In the private room on the second floor, the boy's voice broke the silence.
"Father, are you still going to say nothing?"
Looking at the young man, Wu Jingming's eyes changed, and he sighed softly and said: "Ayuan... there are some things that you will know sooner or later. You don't have to be so stubborn and have to explore something too early..."
"Eighteen years, isn't it late enough?" Wu Chao asked calmly.
He knew that the aristocratic family, especially his grandfather, always had its own rules and regulations and did not allow anyone or anything to break the original arrangements——
But, is grandfather so distrustful of him?
Did they recognize his so-called stubborn temperament? If they learned about this "too early", before the situation was determined, would it disrupt their plans?
Or is it that even if there is only a slight possibility of ruining the plan, his grandfather is unwilling to mention it to him, just because - the arrangement is an arrangement, there is no need to discuss it with him, and even informing him in advance is not necessary?
As if aware of his thoughts, Wu Jingming said in a complicated tone: "Your grandfather... also has his own thoughts. He is not only your grandfather, but also the head of the family... Father knows that you must be considerate."
He once asked his father when he planned to tell A Yuan the truth.
His father said that although A Yuan had been disciplined by the family's rules since childhood, he was extremely independent and stubborn at heart, and it was extremely difficult to change things he had decided on. If he could not be persuaded, unnecessary trouble might arise.
I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring closely at the Wu family and King Yan. If they are exposed at all, it will bring disaster to A Yuan himself.
After weighing the matter, after arranging all subsequent matters properly and completely, and then explaining the truth, it will be more foolproof.
"Even if I don't agree, as a descendant of the Wu family, I can understand my grandfather's thoughts -" There was obvious persistence in the young man's tone: "But now that the matter has come to this, does my father really think that it can still be kept a secret?"
What should have been guessed has been guessed.
But now, he needs to know the more complete truth.
"It's even—"
King Yan was talking to Wu Jingming, but his eyes fell on the young man's face: "He should know."
He originally thought that this child knew about it.
But I didn't expect that the Wu family had managed to hide everything so well over the years.
After Wu Jingming was silent for a moment, he said, "Sit down and talk."
King Yan nodded.
Seeing the two elders sitting back, Wu Chaoshi sat down at the bottom.
"..." Wu Jingming seemed to not know where to start. After opening his mouth, he paused for a moment before nodding: "...A Yuan is indeed Sister A's child."
After another pause, he added: "Sister...and the prince's child."
After hearing these words, King Yan's thoughts even became stagnant.
For a moment, he could no longer think about anything else, only these two short sentences echoed back and forth in his mind.
This is a real child...
It's Zhenzhen, and his child...
"..." Wu Chao half-closed his eyes, making it difficult to see his turbulent emotions.
Although there have been speculations, it is still different when you actually hear it with your own ears.
It turned out that the person in the portrait he had seen in Qizhenyuan was his biological mother.
"This matter really shouldn't be hidden from you until today..." Wu Jingming's voice was slightly hoarse at this time.
Saying these words to A Yuan personally is not only revealing the truth of an old incident to him, but also telling himself and everyone that from this moment on, this child is no longer his child.
He felt pity for the child at first, and transferred his guilt towards his sister to the child.
Later, as I watched my children grow up little by little, my love and appreciation gradually overshadowed everything else.
Sometimes he would even forget the existence of that thing. Seeing his child getting better and better day by day, he would think proudly that he is indeed my son, Wu Jingming.
When I suddenly remembered it, I felt dazed and confused.
But this day was bound to come sooner or later... and it finally came.
"What on earth... happened back then?" King Yan reluctantly came back to his senses, his voice also low and hoarse.
"That year, the prince was ordered to go on an expedition, and not long after the prince left Beijing, my sister was diagnosed with pregnancy. I still remember that the late emperor was very happy because of this, and gave many rewards to Prince Yan's Mansion..."
Wu Jingming recalled and recounted the past events.
"At that time, I heard that the prince was in a serious war situation, so my sister did not write to inform him of her pregnancy, fearing that he would be distracted... But not long after, the late emperor fell ill and the situation in the capital changed drastically.
My sister was born with a sensitive nature, so she was always worried about it. Shortly after the death of the late emperor, my sister suddenly suffered from abdominal pain, and her delivery date was brought forward by more than a month..."
