Although he is the eldest prince of the emperor, Ning Yurong has always been low-key.
Maybe it's because he's sick, or maybe he doesn't want to struggle, anyway, he's very quiet.
Of course, I had some troubles in the past, but I was young at that time and was deliberately guided by others, so I did a lot of foolish things.
Fortunately, I was young and was able to straighten it even if it became crooked, so I didn’t ruin my life.
Ever since he could remember, he had been taking medicine all the time. At that time, he still had a mother, who was the favored Concubine Wende.
But because he was sick, Princess Wende always saw him with a frown on his face and never smiled.
Later, Concubine Wende wanted to have a healthy child, so she ignored him even more and left him entirely to be raised by the wet nurses and servants.
He didn't know these things. What could a baby in swaddling clothes remember? These were all told to him by the people around the Queen Mother.
At that time, he was taken in by the Queen Mother to be educated, and he lived a happy life there.
It is true that the Queen Mother did not know how to raise a child. She just spoiled him blindly, causing him to have a perverse personality, but this does not mean that the Queen Mother was not sincere to him.
In fact, the Queen Mother devoted too much love to the only child she had ever raised.
Because of this love, his father felt that he had been raised in the wrong way, so he took him out of the Empress Dowager's palace and gave him to Concubine Hui to raise.
At that time, he didn't like Concubine Hui, and he disliked his younger sister, the Second Princess, even more.
Maybe it's out of jealousy.
He always wondered why they could be together as mother and daughter, while he himself had no mother and could not be with the Empress Dowager.
So under the instigation of his servants, he pushed down the second princess, injured Concubine Hui, and finally escaped from here.
I thought my father would send him back to the Cining Palace, but I didn't expect him to go to a new place, this time it was the Fengqi Palace.
The Queen was to be his new mother.
The Queen Mother had no children of her own and treated him with great tenderness and consideration. At that time, he thought, how wonderful it would be like this.
But the good times did not last long. The queen committed a serious crime and it was discovered that she had drugged him.
Although I was not very old at that time, I could still understand what the servants said.
He knew that he was abandoned again.
This time, the person who took him away was Wan Xiuyi.
The wet nurse told him that Wan Xiuyi had no children of her own and would never have any in the future, and that he would be Wan Xiuyi's only child in the future, and they would stay together as mother and son.
In fact, he no longer wants to trust anyone. How ridiculous and pathetic.
A child of six or seven years old has already lost trust in everyone.
But he was still a child after all, and Wan Xiuyi's meticulous care made him let go of his grudges.
He calls Wan Xiuyi Niang, just like a real mother and son.
This was the longest period of happiness we had ever experienced, lasting for more than a year.
But in the end, it was all shattered. Wan Xiuyi could not escape the curse of greed and was willing to let him die of illness just to be able to raise other healthy children.
That time, he survived a near-death experience.
After waking up, he moved into Ruyi Pavilion. From then on, he no longer needed anyone to be his mother. His father appointed Aunt Liangyu to take care of his daily life.
It's funny that Aunt Liangyu, who was the least likely to be his mother, turned out to be the most like his mother.
It was also because of Aunt Liangyu's warmth that he did not completely lose faith in this world.
The only reason why there has been no improvement is that his body has been weak since he came out of the womb.
His condition wouldn't have been this bad originally, but because he was involved in the harem struggles, he suffered a lot of innocent crimes. It is impossible to recover completely.
It was also because of this that they were unable to have children for many years after their marriage.
Although it is not that one is too weak to have sex, it is still somewhat affected.
When he was 28 years old, one of his concubines finally became pregnant.
This was his first child, so he naturally cherished him very much.
And this concubine, Li, was always gentle and humble, which was very much to his liking, so he immediately asked for an imperial decree to make Li a concubine.
However, he did not expect that because of this action, his wife Cui, who he usually thought was virtuous and generous, would develop murderous intentions towards Li.
As the legitimate wife, Cui could not tolerate someone giving birth to a child before her, especially since the eldest prince was frail and sickly, and the child in Li's belly might be the eldest prince's only child.
The mother is poor but the son is noble. With this child, Li will sooner or later become the overlord of her.
The worry grew more and more serious, and finally one day when Li went to the garden to appreciate the flowers, she fell and had a miscarriage.
Upon hearing that Li had miscarried, the first thought that flashed through the eldest prince's mind was that someone was behind it.
It's no wonder that he is so suspicious, because he has experienced all these secret plots himself.
So he immediately ordered his trusted confidants to secretly investigate the matter thoroughly, from his wife Cui to the most insignificant concubine in the mansion, no one was spared.
When I went to see Mrs. Li, she cried so hard that she almost fainted.
Li had always been the most law-abiding person and had never overstepped the boundaries, but this time she threw herself into the eldest prince's arms and begged him to make the decision for her.
Cui came rushing over, also with red eyes and tears.
"My dear sister, this is not your fault. It's all the fault of the servants. The baby is not even three months old yet, why are you going out to visit the garden? Come, drag out all the people around Concubine Li and give them fifty lashes. If they don't serve the master well, there's no need to keep them. Send them away and I'll pick two more who can serve."
Li was feeling dizzy at the moment and didn't think about it carefully, but the eldest prince looked at Cui with a colder look.
"The palace has already seen blood, so don't do anything violent. Moreover, Concubine Li has a miscarriage and is in danger. She needs someone familiar to take care of her. The two personal servants will be punished after Concubine Li recovers. The others will be beaten with 20 boards and fined three months' salary."
Cui was stunned for a moment, his eyes flickering slightly.
"Your Highness is thoughtful, but I am confused because of my concern."
The eldest prince noticed her unnatural behavior, but he did not show any anger at the moment and just sent the person away.
Li cried for a while and then fell asleep due to exhaustion. The eldest prince then covered her with a quilt and came out.
That day, a housekeeper was assigned from the front yard to Li's courtyard to take care of her.
The eldest prince had never shown excessive favoritism towards any one of them in the past, so his actions now were very eye-catching.
The balance in the backyard was broken, and Cui felt even more uncomfortable.
Therefore, getting rid of the child is not enough, but what is more important is to get rid of Li himself.
But what she didn't expect was that before she could make any move, two days later, a stack of confession records and two servants who swept the garden were thrown into the main courtyard.
Cui's face turned pale, because these two people were the ones she bribed to murder Li.
Liang Yu looked at the woman in front of him and spoke indifferently.
"Your Highness has said that we have caught the perpetrator red-handed. There is no need for the princess to make excuses. Your Highness has suffered a lot in his childhood and cannot tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes. The hatred of killing a child is irreconcilable. The fate of this couple has ended. Prince, please stay in the main courtyard. Your Highness has already entered the palace to request an imperial decree. You should pack up your things and leave when the imperial decree arrives."