"Bring the man up."
Su Yun and Nie Ying carried in the heavily tied Chen Qiao.
"Father, do you know him?"
Feng Yan almost vomited blood.
He's really a guy who can't do anything good but always makes things worse!
He couldn't even arrange for people to handle such a small matter as Jindehe Prince's Mansion.
He was beaten so badly that his face was bruised and he passed out!
Li Haiying's mouth trembled, and he thought to himself, "Oh no, the emperor knows everything."
"Ayi, who is so bold as to be so cruel to our father's trusted general?"
Su Xingyi said coldly, "Chen Qiao should have been recuperating with my father at Huangjue Temple, but he's been snooping around the capital, lingering near Prince Dehe's residence, intending to plant people there to harm Prince Dehe and his wife. He's my father's man, and I have reason to suspect my father is harming Prince Dehe."
"What nonsense!" Feng Yanzhi was momentarily flustered, but quickly calmed down. "Chen Qiao has been missing for days and I've been searching for him. It's just right that you've brought him back. Father doesn't need to send anyone else to look for him. Go visit your grandmother, and if you're alright, return to the capital."
"Father, please don't rush to send me away. I came here today to have a frank talk with you. I'm sure you know exactly whether you arranged for Chen Qiao to do anything detrimental to Prince Dehe."
Feng Yanzhi waved his hand impatiently, "Father is a little tired, let's talk another day. Li Haiying, please send the emperor out."
Li Haiying trembled and made a gesture of invitation, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has been feeling weak these days. Please come back another day."
Su Xingyi glanced at the gauze on Li Haiying's forehead and asked, "The wound on your forehead was caused by a blow seven days ago, right?"
"Your Majesty, this is because I accidentally bumped my head yesterday."
"Nie Ying, Eunuch Li might have memory problems. Bring him up here and let him think it over."
"Soon, a woman came in with her hands bound."
"Bai Ying, why is it you?" Li Haiying regretted what he said and looked at Feng Yanzhi in fear.
Feng Yanzhi's face turned ashen, and he pretended not to know, "Ayi, who is this woman?"
"Nie Ying, Su Yun, take them all away."
After a while, Feng Yanzhi and Su Xingyi, father and son, were the only ones left in the room.
"Father, Xiaoyu, at Master's invitation, examined Gu Yunshu's pulse and diagnosed her with a sterilizing drug that would render her infertile."
Feng Yan secretly hated that it was not a good thing for Yu'er to have too many abilities.
"...Luckily, Yu'er found a way to treat her. We have no way of finding out who is behind this, but the person who would use such means to harm someone is simply because they don't want Gu Yunshu to have children."
"If Gu Yunshu suddenly gave birth to a child, the person behind the scenes would strike again. In order to ensure that Gu Yunshu could rest assured and have a safe delivery, we have blocked the news from the outside world. There is no need to hide the fact that Gu Yunshu safely gave birth to a daughter seven days ago. After all, if the person behind the scenes strikes again, we can follow the clues and catch the culprit!"
"I never imagined that this villain would be my father!"
"No... not Father..."
"Don't deny it!" Su Xingyi's eyes were cold and his tone was firm. "You did it! Chen Qiao and Bai Ying are indeed loyal and would rather die than betray our father. Unfortunately, Xiaoyu is here, so they can't die! Instead, they have to confess!"
Feng Yanzhi no longer needed to play dumb, "So what do you want to do?"
"Are you admitting this?"
Feng Yanzhi sat down and poured himself a cup of cold tea to calm his anger. "Feng Yulin keeps saying he loves your mother, but isn't he married? He's a complete hypocrite. He should remain a chaste woman for your mother for the rest of her life and never have children!"
Su Xingyi said disdainfully, "Is this why you gave Gu Yunshu the drug that would kill her offspring?"
"That's right! Father is doing this for you. If he has a child, he will inevitably try to take your throne for his child in the future! Father can't let that happen! You are my eldest son, so Father will naturally make plans for you, remove all obstacles that stand in your way, and let you sit firmly on the throne of Beiyi."
"Hahaha..." Su Xingyi laughed, "You did this for me? Then why didn't you take me back to the capital to take care of me when I was blind and disabled?"
"You...you knew?" Feng Yanzhi felt guilty for a moment.
"Of course I know. Before Master told me, Xiaoyu and I had already guessed it. You could have taken me back to the capital and taken good care of me, treating me and our four children sincerely. If you had done that, our father-son relationship wouldn't be so weak, but you didn't. You look down on me, despising me for being raised by hunters and unfit to be the crown prince of Beiyi!"
"Back when the Xiao family was rehabilitated, Xiao Yu was not allowed to return to the capital without an imperial decree. Actually, you were thinking of waiting for Xiao Wu to be born before recognizing him as my father. Conferring the title of Prince on me was the greatest favor you could offer me. Xiao Wu was your ideal candidate for the crown prince. Am I right?"
Feng Yanzhi was silent. He underestimated Ayi.
"You keep saying you're doing this for my own good, but you want to exterminate Master's offspring, isn't it just because of your own selfish desires? The one who wants to secure the throne of Beiyi is your Feng Yanzhi's bloodline!"
"No, no, you're wrong. Father is really doing this for your own good!" Feng Yanzhi vehemently denied, "You are Father's son. Father is doing all this to clear obstacles for you. Father does this because he loves you. Father loves you, and there's nothing wrong with Father doing this!"
Su Xingyi sneered, "Are you talking to me about fatherly love again? Aren't you deceiving yourself? Back when I was still a hunter, I heard that you loved Feng Jinyu very much and arranged for him to be engaged to the Princess of the Protectorate early on, but what happened? Because of Master's second anonymous letter, Feng Jinxiu framed him for rebellion, and you didn't investigate thoroughly but instead imprisoned and tortured him, and even married his fiancée to me, a poor man. Is this what you call fatherly love?"
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