Chapter 411 Twins
"But I am the prince of Xiliang Kingdom, how can I be his son-in-law of Lingyan Kingdom? I refuse, but Princess Yuling of Lingyan Kingdom refuses to let me go, pestering me in every possible way, even, I even put charms/medicines in my food, and had a night of love with me. Even so, I still refused to agree to the request of Lord Lingyan to marry Princess Yuling. How dare I mess with people who use unscrupulous means for their ends?"
"It's also a trick of good fortune. Only that night, Princess Yuling was pregnant with a child. At that time, Lingyan Kingdom and our Xiliang Kingdom were already incompatible, and I was secretly rescued from the Proton Mansion by the masters sent by my father. "
"When I saw Princess Yuling again, it was my own who entered the palace of Lingyan Kingdom in battle armor. On that day, Princess Yuling gave birth to twins. They were two boys. I took one of them, and the other was taken by Lingyan. Take Princess Yan's confidant away."
He spoke slowly, his eyes full of misery: "Due to the unsatisfactory delivery of Yuling, after the child was born, she didn't have much breath, and I will never forget that when she looked at me, the resentful look in her eyes, she said , want to separate my flesh and blood for the rest of my life, and make me suffer and regret for the rest of my life.”
Zhu Yan was stunned for a while, then murmured: "I am the child you took back?"
The emperor nodded.
And Song Ning was the child who was taken away by Princess Yuling's maid.
He finally understood why when Song Ning looked at him in the past, there was always a strong jealousy in his eyes, and he always spoke bitterly to him, targeting him in everything.
They are two brothers and one mother, but they live completely different lives. One is well-clothed and cared for, and the other is sick and weak since childhood, with a shallow life.
The hall fell into silence, the emperor seemed to have aged instantly, the sunlight from the window fell on his gray temples, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seemed to be getting deeper and deeper.
Finally, it was Zhu Yan who spoke first: "Father, what should Song Ning do? What are you going to do?"
The emperor shook his head: "He doesn't want to see me because he has resentment towards me!" After a pause, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhu Yan: "What's wrong with 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 young. Every time he had an attack, he was in pain. I don't know how he survived it." Seeing tears in his father's eyes, Zhu Yan Hastily said again: "But now it's healed, Yuan Qiu refined the elixir that can drive away the cold poison for him, and the cold poison in his body has been driven away, now he is back to health, and his appearance is just like mine, You don't have to worry, Father."
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed: "It will be fine if it is cured. He is a poor child. It is my fault that I, the father, failed to take good care of him."
Zhu Yan frowned and said again: "Father, the queen, she is not the biological mother of the son. The father knows that she has misbehavior and has a vicious heart. Why did the father make her the queen?"
The emperor sighed: "Anyway, she is also your mother in name. You were registered as a prince, and she was naturally registered as a queen, which 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 will keep her mother. This secret has nurtured you for many years, and it is also worthy of the position of queen."
Zhu Yan said awe-inspiringly: "Father, if Song Ning is willing, I am willing to give up the crown prince position to him to make up for the many years of debt."
The emperor shook his head, with a gratified and bitter smile on his face: "Yan'er, you and Song Ning are twins, both my sons, and have the same temperament in your bones. You have no intention of greedy for the imperial power, so why not?"