Chapter 413 Dad doesn't like us, go tell Mom.
On the way to the clinic.
Zhao Furou woke up in pain, "Ugh, ah, my stomach hurts..."
Yun Zhaoxue fed her spiritual spring water to relieve the pain.
She lost a lot of blood and may need a C-section.
The spiritual spring water wasn't working quickly, and Zhao Furou felt her stomach hurting more and more.
Holding Yun Zhaoxue's hand tightly, he gave his last words, "Cousin Xue, could I trouble you with one more thing before I die?"
If the child is a boy, then... then let's just get rid of her. But if it's a girl, could you please give her a way out, find her a good family, and never let her know who her biological parents are?
This child is the offspring of the Crown Prince of Dajing and the Princess of Dazhou, two countries with a deep-seated blood feud.
Since he is a boy, he will surely be rejected by both countries. It would be better to send him to paradise as soon as possible, so that he will not have to suffer in this world.
Let him resent her if he wants.
"I'm sorry, Cousin Xue, I made you offend people because of me and even dirtied your carriage."
"It's just a carriage, so what if it's dirty? Your life is more important. We're going to the clinic of the divine doctor's apprentice now. Don't be afraid, with the divine doctor there, he might be able to save your life."
Even in the worst-case scenario, one must choose between saving the larger or smaller child.
This child shouldn't have been born, but she chose to save the mother.
...
Halfway through the palace banquet, news came from outside the palace that Princess Furou had gone into miscarriage and was bleeding heavily. In order to save Princess Furou, a cesarean section was performed to remove the fetus, but the baby was lost and died; it was a girl.
Zhao Xuan asked uncertainly, "Is this true?"
What a coincidence! He tried to kill the child, and the child died.
The returning eunuch reported, "This old servant sent a palace maid in to check. The maid said that the abdomen was ripped open, and basin after basin of blood was being brought out. The child was covered in bruises. It is said that the umbilical cord was wrapped around the neck, and the child was strangled to death. The child is no longer breathing."
Zhao Xuan was relieved upon hearing this, and then focused all his attention on this treacherous banquet, which he had specifically set up against Zhao Rui.
Zhao Rui and Xiao Xuance sat to his left and right, respectively.
Both of them were feeding their son, one of them surrounded by her son, picking food for him.
A man is holding his toddler son in his arms and playing with him.
Zhao Rui often held this son and waved him around.
Zhao Xuan thought about how none of his concubines in the harem were fertile enough to conceive and then miscarry, and he felt envious, jealous and resentful when he saw others with sons.
He couldn't eat the food on the table and just drank alcohol.
Sitting beside him, Yun Jiaoyue advised, "Your Majesty, please eat some food. Drinking too much alcohol is bad for your health."
"Shut up, it's none of your business." Zhao Xuan transformed his inner question into resentment towards the women in the harem, blaming them for being useless and unable to protect even a single child.
If only Yun Jiaoyue hadn't miscarried and had given birth to his eldest son.
He no longer needs to worry about this or envy others.
Zhao Rui barely touched the food on the table and dared not drink much alcohol. He appeared to be on good terms with Zhao Xuan, but they were already at odds in private.
"Your Majesty, although you are the Emperor, I am your second elder brother, and also Fu Rou's brother. Zhen Rou has already passed away, and I was unable to fulfill my duties as an elder brother while she was alive. We only have Fu Rou by our side. If Your Majesty finds her a hindrance, then I..."
He also sent people to keep an eye on the child. If a boy was born, his men would take the child away and hide him, using him as leverage to threaten Wanyan Zonglie after they cooperated with him.
Guests entering the palace must undergo a strict search; Zhao Rui's men cannot enter, and he has not yet received the news.
"Just now, a palace maid came to report that Fu Rou is indeed a daughter, but she was stillborn. She is alive and well, so I did the right thing."
A hint of disappointment flashed across Zhao Rui's eyes upon hearing this, but he said nothing.
It's a pity we're missing another piece.
