Chapter 164: Past Events
Speaking of it, it is the love, hate and vengeance of the older generation.
Xie Tingzhou has never seen his biological mother.
He once asked the old prince to draw a picture. The prince picked up the pen and thought for a long time, but the only picture he could draw was the silhouette of a village girl.
Xie Tingzhou asked King Beilin why there was only his back. King Beilin said that it had been too long and he had forgotten.
His mother was just an ordinary village woman living on the frontier. That year, the King of Beilin led his troops passing by, but the river was flooded and they could not cross it, so they had to stay there.
Just like the general and the orphan girl in the storybook, love comes so suddenly, just a fleeting glance, or some warmth encountered along the way.
They were together for only three days before the King of Beilin led his troops away, promising to pick her up when he returned.
But the war came so suddenly that it lasted for a year.
When King Beilin went to pick her up again, he learned that she had died in childbirth, leaving only her infant son to be raised by the neighbors.
The mother, who had nothing, could leave her children only a lock of her hair and an inconspicuous bracelet.
Not all people can be faithful to one person, and not all love can be unforgettable.
Just a few words represent the woman's fleeting life.
In just three short days, that woman left a faint impression in King Beilin's heart, so faint that years later, he could no longer remember what she looked like.
In fact, the King of Beilin already had a queen at that time, so he took him back and raised him with the queen.
The princess had difficulty in giving birth and had been childless for eight years after marriage, so she treated him as her own.
But it all ended when he was four years old.
The princess is pregnant.
She has her own child.
"I didn't understand at the time. The princess always asked me to give in to my brother. I thought it was because my brother was younger, so it was normal for my mother to love him more."
Xie Tingzhou fell into memories, with a hint of madness in his eyes.
"Bei Lin was not as peaceful as it is now. The northern barbarians attacked repeatedly and my father was often on the battlefield. In the following years, I was almost entirely raised by Uncle Zhong."
"I have been practicing hard since I was young, and I have never neglected calligraphy, painting, and kung fu. I always want to work harder and be better. My mother should be like this.
I would like her a little more, but every time I just get a perfunctory response, I wonder if I haven’t done enough.”
Shen Yu turned around and hugged his waist, burying her head in his chest, "It's all over."
She was heartbroken. How did he survive those long years when he was young? How did he secretly lick his wounds when he felt abandoned by his mother?
"It's not over yet." Xie Tingzhou tightened his grip on her waist, "Later, she finally made a move."
Shen Yu didn't understand, so she listened to him continue.
He is Xie Yun. He is so dazzling. He has been fighting with King Beilin. He became famous in one battle at the age of fourteen, and the northern barbarians on the border were terrified by him.
When he returned, he thought he would finally be praised this time, but what he got was a strange and wary look from Princess Beilin.
As the princess's child grew up, she began to fear that this nominal legitimate son would seize the throne from her son.
She began to send snacks to Xie Tingzhou, and she would send them every day as long as he was at home. Even if he was away on a military expedition, she would make some for him to take with him, and told him with a loving face that the expedition would be difficult and he must take good care of himself.
He cherished this "belated maternal love" very much. He received one letter after another from home, and each time he brought not only a reply but also snacks made by his mother.
I thought it was belated maternal love, but it turned out to be poison that penetrated my intestines.
Later he was injured in a battle because the northern barbarians had poisoned their arrows.
Only then did he realize that he had been suffering from chronic poisoning for a long time.
Sometimes fate is so bizarre that the uncurable poison combined with the chronic toxins he had been taking for years actually saved his life.
Shen Yu closed her eyes, trembling with heartache.
Xie Tingzhou bent down and kissed her temple, then stroked her back soothingly.
He looked out the window and said, "She thought I was gentle by nature, but she didn't know that I would never give up."
There is no such thing as a gentle nature. That is the gentleness he left for his "mother".
How could he be willing to accept that he held his true heart so carefully but in the end what he got was poison that penetrated his intestines?
When Princess Beilin saw that he was still alive, she thought that the dosage she had given him was not enough, so she added a stronger dose.
That was the last time he, Princess Beilin, and her son dined at the same table.
He bet that she still had some motherly affection for him, so he secretly replaced the wine with her biological son right under her nose.
The result was that she reaped the fruits of her own actions and watched her own son die in front of her with blood spitting out of his mouth.
"It was then that I realized she was not my biological mother. She said I would not die a good death, that I should be alone all my life and go to hell forever."
Xie Tingzhou stared at her quietly, "Is she right?"
"Of course not." Chen Yu looked up at him, "You have me now, you won't be alone all your life, we will live for many, many years, and then have several children, and we will be buried together after we die."
Xie Tingzhou curled his lips. He opened up his scars without reservation. She gave him the answer he wanted and used herself to heal his childhood scars.
"That's a promise," he said.
Shen Yu didn't react, "What?"
Xie Tingzhou pinched her hand wearing the bracelet and said, "You said you wanted to have a few children with me."
Chen Yu blinked, feeling a little embarrassed, and buried her head in his chest, "I haven't told my father yet."
"Tomorrow." Xie Tingzhou smiled and said, "I'll accompany you to see him tomorrow."
Shen Yu nodded, and suddenly remembered something, and broke free from his arms, "My grandmother said that the King of Beilin sent something to Hezhou."
"I asked someone to deliver it." Xie Tingzhou tilted his head and called out the window, "Prepare the meal."
The lanterns in the courtyard were lit and the maids filed in.
Zhong Bo was very perceptive. Seeing that the prince had driven everyone out, he told the kitchen not to rush and to wait until someone served the meal before putting the food in the pot.
Uncle Zhong was standing at the gate of the courtyard at this moment, feeling a little disappointed.
Chang Liu looked confused, "Grandpa, why are you sighing?"
Uncle Zhong said earnestly, "It's only been less than half an hour. This is not a good sign."
"Why? Isn't it better to eat earlier?"
"You are just a kid and don't understand." Uncle Zhong shook his head and left, saying, "I have to ask Doctor Yu to check the prince's pulse tomorrow. It's really... a little too fast. I wonder if he was injured in his early years. I'm afraid he needs to be healed."
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