Meanwhile, go to the study.

It was dismissal time, and a group of half-grown children dispersed after their teacher left. The Sixth Prince, Xiao Yuzhi, waited until everyone had left before quietly gathering his brush, ink, paper, and inkstone and leaving.

He took a small road that was rarely traveled, because there were people waiting for him on the main road leading to the prince's residence every day. If he met them there, he would inevitably be bullied again.

Ever since his mother suddenly fell ill a year ago, Xiao Yuzhi was settled in the prince's residence, living and eating with the other princes. He went from being the most favored son of heaven to a nobody who was ignored by everyone.

All the royal brothers and the children of the aristocratic families who had flattered and fawned over him before, began to bully Xiao Yuzhi when they saw that he had lost the protection of his mother.

Things like stealing his things, tearing up the homework assigned by the tutor, putting dead mice in his drawer, and putting mouse droppings in his food were common occurrences.

At first, Xiao Yuzhi would try to resist or complain to the teacher, but he found that it was not only useless, but it also aroused the hunting mentality of the prince and the fifth brother.

Every time Xiao Yuzhi was bullied by the prince and his men, the more miserable he screamed, the more excited they would become. So later on, Xiao Yuzhi learned to endure and lie dormant.

He once secretly asked his father to let him enter the Pepper Room to see his mother, but his father refused on the grounds of avoiding contracting a serious disease.

Later, he heard from a palace maid that his mother was not seriously ill, but was demoted to the cold palace by his father and was about to die. In desperation, Xiao Yuzhi asked the palace maid to take him to see his mother. As a result, the palace maid took him to a palace and said that his mother was inside.

Xiao Yuzhi didn't know the situation, so he rushed into the palace with an anxious look on his face, shouting "Mother".

It turned out that the emperor had taken off all his clothes and was fighting with a concubine on the bed. When the concubine saw Xiao Yuzhi breaking in, she screamed in horror and hid in the emperor's arms, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"Asshole! Who asked you to come in?"

Along with his father's angry roar, a teacup suddenly flew in the air and hit Xiao Yuzhi unexpectedly. Xiao Yuzhi was unable to dodge and was hit on the forehead.

By the time he reacted, his father's personal eunuch, Eunuch Su, had already rushed in with two eunuchs and quickly took Xiao Yuzhi away.

Afterwards, Xiao Yuzhi never saw his father again. What was waiting for him was an oral order to send him to the prince's residence and not to see him without the emperor's order.

In the blink of an eye, he had already been here for a year. Not having enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear, and being bullied by the prince and others every day had become a normal thing.

Today, Xiao Yuzhi thought he could escape by taking this path, but unexpectedly, when he just came out of the alley, he saw the Crown Prince Xiao Yuche, and behind him stood the Fifth Prince Xiao Yun, as well as several other children of royal families.

He looked as if he was ready for battle.

"Your Highness, look, I told you, this kid will definitely pass by here today." The speaker was Yun Chang'an, the grandson of Duke Rong, who looked to be about eight or nine years old. He always followed the orders of Crown Prince Xiao Yuche and was a well-known follower of the Crown Prince.

The young prince nodded with satisfaction and praised Yun Changan, "Not bad. You won't have to do the homework for me today."

"Thank you, Prince." Yun Chang'an was delighted to hear this and expressed his gratitude hurriedly.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuzhi knew that he was bound to be bullied again. He clenched his fists tightly, stared at the prince and others with a stubborn look, and asked:

"This place is very close to the Emperor's study. Aren't you afraid that the Emperor's guards will find you and punish you for murdering your siblings?"

Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Xiao Yuche looked at each other with his companions, then burst into laughter and imitated Xiao Yuzhi's tone.

"Hahahaha... I'm so scared. He said he was afraid of being discovered by the Emperor, haha..."

The children laughed together instantly, not taking Xiao Yuzhi's words to heart at all.

"Fool, don't you know that the Emperor is currently enjoying the flowers in the Imperial Garden with Concubine Liang? Even if you scream your throat out, no one will come to save you."

After Xiao Yuche finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly remember something and continued, "I have heard that since you interrupted the good fortune of the emperor and Concubine Liang a year ago, Concubine Liang has not been able to sleep with him for nearly a year. This time, she is finally pregnant with the little prince. If you disturb Concubine Liang again and hurt the heir, will the emperor chop off your head in a rage?"

Although Xiao Yuche is not very old, only nine years old, he has been raised by Empress Guo since he was a child. He is well versed in all the secrets of the palace and is a completely vicious child.

Since he was a child, Queen Guo had warned him who would be his helper and who would be his obstacle in the palace, and she told him many cases of patricide, fratricide, and murder of siblings.

Therefore, Xiao Yuche regarded Xiao Yuzhi as his enemy since he was a child. Because it was after Concubine Wan entered the palace and gave birth to Xiao Yuzhi that he and his mother gradually lost the favor of his father.

Now, the Queen Mother has finally overthrown Concubine Wan, so how can she tolerate Xiao Yuzhi continuing to live in this world?

But he couldn't just have someone kill Xiao Yuzhi, so he could only torture him every day, isolate him with a group of brothers, and bully him, so that he would recognize his own identity and never covet things that did not belong to him.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the Sixth Prince Xiao Yuzhi's momentum instantly weakened, as if he had been hit on the head by someone.

Xiao Yuche was very satisfied with this.

He liked to admire the enemy's helpless look, as if they wanted to kill him, and it felt like the blood in his body was boiling.

He raised his hand, and two young eunuchs immediately came forward behind him. One of them was holding a pot in his hand, which emitted a foul odor.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yuche's vicious voice was heard from the side.

"It's still early today, you can play with him for a while longer. Sixth brother, you must enjoy yourself and don't let me down."

As he finished speaking, several young men from aristocratic families behind him cheered excitedly, some even looking expectant.

At this time, one of the eunuchs standing behind Xiao Yuzhi suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed him hard. Xiao Yuzhi staggered, lost his balance, and immediately fell face down on the ground.

Then, the eunuch sat on him, grabbed Xiao Yuzhi's hair with both hands, forced him to look up, and said with a wicked grin:

"Your Highness is in luck today. This is fresh horse urine that Little Li just brought from the stable. Look, it's still steaming hot. Let's drink it while it's hot. If it gets cold, it would ruin the Crown Prince's kindness."

After the eunuch finished speaking, he exerted force with his hands, forcing Xiao Yuzhi to look up, but his mouth refused to open, and his head was still shaking and struggling.

At this moment, another eunuch suddenly found a branch from nowhere and roughly stuffed it into his mouth. Then, he poured water from the kettle over Xiao Yuzhi's head. The steaming horse urine flowed down his head, forehead, and all over his face.

Poor Xiao Yuzi, like a dying prey, was pinned down by two eunuchs and unable to move. Despair and anger filled his whole body, but he was powerless to do anything.

"woo woo woo woo……"

He let out low growls and roars like a wild beast, his eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on his neck bulged as if they would explode at any time.

At this moment, everything around him seemed to become quiet, and a series of enlarged, mocking faces flashed before his eyes.

He was filled with rage, grief, despair, and all kinds of emotions. The child, who was only six years old, saw his pupils about to shatter.

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