Duan Ximu was filled with hatred and had even considered risking his life to die with the Second Prince, but he forcibly suppressed it.
He knew perfectly well that if the Second Prince died, there would be countless others who harbored ill will towards Xiao Ziwu, perhaps even more ruthless than the Second Prince. But if Duan Ximu died, there would be no one else in the world willing to protect this young man!
The boy was rejected by the emperor from birth, and the palace was full of people who treated others differently based on their status. He had to endure far too much malice.
When he was five years old, he was young and ignorant, and he wondered why his father had never held him or summoned him. So he bravely went up to his father and wanted to say to him in person, "Father, are you in good health?"
The child's eyes were full of affection, but all he received was his father's cold and disgusted rebuke: "Who let him in? Take him away and never let him appear before me again!"
When the emperor is angry, the entire palace trembles.
He then moved from Chenxi Palace to Linhua Palace.
That was a remote little palace that, with his short legs, could no longer approach the emperor's presence.
But that wasn't the worst of it. The very next day, the Second Prince sent someone to deliver housewarming gifts.
It was his little black dog, whom he had carefully cared for for a year, that was thrown outside his palace, its body mangled and bloody.
Blood splattered everywhere, staining the stone bricks red.
Lying amidst a pool of rotten flesh, he used a small dagger to carve a wooden plaque for the puppy, one cut at a time. The crooked characters for "Fortune and Prosperity" on the plaque pierced the young boy's eyes.
Not satisfied, Xiao Ziyan added with a mocking expression.
"You dare to appear before the Emperor?"
In just two days, the boy's mind was shattered by his biological father's rejection and his siblings' bullying, and he even began to doubt himself.
Perhaps... he was a mistake from birth.
The light in the young boy's eyes went out completely from that moment on.
People have become increasingly indifferent, as if they have lost interest in everything in this world.
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However, it seems there are signs of a resurgence now!
Duan Ximu was excited, wondering whose daughter she was.
How old are you? Are you good-looking? What is your temperament like?
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