In less than two months, his father was still as handsome and extraordinary as before, like a tall green pine, or even more like a majestic jade mountain. Since childhood, he had always been a ray of light in his heart.
Ah Man watched her father slowly approaching. Looking at his tired face, her heart couldn't help but feel even more sad.
In just two months, the emperor had become thinner, and his eyes looked tired. When he looked at her, he narrowed his eyes, then closed them. When he opened them again, his eyes were full of disgust.
The moment she saw his expression, Ah Man's heart ached, but she still mustered up her courage, walked up to him, bowed, and called out, "Father."
It was a long-lost name, a long-lost shout, but when Ah Man called out this name again, his voice was trembling.
Without waiting for her father's response, Ah Man looked up at the man in front of her who made her feel mixed emotions.
She had to admit that she was resentful, but beyond that, she felt more pain and bitterness in her heart.
"You left the palace without permission and now you are back. You should accept your punishment. Go back to your own palace, stay under house arrest, and reflect on your mistakes."
The cold voice, without any warmth of reunion after a long separation, was like a cold wind with a knife, cutting Ah Man's heart wantonly.
She had thought about such an outcome, but when this outcome was really presented to her so ruthlessly, she still felt heartbroken. She had overestimated her ability to bear it.
"Father, don't you want to ask where your daughter has been and what adventures she has had during this period? Doesn't your father miss his daughter?"
"It seems that I have spoiled you too much. Not only did you block my way at this time, but you also came to question me. Come, take Princess Jiaoyang back to her palace. You are not allowed to leave without my order."
"Father." Ah Man wanted to speak again, but her father had already raised his hand, signaling the guards behind him to take her away.
Ah Man struggled hard, but it was of no use. He could only watch his father hurried away, getting farther and farther away, leaving only a strange and indifferent back to him.
Ah Man was eventually confined to the Canyang Palace by her father. The palace was still the same as when she left. It was carefully decorated by her mother. Her mother said that this was her warmest home. But at this time, this home no longer had the warmth she was attached to. Her relatives were also...
All the people who had taken care of her in the palace were there. When they saw her come in, their originally depressed faces were filled with smiles. They all knelt down to pay their respects. After Ah Man signaled them to stand up, she let them leave, leaving only her personal maid Lian Huan.
"Tell me, what happened in the palace? The queen mother passed away. Where are your mother and Aunt Huanyan?"
Few people know that Aunt Jin who is beside the Queen Mother is Lian Huan's biological mother, and Ah Man was in Fengyang Palace most of the night yesterday and was unable to see the Queen Mother's personal maid.
"Princess, my mother and her family are all dead." Lian Huan's tears began to fall as she listened to Ah Man talking about her mother.
There had been a lot of unrest in the uterus these days, and she hadn't even dared to cry out loud. Now that the princess had returned and asked her about her sorrow, she couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.
Ah Man felt a pain in her heart again, and tears fell uncontrollably. She should have thought of it earlier. The aunts around her mother had watched her grow up and were loyal to her mother. If they were alive, they would surely welcome her with joy when she returned. If her mother passed away, they would surely stay in the mourning hall.
She should have thought of it long ago, but she thought too kindly of the harem. She underestimated her father's indifference and the viciousness of the women in the harem.
Her mother, the Queen Mother, and Aunt Jin and Aunt Huanyan, who loved her, were all gone.
It turned out that in just two months, all the people in this palace who could give her warmth had completely left her life.
(End of this chapter)