Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 229 - He Must Be a Good Father

Chapter 229: Chapter 229 He Must Be a Good Father

Chapter 229 -229 He Must Be a Good Father

Xiao Wen couldn’t smile.

From childhood, he only had his mother as a relative. After her death, she entrusted him to the Princess Consort, who he then considered his family.

He knew he had a father, and other relatives on his father’s side, perhaps a grandmother or someone else.

However, he had never considered his father and his relatives as his family; they were not even considered relatives.

When he heard his biological father speak of how his grandmother was, he felt no emotion nor did he react in any way.

He was merely curious about what content Lady Lu had falsified under his mother’s handwriting that had enraged his grandmother to the point of spitting blood.

But the Prince of Yundian would not tell him.

Because he was still too young. The Prince of Yundian did not want him to hear of the dirty tactics within the inner courts too soon, fearing it would taint his mind and body.

Lady Lu, who always had a gentle smile and a warm face, had a cunning mind, incomparably deep. Who could have thought, she was the first to find out about Lady Yu’s pregnancy and purposefully arranged for the court physician to take her pulse during a feast to joy the elderly princess consort.

That night, she deceived Lady Yu with a forged letter, in Prince of Yundian’s tone, asking Lady Yu to abort the child, even saying that an official below had taken a fancy to Lady Yu, planning to offer her to him.

Lady Yu escaped from the Yundian Royal Mansion that very night.

Suiting Lady Lu’s intentions perfectly because she dared not lay a hand on Lady Yu within the Prince Mansion.

When people realized Lady Yu was missing and informed the elderly princess consort, they found the letter in Lady Yu’s room.

The content explained that the child in her womb was not the Prince of Yundian’s, but another man she adored. Feeling guilty towards the Prince Mansion, she eloped with the man overnight.

The elderly princess consort, after reading the letter, was so infuriated that she fainted from spitting blood and has been sick in bed since.

The Prince of Yundian had realized beforehand that the handwriting wasn’t Lady Yu’s, suspecting some misfortune had occurred.

He both sent people to find Lady Yu and investigated the truth.

Lady Lu had already shifted the blame to another concubine in the back court. He never traced it back to Lady Lu. Later, when those sent to find Lady Yu discovered her trail, they encountered a group of assassins, only then realizing these people were hired by Lady Lu, intending to kill Lady Yu and her daughter.

Had it not been for Lady Lu’s assassins causing the interruption, and Lady Yu vanishing without a trace once again, he would have found both mother and daughter sooner, and Lady Yu would not have…

But there are no ifs in this world, nor is there any medicine for regret.

The Prince of Yundian knew the direct cause of Lady Yu’s tragedy was crafted by Lady Lu, but indirectly, it was he who was responsible.

It was his fault for not providing Lady Yu with the security of fully trusting him, for not letting her know how highly he regarded her in his heart.

If he had declared his feelings to Lady Yu earlier, she would certainly not have been deceived by the forged letter by Lady Lu.

Lady Yu had always been a strong and smart woman. If not for his failure to show her enough devotion, how could she have become so anxious and believed the content of the letter?

In the end, the tragedy was caused by him.

He would live in regret for the rest of his life.

But he hoped Xiao Wen would know that as a father, he never intended to harm them, the mother and son. Upon learning of Lady Yu’s pregnancy, he cared for their child more than anyone else.

Murong Jiu’s guess was right; he had indeed imagined countless times what their child would be like. At first sight of Xiao Wen, he was certain this was the son he and Lady Yu shared.

He was his only child, the future heir of the Yundian Royal Mansion.

He was not infertile; rather, he was once too proud and disdainful to consider Lady Lu, among the various other concubines in the back court who were far more attractive than Lady Lu, worthy of bearing his child. To him, their faces all seemed the same, and he felt none, including Lady Lu and those women, were worthy of having his child.

Lady Yu was the one he had eagerly anticipated.

He no longer intended to have another child, even if he had not found Xiao Wen. He owed Lady Yu so much. He would remain chaste for Lady Yu for the rest of his life, until he raised Xiao Wen to adulthood and could let go. Only then would he seek out Lady Yu, lest she disdain him for being impure.

The Prince of Yundian was half-kneeling in front of Xiao Wen, earnestly speaking with him for a long time.

He explained all the misunderstandings.

Only today did Xiao Wen learn that his mother’s deep resentment was merely because of Lady Lu’s scheming.

The people who hunted his mother were not sent by his father but were instigated by Lady Lu.

Lady Lu had already been divorced, struck by a strange poison, living a fate worse than death. His father had already avenged his mother.

The Prince of Yundian asked him if he wanted to go home with him.

Home.

He had considered Prince Ling’s Mansion as his home.

But it was only when the word “home” came from his father’s mouth that he truly felt its meaning for the first time.

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His little face was streaked with tears, “But mother is no longer here, even if I go back with you, our home will never be complete, never.”

The Prince of Yundian was also saddened to tears, cautiously stretching out his hand, wanting to embrace Xiao Wen.

Xiao Wen still stepped back, looking up at him, “Do you want to see my mother? If you have regrets, you should speak them at her grave.”

The Prince of Yundian nodded heavily, “To see your mother, it’s all I could ask for.”

Upon learning that Xiao Wen was going to take the Prince of Yundian to Lady Yu’s grave, Murong Jiu had Chang Chonghai and the guard make arrangements to ensure nobody discovered that the Prince of Yundian had come to the Capital City.

The Prince of Yundian solemnly expressed his thanks, and then knelt for a very long time at Lady Yu’s grave.

The next day, the Prince of Yundian entered the Prince Mansion and fell ill, appearing lifeless, somewhat like how Chang Chonghai used to look.

Divine Doctor Zhai advised Murong Jiu not to approach, to avoid contracting the illness, and prescribed a remedy to dispel the cold for the Prince of Yundian.

But the Prince of Yundian’s problem was of the heart. Having knelt all night, his body was invaded by the cold, leading to his sudden and severe illness.

Xiao Wen did not attend to the sick, the rift between father and son was not something that could be resolved in a short period of time.

After two days, the Prince of Yundian recovered, revitalized, and wanted to take Xiao Wen back to the Yundian Royal Mansion.

“Prince Mu, I cannot decide for Xiao Wen. Despite his youth, he is quite opinionated. Whether he wishes to go with you, you must wait for him to say it himself.”

Yet despite saying this, Murong Jiu still went to find Xiao Wen, to persuade him.

“Going back with your father is good. You carry his bloodline. You’re the legitimate Young Heir of the Yundian Royal Mansion, and only you can take your father’s place in the future. If you’re not interested, you don’t have to go back with him. But if there’s even a slight interest in your heart, you should go with him, otherwise, you might regret it in the future. Besides, there, your father will teach you everything you want to learn, and you also want to see the homeland where your mother lived for over a decade, don’t you?”

Xiao Wen hung his head, saying nothing.

Murong Jiu, stroking his head gently, said, “Your father will definitely be a good father. Everyone yearns for a father’s proteection. At your age, I used to long for my parents to come and fetch me, only to find out later that they were not my real parents.”

“Now, Grandfather Fu really likes Princess Consort, and you still have Prince and Princess Consort’s brothers to treat you well.”

Xiao Wen was thinking about consoling her.