Chapter 129: Verbal Duel

The third prince gulped and took a deep breath before telling the emperor what Ji Bo had told him to say, “This son knows that Royal Father would be unhappy with this request. However, the empress treated me with kindness when I was young. She taught me how to be someone who can shoulder some of Royal Father’s burdens. Now that she is grounded in the Cold Palace. It would be disgraceful of me to cut our ties completely.”

He squeezed two drops of tears out of his eyes. The emperor frowned. The third prince’s mother had always been prone to disease. When the prince was little, she almost died of an illness. At the time, the empress used to let the prince stay at her palace. The prince therefore saw the empress as another mother.

The emperor sighed. “Since you care about her so much, you can go. But don’t stay too long. The Cold Palace isn’t a place for someone like you to be.”

“Thank you, Royal Father.” The third prince couldn’t suppress his smile. He bowed before the emperor and made his way to the Cold Palace.

He knew the Cold Palace was supposed to be a desolate...