Hu Mingmei waited for Emperor Jingkang to continue. After taking a sip of tea, Emperor Jingkang continued, "Yu Ru fell into their trap on the day she gave birth to your father. They used a slow-acting drug on Yu Ru, and your father was also affected by the same thing. However, the midwife was bribed, so they didn't know." It was because someone was there that none of their actions were kept from him.
"Then why didn't you stop them back then!" Hu Mingmei suddenly roared in a low voice, the veins on his forehead bulging, his fists clenched tightly. Hu Mingmei used a lot of strength to control his emotions.
This person knew that his parents and grandmother were in danger, but he just stood by and watched, letting them slowly feel their lives slipping away!
No wonder... No wonder he remembered that Qian Peilan had been in their family since she was a child, no wonder Huang Wenbai could take a concubine, no wonder his grandmother didn't stop it, because his grandmother simply didn't have the strength to stop it.
"I did think about stopping them and arresting them all!" Emperor Jingkang said angrily. The thought of his beloved woman dying with someone else made him want to tear Huang Wenbai to pieces. If Hu Haishan (Hu Mingmei's father) were still alive, would she not have to die?
He didn't ask to be with her; he just wanted to see her, to know that she was still alive and well. But who knew that she would pass away just a few years after she got married in the capital? Jingkang felt immense heartache and regret. If he hadn't brought her back back then, if he hadn't let her marry someone else, would things have been much better?
"If I wanted to kill them, not a single one of them would escape!" Emperor Jingkang said fiercely, staring at Hu Mingmei as he asked, "Do you know? Killing them would be as easy as turning my hand!"
But after Emperor Jingkang finished speaking, he became discouraged again. "But Yu Ru begged me, and your mother begged me too, saying that they had been poisoned and there was no cure. Huang Wenbai and the others cannot die. If they die, all of the Hu family's property will be taken over, and you will have no one to take care of you. So they have to live. But you don't know how, they were also poisoned."
Hu Mingmei's hands clenched tightly. He recalled the past and felt so angry that he gritted his teeth. He didn't even want to hold a funeral for Huang Haichuan!
Moreover, he wanted to go back immediately and chop Huang Wenbai up!
Even if Huang Wenbo doesn't like his grandmother, he has someone he likes. But what about his father? His father is still his biological son, and his grandmother also gave birth to a son for him. Why can't he give them a way out?
If you already have someone you like, why would you want to become a prince consort?
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for revealing the secrets of that year. I shall take my leave!" Hu Mingmei gave a hasty bow and turned to leave, but Emperor Jingkang called out to him in a deep voice, "Stop! Do you intend to go back and avenge your parents?"
Hu Mingmei turned around and looked coldly at Emperor Jingkang. "Shouldn't we be mortal enemies? The hatred for the murderer of one's father is irreconcilable!" Who cares if he is the grandfather or not.
"You can't do that now!" Emperor Jingkang said calmly. "I'm not telling you, I'm ordering you, you can't touch them now!"
"Why?" Hu Mingmei roared. He was in extreme pain. He had never experienced such suffering in all his years of life. Now that his father's killer was right in front of him, how could he endure it?
"Because Prince Cheng is still alive!" Emperor Jingkang said calmly. "Didn't you know that Prince Cheng was colluding with them?" One wanted the Hu family, and the other wanted his position. These two were truly in cahoots, hitting it off immediately!
To be precise, Huang Haichuan was willing to be used!
"Your Majesty, if you had decided on a crown prince and established an heir apparent earlier, wouldn't everything have been fine?" Hu Mingmei sneered. To put it bluntly, all the current problems were because of this person. It was because he was indecisive that so many things had happened.
"Do you think it's possible?" Emperor Jingkang looked at Hu Mingmei with sarcasm. "Both Prince Duan and Prince Cheng are ambitious people. If it weren't for them, do you think these things would stop?"
Before Hu Mingmei could answer, Emperor Jingkang continued, as if talking to himself, "No, they must become the Crown Prince themselves. Becoming the Crown Prince isn't enough; they must become His Majesty and sit on the dragon throne before they'll stop! And you, you've been particularly unlucky, becoming a victim of their struggle. As long as their struggle continues, you won't have a single good day. Not only will you have no good days, but your wife and children won't have any good days either!"
Hu Mingmei remained silent for a while, as did Emperor Jingkang. He waited for Hu Mingmei to speak, knowing that he had hit the nail on the head.
The atmosphere in the bedchamber suddenly became heavy. Emperor Jingkang was not in a hurry and just waited.
He'd waited so many years, he didn't care about waiting a little longer.
Finally, Hu Mingmei spoke up, "What do you need me to do? Even if I hadn't come to you today, you would have come to me anyway, right?" It's just that Huang Haichuan's incident happened today, which brought him here and suddenly things have turned out like this.
“That’s right!” Emperor Jingkang nodded. He had originally wanted to wait, but he didn’t expect Hu Mingmei to act so quickly, to take action against Huang Haichuan so quickly, and because of Bai Nuo.
He cared about Bai Nuo more deeply than he thought.
But that's good, because people like that are easier to control, since they have weaknesses.
The worst thing is that Hu Mingmei has no weaknesses.
"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty!" Hu Mingmei stopped arguing with Emperor Jingkang and asked him directly.
"I wish to announce to the world that you are my illegitimate son!" Emperor Jingkang said calmly, his words like a thunderbolt thrown from a clear sky.
Hu Mingmei was also quite surprised, but he knew that Emperor Jingkang still had something to say, so he remained silent.
Emperor Jingkang said, "I have already chosen the Crown Prince; it will be the young prince!"
Hu Mingmei responded to Emperor Jingkang's question, "Do you want me to absorb the anger of Prince Cheng and Prince Duan so that the little prince can grow up properly?" Or rather, Emperor Jingkang hoped that Hu Mingmei would absorb the anger of the two princes so that the little prince could grow up healthy and strong, become a crown prince, and eventually become the ruler of a country!
“That’s right!” Emperor Jingkang nodded. That was exactly what he meant. “The young prince is still young, only fourteen years old. He’s no match for the two brothers!” Two years, even just two years, he could train the young prince! If there wasn’t enough time, a year would be enough.
"Aren't you afraid I'll go back on my word later?" Hu Mingmei laughed sarcastically. "I can handle Prince Cheng, so handling a little kid is a piece of cake, isn't it?"
“You wouldn’t!” Emperor Jingkang said firmly. “You love that village girl, you value your children, and you wouldn’t do such a rebellious thing. Besides, your ambition isn’t for the throne. Becoming the Crown Prince’s tutor is more appealing than becoming an emperor!”
Hu Mingmei said, "I'll go back and think about it!"
"Hmm!" Emperor Jingkang was not in a hurry.
But Hu Mingmei knew that he was bound to agree.
The world has finally changed.
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