"Godfather?"
"Chengfeng, are you saying that this white-haired old man is the husband of General Feng Jingyun, the same one who led the battle so majestically as a man, Lieutenant General Mu, Mu Lanjin?"
Mu Lige immediately understood. No wonder he always felt that although this old man's mind was a little confused, as long as it came to the topic of marching and fighting, his thoughts and words were surprisingly clear and organized.
"Exactly. Although I don't know what he's been through, he is undoubtedly my adopted grandfather."
Si Chengfeng had never dreamed that the old man wasn't dead. Thinking of Feng Jingyun, whose hair had turned completely white because of Mulanjin; his adoptive mother and father, grieving the loss of their father; and Feng Qiyan, who blamed herself for killing her grandfather, he had to get this news back to the capital as soon as possible.
"Qingcheng, what's the current situation of my adopted grandfather? What did Third Brother Han say before?"
Seeing that Mulan Jin didn't recognize him, Si Chengfeng had to ask Hua Qingcheng.
"Sanlang said that he had no physical problems, but he had suffered a blow to his head, which caused him to lose some of his previous memories."
Si Chengfeng looked at Mulanjin, who stood before him in a coarse linen shirt and without his proud, handsome beard, with a complicated expression. His adoptive grandfather, now over sixty years old, had long enjoyed a life of luxury, but unexpectedly, by chance, he came to Huaqiao Village and ended up living the life of a farmer, working from sunrise to sunset.
"Grandfather, I'm Chengfeng, do you remember?"
"Riding the wind?"
Mulan Jin looked at Si Chengfeng with a confused expression. The face and name looked familiar, but she just couldn't remember them.
"Yes, Si Chengfeng. Meng Lishi's son."
"Meng Lishi?"
Mulan Jin's originally confused eyes lit up slightly.
"Nan Li Shi Bei Ling Yan, Nan Li Shi Bei Ling Yan, Nan Li Shi Bei Ling Yan..."
Hearing Mulanjin's mumbling and seeing that he responded to Si Chengfeng's words, Hua Qingcheng immediately shook Si Chengfeng's hand to calm him down.
"Chengfeng, Grandpa seems to be reacting to what you said. Talk to him more! Who knows! Maybe he can really remember something!"
"Yes, they were known as the 'Legends of Laifeng' back then, 'Nan Lishi and Bei Lingyan'. My father is 'Nan Lishi', and my adoptive grandfather's son, the eldest son of General Feng's mansion, is 'Bei Lingyan', who is just as famous as my father!"
Si Chengfeng felt a pang of sadness at the mention of his father, just as the old man would become sad when Feng Lingyan was mentioned. But in a serious case, drastic measures might be needed. Perhaps Feng Lingyan could truly be the key to unlocking the old man's memories.
"Feng Lingyan?"
"The eldest son of the General's Mansion?"
Mulan Jin's confused face was suddenly filled with sadness, and tears welled up in her deep eyes.
"Ling Yan...he died so tragically!"
Seeing Mulan Jin suddenly burst into tears, everyone felt a pang of grief. Yu Xiaotian, in particular, was weeping profusely. He hadn't imagined this old man was actually Si Chengfeng's adopted grandfather, the father of the current General Feng Cailan of the Laifeng Kingdom, and the once-renowned Lieutenant General Mu. But despite his status, Mulan Jin was just a pitiful old father who had lost his son.
"Chengfeng, what's going on with Feng Lingyan?"
Hua Qingcheng felt a little sorry for Mulan Jin, who was squatting on the ground crying. Perhaps it was because Feng Lingyan was the biggest pain in his heart that his body, after being hurt, would protectively seal away the memories of the past.
"Feng Lingyan, he..."
Si Chengfeng's face was solemn, his pair of beautiful and charming fox eyes were slightly narrowed, as if summoning those distant memories.
"Feng Lingyan is the current emperor's deceased and only Phoenix Empress. After his passing, the emperor has never appointed another Phoenix Empress. Although the emperor has many children, the position of Crown Princess has been undecided because the Phoenix Empress has not been appointed."
"I don't know much about what happened back then. Feng Lingyan was a talented scholar from the Laifeng Kingdom, as famous as my father, and they were the same age. But one of them entered the palace and became the Phoenix Queen, ruling the country, while the other... the other married an ambitious, unfaithful woman."
"Feng Lingyan and my father got married in the same year. The year after my father gave birth to me, Feng Lingyan was also pregnant for ten months and was about to give birth. However..."
"Only what?"
Hua Qingcheng looked at Si Chengfeng who suddenly stopped talking and asked.
Si Chengfeng looked up at the clear blue sky, which was so vast and bright. But the moment that extraordinary man stepped into the palace, he would probably never see such a beautiful and free sky again.
"But the child he gave birth to... died! He didn't even have time to see if it was a boy or a girl before it was snatched away by a demon. Some even said he gave birth to a demon. Unable to bear the blow, Feng Lingyan insisted that she had given birth to a girl, but no one believed him. And, strangely enough, the midwives who delivered him all died mysteriously one after another. Some said it was a demon's curse."
"After the child disappeared, Feng Lingyan went to the Emperor's bedroom every night, kneeling and begging her to find their child. The Emperor at the time thought Feng Lingyan had gone insane due to excessive grief over the loss of her child, so he simply ordered the eunuchs to take good care of him."
"Feng Lingyan gave birth in winter, when the weather was extremely cold. Seven days after her birth, it was the annual ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens. It is said that on the way to the imperial mausoleum, when passing by the Cliff of Oblivion, Feng Lingyan, heartbroken, and with her phoenix carriage, accidentally fell into the icy abyss, leaving no trace."
"God is really jealous of talented people!"
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