Yuan Ming closed his eyes and said wearily, "no matter what the outcome is, I'll just take it all as it is."

He sat in a chair with his forehead in one hand and the table in the other. The afternoon sun seemed to be chopped up and fell on a white suit through the leaves, reflecting patches of light and shadow.

His face is hidden in this light and shadow, bright and dark, false and real, which makes people confused.

——

After talking with the third prince that day, Yuan Ming tried to propose marriage. But in broad daylight, just halfway through the chariot, he met an assassin sent by the fourth prince. The third prince and Yuan Ming didn't expect the fourth prince to be so reckless. Yuan Ming was caught by a poisonous arrow and tired for many days... He fell ill completely.

The third prince asked the imperial doctor to cure his injury. He also invited the wandering Abbot to see his heart disease for him. He was busy every day. Even his "confidant" national teachers had little contact.

The wandering Abbot looked for a long time and said, "everything has its own fate. I can't help". Then he slipped away. Only the third prince stayed by Yuanming's bed and sighed.

"What's the matter with you? You've been absent-minded in the morning these days," the national master looked worried and found the third prince. "Now it's the key time to try to seize the seat of the East Palace, you..."

The national master turned his head and looked at the person lying on the bed, lowered his eyebrows and said, "you must not ignore the great cause for your own personal affairs."

"Yuan Ming and I have known each other since we were young. On that day, I went to Xie's house as a guest. I accidentally found that he was being bullied by his common brother. I couldn't bear to help him once, and we got to know each other," the third prince paced to the window and said to himself. "I still remember his eyes when I first saw him - fierce, violent, as if sealed with an ancient fierce beast."

"... others say that Xie Mingyuan, a scholar of the Xie family, is a model of talents in the world," the national master went to the third prince and whispered, "it's rare that he can bear humiliation and bear heavy burdens since he was a child and hide his true face for so many years."

"Hide his face?" the third prince suddenly shook his head and smiled. "He was just a child. He didn't even have anyone to trust. Of course, no one taught him how to live. How could he know his hide face?"

The third prince looked out of the window and looked indifferent. "He only knew that when facing his father and grandfather, his innocent and lovely appearance could get more attention, but the suffering in life had long erased his due innocence. Under such contradiction, he subconsciously divided his soul into two, half with childlike frankness, and half suffering through the vicissitudes of life."

"Everyone thinks that Xie Mingyuan is already a rare talent in the world, but who knows that Yuan Ming is a once-in-a-century talent?"

The national master looked at the third prince in silence. For a long time, he patted him on the shoulder. "If it's a psychosis, I may have a way to try."

——

After Wen Xiao heard about Xie Mingyuan's injury, he wanted to visit him for the first time, but Tao stopped him.

"You haven't been engaged yet. What's your identity to visit him? Especially now the emperor is staring at chaotang. The actions of the Wen family against the crown prince have made the emperor suspicious. Now if you follow and mix up, it will be difficult for the emperor to fear the third crown prince and Xie Mingyuan!"

Wen Xiao was not afraid of his own accident, but Tao's words did come to her heart.