allonlinenovel Chapter 206: Belated Family Love is Cheaper than Grass
Chapter 206: Belated Family Love is Cheaper than Grass
Imperial Prefecture.
Ji Ziche's mood was not affected, and the master and his disciples were relieved.
Song Wentian patted his shoulder and said, "Follow your heart in everything. No matter what you decide, your master will support you."
A smile appeared on Ji Ziche's stern face: "Disciple knows."
Master never imposed any ideas on them.
Qin Xu said calmly: "You don't have to sacrifice yourself for anyone at any time."
Song Yunxi laughed and joked: "Brother, you think too much. Second brother is not the kind of person who would wrong himself."
Song Wentian said with great satisfaction: "You all will not wrong yourselves. This is very satisfying to me."
Jiang Yanting asked Ji Ziche without any scruples: "Second Senior Brother, do you still hate the Princess?"
Ji Ziche smiled calmly: "Maybe I hated you before, but I don't remember it anymore."
Jiang Yanting continued to ask curiously: "So will you forgive the princess?"
"It's not about forgiveness. The relationship between her and I will remain the same. It won't change because of what happened today."
He had already let it go.
He can be relieved, but he won't talk about forgiveness.
His thoughts seemed to drift back to his childhood. He watched from afar his younger self crying in sadness and loss, but he was stubborn and refused to let the tears fall. He rubbed his eyes with his little hands until they turned red.
Nanny Liu comforted him distressedly: "Don't be sad, my lord. The princess is just worried about your health, so she forgot your birthday."
"I'm not sad!"
Ji Ziche remembered that it was the birthday he had been looking forward to for a long time, and his mother had promised to celebrate with him, but people around Ji Xuze came to report that he had a high fever, so his mother left Nanny Liu to accompany him and went to see Ji Xuze without looking back.
This happened so many times that he became accustomed to it and no longer felt sad.
Until he left the Princess's Mansion and the capital, he never had any emotional ups and downs.
His mother thought that he was cold-hearted and did not show his emotions, but his uncle and his master, whom he had met only once, could see his restraint and forbearance.
So, how can we talk about forgiveness?
Now he is no longer the child who longed for his mother's love, and he has long since let go of the mother-son relationship between them.
But now he has no right to make decisions for his younger self, nor is he qualified to generously talk about forgiveness on his younger self's behalf.
Qin Xubai thought about it and reminded him: "The Duke of Ying will surely take action soon, you must be prepared."
Ji Ziche understood what he meant, and when he was about to say something, someone came from the palace.
Master and disciple Song Wentian, Ji Ziche and Song Yunxi arrived at Chongzheng Palace. Not only had the eldest princess entered the palace, but even Ye Xuanqi was there.
Emperor Qinglong looked at the aged minister and said, "This is the Duke of Ying."
Ji Ziche was stunned for a moment. It was just as the senior brother had expected.
But he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
Of course, he had no feelings for his grandfather by blood, so Ji Ziche just stepped forward to greet him: "Greetings, Duke."
"It looks like, it really looks like!"
Duke Ying looked at Ji Ziche excitedly: "He looks exactly like Xiu Nian!"
"Zi Che..."
The eldest princess's face became paler and paler, her heart and eyes were full of her son, but Ji Ziche's attitude towards her was no different from that of ordinary elders. He even called her "Princess" in a strange way and was still unwilling to call her mother.
[If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place? They say that belated affection is cheaper than grass, but I say this belated family affection is even cheaper than grass! ]
Emperor Qinglong sighed helplessly. Although the little girl's words were harsh, they did make sense.
Whenever Emperor Qinglong thought of the grievances his only nephew had suffered, he felt extremely resentful towards his sister.
He also wanted to make his only sister happy, but he couldn't bring himself to make things difficult for his nephew for this.
What's more, to him, his nephew Ji Ziche is the same as his own son... no, the affection he has for him is even greater than for his own son, so he will not tolerate Ji Ziche suffering any grievance.
So when the eldest princess begged him to persuade Ji Ziche, he refused without even thinking.
"Royal sister, this matter should be decided by Zi Che himself. I will never force him."
But he still had to help the eldest princess vent her anger.
The Ji family dared to plot against her, and it would be merciful not to cut the couple into pieces.
But I didn't expect that the Duke of England, who had lived in seclusion for more than ten years, would come to the palace so quickly.
Duke Yingguo was naturally excited and eager to have such a grandson for no reason. What's more, Duke Yingguo and his son had made great contributions to the court, and the crown prince had been innocently implicated and had been in a coma. Emperor Qinglong could not refuse his request to meet Ji Ziche in any way.
Besides, whether or not to return to one's ancestral home is a decision that should be made by Ji Ziche himself.
But the most important point is that Emperor Qinglong felt uncomfortable whenever he thought that his nephew still had the surname Ji, so it would be a good thing if he could change his surname.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't want to. He can just change his surname to Ye. He is a descendant of the Ye family anyway.
As expected, the Duke of England proposed the idea of having Ji Ziche return to his ancestral home, and Ji Ziche only said that he would consider it.
Duke Yingguo was disappointed, but he had no intention of forcing Ji Ziche: "I was too hasty and presumptuous. You don't have to feel burdened. It's okay if you don't want to. Just remember that Duke Dingguo's Mansion is always behind you."
"Although my old bones are not as strong as they used to be, I can still deal with some of the less worthy minions."
The pain left from that year eventually took its toll on the Duke of England's health, and soon he returned home exhausted.
"I have issued an order to deprive the Ji family of their title of Su'an Earl. It's a pity that the old man died early. Otherwise, I would have tortured him to death to relieve my hatred!"
[Alas, who could have imagined such a sinister plot? I can only say that although the Ji family does not have great strategies, they are simply unmatched in small calculations. ]
[Anyway, if Ye Xuanqi hadn't discovered that Ji Hongwen was alive and had an affair with his cousin, the Ji family's plan would never have been discovered.]
[In the previous life, until the eldest princess died, the second brother was tricked by Ji Xuze to pierce his collarbone, and no one noticed any clues. ]
[I have lived my whole life again, and I have thought that the Ji family is abnormal. I have sent people to investigate, but I have not found any clues. Based on this, who can not say that the Ji family is extremely sinister? ]
Emperor Qinglong felt a chill in his heart. It was fortunate that the old man died early, otherwise, who knows what other plans he would have!
Emperor Qinglong asked Ye Xuanqi: "Since you found out about that couple, have you decided how to deal with them?"
Ye Xuanqi told Ji Hongwen about the mysterious man who had drugged him that year: "I think that mysterious man might be related to the Wei family of the previous dynasty, so they spared their lives."
[In fact, there is no need to check. As far as I can see now, is there anyone else in the capital who is related to the Wei family besides the Shen family? ]