The Empress had suffered such a great emotional blow that her hair was disheveled and her clothes were wrinkled. She was completely different from the radiant and noble woman she used to be.
The Emperor merely glanced at her coldly, his expression showing no reluctance but only a hint of impatience.
"Effective immediately, the Empress is stripped of her power to assist in the management of the six palaces and is confined to Jingren Palace, where she is not permitted to leave without cause. The power to assist in the management of the six palaces will be temporarily assumed by Consort Li."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." The Empress's face showed a hint of pain.
She still couldn't understand why the emperor would treat her this way for a prince who was out of favor.
"Empress, you should reflect on your actions in Jingren Palace. As Empress, you should and should not do these things. I hope you can understand who your true authority is."
The Empress arrived at the Imperial Study with arrogance and confidence, but who would have thought that she would leave looking so dejected? If Du Ruo hadn't been supporting her, she probably would have fainted long ago.
After the Empress withdrew, the estranged father and son remained silent in the Imperial Study.
The Emperor looked at Yi Chenli and noticed that Yi Chenli looked very much like his mother, but his mother had an outgoing and enthusiastic personality, which was completely different from his.
"I will send someone to find the best imperial physician to treat my son's wounds."
"Um."
"You are my sixth prince. I will compensate you for everything that a prince should have."
"Thank you, Father Emperor."
Yi Chenli lacked too much fatherly love, and this compensation was, for him, a form of harm.
It's tragic that while other princes were born with fatherly love, he received it in this way.
"I have heard the Grand Tutor praise you; your grades at the academy have always been the best. Starting tomorrow, you shall return to the academy to attend classes."
An Yuan'er was overjoyed; Yi Chenli could finally go back.
But—she didn't expect it.
"Father, I am disabled, and it is indeed inconvenient for me to study with other students. Please allow me to stay in Chenyang Palace to study."
Yi Chenli refused to return to the school.
The Emperor glanced at Yi Chenli's legs and sighed, "Then I, your father, will grant your permission."
An Yuan'er looked at Yi Chenli pitifully and muttered resentfully, "Yi Chenli, are you really not going?"
An Yuan'er still wanted to go to school with Yi Chenli. He was a prince, and she was a young lady from a noble family. An Yuan'er didn't know how else they could meet besides going to school.
Shouldn't friends meet up often to maintain their relationship?
Yi Chenli had already pushed An Yuan'er away many times.
However, even with his disability, he occasionally had a glimmer of hope. It was this girl who wanted to approach him, so he couldn't be blamed for keeping her.
Yi Chenli knew that if he didn't seize some things himself, someone else would be eyeing them covetously and competing with him.
He turned to the Emperor and said, "Father, I feel lonely and isolated studying alone..."
At this moment, the emperor felt the most guilty towards his son, and he would grant Yi Chenli's requests as long as they were not too excessive.
The Emperor thought for a moment and said, "I will find a child of the right age for my son among all the ministers to be his study companion."
Yi Chenli already had an idea: "Father, you don't need to bother looking for me. This study is just the right one."
The Emperor looked at An Yuan'er, who had been crying just moments before. He was somewhat surprised that the quiet Yi Chenli would choose her, given how loudly the little girl had cried.
She looks much younger than Yi Chenli. Can she really be a study companion?
The emperor had some doubts.
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