I don't know if it's because of this relentless abuse, but Su Yu matured very early. Perhaps from the moment he could walk, stand firmly, or speak, he has never cried again. His eyes seemed to turn cold from that time onwards.
Many times, the strong and proud young Princess Su Yaogeng couldn't help but cry when she looked at him. She spoke to the Emperor about it more than once, but the Emperor, as if under the spell of Xia Ji, believed everything except this matter. Every time he went to Xia Ji's palace, Xia Ji would hide Su Yu away. The Emperor never met him, so naturally, he didn't believe it.
She and her brother thought of many ways, but every palace maid and eunuch they managed to send in mysteriously died in batches, without any benefit to Su Yu.
Until Su Yu was about four years old, another autumn hunt occurred, and the Emperor took them to the Liangshan Palace. It was there that Xia Ji personally threw Su Yu into the Liangshan Snow Forest and vanished quietly.
