Chapter 77 Extra 1

A shabby carriage was moving slowly on the road, pulled by an old horse with dull hair and driven by a very young boy.

His skin was very white, and even though he was wearing a coarse linen shirt, one could tell that he was not an ordinary farmer, but rather the son of a wealthy merchant.

After arriving at the place, he looked around the town curiously, jumped out of the car, turned around and lifted the curtain, with an awkward expression and a low voice: "We're here."

A woman came out from the back, holding the window and slowly got down. She was not dressed to impress, but she was still fair-skinned and well-maintained. Unlike other women, her brows were not gentle, but rather cold and majestic.

These two people are Princess Zhongxin and Zhu Ling.

Zhu Ling didn't know much about what was happening in the outside world. He only knew that his brother was stolen by Jiang Hanfeng, but his father was not worried at all. Later, Shen Yingxue solved all the troubles outside, and his father remained as calm as before.

Later, his father became very busy, leaving home early and returning late every day, and sometimes there would be many guests he didn't know at home. Zhu Ling also wanted to know what happened, but his father was very strict and didn't let him get involved in these things.

Later, his father died.

Zhu Ling was extremely grief-stricken, crying until his eyes were swollen while throwing himself on the coffin. With the help of his cousin, the housekeeper, and others, he managed the funeral. His biological brother never showed up, so Jiang Hanfeng must have controlled him.

After the funeral, Zhu Ling cheered up and prepared to take over the management of the Zhongxin Palace, inherit his father's will, find out the truth, avenge his father, rescue his brother, and continue the glory of the Zhongxin Palace.

Then his father came back to life.

Not only did he survive, he also changed from a man to a woman, from King Chung-shin to a queen.

Zhu Ling: “…”

Life had played him terribly wrong.

The princess explained the truth to him, telling him why she disguised herself as a man, how the former prince and his biological mother died, and that they had treated Shen Yingxue unfairly. Shen Yingxue was innocent, and if Zhu Ling wanted revenge, he could go find her but not vent his anger on Shen Yingxue.

The princess never thought that there would be a day when she would tell the truth.

When she pretended to be the prince, she thought that this was the end of her life, so she didn't pay much attention to Zhu Ling's upbringing. She satisfied him materially, letting him go to school and study, and she didn't urge him if he didn't want to study. Zhu Ling was completely left alone, and logically speaking, he shouldn't have a deep relationship with her. But this child has a deep admiration for his father.

The princess thought he would choose to avenge his parents.

But Zhu Ling's reaction was completely different from what he expected.

"Father and mother have let you and your brother down. If you hadn't taken action, you would have been the one who died. You killed them out of necessity." Zhu Ling, who presided over the funeral himself, was much more mature than before. There was a bit more determination in his eyes, and he saw things clearly. "You are the one who has been with me all these years. Even if you don't like me and deliberately stay away from me, your kindness in raising me is real."

He had no way of taking revenge; they were a family.

And her child, Zhu Ling's brother, Shen Yingxue, had already suffered a terrible fate. If his mother hadn't interfered, if his father had cherished the child a little more, so many things wouldn't have happened.

Zhu Ling's previous madness towards Shen Yingxue was just worry mixed with a little fear. After finding out the culprit, that fear disappeared.

Zhu Ling was troubled for a long time, his eyes were red from staying up late, and he replied to the princess: "Let's write off the past and look forward."

When will the cycle of revenge end?

The princess dressed up as a woman and told Zhu Ling what was going on in the palace, asking him whether he would choose to stay and inherit his father's title or go with her.

Prince Zhongxin has always been a thorn in the eyes of emperors. Zhu Ling doesn't care much about wealth and glory, so he immediately chooses the latter, dresses up, and goes to Chuncheng to look for Shen Yingxue.

He found a house according to the address given in the letter, knocked on the door and went in. There were more than a dozen guards outside, and after asking their identities, he went inside to report.

Soon Shen Yingxue and others came out to greet them. Zhu Ling saw that his brother was still as bright and beautiful as before, and his dissatisfaction with Jiang Hanfeng was much less. But these people were too rude, and they looked at the princess one by one with their eyes wide open.

Zhu Ling belatedly recalled that the first time the princess appeared in public dressed as a woman, these people were shocked no less than he was.

That bit of dissatisfaction immediately vanished, Zhu Ling adjusted his attitude, stopped talking, and watched the excitement in silence.

Jiang Hanfeng came out to greet his father-in-law and brother-in-law. After seeing the two men, he was silent for a long time. He looked at Shen Yingxue beside him and found that he was very calm, as if he didn't see his father-in-law's dress.

Maybe his madness has come back again, Jiang Hanfeng thought.

He stepped forward and asked, "Would you two like to wash up first?"

The princess said, "That's fine. Thank you for your help."

Jiang Hanfeng heard that his voice was a little different from usual, softer, and it was hard to tell whether he was male or female. Probably like Han Jing, he would deliberately raise his voice when wearing women's clothing to make himself look more in line with his appearance.

He already knew Han Jing's true gender.

Jiang Hanfeng had sincerely believed that Han Jing was a woman before, but when Han Jing kept wearing men's clothes, he couldn't help but ask about it. Han Jing's face darkened at that time, but he didn't draw his sword because he was his elder. He emphasized loudly: "I am a man! A real man! I had to pretend to be a woman before! Second Brother has taught me for so many years, don't you even know my gender!"

