Chapter 238 The Pain of Losing a Son
Outside the long pavilion.
The wind is very strong.
The cold wind blew across my face.
The wind blew Princess Yuqing's beautiful hair into disarray.
She gathered her cloak and walked slowly forward.
She pulled the cloth out of Prince Consort Cao's mouth and looked at him with a cold, half-smile in her eyes.
"What do you want to do to Jiayue?" Prince Consort Cao broke free from the guards and glared at Princess Yuqing.
"I am Jiayue's biological mother, what else can I do to her?"
Princess Yuqing covered her lips and chuckled, not hiding the sarcasm in her eyes at all.
Just then.
The sound of a child crying in the carriage attracted the attention of Prince Consort Cao.
He looked through the car curtain that was blown up by the wind and saw Jiayue looking at him with tears in her eyes, and his heart suddenly tightened.
He tried to run towards his daughter but was stopped by the guards.
He was so anxious that his face turned red and he started to blame Princess Yuqing.
"Yuqing, you are a noble princess, yes, but you are Jiayue's mother and my first wife. I don't blame you for being cold and distant to me, but Jiayue is only three years old, and you had the heart to abandon her to the remote place of Jiangzhou. Now that she's back, why don't you even give her a good look? Is this how a mother should be?"
"If you don't like her, let me take her back to Cao's house. I will never let her appear in front of you again."
Princess Yuqing remained silent and looked at him as if he were a fool.
This made Prince Consort Cao feel uneasy.
At this moment, he only felt that his daughter's crying was getting louder, and it made his heart ache.
Princess Yuqing listened to Cao Jiayue's increasingly loud cries and watched Prince Consort Cao struggling in the hands of the guards, but she remained unmoved.
She never even saw her daughter, and she didn't know whether she was alive or dead, or where she was.
Why was Cao Chong able to see his daughter every day?
Why did he take her daughter away and still say such things so shamelessly?
Princess Yuqing looked at Prince Consort Cao indifferently and sneered, "Prince Consort, are you too immersed in the play? You shouldn't be here. You should go to the troupe."
Prince Consort Cao paused and stopped struggling.
There was a hint of panic in his eyes.
Enter the play...
Yes, he was into the role.
The cold and arrogant woman in front of him was extremely beautiful, stunningly beautiful.
She is the most honorable eldest princess of Daliang and the goddess in the hearts of thousands of Daliang men.
But when choosing a son-in-law, he was chosen among all the young men from aristocratic families.
He did not consider himself to be extremely talented or romantic.
Although he was born into a prominent family, he lost his father at a young age and depended on his widowed mother for support. He was ostracized by his brothers and looked down upon by his clan members.
Just an insignificant person.
Pian Yuqing chose him.
He also admired Yuqing, even though...
Even though Yuqing told him before the marriage that she was pregnant and that their marriage was just a political marriage, each getting what they wanted, he still asked him if he was willing to marry her.
He was also willing and promised to treat her as his own.
Coincidentally, his mother found out about this and forced him to have a concubine and have his own bloodline.
Naturally, he didn't want to let Yuqing down, but this princess was like a rock that couldn't be warmed up. She wouldn't even stay alone in a room with him, let alone become his wife.
The eldest princess looked down on him from the bottom of her heart and never looked at him straight in the eye.
He obeyed his mother's arrangement.
The funny thing is...
The eldest princess, who originally disliked him, actually treated him differently because he and his mother loved Jiayue...
It's really ridiculous!
But at this moment, she found that the eldest princess had changed.
She turned back into the arrogant, cold-blooded princess she used to be.
He panicked...
Princess Yuqing approached Prince Consort Cao and whispered, "Prince Consort, why are you so excited? Have you forgotten that Jiayue is not your biological daughter?"
The corners of Prince Consort Cao's mouth twitched, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
He lowered his eyes and said awkwardly, "Yes... Jiayue is indeed not my biological daughter, but everyone has emotions and desires. I have raised her for so many days and have long regarded her as my own daughter. Besides... besides, I promised you that I would treat her as my own."
What a great way to treat your child like your own!
Princess Yuqing smiled and said, "You don't have to do this. I have already asked my father for permission to divorce you and me. You won't have to worry about Jiayue's affairs from now on. Jiayue is my daughter. Whether she lives or dies, whether she is good or bad, that is my business. I should also take her to meet her biological father. Perhaps it is time for her to recognize her ancestors."
"No."
Jiayue is not your daughter.
I can’t even see that damn biological father.
Prince Consort Cao was struck by lightning.
Jiayue is his daughter, how can he recognize someone else as his father?
How can that be?
He said resolutely: "No... I don't agree to divorce, you can't take Jiayue away, Jiayue is not..."
"Not what?"
Seeing that he was still stubborn, Princess Yuqing took a step closer and angrily said, "Cao Chong, am I being too generous to you? Over the past few years, you and your greedy mother have borrowed my influence and gained enough from the Cao family. Are you still trying to get ahead of me?"
"Princess, that's not what I meant. I just don't want to divorce you." Fine beads of sweat appeared on Prince Consort Cao's forehead, and his palms were sweaty with nervousness.
Princess Yuqing said sternly, "That's not up to you. Of course, if you don't want to divorce, I can also... lose my husband."
Princess Yuqing emphasized the word "widowed".
"you……"
You vicious woman!
Of course, Prince Consort Cao didn't dare say this.
His face was very black, darker than the bottom of a pot.
"You can divorce me, but Jiayue can't go with you."
He grasped Princess Yuqing's hand, knowing it was a bit far-fetched, but still pleaded, "Princess, please don't take Jiayue away. Mother is not in good health. If she knew she would never see Jiayue again, she would definitely not be able to bear it."
"Whether your mother is dead or alive is none of my business." Princess Yuqing interrupted him.
"Cao Chong, do you think I'm a fool or blind? Don't you think Jiayue and I are nothing alike?"
"Why do you think I must take her away?"
"You...you...you know everything?" Prince Consort Cao looked shocked.
His face flushed red and his head started buzzing.
It was a very cold day, but he felt cold sweat all over his body.
The princess must have known this, otherwise she wouldn't have treated Jiayue like this.
He opened his mouth, only to feel his throat dry.
I just couldn't utter a word.
He only felt Princess Yuqing's breath getting closer and closer to him, with a hint of blood mixed in with the fragrance of plum blossoms.
A hairpin emitting a cold light was pressed against his throat.
His body was frozen in place, unable to move an inch.
Princess Yuqing leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Prince Consort, you must not have known the pain of losing a child. These days, I can't eat or sleep. Every time I close my eyes, I think of my poor daughter. I wonder if she's dead or alive. If she's dead, where will she be buried? Is her body properly buried? Has her soul found peace? Has she been reincarnated? To what family will she be born? Will that family treat her well?"
"If she were alive, she would be the same age as Jiayue now. I wonder where she is now? Does she look like me or her father? Is she fat or thin? Is she living a good life? Does she have clothes to wear and food to eat? How do her adoptive parents treat her? Will they treat her the same way I treat Jiayue?"
Princess Yuqing straightened up after she finished speaking.
With tears in my eyes, I smiled...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com