jdhmnovel Chapter 248 The Father Who Refuses to Acknowledge Me
Chapter 248 The Father Who Refuses to Acknowledge Me
Ning Yunxiao was obviously stunned when he heard this. He opened his mouth in surprise and then looked at King Zhao.
Although King Zhao remained silent and did not express his opinion, he did not deny it either. This silence made Ning Yunxiao feel a little flustered, and he subconsciously tightened the sword in his hand.
"What does this mean?"
Ning Yunxiao originally just wanted to say that the moment Prince Zhao and Wang conspired to kill Gu Siwei, he was no longer his, Ning Yunxiao's, father.
Unexpectedly, Wang misinterpreted the meaning and revealed such a shocking secret.
Upon hearing this, King Zhao immediately realized that Ning Yunxiao didn't know the truth. He couldn't help but sneer and said sarcastically, "Your mother is an unfaithful and unclean woman. She was pregnant long before she married me. Doesn't such a woman deserve to die?"
Ning Yunxiao subconsciously denied it, "Impossible!"
Prince Zhao glanced at Ning Yunxiao with amusement, "Your mother married into Prince Zhao's palace in April of that year, and you were born in December."
"I was born prematurely, so I've had poor health since I was a child."
"Bullshit!" Prince Zhao cursed. "You were clearly born full term. The so-called premature birth is just a fig leaf for my Prince Zhao's palace!"
"No... no..." Ning Yunxiao's hand holding the sword felt heavy, and he took a few steps back as if he had lost strength. "You lied to me! Royal families all require a physical examination before marriage. How could my mother marry into Prince Zhao's mansion pregnant? Even if she had ulterior motives, how could you not know that she was pregnant?"
King Zhao choked and choked for a moment before arguing as if to explain, "The Gu family is powerful, and they only have this one precious daughter. How can they allow me to divorce my wife?"
"If you can't divorce your wife, you'll kill her?"
"I didn't!" King Zhao was obviously panicked and just kept making excuses: "I've tolerated her for so long, why should I hit her?"
It must be said that Ning Yunxiao had no way to refute King Zhao's words. He was silent for a while and did not speak again for a long time.
Prince Zhao pressed on, "Yun Xiao, I know you've been getting pretty close to the Gu family lately, and you must have heard a lot of negative things about me from them. But don't forget, everything you have now is given by me! Don't think that just because you've been crown prince for a few days, you can bully me. Your mother must have had countless ambiguous relationships with people before, and your biological father is unknown; he might as well be some rural peasant. Tell me, if I exposed these things, would you still be able to sit firmly in the Eastern Palace?"
"I don't care!" Ning Yunxiao replied with red eyes, "I also believe my mother, she is definitely not that kind of person!"
"No? If your mother had followed the rules, how could she have had you before her marriage?" King Zhao said, then sneered and said with a smile, "You don't have to argue with me. You are the crown prince now. It would be bad for both you and me to fall out. We already have a father-son relationship, and I will definitely assist you in governing the empire in the future. We both get what we need, so why not?"
When Prince Zhao said this, Ning Yunxiao immediately understood this man's wishful thinking and said sarcastically, "Prince Zhao is so shameless to be able to speak of exploitation in such a high-sounding way!"
Prince Zhao ignored Ning Yunxiao's taunts and sneered, "Your Highness, there's no need to be sarcastic. If you don't cooperate with me today, I guarantee that your mother's affairs will be known to the whole city tomorrow. By then, everyone will insult and spit on you! They'll call your mother a slut who can sleep with anyone, and you a bastard who's taken over someone else's nest. You, the Gu family, and even the Crown Princess who was just granted marriage will all become the laughingstock of everyone!"
As he heard one insult after another that was unbearable to the ear, the pain was infinitely magnified. He felt panic, numb, and at a loss. Too many unresolved negative emotions came over him, and Ning Yunxiao felt as if his head was about to explode.
He staggered back two steps, holding his head, and cried out in pain, "Don't say that anymore!"
Just when he was in unbearable pain, the tightly closed palace door was kicked open by someone. The man strode over angrily and finally stopped in front of King Zhao. He struck King Zhao in the face with his clenched fist without saying a word.
Then, there was a furious roar: "Fourth Brother, you bastard! I will kill you!"
Ning Yunxiao covered his head and looked up, seeing a familiar figure——
Emperor Shengwu, the furious Emperor Shengwu.
The arrival of Emperor Shengwu made Prince Zhao even more unscrupulous. He laughed wildly, like a broken jar, and said, "What? You dare to tell me the secret I've been holding back for twenty years?"
"..." Emperor Shengwu, like a defeated rooster, dejectedly let go of Prince Zhao's collar, slowly turned sideways, and looked at Ning Yunxiao, who was almost exhausted and squatting on the ground. His lips opened and closed, but in the end he couldn't say a word.
Seeing this, King Zhao laughed even more recklessly and sarcastically said, "Yun Xiao, look, this is your biological father, a father who doesn't even have the courage to recognize you."
Ning Yunxiao looked at Emperor Shengwu in silence, opening his mouth in disbelief. However, the question lingered in his throat for a few seconds before he finally uttered a bland, "Why?"
"I..." The usually dignified Emperor Shengwu was now at a loss like a child. Too many past and future events flooded his mind. He didn't know where to begin. He lowered his head dejectedly and said, "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry?" The pain was like a rising tide, lingering in his heart for a long time, shattering Ning Yunxiao's pride in his rationality. "Can a simple 'I'm sorry' bring my mother back to life? Can a simple 'I'm sorry' heal these deep and shallow scars on my body? Can a simple 'I'm sorry' make up for my childhood of living under someone else's roof and being bullied? Your Majesty, we cannot bear your apology."
"You're right. No matter how good the reasons are or how deep my apologies are, they can't make up for what I owe you and Avi."
"You are not worthy to call her name!" Endless hatred gushed out from the bottom of his heart and swallowed Ning Yunxiao in an instant. Like a madman at the end of his road, he roared, picked up the sword that fell on the ground, and swung it straight at Emperor Shengwu.
In a rage, Ning Yunxiao, who had completely lost all his rationality, swung the sharp blade forward.
But Emperor Shengwu just stood there blankly, without any intention of dodging.
Is he planning to let Ning Yunxiao kill himself as an atonement?
At the critical moment, a girl in a goose yellow dress rushed in from outside the palace, stood in front of Emperor Shengwu, and said anxiously: "Yun Xiao, wake up!"
The next moment, the sword pierced directly into Jiang Lige's shoulder. The sharp blade penetrated into the flesh, bringing out a glaring bright red.
The bright red blood flowed down the sword blade, staining Jiang Lige's goose yellow clothes and Ning Yunxiao's eyes red.