After the divorce, I pursued the Ninth Prince 100 times.

"Since you like her too, then we are in love with each other."

“Shen Nanxing dared to say she wanted to marry you in front of the entire court. Even the Emperor has given his approval, saying that if you are willing to marry her, he will order Prince Jing to give her a letter of divorce and then bestow a marriage upon you and her!”

"She is such a brave woman, why don't you try harder?"

Xie Heng blurted out everything he wanted to say, then raised his head and looked directly at Fu Jiuli, a look of disappointment on his face.

You clearly like someone, but you neither take the initiative nor make any effort, and you don't even dare to admit it!

If it weren't for the fact that he saved his life eight years ago, he wouldn't have bothered with him at all!

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Eight years ago.

The day his mother was pulled out of the dry well was the first time Xie Heng had ever sneaked out of the Cold Palace.

He secretly hid a dagger in his sleeve. He wanted to kill the queen and avenge his mother!

The mother was originally the emperor's most beloved concubine, but she was falsely accused of having an affair with another man and was banished to the cold palace by the emperor.

He was born in the Cold Palace. His mother never allowed him to leave the Cold Palace. Whenever someone came to see his mother, she would secretly hide him in a dilapidated cabinet in the corner.

There was a narrow crack in the broken cabinet, and he would peek through that crack every time.

As time went on, he learned that the elegantly dressed and beautiful woman who came to see his mother every time was his father's empress.

She always boasted to her mother, bragging about how many times her father visited her in a month, and how she had given birth to a daughter for her father. Her father did not despise her, but instead treated her like a treasure and cherished her.

Or if the emperor got something good and gave it to her, she would take it to the cold palace to show her mother, and even talk about what happened in bed, how the emperor moved on her, how fascinated he was with her body, and how gentle he was to her...

After boasting, they'd start mocking the mother, saying the father had never loved her. "Look," they'd say, "the father has banished the mother to the cold palace for so long, has he even once visited her? He must have completely forgotten about her..."

At first, the mother would argue and curse at the woman, but as time went on, she would just watch coldly and remain silent.

But after that woman left, the mother would curl up on the ground, hug her legs, bury her head in her knees, and silently shed tears.

I always forget to take him out of the broken closet.

Not wanting to disturb his mother, he struggled to climb up, his small frame straining to reach the top, only to fall to the ground with a thud, covered in dirt.

It was often at this time that his mother would remember she had a son. She would quickly wipe away her tears, hold him in her arms, and ask him with concern where he had hurt himself. He would point to the spot with his finger, and his mother would gently rub it for him, and the pain would subside after she rubbed it.

Life went on peacefully like this. Apart from that wicked woman occasionally irritating the mother, the mother and son lived a pretty good life. Although they lacked food and clothing, they were able to fill their stomachs.

Because of his obedience, the abandoned concubines in the Cold Palace, just like his mother, as well as the old eunuchs and nannies, all treated him very well. Occasionally, when they got something delicious, they would specially save some for him.

Until that day.

He woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't see his mother. He was inexplicably panicked. He searched the entire Cold Palace barefoot, carrying an oil lamp, but still couldn't find his mother.

The little child couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.

It woke up everyone in the cold palace.

The eunuchs and nannies in the cold palace were driven to desperation by his crying, so they had no choice but to search for him overnight. However, as dawn broke, their expressions grew increasingly grim.

Finally, they pulled the person out of the dry well in the courtyard.

His face was deathly pale, and he had already stopped breathing.

The sky fell down on the little boy immediately.

She was forced to stay in the room with her mouth covered by the nanny, and watched helplessly as two guards arrived at the Cold Palace. They wrapped her mother in a tattered straw mat and carried her away.

Their actions were so brutal, as if it were not a person, but an animal!

He struggled with all his might, but could not break free from the old woman's grasp.

The old woman was extremely strong and wouldn't let go no matter how much he punched and kicked her, until the guards had gone far away before she finally released him.

He chased after her as fast as he could, but he couldn't find his mother anywhere...

The nanny said that his mother had offended someone, and there was nothing that could be done about it. She also told him not to think about finding out who had harmed his mother, and even less to think about seeking revenge.

The most important thing is for him to live well in the cold palace. What his mother wanted most was for him to grow up safely.

But he no longer has a mother...

What's the point of him living?

If his mother truly wants him to grow up safely, then she should come and tell him herself! If she cannot come in person, then he will not believe her.

After several outbursts of crying and screaming, and several fainting spells...

one night.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one in the Cold Palace was paying attention, he secretly hid a dagger he had stolen from an old eunuch and stepped out of the dilapidated gates of the Cold Palace for the first time.

In this world, there is only one person who has a grudge against my mother.

She not only caused her mother to be banished to the Cold Palace, but also took her mother's life, and now she wants to act as if nothing happened and continue being the Empress...

Where in the world can you find something so cheap?

Even if it costs him his life, he will kill that woman to avenge his mother!

The little boy clutched the dagger in his arms tightly, dodging the guards who patrolled at night. Relying on the palace map his mother had shown him in his memory, he finally found the Phoenix Palace where the Empress lived.

Even at night, the gate was heavily guarded. He walked around Fengming Palace for a long time before finally finding a small hole in a corner of the wall, big enough for him to crawl through.

He excitedly lay down and crawled in using both hands and feet. The hole was quite spacious, and he crawled in without much effort.

But after climbing in, before he could even stand up, he looked up and met a pair of huge, bell-like dog eyes!