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Ah Yao always thought that her name should be Xie Yao, because Xie Junxi was too difficult to write.
When she first learned to write, she could not put so many strokes together. Every time she wrote the character "篆", it looked like a scattered turtle shell. After studying with her master, she would not finish writing her own name until everyone else had started answering the questions during every quiz.
She felt that her father was deliberately making things difficult for her.
Her father was the most stingy person she had ever met. On the surface, he was dignified, cold, and unyielding, but in reality, he was just a nasty person who loved to cling to her mother and compete for her favor. Every time her mother showed her more affection, her father would get jealous and throw her out of the palace. She would then live in her master's house, her aunt's house, her aunt Aru's house, her aunt Huawu's house, her aunt Ayue's house...
However, the children of Aunt A Yue and Aunt Hua Wu are a bit clingy and always like to follow her around and play with childish things. My uncle is just as clingy as my father, and he is jealous and has a sharp tongue.
There is also her master's family. Her master loves her, but the other people in the Cao family are more concerned.
Ah Yao supported her chin and sighed deeply.
When Xue Ru brought out the snacks, she saw a little girl curled up in a rocking chair in the yard, holding her face and sighing. She was about seven or eight years old, wearing a scarlet jacket, with rosy cheeks and a bit of baby fat. Her pair of almond-shaped eyes with distinct black and white looked very much like His Majesty, but her mouth and face were a replica of her elder sister, making people feel soft-hearted at the sight of her.
At this moment, she held her face and pretended to sigh deeply, frowning as if she was worried about something, making people laugh for no reason.
"What's wrong with our Ah Yao? Why is she sighing for no reason?"
Ah Yao held her face in her hands and looked up: "Aunt Ah Ru, why do you think people have to grow up?"
She pouted and said unhappily:
"I just celebrated my birthday yesterday, and I already have three extra assignments today. My martial arts class has an extra hour. My father even told me that I've grown up and that I need to read memorials. He also said that I can't sleep with my mother anymore. He clearly just wants to keep her for himself!"
Xue Ru tried to suppress her laughter when she heard this. Over the years, His Majesty and A'yao had often competed for favor. When A'yao was little, her elder sister always favored her more, and His Majesty had no choice but to give in whenever the little girl cried or made a fuss. However, after A'yao grew up and started school and became sensible, she could no longer defeat His Majesty, and His Majesty always had a thousand advantages over her elder sister.
Over the years, His Majesty has always been particularly fond of my elder sister. Even though many people in the court have been arguing over the inheritance of the country and the royal family because my elder sister has not conceived a child since she gave birth to Ayao, His Majesty has never allowed another person to enter the harem.
Xue Ru recalled that His Majesty had opened the Taimiao to worship the ancestors for Ayao, using the name of a national treasure. It seemed as if he had known that her sister would have difficulty in having children, and had started paving the way for Ayao from the very beginning. She vaguely guessed that her sister might have been injured in the accident when she gave birth to Ayao.
Xue Ru placed the snacks on a small table nearby and said softly, "His Majesty loves your mother and naturally wants to be with her all the time. As for schoolwork, does Ayao find it hard?"
Ah Yao shook her head: "Not really."
She held her chin and said,
"I know that my father wants me to be more powerful. I am my mother's only child, and there is no other heir in the palace. There are already many people in the court who gossip about me dying young and my father having no heirs. And who knows how many people want me dead. If I don't become more powerful and something happens to me, my mother will be very sad."
She was precocious and knew from a very young age that her father had high hopes for her. Her father was different from other emperors. He only had his mother, the queen, and would only have her children. His father asked his master, the left prime minister, to enlighten her, and asked Anguogong Yinbao to teach her the art of war. Even the martial arts lessons were taught by Dingguogong and Linwang.
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