From the time Xier could remember, he knew that he was an orphan, raised by the elders of the Huguo Temple. But in his dreams, a young woman often appeared. She was so beautiful, and the way she looked at him was full of infinite tenderness and love.
In his little heart, there seemed to be a voice telling him that the young woman in his dream was his mother. One day, she would come to pick him up and bring him back to her side.
His dream finally came true. That day, his mother, whom he had seen countless times in his dreams, finally appeared before him. He was no longer an orphan. He had his own name and a mother who loved him.
Xier knew that all children in this world had their own mother and father. His sister Aju was the same.
Her uncle is her father and her aunt is her mother.
The strange thing is that he never thought about who his father was, where he was now, and what he was doing.
Until tonight, this question was asked from the mouth of the person in front of me.
This person seemed to blend into the dark night around him. At the moment when he looked at him just now, Xi'er felt a sense of resistance in his heart. This was completely different from the feeling he had when he faced the Prince of Qi and General Yuan before.
And now, because of his words, Xier seemed to be suddenly reminded.
Confusion slowly appeared in his eyes.
Yes, he is also a child. Other children have mothers and fathers, so who is Xier's father
He didn't know, and his mother never mentioned it to him.
But the resistance deep in his heart made him unwilling to talk about this matter with this person.
"You haven't told me who you are yet. This is my and my mother's room!"
Xie Changgeng was startled. He looked at the child on the bed, whose face was full of vigilance, and suppressed the irritation in his heart.
"My last name is Xie, and my name is Xie Changgeng. Your mother is the woman I married."
"Do you understand what it means to marry her? It means she is mine!"
"Okay, I've answered your question. Now it's your turn to answer mine!"
He took a step and walked towards the child.
The child's shoulders suddenly froze.
It seemed that the moment he said the name, the child suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at him without blinking.
Then quickly, he sat up straight, closed his mouth and stopped talking.
Xie Changgeng saw it clearly. In the eyes that looked at him, besides becoming more and more alert, there seemed to be a hint of anger.
He stopped and stared at the child on the bed.
He tried hard to find some features of his father in this face.
Nose? Mouth? Chin
The more Xie Changgeng looked at it, the more he felt that there was no resemblance between them.
It was the man named Yuan. He became more certain.
He thought of what Liancheng Ling had said just now. These days, the man surnamed Yuan had been accompanying her. At this moment, in a cave somewhere in the middle of the night, the couple were doing something unknown.
His hands slowly clenched into fists.
"Xi'er, has your mother ever told you who your father is?"
He asked again in a tone that would not scare the child as much as he could.
But the only answer he got was silence.
The child's mouth corners became tighter and tighter.
Xie Changgeng waited for a moment, and his last bit of patience with the child finally disappeared completely.
"say!"
His eyelids twitched and he leaned over and spoke through gritted teeth to the child on the bed.
"You bullied my mother! You are a bad person! I won't say a word to you!"
Xier's little face turned red, and she finally yelled at him, then closed her mouth tightly again.
While Xie Changgeng was stunned, he heard hurried footsteps behind him.
Mother Mu couldn't bear it any longer, so she rushed in and said, "My Lord, Xi'er is still young and doesn't know how to speak. Please don't be offended. The young master is an orphan. He lost his biological parents when he was young. He was sent here by the princess at the beginning of the year. When the princess met this child, they got along well, so she adopted him as her adopted son and raised him by her side. Everyone in Changsha knows this."
"The young master has no father. He only has one foster father, and that is you, my lord."
Xie Changgeng slowly stood up and turned to look at Mother Mu.
"I see."
He nodded, his expression becoming extremely indifferent.
"If she comes back, tell her to come find me at the inn."
He didn't look at Xier again. After saying that, he turned and walked out.
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Xie Changgeng came suddenly and left quickly, which made Mother Mu very nervous. She didn't know why he came to this place to look for the princess.
As soon as Xie Changgeng left, she immediately sent someone out of the city to deliver the message to the Sanmiao area overnight. After the people left, she returned to the house and saw Xier still sitting on the bed and refusing to sleep, so she went to coax him.
"Mother Mu, is he really my adoptive father?"
He slowly raised his face and asked.
"The princess is your mother, and Lord Xie and the princess are husband and wife, so he is naturally your adoptive father."
"Mother Mu, do you know what he is doing here? Is he going to take mother away and stop me from seeing her anymore?"
Mother Mu looked at his worried expression, sighed secretly, coaxed him to lie down, and said: "He is a very important official, and he must be here for something important. Xier took a nap, and when he woke up, the princess came back, and nothing happened."
Xier stopped talking and became dazed. However, she was still young after all, and even though she had something on her mind, she felt sleepy. Her eyelids gradually drooped and she fell asleep again.
The next evening, Mu Fulan hurried back to Liancheng from Liyang. Without even taking a breath, she immediately went to the posthouse to find Xie Changgeng.
The posthouse in Liancheng had long been dilapidated and had not been repaired for many years. Now there was only a minor official guarding it. When he saw Xie Changgeng arrive last night, he was very nervous and tidy up a few rooms that were still habitable for him and his followers to stay. When he saw the princess arrive, he hurriedly led the way and took her to a courtyard, then bowed and left.
Mu Fulan came to the door, knocked twice, and then pushed it open.
She saw a man standing in front of the window, wearing a blue shirt and a belt, with a leisurely back, looking at the setting sun in the distance. He seemed to be so absorbed in it that he didn't even notice she came in, and his figure remained motionless.
Mu Fulan walked up behind him and said, "I got the news that you were coming here, and I rushed back immediately. What do you want from me?"
Xie Changgeng turned around slowly.
His two cold eyes fell on her face, whom he hadn't seen for nearly half a year.
"Mu, this Xi'er is your illegitimate child, right?"
He spoke directly, without any concealment.
"At the end of last year, when you were in Beijing, I promised to let you go home. But you tore up the letter and refused to leave. You must have remembered it, right?"
"In order to get you out of Shangjing, I spent a lot of effort in front of Empress Liu, relying on establishing our relationship as husband and wife to achieve my goal. It has only been a short time, and you returned to Changsha. You dared to bring your illegitimate son and adulterer out in public, humiliating me to this extent!"
"Mu, who do you think I am, Xie Changgeng? Where do you want to put me?"
The setting sun gilded his face, as if he was wearing a mask, without any expression. Only his eyes, looking at her, were slowly filled with hostility.
"If you don't explain things to me today, I have plenty of ways to teach you how to regret it!"