in Consort Mei’s palace. The Emperor was kind and turned the side hall into a cage. Every day at dusk, the Fifth Prince would be locked up.”
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