Father, Mother.
The Imperial Palace was once his home.
Chu Xijin's gaze was locked onto the rapidly passing buildings of the Imperial Palace, as if he was pulled back to Daqi in an instant.
Father's gaze at him always seemed as if he were something dirty, often saying to him, "My young prince truly has an impressive bearing, excellent in martial arts, superb in literary skills, but you don't look like a member of the Chu Family, do you think so, Crown Prince?"
At such times, he would be terrified, afraid that Father detested the Xiao Family and himself, and could only reply, "Father, all the elders are of noble countenance, I am still young, it is naturally difficult to resemble."
Father would give him a look that was neither a smile nor a scowl.
Then he would call his siblings and grant them rewards, leaving out him, the Crown Prince.
The Imperial Tutor once said, "This is how Your Majesty tempers the Crown Prince."
