Chapter 70 The whole story
Jiang Huailiang is a genuine warrior. In order to pretend to be a scholar to please his wife, he usually speaks as politely as possible.
But now his daughter's life was at stake, and he spoke with the crude face of a soldier, which made Cheng Engong very angry.
"emperor…"
"Just make do with it. The second one is not an outsider anyway."
“That’s not good…”
"explain!"
The emperor had already expressed his position, so Duke Cheng'en had no choice but to compromise and grit his teeth and go for it.
"Your Majesty, this child is not the Empress's. It was when you attended my father's birthday banquet that year, got drunk, and stayed overnight. You unexpectedly favored my fifth sister, and that's how a dragon child was born into the Zhao family."
No, what is this guy talking about?
I, while drunk, favored my sister-in-law?
The emperor felt that he was not feeling well.
"Why didn't this occur to me? Zhao Heran, are you deceiving the emperor?"
"I dare not, I can guarantee that every word I said is true!
Back then, the fifth sister was a widow, living in her parents' home for a long time. Who could have known that such an unexpected thing would happen? She said that she was too panicked to dare to speak out, so she left secretly to avoid causing any disturbance.
Later, she said she was not feeling well and moved to the manor to recuperate, where she secretly gave birth to a son. We only learned about this about five years ago when she entrusted her son to me before her death.
Lord Cheng'en's speech was clear and logical.
"When we brought the child back, he was already three or four years old. He hadn't been well taken care of in the womb and had spent too much time on the farm, so he was weak and sickly.
I was afraid I wouldn't be able to raise the child, and since your majesty was too busy to handle the task at hand, I didn't dare report it for the time being."
"You dare to do it now? Do I look like a fool? Do you think I believe you just because you say so?"
As long as I don’t believe it, it’s fake!
"Every word I say is true! The jade pendant on the child's neck is the one you left behind that night.
I still say that, if you don't believe it, you can use blood test!"
Duke Cheng'en was also feeling very bitter. In fact, it was not the right time for the Sixth Prince to return to the palace. Who knew that child had learned his life story from somewhere, and had the audacity to come out on his own, disrupting the perfect game. Alas!
The two naughty kids kneeling outside the hall could hear the quarrels from time to time. The two guys were born brave and had the leisure to chat.
"Wanjie, do you think that boy is really my father's illegitimate son?"
"Five or six, three is always right."
Li Chengxiu has a slight toothache.
"It's really frustrating that another person shows up to take over the family business."
It is indeed very frustrating, especially for a family like the Li family who have the throne to pass down. More brothers means more rivals.
"That blow you struck just now was pretty brutal. I don't think that kid will survive."
"uncertain."
Jiang Wan sighed.
Normally, there was no effective medicine for such an injury in ancient times, and the inflammation alone could have killed him. But the real fear was that the dog had that damned male protagonist's immortal aura.
"Wanjie, don't sigh. Don't be afraid, I'm here. I was the one who caught that kid, and I was so angry that I asked you to chop him with a knife. If my father really blames me later, I'll take it all on myself!"
Li Laosi is young and not as smart as his brothers, but he is very responsible. In other words, he is foolish and bold.
Jiang Wan, who had switched from being a crazy critic back to being a virtuous eldest daughter, looked up at him and smiled.
"Well, I'm not afraid."
"Hehe, just be afraid."
He chuckled twice, turned his head furtively to look around, and then lowered his voice to offer comfort.
"Don't worry, someone will come to rescue us soon!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Imperial Concubine and the Queen, who had received the Fourth Prince's urgent letter for help from eight hundred miles away, appeared behind them one after another.
"Old Four, Wanjie, are you all okay?"
"You little bastard, what on earth have you been doing with your wife? If you dare to implicate Wan Jie, I will not forgive you!"
Just by listening to the voices, you can tell that the one coming in first is the queen, and the one coming in behind is the imperial concubine.
"Mother, save me! Mother, save me!"
Li Laosi's shout at the top of his lungs successfully frightened the emperor in the hall.
"broken!
This little bastard Lao Si wants to destroy me!"
Li Changhuai, who was very experienced, had no time to think of a countermeasure before he saw Qiao Yunshu coming towards him with a cold face.
"Wife, wife, listen to my excuses. Don't blame me at all this time..."
The emperor argued with twisted logic but honestly jumped up from the dragon throne. With extraordinary dodging skills, he managed to escape from the delicate hands of the imperial concubine.
Qiao's face was blank, and it was unclear what emotion was flickering in her eyes. She just held the sword and swung it wildly at the bastard who had betrayed her time and time again.
Whether she could chop him off or not was not important. What was important was that she had to throw a tantrum in front of him, so that he would remember clearly that he had let her down once again.
"You dishonest thing, don't you have any beautiful women at home? I've asked you to take in so many women, and you're still cheating on me? I'll die with you!"
"I'm innocent!"
Li Changhuai dodged left and right, listening to his wife's scolding. He really felt that God had turned a blind eye.
"I really don't know about this!"
"Are you kidding me? You're a man after all, don't you know whether you've had that experience or not?"
"I thought I was dreaming, but who knew it was... Ouch, I was wrong, is that okay? Wife, run slower and watch your step..."
The Emperor and the Imperial Noble Consort chased each other out of the hall and fled. Duke Ling, who was already familiar with the couple's tricks, quickly bowed to the Empress and took his naughty child away.
Only the Zhao brothers and sisters were left in the hall.
The Queen looked at Duke Cheng'en with extremely cold eyes.
"Why do you treat me like this?"
The other party avoided the sight guiltily.
"Your Majesty, I am forced to do this. Fifth Sister has already given birth to the child. What else can I do? I am both a subject and an uncle. I can't just let him die on his own, can I?"
"You are truly a good subject and uncle, and a good patriarch of the Zhao family! The only thing is that you can't be a good brother to me."
The heartbreak in the queen's eyes was unbearable.
"I haven't let you down. I've suffered for half my life for the Zhao family, but why did you let me down like this?"
She wanted to ask her biological brother, who was born to the same mother as her, why did he do something so heartbreaking now when he loved her so much when she was a child?
Duke Cheng'en remained silent.
"Why exactly? Tell me!"
Some things don't have to be made clear. For example, the emperor and the imperial concubine were not from aristocratic families, so they didn't know that some aristocratic families had some unknown secret medicines in their hands.
The spring breeze blows once, and the dream passes without a trace.
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