Chapter 84 The fake prince ascends the throne as emperor!
The nanny and maidservants who were guarding the child were all confidants left behind by the Duke of Yingguo’s wife who died during childbirth. They were all panicked when they saw that Si Yuan was leaving just to take a look at the little master whom their wife had risked her life for.
As the wet nurse of the Duke of England's wife, Huang Ma thought she could have some respect in front of the Duke of England, so she stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Duke, the young master has lost his mother at such a young age. I beg you to have more mercy on him."
The original owner, Duke of England, felt both guilty and respectful towards his wife, and the couple had a loving relationship.
Although the Duke of England had concubines and illegitimate children, it was because the Duke of England was often on the battlefield and could return home dead at any time. The Duke of England was the only son, so when his parents were still alive, they could not wait to let their daughter-in-law give birth to their eldest son. In order to prevent their son from having any accidents in the future and the Duke of England's bloodline from being cut off, the two old people gave their son many concubines.
This concerns the bloodline inheritance of the Duke of England's mansion. Even if the Duchess of England feels bad, she will not do anything before she gives birth to a legitimate son. After all, if God does not bless her and the Duke of England really dies in the battlefield, it is better to have a bastard son in the family to inherit the title than to have no son to inherit the title and the Duke of England's title would be taken back by the court.
She is the Duchess of England. Even if a bastard inherits the title, he has to respect her as the legitimate mother. According to etiquette and law, she is the legitimate mother of the bastard, and those concubines are just aunts. If she has no offspring to inherit the title and the British dukedom is taken back by the court, then what will she be worth as the British duchess?
Therefore, the Duchess of England was quite kind to her illegitimate sons when she was alive and never thought of harming them, at least that was the case before she gave birth to a legitimate son.
After the Duke of England's wife married into the family, she spent little time with the original owner, the Duke of England, and thus had not been pregnant for many years. Now, after finally having a legitimate son, he died of dystocia.
But precisely because of this, in the original owner's mind, the Duchess of England was a gentle and virtuous wife who could take care of his parents on his behalf, take good care of his illegitimate children, and manage the entire Duke of England's mansion. She was the most perfect wife in the original owner's mind.
Si Yuan looked through the original owner's memory and sneered in his heart after knowing the original owner's impression of his wife.
Probably only a male chauvinist like the original owner would think that it is normal for wives and concubines to live in harmony. He cannot see the secret conflicts between wives and concubines, and does not understand the conflicts of interest between legitimate and illegitimate children.
However, no matter whether the original owner really understood his wife or not, it did not affect the good impression that the Duchess of England left on the original owner. Her death in childbirth made the original owner feel guilty, and he made up for this guilt on the child she exchanged her life for.
There was nothing wrong with the original owner's behavior, but unfortunately she met a stupid emperor who replaced her child. The original owner took all her guilt onto the emperor's son, but the child that the Duchess of England exchanged her life for suffered in the cold palace. After finally getting out of the cold palace, he was held up by the emperor as a target to attract fire.
After the emperor paved the way for his beloved son, he became jealous of the original owner because his beloved son had called him dad for so many years. He directly framed the original owner for the child swap, and accused the Duke of Ying's Mansion of confusing the royal bloodline and attempting to rebel, and executed the entire Duke of Ying's family.
Si Yuan knew the emperor's plan and of course would not continue to favor a fake son. He looked at Nanny Huang who had mustered up the courage to ask him to be more compassionate to the young master for the sake of the deceased Duchess of England, and felt a little sorry for these loyal servants who were protecting the wrong young master.
He sighed slightly, and was very gentle to Nanny Huang: "Nanny Huang, there is no need to be so polite. If it weren't for this child, Madam wouldn't have left me. I can't face this child. You just take good care of him..."
Si Yuan pretended that he could not accept the fact that his legitimate son had killed his beloved wife, and left here as if escaping. Then, naturally, he turned a blind eye to this fake legitimate son of the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion.
The current owner of the Duke of England's Mansion is Si Yuan, and his attitude is a weather vane for everyone. The mourning and sadness he expressed for the death of the Duke of England's wife, as well as his disregard for his legitimate son who lost his mother at birth, all made the people in the Duke of England's Mansion have some thoughts.
However, no one doubted the feelings Si Yuan showed towards the Duchess of England. After all, if he did not have deep feelings for the Duchess of England, how could he vent his anger on his legitimate son who caused the Duchess of England to die in childbirth? After all, the general concept in this world is to protect the young rather than the older, and believe that offspring are more important than the mother.
Therefore, Si Yuan created a character who was deeply in love with his first wife and had no regrets. The more affectionate he was to his first wife, the more difficult it was for him to accept his legitimate son who caused his first wife to die in childbirth. No one would think there was anything wrong with him not liking his legitimate son.
