Chapter 576: Will She Take on Those Things for the Bai Family?
Finally, Zi Yunlai's eyes became moist, and he said with obvious regret, "It's a pity that Ping'er never wanted children. Otherwise... her child would probably look a lot like you."
"The Queen doesn't want children?" Bai Yu'an was obviously shocked. He didn't know many things. "Then Prince Zi Tong..."
Zi Yunlai smiled bitterly, "Tong'er...is not Ping'er's biological child, but Tong'er doesn't know about this, and I don't want him to know."
Bai Yu'an immediately assured, "Don't worry, Lord Chu, we won't say anything nonsense."
Seeing that Zi Yunlai had no intention of continuing, Fuxing took the initiative to ask, "Your Majesty, I want to know more about my aunt, such as..."
She paused before continuing, "For example, why didn't Auntie want to keep Prince Zitong alive?"
Zi Yunlai and Bai Yu'an were both surprised when these words came out. Zi Yunlai was surprised that Fuxing actually knew about this, while Bai Yu'an didn't expect Cao Huaping to want to kill Zi Tong. What about Zi Tong and his sister now...
Bai Yu'an looked towards the door worriedly.
"Don't worry, Imperial Master. As long as I'm alive, Ping'er won't harm Tong'er, let alone your sister." Zi Yunlai immediately assured him, and then curiously asked Fuxing, "How did you find out about this?"
Fuxing didn't mention that she had been to the Buddhist temple last night. Instead, she said softly, "Before, I overheard a conversation between Wei Changkong and a woman. They were trying to harm Crown Prince Zitong. It was only later that I learned that this woman was the Empress, my aunt."
She raised her eyes, looking at Zi Yunlai with sparkling eyes, "I don't understand. Lord Chu also said that Prince Zi Tong didn't know the truth. So why did Auntie insist on killing Prince Zi Tong?"
"Alas!" Zi Yunlai sighed deeply, "Because... Zi Tong's real mother... died at Ping'er's hands, and... everyone who knew about this incident back then... was poisoned to death by Ping'er."
After hearing these words, Bai Yu'an couldn't help but look at Fuxing's back. In an instant, he was shocked to find that Cao Huaping and Fuxing not only looked alike, but even... had somewhat similar personalities.
There is actually no difference between Fuxing's massacre of the village and Cao Huaping's poisoning of those maids.
Unexpectedly, the person Fuxing looks most like is not her mother, but her aunt.
Zi Yunlai continued, "So, Ping'er always believed that if I were no longer around, one day Tong'er would find out the truth about what happened and would definitely seek revenge on her. That's why she always wanted to kill Tong'er."
Fuxing and Bai Yu'an nodded in understanding, and Bai Yu'an knew clearly that if the other party was Fuxing, he would definitely think the same way.
"Then..." Seeing that the two of them were silent, Bai Yu'an couldn't help but ask, "Who is Prince Zi Tong's real mother..."
Zi Yunlai smiled bitterly, "She is just a maid I gave to Ping'er."
He sighed deeply, his tone full of self-blame. "This matter is my fault. I harmed her. Back then... after I married Ping'er, I always wanted to... have our own child, but... Ping'er always refused to consummate the marriage. I didn't understand what she meant, and I got angry a few times... and then..."
Obviously recalling these things made Zi Yunlai feel a little painful. He paused for a moment before continuing, "Later, I got drunk at Ping'er's place. After waking up, I slept with the maidservant beside her. After that, the maidservant became pregnant and gave birth to Tong'er."
"In fact, all of this happened in secret. No one knew. I was planning to give that girl a status, but I didn't expect that when I went to see her the day after Tong'er was born, she... and all the girls around Ping'er... were dead."
These words sounded shocking to Bai Yu'an. Those were actually innocent people, and even the maid might have been a victim, but the final outcome was indeed such a tragic death.
This Cao Huaping... Bai Yu'an felt that she was even more vicious than Fuxing.
Zi Yunlai's eyes were somewhat sad. "This matter has been a knot in my heart for so many years. If I hadn't fallen in love with Ping'er in the beginning, perhaps nothing would have happened. Or... if I loved her less, then I could have killed her and let those people take charge. But I can't do it... I really can't do it."
For so many years, he could only suppress all his emotions and become a puppet without himself to make up for the guilt in his heart.
But in the end, he harmed those people and also harmed Dong Chu.
So, when he knew he was about to die, he was even a little happy, thinking that his retribution had finally come.
"Is it also from that time that the Queen moved to the Buddhist temple?" Bai Yu'an asked again.
"Yes, I was very angry at that time. I was angry at her for being so cruel, and she destroyed everything I had. She said she wanted to go to the Buddhist temple and spend her whole life confessing her sins to the Buddha. I knew she was hiding from me and Tong'er."
Zi Yunlai sighed repeatedly, "But this is the case. I think it's good for everyone. But it's pitiful for Tong'er. He lost his mother when he was young and grew up by my side. He always thought his mother didn't love him, but he didn't know that his mother had died a long time ago."
"Then... what does His Majesty the Emperor of Chu plan to do from now on?" Bai Yu'an really wanted to ask how long Zi Yunlai planned to indulge Cao Huaping. Was he really going to wait until he died, and then let Cao Huaping kill Zi Tong? That would be too cruel.
Obviously, Zi Yunlai also understood what Bai Yu'an meant. He smiled and turned his gaze to Fuxing, "Actually, I'm really happy to know that you are Ping'er's descendant. At least this way, even if she dies with me, there will be people in this world who will miss her, and there will be traces of her existence in my blood."
"Fuxing, promise me that you will stay in Dongchu, okay? I will make you the eldest princess of Dongchu. Here, you will live a life of wealth and glory, and no one will bully you, okay?"
Zi Yunlai seemed to be afraid that Fuxing would not agree, so he looked at Bai Yu'an and said, "You should stay too and become our Dongchu's consort. With this status, the royal family of Dajin will no longer embarrass the Bai family, and you and Fuxing won't have to separate. It's a win-win situation, okay?"
Bai Yu'an and Fuxing understood instantly that Zi Yunlai actually planned to take Cao Huaping away when he died. They didn't know whether Cao Huaping knew about this, and how he would react after knowing it, and whether he would poison Zi Yunlai first.
Of course, there is one more thing, that is lucky star.
Zi Yunlai wanted to rely on Fuxing to continue the traces of Cao Huaping's life in this world, but what Zi Yunlai didn't know was that Fuxing might not live long.
Listening to the tempting conditions that Ziyun said, Bai Yu'an subconsciously looked at Fuxing's expression. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he actually felt that Fuxing was a little moved.
In an instant, he thought again of what Fuxing said. Was she going to agree to this matter for the Bai family?
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