Chapter 600 What a funny joke
The hall was silent for a long time.
The cold wind in November blows in from the window and makes people feel cold all over.
The candle flame was blown so hard that it flickered and was about to go out.
The Queen Dowager closed her eyes helplessly, a hint of moisture in the corners of her eyes. "Feng'er, do you hate me so much? Do you look at me like this? Even if I have many faults, my love for you has never been fake. Since you were born, I have held you in the palm of my hand like a treasure, doing my best to let you enjoy all the best. I doted on you so much that your father often scolded loving mothers for spoiling their children... I wore cotton skirts myself and bought you brocade clothes. I ate simple meals and made you the exquisite snacks you like. You like to play the piano, and I even pawned my jewelry just to buy you a piano. Feng'er, I may have let others down, but I have never let you down."
At this point, a ripple flashed in Bai Xiaofeng's eyes, but it was fleeting.
He stared at the tearful Concubine Wang, a sardonic laugh escaping his lips, the light in his snake-like pupils growing colder by the second. "You're the one who believed these words first. Isn't it true that the better you treat me, the more your father loves and trusts you? Otherwise, why would he bring you back to the Mo family and tell you about the secret location of the family treasure?"
There was indeed a time when we wore plain clothes and lived on simple food, but it didn't last long.
A year later, their father brought them back to the family home and never let them suffer again.
My father, Mo Xiuyi, is a direct descendant of the Mo family, and he enjoys the best food, clothing and other necessities in the clan.
At that time, his mother doted on him, and his father also loved and respected her as his wife. However, she never said a word of his kindness to her.
"You said you had your reasons, so you became a Human spy, approaching my father with ulterior motives from the very beginning. You said you had your reasons, so only my father died in the fire, and you quietly escaped. You said you had your reasons! Fine, you return to Human and marry the Human King as his concubine! What is my father to you?"
"At that time, your maternal grandfather and his entire family were being held hostage, and I was forced to do something—"
"So after you returned to Human and settled down, did you think of the child you suddenly became an orphan? Did you ever look for me? Not to mention bringing me to your side to raise me and accompany me, but even letting me know you were still alive! Did you? Did you even think of that? What am I to you? After more than forty years, you suddenly found me and told me you had your own difficulties?! That you've always truly loved me?!"
"It's not that I don't want to bring you with me, but the barbarians hate the Han people, and you have Han blood in you. Bringing you here will only put you in danger. It's better for you to stay in the Central Plains. The Mo family elders value your talent and will never treat you badly. One day, you will be able to occupy a seat in the Mo family with your strength, and you will live a better life than by my side. You only see the glory on me, but you don't know that I am also walking on thin ice here. Above the princess is the queen, and even the princes and princesses born to the queen can surpass me in front of me. I am simply unable to protect you..."
"If that's the case, why did you call me here now? Aren't you worried that I'll be in danger? Or is there something else going on this time? Is there someone close to you who's being held hostage that you have no choice but to protect, so much so that you're willing to come to me again?"
The progressive questioning made the Queen Mother's emotions, which had just calmed down, become intense again, and her eyes became red.
But she was speechless.
Bai Xiaofeng stared at her, his eyes dark. "Things have changed. I can let all of this go. I have only one last question for you. Tell me, who set the fire that burned down Yanhui Tower and killed my father?"
"...It was an accident." The Queen Dowager tilted her head to wipe away her tears, then stood up and put on her fox fur hood. "Feng'er, there are many difficult misunderstandings between us mother and son. I'll talk to you again when you've calmed down. It's late, I'll be leaving first. You should get some rest."
The door of the main hall was closed from the outside, and the sound of it being locked could be heard.
Bai Xiaofeng smiled faintly, turned his head to look at the dark night outside the window, his mind was extremely clear in the cold wind, and his eyes were extremely red.
She set the fire.
After removing the veil that he didn't want to remove, the truth behind it was so bloody and ugly that it was disgusting.
From the very beginning, my mother approached my father with a purpose.
Because of his father's direct descendant status in the Mohist school, and because of the Mohist school's world-famous mechanical engineering.
My father once said that my mother was fragile, like a golden vine that grows on a tree, and needed care and protection, so he needed to become that strong and vigorous tree in order to take good care of them.
At that time, my father didn't know that he would die like that later.
In the second year after the family of three returned to the Mohist school, the secret place where the Mohist school kept its treasures was robbed, and several volumes of mechanical manuals and rare handwritten copies were lost.
The elders of the tribe sent people to investigate and finally suspected my mother, an outsider, who cried out for justice.
Not long after, the Yanhui Building where they lived suddenly caught fire. Both his father and mother died in the fire, but he luckily survived because he was playing outside.
Later, rumors arose among the family, all accusing the mother of being a thief, so she committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
He went from being a beloved child to an orphan, facing criticism and criticism overnight. Fortunately, his exceptional talent earned him the attention and support of the elders, allowing him to remain a family even after losing his parents. However, he remained skeptical of his mother's guilt, nor did he believe the fire was an accident. He secretly sought to uncover the truth, clear his parents' names, and find their killer.
The more he investigated, the more doubts he found, so many that he finally didn't dare to dig any deeper. It was a rare moment of timidity in Bai Xiaofeng's life.
I'm afraid the truth that will be uncovered will be too ugly.
I am afraid that the loving mother in my memory will be completely unrecognizable.
Later, he felt guilty towards his family and voluntarily withdrew from the competition for the new leader of the sect. He did not look back even when the elders were disappointed and angry, and thus became a member of the Mohist School and a deserter of the Qianji Sect.
The night outside the window is getting darker and darker, as black as ink.
Bai Xiaofeng waved his sleeves to extinguish the candles in the hall, left the window open, and lay back with his eyes closed.
He was scared at that time and didn't want to investigate further, so until the silver crabapple hairpin appeared, he didn't know that his mother was still alive.
The woman who my father described as being as weak as a golden vine actually lived well in the capital of the Human Kingdom. She became the queen dowager and enjoyed wealth and prosperity for more than forty years.
What a funny joke.
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