Chapter 310 - An Illegitimate Son (1/2)
Wei Zichao still didn’t understand how he had offended his master. He answered nervously, “Well…A servant in our mansion came to report that King Rui has returned to the capital city and wants to see you and…”
Wei Zichao hesitated rarely and glanced at Shi Qingxue cautiously before continuing, “And Lady Qingxue.”
“Me?” Shi Qingxue pointed at her nose and tilted her head in confusion.
She was wondering why King Rui Mo Xiangrui who always traveled around and stayed out of the state affairs returned to the capital unexpectedly, but it was understandable.
After all, the Spring Festival was around the corner.
Nevertheless, why did Mo Xiangrui want to see her?
Mo Junyang furrowed his dashing eyebrows and seemed to be puzzled, too.
However, he didn’t ask but waved at Wei Zichao, gesturing for the others to go away.
When they were left alone in the courtyard, Mo Junyang turned to Qingxue and smiled. “Although Father stayed away from the capital city, he didn’t leave everything in the capital behind.”
Shi Qingxue was confused for a moment and then realized that Mo Junyang explained why Mo Xiangrui knew her, so she nodded to show that she understood. “So you hope that I…”
She asked with uncertainty and looked hesitant.
Mo Junyang stated before she finished her words, “Forget it. It doesn’t matter if you are unwilling to go. I will explain to Father after going back. He will understand.”
According to feudal ethics and rites, it was improper that King Rui asked to see Shi Qingxue.
After all, Shi Qingxue hadn’t married into King Rui’s mansion, and they hadn’t discussed their marriage openly. If she went to the mansion to visit him, it was not proper.
People would comment on her inevitably.
Shi Qingxue hesitated, yet it was not because of what Mo Junyang thought about.
After he said that in frustration, she didn’t hesitate anymore but responded in a hurry, “It’s not that I am unwilling to! It’s just…”
“What?”
Even though Mo Junyang knew well about Shi Qingxue, it was impossible that he knew everything. He couldn’t guess what she was worried about except that she didn’t want to go to King Rui’s mansion.
Qingxue stuttered for a long time and couldn’t explain it clearly. In the end, she believed that her thought was improper, so she covered her mouth and stopped herself.
Then she turned to Mo Junyang and said seriously, “I am going with you to see King Rui now.”
In the beginning, Mo Junyang didn’t answer but stared at Shi Qingxue. After he confirmed that she didn’t force herself, he looked satisfied gradually. “Okay.”
Shi Qingxue pondered for a moment and then expressed, “I am going to tell Father first.”
Seeing her boyfriend’s parent was something significant, and she had to tell Shi Junhe in advance.
Mo Junyang agreed and even stated, “I am going with you.”
On the way to the East House, Shi Qingxue peeped at Mo Junyang several times. Then she couldn’t help but ask, “Are you happy because I will go to your mansion with you?”
Mo Junyang looked at Shi Qingxue deeply and explained softly at last, “In the previous life, my father knew my identity yet didn’t mind. He took me as his biological son, and he could be said to be the only person who was nice to me. Later, I had a chance to come to the capital city from Rui City, and he helped me a lot, although his purpose was to avenge my mother…”
His voice was low and vague, and he mentioned many key words ambiguously.
Shi Qingxue heard clearly with difficulty and finally understood his words later.
In fact, Shi Qingxue knew his “identity”.
In the previous life, when Mo Junyang was twenty-one years old, somebody said that he was a child of King Rui’s wife Qi Yue and Emperor Wen Mo Xiangbin with an illicit sexual relation when Qi Yue stayed in the imperial palace as a hostage.
The news didn’t bring glory and convenience to Mo Junyang who was a hostage, but he was still the target of the princes and they even bullied him more and got more alert to him.
At that time, Mo Xiangbin finally paid attention to this “hostage” who was bullied a lot, yet the first thing Emperor Wen did was title Mo Junyang as King Rui’s heir and send him to Rui City, King Rui’s fiefdom.
The emperor sent a child of King Rui’s wife to him, and this action was like provocation. He just sent Mo Junyang to a tiger’s mouth.
According to a normal person’s thought, he was kind enough as he didn’t secretly kill the son of his wife and his half-brother who had illicit intercourse, and he would never treat this insult well, not to mention that his half-brother even tried to let this son inherit his title of nobility.
It was so…
In the previous life, when Shi Qingxue heard about what Mo Xiangbin had done, she thought that it was excessive, yet it was the critical period for her to help Mo Junhao fight for the title of heir to the throne then, so she didn’t have extra energy to care about these “insignificant” things.
When she recalled it, she just felt sad and couldn’t help but grab Mo Junyang’s hand. “I am sorry. I…”
Mo Junyang reached out his hand and stopped her from saying more, responding with a smile, “Don’t need to apologize. You didn’t hurt me.”
As for everything in the previous life, even though he fell in one-sided love with Shi Qingxue and it ended up with a tragedy, it was just his one-sided wish.
Perhaps he had been treated unfairly in the previous life, but Shi Qingxue didn’t do anything unfair to him, while he would take revenge on all those who had treated him badly.
If there was something that made him regret in the previous life, it was only Mo Xiangrui.
Even though Mo Xiangrui knew that he was a result of Mo Xiangbin and Qi Yue’s illicit intercourse, he still took Mo Junyang as his biological son and protected him, while Mo Junyang had experienced the fickleness of human nature at an early age and remained unmoved when he faced Mo Xiangrui who got close to him, which made King Rui depressed.
So even though many things changed in this life and Mo Xiangbin treated him much better after knowing the truth, in Mo Junyang’s heart, only Mo Xiangrui was his father.