Chapter 470 Just remembered that I have a father?
Zhuang Bo asked coldly, "Is Princess Shihan planning to resort to violence at the Duke's Mansion?"
Zhuang Shihan's eyes flashed, and she said, "Uncle Zhuang, you know I have no intention of making things difficult for you. I just want to see my father. I have something to say to him."
She didn't believe that the old man could be so heartless.
No matter what, she wanted to hear it from his own mouth.
Seeing her trying to rush in, Song Yanxi reminded her coldly, "Princess Shihan, the Duke doesn't want to see you right now."
Zhuang Shihan whipped him with a whip and said fiercely, "Get out of my house!"
When the whip was two fingers away from Song Yanxi, Zhuang Bo held it firmly in his palm.
"Uncle Zhuang, let go!"
Zhuang Shihan pulled the whip, but Zhuang Bo didn't move at all.
The latter just raised his hand slightly, and she was forced to let go by the force, and took several steps back with a pale face.
"Uncle Zhuang, you've watched me grow up. Are you going to use force against me for an outsider?"
Zhuang Bo ignored her accusation and carefully put away the whip he had snatched, looking very serious.
Song Yanxi remembered that when she was a child, she heard Shen Qingyun mention that the wife of Duke Jingguo was very good at whipping before she got married, which made people very envious.
If she guessed correctly, this should be the relic left by the Duke's wife to her daughter.
Sure enough, the next moment, she heard Zhuang Shihan questioning, "Uncle Zhuang, this is the whip my mother left me. What qualifications do you have to take it away?"
Without even turning his head, Zhuang Bo said, "This whip was given to the Duke's wife when she was alive. It should be left to the young lady of our Duke's Mansion."
As soon as these words were spoken, Zhuang Shihan's expression suddenly changed.
Her face was pale and she opened her mouth as if to explain, but her eyes became more and more flustered.
It was as if he had heard a huge, unknown secret.
Her reaction just indirectly confirmed Song Yanxi's guess.
It is very likely that Zhuang Shihan is not the biological daughter of Duke Jingguo.
In other words, she is not Zhuang Shihan at all.
Song Yanxi stared at Zhuang Shihan intently, trying to find more flaws on her face.
But her reaction was much faster than she had imagined.
She was so desperate that she threatened to go before His Majesty and ask him to judge the matter properly.
Look at this world, is there any father like Duke Jingguo who wants to kick his daughter out of the house because of a momentary anger?
This will also allow everyone in the world to see clearly how lively the Jingguo Mansion is.
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Bo was so angry that he trembled all over. "The Duke has treated you well, why did you force him to death?"
Zhuang Shihan laughed in anger, "I forced him?"
She turned her head to look at the closed door, her eyes full of resentment as she said, "He would rather trust an outsider than his own biological daughter who shares the same blood as him. How can he be worthy of being a father!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two painful coughs were heard from inside the room.
Song Yanxi hurriedly reminded: "Duke, don't get angry!"
Zhuang Shihan glared at her and said angrily, "He's my father, why would you need to pretend to be so hypocritical, bitch!"
"Who are you scolding?" Qiu Ling's eyes widened instantly.
Song Yanxi stopped Qiu Ling from stepping forward and asked coldly, "The Duke has been bedridden for over half a month, and Princess Shihan has been back in the capital for over three days. Could it be that she just remembered she had a father?"
"You!" Zhuang Shihan's face turned pale and blue.
She wanted to say that she had been busy saving people in the general's mansion these days, but the words were on the tip of her tongue and she couldn't say them no matter what.
Even without being reminded by others, she herself felt that this reason was untenable.
Suddenly, she thought of something and blurted out, "I didn't know in advance that my father was seriously ill."
Zhuang Shihan couldn't help but accuse Zhuang Bo as she spoke, "I clearly told you to take good care of my father before we left for the battle, and this is how you take care of him?"
Zhuang Bo's face flushed red and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.
He had lived for most of his life, but this was the first time he had seen such a rude and troublesome person.
The key point is that this person was once the daughter of his family.
Just as he was getting anxious and didn't know how to refute, he suddenly heard Song Yanxi ask, "Since Princess Shihan is so worried about Duke Jingguo's health, how could she not know that he has been seriously ill for a long time?"
As soon as the words fell, the courtyard suddenly became eerily quiet.
Qiu Ling came to her senses and clapped her hands, saying, "She's lying!"
Without waiting for Zhuang Shihan to refute, she asked, "If you really care about the Duke so much, how could you have been away on a campaign for half a year without writing home?
If my sister and I hadn't come today, would you have forgotten about your father?"
Zhuang Shihan said in frustration, "Shut up!"
Qiu Ling asked back: "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Zhuang Shihan was too lazy to argue with the little girl and only asked Song Yanxi, "You stopped me from going in to treat the old man. If anything happens to him, do you dare to take the responsibility?"
Song Yanxi's eyes darkened slightly, "How do you want me to worry?"
"Heh!" Zhuang Shihan chuckled, staring at her coldly, her red lips moving in and out. "I want you to pay with your life."
As soon as he finished speaking, the powerful voice of Duke Jingguo was heard in the room.
"Great! I, Zhuang Yuanzhong, gave birth to a wonderful daughter!"
Seeing the tightly closed door being opened, and Zhuang Yuanzhong, who was supposed to be lying in bed resting, slowly walked out, Zhuang Shihan's face was indescribably wonderful.
Zhuang Bo hurried over to support him, tears streaming down his face as he said, "Duke, you're finally awake!"
Zhuang Yuanzhong nodded, glancing at Qiu Ling who was stealing glances at him, and sighed, "If it weren't for that girl from the Qiu family who said a few words and forced the blood clots out of my chest today, I'm afraid I would have really fallen asleep."
Zhuang Shihan took a few quick steps forward, stepped forward and offered her hand to help him, but was stopped by Zhuang Yuanzhong's look.
He asked with a cold face: "You just said that you wanted the girl from the Yan family to pay for my life?"
Zhuang Shihan's eyes dodged as she said, "Dad, calm down. I've been worrying too much..."
Zhuang Yuanzhong raised his hand to stop her from saying the rest of her words.
He looked at his precious daughter, whom he had loved and protected for eighteen years and was reluctant to let suffer any injustice, and his eyes were filled with disappointment.
Looking at his eyes, Zhuang Shihan felt even more flustered.
She opened her mouth: "Daddy..."
"Don't call me dad!"
Zhuang Yuanzhong interrupted her with a cold face and slowly said, "In my early years, I followed Your Majesty to conquer the country and I don't know when I will return. Therefore, I dare not marry and start a family easily.
Until, when the Da'an court was first established, I met the chivalrous lady while visiting an old friend.
He took the whip from Zhuang Bo, his eyes becoming gentler, "We fell in love at first sight and got married the following year. After years of eager anticipation, we finally had a daughter.
My wife was injured when she gave birth to our daughter, and she cruelly left us father and daughter and passed away just a few years later.
Before leaving, Madam forced me to swear to heaven that I would not marry a second wife before my daughter got married, and would not allow concubines to have children.
Zhuang Shihan's eyes couldn't help but tear up when she heard this.
She had only heard the old man say that her mother loved her very much when she was alive, but she never knew that her mother had made such careful plans for her before she passed away.
Even though she was not the one doing it for at that time, she had relied on this body to enjoy favor for so many years.
She opened her mouth and whispered, "Dad, when you get better, let's go see Mom, okay?"
Zhuang Yuanzhong raised his eyes to look at Zhuang Shihan, his slightly cloudy eyes full of disappointment, and said in a deep voice: "After so many years, this old man is finally going to make Madam sad."
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