inspire-indiana Chapter 427 Memories
Chapter 427 Memories
His inner faith collapsed, and the deep-seated illness in his heart began to sprout and grow.
He then asked Prince Ding, "Since you gave birth to me, why don't you care about me? My mother is also your concubine. Why can the children of other concubines live well in this palace, but not me?"
He still had something to say.
For example: Why is it that even today, you still don’t even bother to give me a glance or even acknowledge me?
Prince Ding sneered and replied condescendingly, "Your mother is not my concubine. She is just a maidservant."
His face looked indifferent, as if this person had nothing to do with him at all.
"Even the maids in the same room are praising her. She is nothing but a snob with evil intentions who wants to use me to gain power!"
He disliked his mother, even hated her, extremely hated her.
Only then did he realize that all the concubines in Prince Ding's mansion were beauties given to him by people in the court. He could not refuse them politely, so he stayed in the mansion.
But his mother was just a maid.
Those beauties who entered the palace, if they were lucky, would be favored once or twice and have a child. If they were unlucky, they would die of old age in there.
He gave all his kindness to the princess, Princess Changyang, and the prince.
After a while, Prince Ding seemed to remember something and asked him, "What's your name?"
A flash of anticipation and joy passed through his heart, he thought that he would finally admit his relationship with him.
With sparkling eyes, he answered: "Jiang Shaozhao, my name is Jiang Shaozhao!"
He didn't mention the name Jiang Yuanfeng because it was a random name he had made up when he hated him.
His surname is Jiang, the same as his.
The man in front of him, dressed in a dark blue brocade robe with a hint of gold and red, suddenly sneered, his voice cold and contemptuous: "Then change your last name! Today, I will pretend you were never here."
After all, walk away.
The servants escorted him out of Prince Ding's mansion, and he stood outside the door where he had knelt at the age of four, looking at the magnificent carved building and the noble family, his chest boiling with anger that he could no longer suppress.
At that moment, he hated it so much!
The soul of hatred is torn apart.
This man clearly insulted his mother, which led to his birth, but now he has turned against her and is so ruthless that even the name of his surname seems to be a disgrace to him.
How can there be such disgusting people in the world?
Is this how these high and mighty people bully the common people?
So he left without looking back and returned to Shenjimen.
Pretend to let go of everything.
In fact, the flames of hatred burned even more vigorously.
Lu Xuan had already finished a plate of snacks and looked at him solemnly and asked, "What happened next?"
"You will know what happened next."
He frowned and smiled, as if he was extremely self-deprecating: "The old sect leader passed away, and before he died, he asked your mother to kill me."
"I'm at my wit's end, on the brink of life and death. My only hope is your mother. She's the only blossoming flower of understanding in my barren life. But the old sect leader told her to kill me."
Lu Xuan frowned and retorted: "But she didn't kill you!"
Jiang Yuanfeng smiled and said, "Yes, she didn't kill me. But since then, she has treated me differently than before."
Lu Xuan thought for a moment, "Because you used the mystical arts to kill that mother and child outside, she must have sensed it."
Jiang Yuanfeng's eyes flashed with surprise, "Why do you know?"
Lu Xuan sneered, "Because she is my mother, I understand her."
Thinking that she was reborn, and perhaps she had some contact with Yun Xun, Jiang Yuanfeng nodded and sighed, "Yes, but I didn't know it at the time. She only explained all this to me after something irreversible had happened."
"She was unhappy with you for killing someone, but she still took you with her when she went to Longchuan to ferry souls. Shouldn't you have treated her well?"
"Don't I want to? I want it more than anyone else!" Jiang Yuanfeng couldn't suppress his inner emotions and suddenly growled.
His old eyes were red, and a rare look of regret flashed across his face. "But she chose Lu Lingchuan, a strange man who had never been by her side for a single day!"
"That man is your father. I know you'll definitely speak up for him. He's indeed born into a noble family and is a renowned general. His background and achievements are far superior to mine. But he spends so little time with her, constantly on the battlefield. How can he compare to me, who has been with her for over a decade?!"
"Yet she was willing to give up the affection between us and marry a man she'd only known for a few days! I thought she'd be different, but I didn't expect her to be so superficial, choosing him recklessly based solely on her background!"
Seeing Jiang Yuanfeng's excitement, Lu Xuan also became angry: "You said you have feelings for her, so you have feelings for her? In my mother's eyes, you are just her playmate since childhood. You are just a senior sister and a junior brother from the same sect!"
"Her destined man is my father. It's you who doesn't know your place and has to interfere!"
