Tai Yu Imperial Court.
Yu Qing Palace.
This was the palace where the Seventeenth Prince's mother consort, Consort Yu, resided. It stood in a rather remote corner of the Tai Yu Imperial Court, practically adjoining the quarters of servants and palace maids.
Tens of thousands of years ago, some might still have heard that Consort Yu had once been favored. Yet because she gave birth to a useless son and disgraced the imperial clan, she was eventually cast into the "cold palace" and subjected to endless bullying.
By now, no one mentioned the fact that Consort Yu had once been favored. No one even cared whether it had truly happened.
For tens of thousands of years, Yu Qing Palace had been desolate and neglected, drawing no attention. Yet on this day, its gates were thronged with visitors.
The Seventeenth Prince's name shone across the Primordial Chaos Territory, and even Yu Qing Palace was swept up in a tide of people.
Yet the inner halls of Yu Qing Palace remained very quiet. Though he had become famous overnight, Consort Yu was said not to have flaunted it, keeping her doors shut and refusing visitors. The Seventeenth Prince, whose glory had seemed boundless, was no longer so easy to meet.
Inside the inner hall, however, the atmosphere between mother and son was nowhere near as joyous and celebratory as outsiders imagined.
The Seventeenth Prince lay inside the room, staring at the ceiling with dim eyes and bitterness at the corners of his mouth.
Beyond the curtain stood the Primordial Chaos Clan imperial consort, who had looked like yellow sand in her Primordial Chaos form. She was not in that form now. Dressed in a yellow gown, she appeared gentle and frail, anxiously lingering outside.
"My son, you must understand that no parent