He seemed to have lost a lot of weight when he was just released from the clan mansion. He was stripped of the royal service and only wore a prison uniform. His chin was covered with green stubble, and his hair was still neat.
But the clothes were covered in bright red colors, which were traces of having been subjected to criminal law.
This is the first time I have seen Qi Xuan like this.
He didn't notice my presence, and stared straight at the old man lingering on the hospital bed.
"Xiaoqi...come here." King Qi stretched out his withered hand. At this moment, his identity was not the king, but the old father calling the wanderer home.
Not only Qi Xuan, but also an outsider like me was moved.
But Qi Xuan was not as exaggerated as Qi Yao and knelt down all the way. Qi Xuan stepped forward steadily and knelt down when he reached the bed. But from my point of view, Qi Xuan's kneeling was very uncomfortable.
Reluctantly, he seemed to be resisting the impending separation of life and death in this way.
"You're finally here." King Qi sighed in relief, his tone much more relaxed than before.
Qi Yao felt that he had been left out, so he quickly stepped forward and held King Qi's hand: "Father, please stop talking. The imperial physician in the palace will definitely cure you."
Qi Xuan pursed his lips into a resolute arc and looked stubbornly at his old father on the bed without saying a word.
King Qi waved his hand to Qi Yao: "Yao'er, my father understands your thoughts. You need to let my father finish his words first."
Qi Yao didn't dare to make any mistakes when he saw me present.
At this time, I don't know who brought all the officials, and when I looked closely, it turned out to be the queen.
But King Qi didn't take it seriously at all and kept looking at Qi Xuan.
"Xiao Qi, I know you blame your father." With a gentle voice, all the pain and sorrow of the past decades were gone.
Qi Xuan was shocked, as if he had woken up, and looked at the old man on the bed in disbelief.
"You blamed your father for giving everything to Yao'er, so you ran away in anger and stayed away for more than half a year!"
Qi Xuan didn't say a word, and the Qi officials kneeling behind him didn't speak either.
Qi Yao looked at King Qi with some confusion.
The queen looked slightly impatient. At this time, she didn't want to hear anything else except about the reserve.
"But do you know that my father has already given you everything he can give you?"
Qi Xuan actually sneered: "What did you give me?"
King Qi said: "I have given you the courage to strive for self-improvement, the perseverance to move forward in the face of difficulties, the ability to judge right from wrong, and the courage to take charge of the world...but...I have only given you no care. This is
Father’s mistake!”
The expressionless Qi Xuan continued to purse his lips and did not answer a word.
"Father... please stop talking." Qi Yao burst into tears.
King Qi looked at his eldest son with difficulty, with a hint of guilt in his eyes: "Yao'er, you have been well-dressed and well-fed since you were a child. The Queen is your biological mother. Under her protection, you have never been harmed. What good things are there?"
I only want you first, but after giving you so much, my father still doesn’t know what you want."
"Father, son and minister... I don't want anything, I just want my father to be well." These words were partly sincere and partly false.
"You take whatever Gu can give you, but you can't snatch what Gu can't give." King Qi's eyes suddenly became sharp.
Qi Yao was so frightened that he forgot to cry.
Qi Xuan suddenly raised his head, and his eyes when looking at King Qi seemed to have changed a lot.