Chapter 273 I Don’t Know (Two Chapters in One)

What? You want to acknowledge your daughter?

Ha, no matter whether it is a person or a thing, as long as it is easily obtained, we will not cherish it!

Zhao Shiqing rolled her eyes again. After this time, she decided not to roll her eyes for at least three days, otherwise it would become a habit.

"Want to know? Now is not the time, but aren't you curious about the affairs of the hook-nosed children and grandchildren? Don't you want to ask a few more questions?"

She had witnesses: Xu Lin, his father and his son, were still alive, and the old witch, Madam Wei, was also still alive.

Most importantly, there is no explanation for the fact that the hook-nosed man killed the former crown prince?

That won’t do!

Miss Zhao Er has never been a person who endures things for a long time. She will vent her anger whenever she feels angry.

"Ha, I heard that the more powerful a person is, the more likely they are to grit their teeth and swallow their blood."

Zhao Xingzhou was stunned: "What do you mean by broken teeth?"

Zhao Shiqing showed a look that said, "You understand, I understand too." "For example, the matter of wearing a green hat and raising someone else's son, the Green Hat King..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Xingzhou shouted again: "What cuckold king? That's not true!"

Zhao Shiqing was startled and patted his chest, saying, "Miss, you're scared!"

"Okay, the name 'Cuckold King' isn't very precise. I apologize. After all, the concubine was just fantasizing, nothing real happened. She simply replaced her husband's daughter with her lover's son. Of course, her husband was willing to let her raise his lover's son and grandson."

Zhao Xingzhou was so angry that he was furious, his goatee twitching, and he no longer had any trace of his immortal demeanor.

"Shut up, shut up, what husband? I'm just a concubine, a lowly creature who doesn't deserve to be called a husband. Not worthy!"

What he was most thankful for now was that he did not confer the title of Queen Mother on Concubine Li, otherwise he would have been a laughing stock.

Zhao Shiqing resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She was called a beloved concubine when she was pregnant, but a lowly bitch when she found out she was cuckolded. Concubine Li was not a good person, and you are not much better.

"Okay, okay, old man, calm down. You have to hold on. Don't let anything happen to you, or someone will avenge my poor Aunt Wan."

Zhao Xingzhou was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening and grabbed Zhao Shiqing's sleeve. "Are you saying my daughter's surname is Wan? Why Wan?"

Didn’t you grow up in a nunnery?

Why is there a surname?

Zhao Shiqing pulled her sleeve out of Zhao Xingzhou's hand in disgust: "How did Aunt Wan become your daughter?"

Zhao Xingzhou...this naughty kid, where is the feather duster? I want to beat him up!

Zhao Xingzhou knew very well that this brat had most likely guessed his identity, but he still didn't want to tell the truth. He wanted to save face!

He cleared his throat and said, "This is what happened. I lost a daughter in my early years. It's been forty years now. Alas, when I heard you mention that Aunt Wan, I thought of my poor daughter and lost my composure for a moment."

Zhao Shiqing: Haha.

"Aunt Wan didn't have a name. My grandfather said she was so pitiful and hoped that she would be safe and happy in the future, so he named her Wan Ruyi."

Zhao Xingzhou sighed: "So that's how it is. All the best, all the best. What a good name, what a good name!"

Zhao Shiqing: Haha.

"Old man, don't you have any doubt about the truth of the story I told you?"

Zhao Xingzhou was in a daze. Yes, it seemed that he had never doubted it from the beginning.

Why?

Why didn't he doubt it?

Yes, it’s because of the hooked nose!

He sighed silently in his heart: I was wondering why the second brother and his children all have hooked noses. I thought it was inherited from the Wei family, but it turns out it is not the case at all.

Although Concubine Li was born into the Wei family, she was originally from a side branch. It was not until she was chosen in the imperial selection that the Wei family adopted her into the main branch. Later, whether she was given a title or visited the palace, it was always people from the main branch who came. Although Concubine Li's biological father was promoted because of his daughter's status, he died soon after and had never been to the capital, let alone entered the palace.

Alas, when I saw the second son’s hooked nose, I thought he was inherited from a relative on Concubine Li’s biological parents’ side, so I didn’t take it seriously.

Zhao Xingzhou felt a surge of regret. If he had known this would happen, he should have called Concubine Li's biological parents and brothers over to see them as soon as the second child was born.

Zhao Xingzhou thought again of the second son's sons and daughters. Without exception, they all had hooked noses.

It’s okay for the princes, but it’s a pity for the princesses.

Zhao Xingzhou thought of this and quickly asked, "What does your Aunt Wan look like?"

