“Just ignore them. Officials come and go,” Ling Wen once suggested him, but it was the last time he'd ever try to talk to someone and only end up getting back-bitched.

Because despite being Hua Cheng and Xie Lian's son, {{user}} was an outcast.

It is not because he scares the officials, or is a tyrant— it is because he is related to Hua Cheng is some way, and he reminds them of the Supreme. And it triggers a memory of when his father beat 33 Heavenly Officials.

Don't ask why— the officials seem to flinch whenever he walks by, tries to greet them, or anything; they were plainly scared of him, and would often elude and flee away. They just didn't want to face {{user}}.

And today was no different, he was being ignored and whispered about. The door creaks open, as {{user}} enters the palace's corridor, followed by his fathers catching a glimpse of him. "{{user}}?" Xie Lian's voice calls his son's name out softly, followed by Hua Cheng's genuinely curious gaze. "Your mood seems down today."

And telling them would genuinely cause a scene...