The old man lying on the huge carved bed, with his skin so thin that his flesh was sunken and he looked like a skeleton, was none other than Zhong Zhiheng.
Zhong Mingwei walked in slowly, staring at the person on the bed without blinking his eyes. The person on the bed also stared at him intently, watching him come in with an excitement that he could not hide, and his dim eyes revealed deep joy. The closer Zhong Mingwei got to him, the more he could see the desire and excitement in his eyes, and the more uncomfortable he felt in his heart.
In the past thirty-four years, this man has always been a mountain that he could not reach. Everyone said that fatherly love is like a mountain, but for him, this mountain has never been associated with fatherly love. This mountain made him feel suffocated and unable to turn over, making him feel panic and resentful. It's not that he has never thought about overthrowing this ruthless and indifferent mountain, but what is the humble desire for fatherly love in his heart, or the weakness in his bones, that made him unable to do it. What was the result? This mountain almost took his life. In despair, he finally understood what a shameful existence he was to this mountain. From the beginning to the end, he was just an evil obstacle, a bastard that he hated to kill. From then on, the mountain in his heart collapsed.
Today, he stood in front of Zhong Zhiheng again, as a winner, but why couldn't he be happy? Why did he feel uncomfortable looking at his wrinkled face and sparse gray hair?
"Mingwei, my prince," Zhong Zhiheng's eyes had never left Zhong Mingwei since he came. Zhong Zhiheng tried hard to support the bed with both hands, trying to sit up, but he couldn't. He tried several times, and finally lay down on the bed in frustration, then panted and stretched out his withered hand to Zhong Mingwei who was so close, "Mingwei, I... I finally see you again, I... I am satisfied..."
"What is satisfying, father?" Zhong Mingwei looked down at Zhong Zhiheng, who was looking him up and down in his bright yellow dragon robe. He hid the sadness in his eyes. He looked at Zhong Zhiheng coldly, pointed at the shining dragon robe on himself, and pulled a sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth. "Father is satisfied. This is finally what you wished for. Your son can wear this dragon robe with your great help, and you finally have the face to go to the underworld to see the queen mother, right?"
Zhong Zhiheng's whole body suddenly stiffened. He slowly put down his hand and said to Zhong Mingwei with trembling lips: "Mingwei, I know that I have let you and your son down too much in this life, but... but that was because of a villain who alienated the relationship between me and Siyao, and made me... I misunderstand your life experience. I was blinded by one leaf and had no eyes, so that Siyao... died suddenly, and you... have suffered so much over the years, but Mingwei, you must know that these are all caused by treacherous villains! In my heart, no woman can compare with your mother, and no prince can compare to you. Mingwei, I... I know I was wrong, so I am trying my best to compensate you and pass this Great Zhou into your hands..."
"So, do you think you've made up enough?" Zhong Mingwei curled his lips in a sarcastic tone. He opened the brocade box in his hand and threw the imperial edict in front of Zhong Zhiheng with a "click". "Just relying on such a light piece of paper? Do you think my mother and I would care?"
"Mingwei, I..." Zhong Zhiheng looked at Zhong Mingwei anxiously, panting heavily like a broken bellows. He struggled and pleaded, "I...ever since I found out that I had wronged you and your son, I...I have been desperately paving the way for you. I, I have given you everything I can give you." At this point, Zhong Zhiheng grasped a corner of the imperial edict again, and then tremblingly handed it to Zhong Mingwei, while pleading, "Mingwei, with, with this imperial edict, you can legitimately... ascend the throne and compete for the throne. I...I can also close my eyes. Mingwei, you...you take it, take it..."
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