Zhao Shiqing thrust a knife at him. "Even though she wears a thorny hairpin and a cloth skirt, she still looks elegant and graceful. Even in middle age, she still has a certain charm. Her appearance bears some resemblance to the eldest princesses, but some say she actually looks more like Empress Dowager Qi."

Hearing this, Zhao Xingzhou slapped his thigh and said, "This is my daughter!"

My daughters all have some of the shadow of their mother. Therefore, whenever I see my daughters, I will think of my mother who has worked hard for me for half her life. Therefore, I dote on my daughters and give them whatever they ask for. Even though Jiayi is devoted to the Xiao family, Jianing wants to divorce even though she is pregnant, Jiaan is unruly, and Jiarou is devoted to seeking the truth, although I am unhappy in my heart, I still give in to them.

I thought I was treating my daughters well, but I didn't expect that I had a daughter who had been living away from home since she was young. She should have been a precious royal princess, but she has fallen to the point where she doesn't even have a name.

Zhao Xingzhou took a few deep breaths and finally calmed himself down: "Good boy, where is your Aunt Wan? I, the old man, want to adopt her."

Zhao Shiqing burst out laughing: "Aunt Wan is over forty years old and has long passed the age where she needs a father's love."

Zhao Xingzhou's old face flushed slightly, and he felt embarrassed for a moment: "I mean, I want to adopt her as my adopted daughter."

Zhao Shiqing was not going to indulge him: "You said you would adopt me as your adopted daughter, but now you want to adopt my aunt as your adopted daughter. You are not a honest Taoist priest."

Zhao Xingzhou was stunned, it seemed to be the case.

"Good boy, how about this? I'll take your Aunt Wan as my daughter and then recognize you as my granddaughter. What do you think?"

Zhao Shiqing shook her head. "What happened to the father-daughter relationship we promised? It's turned into grandparents and grandchildren in the blink of an eye? I don't even want to have another father, and I certainly don't want to have another grandfather. Besides, you're so poor and owe me tens of thousands of taels of silver. There's no benefit in being your granddaughter."

When her grandfather recognized her, it was a golden bond between a grandfather and a grandson. But this old madman had nothing but a broken mouth.

Zhao Xingzhou felt around his body. Well, he didn't have anything valuable on him. It was just a hairpin, and it was snatched away by this little girl.

Zhao Shiqing saw him fumbling around, looking embarrassed. In the spirit of doing a good deed every day, she asked, "You want to write me an IOU again?"

Zhao Xingzhou suddenly realized, yes, I can even write IOUs!

"I'll write you an IOU. Tell me where your Aunt Wan is and acknowledge me as your grandfather. What do you think?"

Zhao Shiqing: The abacus beads are about to fall on my face.

If I become your granddaughter, I will become one of your own. Then you can openly place spies around me, stare at me, and monitor me. If I dare to spread these shameful things of yours, you will give me a bowl of poisoned wine and let me die suddenly.

"I don't want to be your granddaughter, but can I make a condition?"

"Of course, what are the conditions?"

Zhao Shiqing smiled coldly: "I haven't thought about it yet. I'll talk about it when I think about it. Anyway, my Aunt Wan is not here, so there's no point in you worrying."

For a moment, she almost said that she would cut the mastermind behind the murder of the Shi family into pieces, but she swallowed the words when they were on the tip of her tongue.

Useless!

The mastermind behind this is Emperor Yongjia. Can the old man overthrow Emperor Yongjia?

Just looking at the present, it’s impossible!

If she said, okay, if you want revenge, then help me sit on the throne again first.

Of course, a little girl like you don't have this ability, but your grandfather has money and people, and your Prince Liang's Mansion has money and soldiers.

Fuck you!

You are half buried in the ground, but you still pretend to be an innocent little white rabbit. I don’t know anything. I was deceived by the evil concubine. All the bad things were done by the evil concubine and the hooked nose. I was deceived.

Who would believe that? How could you not know that the second in command killed the first in command?

If you hadn't condoned the evil, wouldn't the mother and son have become more and more daring?

However, we still have to fight for what we should fight for Aunt Wan, and we should fight for it when the old man feels most guilty. We will get much more than what we will get after returning to the capital and calming down.

"My Aunt Wan has long been at peace. She doesn't even have her own children, so she definitely doesn't want to have another father."

Zhao Xingzhou agreed when he thought about it. Wan Ruyi was forty years old. At this age, other people would already have children and grandchildren, but she was afraid that she would never have her own flesh and blood in this life.

It would have been fine if she didn't know she had a father and a mother before, but now that she knows, and she knows she was supposed to be a princess, and then she looks at the lives of other princesses and compares herself to them, she's afraid she'll feel resentment towards her father, the emperor.

Zhao Xingzhou thought of Empress Dowager Qi. If his mother knew about this, she would definitely be very angry.

