Recovery

When Qi Xiuyuan saw the letter, he was very sad. He felt that as a father, he had fulfilled his responsibilities well. No matter how busy he was with government affairs, he would take some time every day to interact with the children. He would even take the children out of the palace every once in a while. Not to mention the past Emperors, even when compared to the ministers of the same generation, he felt that he was not inferior to them in terms of how he fared as a father.

But his son actually didn't want to be his son!

Qi Xiuyuan was very sad. He wondered if he had neglected his second son in the past and hurt him emotionally.

Alas, he couldn't think of anything that he could've done to cause this, and figured it was because Concubine Zhao kept working herself into a dead end. Even then, Qi Xiuyuan had only grounded her and tried his best not to let her matters affect his son's young heart.

However, his son did not seem to appreciate it.