Chapter 405: Wei Hanyi is imprisoned with the King of Qi
Ye Tingxiao received the imperial edict to return to Beijing, and was so happy that he didn't sleep well for several days. He kept rushing on the road, rushing desperately, and Heifeng was exhausted and out of breath.
If it hadn't been given a few sips of the spiritual spring water, it would probably have foamed at the mouth and fallen to the ground.
He complained bitterly every night, but he didn't expect that his body functions got better after he went to the border town. It must be because the mistress never stopped providing him with water.
The Ye family's father and son are rushing to the capital, hoping to see their family as soon as possible.
Wei Hanyi had been brought to the Wei Imperial Palace for several days, but the emperor did not come to see her. Instead, he imprisoned her together with the King of Qi.
The King of Qi was surprised when he saw her: "Who are you? Why are you imprisoned here?"
Wei Hanyi naturally knew King Qi, as Jin Wenhao had given her a portrait of King Qi.
The King of Qi sat on a rosewood chair, his eyes full of confusion and uneasiness, and he vaguely guessed who the woman in front of him was.
I just don't dare say it out loud.
Wei Hanyi looked at the unshaven, dishevelled, and haggard King Qi in front of her, with pity in her eyes. This was her son who had been separated from her for more than 20 years.
Her heart was filled with excitement and confusion, and thick mist began to appear in her eyes, revealing deep guilt and attachment.
My heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by an invisible giant hand, and the pain and joy were intertwined together to form an indescribable emotion.
She walked slowly towards King Qi, and every step seemed to cross the boundaries of time and space, bringing her back to that sealed memory.
The King of Qi looked at the emotional Wei Hanyi in front of him and called out the name hidden deep in his heart in a trembling voice: "Mother."
This voice seemed to open the floodgates of emotion. Wei Hanyi could no longer hold back and cried bitterly with the King of Qi.
"Qing'er!"
Their tears fell to the ground like pearls that had broken off the string.
They hugged each other, as if to fill the gap left by more than twenty years of separation.
King Qi gently stroked Wei Hanyi's face with trembling fingers. His fingers shuttled through Wei Hanyi's hair, filled with endless disbelief.
Is this his mother?
They looked at each other, their eyes filled with each other's past and future.
Every subtle expression of Wei Hanyi touched the heart of King Qi. He saw her guilt, her pain and struggle.
They both saw their own shadows in each other's eyes, which were the marks left after years of baptism. They were their past and present, but there was no future.
Wei Hanyi took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly. She raised her head and looked at King Qi, her eyes full of love.
"Qing'er! Mother is back to accompany you."
The King of Qi nodded and said, "Mother! Did the Emperor send someone to bring you back?"
"Yes!" Wei Hanyi pulled the King of Qi's hand and held it tightly. "The Northern Kingdom was defeated. The Great Wei produced a divine weapon, the musket. The Northern Kingdom was defeated miserably. The Emperor of the Great Wei demanded that I must be sent back, otherwise he would continue to attack the Northern Kingdom."
After hearing this, the King of Qi sneered: "Has the Khan of the Northern Kingdom become a coward? He sent you back?"
Wei Hanyi was shocked, and then he defended himself: "Qing'er! You can't say that to the Khan, he can't do anything about it."
In front of her son, she didn't want to hear the King of Qi curse her biological father, because that was treason and would be punished by heaven. Even though the Khan cruelly sent her to Wei, she still hoped that her son would not resent his father.
"No other way? If there is no other way, then use women to quell the war?" The King of Qi said without thinking, "I think he is a useless softie, a coward. Aren't you his Royal Consort?
Isn't she his favorite woman? Why did he send you back? What did you get when you left me behind to follow that wimp? "
"Qing'er! Don't say that to him. He's not a wimp." Wei Hanyi pleaded with the King of Qi, "He just has no other choice."
"No way, he is just a weakling, a coward, who can only rely on women to give him advice." The more the King of Qi thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more fiercely he cursed, "If you hadn't given him the blueprints of the automatic crossbow and presented him with the actual product, how would he have had the chance to start a war again?
Now that he's defeated, he's pushing you out as cannon fodder. He can't even protect his own woman. What else can he be but a wimp?"
"Qing'er! You can't say that about him. After all, he is your biological father."
As soon as Wei Hanyi's words came out, the King of Qi was like being struck by lightning. He stood there motionless, as if his soul had left his body.
His father really hadn't lied to him, he really wasn't his son, he was a bastard. He knew it clearly, but because he loved his mother, she didn't abandon him, she didn't leave him behind, and gave him enough love.
What is this?
In order to go to the North Country and reunite with that man, his biological mother actually faked her own death and deceived his father? Now? She was sent back by that hateful man again.
“Biological father? Biological father? Biological father? ……?”
The King of Qi murmured these words with an indifferent look on his face.
"Qing'er! It is mother who is sorry for you. Your father didn't know you existed. All the mistakes were made by mother."
Seeing the King of Qi looking like he was hit, his whole body was stunned, Wei Hanyi had never felt so frustrated. The mistake he made in a flash of thought could no longer be undone.
In her plan, the King of Qi was the one who suffered the most. If the plan failed, he would become a prisoner like today.
If the plan succeeds, Wei will become a vassal state of the Northern Kingdom, and the King of Qi will be just a puppet emperor in the hands of the Khan of the Northern Kingdom.
If he disagrees, the Khan of the Northern Kingdom might continue to fight like the Wei Kingdom until he is defeated.
Even though the King of Qi became the emperor of Wei, he was still controlled by others.
Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Now that we have started to plan, there is no reason to stop.
Now facing his eldest son, no matter how cold and hard Wei Hanyi's heart is, he knows that he has hurt him deeply.
"It's all your fault? It's all your fault?"
The King of Qi gradually came back to his senses and stared at Wei Hanyi. The anger in his eyes intensified little by little, and his stomach began to ache again.
But he ignored it and pointed at Wei Hanyi and roared loudly.
"You're right. It's your fault. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be living like this today. When you wanted to leave, why didn't you take me with you? Why did you leave me to my father?
He has always known that I am not his son, but he still holds me in his hands and loves me. All this is due to his love for you.
It turns out that you are not dead, but have become the imperial concubine of the Northern Kingdom. How embarrassed are you to let your father down?"
Wei Hanyi fell to the ground crying, "Qing'er! Under the circumstances at that time, mother had no choice. Your mother's family, the Wei family, was confiscated and exiled, and executed. How could mother marry the son of the enemy who killed my father and brothers?"
"Nonsense! Since you don't want to marry my father, why do you pretend that I'm his son?" King Qi thought Wei Hanyi's logic was ridiculous. "What are you planning? Are you planning on making me the emperor of Wei?"
(End of this chapter)
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