Chapter 260: Kill, Don’t Spare
"Su Qinyao-"
Helian Cong was so angry that his face turned blue: "Tell me, who is that wild man?"
Su Qinyao sneered:
"Since it's not you, then who it is? Does it really matter? Today, your family of three is reunited, so that's fine. If we can't be together in life, then death can make it happen for you!"
Su Qinyao glared at Helian Feng fiercely:
"Feng'er, now you finally understand why your mother insisted on you killing Xiao Nanyan?"
Helian Feng's body trembled slightly, and he was in a dilemma.
Helian Cong stared at Su Qinyao's distorted face, feeling that the blood in his body was soaked with coldness.
This woman, who had been married to him for more than 20 years, could actually abandon her own flesh and blood and her husband for power.
He could see that at the critical moment of life and death, there was no hesitation in her eyes, and she only wanted to push her son Helian Feng to the position.
Helian Cong suddenly didn't want to know who Helian Shu's biological father was.
Su Qinyao was right about one thing. He, Helian Cong, had never loved her for a single day. His anger was only due to his dignity as an emperor, or even as a man. That was all.
However, what shocked and delighted him today was that a son was born out of nowhere, and he was a son born to the woman he loved most in his life.
When Helian Cong turned to look at Xiao Nanyan, he saw that Xiao Nanyan was also looking at him quietly.
A feeling of bitterness suddenly welled up in my eyes.
Fragments of the past twenty years flashed before my eyes like a kaleidoscope.
No wonder, from the day he first saw Xiao Nanyue, he felt a sense of déjà vu and inexplicably felt familiar.
He only thought that Xiao Nanyan looked like the person he loved. Therefore, after Xiao Beicheng's death, although he intended to suppress Xiao Nanyan's military power, he never thought of getting rid of him.
Even eight years ago, when the thirteen-year-old Xiao Nanyan, a handsome and heroic young man, resolved a court crisis with just a few words, he jokingly said, "Nanyan is quite like me in my youth," but he never dared to think deeply about where this sense of familiarity came from.
However, Xiao Nanyue acted more decisively and ruthlessly than him, and to some extent, even surpassed his son Helian Feng, whom he had always relied on.
"Nan Yan..."
Helian Cong's voice was hoarse and trembling. He took a few steps forward and stretched out his hand to touch the other person, but froze in mid-air.
"Today I finally understand why I didn't dare to take action when I thought you were Xiao Beicheng's son. I thought it was because... you were Rou'er's child and I was afraid she would be sad. Now I know..."
“That’s enough!”
Xiao Nanyue interrupted impatiently, the veins on his forehead bulging slightly, and it was obvious that he was also trying his best to endure.
Today's game within a game was indeed his doing, and he also wanted to use this game to figure out the confusion he had been having.
Ever since Xiyan caught his mother having secret meetings with the emperor twice, in Fenyin Temple and the Imperial Palace a few months ago, suspicions had already arisen in his heart.
He had tried to test his mother Su Xianrou several times, but she always refused to give in. So today he brought Su Xianrou to the enclosure, intending to kill Helian Cong with his own hands and force his mother to tell the truth.
If her mother saw him kill Helian Cong without saying anything, it would mean that Helian Cong was indeed the murderer of her father and deserved to die. Even if she killed him with her own hands, it would be considered as revenge for her father.
If her mother came forward to interfere, she would force her to tell the whole story.
However, the truth is indeed so unbearable.
"Your Majesty, do you think that a simple phrase like 'my biological father' can erase more than twenty years of grievances?"
There was ice in his voice:
"Mother loved you deeply, but you betrayed her, nearly killing both of them. If you truly loved her, what would Su Qinyao do even if she plotted against you? If I were you, I would have killed her and married the woman I love. It seems you don't love Mother deeply enough, or that imperial power is more important to you."
Helian Cong's face was as pale as paper. What Xiao Nanyan said had hit a nerve. The past that he had whitewashed with the excuse of "it's hard to be both loyal and filial" was nothing more than evidence of his heartless and disloyal character in the eyes of his own son.
It seems that this son has no intention of recognizing him as his biological father.
A hint of sarcasm appeared on Xiao Nanyan's lips:
"Xiao Beicheng knew that I was not his own flesh and blood, yet he still married my mother and bore her unborn child. For the past fourteen years, he treated me as if I were his own son. He must be the man who loves my mother the most. Only when he loves her deeply can he tolerate everything about her, even other people's children. Don't you agree, Uncle Zhu Yin?"
Xiao Nanyan turned his gaze to Zhu Yin beside him:
"You are my father's sworn brother, and you have witnessed firsthand the love he has for my mother. And you have also seen how good he has been to Nan Yan."
Zhu Yin's face was uncertain, and he didn't say a word. When he saw Xiao Nanyan asking a question, he finally spoke:
"Of course. Brother Beicheng's love for my sister-in-law is evident to all, and he treats you like his own child, loving you deeply. Even I, a bystander, am deeply moved. It's a pity that it's all because of Helian Cong. He was so heartless and disloyal to my sister-in-law, abandoning her after having an affair with her, yet he harbored jealousy towards Brother Beicheng and wanted to rekindle his old relationship with my sister-in-law by getting rid of her. It's truly despicable, so—"
A strange smile suddenly appeared in his eyes:
"Such an unjust and tyrannical ruler must be killed, not spared!"
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