"Because it was a premature birth and the fetus was not in the right position, the situation was particularly dangerous... When the Queen Mother heard about this, she didn't care to keep watch for the late emperor. She left the palace and rushed to Prince Yan's Mansion. It took a full day and night. Even though she exhausted all her strength, she could not save her.
The child is born.”
Although he knew that everything was a thing of the past and had been ground into powder over the years and was irretrievable, but listening to these, King Yan still felt as if he was in the middle of it, his whole body was tense, his eyes were extremely red, and his face was every inch white.
Come down.
"In the end, even the two midwives that my Wu family had arranged to stay at Prince Yan's residence were helpless... When the eldest sister was still alive, she begged the Queen Mother..."
At this point, Wu Jingming's eyes were already red, and he slowly took a deep breath before continuing: "The eldest sister knew that she had no chance of life, so she begged that the fetus in her belly be cut out as soon as possible..."
Later, according to the eldest sister’s dowry maid—
"The Queen Mother refused and insisted on saving the eldest sister's life no matter what. However, at that time, the eldest sister was already dying and there was no room for recovery... The eldest sister then begged again and said that no matter whether the child was alive or dead, she would
I just want to take a look and hope that the Queen Mother can fulfill her last wish."
The purpose of these words was obviously to "coax" the Queen Mother into agreeing to have the baby cut out as soon as possible. But under such circumstances, how could the Queen Mother have the heart to refuse again?
Fortunately, this child was blessed with great fortune. When he was cut out, even though his whole body was blue, he was still alive.
He thought that the eldest sister should be smiling at that time...
"Later, people from the palace came to inquire about the situation, and the Queen Mother made a decision to hide the safe birth of the child from the palace people, and only told the outside world that one body and two lives... At that time, my second brother was traveling near the capital, and I heard that
The news came and they questioned the Queen Mother and the new emperor. There was something fishy about my sister’s death. In order to get an explanation, they made a big fuss——"
It was precisely because of this scene that the emperor was able to confuse his sight.
At that time, the emperor had not yet ascended the throne and the situation was unstable. He did not dare to offend the Wu family again, so he expressed his guilt in every possible way before appeasing his second brother.
My second brother also took care of my sister’s funeral, so no one from the royal family had a chance to get close to my sister’s body.
Later, my father rushed to the capital.
A Yuan, who was still in his infancy, was held in his arms by his father himself, sat in a carriage and left the capital for inspection. No one dared to come close to stop him for inspection.
Nowadays, everything seems to be easy, but the thrill at that time may only be understood best by the Queen Mother who has personally experienced it.
The Queen Mother, and the Wu family - if it were anyone else, it would be impossible for this child to be saved quietly.
"...Why do you want to hide the child?" King Yan's tight voice contained a hint of trembling.
If Zhenzhen and his mother hadn't noticed something, why wouldn't they even dare to let anyone know that his child was born safely?
He didn't know any of this back then. When he returned to Beijing, everything had been covered up. What was in front of him was that his father, his wife and children were all gone.
"At that time, the situation in the capital was complicated and turbulent. There was no news about Prince Yao and I didn't know when he would be able to return to the capital. The Queen Mother's wish was nothing more than to keep A Yuan safe."
At this point, Wu Jingming's eyes turned slightly cold: "Furthermore, the matter of the eldest sister's premature birth was very strange."
King Yan looked at him closely: "What else was found?"
"At that time, the prince lost news and was in danger. His life and death were uncertain. When the military report came to the capital, the Queen Mother wanted to hide it from my sister, but the person who sent the message was the first to send the news back to Prince Yan's Mansion."
Let's just say this was just a coincidence, but they later found out a key point.
"After hearing this, my sister was so worried that she could hardly sleep at night. But even so, she still cared about the child in her belly. What really caused her to have a premature birth was what she heard 'accidentally' from several servants.
A few rumors made my sister mistakenly believe that the prince was dead, and that the body had been found, but she didn't dare to tell her at the moment because everyone was hiding it from her."
Suddenly hearing such words, how could Ajie still be able to hold on?
And it was precisely because he found out this point that when he talked about it with his father, his second sister overheard it, which made the second sister make up his mind to enter the palace.
"Does Your Majesty think that the rumors that reached Sister's ears back then were really just accidental?"
King Yan's hand on the tea table was clenched into a fist, and the fist was even trembling.
Under such a tense situation at that time, nothing that happened could be a so-called accident!
