coobybook Chapter 185 Would you be willing to let him become the crown prince?
Chapter 185 Would you be willing to let him become the crown prince?
"Your Majesty, I have my reasons!" Consort Lan explained urgently. "When the Empress gave birth, she gave birth to a stillborn child. I was like a sister to the Empress and couldn't bear to let her know the truth, so I took my own child to her side and then picked up a child from outside the palace to raise as my own... Your Majesty, I meant well!"
Her explanation once again left the people in the tent speechless.
Ye Shishu, who had remained silent all along, never expected that at this moment, Consort Lan would still deny Prince Yuchi Ling's identity!
She'll stop at nothing to protect her own son!
Yu Chi Sheng released her clothes, and in the next instant, he raised his foot and kicked her hard in the chest.
Consort Lan screamed and fell backward to the ground.
"Your Majesty!" Yu Chi Rui exclaimed as he jumped out of bed and rushed to her.
Yu Chi Sheng stood with his hands behind his back. The emperor's majesty combined with his angry murderous aura caused Ye Gengxin and the people in the tent to kneel down.
Looking at the utterly disheveled Consort Lan, Yu Chi Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "Back when Master Fang Ji was alive, he predicted the fate of our Great Ye Kingdom. The person who would bring prosperity to our Great Ye Kingdom in the future would be the eldest son of the legitimate wife. Murong Lan, you must have overheard my conversation with Master Fang Ji, which is why you did this switcheroo, right?"
"When the Empress passed away, you used the pretense of being like sisters with her to handle her funeral arrangements while simultaneously eliminating everyone around her. I sent people to investigate them; some were dead, some had disappeared. Leaving aside the missing ones, the palace servants who died were strangely found to have died in the same year and month."
"And all these years, your kindness to the Crown Prince has been outrageous, yet you've been completely oblivious to it. Do you think that everyone should praise you for caring for and loving another man's son? Have you even moved yourself with what you've done over the past twenty-odd years?"
"Even now, you've admitted that the Crown Prince is your biological son, but you're still incorrigible and deny his status as the Prince of Cheng. Do you think that after being deceived for over twenty years, I can continue to be deceived by you?"
"Cough cough..." Consort Lan was helped to sit up by Yu Chi Rui, but she felt a pain in her chest and suddenly coughed up a breath of blood before she could speak.
"Your Majesty!" Yu Chi Rui looked up at Yu Chi Sheng and said excitedly, "Father, what's the use of blaming Her Majesty now that things have already happened? No matter how angry you are, you can't bring the stillborn baby back to life!"
Yu Chisheng's eyes narrowed, and he stepped forward to deliver another kick!
This time, the kick landed on Yu Chi Rui's shoulder, causing him to fall backward to the ground.
Seeing the vicious mother and son, Yu Chi Sheng roared and ordered, "Wu Yue! Take them back to the city! Throw them in the death row! Until they die of old age!"
Consort Lan and Yuchi Rui both stared at him, mouths agape, as if they had misheard.
"Yes!"
No one had ever seen an emperor so enraged, especially Wu Yue, the commander of the imperial guards. He immediately summoned his men, who roughly seized Consort Lan and Yuchi Rui.
Consort Lan regained her senses and, while struggling, shouted at the top of her lungs, "Your Majesty, you can't treat the Crown Prince like this! He is now the Crown Prince appointed by you!"
Yu Chisheng's face was ashen as he sharply replied, "The eldest son should be the heir apparent. He is neither the eldest nor the legitimate son, so I will definitely depose him and establish a new heir! If you still want him to overthrow the dynasty of my Great Ye Kingdom, I don't mind sending you and your son to your deaths!"
These words were more than just a bucket of cold water poured on Consort Lan's head; they were like a mountain collapsing and a tangle of rocks crashing down on her!
She screamed, her face contorted in pain, "How could you be so heartless? He's your own flesh and blood! Just because I lied to you, you're abandoning your own child?"
"Yes! I don't want it anymore!" Yu Chi Sheng walked up to her and said, word by word, "From the moment you ordered Hua Ping to assassinate me at the imperial mausoleum, he was no longer my son, but a beast who murdered his father and emperor!"
"no no……"
"Father..." Yu Chi Rui originally wanted to plead for him and his mother, but upon hearing these words, he felt a chill run down his spine and his internal organs felt completely cold!
"Take them away!" Yu Chi Sheng roared at Wu Yue, "If I let them look at you one more time, I'll have you all beheaded!"
Wu Yue was startled and immediately gave his subordinates a meaningful look.
The guards were terrified and knocked out Consort Lan and Yuchi Rui, then carried them away quickly!
Yu Chi Rui plopped down on the wooden bed.
His dejected demeanor, coupled with the rage that enveloped him, made everyone in the tent afraid to even breathe.
After all, nobody knows what he'll do next.
Suddenly, Yu Chi Ling, who was lying on another wooden bed, sat up.
"All of you, step back and let His Majesty have some peace and quiet."
"Yes." Qi Sui got up from the ground and waved his hand to signal everyone to leave.
Gu Simo also left with the Ye family father and two sons.
Ye Shishu didn't leave. She went to the table, poured a glass of water, and brought it to Yuchi Sheng. "Father, moisten your throat."
Yu Chisheng took it and drank it all in one gulp.
Then, looking at the couple, he opened his mouth as if to say something, but it was as if something had stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word.
Yu Chi Ling said in a low voice, "Father, there is no need to be troubled. Your son has never thought of competing with Yu Chi Rui for the position of Crown Prince. You are in your prime now, and you have underage princes and unborn princes. They can all be cultivated. It is not too late to establish an heir when you want to abdicate in the future."
"What are you saying?" Yu Chi Sheng glared at him angrily. "This concerns the fate of my Great Ye Kingdom. Is it something that any prince can shoulder? Don't tell me that just because of Murong Lan's words, you doubt that you are not my flesh and blood!"
"Your subject has no interest in power. Joining the army was merely an escape from Murong Lan's indifference. Father should know this." Yu Chi Ling's lips curled slightly.
He was smiling, but his smile was full of bitterness and helplessness.
Yu Chi Sheng said angrily, "Have someone bring Granny Chen here. She is Murong Lan's wet nurse, and I will interrogate her myself! You two stay here and listen to me!"
Yu Chi Ling pursed his thin lips, turned around and left the tent.
Yu Chisheng turned to look at Ye Shishu, "Would you be willing to let Ling'er become the crown prince?"