Hearing the tense atmosphere between the two, Xiao Xuance didn't interrupt and focused on taking care of his son's meal.
Da Bao and Er Bao were full after eating only a little. The food in the palace looked exquisite, but it didn't taste as good as what they ate at home.
The more Xiao Xuance looked at his two sons, the more he felt they resembled him.
Why isn't there anyone like Xue'er?
Look at other people's daughters, so soft and sweet, they're just like their mothers.
Should I have another child?
I won't have any more children; I can't let my wife suffer.
His two sons paused in their snacking when they saw the disdain in his eyes.
Erbao asked, "Dad, why are you looking at us like that?"
"It would be so much better if you were daughters?"
Da Bao, "..."
Erbao put down the snack in her hand, took out a small handkerchief to wipe her hands, pouted, and started wailing at the top of her lungs, "Daddy doesn't like us anymore? I'm going to tell Mommy, boohoo..."
"Don't cry, don't cry. Dad doesn't dislike you. If you were daughters, you would look even prettier than your mother."
"You just look down on us because we're boys, not girls, you just look down on us!" Erbao burst into tears, squeezing out two drops, which he wiped away with his hand.
Da Bao said, "Father, Mother loves us very much. She often says that we are handsome and will grow up to be as handsome as Father. Mother also says that she has the best eye for men in the whole Zhou Dynasty."
Yun Zhaoxue said she had good judgment, which is true, but she never said she was the best in the entire Great Zhou. That was something Da Bao added himself. These "best" titles were all added by him, but that's the general idea.
"Really? Your mother really said that?"
His affection for his daughter was overshadowed by his wife's praise of her in front of their son.
Seeing this, Yun Jiaoyue, who was sitting at the head of the table, glanced at him with a hint of disdain in her eyes. Today is a victory celebration banquet. What kind of behavior is it to cry and whine in the main hall? What a bad luck.
He was about to rebuke them angrily.
Erbao had stopped crying and put his hand down. He smiled at her, but it looked fake.
Yun Jiaoyue, "..."
Erbao withdrew his gaze and nodded vigorously to his father, "It's true, I can testify. Mother often said that Father used to be the most powerful and the most handsome man in the entire capital."
Da Bao managed to cheer up his "old father" with just a few words.
"My sons are good too. My two well-behaved and sensible sons are a blessing from God. I'm bad at talking and scared my little ones. I'll go find your mother to accept my punishment when we get back, okay?"
"Okay, I want to see it with my own eyes." Erbao felt that Yun Zhaoxue would definitely not be willing to punish him. Once he came back, the two brothers would have to step aside.
Every child is a mother's precious treasure; they are like the apple of her eye.
Waaaaah~~~
Xiao Xuance immediately refused, "That won't do, your father also has his pride."
He was afraid that the scene was inappropriate for children.
After the banquet ended and everyone left, Zhao Rui was accompanied by forty or fifty attendants on his way out of the palace, more than a dozen of whom were highly skilled martial arts masters.
The carriage traveled along the quiet path.
Suddenly, dozens of archers wielding crossbows appeared from the atriums connecting the houses on both sides of the street and from the sides of the rooftops, "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Sensing danger, the attendant shouted, "Protect the Prince!"
They drew their weapons to defend themselves, "Clang! Clang!"
The guards spurred the carriage away, shouting, "Giddy up! Giddy up! Giddy up!"
Before they had run very far, dozens of dark figures suddenly appeared in front of them.
Dressed in black night clothes and masked except for their eyes, they charged towards the carriage, raising their sharp blades high, which gleamed brightly in the moonlight.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! There's an ambush ahead!"
The carriage was riddled with bullets.
Logically speaking, the people inside should have died long ago.
The leader of the men in black used his internal force to blast the carriage apart, revealing it to be completely empty – a classic case of luring the tiger away from the mountain.
Xiao Xuance looked behind him.
There are several other routes from the palace back to the Prince Rui's residence.
There was only one road leading to the Qin Prime Minister's residence, so he quickly led his men there.
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