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Today was the third prince Lu Xingwang’s birthday, but the entire palace fell into a strange silence and gloom. Regarding His Highness’s birthday, many people knew very well that His Highness’ current situation wasn’t good, and celebrating his birthday would be an irony. But his birthday was celebrated grandly before, especially since the Imperial Concubine Lan paid attention to tradition the most. In the past, the lively and boisterous preparation would have started several days ago, but now the whole palace was terribly quiet.

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Some people weren’t willing to leave others alone and wanted to take this opportunity to stir things up.

The faction that had always regarded Lu Xingwang as a thorn in the flesh was the most unwilling to leave people alone. The empress rushed to put on a show of strength early in the morning. Only, she waited for a long time but didn’t see a shadow of Lu Xingwang. In the end, she asked Aruo with some annoyance and anger, “Where is His Highness?”

Aruo replied hurriedly, “His Highness goes to the Hall of Stillness every morning to exercise. I have already asked some people to invite him back.”

The empress waited until her tea became cold and got impatient. “Then why hasn’t he returned yet?”

Aruo thought, ‘Why hasn’t he returned yet? Don’t you know it inside your heart?’ but she didn’t dare to say it out loud and could only prevaricate. “The Hall of Stillness is a bit far from here. Please wait for a moment, Your Majesty.”

Just when the empress felt she was being humiliated and couldn’t wait anymore, a figure finally appeared at the door.

Lu Xingwang said to her, “Greetings, Your Majesty.”

“It’s not easy to meet the third prince.” The empress forced a smile. ibpw6a

Lu Xingwang was still expressionless. “I didn’t know Empress Mother was coming over. I am sorry to have missed you.”

The implication was ‘You have nothing to do here. You’re not welcomed here, it was already polite of me to let you wait here.’

The empress’ smile froze, but she quickly adjusted. She asked the maidservant behind her to bring the prepared gifts and said slowly, “Today is Your Highness’ birthday. How could I not come? Lan-er left early, leaving you lonely and miserable. As the mother of this country, it’s only natural that I should take care of you.”

“This chain of divine beads is what I requested from the highest priest, Master Qi Luye. It can bless a person’s divine power to be stable and nourish the body. I thought it would suit you now that you’re not in good health.” With a smile, the empress continued with her words. “It might be a little plain, but I asked them to bring some precious nourishment from the treasury for you.” WoJCjx

As if she couldn’t bear not to poke his sore spots and couldn’t even let go of him on his birthday, she rushed over to give people a hard time.

The sunlight fell on Lu Xingwang’s body as he stood at the palace door, stretching out his lonely and desolate dark shadow. The boy knelt down on one knee and said, “Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty.”

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While she was thinking, a voice came from outside. “Who’s bothering whom?”

The empress’ movement froze as she looked at the emperor in disbelief. The emperor who was clad in an imperial robe walked over slowly. The emperor had never mentioned the matter of Lu Xingwang’s birthday recently, thus no one expected that he’d appear at this time.

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Lu Xingwang didn’t seem surprised at all. He turned around and saluted again. “This son pays respect to Father Emperor.”

The emperor replied, “En, there’s no need to be formal. It’s your birthday, I came to see you after finishing the approval of affairs in the Hall of Affairs.” jhK2CQ

When the young general who came to report this morning saw that the emperor was very busy, he casually mentioned that he saw Lu Xingwang earlier in the Hall of Stillness. He said he wanted to come and find the third prince to discuss more things. At first, he wasn’t ready to leave early but was told by the young general to go, so he stopped over along the way. Who would expect that as soon as he came, he heard the empress’ shadiness.

Naturally, he knew that his empress didn’t like his third son very much, but she’d usually perform superficial acts on the surface. If he didn’t come today and didn’t hear these words, he wouldn’t even have suspected the matter of the empress sending many nourishments.

The empress spoke in a hurry. “Your Majesty! If you told me that you were going to come over early, I would have come with you.”

“There’s no need. Aren’t you busy?” The emperor raised his eyes and looked at her. “How could I dare to delay your time?” WCtmJu

The empress didn’t expect those words to be heard by the emperor and immediately became a little anxious. She hurriedly stood up, walked over, and knelt down on one knee. She said softly, “Your Majesty, this concubine is not busy for my own matters. To be able to share Your Majesty’s worries is what this concubine hopes for.”

