Yunfeng has the power of his maternal clan and has a chance to compete for the crown prince position. Yunqi's maternal clan, on the other hand, is merely a family of physicians, with only a few members serving as imperial physicians in recent years. Later, because her mother fell in love with her father, the emperor, she entered the palace without hesitation. Once inside the palace, it was like entering a deep sea. She fabricated Yunqi's male identity, just to get her father to look at her more.
Of course, Consort Miao didn't lose her mind and push Yunqi to fight for the throne. She just wanted the Emperor to visit her more often and spend more time with her. Yunqi knew her mother's thoughts and was helpless about her mother's unfulfilled desires. She could only try her best to show her excellence in front of her father, hoping that her mother would smile more, and much more.
When Yunqi was 10 years old, she was assassinated at a palace banquet. Her mother, without hesitation, stepped forward to shield her father from the attack, and died with a smile in his arms. In her dying moments, she simply looked at her father with a smile, as if trying to etch the person before her into her soul.
Finally, the assassin was killed, and her mother also passed away. Throughout the entire ordeal, her mother only looked at her father, her eyes filled with affection, never once glancing at Yunqi. Yunqi understood that her mother loved her father to the core. Before her father, she, Yunqi, was less than a hair on his head. Yunqi didn't want to think too much, quietly and blankly watching everything unfold, her body trembling uncontrollably. Everyone was in a flurry of activity, but only Yunfeng noticed her, pulling her into his arms and gently comforting her. Perhaps it was at that moment that Yunqi felt an overwhelming longing for that embrace. That embrace made Yunqi feel incredibly warm.
Later, the Fourth Prince Yunfeng asked the Emperor to allow Yunqi to live in his princely residence so that he could take care of him nearby. It's important to understand how a 10-year-old prince without a mother could survive in the palace. The Emperor agreed after a moment's thought, and the Sixth Prince Yunqi moved into the Fourth Prince's residence. Yunqi's uncle, also concerned for Yunqi, sent people to teach and care for him personally.
That year, Yunqi was 10 years old and Yunfeng was 14 years old. They went to class together, practiced martial arts together, played chess together, and ate together...
After her mother's death, Yunqi never hid her excellence from Yunfeng, only becoming more discreet in front of outsiders. Everyone assumed that Consort Miao's death was too much of a blow to a child and didn't pay much attention. From then on, Yunqi followed Yunfeng around every day, becoming his true little follower.
Yun Qi helped Yun Feng plot against the First and Second Princes, vying for the position of Crown Prince for Yun Feng. However, gradually, Yun Feng's gaze towards her became scrutinizing. Until one day, Yun Feng asked her, "Qi'er, do you want to be the Empress of Yun Kingdom?"
Yun Qi suddenly realized that she had been too outspoken in helping Yun Feng these past few years, and Yun Feng had begun to be wary of her. It made sense; after all, Yun Feng didn't know she was a woman and only assumed she coveted the throne and wanted to use him to ascend to it. Yun Qi smiled bitterly: "Brother, I have no interest in the throne."
"Does Qi'er truly have no interest in the throne?"
“Brother, the throne means nothing to me,” Yun Qi said, as if she had made up her mind. “If you are worried, I am willing to abandon the Yun surname after you ascend the throne, retire to the mountains and forests, and never return to the capital.”
"Qi'er! Your brother was just asking casually, you don't need to take it to heart."
Yunqi understood that Yunfeng didn't fully trust her. After much hesitation, Yunqi ultimately didn't reveal her true identity as a woman, just to preserve the last shred of her dignity.
Yunqi continued to help Yunfeng as always, pretending not to know that Yunfeng was secretly wary of her. With their father aging and Yunfeng desperately needing military merit, Yunqi accompanied him to the border to fight. Yunfeng commanded, and Yunqi charged into battle, accumulating more and more wounds. Yunqi didn't care, but her guard, Master Miao Ziqiao, couldn't help but get angry every time he applied medicine to her: "Your Highness, if you don't take better care of your health, how many years do you think you have left to live?!"
"Teacher, swords and spears have no eyes on the battlefield, I didn't get hurt on purpose..."
"You still dare to say that?! If you had just paid a little more attention, these minor injuries could have been avoided!"
"It's just a minor injury, teacher, don't worry about it."
"Yunqi! If you continue like this, even a celestial being couldn't save you!"
Yunqi had no way to refute it; what Miao Ziqiao said was true.
"The medicine on your back is done. You can apply it to the wound in front yourself." Miao Ziqiao threw down the medicine and walked straight out of the tent, not forgetting to instruct the guards at the gate not to disturb His Highness's rest unless in an emergency.
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