Chapter 271
Xu Heming's heart skipped a beat when he heard his son's words.
He thought carefully, and realized that he hadn't done anything recently that would require his mother to interrogate him.
After all, I recently went to Heping to investigate Tang Youquan's affairs in secret.
He had just returned when he was summoned to Ci'an Hall.
Seeing Xu Qingshi covering his mouth and chuckling, Xu Heming realized that he had been tricked by his own eldest son.
"You brat, you've got some nerve! How dare you scare your father like that!" Xu Heming glared at his son, who seemed to enjoy causing trouble, and scolded him.
He wondered if he had been too lenient with him. When he was his age, he had to go to school and practice martial arts every day, but now he hadn't even started either of those things.
Given what happened at the academy last time, my mother is still reluctant to let this brat go to school. It seems I still need to persuade my mother.
"Mother, why are you in such a hurry to bring your child back? Is there something important?" Xu Heming ignored Xu Qingshi and asked the old princess who was still looking after the child.
In fact, what he wanted to say was that if there was nothing else, he was in a hurry to go to the palace to report to the emperor what he had found out.
"Please sit down first, we'll talk once everyone is here." The old princess felt a pang of sympathy for her son, who looked travel-worn.
Since no one from the Jiang or Xie families came, they took advantage of the break to let their son rest for a while.
Xu Heming was puzzled. Why wait for someone?
Looking at the little figure on the bed, Xu Heming wondered if this person was related to the child.
I wonder whose child this is, and why he is in the Prince An's mansion.
Suddenly, a very outrageous thought popped into Xu Heming's head: Could it be that a woman came to his door with a child, claiming it was his?
Given a mother's love for her child, it's hard to guarantee that she won't keep the child.
Thinking of this, Xu Heming became uneasy.
God knows, he was a chaste man.
It's impossible for him to let those women get close to him, let alone have a child this big.
Thinking of this, Xu Heming worried again. What if Li Zhiwei also misunderstood that the child was really his?
"Mother, this child..." Xu Heming was extremely anxious, and was about to tell the old princess that the child was not his.
"Your Highness, Lord Xie has arrived," a servant's voice suddenly called out from outside.
Xu Heming was puzzled. What Lord Xie?
"Let them in," the old princess said.
Xie Yanzhi, who was standing to the side, also stuck his head out, wanting to see if that Lord Xie was his father.
Upon recognizing Xie Jincheng, Xie Yanzhi quickly ran over and obediently called out, "Father!"
"What are you doing here, kid? Didn't you go to the Grand Princess's residence?" Xie Jincheng frowned as he looked at his son, somewhat puzzled.
"Father, I've come out first." Xie Yanzhi lowered his head, feeling somewhat uneasy. After all, he had secretly left without his mother's knowledge, and he didn't know if his mother was worried about him.
"Greetings, Your Highness!" Xie Jincheng bowed to the old princess with the respect due to a junior.
"Please sit down first." The old princess nodded, gesturing for Xie Jincheng to sit and wait.
"Mother, is this the person you asked us to wait for?" Xu Heming didn't know why, but seeing Xie Jincheng made him feel relieved. He thought, since the person who came was Xie Jincheng, this child probably isn't his.
Otherwise, the person who came should have been a woman.
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