"But I am the prince of Xiliang Kingdom, how can I be his **** son-in-law of Lingyan Kingdom? I refused, but Princess Yuling of Lingyan Kingdom refused to let me go, and pestered me in every possible way, even... I even put some charming medicine into my food and had a night of love with me. Even so, I still refused to agree to the request of the Lord of Lingyan to marry Princess Yuling. How dare I mess with people who are unscrupulous?"
"It was fate, but that night, Princess Yuling was pregnant with a child. At that time, the Lingyan Kingdom and our Xiliang Kingdom were already at odds with each other, and I was secretly rescued from the Proton Mansion by the masters sent by my father. "
"The next time I saw Princess Yuling, it was me who put on my armor and entered the palace of Lingyan Kingdom. That day happened to be the day when Princess Yuling gave birth to twins, two boys. I took away one of them, and the other was given birth to by Lingyan. Princess Yan’s confidants will take her away.”
He spoke slowly, his eyes full of misery: "Yu Ling had a difficult birth, and after the birth of her child, she was breathless. I will never forget the hateful look in her eyes when she looked at me. She said , will separate my flesh and blood for the rest of my life, and will make me suffer and regret for the rest of my life."
Zhu Yan was stunned for a long time and murmured: "Am I the child you took back?"
The emperor nodded.
And Song Ning was the child taken away by the maid of Princess Yuling.
He finally understood why when Song Ning looked at him in the past, there was always a strong sense of jealousy in his eyes, and she always made slanderous remarks to him and targeted him in everything.
They are two brothers with the same mother, but they lead completely different lives. One is well-fed and well-protected, while the other has been sick and weak since childhood and has a shallow life.
The hall fell into silence, and the emperor seemed to have aged instantly. The sunlight shining through the window fell on his gray temples, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seemed to be getting deeper and deeper.
In the end, Zhu Yan spoke first: "Father, what should Song Ning do? What do you plan to do?"
The emperor shook his head: "He refuses to see me because he is resentful of me!" After a pause, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhu Yan: "What is his illness? Is it serious?"
Zhu Yan nodded: "It's very serious. It's cold poison. He suffered from this cold poison when he was a child. Every time it attacks, he is in unbearable pain. I don't know how he survived." Seeing his father's eyes filled with tears, Zhu Yan He quickly added: "But he's healed now. Yuan Qiu refined the elixir for him that can drive away the cold poison, and it has driven out the cold poison in his body. Now he is back to health and looks the same as me. Father, don’t worry.”
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "It will be good if he is cured. He is a poor child. It is my fault as a father that I failed to take good care of him."
Zhu Yan frowned and said: "Father, the queen is not the biological mother of my son. Emperor father knows that she has bad conduct and cruel intentions. Why did he make her his queen?"
The emperor sighed: "In any case, she is also your nominal mother. You are registered as the prince, and she is registered as the queen. It is also in line with the ancestral system. As long as she does not make trouble in the harem in the future, as a noble concubine, she is conservative and conservative." This secret has nurtured you for many years, and you deserve the position of queen."
Zhu Yan said solemnly: "Father, if Song Ning is willing, I am willing to give up the position of crown prince to him to make up for the debts I have incurred over the years."
The emperor shook his head, with a happy but bitter smile on his face: "Yan'er, you and Song Ning are twins. They are both my sons. They have the same temperament in their bones. You have no intention of coveting the imperial power, so why not him?"