Feeling Helpless

When they passed by the palace on the bus, Xiao Tieniu pointed at the palace excitedly and asked, "Mommy, what is that place?"

"That's the palace. It's where the king and prince live," Jing Xi explained.

"Is the prince happy all the time? Can he get anything he wants?"

Xiao Tieniu had only learned about princes and princesses from bedtime stories but had never seen one. He was curious as to how their lives really were.

"The prince has his own problems too, you know. Like you, he's also a young kid and wants to be with his parents and friends," Jing Xi said, thinking of the little prince living in the palace.

Jing Xi wondered if he had already moved on.

Little Grape was sitting by the dining table, his anger still not showing any sign of subsiding.

All of the food made for him by the royal chefs was thrown to the floor by him.

He was expressing his feelings by not eating anything.