The emperor smiled. “Share my worries?”

A cold sweat inexplicably ran down the empress’ back.

The emperor, however, didn’t say anything further. He lent a hand to help Lu Xingwang next to him up and gave a bit of advice. Perhaps it was because of the empress’ actions, the guilt in his heart for his child became deeper. Imperial Concubine Lan was also a woman he had loved. This child was also his proud child; seeing him fall down like this, it was impossible to have no feelings inside. nVZXzq

“I recently received a few new mechanical products sent by other interstellar galaxies. I remember you like them, so I will have some people send them to you later.” The emperor thought for a moment and added, “The young general also mentioned to me today that it’s not easy to meet you in the palace aside from having you participate in the military training. You haven’t gone out of the place for the past six months and you must be bored. So I will have someone send a fast passage token to the young general later, so he can come over from time to time and keep you company.”

Lu Xingwang knew his place and had never been arrogant of his victory or defeat. Even though he received a big bargain at this moment, he was still well-mannered in thanking the emperor. “Thank you, Father Emperor.”

No dwelling on these gifts.

Lu Xingwang just looked up at his parents and said in a low voice, “Father Emperor, you’ve been approving affairs from early in the morning; please take care of your health.” fFdhr

People who didn’t care much about others, speaking out in concern for others, were the most touching. The emperor looked at his child who was thinner than before. Of course, it was impossible to feel nothing. However, he was the emperor and would never expose his emotions too much. He only nodded. “I will remember. Take a good rest first, I still have other things to do so I have to go.”

Lu Xingwang wasn’t surprised. He saluted his father and sent him away politely.

From the beginning till the end, the emperor didn’t reprimand the empress, but it made her very uncomfortable. She came today to take the stage from Lu Xingwang today, but it made her sit on pins and needles and hurriedly followed.

In the afternoon. nLdwi6

Aruo took away the birthday gifts sent from various places. The exquisite and luxurious gifts were neverending and she had a hard time handling them. After that, she quickly entered the palace hall.

“Your Highness, there was news from the front. The crown prince’s coming of age ceremony was supposed to be a grand celebration, but at noon, His Majesty suddenly said that he wanted to practice frugality, so he reduced the expenses and everything was kept simple.”

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There was slight gloating in Aruo’s tone. “I heard that the meal sent this noon to the crown prince’s palace wasn’t eaten and another one was sent over again.”

Lu Xingwang’s birthday was simple and the crown prince wasn’t exempt from it either. What was lost wasn’t just a regular birthday, it was the 18-year-old coming of age ceremony. This was originally an opportunity for the empress to make their presence known and let the world know that the future was the crown prince’s era. YLc50P

But they never expected such an outcome. Now the whole world would know that the crown prince’s coming of age ceremony was to be celebrated simply, wouldn’t that make people laugh?

After saying that, Aruo looked at Lu Xingwang, but found that the boy wasn’t as happy as she thought. Aruo hesitated for a moment and said, “Your Highness, what do you want to eat later? I’ll go and prepare something you like?”

“No need.” Lu Xingwang said, “I have no appetite.”

Due to the effect of the poison, his appetite became less and less. Even after he stopped drinking the medicine, Lu Xingwang stopped eating and had started drinking the nutrient solution. Ix2zrT

Aruo felt her heart ache. “Then, Your High…”

Lu Xingwang said, “I’ll visit my mother tonight.”

Previously, it was Imperial Concubine Lan who would call him to go to the palace for his birthday, but this year, it was Lu Xingwang who went to visit his mother. Imperial Concubine Lan’s mausoleum was outside the palace, but it was difficult to visit. He went to Imperial Concubine’s closed palace, then sat on the stone steps of the inner palace hall and silently looked at the familiar grass and trees in the palace. In the past, he resisted coming here. After all, once he came in here he would face his mother’s strict requirements and endless teachings. The palace was very quiet at this moment, but he felt unparalleled loneliness and desolateness.

