Rushing back to the palace from the mountain resort outside Beijing, the night was dark and the wind was biting cold.

Even though he rode fast, it still took Bao a long time.

When she stepped into the gate of Guanju Palace, the dawn had already risen. A streak of pale sky pierced the dark night, and the morning light was bright.

But Po was still cold.

She was just wrapping her brocade cloak tightly around herself when Aunt Rong opened the door curtain.

Aunt Rong seemed to have expected that Abao would rush back to the palace in a panic, and at this moment, she did not look surprised at all.

"Your Highness, Queen Wen has been waiting for you by the goldfish pond in the small garden all night. She is so anxious that she has not had a single drop of water to drink. Please come over quickly."

While hurrying towards the small garden, Abao secretly asked Aunt Rong.

"How is mother feeling today?"

Aunt Rong watched Abao grow up, and she treated him as dearly as the apple of her eye. She hurriedly reminded him, "Mrs. Wen is in a bad mood. Please say more nice things later."

A Bao thought so too.

Since she was a child, Concubine Wen didn't like her to stand out too much.

After being named the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, Concubine Wen constantly reminded him to follow the rules and regulations and not to make any mistakes, lest the old emperor and the censors in the Imperial Censorate find something against her and shake her position as the crown prince.

After the commotion last night, Concubine Wen must have been extremely angry.

A Bao was feeling uneasy. She stepped into the small garden and saw that Concubine Wen had the leisure to sit by the goldfish pond and scatter bait. Her heart began to beat even more nervously.

Ah Bao, for once, performed the palace etiquette properly and said coquettishly, "Mother~"

Concubine Wen asked calmly, "Did you have fun last night?"

A Bao was like a little animal being strangled by the neck, and he choked immediately, "..."

Concubine Wen didn't even glance at A Bao. She continued to sprinkle food into the goldfish pond and said nonchalantly, "I was wrong. Your Majesty is really cruel and merciless."

Abao: "..."

Seeing that Concubine Wen had brought it up, Ah Bao followed suit and said, "Fifth Brother is like this now, perhaps because he lost his mother at a young age, and then..."

Later, I felt that I was living under someone else's roof and had no one to rely on.

But Abao would never tell Concubine Wen this.

Xuanyuan Wu believed that he was living at the mercy of others, but Concubine Wen treated him with sincerity. She still remembered that during the years when Xuanyuan Wu lived in Guanju Palace, Concubine Wen often whispered in her ear:

You and Wu'er were both raised by your mother.

You must remember that in this palace, you and Wu'er are the closest siblings.

But Concubine Wen had guessed it early on.

"… lost his mother at a young age… lost his mother at a young age."

Concubine Wen's eyes were dim, and she muttered several times that she lost her mother at a young age.

Suddenly, Concubine Wen finally raised her eyes to look at Ah Bao, and said with a difficult smile: "The prince has complaints against me, right?"

A Bao didn't know how to start, so he just kept silent.

Seeing this, Concubine Wen understood.

A Bao took the fox fur coat handed to him by Aunt Rong, hesitated for a moment, then walked silently to the goldfish pond and gently put it on Concubine Wen.

Concubine Wen raised her eyes and looked at Abao tenderly and lovingly.

A Bao sat quietly beside Concubine Wen and let her pinch her face.

"You were young back then, so you probably don't remember it."

"The White Concubine was extremely beautiful, and she had a very good relationship with your father. When the White Concubine gave birth to the fifth prince, your father was even more pleased with her. During those years, the White Concubine did have the opportunity to be the most favored concubine in the palace and ascend to the throne of the empress."

"However, your father has selected concubines several times, and many beauties have been added to the palace, each one more resourceful and scheming than the other."

"But Concubine Bai insists on being devoted to your father."

"Every time your father went to visit other concubines, Concubine Bai would make a scene."

"At first, your father thought it was just some fun in the boudoir, and he saw how lovely Bai Fei was being so genuine, but as time went on, he couldn't stand Bai Fei's crying any more."

"There are many concubines in the palace who are as beautiful as Bai Fei, and they are also very knowledgeable and interesting. Your father sleeps comfortably, so why would he want to look for Bai Fei again?"

"Bai Fei couldn't bear it and became depressed."

"Even the six or seven-year-old Prince Wu, because his eyebrows looked too much like your father, the White Concubine was so cruel that she abandoned him and refused to call the imperial physician even when he had a high fever."

"That time, Concubine Bai completely angered your father, and was banished to the cold palace, where she committed suicide with a white silk thread. Before she died, she wrote a poem of resentment, cursing your father for being heartless and merciless, and wishing him a miserable death."

Recalling the past to this point, Concubine Wen felt lost.

"It was that poem that destroyed the little affection your father had for the prince."

Speaking of this, Concubine Wen was filled with helplessness.

"If Concubine Bai had let it go, she would not have died. I advised Concubine Bai several times in the past not to expect the Emperor's sincerity, but to raise the child well, which is the most important thing."

"But Bai Fei never understands."

"In this magnificent palace, a prince or princess who has lost the protection of their mother is worse than a stray dog ​​on the street."

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