Little Plum stepped back into the Calming Heart Palace with a look on her face that seemed to show her thoughts were a chaotic mess.
"Little Plum?" Tangyu Sanjun probed.
"Huh? Oh your highness here is your meal."
After laying out the meal for Tangyu Sanjun, Little Plum returned to her thoughts. Am I such a hateful person?
Why don't they like me? I've never personally hurt any of them nor done them harm. Yet, they don't accept me. Is my original identity more important than who I am now?
I'm only a young child now, so perhaps they only reject me now, but not in the future?
But it stands to reason they don't have any motivation to like me. I have never contributed to the devil world.
Maybe I am just that hateful. It can't be. I am sweet and lovable. Otherwise, why would imperial brother and imperial father love me.
"Your highness, what do you think of her highness?"
Tangyu Sanjun didn't even pay attention to Little Plum. She thought he didn't hear her question. Just as she was about to get up and leave, intending to ask Black Crow for more information, Tangyu Sanjun suddenly said, "She is of no consequence."
"How can you say that? Her highness is a good person. Although she might be a little naughty, but aren't all princesses like her?"
Tangyu Sanjun replied, "None of my imperial sisters are spoiled rotten like her."
Forget it, why did she even ask this brat.
Her nose began to sting.
"Why are you crying?" Tangyu Sanjun asked her.
Little Plum quickly wiped away her tears. "Why can't I cry?" she responded.
"Crying won't change anything."
The wisdom of an eight-year-old child.
"Even if it doesn't change the situation at least others will know they have hurt me."
"Then won't they just laugh, because they have achieved their goal of making you feel pain?"
I want to punch this brat in the face. But what's the point. He doesn't understand. What is most important is to find the key to open him up so he can cry.
Wait, can't she just use this moment to con this kid into crying?
"Crying is actually pleasurable. You should try it. Look at me, now that I've cried, I feel better."
"Why should I cry?"
"Because you're homesick and you miss your parents."
"But I am not homesick nor do I miss my parents."
"Do you not love your home or your parents."
"I love them, but what does crying have to do with any of this. As long as I know in my heart I love them, why do I need to show it to the world?"
"It's so that you can make them feel like you love them. For instance, when my father is about to leave on a journey, I would pout and show him I can't bear to part with him. This way, my father knows how much I love him."
"My father doesn't need me to act coquettishly. As my father, he already knows that I love him. He doesn't need me to perform such pointless actions to show him my love."
"Forget it. No matter how I try to explain it to you, you're still a child. You won't understand."
Tangyu Sanjun said curtly, "Believe what you want." Then he continued eating.
Little Plum felt a surge of anger. This kid dared to brusquely dismiss her.