I just casually saved His Highness at the beginning, but now I have such an opportunity. I am really lucky.
When Chi Yu was about to leave that night, Tang Wan reminded him, "You must come back early."
Chi Yu nodded and kissed her brow: "I will definitely come back within a month."
"Okay, I trust you. Be careful on the road."
Chi Yu looked at her reluctantly for a long time, and finally left in a carriage, with the amulet given to him by Tang Wan in his arms.
"Your Highness, please don't worry too much. You should take care of your body."
Chi Yu was in no mood to pay attention to him. He just stared at Ping Anfu in a daze. He didn't know whether Wan Wan was used to being away from him.
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Seven days later, Chi Yu finally arrived in the capital, where he had lived for more than ten years.
Emperor Xuan'an is now bedridden and can't even get up.
Emperor Xuan'an, Chi Yu's biological father, was dying at the moment, his face was terribly pale.
Judging from his facial features, it is not difficult to see that he was also a handsome man when he was young.
"Where's Ayu? Didn't you say you found him? Ahem...?"
"Your Highness, His Majesty is calling you, go quickly."
Chi Yu loosened his clenched fists and went in without saying a word.
"Your son Chi Yu pays homage to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty."
A tear rolled down Emperor Xuan'an's eye. Now, A Yu wouldn't even call him father.
"Ayu, come here, father has something to tell you."
Chi Yu paused, but still walked over. As soon as he walked over, he saw the appearance of Emperor Xuan'an and was shocked.
In his past memories, Emperor Xuan'an had always been tall and mighty, strong and full of energy.
But now, he was so thin that his bones were visible, his wrists were so thin that it seemed as if one hand could hold them, and his face was wrinkled and without a trace of blood.
Chi Yu was probably more than two meters away from him. He waved at Chi Yu and said, "Ayu, come closer."
Chi Yu didn't say anything and silently moved closer to him.
The man held his hand and said, "Ayu, father wants to pass the throne to you."
Chi Yu's pupils dilated instantly, and he almost wondered if there was something wrong with his ears. "What did you say?"
"I said, I want to pass the throne to you."
Honestly, Chi Yu didn't want the throne at all, so he refused without hesitation: "No need. Your Majesty has many children, and I am mediocre. I am afraid I can't handle the important task."
Emperor Xuan An looked at him lovingly, his eyes soft and gentle: "I know you are angry with me, but there is nothing I can do."
"Do you know why your mother has disliked you since you were a child?"
When Chi Yu heard him bring up this topic, it felt like needles stabbing his heart. After all, he was only eighteen years old, how could he stand having his scars exposed like this? He suddenly pulled his hand away: "I don't want to know."
Emperor Xuan'an stumbled and nearly fell to the ground. Chi Yu subconsciously helped him up, his tone not very good: "If you are ill, then you should take good care of yourself and rest. As for the throne, you should sit on this position yourself."
Emperor Xuan An shed tears. "Child, I don't have time. Could you please listen to what your father has to say before you leave?"
Chi Yu looked at his pitiful appearance. He felt a little sorry for seeing such a wise ruler fall to such a state. He did not answer, but did not walk out either.
They returned to their original state. Emperor Xuan'an stared at the bed curtains, as if lost in memories.
"At that time, your mother was not happy with me, so I forced her into the palace."
"Her lover at the time was the current Marquis of Wu'an. They were in love with each other, but I suddenly married her. I know she hated me. She hated me to death."
Chi Yu couldn't help but ask: "Since she doesn't like you, why did you marry her?" She also gave birth to him, a child who was not loved by his parents.
"Ayu, the emperor had his reasons. She was blinded by love at the time. Her father and brothers died in battle one by one, leaving her as an orphan. The Marquis of Wu'an's family is too complicated. If she marries into the family with a generous dowry, they will be eaten alive without leaving even a shred of bones."
"It would be fine if the Marquis of Wu'an was a good man, but he kept seven or eight concubines behind your mother's back. I also liked your mother at the time, but when I told her this, she thought I was lying to her just to break them up."
"Actually, I wanted to let go at that time. At most, I would protect her in the future. Even if she married into that place, I would never let her be bullied."
"However, after your royal grandfather learned about this, he immediately issued an edict granting us a marriage."
"She thought it was my doing, so after she married me, she treated me coldly. I knew she didn't like me, so I never blamed her."
"I thought, if I could be nicer to her, even nicer, better than that Marquis Wu'an, better than anyone else in the world treats her, then maybe she would like me."
"It turned out that she was soft-hearted. She was willing to try to accept me. However, a few months later, Marquis Wu'an suddenly married her cousin. She couldn't accept it for a while and became silent."
"Her cousin came to my house on the third day of the wedding and said, 'It was me who asked your royal grandfather to grant them a marriage.'"
"I explained to her that I didn't do it, but she didn't believe me. She hadn't believed me for a long time. She hasn't spoken to me since then. She's hurting herself to force me to break up with her."
"I couldn't bear to see her hurting herself every day. She hated me, and I wanted to set her free. But when I begged your royal grandfather to let me divorce her, she discovered she was pregnant with you, Ayu."
"She was pregnant with the emperor's grandson, and had been pregnant for over three months. If she had aborted the baby, it would have been murdering the emperor's heir, a crime punishable by the death of her entire clan."
"She was a kind-hearted woman. In the end, she didn't divorce me and gave birth to you."
"It's just that she doesn't like me, and by extension, she doesn't like you either."
Chi Yu gritted her teeth, tears welling up in her eyes, leaving traces of tears all over her face: "What about you? It's understandable that she doesn't like me, but what about you? Why do you ignore me too?"
He had wanted to ask this question for a long time. Yes, he had never lacked food and clothing, but what about love? He had never received complete love from his father and mother. Why should the grudges of the previous generation be taken revenge on him?
Emperor Xuan'an stretched out his hand into the air and grabbed weakly, but Chi Yu dodged and prevented him from touching the edge of his clothes.
Emperor Xuan'an's eyes welled with tears. "My child, your father couldn't show any favoritism towards you back then. Your mother, instigated by Marquis Wu'an's wife, grew increasingly resentful of me. I once had a raccoon, and after I showed affection for it, it died beyond recognition the next day."
"Do you know who wrote that?"
Chi Yu pursed his lips and said nothing.
"That was your mother who killed me with her own hands. After that, whenever I showed even the slightest affection for anything, she would do everything she could to destroy it."
"At that time, I thought, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. I wanted to be nice to you, but every time I tried to be nice to you, your mother would do everything she could to make you sick."
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