Chapter 59: Filial Piety, I’m Pretending
The concubine was startled, pushed Prince Su away and ran out. Prince Su didn't think much and followed her.
After the two went out, they saw a man in black kidnapping Qi Jinghao.
"Hao'er--"
The concubine screamed. She saw that the black-clad man's sword had cut a bloody mark on Qi Jinghao's neck.
"Release my son."
Prince Su waved his hand, and more than a dozen archers appeared on the high wall, drawing their bows and aiming at the men in black.
The palace guards had surrounded the man in black, but Qi Jinghao was being held hostage by him, so the guards did not dare to act rashly.
Seeing this, the man in black tightened his grip on the sword and said, "Let me go, I'll let him go..."
Prince Su interrupted him and said majestically: "My men have surrounded you. If you surrender, I can still leave your body intact!"
"If you don't obey..."
Prince Su took the bow and arrow from his subordinate, drew the bow and aimed at the man in black, but his eyes were fixed on Qi Jinghao.
Qi Jinghao was stunned for a moment.
The concubine was shocked, "Your Majesty..."
Wouldn't this irritate the assassin?
As expected, the man in black sneered, "Since I can't survive, I might as well drag a prince with me to die together, so I can have a companion on my way to the underworld!"
"Tyrant, you don't even care about the life of your own son. You are not worthy of being a king--"
"Swish--"
As Prince Su shot the arrow in his hand, Qi Jinghao took a step back to avoid the sword of the man in black.
The man in black was hit by an arrow, his eyes full of unwillingness.
Qi Jinghao looked like he had survived a disaster as he watched the guards carry the man in black away.
Prince Su walked up to Qi Jinghao and patted his shoulder with satisfaction, "As expected of my son, you are so much in tune with me!"
Qi Jinghao smiled shyly, "It's all thanks to my father's good teaching."
When he was young, Prince Su was a very good father and often took him and his elder brother to practice martial arts.
I don’t know what he was thinking about, but Prince Su’s face changed and he turned and ran towards the door.
When Qi Jinghao saw where he was going, his heart sank. Just as he was about to follow him, he was stopped by the concubine.
"Hao'er, come with me to apply the medicine," the concubine said with a distressed look on her face. "That damned assassin dared to hurt you. I will have him torn into pieces!"
"I don't know what your father is doing. Is there anything more important than your injury?"
While talking, the concubine pulled Qi Jinghao into the house. Qi Jinghao looked at the time and gave up the idea of looking for Prince Su.
There were not only wounds on Qi Jinghao's neck caused by the man in black, but also a cut caused by the arrow shot by Prince Su.
He failed to dodge in time and was accidentally injured.
Qi Jinghao frowned.
He was always lazy when practicing martial arts, which is why he couldn't avoid accidental injury today.
If it was my eldest brother who was held hostage today, he would definitely be unharmed.
Qi Jinghao closed his eyes, tears faintly flashing in them.
The concubine thought he was in pain, which made her heartbroken.
"Your father is the same. How dangerous was it just now? If you're not careful... you might as well let the assassin go. He's just a small assassin. Why not catch him anytime?"
The concubine complained.
In her heart, no one can compare to her son. Qi Jinghao is not only her only child, but also her future guarantee.
The emperor is ruthless. Who knows if Prince Su will get tired of her one day and favor someone else?
Yes, it’s all father’s fault.
Qi Jinghao's eyes flickered, and his body trembled slightly. "Mom, I'm so scared. Just now... I almost couldn't see you..."
"Princess...where is the commoner Chu Jingyao?"
Prince Su arrived at the place where Chu Jingyao, her mother and her two children were imprisoned and asked the guards.
The guard replied, "Your Majesty, they are inside."
Prince Su waved his hand to signal them to open the door. When they opened it, he saw Chu Jingyao sitting quietly at the stone table in the yard.
He asked his followers to wait outside and went in alone.
Chu Jingyao didn't look at him, and he stood there for a long time.
"It's cold, come inside, you're not feeling well."
Prince Su finally couldn't help but said.
After saying this, Prince Su was stunned for a moment.
He thought he would say something else, but he didn't expect that the first thing he said was concern for Chu Jingyao's health.
More than ten years ago, he, Chu Jingyao and three-year-old Qi Jingyan were kidnapped. At that time, only one person could escape. The mother and son gave up that opportunity and let him escape first and then come to rescue them.
"Your Highness, please go. Yan'er is still young, and I'm pregnant. We can't go far... Your Highness, don't worry. I will hold on until you return..."
"Your Majesty, please don't worry about it."
Prince Su's thoughts were interrupted. His face darkened and he asked again, "Don't you have anything to ask me?"
"No."
Still in a calm and unperturbed tone, Prince Su was displeased: "Don't you want to ask, is that child still alive?"
Chu Jingyao's palms, hidden in her sleeves, tightened. Her expression remained unchanged as she stared directly into Prince Su's eyes. "Your Highness is impeccable in everything he does. Even my father praised you for it. Why did you spare that child's life?"
Prince Su was speechless.
really.
He had already handed the child over to his confidants to deal with.
Prince Su felt a little guilty. He avoided Chu Jingyao's sight and coughed, "I'll go see the two children..."
The man in black did not try to assassinate him, but instead took Qi Jinghao hostage. Prince Su thought about it carefully and felt that the man in black was not trying to assassinate him, but had other purposes.
Prince Su thought of Chu Jingyao and her son.
Bei Chu sent a letter asking Prince Su to appoint Qi Jingyan as the crown prince. At that time, Bei Chu would announce Prince Su's wife Chu Jingyao's identity as Princess Bei Chu, indicating that the two countries had already established a friendly relationship.
But Prince Su did not do so. Instead, he wanted to kill Chu Jingyao and her son to eliminate future troubles. Bei Chu must have known about this and sent people to rescue Chu Jingyao.
With Chu Jingyao and Qi Jingyan in hand, Bei Chu can support Qi Jingyan to take power and then control Da Xia.
Prince Su thought his guess was reasonable, so he came in a hurry to see if Chu Jingyao and the other two were still there.
"They're already asleep."
Prince Su's heart skipped a beat. Was Chu Jingyao trying to stop him? Had the two children been taken away?
Chu Jingyao stood up and went back to the house, "Your Majesty, remember to speak softly."
Prince Su subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
He first went to Qi Jingyan's room. There was a light on the cabinet in front of the bed. He remembered that Qi Jingyan was afraid of the dark when he was a child, but he didn't expect that he was the same when he grew up.
Prince Su wanted to laugh, and he did laugh, but if he had a mirror, he would find that his smile was uglier than his cry.
Qi Jingyan's fear of the dark is a sequelae of the kidnapping.
He took advantage of the light to glance at Qi Jingyan and found that there were dark circles under his eyes and a book next to his pillow.
Prince Su picked it up and took a look, and almost couldn't hold it in.
This child was almost killed by his father, but he still wanted to relieve his worries.
A disaster occurred in Daxia, and Prince Su has been very worried recently. Before being imprisoned, Qi Jingyan was studying previous disaster relief methods in order to share Prince Su's worries.
Prince Su was afraid that he could not control himself, so he hurried out of the house. After he left, Qi Jingyan opened his eyes and sneered.
Filial piety, right?
I was pretending.
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