Chapter 119: The Storybook Written Overnight
After the morning court session the next day, Emperor Yongping asked Lin Fu to go to the Southern Study and bring the nineteenth prince Chu Chengqi to the Imperial Study.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Father. May you be blessed with good health and happiness."
Five-year-old Chu Chengqi had a chubby face, but he performed the ceremony in a very formal and proper manner.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that his face was filled with joy when he first entered Yu's study.
There was undisguised anticipation and joy in his eyes.
"Stand up."
Emperor Yongping spoke in a calm tone.
After Chu Chengqi raised his head, there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.
She opened her little mouth as if she wanted to say something.
But after seeing the seriousness on Emperor Yongping's face, he still didn't say anything.
He was the late son of Emperor Yongping and had been favored since birth.
It has never happened before that Emperor Yongping has not been seen for more than a month.
At this time, he also felt a little timid.
"Qier, come here."
Emperor Yongping looked Chu Chengqi up and down for half an incense stick of time before he slowly spoke.
Chu Chengqi saw that everyone who had accompanied him had left the hall, and he and Emperor Yongping were the only two left in the entire study.
The doubts in my heart became even greater.
But a five-year-old child like him could not refuse his father's embrace.
"Qi'er, is your father kind to you?"
Emperor Yongping picked up Chu Chengqi and placed him on his lap.
In the past, he had hugged Chu Chengqi like this countless times.
But this time, my mood is different from any other time.
When Chu Chengqi was his son, his heart was filled with love.
But when Chu Chengqi was someone else's son, the mood became much more complicated.
"Father, you are the best to me. I like you and I want to be a man like you."
Chu Chengqi sat in Emperor Yongping's arms and threw away the slight fear that had just arisen in his mind.
Soon they entered a warm parent-child state.
"Qi'er, the emperor asked you to come here today because he has something very important to tell you."
Emperor Yongping had been gentle just now, but at this moment he suddenly became serious.
"Father, I am already a five-year-old man. Your words are very important to me."
Chu Chengqi blinked his big eyes, and his tone returned to the serious tone it had just had.
"Qi'er, you must remember not to let anyone else know what your father is going to say. No one except you and me can tell it. Do you understand?"
Emperor Yongping became more serious.
"Father, I understand."
Chu Chengqi nodded solemnly.
Although he is only five years old, he has lived in the palace since he was a child.
The things he has seen and the schemes he has encountered are certainly incomparable to those of children from ordinary families.
Therefore, he had long since developed the ability to stabilize his emotions.
Reading people's expressions and words is also a skill that royal children must cultivate from birth.
"Qi'er, you are not actually your father's biological son, but the little grandson of the Red Spirit Nation."
The expression on Emperor Yongping's face remained serious.
"ah?......"
When Chu Chengqi heard that he was not the biological son of Emperor Yongping, he was completely stunned.
The calmness of the previous moment was thrown out of his mind in an instant.
The expression on her face was almost uncontrollable, and her little mouth even twitched. It was obvious that she wanted to cry but didn't dare to.
"Father, this is not true. I am clearly your son."
Chu Chengqi held back his tears and mustered up the courage to look directly into Emperor Yongping's eyes.
He wanted to see guilt or evasion in Emperor Yongping's eyes.
This seems to prove that what he just said was a lie.
"Qi'er, father did not lie to you. He did have a son who was about your age, but he is no longer with us."
The serious look on Emperor Yongping's face was gone, replaced by a look of sadness.
"Father, your son is your subject. I don't want to be the little grandson of the Red Spirit Kingdom. I only want to be your son."
When Chu Chengqi saw Emperor Yongping's expression, he could no longer control his tears.
She cried loudly and threw herself into the arms of Emperor Yongping.
Although he still had illusions in his heart, he could see something from Emperor Yongping's expression.
That's really the expression you would have if you lost something important.
Could it be that the father he had called the emperor for five years was really not his biological father?
Then who is his biological father and how did he end up in the Sheng'an Palace?
Countless questions filled Chu Chengqi's little head.
He was unwilling to face it for a while.
He didn't want to be without the love of his father and mother, he didn't want to be a child without love.
"My dear, Qi'er, whether you are my father's biological child or not, my father will not change his attitude towards you. However, you have the right to know your true origins, and my father has no right to hide it."
Emperor Yongping patted Chu Chengqi on the back and comforted him gently.
Alas, no one can accept that the parents who raised you for five years are not your biological children.
Moreover, the Chiling Kingdom and the Sheng'an Kingdom are not friendly.
If he is really the grandson of the Red Spirit Emperor, then he is the heir to the enemy's throne.
Who would be willing to take on this identity?
"Your original surname was Ouyang. You were sent to the palace when you were just one month old. Your biological father had replaced your father's biological son with yours at that time."
Emperor Yongping saw that Chu Chengqi's emotions had calmed down, so he patted him on the back and continued his story.
This was the storybook he had written overnight, and it sounded quite fluent when he spoke it now.
"Father...Father, I don't believe it. I am still young. Father, please don't lie to me."
Chu Chengqi's mood, which had slowly calmed down, was agitated again.
If he was not the biological son of Emperor Yongping, it would be like a bolt from the blue.
Being abandoned by his own father was like a bolt from the blue.
If his biological father doesn't want him, he definitely doesn't love him.
He is an unloved child.
is unwelcome.
"Qi'er, the emperor did not lie to you. It took nearly a month to find out the truth."
Emperor Yongping blinked and squeezed out a tear.
Then he said, "It's a pity that my father's own son was drowned in the moat by the people of the Red Spirit Country... At that time, he was only a few days old, he was still so young..."
Emperor Yongping sniffed as he spoke, pretending to be more miserable than a father who had actually lost his child.
You know, he never shows his vulnerable side in front of Chu Chengqi.
Standing tall and majestic, this is his true image in Chu Chengqi's mind.
"Father, I will obey you on behalf of my brother."
Chu Chengqi's little head was almost a mess.
At the age of five, he could not think of anything else except being filial to Emperor Yongping.
As long as Emperor Yongping was willing to take him in, he would do anything.
He didn't want to lose his protection, and didn't want to be driven out of the palace like Chu Chengzhao.
"Well, my father has loved you for so many years, and he has long regarded you as his own son. I am very pleased that you can be filial to him."
Emperor Yongping nodded and spoke very seriously.
"Father, does the Queen Mother...does she know?"
Chu Chengqi mustered up his courage before asking this question.
He hasn't seen his mother for almost a month. Could it be that she doesn't want to see him anymore because of this?
"When your biological father replaced you, your mother knew about it.
You are too young to understand the reason. Can I ask your father to explain it to you when you are older?"
Emperor Yongping turned Chu Chengqi's small body to face him.
I stared into his eyes and said this to him very seriously.
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