"Xiao'er, listen to me on this matter. Since Liu Xuening can get pregnant, Xiao'er can definitely be cured."
Yan Shaoheng stopped arguing with her, after all, the Gu worm on his chest was constantly sucking his flesh and blood.
“I know Liu Xuening is pregnant with Xiao’er’s child, but she is, after all, born out of wedlock. How can her upbringing compare to that of a legitimate daughter?”
“When the day comes that you and I enjoy the happiness of family life, and the world falls into Xiao’er’s hands, how can she rule the harem and be the mother of the nation?”
"So when we return to Yan, we must ask Yunxi to take a look at Xiao'er."
As Chen Jingshu spoke, she looked at Yan Shaoheng, who had already fainted from the pain.
"You've had a tough time these past few days, you must not have been sleeping well."
Chen Jingshu took a cloak from the side and draped it over Yan Shaoheng.
"Your Highness, we have already traveled for two days as usual. Would you like to rest for the night?"
Following the moat all the way to Luancheng is naturally closer.
However, Yan Shaoheng and his companions rode their horses along the official road all the way to Luancheng, a journey that should have taken three days, but they managed to arrive in a whole day.
Now that everyone was exhausted and the horses were hungry, Cheng Ying saw that his lord had not replied. "Your Highness? The horses are tired. Let's rest for the night before we continue."
Looking at Yan Shaoheng in her arms, Chen Jingshu thought that he was probably really tired.
"Shaoheng, Shaoheng, wake up, wake up."
Yan Shaoheng heard someone calling him and opened his heavy eyes. "What's wrong?"
"You're asleep. Cheng Ying said there's a post station ahead, and the horses are tired. He asked if you want to rest for the night before continuing your journey?"
"Then let's rest for the night."
The pain in my chest was still there; perhaps I hadn't fallen asleep, but had fainted from the pain.
In order to prevent Chen Jingshu from noticing anything unusual about him, Yan Shaoheng booked a room for her alone.
Nighttime was the most painful time for him. Yan Shaoheng lay in bed, and to avoid being discovered, he put a handkerchief in his mouth. At this time, he was already rolling on the ground in pain.
"Master, Yunxi has brought you medicine."
At this moment, Yan Shaoheng was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. "Give...give...me..."
Cheng Ying poured a pill into Yan Shaoheng's mouth, and the Gu worm in his chest gradually calmed down, while Yan Shaoheng gasped for breath.
"Your Highness, how are you?"
"Much better, when was it?"
"Reporting to Master, it's almost Mao Shi (5-7 AM)."
"He was still a few hours late."
Cheng Ying stopped speaking. Since the last time, he had realized that he only had one master.
"Fine, considering the medicine is quite effective, let's send him a little more."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Yan Shaoheng put on some clothes and went to Chen Jingshu's room. He saw that Chen Jingshu was already lying quietly asleep on the bed and closed the door.
"It's probably inappropriate for Prince Heng to open someone else's door in the middle of the night."
No matter how much he guessed or thought about it, he never imagined that his mother would have an affair with someone else.
Previously, he had always known that his mother had a benefactor, and he had wondered who this person was and what their relationship was with his mother, but he had never thought of this.
"What's wrong with going to see your own woman?"
"Your own woman? Prince Heng, you are joking. My mother was clearly the Imperial Noble Consort of the late Emperor of Yue. How can you call her your woman? You are truly shameless."
"Oh? The Imperial Noble Consort of the late Emperor of Yue? Why don't you go back and ask if Yue has recognized your mother as the Imperial Noble Consort and you as Prince Xiao?"
"you!"
Yue Zhixiao was left speechless.
"What, you've run out of things to say?"
Yan Shaoheng smiled and said, "Since we have nothing to say, how about we have a drink?"
Yan Shaoheng and Yue Zhixiao arrived at Yan Shaoheng's room. "Chengying, have the shopkeeper prepare some snacks to go with the drinks, and a few bottles of good wine."
"My lord, your health is not suitable for drinking alcohol."
"Stop talking nonsense, just bring me the wine when I tell you to."
After Cheng Ying left, "Xiao'er, would you like to hear the story of me and your mother?"
"The night is long, and since you can't sleep, why don't you tell me?"
Although Yue Zhixiao was unwilling to believe the facts before him, it was indeed the case, and he couldn't change it.
If he angers the person in front of him again, he will truly have no chance to recover.
He could still understand these things.
"I met your mother at a hunting competition one year. That year, I was a participant and I was sent to the Moon Kingdom. We fell in love at first sight at the banquet."
Although in his eyes, he once hated the late emperor for not passing the throne to him.
But over the years, the late emperor had always treated him better than Yue Yufeng and Yue Xiyuan, and he liked this father emperor from the bottom of his heart.
Before sitting down, Yue Zhixiao still believed that it wasn't his mother who betrayed his father first, but rather that his father must have done something first.
But Yan Shaoheng's words plunged him into hell.
Yan Shaoheng saw through Yue Zhixiao's thoughts. "You don't need to think like that. Your father never liked Jing Shu. Ever since Jing Shu entered the palace, your father said that if your mother ever finds someone she likes, he will let her leave."
"Since you truly love each other, and Father has allowed Mother to leave, why don't you go?"
"Leave? It's easier said than done. My father was murdered, and my legs were crippled. How could I possibly bring your mother out of the palace and live a life of wealth and honor?"
It was only then that Yue Zhixiao remembered that Yan Shaoheng's legs had been crippled.
I couldn't help but look at him differently; in this respect, he was indeed better than me.
"So you've now taken back what's rightfully yours?"
"Not yet, but soon."
"Let me continue telling you the story. Your mother and I fell in love. Then, on another day of distributing porridge, we met secretly through a secret passage, and that's how you came to be."
These words struck Yue Zhixiao like a bolt from the blue, each one hitting him hard.
"What are you saying? Do you know what you're saying?"
“I know very well, but you don’t seem to know very well.”
"This is impossible! Impossible! I am my father's child. My father treats me extremely well, how could I not be his child? This is impossible!"
Yue Zhixiao seemed to have gone mad, repeatedly saying "impossible."
Each word of "Father" was like a knife stabbing into Yan Shaoheng's heart.
"I know you can't accept it right now, but this is the truth, Xiao'er. Face reality."
What evidence do you have?
Yan Shaoheng took out the jade pendant from his chest. "You should have seen this jade pendant on your mother as well."
Yue Zhixiao held the jade pendant and examined it carefully; it was indeed exactly the same as the one his mother wore.
"This is not enough to prove that I am your child."
Yan Shaoheng poured a bowl of water, grabbed Yue Zhixiao's hand and dripped a drop of blood into it, then pricked his own fingertip.
In an instant, the two drops of blood mingled together.
Yue Zhixiao slumped onto the stool, utterly dejected, and remained silent for a long time.
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