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Dead silence occupied the courtyard.
Their gazes met and only embarrassment remained in the air. Fortunately, Lu Xingwang was okay. The third prince was already accustomed to all kinds of unexpected situations, only the young general was uncomfortable.
“That…” Zuo Qingshan looked around and said awkwardly, “I came at the wrong time.”
Lu Xingwang said lackadaisically, “Don’t think too much about it, Young General.”
Zuo Qingshan thought Lu Xingwang was going to comfort him.
Unexpectedly, Lu Xingwang slowly said, “You not only came at the wrong time but also the wrong place.”
You could’ve just said I shouldn’t have shown up.
Zuo Qingshan was annoyed. “I’m here to celebrate your birthday, Your Highness.”
“Really?” Lu Xingwang looked at the jar of wine in his hand as if he had seen through everything. “Not because you need an excuse to drink?”
Zuo Qingshan’s thoughts were exposed and almost dropped the wine and left, but he couldn’t. Because drinking was prohibited in the military. He couldn’t drink at home since a bunch of people would watch over him. It was hard to find such a good excuse for it, how could he easily let go of this chance.
He looked hatefully at Lu Xingwang and said, “Do you want to drink or not, Your Highness?”
Lu Xingwang wasn’t in a good mood today. He’d never had even a drop of wine previously, but today he agreed to it. “Bring it over.”
Zuo Qingshan strode over to hand over the wine and silently muttered as he walked. For some reason, he seemed to be under Lu Xingwang’s command. It seemed impossible not to obey him!
He sat down next to Lu Xingwang and looked at Imperial Concubine Lan’s bedchamber. Even the usually thick-skinned young general felt solemn. He said, “I had someone check out the thing you asked me about.”
Lu Xingwang took a sip of the fruit wine in his cup, the side of his face sharp and cold.
“They said that at that time there was indeed only one serving of the Yin and Yang divine water. Initially, your chance of survival was lower than the Imperial Concubine’s, but the Imperial Concubine still chose to give you the divine water.” Zuo Qingshan’s voice sounded clearly in the courtyard. He said, “At that time, the soldiers guarding you were all annihilated, but I still found a soldier who was stranded on the border star due to the explosion using the locator. He said that when Imperial Concubine Lan refused to use the Yin and Yang water at that time, the priest told her that if Yin and Yang divine water was used on you, you might lose your divine power. Therefore, she used a spell at the last moment.”
Stan Star believed in divine powers. However, since people possessed different divine capabilities, a group of people gradually emerged on the continent, they were sorcerers.
Sorcerers were bizarre and difficult to find. The Lan family’s estate was located on the edge of the sea of the Stan Star. As a great family of sorcerers, they didn’t want their daughters to be involved with the imperial family, but the Imperial Concubine Lan insisted on marrying into the royal family for love. This was very much in contrast to the Lan family’s low-profile style, and in a fit of anger, they sort of broke relations with this daughter.
Even so, as the first daughter of the Lan family, the Imperial Concubine Lan was still proficient in sorcery. Lu Xingwang had never seen his mother use it. As a result, he had only heard of the Lan family and felt very unfamiliar with them.
Lu Xingwang frowned and said, “Mother used sorcery?”
“Yes.” Zuo Qingshan recalled the soldier’s words and felt very emotional. “He said that this sorcery was completed by the Imperial Concubine’s remaining life. In order to prevent your divine from disappearing, she extracted your divine power with sorcery, sealed it, and sent it to another place before using the Yin Yang water on you.”
If Zuo Qingshan hadn’t spoken in a serious tone, Lu Xingwang would have thought that he was joking.
Zuo Qingshan said to Lu Xingwang, “If you can recover your divine power, there’s a possibility that the poison in your body can be resolved.”
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Lu Xingwang drank the wine in his cup. He didn’t know if it was because of the wine or something else, but the pain he originally felt from the poison surge was gradually alleviated and didn’t hurt as much.
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Zuo Qingshan was a bit surprised. “I thought Your Highness would be happy to know that you can recover your divine power.”
