Chapter 338 A Daughter's First Words Warm the Heart

These past few days, Xiao Xingyuan had been very careful in his speech in front of Meng Yanzhi, afraid that he might say something wrong and Meng Yanzhi would react excessively. But now that Meng Yanzhi was like this, Xiao Xingyuan was even more afraid.

He grabbed Meng Yanzhi's hand and suddenly hugged her: "I know you're blaming me. It's all my fault. I didn't protect our child. Yanzhi, hit me, scold me, please don't treat me like this. Please give me a quick death, okay? I beg you!"

Seeing Xiao Xingyuan so broken by her torment, Meng Yanzhi belatedly realized what was happening. She took a deep breath and said, "No, I don't blame you. It's not your fault. The child was not meant to be with us. Once it's gone, it's gone. Even if I blame you, he can't come back."

Meng Yanzhi didn't continue to entangle with Xiao Xingyuan, but instead went to Aman's room.

These days, Meng Yanzhi neither eats nor sleeps nor speaks. Even though Aman is only a two-year-old child, he can sense that something is wrong with Meng Yanzhi.

When Aman saw Meng Yanzhi come to her, she immediately ran over excitedly, hugged Meng Yanzhi's neck, kissed her repeatedly, and mumbled, "Mother."

Meng Yanzhi was stunned for a moment, then her eyes filled with excitement. She looked at her precious daughter in disbelief: "What did you call me? Say it again, say it again!"

"Mother."

"Mother, don't cry."

Aman recently learned to speak, and the first word he said was "mother".

She stretched out her chubby little hand and gently wiped away Meng Yanzhi's tears, pressing it against her face and rubbing it lightly.

The child was too young to understand why her mother was sad, but she couldn't bear to see her mother cry, so she could only try to comfort her in her own way.

Meng Yanzhi's once withered and desperate heart was finally revived by her child's repeated calls of "Mother."

She wiped away her tears and smiled gently at the child, then said, "Yes, Aman is right, Mother, don't cry!"

Hearing laughter coming from inside, Xiao Xingyuan tentatively walked in. Seeing Meng Yanzhi holding the child and smiling gently, Xiao Xingyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He strode over, looked at Aman in Meng Yanzhi's arms, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Father."

Upon seeing Xiao Xingyuan, Aman immediately reached out her hand and called him "Father."

Xiao Xingyuan's gentleness turned into surprise, and he quickly took the child into his arms: "What did you call me? Say it again!"

"Father, Father!"

Aman could tell that Xiao Xingyuan was happy, and she clapped her little hands and cheered.

Seeing the two of them laughing, Meng Yanzhi smiled gently and then said, "Shouldn't she call him Father Emperor?"

"I have already passed the throne to Xiao Ce."

"From now on, we don't need to go back to the palace anymore. You can go wherever you want."

Xiao Xingyuan smiled at Meng Yanzhi and gently announced the shocking news.

Meng Yanzhi's smile froze on her face as she stared at Xiao Xingyuan in disbelief, unable to believe that what he said was true.

"What...what did you say?"

"You said you wouldn't be emperor anymore, why?"

Meng Yanzhi looked at Xiao Xingyuan with shock and disbelief. He had been saying that the situation was not right, so why did he suddenly make this decision at this time?

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xingyuan stepped forward and gently put his arm around Meng Yanzhi's shoulder.

"We've been married for three years, how could I not know what you're thinking? You want to take the child and run away with me, isn't that right?"

When Xiao Xingyuan saw Meng Yanzhi, he realized that she had made her decision and that he was the one who had truly been abandoned.

Fortunately, Xiao Xingyuan had already made his choice long ago.

Meng Yanzhi never expected that Xiao Xingyuan would guess her inner thoughts.

She touched her nose somewhat awkwardly: "There's no such thing as a lie, I think you're just talking nonsense!"

Nonsense?

Is this nonsense?

Seeing Meng Yanzhi's expression, Xiao Xingyuan snorted and then said irritably, "Don't try to argue with me. Do you dare say you didn't intend to leave with the child?"

"I don't."

"I can't bear to part with you."

Meng Yanzhi hugged Xiao Xingyuan and spoke very sincerely.

Unfortunately, Xiao Xingyuan simply did not believe Meng Yanzhi's sincerity.

Seeing Meng Yanzhi like this, Xiao Xingyuan couldn't help but laugh out loud. He gently patted Meng Yanzhi's head and asked, "Then tell me, where do you want to go now?"

"Can I go wherever I want?" Meng Yanzhi looked at Xiao Xingyuan with curiosity, and even a hint of anticipation.

Looking at Meng Yanzhi's silly expression, Xiao Xingyuan felt incredibly satisfied. He pinched Meng Yanzhi's cheek hard and said, "Yes! I said you can go wherever you want!"

"I want to go to the Great Northwest!"

"The scenery in the Northwest is beautiful, but I've never seen it before. How about we take the kids and go see it together?"

Meng Yanzhi didn't stand on ceremony at all and directly told them where she most wanted to go.

"Okay, let's set off tomorrow."

"How about we bring the kids along?"

Xiao Xingyuan readily agreed and gave Meng Yanzhi a kiss with a smile.

The two of them were deeply in love, but Xiao Ce, inside the Crown Prince's residence, was dumbfounded.

He originally thought that Xiao Xingyuan's edict was to depose him, but he never expected that Xiao Xingyuan's edict was to allow him to succeed to the throne immediately.

This...this is so weird.

Zhang Xuanyun looked at Xiao Ce's silly appearance and was both amused and exasperated. He said helplessly, "Your Highness, oh no, now I should call you Your Majesty, this is a good thing, what's wrong with you?"

"Good news?"

“Under normal circumstances, such a thing would be a good thing, but now, my father has just lost a child, yet he is giving me the throne, I…”

Xiao Ce always felt that now was not a good opportunity to succeed the emperor.

Seeing Xiao Ce's expression, Zhang Xuanyun couldn't help but chuckle: "But in any case, you are now the proper emperor, so this matter should be dealt with immediately."

"Tell me, why?"

"Is Father really willing to give up the throne and this vast empire for her?"

Xiao Ce still felt that this whole thing was unrealistic. He really couldn't believe that Xiao Xingyuan would give up everything for Meng Yanzhi.

“Perhaps one day, Your Highness will also truly love someone, and then you will probably understand this feeling?” Zhang Xuanyun smiled and looked at Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce took a deep breath: "Then what should we do about this?"