Lu Xuan's words resonated throughout the huge side hall, causing Jiang Yuanfeng's excited expression to freeze for a moment.
After a while, he asked her in a daze: "What did you say? Destined one?"
Lu Xuan looked him up and down with a hint of caution and surprise. "The leader of the Shenji Sect has his own destined partner. You know that, don't you?"
After being stunned for a while, Jiang Yuanfeng suddenly burst into laughter, "It's fate, it's fate again! We are destined to be together, hahahaha..."
He laughed loudly, but the tears on his face were like the evening tide, one wave higher than the other. In the candlelight, his sallow and wrinkled old face was moist and bright.
"So... So, it's fate!"
"It's fate again. I lost to fate again! Hahaha..."
He tried hard to suppress his tears, as if it was a fatal thing for Lu Xuan and Jiang Xing to see his weakness.
After a while, he said, "I used to think that as long as I had more power and status than Lu Lingchuan, she would definitely be willing to come back to me."
"But I have nothing. If I had accumulated wealth slowly, she would have been on equal terms with Lu Lingchuan long ago. So I returned to Prince Ding's mansion one more time. I originally wanted to make a deal with him. If he gave me fame and fortune, I would have the chance to be with Yun Xun. From then on, my grudge with Prince Ding's mansion would be wiped out."
He sneered dejectedly, "In the end, he still didn't agree to me."
Jiang Xing stared, "So that time, you killed the entire Dingwang Mansion?"
Glancing at Jiang Xing, Jiang Yuanfeng smiled, "It seems the prince still doesn't understand me. How could I possibly kill his entire family back then? The disparity in status and power between me and Prince Ding's Mansion is so huge. If I had killed him then, without being able to deal with the aftermath, wouldn't I have been in trouble?"
"Oh..." Jiang Xing suddenly realized, "No wonder you went to massacre Prince Ding's Mansion fifteen years ago. Because at that time, you had the right to erase all traces."
He looked at Lu Xuan, "Actually, nineteen years ago, the night you were born, I was watching over her, worried that something might happen to her. Back then, I was thinking, one day, when I have everything that's unattainable, I'll go find her. By then, even if she wants to bring you along, I'll be willing."
"So I meticulously planned for four years. Fifteen years ago, Niu San'er and I finally brought order to the court, both inside and outside. We finally eliminated all those with ulterior motives who had wronged me. I avenged my great vengeance, turned the court upside down, and now I have only a bright and smooth road ahead for us to join hands with her!"
He paused for a moment, then chuckled softly and sighed deeply.
"But when I went to look for her, I found...she was dead."
"She's actually...already dead...hahaha..."
He roared, "But how could she die? She's the leader of the Shenji Sect. A leader must be like you, unkillable no matter how hard you try, right?! How could she be so fragile?!"
The candlelight beside me flickered, and bits of mist were clearly swirling and flowing under the dark sky, hovering around the window, but unable to get close to the house.
Like dust, like all living beings, like an inescapable fate.
Seeing his furious look, Lu Xuan calmly swallowed a mouthful of tea, his expression slightly cold.
"What now?" she asked.
Jiang Yuanfeng shook his head, wiped his nose with his sleeve, and slowly sat down.
"Now... it's no use."
He said, "You look too much like your father. It's disgusting."
"That's not what I'm talking about."
Jiang Yuanfeng smiled and nodded: "You understand her better than I do. Just now you said that everything is destined. So I know that I lost."
"This kingdom, this high position, this unstoppable power in the imperial court, this taste of fame and fortune that comes with overwhelming power. Turns out, she doesn't want it."
Jiang Xing just felt that this scene was a bit sad.
He raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "So you dealt with Shen Yuanci because Princess Changyang was still alive?"
Jiang Yuanfeng looked at his palm and said in a low voice, "Yes, and no."
"I like to see them fumbling around in my hands, and I like how a slight movement from me can cause a huge uproar in their lives. It's just that things like this are interesting at first, but over time, they become boring."
He raised his eyelids and looked at Lu Xuan. "So when you helped them come up with a plan to let him return to the Imperial Academy, I didn't stop you. Otherwise, I would have let him die."
Jiang Xing nodded. "Then, would you like to meet Princess Changyang? You killed the entire Dingwang Mansion family, but the story she told about you and your mother is not what you said."
Jiang Yuanfeng suddenly stopped, staring at Jiang Xing sideways, "Isn't it what I said?"
After thinking for a while, he sighed and shook his head, "Forget it, I won't see her. There's a blood feud between her and me. Every time I went to the Shen Mansion before, I had to suppress the urge to kill her. It's too tiring..."
After a pause, he continued, "But what did she say?"