Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 607 Rewards (1)_1

Chapter 607: Chapter 607 Rewards (1)_1

The mocking expression on Chu Heng’s face made Emperor Huian extremely irritated, yet he couldn’t utter a single word of rebuttal.

His sons had grown up, and he was well aware that they only maintained a facade of fraternal harmony and brotherly respect. He himself had climbed from an insignificant prince to the position of Crown Prince, and eventually eliminated his brothers who attempted to usurp the throne, thus smoothly ascending to the imperial seat.

From prince to Crown Prince and then to emperor, each step was a stairway paved with blood, a difficult path traversed step by step. This seemed to be the inevitable fate that every generation of emperors couldn’t escape.

Over twenty years had flickered by, and now it was his sons’ turn. However, he was first the emperor of Great Chu, and only secondarily a father. He had to bear the mantle of Great Chu’s realm, not only to harbor concern for the world but also needing an iron fist to deter the treacherous. As long as they didn’t go too far, he considered their actions to be a part of their learning experience, turning a blind eye.

Even though he often used this reasoning to comfort himself, when he saw several of his sons gravely wounded, lying at death’s door before him, he still felt fear, anger, and an urgent desire to find the chief culprit and severely punish them, to teach them what benevolence is, and what brotherly respect means!

But this chief culprit was the only child between him and the woman he loved, the child who had all his paternal love poured into him. Even though, right from birth, it had been predicted he wouldn’t live past twenty-five, he had still insisted on making this child the Crown Prince, against all objections.

Apart from his frail health, Emperor Huian had no complaints about Chu Heng, because from a young age, Chu Heng had exhibited the aptitude expected of an emperor. Emperor Huian had always believed that the Crown Prince was different from the other princes, that he was a qualified Crown Prince, and also a loving elder brother. But he could never have imagined that today, nearly half of his sons nearly died at the hands of the very son he was proud of.

Emperor Huian, wearied, closed his eyes briefly, masking the glint of pain within, and said sternly to his unrepentant son, "Even if they coveted your position as Crown Prince, if you could not bear to witness it and chose to teach them a lesson, your father emperor would have nothing to say against it. But why must you seek to put them to death? Throughout these years, they have never made a deadly move against you!"

Hearing this, Chu Heng’s mocking smile faded, and he looked expressionless toward Emperor Huian, but there was a deep resentment in his eyes, "Because Lin Imperial Concubine killed my mother, the Pure Empress; because those women were either accomplices or looked on without lifting a finger to save her! A son repaying his mother’s debt is just and natural! They owed my mother and me, so their sons must die!"

As Emperor Huian looked on in stunned disbelief, Chu Heng seemed to guess his thoughts and his face again wore a mocking smile. "Speaking of which, your humble son has to thank you, Father, for providing me with the Hidden Guard; otherwise, I would have died without ever knowing who really killed my mother!"

From the moment of his birth, he was burdened with a frail body, and as soon as he had consciousness, he learned from the bitter gossip of palace servants that he only had a mere twenty-five years to live. No one knew that every time he was tormented by illness, deep inside, he resented his birth mother, the Pure Empress.

It was only later that he learned that in order to give birth to him and to ensure his survival, his mother, who was seriously poisoned and lacked the strength to deliver him naturally, had been forcibly cut open to allow his birth.

He could not imagine the immense pain his mother must have endured before her death to give birth to him. It was at that moment he realized how ridiculous his previous resentments were, and how unfilial! From that time on, he stopped indulging in self-pity and started living like a normal person, not for anything else, but because there was a woman who wanted him to live. Only by living was there hope for health, for death would truly leave him with nothing!

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