"Old man, the reason why Aunt Wan is so miserable is because her mother abandoned her and her father ignored her. She doesn't know it yet. Why don't you take this opportunity to give Aunt Wan a little sweetness? She has nothing. Even her household registration was made by us for her, and it's fake."

"Yes, let's go back. I need to write a letter. Let's go!"

Zhao Shiqing hurriedly led the way. When they returned to the house, Zhao Xingzhou immediately wrote a letter. Zhao Shiqing did not hide it and peeked at it openly.

The letter was written to the Ministry of Clan Affairs. Zhao Xingzhou said that he had adopted a daughter named Wan Ruyi, and planned to confer the title of Princess Jiabao on her. She would be granted a mansion in the capital, two imperial farms near the capital, 500 households, and 60 hectares of farmland.

The retired emperor only gave a number. As for where the fiefdom of 500 households and the 60 hectares of farmland were, he didn't have to worry about it. It would be arranged properly.

After writing the letter, Zhao Xingzhou looked at Zhao Shiqing. Just now, the little girl was staring at him and he didn't stop her. Now the little girl should show her attitude.

"Now you should tell me where Wan Ruyi lives, right? Otherwise, where will the reward be sent?"

Zhao Shiqing stretched out her hand: "Aren't you afraid that my Aunt Wan will be silenced before she can even secure the title of princess?

Will the Hooked Nose Family let my Aunt Wan live?

Or have you succeeded in your cultivation and are able to fly on a sword, so that you can reach the capital in a flash, shout loudly, and call upon the heavenly soldiers and generals to protect my Aunt Wan?

I don't think you can do all of this, old man.

Since we can't do it, we must recognize the situation.

Since you want to be Aunt Wan's father, as long as she is willing, I will reunite you and your daughter sooner or later.

You can rest assured, I will not help others raise children."

After saying the last sentence, he did not forget to stab Zhao Xingzhou in the heart again, which made the old man gasp for breath.

I'm not angry, I'm not angry. Although the naughty kid is annoying, what he said makes sense. If the second brother knew that Ruyi was still alive, he would never let her go.

If the boss were still here, he would be able to protect Ruyi even if I was not in the capital.

At this moment, Zhao Xingzhou missed the deceased eldest prince more than ever.

When the eldest prince was young, I also liked him very much. But later, the second prince came into being. The second prince was more likable than the eldest prince, and had more courage and means. I once thought of making the second prince the crown prince.

But as soon as this thought came out, I suppressed it.

The Empress Yuan and I were a young couple. Although the Empress Yuan died later and there were more and more beautiful women around, my feelings for her were real.

The eldest son is the eldest legitimate son. If I were to appoint the second son as the heir, the old ministers in the court would not agree. Besides, although the eldest son, the crown prince, has no merits, he has no faults either.

But I didn't expect that so many things would happen later.

Of course I knew that all that was the work of the second brother, but at that time, I also had a lot of grievances.

The niece of Queen Wang, the successor to the Empress, often came to the palace and sometimes stayed there for a short time. Later, she married the Prince of Wu and gave birth to a full-term baby boy seven months after their marriage. Later, the Prince of Wu died of poisoning. Wang admitted that she had an affair with a man outside the palace. Fearing that the Prince of Wu would pursue the matter, she killed her husband to protect herself.

The King of Wu was furious and led his troops to the capital to seek an explanation for his son.

In order to appease the King of Wu, I killed Wang, deposed Queen Wang, confiscated the Wang family property, and exiled the male members. Although the King of Wu was appeased, rumors pointed at me.

Before she got married, Wang was kept in seclusion. Apart from entering the palace, she had no chance to come into contact with men outside the palace. And until her death, Wang never revealed the father of her unborn child.

Therefore, everyone thinks that the child is mine!

At that time, memorials were brought to the emperor in baskets, and some even asked me to issue an edict of repentance.

Just at this time, the second brother attacked the eldest brother. Someone impeached the eldest brother for ignoring government affairs. I had selfish motives at the time and thought I could take the opportunity to divert the war.

But things escalated, the second brother was too cruel, and by the time I realized something was wrong, the eldest brother was already dead!

There are dangers all around me, so what is there that I don't understand? The Wang family incident was most likely the work of the second brother.

Who would have thought that I would be plotted against by my own son.

I was still comforting myself at that time. After all, I ascended the throne by stepping on the blood of my brothers. Now this person has been replaced by my son. A true emperor should be as strategic and resourceful as him, and also cruel enough.

At that time, I was devoted to practicing Taoism and thought it would be better to abdicate so that I could concentrate on cultivating immortality and live a free and easy life.

Now that I think about it, I was deceiving myself.

If I knew that the evil creature was not my own flesh and blood, I would never tolerate it.

Unfortunately, I didn’t know it at that time.