Chapter 41 - Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Bizarre (1/2)

chapter 41: chapter 41: bizarre

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jinshan temple.

startled by the knight’s shout, xia zhiqiu quickly gathered himself, apologized to xuan nan and his party, and then returned to the side of the eldest son and knelt on the ground in deference to the arrival of wang fei.

xia zhiqiu was somewhat frustrated. it seemed that wang fei intended to make up for the past decades of absence with a grand show of the heir’s return to prince of ping’an’s mansion.

she didn’t even wait to verify if the boy was really her prince. yes, a mother might do anything to compensate for a child she has wronged.

however, this level of fuss seemed a bit too hastened. had some misfortune occurred in the palace that warranted the rush?

xia zhiqiu’s thoughts spun wildly. the actions of princess ping’an at this moment were indeed hard to justify, but all he could do was bury his doubts for now.

the next moment, the princess’s horse carriage appeared within everyone’s line of sight, followed by a flurry of people adding to a buzzing scene.

hmm?

observing the situation, xia zhiqiu understood more than he had initially thought. wang fei’s actions were drawing quite the grand assembly.

was she making sure that everyone in jinzhou city knew of the return of the heir of ping’an wang’s mansion today?

when the carriage came to a halt and the curtain was pulled back, an elegant woman appeared, still beautiful in her age. all those present cast their eyes downward, not daring to look directly at her.

“lady rong, where is my son?”

the old woman hurried over to wang fei and whispered in her ear, “your highness, don’t be upset, the prince is over there.”

upon hearing this, wang fei immediately looked where lady rong pointed and saw a young novice monk being surrounded by guards. her eyes turned red instantly, and she rushed towards him.

“my poor son.”

the novice monk didn’t have time to counter-react, he was abruptly pulled to her side, where she roughly rolled up his sleeve and saw a birthmark on his arm resembling a flying sparrow. she started crying uncontrollably.

“my son, you’ve suffered so much these years.”

wang fei sobbed as she held the novice monk, causing uncertainty among the people of jinshan temple and the local folks. xuan nan and others were relieved. they now understood why xia zhiqiu had made such a fuss – it all made sense.

something stirred in xuan nan’s heart at this moment, but he quickly dismissed the thought. this was not a time for him to act impulsively.

meanwhile, seeing wang fei lose control, xia zhiqiu quickly ordered his men to bring in a veil to cover wang fei, keeping the spectacle hidden from the on-looking crowd.

the novice monk finally reacted, trying gently to break away from wang fei, careful not to hurt her, and cautiously said, “my woman, are you sure you haven’t mistaken me for someone else? i’m just a novice monk in the temple.”

“i can’t be mistaken. i remember every detail of this birthmark, you are my son.”

then, xuan nan outside seemed to realize something and hurriedly left. worried about wang fei’s safety at this moment, xia zhiqiu was too preoccupied to notice.

it wasn’t long until xuan nan returned with a parcel. he handed it to xia zhiqiu. “this is the jade pendant that was on wuhai when i found him.”

upon hearing this, xia zhiqiu immediately understood xuan nan’s intention. without any concern for overstepping his bounds, he immediately opened the parcel, revealing a serpent-shaped jade pendant with the character ‘an’ in the middle!

a match!

xia zhiqiu hurriedly took a few steps forward, handed the jade pendant to lady rong, who was even more excited after seeing it, and she walked into the veil.

“your highness, the temple elder has brought the jade pendant that the prince carried with him.”