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Lili had never mentioned any of this. She had just been waiting outside the palace walls for Third Prince, who was young and sensible and would often bring food and supplies to Lili. He even clumsily helped Lili build a small grass hut that was only half the height of a person, named Linhan Palace, and promised Lili that in the future, he would build her a personal palace.

At that time, Lin Yue's body was maimed everywhere. Every time the sky cleared after a rain, her body would emit a terrible stench. She always hid from Third Prince, and threw him the grass grasshopper she weaved in the distance. Third Prince picked it up and threw himself beside Lin Yue, leaning on her leg and singing nursery rhymes.

Every time this happened, Lin Yue's dark eyes would have a tear or two in them. She never told Third Prince who she was, nor did she tell him what had happened to her. She just kept telling him to listen to mother. Lin Yue would also secretly call Third Prince by his breast name, calling him Xi'er.

Mu Xueshi, Mu Lin Xi - the snow is gone, the dawn is about to arrive. It was an agreement made by Grand Preceptor Mu and Lin Yue before Third Prince and Mu Xueshi were born.

During that time, Third Prince went around looking for herbs to treat Lin Yue's injuries. However, he was afraid that she might be discovered later on, so he stayed in Mu Yan to plant some strange plants. He said that he wanted to develop a kind of flower. Smelling the fragrance of the flower from a hundred li away would make a person completely recover from their illness. That way, even if he could not step out of the courtyard, he could still help treat his mother's pain.

Imperial Consort Mu had been busy with trifling matters in the palace, so she didn't pay much attention to Third Prince. When she found out Third Prince's whereabouts, she realized that the situation wasn't good. Lin Yue did not die, Third Prince's life mystery will become the hidden danger in the future.

Third Prince clearly remembered how he watched those soldiers kill her mother with one slash, and how he sent her to Imperial Consort Mu's torture chamber to investigate.

Imperial Consort Mu was young and angry, and she was ruthless. Not only had she killed Lin Yue, but she had also sliced her bones and made soup for her servants who didn't know what was going on. Because at that time, there was a popular rumor among the people: When one was alive, they would be chopped to pieces, and their souls would be scattered. They would never be able to reincarnate.

The first time Third Prince had a hearty laugh in front of Imperial Consort Mu, he had personally witnessed the servants tasting the dishes with relish before kneeling down and kowtowing to Imperial Consort Mu for her reward. Imperial Consort Mu remembered Third Prince's expression at that time. The eyes of a child a few years old were sinister to the point that it shocked her.

Since then, Imperial Consort Mu treated Third Prince like her own son, and her initial attitude toward him was very different. She felt that the child's heart wouldn't remember those memories, not to mention that Third Prince wasn't even four years old at the time. As long as she cared for Third Prince in the future, he would definitely forget about her unhappiness.

However, when Third Prince was five years old, he found the subordinates that crippled Lin Yue in the wilderness one by one and brought them to the wilderness. It took Mad Dog and Wild Beast three days and three nights to kill them.

He built his Linhan Palace at the age of seven, and brought the servants who had peeped and leaked to him and his mother's private meeting to the palace. Countless dirt was stuffed into the eyes of those who peeped. Within a few days, their bodies were festering due to eye infections. They were placed on the back of the mountain before they could breathe and were corroded by insects. As for those who leaked information, their teeth were pulled out one by one, forcing them to continuously swallow animal feces, and eventually dying from vomiting.

When he was eleven, he moved into Qinyi Courtyard. Third Prince brought along the servants who had eaten the soup. He first ordered the servants to consume the medicinal pills, and then he tied them together to a row of metal racks, and unceasingly built a fire beneath them to roast the pills. He then started with his toes and fingers. He then used a sharp knife to dig a small hole through the bone and pulled it out. Due to the effects of the pill, the servants were still breathing when the last bone was pulled out.

The masterminds who had persecuted Lin Yue, Mu Wan'er, Imperial Consort Mu, Grand Preceptor Mu, and Mu Xueshi, were all listed on Third Prince's slowly torturing list. Grand Preceptor Mu's death was a blessing from heaven, but those who let Grand Preceptor Mu die would not be able to live with a smile on their faces. Imperial Consort Mu had been tormented, and Third Prince, on account of him calling mother so many times, let her go.

"If you like it, please leave more footprints behind. I look forward to your suggestions!"