allonlinenovel Chapter 197 The Father-Son Relationship Is Broken
Chapter 197 The Father-Son Relationship Is Broken
"Father, apart from the matter of the poisonous insect, do you have anything else to ask?"
"Something else? What do you mean?"
"About Uncle Chen."
"Zhao Yuanshen? Isn't he dead? How can you mention a dead person?"
"Father, don't you want to know why I killed him?"
The emperor paused, then turned around and looked at Zhao Huaijin, who had a cold expression on his face.
This was the first time after he woke up that he looked directly at his son whom he had neglected for more than 20 years. The emperor looked at Zhao Huaijin and found that his eyes were complicated, with emotions that he could not understand.
"So you killed him yourself?"
"Yes, I was so angry that I stabbed him with my sword and then chopped off his head. He died completely."
"So he had no power to resist at the time, so why did you do this?"
"Because I will not tolerate anyone insulting my mother, not even my father's brother."
"Insulting your mother? What did he tell you?"
Although the emperor's tone remained calm, Zhao Huaijin could clearly see a hint of nervousness and doubt on his face.
"Then tell me, father, why have you favored Zhao Yujun over the years? Is it really because he is so much better than me?"
"You still want me to pass the throne to you, right? What did you tell me at the beginning? You said you didn't want the throne."
"Yes, I have not changed my mind until now, but I want to seek justice for my mother and me."
"Haha, fair? If Zhao Yuanshen really told you what happened back then, you should know that I have treated you and your son well over the years."
"My mother married you when she was a teenager. She went to Dongyue to marry you precisely because of your incompetence! My mother said that she got pregnant with me after she returned to the Great Sheng Dynasty. Your suspicions are totally nonsense!"
The emperor's face visibly darkened, his eyes filled with hidden anger, and he stepped forward and slapped Zhao Huaijin hard.
Zhao Huaijin did not hide, he just endured it, with blood flowing down the corners of his mouth.
"Rebellious son! What do you know? You are the evil creature born by your mother and someone else! I didn't destroy Yan Qinghuan and gave you the treatment of a prince. Not only are you ungrateful, but you even challenged me with this matter. You really don't know how to live or die!"
Zhao Huaijin stretched out a finger to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and when he looked up again, his eyes had regained their calm.
At this moment, Zhao Huaijin's aura changed, and he seemed to have lost the closeness with the emperor as before.
"The slap you gave me today has severed the relationship between us."
"What do you mean? What do you want to do?"
Zhao Huaijin's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he drew out his sword and pointed it directly at the emperor's chest.
The emperor was so frightened that he immediately took a few steps back. He picked up the chair beside him to block in front of himself, then yelled at Zhao Huaijin.
"What do you want to do? Kill your father and your king?"
Zhao Huaijin, however, smiled sneerfully, swung his sword and slashed at the emperor several times. The black dragon robe embroidered with gold thread broke into several pieces and fell off the emperor's body.
The emperor was almost scared to death. When he saw that Zhao Huaijin only cut his dragon robe, he breathed a sigh of relief at first, but then he reacted.
Publicly damaging the emperor's dragon robe is a great disrespect to the emperor.
Moreover, Zhao Huaijin directly tore his dragon robe into pieces, which was equivalent to making the emperor run naked. I am afraid that no emperor could endure such a great humiliation.
Zhang Huaijin calmly put away his sword, then stood with his hands behind his back, and spoke to the emperor in a flat tone.
"From now on, you and I, father and son, are like this dragon robe."
"What do you mean?"
"Since the emperor doesn't recognize me as your biological son, then we may as well not be father and son! From now on, we will just be king and subject."
After Zhao Huaijin finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the emperor's bedroom quickly, without even stopping.
The emperor came to his senses only when Zhao Huaijin's figure disappeared from his sight. He slumped down on the ground, picked up a piece of dragon robe sleeve on the ground, stroked it gently, and fell into deep thought.
After Zhao Huaijin returned to Prince Huai's Mansion, he went to the backyard to look for Song Qingwan. As soon as he entered the yard, he heard laughter in Song Qingwan's room, and Chunya was standing outside the door waiting.
He was a little surprised and went forward to ask.
"Chunya, who's here?"
"Your Majesty, it's Princess Yu and the Concubine who are here to see the Master."
When Zhao Huaijin heard that the three female relatives were all there, he didn't want to go in and disturb them, so he walked away and went to the front hall to handle government affairs.
He and Song Qingwan had been away from Beijing for so long, so he naturally had to quickly understand everything in the capital before he could analyze the current situation.
Although the Huai Wang Mansion had lost its master this year, no one dared to bully it because of the protection of the Pang family.
Song Qingwan didn't expect that when he just returned to Beijing, the first people to see her were Lan Xiaoxiao and Zhong Xuejiao.
The two of them also brought some supplements. When Song Qingwan saw that they were all precious supplements such as top-quality ginseng and ganoderma lucidum, she was naturally deeply moved.
These medicinal herbs are very precious, and Lan Xiaoxiao and Zhong Xuejiao don't have any support behind them now, so I guess they are not well off.
It really took a lot of thought to spend so much money to give these to her.
"Qing Wan is really grateful that the two princesses came to see me today."
Lan Xiaoxiao chuckled and joked.
"We heard that Princess Huai was about to give birth, so we hurried over with our things. If we had come too late, I'm afraid we would have only been able to drink the full moon wine."
Lan Xiaoxiao's words made the three of them burst out laughing, covering their lips.
Zhong Xuejiao patted Lan Xiaoxiao's hand gently and said to Song Qingwan.
"Xiaoxiao has always been like this, speaking carelessly and without knowing the seriousness of the matter. I hope Princess Huai won't blame me.
"What are you talking about? Prince Yu's concubine is straightforward and upright. I like her so much that I can't wait to like her. How could I have the heart to blame her?"
Song Qingwan learned about the current situation of Prince Yu's Mansion during the conversation with the two.
It turned out that ever since she and Zhao Huaijin left the capital, Zhong Xueying had claimed to be the number one princess in the capital, and whenever she went out she was accompanied by the ceremonial guard of the princess of the palace.
Zhong Xuejiao couldn't bear it and scolded her several times.
Zhong Xueying started crying and making a fuss in front of Prince Yu again, saying that her elder sister was mean to her and that she was jealous of the prince's favor for her.
Zhong Xuejiao really couldn't stand Zhong Xueying's green tea behavior, so she asked to abdicate and let Zhong Xueying become the main wife in the mansion.
But because Zhong Xuejiao was the only one in the mansion who had children, Zhao Yujun couldn't find a reason to depose her from her position as the principal wife.
As a result, Prince Yu's Mansion had two queens, one in the east and one in the west, and this matter became a topic of conversation among people in the capital.
It is really rare that Prince Yu already has two princesses, one in the east and one in the west, before he was even named the crown prince.
But what Song Qingwan wondered was why Prince Yu doted on Zhong Xueying so much, but she didn't give birth to any children?