Si Yuan appears to be emo and locks himself in the study room, but in fact he sneaks into the cold palace of the imperial palace every night to meet the original owner's real son.
Zhao Zisu, the fake prince of the cold palace who had experienced a 'thousand-year dream', has now been successfully 'reborn'. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the person holding him was actually the Duke of England, and he was so scared that his eyes widened.
It was not until the day when Zhao Zisu's background was exposed by the emperor that he found out that the Duke of Yingguo, Zhou Jing, whom he had always envied, was his real identity, and that the Duke of Yingguo, who doted on Zhou Jing so much, was his biological father.
Zhou Jing resented him for taking the position of crown prince, and he also resented Zhou Jing for taking his own position and snatching away the love of his biological father!
When Zhao Zisu was reborn as a baby, before he had time to think about how to change his fate, he found that his biological father was holding him.
Hasn't he been transferred to the palace yet?
Zhao Zisu subconsciously looked around. He was right. This was the cold palace where he had lived for ten years.
He couldn't help but wonder, could it be that his biological father really switched him with Zhou Jing?
When Zhao Zisu began to doubt, Si Yuan spoke in time and whispered to him, "My child, Daddy's good child, this time Daddy will never treat that fake as you and pamper him again. It's a pity that Daddy came back too late and couldn't stop the dog emperor from swapping you with that fake. Now you can only suffer in this cold palace! But don't worry, if you suffer, that ungrateful wolf won't have an easy life either! The dog emperor wants his son to live a good life in the Duke of England's mansion instead of you, don't even think about it!"
Zhao Zisu immediately understood that his biological father had also been reborn! Like him, they were all reborn and had memories of their past lives!
Zhao Zisu had no intention of recognizing his biological father. He subconsciously disguised himself as an ordinary baby, closed his eyes and slept obediently, but in fact he pricked up his ears to listen to his biological father talking to himself.
Si Yuan glanced at the baby who was pretending to sleep and felt very satisfied. This artificial reborn person was very reliable and had good acting skills.
How could a prince who had been a crown prince for many years in his previous life, who defeated all other competitors and almost became the final winner, be a reckless and impulsive person? He must be a cautious person and would not rashly recognize his biological father at his most vulnerable time just because of his longing for him.
After all, in their previous life, they only knew each other's father-son relationship before they died. They have no emotional foundation at all, and they are both reborn. Such caution is the correct way to deal with it.
Si Yuan was very satisfied with Zhao Zisu's performance. He continued to act and told Zhao Zisu everything he wanted to reveal: "Good boy, the name Zhou Jing has been taken by that fake. He was called this name for more than 20 years in his previous life. This name has become unlucky. Daddy has given you a new name, Zhou Xi. Xi means bright and happy. Daddy hopes that you will have a bright, peaceful and happy future. But the emperor is still watching us, and Daddy can't change you back for the time being. Wait for Daddy, Daddy will definitely think of a way, he will..."
Zhao Zisu closed his eyes, but kept repeating the name "Zhou Xi" in his heart: Zhou Xi... Zhou Xi... This is the name that his true identity should have. Xi means brightness and happiness, and it carries his biological father's good wishes and love for him. Is it so that he is loved by someone?
In his previous life, he lived a miserable life in the cold palace for ten years. He was finally taken out of the cold palace and was shown great favor by the emperor and was made the crown prince. However, the emperor's favor for him was always superficial. He only showed his favor for him in front of other concubines, princes and court officials. In private, the emperor was extremely harsh to him and did not have the love a father has for his son at all. He was even less lenient than he was to the other princes.
At the beginning, Zhao Zisu always thought that the emperor was so strict with him because he had high hopes for him as the crown prince. Later, he gradually realized that the emperor was simply using him. He made him the crown prince just to elevate him to fight with other princes and use him as a target to balance the court.
After all, if there is no crown prince, the princes will set their sights on the throne under the emperor's butt. But once the crown prince is appointed, the princes will set their sights on the position of heir to the throne.
After realizing this, Zhao Zisu never expected his father's favor anymore. He began to rationally and calmly take advantage of the emperor's superficial favor for him, using the emperor's appearance to win over his own forces and defeat other princes. He wanted to prove to his father, who disliked him, that he was the best heir.
But he never expected that the emperor disliked him because he was not his biological son at all!
And from what the Duke of England said just now, he had exchanged identities with the real prince, and it was actually the emperor himself who changed them!
What is the purpose?
Zhao Zisu was not stupid. He understood after a little thought that the purpose was nothing more than to protect Zhou Jing, the real prince, and let him, the fake prince, be the target to pave the way for Zhou Jing, the real prince.
Until he was reborn after death, Zhao Zisu was still filled with resentment. Why was he deprived of his happy life, forced to be a target for Zhou Jing, and even forced to die?
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