Shen Buci hesitated whether to stop His Royal Highness King Jing from revealing too much information about His Majesty to King Beiheng, but His Royal Highness was not wrong. His Majesty intended to announce the birth of the little prince to the world and celebrate it together. When they left Shangjing, the people of Shangjing had already known about the "folk concubine giving birth to a prince". This matter would surely spread throughout the nine states soon, and King Beiheng would know it sooner or later.
In addition, not only His Royal Highness Prince Jing, he was also somewhat curious about how Prince Beiheng would react to this.
He witnessed the whole process of His Majesty and King Beiheng meeting, knowing each other, and falling in love after they became adults. In his opinion, King Beiheng appears to be uninhibited and willful, but in fact he is a very calm person in his heart.
He was always cheerful and talkative, laughing and scolding, but he rarely lost control of his emotions. In this respect, His Majesty, who always pursued maturity and stability, was slightly inferior to him.
His Majesty once commented on King Beiheng: "When Wei Zhenfeng is completely enraged, he becomes a different person."
At this time, the actual ruler of Beiyuan was still far from being completely enraged. He was just slightly startled, with a confused expression: "Huh?"
Zhao Lin saw that Wei Zhenfeng finally stopped being so relaxed and in control, and he felt a strange sense of relief. He didn't hate Wei Zhenfeng, but he just liked to see Wei Zhenfeng being so obsessed with his brother that he couldn't control himself.
Because he had seen his brother lose his mind and control himself because of Wei Zhenfeng, he hoped that Wei Zhenfeng could return the same love as his brother. In other words, he hoped that Wei Zhenfeng would be the one who fell deeper.
Zhao Lin stated the facts without any guilt: "My brother is the father, and I am the uncle."
Wei Zhenfeng still didn't react much, his eyes showing undisguised suspicion of Zhao Lin: "Do I look easy to fool?"
Zhao Lin said: "If you don't believe me, ask Shen Buci."
Wei Zhenfeng looked at Shen Buci. Shen Buci said nothing, which was considered as his tacit agreement.
Even after saying this, Wei Zhenfeng was still so calm. Zhao Lin thought of the scene where his brother threw himself into Wei Zhenfeng's arms in front of him without caring about his manners, and his chest felt tight.
It’s over. Could it be that his royal brother is the one who is more deeply trapped
Wei Zhenfeng pondered for a moment and asked, "Did Zhao Mian adopt or adopt a prince?"
He had mentioned the matter of children to Zhao Mian before, and every time he mentioned it, Zhao Mian would get angry and draw his sword, chasing him while emphasizing that she couldn't get pregnant. So he said that they could adopt a child from the royal family in the future.
Zhao Mian had just ascended the throne, and having a prince could prove that he had successors, which would be beneficial to the stability of his country.
It has to be like this, there is no other possibility.
Zhao Lin opened his mouth, wanting to tell Wei Zhenfeng that the little prince was his brother's biological son, but Shen Buci stopped him: "Whether it is true or not, Your Majesty can return to Shangjing and ask His Majesty in person."
Wei Zhenfeng's tone became a little irritable: "Don't you have a mouth? Why can't you tell me now?"
Shen Buci said, "His Majesty has given an oral instruction that he wants to personally tell the prince what happened in the past six months."
Wei Zhenfeng was silent, his face was full of emotion. After a while, he suddenly smiled, as if nothing had happened: "Okay, I'll ask him in person when the time comes." Then he walked towards the inn, "I'm going to eat something, follow me if you want to."
Zhao Lin froze in place, unable to believe it: "Wei Zhenfeng can still laugh? And still in the mood to eat?"
Shen Buci looked at Wei Zhenfeng's back and said, "Because the King of Beiheng believes in His Majesty, but not the Prince."
Zhao Lin was very depressed. Wei Zhenfeng was smart, but the emperor's brother was also very smart. The emperor's brother's mood was completely controlled by Wei Zhenfeng. Wei Zhenfeng was so calm when he heard such a big thing about the child. His mentality was more stable than Mount Emei.
Wei Zhenfeng was not alone on his trip to the capital, but was accompanied by Ji Chong and others. When the group passed by the inn, Wei Zhenfeng recognized the wind-chasing horse and guessed that Zhao Lin was nearby, which led to the incident just now.
Ji Chong, who was waiting there, saw that the prince looked a little strange, and asked, "Didn't the prince find His Royal Highness Prince Jing?"
Wei Zhenfeng answered the question irrelevantly and said to himself, "Zhao Mian has a little prince?"
Ji Chong was greatly shocked and blurted out: "Who gave birth to her?"
Wei Zhenfeng said slowly, "It is said that she is a concubine from the common people."
After Ji Chong was shocked, he quickly comforted his prince: "The friendship between the Emperor Jing and the prince is obvious to all, and it is definitely not false. I think the Emperor Jing must have his own difficulties."
Wei Zhenfeng narrowed his eyes: "So, you think this is true?"
Ji Chong was confused: "Didn't the prince and his subordinates tell him about this? Could it be true?"
Wei Zhenfeng said: "I'm asking you if this is possible."
Ji Chong carefully considered his words: "Your Highness, he is the emperor of Nanjing. How can an emperor be without an heir? If he has a child with a woman for the sake of the country's eternal prosperity, I think... it is understandable."
