Chu Jinnian grabbed his wrist, which was so thin that only bones were left.

He frowned.

I didn’t expect that in such a nice place like the palace, there would be hungry people.

It seems that this child is not living as well as he was when he was three years old. At that time, his father lay in bed every day, and he had to go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables the next day, but he didn't seem to be as thin as him.

Before the little boy could react, he was taken into An Ning Palace.

His legs were shaking. He usually only dared to peek outside each palace. How could he dare to go in casually?

If he were discovered, he would definitely be beaten to death.

But... after observing for such a long time, he found that all the people in this palace were children.

Then... he shouldn't be as fierce as an adult, so he probably won't hit him, right?

Everyone was stunned when they saw Chu Jinnian bringing back a strange child.

The palace servants were shocked and puzzled. Why... why is there such a thin child?

How come they've never seen each other before?

Chu Jinzhou: "Niannian, who is this? Where did you bring it back from?"

Mumu came over and looked at it curiously.

The little prince looked around the skinny kid and asked, "Who are you?"

The little boy was trembling and didn't dare to speak. He just stared at Chu Jinnian who brought him back.

Chu Jinnian: "Don't worry, he looks like he hasn't eaten for a long time. Let's get him something to eat first. Ask him after he's full."

No one asked any more questions.

After a while, Chu Jinzhou cooked a bowl of egg noodles for the child.

"you eat."

The little boy swallowed his saliva. As soon as Chu Jinzhou spoke, he picked up the chopsticks, then looked at Chu Jinzhou, then looked at the others, and did not dare to move his chopsticks.

"Just eat it, don't be afraid." Chu Jinnian said.

The child then began to eat the noodles in big mouthfuls. He gobbled it up so ravenously that the way he ate shocked the little prince.

He pursed his lips. This child must be from the palace, but how could there be someone hungry in the palace?

Where did this child come from and why had he never seen him before?

The little prince was full of questions.

However, my father only ascended the throne at the beginning of this year, and he gradually dismissed many palace maids and many of the late emperor's beauties and concubines.

This child is probably a leftover. He must have survived by hiding in some abandoned palace during this period of time, right?

He looks like he is only two or three years old, so I am afraid I won't be able to ask him anything.

The little boy ate a big bowl of delicious egg noodles and even drank up all the soup.

He licked his lips, and his originally dull eyes became bright.

It was the first time for him to eat something so delicious and the first time for him to eat so much.

"Are you full?" Chu Jinnian asked.

The little boy nodded, "Yeah!"

Chu Jinzhou: "Now tell me who you are?"

The little boy scratched his hands nervously and shook his head, "I don't know~"

"Don't know? How come you don't even know who you are? Then who are your father and mother?" Mu Mu frowned.

The little boy still shook his head, "I don't have a father or a mother... I... I only have my nanny... but... but my nanny is dead..."

When the nanny was still around, although there was not much to eat, he didn't have to go out to look for food.

But after the death of Nanny, he had no food to eat, so he could only hide and wander outside every palace with people, thinking about how to get something to eat.

He wanted to take it secretly, but the nanny told him that this was called stealing and was absolutely not allowed.

The little prince frowned, "Have you always been in the palace?"

The little boy nodded, "Yeah."

"Then what's your name?"

"My name is Yuanbao. It was given to me by my nanny."

"That's your nickname, what's your real name?"

The little boy had a dazed expression. He didn’t have a real name. His name was Yuanbao.

The little prince sighed and stood up directly, "Come on, take us to see where you live."

The little boy hesitated for a long time. The nanny told him that he must not let others know of his existence or where he lived, but they already knew him.

And they gave him delicious food, so they shouldn’t be bad people.

"Then...then I'll take you there."

A group of little guys followed him, walking and walking in the palace. After walking for probably half an hour, they finally arrived at a desolate palace.

Everyone looked up and saw that this was Changning Palace.

This palace is too far away and too remote. The little prince has never been here.

Moreover, many people died in this area during the palace coup, so Emperor Da'an directly sealed off the area.

The little prince glanced at the little boy and said, no wonder.

No wonder they have never seen this child. Not only does he live far away, but he also lives in this abandoned palace. No one comes to this place, so it would be strange if they could find him.

The child led them to a big hole under the courtyard wall with familiarity and quickly crawled in with his butt sticking out.

All these palaces were sealed and the doors were locked. The little ones could only go in and out through dog holes.

Everyone:"……"

"You...you guys want to come in?"

He tilted his head and looked at them through the dog hole, his voice trembling.

Now the door is tightly locked and they can't open it. Fortunately, this dog hole is big and they can still crawl in.

"Get out of the way."

After a while, the third person from the Chu family went in.

"Yer! Come quickly!"

The little prince pursed his lips slightly. He is the prince! Now he is asked to crawl through a dog hole... This... This is really...

"Yer! Come quickly! It's pitch dark here. We need to go back early after we finish looking around."

The little prince gritted his teeth and crawled in with his butt sticking out.

After entering, everyone found that the place was very desolate and the ground was covered with snow. Because it didn't snow today, we could still see children's footprints.

Entering the house, they saw the child's bed.

This bed should have been slept in by someone who lived here before. The quilt on it is quite thick, but very dirty.

But it’s good to have a quilt. Otherwise, this winter is so cold, the child might freeze to death here and no one would find him.

Besides, no one is lighting charcoal fires here, and my feet become stiff from the cold after standing for a while.

Everyone felt it was too cold and all eyes were on the child in front of them.

The clothes he wore were very small, a cotton-padded jacket of an indecipherable color, and on his feet were summer shoes.

Without a nanny to take care of him, no one even prepared winter shoes for him.

Their furry boots were frozen stiff, so you can imagine how cold the child was.

Yes, his lips were trembling from the cold.

"This... this is where I live... Can you please... not tell anyone else, otherwise... otherwise the emperor will chop off my head..."

He pursed his lips and his voice became tearful.

The young prince: "His Majesty will not chop off your head. His Majesty is very good."

"But...but Mammy said that the Emperor is very scary. He used to be very mean to Mother..."

The little prince frowned. If he said that, then the emperor he was talking about should be the late emperor, right? His mother... is a concubine?

The little prince looked him up and down. This little kid...could he be...one of his uncles?

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