The officials of the Eastern Palace and the Crown Prince share the same fate.

However, when the crown prince was deposed for the first time, most of his officials were demoted. Now, a new batch of officials have been replaced, and the one summoned now is one of the few remaining old men. He originally had no weight, but now the crown prince is close to him.

But the official who was close to the prince was not happy.

He watched with his own eyes as his colleagues fell into disgrace, and thought that things would be stable for a while after the crown prince was reinstated. However, he did not expect that the crown prince was still the same crown prince, without any change.

"What do you think I should do? My father is ill. Every prince has been summoned, even the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince have been summoned, but I am the only one not seen..." The Crown Prince was so worried that even a white hair appeared.

The official thought for a moment and said, "The Emperor may still be angry about not meeting Your Highness. In my opinion, you should show more sincerity and impress the Emperor with your sincerity and filial piety."

The prince said angrily, "It's easy to say, but now the emperor won't even see me, how can I show my sincerity? Even if I want to show it, the emperor can't see it or hear it."

"Your Highness is wrong."

"What did I do wrong?" The prince frowned and looked at his officials.

The official said softly, "The emperor couldn't see or hear it, but someone else reported your Highness' actions to the emperor, and it would be the same as if the emperor saw it with his own eyes."

"Then you have to think of a way for me. It's not possible for others to see the emperor but not me."

…

The next day, everyone went to visit Emperor Jingming as usual.

Not long after, Pan Hai invited everyone in and, as usual, kept the prince.

Prince Lu winked at the crown prince and said with a low laugh, "Second brother, since the emperor won't see you anyway, you should go back."

The prince glared at King Lu fiercely and said nothing.

King Lu was a little surprised.

Eh, the prince has actually learned to swallow his anger.

There was a pain in the waist. It was Princess Lu who pinched Prince Lu secretly.

"Your Highness, why don't you leave quickly?" Princess Lu said with a forced smile, she was furious in her heart.

They are really like a bunch of idiots who are trying to stir up trouble. They provoke the crown prince every day. What good will it do them once the crown prince succeeds to the throne?

King Lu touched his nose and said, "Let's go."

He was wrong. It was not the prince who learned to swallow his anger, but he who learned to swallow his anger.

As long as the prince is still the prince, he has to hold back his displeasure with the prince for fear that he will inherit the throne in the future.

Otherwise——King Lu paused, his eyes flashing.

Find an opportunity to kill the prince?

This was the first time that King Lu had such an idea.

When everyone came out after visiting Emperor Jingming, they were surprised to find the prince kneeling on the stone steps outside the palace.

"Second brother, what are you doing——"

The prince looked up at the King of Qin who asked the question and said, "I have made my father angry. I kneel here to beg him to calm down and pray for his speedy recovery."

Everyone exchanged glances.

Has the prince changed his character?

It was not good to stay in the palace for too long, so the King of Qin said gently: "Then my second brother, please take care of yourself, the ground is cool."

"Yes, second brother, be careful that your knees will not be able to bear the weight if you kneel for too long." King Qi said with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, brothers. As long as father calms down and gets better soon, my problem is nothing." The prince said solemnly.

After leaving the palace, Prince Lu sighed, "What a pity that I can't stay and watch the fun."

Princess Lu rolled her eyes at Prince Lu and said, "What are you looking at? Go back home as soon as possible."

Here, Lao Qin had already cracked the whip and started the carriage of Prince Yan's Mansion.

Inside the car, Yu Jin sneered, "I didn't expect the prince to resort to the self-torture tactic. This is all he can do."

Jiang Si leaned back against a comfortable pillow and said slowly, "It doesn't matter how complicated or profound the self-torture trick is. What matters is whether the person being tortured has a soft heart."

"Do you think Father will soften his heart?"

“It’s hard to say.”

Because of her rebirth, many things have changed, and she is not sure when the second deposed prince is.

"Then let's wait and see. Being soft-hearted only means that your father still has some affection for the prince as a father and son. It does not mean that an emperor still recognizes the prince as his successor." Yu Jin said lightly.

If even this has happened, and the emperor still has no intention of deposing the crown prince, then it can only be said that the Great Zhou is doomed.

In the Yangxin Palace, Pan Hai said softly, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is still kneeling outside."

"Make him kneel!" Emperor Jingming said angrily.

Pan Hai didn't dare to say more and quietly stepped aside.

The princes came to visit Emperor Jingming in the morning. As it was almost noon, the crown prince, kneeling on the stone steps, felt dizzy and cursed his officials to death in his heart.

What a crap idea that bastard came up with! He is about to kneel down and die. Even the emperor didn't see him!

So painful, so uncomfortable——

The prince wanted to get up countless times, but thinking about the anxiety and panic he had felt in the past few days, he gritted his teeth and held on.

He couldn't let his success end in failure. If he held on a little longer, maybe his father would see him. His father would surely soften his heart when he saw how miserable he was. He had made his father angry so many times since he was a child, and in the end, his father softened his heart...

The prince was thinking in a daze, his eyes went dark and he fell to the side.

The eunuch hurried in to report to Emperor Jingming.

"The prince has fainted?" Emperor Jingming glanced at the hourglass subconsciously.

He fainted from kneeling at noon. If it were the fifth or seventh brother, they would have no problem kneeling until the evening.

Thinking of this, Emperor Jingming became even angrier.

"Carry the prince back to the East Palace!"

The prince woke up and found that he had returned to the East Palace. He sat up straight and asked, "Why am I here?"

A eunuch said, "You fainted outside the Yangxin Palace. The emperor ordered someone to send you back."

"So, father didn't see me?" the prince murmured.

The eunuch dared not say a word.

"Where is the Crown Princess?" The Crown Prince suddenly thought of something.

“The Crown Princess is cooking porridge.

The prince's face turned dark.

No need to ask, this porridge is made for my father.

In the past few days, the Crown Princess has been cooking porridge by herself and sending it to Yangxin Palace every day. Even though Emperor Jingming would not eat it, he would accept it, which was considered as his recognition of the Crown Princess's intentions.

The prince became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it.

The Crown Princess is trying so hard to curry favor with the Emperor, is she sure that he is useless? Humph, he wants the Emperor to change his mind, and then he will deal with this bastard after he ascends the throne!

No, I have to kneel again tomorrow!

He almost fainted from kneeling today. If he kneels again tomorrow, the emperor will definitely see him.

The prince made up his mind, touched his red, swollen and painful knee, and became hesitant again.

It's already late autumn, the stone steps are as cool as water, and it's too painful to kneel there. Will I break my legs from kneeling?

After thinking for a while, the prince called the maid with whom he had "chatted" the most in the past and asked her, "Can you sew?"

The little maid nodded: "Yes."

The prince gestured to his knees and said, "Make me a pair of knee pads."

"Ah?" The little maid was stunned.

The prince's face sank: "Will it happen or not?"

The young maid hurriedly said: "Yes, I wonder what kind of thing Your Highness would like——"

"It just needs to be thicker." The prince thought of the cold stone steps and thought the thicker the better. But he was also worried about being seen, so he added, "It can't be seen with my coat on. Do you understand?"

The little maid nodded blankly: "I understand."