"Fourth Prince, today He Xue and I ran into Consort De. She was waiting on the way to Chengqian Palace. After she saw Father Emperor, she said she wanted to see you!" the Crown Prince said.
The Fourth Prince was taken aback at first, then lowered his head, seemingly lost in thought.
The eldest prince and the third prince also looked at the fourth prince.
"Fourth Brother, has Consort De ever come to see you before?" He Xue asked.
The Fourth Prince nodded, "I have!" He had always known that he was not his mother's biological son. His biological mother was Consort De. He had even secretly gone to see Consort De before, but Consort De was not the person he expected when she saw him.
At that time, the sixth brother was still alive. He saw Consort De gently coaxing the sixth brother, singing to him, smiling at him, and responding gently when he called her.
But when Consort De saw her, she had a stern face and told him to mention his sixth brother to the Emperor more often so that the Emperor would come to see his sixth brother more often, but she didn't say a word of concern for him.
He never went to see Consort De after that. Later, when his sixth brother died, he went to see Consort De again. He was worried about her, but when Consort De saw him, she asked with red eyes, "Why is he alive and well, but my sixth brother is not?"
He felt that if the people around him hadn't pulled Consort De away, she might have strangled him to death.
He never saw Consort De again after that.
The next time he saw Consort De, she came to find him. Consort De cried and told him that she had no choice but to give him to his mother in the first place, because he could only get the Emperor's attention by his mother's side.
He told Consort De that he didn't want the Emperor's attention; he only wanted to stay by her side.
Unexpectedly, Consort De slapped him, saying that she didn't have such a good-for-nothing son.
Consort De told him that if he still wanted to be her son, he should mention her more often in front of the Emperor, otherwise it would be better not to have this son at all!
He also realized that in Consort De's eyes, he was nothing more than a tool, a tool to make his father remember Consort De.
He has the love of his mother, but as for his birth mother, Consort De, these past few times have exhausted his affection for her, and he will no longer expect her love in the future.
"Fourth Brother, will you go back to Consort De's side?" He Xue asked, wanting to know what the Fourth Prince thought, in case he preferred to stay with his biological mother!
She would have to find a way to prevent Consort Tongjia from being harmed, since no one could stop it. People have varying degrees of closeness and distance, and no matter how good Consort Tongjia was, she was not the Fourth Prince's birth mother, a fact that no one could change.
"Fourth Brother, I will support you no matter what you do, and you will always be my Fourth Brother!" He Xue said, and she would not say anything even if the Fourth Prince wanted to return to Consort De's side.
Although Consort Tongjia treated her very well, if she had to choose, she would choose her mother; some family ties are irreplaceable.
"Fourth brother, your aunt really loves you too."
Think about it, who walks with you? Who takes care of you day and night when you are sick?
Who carried your new schoolbag when you started school? Who held your folding umbrella for you in the rain? Who made your favorite three-delicacy dumplings for you? That person was your aunt.
Although she didn't give you life, she gave you a home and love. No matter where you are in the future, you must never forget her! Xue almost started singing as she spoke.
"Does Fourth Brother like the three-delicacy filling? Shouldn't it be Su Peisheng carrying the schoolbag and umbrella? Why is it Mother Tong?" the eldest prince asked innocently from the side.
“Brother, you shouldn’t always practice martial arts, otherwise the more developed your limbs become, the simpler your mind will become! That’s what He Xue meant, don’t take it too seriously!” the Third Prince said, feeling that He Xue’s words were quite good.
"Do you mean I'm stupid?" The eldest prince put his arm around the third prince's neck.
"Let go quickly, elder brother, I was wrong! Otherwise, someone will die!" the Third Prince said, slapping the eldest prince's arm forcefully.
"Big brother, quickly let go of Third Brother! Can't you see his face is all red from being squeezed?" the Crown Prince said, looking at Third Prince, whose face was red and neck thick from being squeezed by the First Prince.
"Hmph! I'll let it go this time, but if there's a next time..." The eldest prince waved his fist, which was as big as a bowl.
"No, absolutely not!" the Third Prince hurriedly said, adding that he could no longer say such things in front of the First Prince.
"Fourth brother, what are you thinking? You can tell me!" the Crown Prince said, looking at the Fourth Prince who had remained silent.
"No!" the Fourth Prince said firmly. "Fourth Brother will always stay by Mother's and your side!"
"That's wonderful! I was worried you wouldn't want us anymore!" He Xue ran to the Fourth Prince's side and hugged him.
He Xue was really worried that the Fourth Prince would choose Consort De, since the novels she had read all said that the chubby boy especially longed for his birth mother's love.
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