When Li Yunqing was injured and fell into a coma, it was late autumn, but now it has already entered winter. The weather in the capital is cold, and it is even colder in the remote parts of the palace.
Yunqing didn't expect that she and Diancui were just passing by when they happened to see two eunuchs holding down a child and muttering incantations.
"Haha, does he really think he's the emperor just because he's ascended the throne? Right now, the most powerful person in the palace is our Lord Liang!"
"That's right. They live in the cold palace all day long, and their treatment is even worse than that of us eunuchs. What's so noble about them?"
The child was thin and looked to be only eight or nine years old. Upon hearing this, he seemed to suddenly become fierce and bit one of the eunuchs, as if trying to break free from the restraint of the two eunuchs.
Unfortunately, his actions did not go as planned. The two eunuchs were much stronger than him. The bitten man cried out in pain, and then the other hand pressed down hard, slamming the boy to the ground.
"You little brat, you dare bite me! I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"
The sand and gravel on the ground clung to the boy, making him look even more disheveled. In that instant, he turned his face away in embarrassment, his deep, dark eyes meeting Yun Qing's gaze across the distance.
Those eyes held a blazing hatred and resentment.
Yun Qing's heart skipped a beat!
In a flash, she suddenly remembered that in the history she was studying, there was a long section about how Emperor Xie Rang was bullied in his youth.
His mother died early, his father did not love him, and he had no powerful family to support him. From childhood, he was bullied by everyone. Even after the previous emperor's children were all killed and he was forced to ascend the throne, his situation did not change much. In fact, before he took power, he was constantly persecuted by the eunuch faction.
Therefore, later generations speculated that Xie Rang's death only six years after taking power was inextricably linked to the harm he suffered in his childhood and the hidden dangers left behind!
Yun Qing gritted her teeth, a chill suddenly rising in her heart. Just as the child was about to be pushed into the large water vat by the eunuch, she couldn't help but shout, "Stop! Openly defying your superiors, are you trying to rebel?"
The two eunuchs were clearly surprised that someone could come to this place. They were both taken aback, and when they turned around and saw that it was Yun Qing, their hands trembled and they hurriedly knelt down.
"Grand Tutor Li!"
Li Yunqing's name was known throughout the court. It was the upper echelons of the eunuch faction who dared to take action against her, but they were just the lowest-ranking eunuchs and would never dare to show her any disrespect at this time.
Compared to the puppet emperor, it is obviously more difficult to deal with Grand Tutor Li, who has the Li clan behind him!
Yun Qing ignored them, strode out, and soon arrived at the child's side. He lifted his cloak and wrapped the child tightly in his arms.
He was very thin, his bones even looked somewhat bony. If Yun Qing hadn't experienced it firsthand, she would have found it hard to imagine that this emperor, who would later stand eight feet tall, was still so pitiful. (Here, one foot is approximately equal to 23.1 centimeters, using the measurement system from the Qin Dynasty.)
She admitted that she had softened and her original idea of running away had changed.
Regardless, he is not yet the tyrant who will be condemned in history books in the future; judging from his appearance, he simply lacks protection and guidance.
Isn't he just a tyrant?
Yun Qing thought to herself, she didn't believe she couldn't turn things around!
What she didn't notice was that the moment this thought crossed her mind, the child in her arms seemed to lift his eyes slightly, and a sound silently drifted into his mind—
So what if he's a tyrant? I refuse to believe I can't turn him around!
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