In just half a month, as the capital city welcomed its fourth heavy snowfall of the winter, the suppression of the rebellion finally came to a complete end.

Huo Chen captured Huo Minglang.

This was an outcome that no one had anticipated.

It took three days to escort them back to Beijing, but Huo Chenyi returned ahead of schedule.

Because he was worried about his mother, the eldest princess.

What Huo Chenyi didn't expect was that after returning to the Princess's residence, he would see his mother with a slightly protruding belly.

"Mother?"

Huo Chenyi was utterly shocked.

Didn't we already know that Lan Ling was Anping King's man?

Why was this child kept?

The eldest princess smiled weakly, her eyes dimming as she looked at Huo Chenyi: "Chenyi, you're back. Are you hurt?"

"Mother, you..."

Just as Her Highness the Princess was about to say something, she saw Lan Ling hurriedly come out with a rabbit fur cloak and put it on the woman.

"I've told you so many times, it's cold, you need to keep warm. Now that you have a child, things are different."

"Ah, Chenyi's back. In five months, your mother will give birth to your little brother or sister. Are you happy?"

Lan Ling placed her hand on the princess's shoulder, her lips curving upward in a triumphant smile.

Although the princess frowned the moment Lan Ling's hand touched her, she did not stop or refuse.

It seems they are forced to endure something.

Huo Chenyi was somewhat surprised, but he suppressed his doubts and walked straight to the eldest princess: "Mother, I have time to talk to you about Huo Minglang."

It means he wants to speak with the eldest princess alone.

Surprisingly, Lan Ling did not stop her; instead, she generously stepped aside.

The mother and son walked towards the study.

Huo Chen asked, "Mother, what happened?"

The eldest princess hesitated, then squeezed Huo Chenyi's hand tightly. After a moment, she replied coldly, "It's nothing."

However, Huo Chenyi already understood what she was trying to say.

After arriving at the study, Huo Chenyi had a maid pour two cups of hot tea before sitting down and talking to the Princess about Huo Minglang.

"He is being escorted back to Beijing. I thought he would commit suicide on the way, but I didn't expect him to be clinging to life. Does he still think he can survive this time?"

Huo Chen's tone was full of disdain.

Such a person deserves to die.

She appeared in his life again and again, disrupting everything.

“He can’t bear to die. Even if he’s destined to die, he’d rather live one more day.” The eldest princess knew Huo Minglang very well, so how could she not know what she was thinking?

She looked at Huo Chenyi with affection and suddenly said, "Chenyi, your uncle, Prince Anping, is in the imperial prison and will be executed soon. You... find some time to go and see him."

in the end……

Huo Chenyi refused, saying, "I don't want to go."

What's so interesting about watching a traitor?

The eldest princess was filled with mixed emotions. She said, "No matter what, over the years, Prince Anping has always loved you very much. So you..."

"Mother, what are you hiding from me?"

Huo Chenyi sensed something.

But he couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong.

His gaze fell on his mother's slightly protruding belly, and Huo Chenyi said, "Mother, if you want to keep this child, then keep him. I will truly love and cherish him, so you don't need to worry."

No matter who the child's father is, as long as it is the mother's child, he will do everything he can to love and protect it.

This is what a mother deserves.

My mother has suffered so much these past years.

The eldest princess suddenly turned her head to wipe away her tears. She suddenly asked, "Chenyi, over the years, listening to the gossip outside, haven't you ever had any other thoughts in your heart?"

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, both mother and son knew what was being discussed.

Huo Chen gripped his teacup tightly and said calmly, "No, I believe in Mother."

"Then what about your eyes? Didn't you ever think about that?"

The eldest princess stared at Huo Chenyi, seemingly waiting for an answer.

Huo Chenyi didn't understand why his mother asked this, but he still answered honestly: "My eyes are indeed different from ordinary people, but I heard that your maternal grandmother was a foreign woman with golden eyes. I also secretly looked it up and saw your maternal grandmother's portrait. Maybe my eyes are just like hers."

The eldest princess's mother was a tribal princess presented by a foreign country. She looked no different from the people of Dasheng, except that the princess's mother had a pair of golden eyes.

However, after the princess gave birth to her daughter, the eldest princess, she still had black hair and black eyes, and gradually everyone almost forgot that the eldest princess actually had foreign blood in her blood.

The eldest princess had explained it to Huo Minglang in the same way back then, but Huo Minglang didn't believe her.

Not only did Huo Minglang not believe it, but the people of the world also did not believe it, thinking that she was talking nonsense.

Because no one in Dasheng had ever seen the princess's maternal grandmother, but someone had seen the princess's mother, with black hair and black eyes.

Therefore, everyone believed that the eldest princess was talking nonsense for her son's sake.

"...Mother, is there really something else going on with my identity?" Huo Chenyi asked with keen insight.

The eldest princess shook her head: "No, it's just that seeing you capture Huo Minglang alive this time, I was worried that you might feel burdened, so I asked a few more questions."

Seeing that his mother was unwilling to say more, Huo Chen stopped asking and got up to leave.

He hasn't even entered the palace to see Emperor Huiwu yet.

The eldest princess wanted to send him away, but Huo Chenyi stopped her.

"It's cold and the snow is slippery outside, Mother should stay home as much as possible and be careful with the children."

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