The fifth prince looked alike the Empress the most among the five princes. His gorgeous face was like that of the Empress’ face – one of the first-cla.s.s exquisite beauty and flawless skin.

Many people said that if the fifth prince was born a woman, she’d be a beautiful princess with an unequaled beauty like the Empress.

But Yan Bi was a man.

He had a handsome face but his temperament was too feminine like his mother.

On the contrary, Prince Yan Yan was undoubtedly handsome with a good heart.

Compared with the five princes, Prince Yan Yan was the most handsome.

Prince Yan Yan was sitting together with the two princes. For them, the past didn’t matter, but Yan Yan would always give them a refined temperament.

When Yan Yan was about to say something, his look suddenly changed.

He coughed a few times with his hand concealing his lips and became pale.

Yan Yan Softly said then, “I’m sorry to disappoint you, my elder brother. But suddenly, I felt that my body can’t afford to hunt today because I’m not feeling well.” And then he coughed two more times.

In fact, Prince Yan Chen (fourth prince) was not happy to see nor be with them, and was also disappointed. For him, Yan Yan didn’t think well.

Prince Yan Chen swept over his one eye, his nose hummed lightly, and left. He was then followed by the three princes.

By the time everyone left, the smile on Yan Yan’s face slowly closed.

He closed his books and slowly stood up and walked alone towards the Cornelle Palace.

While he was walking on the road, people flushed when they saw Prince Yan Yan walking towards the Palace. He met some workers in the Yushu Garden. They admired him for having good manners but also felt in their hearts some regrets because the whole palace knew that Yan Yan had a weak body before he moved in the Corelle Palace, that he was strictly on diet every day due to the condition of his body.

Many people sighed their hearts knowing that the Prince had a poor body when his future was basically already set.

Even Emperor Hinode needed to take extra care of Yan Yan because of his body condition.

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Yan Yan slowly walked forward, with a smile on the face that never reached the eyes.

He felt weaker than before.

And no thanks to the Empress for “caring” for him for many years.

The Empress was really a mean woman. She commanded people to send over some things to Prince Yan Yan. But looking at that, it was impossible to have any problems because the Empress seemed to take good care of him where in fact, she was not.

After all, Zhong Qing was not stupid.

There was pot of flowers a few months ago, perhaps together with the spices then being sent, was a lethal poison.

If not for Zhong Qing, Yan Yan will suffer more.

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Yan Yan was thinking about the woman who stayed with him in the Cornelle Palace. His eyes suddenly flashed into a soft color.

He can’t wait to see her.

Cornelle Palace was very quiet because Yan Yan did not like noise.

Yan Yan also commanded that everyone was not allowed to come in except when they need to or it was his father’s order.

“Sister Peony.”

As soon as she turned back, she was cuddled in full arms of Yan Yan.

She could not help but feel helpless. Since that child’s impotence in front of her five years ago, he grew closer and closer to her.

This embrace meant quite a lot.

When Yan Yan was only a little kid, Zhong Qing was very willing to cultivate a little affection with the boy. But years already pa.s.sed and Yan Yan was getting older and bigger …

Zhong Qing felt a little bit worried, not only that Yan Yan grew taller than her, but Yan Yan seemed too dependent on her.