ushernet Chapter 157 The Truth About Acting
Chapter 157 The Truth About Acting
"I've thought about telling you over the years, but I was afraid you'd get angry, so I never dared to bring it up again..."
……
After the prince left, Zhao Jihua hurriedly went into the house, looking at her mother with concern.
"Mother..."
Princess Jin quickly wiped away her tears and put on a smile: "Good child, don't worry, I was just putting on an act for him!"
"But I don't believe it..."
Princess Jin pinched her nose and explained:
“It’s true. Although that mistress is not of high status, at most she’ll be given the title of concubine, but her son is still a son. Given how much your father values him, he intends to register the son under my name as his legitimate son. Now that the mistress has just entered the family and has been wronged, she naturally wants to take advantage of her guilt to ask for more benefits. But now that I’ve cried like this, she feels guilty and naturally dares not mention it again.”
Zhao Jihua said worriedly, "But he'll bring it up again eventually..."
“Your father is not a fool; he just acted impulsively. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have let that concubine’s son stay outside for so many years.”
"What Mother Consort means is..."
“This Prince Jin’s mansion can’t produce a son.”
"Then his mistress will never see the light of day again?"
"Not necessarily... Alright, let's not talk about this anymore." Princess Jin added, "You're at the age where you should be considering marriage, you should start learning."
"Oh dear, Mother Consort~" Zhao Jihua blushed and said coquettishly.
Princess Jin's heart skipped a beat: "Could it be that my daughter has someone she likes?"
Zhao Jihua was taken aback, and the image of the elegant Ninth Prince involuntarily appeared in her mind.
sweetheart?
I guess so.
After all, she still needs to step on the Ninth Prince to rise to power!
"Oh my, you've been staring blankly for so long. You're not really pregnant, are you? Whose little master is it? Tell me, and I'll give you some advice," Princess Jin teased.
"Mother! We don't know what he means yet. If it succeeds, I will inform you."
"Very well, very well, daughters really are a thing of the past." The princess sighed, then changed the subject, "Your uncle will be returning home the day after tomorrow, go and visit him on behalf of your mother."
"Mother?"
"Your mother doesn't know what you're going to do, but if possible, your maternal family could be a good help."
Zhao Jihua's eyes welled up with tears: "Thank you, Mother!"
……
As soon as Zhao Jihua left the courtyard, Xia Li jumped down from a tree next to her and struck a funny pose.
Hello! My beautiful sister, have you missed me?
"You... how did you get back?" Zhao Jihua was slightly taken aback, then overwhelmed with joy.
"I heard that my father's mistress and her son came to our door, so I came to check on you, afraid that you might be bullied."
As she spoke, she looked up and saw that Xiao Zhao's eyes were slightly red, which frightened Xia Li.
"No, sister, you were really bullied? No way, unless..." Prince Jin!
Xia Li gritted her teeth and dragged her to the Cornelian Cherry Courtyard to settle scores: "Fine! That scumbag father!"
Zhao Jihua quickly stopped the person, "It wasn't him. That mother and son aren't difficult to deal with either."
"Then why are you looking so aggrieved?"
“I feel wronged for my mother. Although my father did not treat her badly, he did not treat her very well either.”
"That's alright! We'll just go and vent our anger for Mother."
As they talked, the two of them were already standing in the Cornelian Cherry Courtyard.
At this moment, Prince Jin was instructing Zhao Fanyu in swordsmanship. The father and son were sparring with their swords and sabers, while Gu Yinzhu stood aside watching them and smiling.
The three of them were very happy together, like a loving family.
Zhao Jihua's face turned ugly: "He has let my mother down. Instead of spending time with her, he's here with this mistress and her son!"
Xia Li said with a forced smile, "Why don't you go and give him some pointers? You can attack his weakest point..."
Zhao Jihua: Understood!
So he rushed in and said to the Prince of Jin, "He is not your biological son at all, and she doesn't love you!"
The Prince of Jin felt as if he had been struck by lightning, as if the sky had collapsed!
Xia Li: ...
I told you to attack someone personally, not to launch a personal attack!
Are you sure you won't get a beating for standing up to your dad like that?
Xia Li: Actually, I originally wanted you to attack that part of him.
(Fan Yu's Faith)
I didn't expect you to attack him there!
(The spirit of the King of Jin)
However, she was clearly overthinking it, because at this moment, the Prince of Jin was more concerned about whether the child he had doted on for decades was his own.
The Prince of Jin immediately pulled Zhao Fanyu aside and demanded a blood test to verify their kinship.
"Someone come here! Bring me a bowl of water!"
Without hesitation, he pulled a sharp dagger from his pocket and swiftly made a light cut on his finger, causing bright red blood to gush out instantly.
At this moment, Gu Yinzhu, who was standing to the side, suddenly changed her expression and rushed forward to try to stop it from happening.
"Your Highness, you have doted on Yu'er for decades. Don't you know whether he is your biological son or not?"
However, before she could get close, the burly Prince Jin suddenly waved his hand and shoved her aside.
With a muffled thud, Gu Yinzhu's petite body fell heavily to the ground.
Seeing that she couldn't stop it, Gu Yinzhu could only watch helplessly.
The moment he saw that the blood droplets did not mix, the Prince of Jin's eyes turned cold and fierce.
"Your Highness..."
He drew his sword and stabbed Gu Yinzhu without hesitation. Gu Yinzhu's eyes widened and she fell to the ground dead.
Zhao Fanyu watched all of this in horror and collapsed to the ground.
Prince Jin turned to look at him, his eyes filled with disgust. "Get out of Prince Jin's residence and never come back."
Zhao Fanyu scrambled away!
They were terrified that if they were even a step too late, the Prince of Jin would kill them.
Although Zhao Jihua and Xia Li were shocked by the sudden bloody scene, they also felt a sense of satisfaction.
The Prince of Jin seemed to have lost his soul and returned to his study alone.
He hasn't come out for several days in a row.
Zhao Jihua immediately ordered Bai Xiaolou to investigate the cause and effect. It turned out that Gu Yinzhu had given birth to a daughter, but she wanted to gain status through a son, so she secretly bought a son from a slave trader and abandoned her daughter to the slave trader.
Upon hearing this, Princess Jin sighed and said to Zhao Jihua, "If you can, try to find that poor child."
“Mother, I have already sent people to investigate. But more than ten years have passed. The slave trader from back then has been killed. The child has changed hands several times, and we don’t know where he is now or whether he is still alive.”
"It seems things aren't going to be peaceful in this mansion for a while."
Zhao Jihua nestled close to her mother, saying, "As long as Mother is well, that's all that matters."
Xia Li hit the nail on the head: "He thought he was keeping it a secret by doing something like this right under the emperor's nose. Little did he know that the child was able to survive because it wasn't the Prince of Jin's child."
Filled with hatred, Zhao Fanyu, who had been driven out, secretly vowed to take revenge on the Prince of Jin's family.
He wandered the streets for several days before being taken away by a mysterious person.
This mysterious person saw the ruthlessness in his bones and wanted to use him to disrupt the peace of the Prince of Jin's mansion and even the entire court.