Chapter 1158: Deceiving the whole world for so many years!
Once the door is closed, the tense mood, the tense atmosphere, and even the noisy wind outside are all isolated.
Here, there is only silence.
Even a little dark.
Because there was only one candle in the huge imperial study, lighting the imperial desk in front, Zhu Xuan walked to the center of the imperial study and saw the tall but gloomy man sitting behind the desk. The moment he met his cold gaze, he smiled.
That owl-like laughter pierced people's hearts in this empty imperial study.
Zhu Feng frowned slightly.
However, before he could open his mouth, Zhu Xuan had already swaggered to the side, pulled over a chair and sat down.
Even, he adopted a casual attitude.
When Eunuch Yu, who was standing behind him, saw this, he immediately said, "Prince Ning, how bold!"
But Zhu Xuan didn't care at all and just glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.
Just when Eunuch Yu was about to say something, Zhu Feng raised his hand and stopped him.
Eunuch Yu said: "Your Majesty——"
"No problem."
Zhu Feng's low voice rang out in the imperial study. Although it seemed calm, the moment he opened his mouth, the candlelight on the table seemed to be dimmed.
The fire flickered for a while.
Zhu Xuan laughed again, and as he did so, he said, "Royal brother, you are finally willing to summon me."
His injury hasn't healed yet.
Therefore, the tone of his voice, like his laughter, had a strange sharpness, which made his words even more sarcastic.
Although, his face was already full of sarcasm.
Zhu Feng said solemnly, "Are you waiting for my summons?"
"certainly."
Zhu Xuan laughed. "I thought that once I was caught, you would summon me immediately, interrogate me, and torture me severely. But I didn't expect that after I waited for so long, you didn't take any action at all."
“…”
Having said that, he suddenly raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, I see."
As he spoke, a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes: "You were waiting for me to speak, but I was injured and couldn't speak, so you kept waiting for me."
“…”
"How pitiful! Even an emperor can only wait."
“…”
"You know nothing about the most important things in life and can only rely on others to tell you. Isn't that pitiful?"
“…”
Zhu Feng didn't move.
However, the two hands placed on the table slowly clenched into fists.
After Zhu Xuan said that, he immediately started coughing.
After all, the wound on his neck had not healed yet, and he hadn't spoken in these days. Once he spoke, he couldn't stop.
I heard his dry cough, as if a knife was scraping against his throat.
Zhu Feng winked at Eunuch Yu, who immediately poured a cup of tea and handed it to him.
Zhu Xuan showed no fear at all. He picked up the teacup and drank it all in one breath.
Then he wiped his mouth and looked at Zhu Feng again, the sarcastic smile in his eyes deepening a little: "Why, why don't you hurry up and beg me, ask me while I can still speak?"
“…”
Zhu Feng was silent for a long time, then asked, "Who did you ask Jian Ruocheng to meet at sea?"
Zhu Xuan raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He turned to look at Zhu Feng, and after a long while, he suddenly laughed again.
While laughing, he said, "I thought you would ask about your own affairs as soon as you opened your mouth, but I didn't expect you to ask this first?"
“…”
"Oh, I see."
“…”
"I heard before that the Jian family had been wiped out, and that's why you rushed back to Peking. So now, you want to investigate the Jian family."
Zhu Feng only asked, "Who on earth was that person you asked Jian Ruocheng to meet?"
Zhu Xuan sneered and spread his hands: "I don't know either."
"Don't know? If you didn't know, how could you do business with him?"
“Knowing who the other party is is one thing, but whether or not to do business with them is another.”
“…”
Zhu Feng looked at him, his expression becoming even gloomier.
He said, "It's impossible that you don't know anything about them. Someone like you, so cautious and scheming, would insist on asking even those close to you to sign a 'letter of surrender'. Those who come to do ironware business with you are implicated in your rebellion. It's impossible that you don't know anything about them."
“…”
Zhu Xuan's eyes flickered.
Then he sneered and said, "Royal brother, I just realized that you know me very well."
“…”
"Yes, I am indeed very worried about others."
“…”
"But this guy came to me on his own."
"What?"
Zhu Xuan sneered, "Besides, he took the initiative to approach my subordinates and wanted to do this business with me because he knew I was planning a rebellion and I was short of weapons."
Zhu Feng frowned.
"Just like that, you believed him?"
“…”
"I don't believe it."
Facing Zhu Feng's gloomy gaze, Zhu Xuan laughed again, shaking his head as he laughed, and said, "Royal brother, oh Royal brother, although I have always known that you are not my biological brother, sometimes I find that you really are very similar to me."
“……!”
Zhu Feng's face darkened.
When Eunuch Yu heard this, his brows knitted together and he immediately stepped forward and pointed at Zhu Xuan: "How dare you!"
Zhu Feng said, "Shut up!"
Eunuch Yu panicked and hurriedly said to Zhu Feng, "Your Majesty, Prince Ning is plotting a rebellion. He knows his crime is unforgivable, so he's deliberately spouting nonsense to confuse Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please don't believe him!"
At this time, Zhu Xuan burst into laughter.
His owl-like laughter echoed in the imperial study, making people even more creepy. Zhu Feng frowned and stared at him closely.
Zhu Xuan laughed and said, "Your Majesty, my brother, you are truly pitiful."
“…”
"Even though you own the whole world, you don't even know your own birth. Throughout your life, you will be constantly deceived by them. Until you die, you will never know who gave birth to you and who raised you."
With a bang.
Zhu Feng slammed his palm on the table, causing the paper and pen on the table to bounce up. He stood up and said with a gloomy face, "What are you talking about?"
“…”
"You said I, you said I am not your biological brother?"
Zhu Xuan laughed: "Do you think I'm lying to you?"
“…”
"Then can you tell me something about your childhood when you were with our father?"
Zhu Feng froze for a moment.
But he immediately said, "Due to some misfortunes, I have forgotten all about my past, and naturally I have forgotten these things. But I am the son of Emperor Gao, this is a fact."
Zhu Xuan laughed even louder.
His arrogance was tempered by a sharp edge. He laughed heartily and said, "You actually have a very good excuse now. You've completely forgotten the past, so you can use this excuse to dismiss anyone who asks you."
“…”
"Father used the same method to deceive you and let you deceive the world for so many years!"
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