Peony, The Flower Fairy
Yan Yan's expression shifted abruptly.
Before, there was a bit of numbness but he suddenly became angry - an anger with a hint of enduring the sadness and pain.
He suddenly shouted to Xianfei saying, “You don’t lie to me! I am the father’s son! This is a fact that no one can ever change! Even if … “
His voice suddenly became weak, “Even if the father … Don’t like me as his son but he has always been the father that I loved and respected, and longed for."
Emperor Hinode just came with his assistant and guards and heard what Yan Yan said.
He looked and move towards them.
Not far from the scene, he waved to stop
the Big Eunuch who was ready to make a move towards him.
"I heard voices while I am walking. It seems like there are people arguing. What is happening?" Emperor Hinode said.
One of them, he saw clearly, was his son Xianfei, followed by two small eunuchs and a little kid who was just unfamiliar to him.
His gaze suddenly paused.
"He looks familiar but I cannot remember who this kid is." Emperor Hinode thought.
He felt like he knew the little kid, but there were only remnants left in his memory.
“Wang?"
Emperor Hinode looked and asked his assistant, “Wang De? Is this my second child?"
Wang De was Yan Yan's nickname when he was still young and a Prince.
He already remembered; if not also for the words of Yan Yan which he heard a while
while ago, “I am the father’s son.”, and without long glancing, it will be difficult to remember who the little kid in front of him was.
But now that the emperor mentioned it, the Emperor's assistant took a careful look at them, and then bowed back, “The Emperor and the little boy are look alike."
Emperor Hinode looked at the small, thin figure, wearing old green clothes, his face angry and looking fiercely at him, but seemed to be weak surrounded by the tall eunuchs.
"How old is Wang,
is Wang, your majesty?"
"I believe, 10." Emperor Hinode said.
"10 years old? Why does he still look so small!"
Seeing how the Emperor's looked at him, Yan Yan clearly understood that his father has a rare compassion between them.
The Emperor had some regrets seeing Yan Yan, but in his heart, he knew that his second child was a good fortune for the palace in the future. But then he was afraid to have him in the place.
The assistant whispered to Emperor Hinode, “Your majesty, do you want to go out with Wang?”
Emperor Hinode just waved his hand and walked away followed by his assistant and the guards.
He would like to hear privately what happened to his second child's life.
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Yan Yan, at that time, was completely clueless of what was in his father's mind his father's mind while looking at him.
Remembering Yan Yan’s words, Xianfei sneered, “Father? Is that the father you are talking to? You little bastard! Obviously, the father has already forgotten you, little bastard!"
He laughed and looked at Yan Yan biting his lips; his face was red, seemed disappointed, and didn't know what to do after what happened.
“Blame your stupid mother! If she has been a good queen, you will not be here!”
Yan Yan looked at him coldly.
“Accept the reality, Yan Yan. You are not a noble Prince anymore."
“And you will stay in this place forever, like a humble eunuch. And under my hand, I can trample you under your feet. Even if you die here today, no one will know!” He added and smiled maliciously.