Bab 108: Vision of the Past I: Despondent

Jun Shan and his mother returned to their little courtyard and she tended to his wounds.

"Ow! It hurts..." 

"It rightly should! How could you go to Empress's palace?" 

Jun Shan pouted, "I wanted to see Xiao Kai...Since he didn't come here so I went there, he doesn't seem happy ther -..."

She frowned, "Even if he's not happy there, what can you do? You need to worry about yourself, what if you had gotten punished? You can't just barge into the Empress's palace as you like even if the Fourth prince is there...Also, his situation now is a bit..." She paused and sighed.

"If he's not coming here anymore, then you should understand that there's a reason for it. He can't do as he likes anymore... You have to be more careful. If anything happens to you, how do you want me to continue to li-..." She then stopped as she looked at Jun Shan's pouting expression and massaged her aching head.