The emperor looked at his son, initially glancing at him and asking, "Where have you been? Why are you only returning now?"
"Father, why are you here?" You've come to the East Palace so early.
At this moment, the emperor's gaze fell on him again, and he suddenly noticed the mark on his neck. He immediately stood up: "You, you, you! What happened to your neck?"
Wei Shengli subconsciously touched his neck, a smile curving his lips, his eyes filled with tenderness and infatuation, looking as if he had fallen in love.
Seeing his son lost in thought again, the emperor couldn't help but speak up: "Wake up, I'm talking to you! Where have you been all night?"
Actually, he came last night. He had something to discuss with his son, but his son wasn't there! He said the newly appointed top scholar invited him, but he didn't come back all night?
They sent someone to inquire, only to learn that the top scholar had already returned to his residence, but their precious son was missing. After returning to the Prince's residence with the heir, he disappeared without a trace.
Feeling uneasy, he sent people to search, but still received no news. He spent the night anxiously in the East Palace, only to find himself returning on his own, bearing a suspicious mark on his neck.
“He’s with Wan Ge now.” Wei Shengli smiled and called her name affectionately.
"Who is Wan Ge? The woman you love? If you love her, your father won't stop you, but how could you!" How could you do such a thing before marriage, and how could a young woman so easily hand over her innocence to you?
Wei Shenglin seemed to have thought of this as well, and a hint of guilt appeared in his eyes: "Father, please don't misunderstand. He's not a casual person; it's me..."
He was too impulsive; he couldn't control himself. He shouldn't have treated a woman like that.
"You little rascal!" Seeing his son so deeply in love, the emperor didn't care who made the first move; he was sure he couldn't control his son.
"Which family's daughter is she? I'll arrange a marriage for you right away!" When he wasn't angry, the emperor always addressed her as "father," because he only had one child, and he wasn't the kind of person who only cared about power.
He witnessed too many sordid things as a child, and saw too many people whose faces had completely changed for money and power. He gradually became much more indifferent to these things.
He had also seen his father, who was full of love for his mother, ultimately cause her death in his pursuit of power. So after his mother's passing, he voluntarily went to a temple.
This is for praying for blessings, but actually it's for escaping.
He just didn't expect that his father, in his old age, would remember his guilt towards his mother and ultimately pass the throne to him.
He didn't want to be emperor, but if he didn't become emperor, there would be too much strife, and he couldn't bear it, so he agreed.
Having spent a long time in the temple, he learned compassion and could not bear to see people displaced or the country engulfed in war again.
He had always longed for the life of an ordinary family, and Wei Shengli's mother gave him such a home.
Born into a prestigious family, she was willing to stay in Qingzhou for him. It wasn't exactly a life of poverty, but given his personality, he certainly couldn't become rich and powerful.
At that time, he left the temple because of his marriage, and only went to the temple occasionally to pray for blessings. For his beloved wife, for his deceased mother, for his children, and for the common people of the world.
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