And if it's not an accident and something really happens, it's because someone else has calculated it!
Eighteen years later, he didn't think that his suspicions at this time would still be based on impulse and ignorance of right and wrong...and these suspicions had already taken root in his heart before he heard these words today.
But these so-called calculations and entanglements were not the most painful existence in his heart at this moment.
What Prince Wu had just said was ringing in his ears.
I really learned about his "death"...
Zhenzhen was tortured during childbirth, and she begged her mother to break her belly to take the child...
How scared and painful should it really be?
But at that time, he never stayed with her to protect her.
Countless days and nights, he was thinking about why he recommended himself to lead the troops to fight that war in the first place. Although the battle was difficult, did he really have to do it? How had he ever been missing in this world to protect him?
What he should protect is his wife!
As a husband, not only did he fail to protect her, everything Zhenzhen experienced was because of him!
This thought that had tortured him for countless days and nights reappeared in his mind, imagining the pain and fear his wife had experienced before she passed away, and he seemed to be in it, but he could only watch her suffer, unable to change it at all.
All this...
The many mixed emotions were like huge turbulent waves, covering his whole body and unable to breathe. King Yan's lips were livid, and he tightly covered his chest with his trembling palms.
"Your Majesty——"
Wu Jingming noticed that something seemed wrong. Before he could ask a word, he saw the man who was sitting there with a straight back slumped, and his whole body and the chair fell to the ground!
"Bang!"
There was a muffled sound of a heavy object falling to the ground. Xu Mingyi's expression in the backyard changed, and he subconsciously looked towards the lighted private room.
Can't we start fighting again?
But looking at the three of them, it was clear that none of them were very impulsive - and there was no way they would do anything like this, right?
"...A Yuan, go quickly!"
Hearing this faint urging sound, Xu Mingyi knew something must have happened and hurried to the front hall.
At this time, there were no guests in the hall, and the door of the teahouse was closed to no longer welcome guests.
As soon as she reached the stairs, she saw Wu Chao striding downstairs.
"What happened?" Xu Mingyi asked in a low voice.
"The prince suddenly fell to the ground and fainted -" Wu Chao spoke hastily. When he saw the assistant walking quickly, he immediately gave serious instructions: "Hurry up and ask the best doctor nearby to come and see you!"
The waiter didn't dare to be negligent, so he said "yes" and hurried away.
Xu Mingyi glanced at the direction in which the waiter was leaving and said hurriedly: "I'll go up and take a look first!"
Wu Chao nodded, and the two went upstairs together.
In the elegant room, King Yan, who had just been hurriedly helped to sit back in the chair, had obviously lost consciousness. Wu Jingming was holding King Yan's shoulders anxiously.
"It can't be like this." Xu Mingyi said immediately: "Hurry and help the person to the inner room and lie down on his back——"
Wu Chao immediately complied, and Wu Jingming didn't bother to question anything. He followed his son and held his hand, helping King Yan to the low couch in the inner room.
After Xu Mingyi took a general look at King Yan's situation, he said to Wu Chao: "Hurry and loosen the prince's robe so that he can breathe as smoothly as possible."
As he said that, he looked at Xiao Qi who came in after hearing the noise: "Xiao Qi, go to the nearest medicine hall and get some Baoxin Pills back -"
"Yes, I'll go right away!"
Looking at Xiao Qi's back as he quickly followed his orders and left, the inappropriate illusion in Wu Jingming's heart reappeared.
Xu Mingyi pushed open the two inner windows.
"Miss Xu, does she know what's wrong with the prince?" Wu Jingming roughly saw that this girl knew medicine, so he couldn't help but ask.
Xu Mingyi turned around, looked at the person on the low couch, and said: "The prince must be suffering from a heart disease. This disease is caused by stasis of blood and qi in the heart, and the mood cannot be severely impacted."
Otherwise, over-excitement may trigger symptoms, which may not only cause coma, but in severe cases, may even be life-threatening if timely treatment is not provided.
"Heart disease?" Wu Jingming murmured: "The prince has a strong body, but I have never heard of him suffering from heart disease in the past..."
Wu Chao, who had just untied King Yan's robe, stood up straight. Hearing this sentence, he whispered: "That must be the disease he suffered from in the north these years -"
Wu Jingming fell silent.
It seems that the prince has been really unhappy these past few years.
Otherwise, how could I have developed such a disease...
