Mu Zhanpeng also blushed. Even though everything was fake, he couldn't help feeling happy in his heart.
He didn't even know what he was happy about.
The happiest person was Mu Zhuoxuan. On the way back, he patted his father's arm and said earnestly: "Dad, you have to work harder and seize the opportunity. I really want Aunt Xia to be my mother."
"This... is unworthy."
"Even so, I think Aunt Xia is a very special person. She won't mind these things. Dad, I will definitely treat her as my own mother and be filial to her. Also, I will talk to my brothers. The most important thing is that you have to work hard."
Mu Zhanpeng smiled and looked up at the sky, wondering if it was God’s will.
Emperor Shunde never imagined that the person Xia Jinxiu was engaged to was actually a man with a child.
He is an official, maybe he is a high-ranking official?
This made him very dissatisfied. Xia Jinxiu would rather choose a widower than himself?
I guess no one in the world can accept this.
He is the emperor, the emperor is the son of heaven.
Emperor Shunde felt inexplicably angry, so he asked someone to call Wen Heng over.
When he saw Wen Heng, his expression changed. He had never been kind to him before.
He was very resistant to this son in his heart. After all, this was someone who dared to threaten him, while the other princes were all trying hard to please him.
He was the only one who dared to go against him.
Wen Heng was very clear that he did not have the ability to foresee and fight back at the moment, so he knew what he should do. Even though he knew that it would do him no harm to bow his head, he could not help but reveal his rebellious nature.
"You are very familiar with the Xia family. Do you know that Xia Jinxiu is already engaged?"
Wen Heng was stunned. He really didn't know this and had never heard Xia Zhiliao mention it.
But since he asked, it must be true.
"I have some contact with the Xia family, but not as close as you think. They don't need to tell me about this."
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. When did you know Chang Yue's identity?"
"It's about the same time you know." Wen Heng said.
Emperor Shunde sneered. This guy is still playing dumb with him. "I don't believe it. Don't think that just because you are doing the princess a favor, she will stand on your side. She doesn't want to get involved in this anymore. I was supported by her. At the critical moment, she will only choose me."
"You misunderstood. As you said, I have a close relationship with the Xia family. I don't want them to take any risks. You can rest assured." Wen Heng said seriously.
Perhaps he thought about using Xia Zhiliao at the beginning, after all, this girl was so different.
But after getting to know each other, he had already regarded them as family, and no one wants their family to take risks for them.
"Disassociate yourself? Protect them?"
"If you think so, then so be it." Wen Heng said.
"You are willing to return to the palace even if it means that I hate you. I never thought that you returned to the palace just to become a pampered prince."
Wen Heng didn't say anything.
"Do you know who Xia Jinxiu is engaged to?"
"I don't know." Wen Heng said. He didn't even know about this matter, so how could he know who it was.
But he always felt that something was fishy. Thinking of the little girl's muttering all day long, he was afraid that this was just an excuse, but that would be a crime of deceiving the emperor.
Given the emperor's suspicion, would the little girl not have the next move?
"I'm telling you, it's Mu Zhanpeng, an official who just arrived in Beijing to take up his post."
"Is it him?"
"Do you know him?"
Wen Heng shook his head. "I don't know him, but I've heard that the two families have some dealings with each other."
If it was him, Wen Heng really couldn't guess whether it was true or not.
"I will give you a task. Let Xia Jinxiu enter the palace. Your future life will be like that of other princes."
Wen Heng frowned, he knew the emperor's purpose.
This would force me to fall out with the Xia family.
"You don't want to?"
"I can't do it." Wen Heng said.
"Is the Xia family really that important? People like you will also have people who care about you. You should know that if the Xia family becomes your weak spot, your future will not be easy!"
Wen Heng did not deny that what he said was true.
But if Xia Jinxiu's happiness is sacrificed, Zhiliao will definitely be very sad.
Her so-called ending has been slowly rewritten by her. If you tell her now that it is not the case, she will collapse.
"This is the only chance I give you."
Wen Heng looked straight into the face of his so-called father, which was strange, cold-blooded, and mostly filled with hatred.
"If my happiness comes at the expense of the happiness of people I care about, that's not what I want," Wen Heng said.
"How dare you disobey me?"
"It's not the first time anyway."
"How dare you! Do you think I dare not kill you?"
"Didn't you kill him once?" Wen Heng's calmness made Emperor Shunde furious.
His arrogance made him very angry.
"The Queen Mother is my mother. Do you think she will protect you or side with me?"
Wen Heng smiled. It seemed that there had never been any emotion in his world. He just bound the Imperial Grandmother with the identity of mother.
And there is Princess Yi Yang. No matter what he did, she had supported him from the beginning, and in his opinion, she would always support him.
He never knew that true love could also wither.
"Wen Heng, you must get this done."
"Then you should just punish me directly."
Emperor Shunde was furious and smashed the inkstone at Wen Heng. Wen Heng did not dodge or evade, but the blow still hurt him a lot.
"Good, very good."
"Come here, this unfilial son disobeyed me, make him kneel down as punishment, and do not give him any food."
Wen Heng angered the emperor so much that no one spoke up for him. Most people just watched him make a fool of himself behind his back.
The Queen Mother was very displeased when she heard this. She thought the Emperor was trying to force Wen Heng to death.
In fact, to be fair, what did Wen Heng do wrong?
Why should he bear all this?
The news that Wen Heng was punished to kneel spread throughout the court, and Xia Zhiliao naturally knew about it too.
Although I don’t know why, doing this is really unfair to Wen Heng.
The emperor is really going too far. In novels, the princes who kill each other are mostly caused by his failure as a father.
Of course, the temptation of the throne cannot be ignored.
But if he hadn't sent so many people to stand in front of him at the beginning, just to protect his beloved son, so many people wouldn't have died.
He's really not a good father.
Xia Zhiliao sighed. Mu Zhuoxuan looked at her and asked with concern, "Sister Zhiliao, why are you sighing?"
This kid is really going too far. He comes to the Xia family every day these days, as if his aunt is already his mother.
However, Xia Zhiliao was satisfied with his attitude.
As for whether my aunt and Lord Mu will become a real couple, that naturally depends on my aunt's intention.
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