every step of the way

Royal study.

"I heard people say that you stayed at your Third Emperor's brother yesterday?" Ye Mian asked with raised eyebrows.

Ye Xuan said: "Going back to father, my son did indeed go to the Sanhuang brother's house to stay for one night yesterday."

"Then—" Ye Mian looked at it, "But what unusual happened?"

"Er—this..." Ye Xuan frowned and thought for a long time, then said, "My son, I didn't notice anything unusual! Brother Sanhuang's house is very beautiful!"

"Forget it!" Ye Mian said, "Tell me, how is your reading going?"

Ye Xuan arched his hands and said, "Father, my son...my son is really dull. Recently...the master's words are a little bit esoteric, so...so my son has not understood. I hope... I hope father Emperor...Father, can you...give this son some more time!"

"Recently, what will your master talk about?" Ye Mian asked, "Tell me what you don't understand. Maybe, I can give you something."

Ye Xuan thought for a long time, and said, "Recently, the master is talking about the "Gong Dian"."

"Then, what do you not understand?" Ye Mian asked.

"My son... my son..." Ye Xuan said with a desperate look, "my son, I don't even understand!"

Ye Mian looked at Liu Zi who had a dignified face, and there was more and more Youti's shadow on that face.Back then, You Ti, the noble daughter of the You family, was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was so talented that people were jealous.Now, Youti's son probably only inherited Youti's face.However, it would not be a good thing for such a son who had no predestined relationship with a great position to be a bit dull.Thinking of this, Ye Mian said: "Forget it, it's getting late, you go back!"

"Yes!" Ye Xuan saluted, and said, "I will leave!"

Ye Xuan came out of the imperial study room, the ignorant and ignorant expression on his face immediately changed, replaced by a cynical and disdainful expression: Ye Mian, Ye Mian, what do you mean by this now?Feel guilty or have nightmares at night?Or maybe it's just a temptation to me?Hehe, do you think I will be as stupid as the queen mother?I will let you taste the most painful taste.

In Ye Xuan's mind, Concubine Huang Gui, Concubine Rou and their mother clan are certainly hateful, but what he hates the most is his so-called father.If it wasn't for Ye Mian's determination to eradicate the You family, the Huang family and the Zhang family would not have dared to attack the powerful You family; if it wasn't for Ye Mian forcing his mother to become a monk, the mother would not have died in Changshu Ancient Temple, but in When I gave birth to myself; if it wasn't for Ye Mian who demoted himself to the West Courtyard regardless of the relationship between father and son, maybe I didn't have to frame the second emperor brother; The family's genocide.Father, I hate you, do you know that?

Slowly let go of the fist that he didn't know when he clenched tightly, let out a breath, and Ye Xuan walked out step by step.

In late autumn, the weather is getting colder.

Body Pavilion.

Ye Xuan was drinking alone.

Today is August [-]th, a seemingly ordinary day after the Mid-Autumn Festival.But, for Ye Xuan, today is not ordinary.August [-]th is Youti's birthday.If Youti hadn't been abolished, if Youti was still alive, then today should be the Empress's Qianqiu Festival, and the whole palace would be very lively, where it would be as deserted as it is now.I even remembered that there was probably no one else in the whole palace except Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan drank enough wine, raised his glass, made a respect to the place where the brightest star in the sky was, and said, "Queen Mother, Erchen is 14 years old. I am living a very good life here. , you don’t have to worry. Today is the mother’s birthday, and I don’t have any precious gifts for my mother. I made a promise to my mother. In the future, I will definitely trample Huang Guifei and the others under my feet. I have already reported to the You family Vengeance for extermination!"

Chapter 21