In the huge East Palace, only father and son are facing each other.
For some reason, the young prince has been a little afraid of his father these days. He always feels that his father has a deep face, and he no longer has the kindness and smiles all day long as he used to be. And he himself is not as good as before.
My father ran to hug him and kiss him and acted coquettishly.
In my memory, it seems that since this summer, I have rarely been holding my father and acting coquettishly. Moreover, people have expressed their fate every day: You are the prince, so you must be careful!
Children don’t understand why the prince cannot feel the warmth of fatherly love like before?
He lowered his head and timidly: "Father, Hong'er is going back."
The child was the most sensitive. Emperor Hongwen saw his son's timidity and held his hand with a smile: "Hong'er, why are you unhappy?"
The child still lowered his head: "Father, I think... you don't like Hong'er so much..."
Emperor Hongwen was shocked: "Hong'er, why do you say that?"
"The father hasn't laughed for a long time, and he doesn't hug Hong'er, tells stories to Hong'er, and doesn't eat with Hong'er... Father, do you no longer like Hong'er?..."
Emperor Hongwen hugged him, feeling heartbroken: "Hong'er, you have always been the father's treasure, and you have been... The father only likes you, and always likes you alone, do you know?
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The child's eyes lit up and he hugged his father's neck, as if he understood that, as before, no matter what he wanted, the father would agree.
"Hong'er, do you like the Grand Tutor and the others' lectures?"
"No! Hong'er doesn't like it at all... Father, Hong'er doesn't want them to teach..."
"Then who do you like to teach you?"
"Empress Dowager! I only like the Empress Dowager. Only the empress dowager's words are interesting..." He raised his head and looked at his father with a longing, "Father, in the future, Hong'er will still need the empress dowager to teach, okay?"
Emperor Hongwen did not make any noise.
The child's face was even more urgent: "Father... Why don't you like the Queen Mother?"