Hua Manman had actually been quietly keeping an eye on the Fourth Prince, Li Ying.
According to rumors, Li Ying's birth mother was a Dancing Girl with the surname Wang, a woman of lowly birth.
Not long after Mrs. Wang gave birth to the Fourth Prince, Li Ying, she passed away quietly from an illness.
According to palace rules, Li Ying should have been sent to be raised by one of the other imperial concubines.
But for some reason...
The Emperor never even mentioned having one of the other concubines raise him.
It was as if the concubines, too, had come down with a case of collective amnesia, forgetting that a person like the Fourth Prince even existed.
No one offered to raise the child.
The Fourth Prince was tossed aside to be cared for by an old nanny. It wasn't until he was three years old that he was finally given his own name: Li Ying.
Among all the princes, the Fourth Prince had the humblest birth, the weakest presence, and was also the son least favored by the Emperor.