Lu Xingwang leaned back on the stone steps and smiled. “Why did you think so, Young General?”
“Isn’t that natural?” said Zuo Qingshan. He was straightforward and his words were blunt. “The five-element divine power Your Highness has is a rarity in the world. Anyone with only one-element divine power would be lucky and proud, but the divine power Your Highness has is a power that no one else can imagine. No person wouldn’t want such a power blessed by the gods.”
This was the most plain and simple thought of an average person.
On the other side of Lu Xingwang’s face were terrible scars that would look very ugly on other people, but along with his oppressing nobility and domineering aura, these scars added a bit of mystery and charm. “Having great powers is sometimes not a good thing.”
Zuo Qingshan was stunned.
“When I proposed to give you the passage order, you said you didn’t really have good feelings about the palace; because although this palace is magnificent, it’s like a cage and you’re not used to it.” Lu Xingwang looked at him and spoke in a low voice, “Young General, you already feel bored after staying for a while. I, on the other hand, have been in this cage for many years. If I inherit the throne, I will be here for many more years.”
Zuo Qingshan was dumbstruck as he listened. After all, are there people in this world who wouldn’t want the throne? Being in the most prestigious position and getting everything you ever wanted, who wouldn’t envy that?
Lu Xingwang looked straight into his eyes and spoke in a low voice, “Put yourself in the old marshal’s shoes. If it wasn’t due to someone vying for the position of the grand marshal, how could something happen to him”
Zuo Qingshan’s heart tightened and his throat bobbed slightly. “The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.”
“But if you have enough power, you can protect what you want.” Lu Xingwang looked at the deserted palace hall. “I wouldn’t have lost my mother because of a potion.”
Was there really only that bottle of potion left in the palace?
Of course not.
But no one dared to question it or even mention it. The previous Yin Yang water was produced every 30 years. The palace usually had two bottles, one of which was saved for the emperor. No one dared to touch the emperor’s potion, so they could only watch Imperial Concubine Lan die.
Never had Lu Xingwang desired for power and strength so much as in this moment. Hatred and unwillingness were his reasons to stay alive. “Such things can’t be described as happy or sad. After all, neither of us have a choice.”
At this moment, Zuo Qingshan looked at Lu Xingwang, whose back was somewhat thin, and seemed to have understood something while he was in a trance.
Zuo Qingshan was only a young general but carrying the burden of their family, and he was overwhelmed by those countless eyes staring at him in the military. Then what about Lu Xingwang? The pressure on Lu Xingwang was no less than on him. His parents had showered him affection since he was young and, yet, he was exhausted by the responsibilities he had to take on. On the other hand, the pressure Lu Xingwang had to endure was probably there since he was young.
All of a sudden, he looked at the well-regarded third prince and an absolutely impossible idea popped up in his mind. Because he suddenly felt that the third prince was really…pitiful ah.
Jian’s household.
Jian Mei ran upstairs to find his mother to confirm something, but when he arrived at the door on the third floor, he became timid that he didn’t dare. He didn’t dare move the hand that fell on the doorknob and kept on hesitating.
“Click.”
At last, the door opened from the inside.
Father Jian looked at his son in surprise and asked, “Meimei? Do you need something?”
Jian Mei didn’t know what to say. He looked inside, his lips kept on opening and closing, and he was obviously very hesitant.
How could the clever Father Jian not understand his son’s hint? He was happy but didn’t show it, pretending not to understand it. “Oh, I happen to be going downstairs to get a glass of water. You can wait here for a while.”
Jian Mei saw his father leave and hurriedly said, “Okay.”
As soon as Father Jian left, Jian Mei’s courage increased, and he stepped inside. He took two steps and heard his mother’s voice coming from the bathroom inside. “What’s wrong, is there anyone outside?”
Jian Mei suddenly stopped his pace.
Shen Meina walked out of the bathroom and just happened to lock gazes with her son.