Jiang Hanfeng apologized to him with a feeling of guilt.

Now my father-in-law is dressed as a woman, probably to confuse people and make the identity of King Zhongxin disappear more completely.

Jiang Hanfeng didn't dare to treat him as a woman, so he asked someone to prepare men's clothes and sent the father and son to wash off the dust, and also prepared a banquet in time.

During this time, Shen Yingxue seemed to want to say something to him. Jiang Hanfeng knew that he was probably not sober at the moment, and was clinging to him like a child. He smiled at him lovingly, "Have you taken your medicine today?"

Shen Yingxue knew that his mosaic was gone and his body was fine. He was not crazy at all and did not need to take medicine. He was very averse to the medicine. He secretly took the medicine at noon to water the flowers. He felt a little guilty when he heard Jiang Hanfeng's words. He also knew that Jiang Hanfeng might not believe him in this state.

Never mind. He won't be the embarrassed one anyway.

Shen Yingxue slipped away quickly and did not reappear until dinner time.

Jiang Hanfeng felt much more comfortable seeing his father-in-law dressed in men's clothes. He respectfully invited his father-in-law to sit in the seat of honor, and heard him say, "In the future, you don't need to prepare men's clothes, just give me women's clothes."

Jiang Hanfeng was a little puzzled. Now that they were in the territory of Zanhua Lane, it was still far from the capital. Wasn't the prince being too cautious? Even if it was to hide his identity, he didn't have to dress like Han Jing all the time.

My father-in-law sighed: "After being a man for so many years, I almost forgot what it feels like to be a woman."

Jiang Hanfeng: “???”

Have you ever been a woman before?

What's wrong with this world? If you want to hide your identity, then hide it. Why do you have to wear women's clothes?

In comparison, Shen Yingxue was much more normal. She just put a red mark on her face and added other very different features to divert attention, perfectly disguising herself as another person.

Perhaps it was because Shen Yingxue's disguise was too perfect, which caused everyone who saw such obvious features to worry that someone had deliberately created a fake one. With this thought, Shen Yingxue opened a new path, but immediately blocked this path. It was indeed unsafe for King Zhongxin to do this again.

Maybe that's why he dressed as a woman.

Jiang Hanfeng was respectful to his father-in-law, just as he had been to Hua Zhu in the past. He poured the wine and did not dare to respond to his father-in-law's words.

Zhu Ling couldn't help but admire Jiang Hanfeng's calm expression when he saw him.

As expected, he is the man chosen by his brother. He is indeed quite shrewd.

He is still too young and needs more training.

The princess said lovingly to Shen Yingxue, "I remember you adopted a son, why don't you see him?"

Han Jing and Xun Yan were also in Chuncheng, but Jiang Hanfeng thought that this was a family dinner and it was the first time that he and his mother sat down to have a meal together peacefully, so he did not invite them. When he heard her say this, he suddenly realized that Han Jing should also be considered a member of this big family.

"Call him over now." Jiang Hanfeng said, "There is another Zhu Chengyu, you should have met him. He regards Yingxue as his biological father, but he had a bad temper a few days ago and went to Qingyu Palace and never came back. He will send some things over after a while."

The princess said, "I remember that child. He was a pitiful person. I think he had a rebellious temper. He looked well-behaved, but he had his own thoughts. He had to be well disciplined, otherwise he would easily cause great trouble."

Shen Yingxue was very surprised. This mother had never raised a child before, but she was so good at judging people. She spoke so clearly and logically, as if she had a lot of experience. "Why not send him to you and give him a good lesson?"

The princess thought that after leaving Prince Zhongxin's Mansion, she would have nothing else to do and should really enjoy the days of playing with her grandchildren. Having Zhu Chengyu was not a big deal and could help her pass the boring time, so she readily agreed.

Zhu Ling glanced at her sideways.

He really feels close to this person, but it's a pity that she is not his biological mother. Zhu Ling thinks that if his biological mother were still alive... she would probably teach him some bad things. Zhu Ling does not have deep feelings for his mother, but psychologically wants to be close to the princess, but their identities are awkward. He can be considered the princess's son, but he is not as good as an outsider.

Shen Yingxue found that Zhu Ling was a little depressed. Although there was no marshmallow anymore, after seeing him, Shen Yingxue could remember the time when she wore Mosaic.

He picked up a piece of food for his brother.

Zhu Ling looked up and saw that it was him. He was flattered. Thinking of his brother's unconsciousness, he felt that his kindness was precious. He was moved and said, "Big brother..."

Shen Yingxue said: "Eat."

Zhu Ling had tears in his eyes and lowered his head to eat.

The princess was reluctant to get close to Zhu Ling at first, just because he was the son of an enemy, and she actually had no ill feelings towards him. In the past ten years, Zhu Ling had been very well-behaved and respected her very much, and she had already softened her heart, but she just didn't know how to treat this child. Seeing Zhu Ling getting close to Shen Yingxue, she said directly: "Ling'er has grown up, and it's time for him to learn something. Let him follow you in the future."

Shen Yingxue said: "Yes, mother."

Jiang Hanfeng was greatly shocked and looked at King Zhongxin carefully, fearing that he might be unhappy. Unexpectedly, King Zhongxin remained calm and nodded.

He looked at Zhu Ling again and found that his brother-in-law didn't react either.

Are they all so into the show?