Liang Yan resigned and pretended to be crazy for five years.
Everyone thought him a fool, the prince gave him dirt to eat, the palace people humiliated him in front of him, and even his father didn't bother to look at him.
And he was happy and at ease, squatting under the locust tree in Qiwu Palace, digging in the soil, grinning, and waiting for an opportunity.
In the spring of the twenty-seventh year of Yong'an.
The day he sat on the dragon throne, the prince knelt at the foot of the steps and asked tremblingly:
"You... When did you start pretending?"
Liang Yanci lowered his head and looked at him and smiled:
"From the day you thought I was crazy."
Intention: A truly strong person is not one who never lowers his head, but one who can still see the path clearly under his feet when he lowers his head.