The Little King

1 | The Princess's Twin

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The Princess, Xia Xi, was almost choked to death when he was born.

Because he was an abnormal child, an intersex child with both male and female organs on his lower body. For the Xia Dynasty at that time, the birth of such a baby was extremely unlucky. Even in a civilian's house, the fate of one would be thrown into a pool and drowned or buried alive in a pit in the wilderness. If born in a lowly household, one already had little chance of survival, let alone being born in the royal family.

But his mother, Concubine Yu, was a cunning woman. After hearing the screams of the midwife, her first reaction was to order that palace gate to be closed, no one was allowed in or out, she then continued to give birth to her second child. Before she went into labour, no one knew that she was pregnant with twins, not even herself. After giving birth, no one knew that she had another child except for a few very close friends. All the outside world knew was that she gave birth to a healthy normal daughter.

Concubine Yu couldn't be considered favoured. After she gave birth, her Emperor-husband didn't come to see her until the next day. He hugged his newborn daughter and gave her the name 'Rong', making her name Xia Rong. Little Xia Rong wasn't favoured when she was born. After all, a baby who was just born had a wrinkled face and one couldn't really see what they look like. When her face started to gradually smoothen, she was revealed to look quite exquisite and cute. Paired along with her sweet (flattering) mouth, the Emperor started to gradually like her more and more, he eventually liked her so much that he gave her the title of a Princess.

As for Concubine Yu's other child, Xia Xi, the Emperor didn't know of his existence until he was twelve years old.

At that time, Princess Rong accidentally fell into a pool and drowned. The Emperor was sad for three days and didn't go to court. Occasionally, he would go to the courtyard where the Princess lived to mourn her, this was where Xia Xi also went to pay homage to his sister. Spotting his appearance was almost the same as his twin the Emperor was fascinated, he thought he was dreaming and rushed to hold Xia Xi's wrist in a daze, only to realize that the arm was warm.

The truth of the matter became clear, Concubine Yu had raised an 'unknown' child secretly inside his Palace and had just been found out! The Emperor was furious, he sent Concubine Yu to the Cold Palace on the spot and cut her off from all her supporters. When he was about to deal with the 'ominous person', his eyes fell on a familiar face and his cruel heart softened.

After all, he looked so much like Princess Rong, almost as if they were the same person. It was just Princess Rong was a bit arrogant and was spoiled by him. She laughed freely and had a sense of naïve innocence. The person in front of him was timid and didn't know how to hide his emotions, his face was white with fright.

In the end, the Emperor couldn't do anything, he found a remote courtyard for him to live in. He wasn't allowed to go out and the palace people weren't allowed to gossip about his affairs.

Xia Xi stayed alive and didn't dare to ask for too much. Besides, although he grew up beside his mother he had to live in hiding. He used to live in a smaller place with his sister but still couldn't see her that often. Apart from his mother being gone, it wasn't much different from before.

If there was a real difference, then it was that he was seeing more people now.

The Emperor ordered him not to see or allow outsiders to visit him but didn't ban others from seeing or visiting him. So when his identity first spread in the Palace, many people were really curious about him. Especially his brothers and sisters.