Inside the room, Jun Yu was kneeling on the ground, holding a book and reading, drenched in sweat.
In this hot weather, how could there be no ice or servants attending to him?
In this vast room, he was all alone?
Jun Ning was certain she hadn’t rembered wrong, her cheap father had only ordered the Imperial Guard to guard Jiaofang Palace to confine the Empress.
As for the people in the Empress’s palace, he hadn’t removed them, and for the things used in the Empress’s residence, because of the seventeenth prince, he also explicitly reminded the Ministry of Internal Affairs not to withhold anything.
But why was Ah Yu still in such a situation?
Could it be the Empress?
Thinking of this, Jun Ning was full of heartache.
Ah Yu was undoubtedly the most unfortunate prince Jun Ning had ever seen. With a mother consort like the Empress, who only knew how to force him to study constantly, if he didn’t do well, she would beat and scold him.
To the Empress, Ah Yu seed like an emotionless machine, used to secure her own status and to please the Emperor, helping her fight for glory.
She was nothing like a mother.
"Man’s nature at birth is good, their natures are similar, but their habits make them different..."
The sound of Jun Yu reciting the Three Character Classic continuously echoed in Jun Ning’s ears.
His voice was slightly hoarse, tinged with weariness.
"Ah Yu..."
Jun Ning called softly towards the small figure inside the room.
Down below, Ah Yu, hearing the call, looked up in surprise and delight towards the source of the voice.
But upon seeing his long-unseen elder suddenly transford, wearing girl’s twin-bun hairstyle with earrings and a golden necklace, Jun Yu was so shocked that he dropped his book.
"Big brother, what kind of earthly suffering have you gone through to start dressing as a girl?" Jun Yu said in a pretentious adult voice, "Do you find it too hard to be a man?"
Jun Ning: "......"
"I’ve always been a girl, so this isn’t cross-dressing as a male, it’s returning to wearing won’s clothes." Jun Ning didn’t hide the truth from Jun Yu, and shared it candidly.
To Jun Ning, this was revealing the truth and offering sincere trust.
He had always trusted Jun Yu.
Yet Jun Yu, with a perplexed expression, thought long and hard before finally accepting the fact that Jun Ning was originally a girl.
Jun Ning thought that after Jun Yu knew the truth, based on the innate male chauvinism of the Imperial Family, he would certainly stop calling her "big brother" and might even force her to call him "big brother" instead.
Unexpectedly, Jun Yu did not change; he continued to call her "big brother" repeatedly.
"Big brother, you look nice in won’s clothes, Ah Yu likes it."
"Ah Yu hasn’t seen you in a long ti, Ah Yu has been missing you so much!"
"Big brother, have you been well lately?"
"I’m fine, it’s just you..."
Jun Ning did not feel burdened by the permanent confinent of the Empress; the Empress’s current predicant was entirely self-inflicted and had little to do with her.
However, he feared Ah Yu might overthink.
After all, that’s his mother consort!
Because of her, Ah Yu’s mother consort was permanently confined.
Would Ah Yu bla him?
After hesitating for a long ti, Jun Ning asked the question that had been bothering him on the way to Jiaofang Palace, "...Ah Yu, the matter of you and your mother being confined to Jiaofang Palace can’t be separated from . You, you... will you bla ?"
Jun Ning stamred, appearing guilty.
In fact, she was just afraid Jun Yu would bla her.
In the ti waiting for Jun Yu’s answer, Jun Ning felt very nervous, uneasy, apprehensive.
The worst outco of this would be Ah Yu breaking off their relationship, and Jun Ning feared Ah Yu would sever ties with her because of it.
Honestly, although Ah Yu was just a little child, with a ntal age that didn’t match hers, just a two-and-a-half-year-old kid, for so reason she felt there was a strange bond between them.
Because of this bond, she trusted Ah Yu and enjoyed spending ti with him.
If Ah Yu suddenly broke off their relationship, she would feel very upset.
Jun Yu, unsure of how to answer, never blad the big brother for this matter.
He just... just...
Just felt deeply wronged saying it.
He choked up and began to sob.
Upon hearing this, Jun Ning felt even worse, "Ah Yu, Ah Yu, please don’t cry. If you bla , just scold or hit , whatever you like, but don’t cry, okay?"
Jun Ning feared nothing more than Jun Yu’s tears.
When he cried, her heart felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
"Ah Yu, I don’t bla you. It’s just that being forced by my mother to do all sorts of things lately made suddenly think of my biological mother."
"Biological mother?" Jun Ning was incredulous.
Isn’t the Empress Jun Yu’s biological mother?
Then who is Jun Yu’s biological mother?
"Yes!" Jun Yu nodded.
Jun Yu, a child of two and a half, was precocious and different from ordinary people. Firstly, because children of the Imperial Family inevitably mature early, and secondly, because he lived at the rcy of the Empress all year round; it would be strange not to mature early.
He had always thought the Empress treated him like this because her desire for his success was too strong.
But until one day, he accidentally overheard a conversation between the Empress and Nanny Li, then he knew he wasn’t the Empress’s biological child. This explained the previous tornts from the Empress.
Jun Yu had known about this for a long ti, but he hadn’t told anyone.
Only when he was tornted by the Empress did he particularly think of his biological mother.
He believed his biological mother would never treat him this way!
The more he thought about it, the worse Jun Yu felt, wiping his tears as he told Jun Ning everything, firmly assuring that he had never blad Jun Ning for the matter with his mother consort.
After hearing this, Jun Ning was relieved that Jun Yu didn’t bla her but also saddened by Jun Yu’s current situation.
"Ah Yu, do you want to find your biological mother?" Jun Ning solemnly asked.
"Of course I do!" He dreamt of it, but how could a child do it?
"Let help you, I will definitely help you find your biological mother." Jun Ning promised, patting his chest, "Then take you out of here, to live with your biological mother."
These words made Jun Yu very happy, but he only listened and didn’t truly expect the big brother to find his biological mother and take him to live with her.
Of course, this wasn’t because he doubted Jun Ning’s sincerity in helping him find his biological mother, but he understood how difficult this would be.
And both he and the big brother were children, no matter how precocious, children were no match for adults.
"Big brother, thank you," Jun Yu sincerely thanked, "but let’s forget it!"
"How can we just forget it? I’ll go help you find her, I’ll go right now."
Jun Ning said, hurriedly climbing out of the Jiaofang Palace from the roof, then down from the tree beside Jiaofang Palace.
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