chapter 4:

That afternoon, he was laying on his bed when a kind servant put ointment to his welts, her eyes full of empathy, "my god...you little soul, they hit you so hard, young master...", yuan tried to laugh it off but truly it hurt a lot.

"Yeah...it's fine, they love me, it's- ah ! G-gently pls ..." He cried out burying his face on the pillows.

"Oh my, I'm being gentle...I'm sorry..." She apologised, yuan spoke up instantly "no, it's fine...you are doing enough, thank you for this..."

He tried to be polite and hide the pain, but she saw it clearly in the pair of two little eyes, so much suppressed pain, she thought in mind *oh these eyes, I'm feeling so sorry for you, dear one.*

At evening yuan went with one of the servants to the market, to buy some spices, he held her hands and walked , curiosity glinting in his eyes he loved learning new things.

He paused to ask, "aunty...what's that shop about ? What is she putting on her face ?", the servant laughed ," that's make up shop young master, she is showing the women pigments on the skin for beautification...it's common among women you see every noble lady uses this whenever they go out", his eyes sparkled "oh i see, it's really beautiful " she nodded smiling...

He stood beside her as she stopped the spices, when he looked around , he saw two guards from the palace taking a stroll, he ran to them without thinking, "hi! How's the emperor ?" The guards were taken aback by his casual question, "what do you mean ?! You insolent kid ! Where are your guardians ?! You speak of his majesty with that leisure huh !! don't you know your worth huh ! know your place !"

The servant noticed it and ran to explain "sorry sir, he ran off, we will leave now, sorry for his words " the guards let it slide... barely, but yuan was confused

*Why couldn't he speak of the emperor ? I met him once, isn't he gonna talk to me...we were like friends, he even forgave me and my parents*

On his way back home, he asked "is it bad to speak of the emperor, I asked how he was..." The servant sighed explaining, "even if you are from a noble family, we are commoners, the emperor's invincible and out of our league ...so we can't speak of him so casually "

Yuan nodded, the first reality check he got, that night they returned, yuan slept on his stomach again, playing with the pendant, the moonlight reflecting on it, it was truly beautiful just like yuenghon, he started missing him , the interaction, his voice, he was so little but his presence affected him greatly then he whispered in the dark...

"My Lord...I'll meet you again one day, I hope you...don't forget me." Then he drifted to the world of dreams.

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