Wei Zhenfeng concealed his brilliance, his eyes were filled with gloom: "For the sake of the country and the people?"
He knew very well that in Zhao Mian's heart, the country and the people would always come first. Zhao Mian was willing to do anything for Nanjing, and he could only be second at most.
Anything... including sacrificing him
But the Nanjing royal family is different from the other two countries. Zhao Mian's father asked him to be single for life, so does he have no such requirement for his own son
Thinking calmly, the whole thing was full of doubts and he would not believe it.
Since they parted on the Lantern Festival last year, he and Zhao Mian have met only a handful of times in the whole year. This time, they haven't seen each other for half a year. Time is enough to change a lot of things.
Zhao Mian is the king of a country. As long as he wants, all the beauties in Nanjing are his.
The identity of an emperor meant that Zhao Mian could not be monopolized by one person, but he took it for granted that Zhao Mian belonged to him alone.
Now thinking about it, maybe he was a little too confident.
Wei Zhenfeng felt that his emotions were about to get out of his control. Since he grew up, his emotions had only gone out of control twice, once when he learned the truth about his mother's death, and once at Nangong Mountain, when he thought Zhao Mian was going to kill him.
He must meet Zhao Mian as soon as possible and hear the truth from Zhao Mian's own mouth. Otherwise, even if he knew that the birth of a child was most likely a fabrication, he would not be able to remain calm.
Wei Zhenfeng made a decision: "Leave for Shangjing immediately."
Ji Chong hesitated and said, "But your injury, Your Majesty... Didn't you say that if His Majesty saw that you were injured again, he would definitely scold you?"
"Let him scold me if he wants." Wei Zhenfeng said in a low voice, "Isn't it enough that he scolds me?"
Wei Zhenfeng and the others packed up and walked out of the inn when they saw Zhao Lin and Shen Buci. Zhao Lin saw that they were holding bags and asked Wei Zhenfeng, "Didn't you say you wanted to eat?"
"We're done eating." Wei Zhenfeng said nonchalantly, "I'll go first."
Zhao Lin was surprised and asked, "Where are you going? You have to go with us to the capital to see my brother!"
Wei Zhenfeng glanced at Zhao Lin and said calmly, "If you waste one more word with me, I will be late in meeting him. Do you understand?"
Zhao Lin noticed that Wei Zhenfeng was acting strangely and couldn't help asking, "Are you anxious?"
Wei Zhenfeng smiled slightly: "No."
"Your Highness, please stay." Shen Buci looked at the bag on Ji Chong's shoulder, "I wonder if the imperial seal of one of the four concubines of Nanjing is with Your Highness now."
Wei Zhenfeng's expression changed slightly: "What do you mean?"
Shen Buci said: "His Majesty has issued an order to take back the titles of the prince's four concubines and demote them to concubines."
A sharp cold light flashed in Wei Zhenfeng's eyes, and he said word by word: "'Your Majesty has a decree'?"
"Yes, yes, I almost forgot about this." Zhao Lin said, "I can prove that these are my brother's original words."
Wei Zhenfeng's face was terribly gloomy, and his anger instantly burned away his rationality.
Zhao Lin and Wei Zhenfeng had known each other since childhood. This was the first time they saw him show such an expression. Those who didn't know would have thought that what Shen Buci wanted was not the seal of Consort Nan Jing's title, but the jade seal of the Emperor of Beiyuan.
However, Shen Buci believed that even if His Majesty really wanted the jade seal of Beiyuan, Wei Zhenfeng would not have such a big reaction.
Wei Zhenfeng laughed, his voice already filled with cold anger: "What if this king wants to disobey the order?"
Shen Buci said: "Then I can only offend the prince."
After saying that, Shen Buci suddenly attacked Wei Zhenfeng without warning. Ji Chong on the side said anxiously: "Your Majesty, be careful!"
Wei Zhenfeng seemed very impatient, as if he felt that such a fight was not only meaningless but also a waste of his time, so he stood there motionless.
Shen Buci didn't understand why Wei Zhenfeng didn't dodge. Just when his sword was about to hit Wei Zhenfeng, a flash of cold light passed by, and Shen Buci's movements froze for a moment, and he stopped just in front of Wei Zhenfeng.
The two stood facing each other. Shen Buci looked down at the shallow scar on his arm caused by the blade and said, "It turns out that the prince is not unable to beat me."
Wei Zhenfeng put away his dagger and said simply: "If we risk our lives, we can all fight."
Shen Buci thought thoughtfully: "So, Your Majesty has never fought me seriously before."
"You are Zhao Mian's man, why should I be serious with you?"
"Then why is Your Majesty taking me seriously now?"
Wei Zhenfeng sneered, "Since Zhao Mian gave me the title, you are mine. It would be naive to regret and want to take it back now."
Zhao Lin reminded him, "You still have a title. A concubine is also the head of a palace."
Wei Zhenfeng ignored Zhao Lin. He climbed onto his horse, gripped the reins tightly, and looked down at them. "I will ask Zhao Mian in person what his real intentions are. You'd better pray that the child is not Zhao Mian's biological child. I am not as magnanimous as you think."
(End of this chapter)