Discovering the thirteenth little prince's aptitude was a blow for his parents. However, they consoled themselves, reasoning that as long as their son was safe and worry-free for life, they need not worry about it. Of course, they wouldn't give up on their son's upbringing. They still believed that efforts in the future could compensate for innate inadequacies. Even if he couldn't become an outstanding figure, he should at least have a unique skill.
Thankfully, their other three children were all talented, especially the eldest, Ye Hui, who was the only son other than the thirteenth little prince. His growth brought joy to his parents and balanced their worries a bit. The focus of their nurturing shifted to Ye Hui, while the other two daughters became secondary. As for the thirteenth little prince, they wouldn't give up and still loved him, but the nurturing would be more casual.
If the thirteenth little prince turned out this way, he would live a peaceful life without waves, under the Ye family's influence. Although he might not be able to marry the imperial princess, the family could find him a good wife for a happy and fulfilled life.
Why couldn't he marry an imperial princess? It's obvious. Under normal circumstances, both parties would cancel the marriage contract. Neither the Ye family nor the royal family would allow the thirteenth little prince to marry an imperial princess.
There were many factors involved in this matter. If the Ye family ignored it and he married the imperial princess, they would fall out of favor with the Empire. However, as servants, the Ye family wouldn't allow the royal family to lose face. Even if the royal family were willing to give face and insist, they would still decline.
Of course, while they were still young, this matter would be temporarily set aside without anyone touching it. This meant that the thirteenth little prince and the imperial princess were still nominally unmarried.
Returning to the point, the thirteenth little prince had another side that was different from others, which didn't relate to his intellectual growth, as everyone already knew. This referred to something else, something very strange that couldn't be explained, just like those rays of light when the thirteenth little prince was born.
The first to notice the thirteenth little prince's peculiar side was not anyone else but his lively sister, Ye Lanyu. One time she was playing with the thirteenth little prince, she discovered that his memory was completely opposite to his intellectual level.
At that time, the thirteenth little prince could barely communicate with people, although his growth was a bit slow, it was within an acceptable range for everyone. By now, people didn't have high expectations for him, just hoping he could live a life safely and happily.
Even if he couldn't take care of himself, it didn't matter, since the Ye family could take care of him for his life, and there was someone who already had such plans.
However, at that time, it was when little Lanyu found the thirteenth little prince's peculiarity. She was playing a puzzle game designed to test a person's memory and judgment, which was relatively simple, suitable for children to exercise their brains.
However, Lanyu believed she was smarter than the average child, as most children do, so she picked a relatively difficult puzzle, which was absolutely challenging for a child and even a bit difficult for most adults.
True, Lanyu was very smart, but a child's intellectual development was limited. So, she couldn't solve it even after a long time. Frustrated, she threw the puzzle on the ground and sulked on the side.
While Lanyu was upset, the thirteenth little prince made some movements. He looked at the puzzle on the ground and then at his upset sister, appearing a little puzzled. It seemed he understood that his sister was angry because she couldn't solve the puzzle, so he reached out, picked up the scattered puzzle pieces on the ground, put them in the frame, and tried to put it together little by little.
"Little brother, stop playing, this is no fun at all. Big sister will take you..." Xia Lanyu, after finishing her anger, discovered that Thirteen Young Master was playing with a puzzle on the ground. At first, she thought he was just randomly playing with it, but she soon noticed something was wrong.
In the corner of the picture frame caught by her eyes, it looked like a complete puzzle. This surprised her, and upon closer inspection, she found that the entire puzzle had already been completed halfway.
"This, this..." Xia Lanyu's expression was as if she had discovered a new continent. She was certain that Thirteen Young Master had done all of this, as there were only the two of them here.
However, she was puzzled. She had been trying to solve this puzzle for half the day and couldn't do it, but now her seemingly foolish little brother had completed half of it. This seemed too incredible.
Xia Lanyu was stunned, staring at Thirteen Young Master who was also lost in thought.
"Sister, look, it's done. Please don't be angry." Thirteen Young Master spoke slowly, taking time after each sentence to express himself.
Xia Lanyu was used to this; he always spoke like this.
It must be a coincidence, it had to be a coincidence.
Xia Lanyu looked at the completed puzzle, finding it hard to believe. Firstly, she couldn't believe that her silly little brother had completed it, and secondly, she couldn't believe that she was worse than her own brother. This made it difficult for her to maintain her status as the elder sister.
"I'm not angry, little brother. Let's play again." Xia Lanyu smiled and then scrambled the completed puzzle again to see if this was just a fluke.
Thirteen Young Master looked at Xia Lanyu, then crouched down to continue playing with the puzzle. As the puzzle slowly came back together, Xia Lanyu's mouth widened in amazement.
"Mom, Mom, this is unbelievable. Brother, he..." At this point, Xia Lanyu immediately ran to report to Long Anqi.
As a result, this incident caused a sensation in the entire Ye family. Everyone discovered that Thirteen Young Master's memory was extraordinary, almost bordering on photographic.
This was determined after various tests, leading to a somewhat unbelievable conclusion.
Thirteen Young Master's intellectual level was still unsatisfactory, far from his corresponding age level, but his memory was even better than that of an adult, leaving everyone feeling inferior.
Was this the legendary genius or an idiot?
Perhaps, it was, or perhaps, there was something missing in Thirteen Young Master that prevented him from properly and reasonably utilizing his abilities.