Shen Meina froze. Obviously, it was her own child, but she still didn’t know what to do at this moment. Her hair was still dripping with water, but she was standing still. After a while, she managed to react and said, “Why are you here?”
Jian Mei was also a little nervous as he stood in the doorway. He said, “En…I’ll go back then.”
“No.” Shen Meina realized that she had said the wrong things. “I didn’t mean to kick you out.”
They looked at each other stiffly and nervously, but after looking at each other for a moment, they couldn’t help laughing.
Jian Mei trotted to the cupboard to get a hairdryer and said to his mother, “Mom, blow dry your hair first. Or you’ll catch a cold later.”
Actually, Shen Meina wasn’t in the mood to blow dry her hair, but after two days of the cold war, her son finally softened his attitude, so she took the hairdryer. “Okay.”
Jian Mei hesitated for a moment but didn’t give it to her. He told Shen Meina to sit down on the chair next to her instead. He turned on the hairdryer and helped his mother blow-dry her hair. Due to his parents’ busy work schedules, they hadn’t had much time to be alone with him for a while. As Jian Mei helped smooth her hair, he saw some grey hair.
Such a discovery sent a pang through his heart, and extremely complicated emotions surged through him at that moment. Shen Meina had always taken good care of herself and even in front of her children, she was exquisite. Jian Mei accidentally saw the grey hair and blanked out. In his trance, he realized that as he grew up, his parents were gradually getting older and suddenly felt like tearing up. He hesitated on how to bring up what he planned to say.
“Well…”
“Well…”
The mom and son opened their mouths at the same time and froze at the same time. Looking at each other through the mirror, Shen Meina and Jian Mei both laughed softly.
Jian Mei looked down and his little pale face became serious. He asked softly, “Mom, you came home early today. You didn’t even notice that I fell asleep in the living room.”
Shen Meina said, “Remember to cover yourself with something the next time you sleep. You need to pay more attention to your own body.”
Jian Mei replied, “I understand.”
While Shen Meina was still hesitating, Jian Mei spoke again. “Mom, did you make the cake in the kitchen?”
Jian Mei felt her mother’s body stiffened for a moment.
Shen Meina hesitated slightly. “Cake…”
“Auntie said she helped, but she wouldn’t go out of her way to clean up the kitchen like that, as if she was afraid I’d find out.” Jian Mei gently helped her blow-dry her hair. “Now that I think about it, only Mom would do that.”
Shen Meina pursed her lips and fell silent.
Jian Mei looked at her and said softly, “Mom, why did you do that?”
“Is…” Jian Mei paused and spouted an inauspicious guess. “Is it because you don’t want me to make that cake?”
After all, his mother had always been against it and didn’t want him to contact his online friend. It’d make sense if she didn’t want him to make that cake.
Shen Meina looked at her son’s somewhat heavy facial expression in the mirror and replied, “To tell you the truth, of course I don’t want you to.”
Jian Mei’s movement paused slightly.
He was joyful earlier but at that moment he was down again.
Before he could even swallow such emotions, he heard Shen Meina say, “Because I don’t want you to be hurt in the slightest. Even if the chances are slim…”
Jian Mei looked up and met Shen Meina’s eyes— eyes filled with a mother’s affection for her child, with some helplessness. “But more than anything, I want you to be happy.”
Jian Mei couldn’t react for a moment, but soon a smile gradually rose on his face. He said softly, “Mom, what do you mean?”
Shen Meina said helplessly, “I won’t object to this matter. If you don’t want to block him, then don’t block him.”
Great joys came so quickly, a smile appeared on Jian Mei’s face. He didn’t even know how to express his happiness. At last, he held the hairdryer a little farther away and gave his mother a kiss on the cheek. “Thank you, Mom. I love you the most.”
Shen Meina threw him a scornful look. “Your face changed really fast. Not only did you run away from home, you even argued with me. A heartless little one.”
Jian Mei hurriedly said, “No, no.”
“But Mom, why didn’t you tell me?” Jian Mei looked at her doubtfully. “You also made auntie take the blame.”
