"Don't panic!" Nalan Zhengze stood up and patted Nalan Ziyun on the back, his voice soft, his face kind and gentle, "You are my Nalan Zhengze's real son, there is no doubt about that. But your mother is not An Lingyue. And..."
Nalan Zhengze paused, his narrowed eyes reflecting deep jealousy and resentment, "Nalan Hexi is not my flesh and blood either."
Nalan Ziyun's eyes suddenly widened, "Nalan Hexi... she is not your child? Could it be that what mother said is true? Is An Lingyue really a fickle woman, not only not faithful to her husband, but also hooked up with another man and gave birth to a bastard?!"
"Shut up!" Nalan Zhengze shouted loudly and slammed the chair beside him.
The mahogany chair creaked and instantly broke into pieces, turning into powder.
Nalan Zijun was startled, his face turned pale, and he stared at Nalan Zhengze in panic.
He didn't understand why his father suddenly got so angry.
Nalan Zhengze took a deep breath, and after a long while, he calmed down and said, "Don't mention this person or this matter again!"
Nalan Zijun quickly bowed in response.
But his eyes secretly glanced at Nalan Zhengze, and when he saw his hideous and distorted face, he couldn't help but feel a palpitation in his heart.
There were too many desires, hatred, longing, unwillingness and jealousy in Nalan Zhengze's eyes, and in the end they all turned into greed.
Nalan Ziyun quickly lowered his eyes and whispered, "Father, since Nalan Hexi is not your flesh and blood, why do you still want to protect her? Wouldn't it be better to let her die?"
Nalan Zhengze wiped his face, and when he put his hand down, his expression had returned to normal. Hearing this, he said in a deep voice, "Because Nalan Hexi has An Lingyue's relics. What you need to do now is to have a good relationship with Nalan Hexi, let her treat you as a real brother, and then find a way to get An Lingyue's relics."
"What relic?" Nalan Ziyun frowned and asked, "If there really is a relic, can't we just ask Nalan Hexi to take it out? I don't believe she dares not to take it."
Nalan Zhengze frowned and said, "I don't know exactly what the relics are, but they are definitely related to medical skills and alchemy. I have tried to probe Nalan Hexi several times, and she probably doesn't know about the existence of these things, or she definitely didn't know about them before. But now it's hard to say."
"What does that mean, father?"
Nalan Zhengze's eyes were complex and far-reaching, and his voice was full of emotion. "An Lingyue is a brilliant, intelligent and wise person. She would never allow her daughter to be so mediocre. She must have used a secret method to preserve those secret books, and then sealed them in Nalan Hexi. Only those who trigger certain conditions can open them."
"Don't you realize that Nalan Hexi has become a completely different person now? I think the seal on her may have been lifted."
Nalan Ziyun had never met Nalan Hexi before, and had only heard about him from others, so he did not have a deep impression of him.
Hearing this, he frowned and said, "Even if she is no longer a coward, He Xi is still just an ordinary person. I am sure there is no spiritual power fluctuation in her body. If An Lingyue really left her a trick, how could she still be a waste?"
Nalan Zhengze suddenly took out a pill and said to Nalan Ziyun: "You should know this pill, right?" (To be continued)