The peak time of the poison surge in his body was every night. His blood would boil so bad that a layer of cold sweat appeared on his back, but his face remained as calm as ever. cBXa1R

He remembered that time where on this step, his mother had dressed him in a prince’s robe for the first time, and then she said, “Our Xingwang is really excellent and handsome. This robe fits you so well. You’d surely be more handsome once you wear the robe for your coming-of-age ceremony on your 18th birthday! Mother is waiting for that day.”

At that time, Lu Xingwang had said, “It’s still a long time away.”

Imperial Concubine Lan smiled and said, “Time passes quickly, it will come soon.”

In the blink of an eye, many years had passed. Time had indeed passed quickly and many things had changed. fZmNUS

“Mother.”

“Mother, why didn’t you keep your word? You didn’t even wait to see my coming-of-age ceremony.”

Lu Xingwang’s voice was slightly low and hoarse due to the poison surge. He leaned back on the stone steps, looked at the moon, and smiled mockingly at himself. “I won’t see it myself either.”

The to,e passed quickly and fleetingly. d3 fQn

Lu Xingwang looked at the wind blowing through the treetops in the courtyard and spoke in a low voice. “I feel that time passes very slowly now.”

Each day was sad, painful, and torturous. There was no end nor hope in sight for the future. The pressure was like a heavy burden, rendering people unable to breathe. All those luxurious gifts were unsympathetic and frightening. How could the people who gave those gifts not know his current condition? The things they sent were all specially made to stab his heart. Lu Xingwang’s pitch-black eyes almost merged with the deep night.

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“Ding dong”

Suddenly, a message tone rang out which interrupted his thoughts. Hdqcvw

It was a message sent by Jian Mei who was being mysterious. [Is your phone next to you? I will give you something.]

Lu Xingwang was a little surprised. He seemed to have mentioned to Jian Mei about his birthday. He didn’t expect his casual words would be taken seriously and it felt quite amazing. Would it be a luxurious gift? Having received gifts all day, Lu Xingwang thought this way unconsciously, but he didn’t reveal his thoughts. He only replied: [It’s beside me. What do you want to give me?]

The transfer function was turned on and a golden light slowly lit up. A string of candied hawthorn fell from the sky and at the same time, Jian Mei’s voice filled with joy rang out. [Dang, dang, dang! This is the candied hawthorn I told you about before, the one that’s super delicious!”

Lu Xingwang looked at the red candied hawthorn in his hand and fell into a deep thought. lVdBDa

He thought this was it, but to his surprise, the golden light lit up again, and a cake that looked strange and ugly, opposite to the exquisite desserts in the palace, appeared. Jian Mei continued to speak. “This is the birthday cake I made. It’s my first time making it. I don’t know how it tastes, I was afraid I would ruin all of it, so you can taste it and tell me about it later.”

Lu Xingwang fell into a deeper thought as he looked at the cake that looked a bit mushy.

Surprisingly, after a while, another burst of golden light lit up. This time, it was unbelievable. Jian Mei actually sent him a casserole that had a strange smell.

Jian Mei became even more excited. “This is the medicinal soup my father made for you. Hurry up and drink it while it’s hot, it’s good for your body!” g54uBx

Lu Xingwang was overpowered by the smell of this medicinal soup and was silent.

Just when he thought this was the end, Jian Mei unexpectedly sent something else. A golden light flashed and a teddy bear fell from the sky and landed into his arms. It was a blue teddy bear and the same as what Jian Mei had before. “This is what I wanted to buy. It took me a long time to save up my pocket money to buy this. You helped me repair two toys before and in return, I’m sure you also want this.”

But he didn’t want it.

Jian Mei spoke and prompted him. “Quickly poke the bear’s butt. There’s a surprise.” 9XPtlD

Lu Xingwang was scared, but Jian Mei requested it. He was a bit curious, so he turned it over and indeed found a button at the back. He hesitated for a moment, then a burst of socially deadly music rang throughout the entire palace courtyard. “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you~”

For some odd reason, Lu Xingwang felt that time wasn’t passing slowly anymore. He wanted to go back and fight with the empress for another 300 rounds instead of listening to this bear sing.

The author has something to say:

Hahaha, His Highness is so happy H6SBcu