Shen Meina’s smile stiffened. She looked at her child’s innocent eyes and sighed helplessly. She said, “I was afraid you’re still angry. If you knew, you might not have used the cake and decided to make another cake yourself. You’re not in good health. Look how you’ve tired yourself…”
Jian Mei listened quietly as he leaned on his mother’s shoulder from behind. He bowed his head and said, “Mom, I’m sorry.”
Shen Meina froze.
“It’s my fault for making you worried.” Jian Mei said softly. “I won’t be so willful in the future.”
Shen Meina’s heart sank. After she talked to her husband, she deeply reflected on herself these days. “I know I was also wrong. I didn’t consider your feelings. It’s my fault for making you sad. In the future, dad and I will definitely change and spend more time with you and your brother.”
Jian Mei smiled. “Okay!”
Things weren’t so difficult in the first place. The mom and son were both happy after the talk. Father Jian poured a glass of water and watched from the doorway as they talked happily. He smiled, walked in, and handed the glass of water and fruit to his child. He let Jian Mei eat beside him, then took the hairdryer to dry his wife’s hair and asked, “How come you didn’t find out about the cake at that time and only noticed it now?”
Jian Mei, who was taking small bites of an apple, said, “It was Dazhuang-ge who reminded me.”
Before, he didn’t have a chance, but now he could finally brag about his friend in front of his parents. Jian Mei said happily, “Dazhuang-ge is super smart. He’s the same age as me but can solve more questions than me. He often helps me analyze questions and he’s super accurate. I can ask him anything I don’t know, he likes the teddy bear I picked, and he also…”
The more he spoke about it, the more relieved Shen Meina felt.
But unlike his wife, Father Jian, who wasn’t worried at first, looked at his son’s bright smile. As a man who had courted his wife, a bad feeling about this Dazhuang-ge gradually arose. The two children might not really have any overly mature ideas, but…but looking at his son’s silly appearance, it was obvious that he was taken advantage of.
This……
Father Jian was suddenly a little frustrated. He thought, should I take some time to give Jian Mei a lesson on how to prevent puppy love?
However, if that Dazhuang-ge was really as nice as his son said, what he saw in Jian Mei was unknown. But on second thought, maybe what he should keep an eye on wasn’t Jian Mei being abducted, but whether his own naive son would ruin a nice child from another family ah!
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I seriously nearly laughed out loud when reading the last part of this chapter! 🤣🤣🤣
And daddy Jiang, you don’t have to worry about abduction. He’ll send himself to Dazhuang-ge’s place in the future. 😅😜
Thanks for the chapter!
I couldn’t help myself and I did laugh out loud 😂
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Father Jiang’s gaydar is pretty accurate lol this is a bl novel after all
Thanks for the chapter 😊
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Ruining someone else’s son—the third prince is in danger of abduction! Pfft! Hahahahaha! Dad’s thoughts are so right and wrong! Mei Mei is more likely to be snagged! Thanks for the chapter! 🤣❤️
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I’m more surprised that the dad doesn’t give a shit about his potentially gay son xDD
Thx for the ch ٩( >ヮ<)۶
He’s a bigshot doctor so he probably thinks that things like discrimination are too petty in the face of life and death
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Lololololol the dad hahahah
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Father Jiand doesn’t know if his son is the pig or the cabbage rofl
Thank you for the chapter (w)
normally it’s the women whose gaydar is amazing but here it looks like the father’s gaydaris the best
Ahaha dad worried his cabbage gonna corrupt the world and get himself stolen 😂
Jian Mei taking another family’s cabbage hahahaha. Thank you so much for the chapter!!!
Isoke daddy Jian 😭😭 I’m sure DaZhuang will take good care of Jianmei 👍🏻👍🏻
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This is probably a stretch but what if concubine Lan is the system or that she knew that Jian Mei would be able to cure her kid… or if his powers are somehow locked away in JM’s phone shop…
Happy! Be happy! Your son’s being married into royalty ! And not a normal one at that, but a roaylty with superpowers on the other side of universe