When the Seventh Prince heard the word "Crown Prince", his whole body began to tremble, and he spoke in fear.
"No, don't send me to the prince."
Shen Yuerong's smile deepened, "If you don't want to fall into the hands of the prince, tell us everything in detail. Maybe we can help you continue to live."
"Whether you want to be a prince or someone else."
Shen Yuerong's last words touched the Seventh Prince's heart. He was the son of a lowly palace maid. His biological mother died early, and he lived alone in the palace where people looked down on the powerful and flattered the weak.
The eunuchs and palace maids could bully him at will, but fortunately he had the protection of a female official, which allowed him to live to the age of ten today.
But a while ago, a female official accidentally fell into a well and died, and he fainted completely after barely having a full meal last night.
Maybe because he had a weak constitution since childhood, he vomited out the drugs he took. He woke up in the middle of the night and found himself locked up in a dilapidated courtyard.
The people at the door were planning to sell him to a brothel as a prostitute and poison him to make him mute.
He didn't want to die, so he tried his best to escape, and then he was chased by a group of assassins in black.
"I overheard them talking about the Crown Prince. When the Crown Prince saw me before, his attitude was very bad and he even told me to go die."
Hearing the Seventh Prince's words, Shen Yuerong's eyes turned a little colder.
When I was treating him just now, I found that he had all kinds of scars all over his body and was as thin as a bag of bones.
She is obviously ten years old, but she looks like she is only seven or eight years old.
And even though he has lived to such a miserable state, the prince is still unwilling to let him go.
Chi Mu suddenly spoke from the side.
"I know why he attacked you."
Shen Yuerong and the Seventh Prince's eyes stayed on Chi Mu, and they heard his next words.
"Because you stood out at the banquet some time ago and were praised by the emperor, the prince felt threatened and tried every means to eliminate you."
The Seventh Prince was stunned, tears welling up in his eyes.
"But, I just expressed my admiration for my father. Why did you want to kill me, Prince?"
"I've lived cautiously enough..."
Shen Yuerong didn't know how to respond to his words, as if it would be futile to say anything.
He only felt that the face of the Seventh Prince in front of him overlapped with Shen Chenchuan at that moment.
They also live cautiously, but some people just don't want to let them go.
At this moment, the door suddenly opened and Shen Chenchuan walked in carrying some porridge and side dishes.
"Instead of feeling sorry for yourself here, you should think about how to survive or how to get revenge."
His words reached Shen Yuerong's ears, and immediately made him frown.
For some reason, he felt that there was so much hostility in his nephew's words.
He was inexplicably worried that Shen Chenchuan would become extreme.
After all, those days were indeed too dark, and anyone would probably become crazy and paranoid if they were in his or her place.
But Shen Yuerong didn't want Shen Chenchuan to become like this, she just wanted him to live a lively and sunny life.
But now is not a good time to talk about this.
So Shen Yuerong could only swallow her words and looked in the direction of the Seventh Prince and spoke.
"Whatever you choose, take care of your body first and eat first."
"Don't worry, our palace is absolutely the safest. No one will guess that you are here."
At the same time, in the dark night, a courtyard somewhere in the capital was covered in blood.
All those who had kidnapped the seventh prince were killed. The prince wiped his fingertips with a handkerchief and slowly walked out of the courtyard.
He threw the white satin handkerchief into the pool of blood with a cold tone.
“We must eradicate the root of the problem.”
Teng Wu, the secret guard beside him, lowered his eyes in response, then set the courtyard on fire.
Teng Wu has a long scar on his face, and he looks cold and scary.
He must find the Seventh Prince, otherwise, he will be the one to die.
So Teng Wu searched the capital for a day and a night, and finally found a body in the moat that matched the seventh prince's body shape.
The corpse was unrecognizable, but the clothes and jade pendant he wore confirmed that it was the Seventh Prince.
He breathed a sigh of relief and took these things back to show the prince.
The prince covered his nose and watched for a while, then waved his hand and asked Teng Wu to be buried in the bamboo forest in the backyard.
The bamboo forest is green and swaying in the wind, making crisp sounds.
At this moment, there are small hills of various sizes deep in the bamboo forest, where many people who have offended the prince are buried.
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After Shen Yuerong learned that the prince's men had searched the capital, they found a corpse that looked like the seventh prince from the mass grave and threw it into the moat as a disguise.
After the prince withdrew his men, Shen Yuerong finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was obvious that he believed that the Seventh Prince was dead.
The sun shone in the courtyard. The Seventh Prince sat under the corridor, looking at Shen Chenchuan who was doing horse stance not far away with sparkling eyes.
Shen Yuerong suddenly appeared and asked slowly.
"Like it?"
The seventh prince turned around suddenly, and the light in his eyes dimmed.
"I don't like it."
Shen Yuerong didn't know what kind of pain he had experienced, but she knew that such an awkward child needed to be dealt with directly and decisively.
So Shen Yuerong smiled and said, "You can learn from Chenchen's master. This will help him work harder and give him a comparison."
The Seventh Prince's eyes suddenly brightened, "Can I really do this? But will my identity cause trouble for you?"
Shen Yuerong smiled faintly and replied: "I'm afraid you haven't looked in the mirror yet, but it doesn't matter, our palace can afford it, and we have a grudge against the prince."
Afterwards, the Seventh Prince began to learn horse stance and practice kung fu from Shen Chenchuan's master.
The Seventh Prince was just asked to go to school, but he just refused to do so.
Because the palace's school also houses young men from several surrounding families.
Shen Yuerong also vaguely guessed why he was unwilling to go, but she did not force him. She just planned to make a decision after his injury healed.
The news that the palace was about to hold a banquet spread throughout the capital, and many people were waiting to watch the fun.
Because this was the first banquet after Shen Yuerong entered the mansion, and Concubine Xi had just left the palace for retirement.
The banquet was very lively that day, with guests coming in and out chatting and laughing.
Shen Yuerong and Concubine Xi stood at the door to greet them, and those who wanted to watch the fun were slapped in the face.
Because the clothes they were wearing were very similar in style, and their intimate posture made them look like mother and daughter.
Some people couldn't help but sneer: "My Lady Concubine, you are becoming more and more like the Princess?"
In the past, if someone said that Concubine Xi looked like anyone, she would be very angry.
But unexpectedly, she smiled brightly today.
"Oh, thank you for the compliment."
Shen Yuerong smiled softly with her hands covering her lips. She had already mentioned this to Concubine Dowager West in advance.
Whenever someone says these things, it is a compliment.
Concubine Xi was also simple-minded and completely believed in Shen Yuerong.
At this moment, the carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion stopped at the gate of the mansion. Shen Yuerong raised her eyebrows and smiled, then slowly went to greet it.
Unexpectedly, the person who came down was a face I had never seen before.
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