Chapter 116 His Dark Past
"I'm happy to see you." Zhao Shizhu didn't shy away from it.

He was not actually that sad about the fact that Empress Dowager Gao drugged him. After all, he had been abandoned since childhood.

But the moment Su Ci came to find him, he felt that his desolate world was suddenly filled with colorful flowers.

Even if the whole world betrayed him, wouldn't there still be Su Ci by his side? What was there to be sad or angry about?
Su Ci didn't know how to respond for a moment. She was not sure whether Zhao Shizhu was saying sweet words.

[Wow, I think this is so sweet. ]

[What if I am abandoned by the whole world? As long as I still have you by my side, I am satisfied! ]

[I’ve hit you, I’ve hit you, Su Ci is so silly, he doesn’t look very smart, when will he finally come to his senses? ]

Su Ci: ...

Why isn't she smart?
Besides, she had already gotten the hang of it, but the timing was wrong, so she closed the door again.

Zhao Shizhu was contentedly holding Su Ci's hand and preparing to leave Cihe Palace. Turning back, he said to Gao Ling, "Miss Gao should be a smart person. This harem is not a place for you. Leave the palace as soon as possible."

Gao Ling's heart sank, but she quickly felt relieved.

She saw that Zhao Shizhu was obsessed with Su Ci, so he looked down on her. To be more precise, because Zhao Shizhu liked Su Ci, he looked down on all women except Su Ci.

She is good enough, but she just met the wrong man.

It’s just a pity that Zhao Shizhu is so outstanding and loyal, but he already has someone in his heart.

She quickly figured it out, and after Zhao Shizhu left, she advised Empress Dowager Gao, "Your Majesty should be filial and respectful to Aunt Empress Dowager, so Aunt Empress Dowager should not do too much, so as not to hurt the mother-son relationship between Aunt Empress Dowager and Your Majesty. Your niece can see that the Empress is not a good person, so Aunt Empress Dowager should not provoke her."

Empress Dowager Gao was unhappy when she heard this, but she also knew that Gao Ling could not be kept since things had come to this point.

This time, I didn't investigate further because Zhao Shizhu was in a good mood. However, Zhao Shizhu clearly warned me before he left, which meant that this could not happen again.

On the other side, Su Ci accompanied Zhao Shizhu out of Ci'an Palace, but saw that Zhao Shizhu walked very steadily and did not look like he had been drugged.

"Is your majesty okay?" she couldn't help but ask curiously.

Zhao Shizhu had never experienced such a good experience before. He smiled slightly, making people feel like they were bathed in spring breeze: "The medicine that the Queen Mother gave me is far inferior to the ones you gave me. I am fine."

Su Ci looked at Zhao Shizhu's charming smile for a while before coming back to his senses.

She sighed in her heart and said, no wonder it is said that beauty traps have been the most effective since ancient times. Now it seems to be true. She was actually distracted by a man's smile just now.

So embarrassing.

[Su Ci was also fascinated by Zhao Shizhu's beauty, right? Right? Right? ]

[So, it is enough for Zhao Shizhu to conquer Su Ci with his beauty! ]

[Didn't you notice that Zhao Shizhu has used every possible trick? He used the self-torture trick in Ci'an Palace, and now he is using the beauty trick. I wonder what tricks he will use when he returns to Kunning Palace.]

[Su Ci’s heart must be beating very fast right now! ]

……

Su Ci saw the flying comments and found that it was just as the audience said. Zhao Shizhu had played many tricks on her without her knowing it. She only discovered it after the audience reminded her. After dinner, Zhao Shizhu took Su Ci to the corridor to digest the food.

He was a little quiet at first, Su Ci noticed his abnormality, and out of curiosity she couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, is there something on your mind?"

"Do you still remember what I told you three years ago, that I had something to tell you after I returned to the palace?" Zhao Shizhu said calmly.

Su Ci was stunned, vaguely remembering that there seemed to be such an incident.

She was busy escaping at the time, and she didn't take what Zhao Shizhu said to heart at all.

Zhao Shizhu could tell from Su Ci's expression that this girl had completely forgotten about this matter.

He didn't take it seriously and continued, "I want to tell you about my past in the harem."

Su Ci looked at Zhao Shizhu absentmindedly, wanting to listen but not wanting to. He wanted to listen because he was curious, but he didn't want to listen because he was afraid that if he knew too much, Zhao Shizhu would kill him one day.

But it seemed that it was not her turn to make the decision. Zhao Shizhu put his arm around her waist and rested his head on her shoulder.

"As far as I can remember, I have lived in an abandoned palace. That palace has no name, but the palace maids and eunuchs have been constantly changing. The only ones who have not changed are Qi Xi and Lu Yi. They are the two who have been with me the longest..."

As he grew older, Zhao Shizhu realized that he was actually an unpopular prince. The palace servants and eunuchs who bullied him every day did not regard him as a royal descendant at all, and sometimes did shameful things in front of him.

He had seen too many sinister faces of the palace maids and the dirty deeds they had done, so he had developed a psychological trauma towards women since he was a child.

Later, one time when he was thrown into the snow by palace servants in the dead of winter and was almost frozen to death, he suddenly saw a woman hugging him and crying, saying that she could not protect her own son.

Later, the woman threatened to commit suicide before someone finally found a doctor to save his life.

But from that day on, his life in the harem became more difficult.

Hearing this, Su Ci suddenly had an idea: "The woman who saved you couldn't be the Queen Mother. The one who hugged you and cried must be someone who cares about you very much. Could that person be your biological mother?"

Zhao Shizhu's life experience remains a mystery, and no one seems to know who Zhao Shizhu's biological mother is. She thinks this is wrong.

Since Zhao Shizhu is a prince, his biological father must be the emperor, and his biological mother must be one of the emperor's concubines, right? Since Zhao Shizhu is the biological son of Emperor Jianning, why does Emperor Jianning dislike Zhao Shizhu?

"Ah Ci, you are very smart. It was also on that day that I learned that my biological mother was still alive, and..."

Zhao Shizhu wanted to say something but stopped.

At this moment, Su Ci suddenly remembered a person who had always wanted to kill Zhao Shizhu, that person was Liu Hu. Moreover, she learned from the barrage that the woman Zhao Shizhu cared about most was in Liu's mansion. Could that woman be Zhao Shizhu's biological mother?
At this moment, she suddenly understood a lot of things.

"My mother is indeed still alive, but she was given to that old villain Liu Hu by Emperor Jianning. The reason why Emperor Jianning doesn't like me is that when he sees me, he will think of my biological mother. When he thinks of my biological mother, Emperor Jianning will remember that his harem concubines were taken away by a minister. Liu Hu hates me because my mother cares about me, so Liu Hu tried every means to torture me..."

Su Ci understood after hearing this.

Liu Hu truly loves Zhao Shizhu's biological mother. At the same time, Liu Hu is also a pervert, otherwise he would not be able to tolerate the son of the woman he loves.

Zhao Shizhu was abandoned by his biological father and was bullied by Liu Hu's men for many years, but in the end he was able to turn the tide and become emperor. His life is truly that of a male protagonist.

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