Chapter 250 Everyone is a tool man

Queen Dowager Qi panicked instantly and ran to prepare to greet him.

But when Keren reached the door, he seemed to remember something, so he stopped and just stood there, waiting for Emperor Tianwu and his son to come in.

Before Fu Zhonghai and Fu Chenan came in, he waved his hand and Lu Daban immediately asked everyone to leave, leaving only the Queen Mother Qi and her son.

The Queen Mother of Qi bowed gracefully, performing the etiquette of a concubine, revealing her slender neck, looking weak and pitiful.

Fu Zhonghai narrowed his eyes slightly, looked back at the palace servants who had retreated after serving tea, then strode in and sat on the warm kang, but did not call out.

Fu Chenan followed suit and sat on the other side of his father, pretending he didn't see anything.

Queen Mother Qi, who was still kneeling by the door, was dumbfounded: What do you mean?!

Fu Zhonghai took a sip of tea slowly, then spoke in a leisurely tone.

"I heard that you were going to starve yourself to death. I thought that kneeling for a while longer wouldn't be any worse."

Tears instantly welled up in Qi Rongrong's eyes. She knelt straight at the door, looking pitiful and stubborn.

"I just... I just kept saying I wanted to see you, but those servants... they refused to let me know..."

Fu Zhonghai looked down at her and said, "An'er and I are in charge of this country. The treasury is empty and people's livelihood is in decline. I have to deal with a myriad of affairs every day and dare not slack off in the slightest..."

"You want to see me and An'er. Is there something more important than the national economy and people's livelihood?"

Qi Rongrong was choked, and after a pause she said, "I just miss An'er..."

Thinking about yourself?!

Fu Chenan chuckled softly, his tone was colder than ever before.

"After all these years, do you still use me as a bargaining chip and excuse to enslave my father?"

"Do you think I will still believe it?"

"Or do you think that I am still the six-year-old child who begged you not to leave?"

Qi Rongrong was frozen by this question. She looked at Fu Chenan in horror, not knowing what he was going to say.

Fu Chenan became a little excited.

"My father tried his best to be good to you. For the silk that you asked for, he went into the mountains to hunt big beasts at night..."

"I'm so obedient. I'll do whatever you tell me to do, even if it means standing barefoot outside the door in the snow and freezing, just to help you threaten my dad to listen to you..."

"But you were still not satisfied. You left us and went to the palace, where you gave birth to the seventh prince."

"In order to find him a backer and helper, you planned to have him worship me as his master, messing up the order of generations, just to make my father and I work hard for him and be his backer."

"You say you miss me now? Do you think I will believe it?"

Qi Rongrong was speechless, muttering a little aggrievedly: "I just don't want to be a butcher's wife for the rest of my life..."

"Who knew you would end up like this?!"

"If I had known this earlier, I would naturally be willing to accompany you..."

She spoke quietly, but loud enough for everyone present to hear.

Fu Zhonghai lowered his eyes, slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, with no emotion in his eyes.

It seemed that the woman kneeling below was not his son's biological mother, but a strange woman telling a strange story.

Fu Chenan's eyes finally moistened: "In your heart, my father and I are always just tools! What kind of relationship are you talking about? "

The young prince seemed to find it shameful to cry in front of her. He turned and looked out the window, refusing to let her see him crying.

Fu Zhonghai felt distressed, and then he looked at Qi Rongrong: "Get up now."

Qi Rongrong struggled to get up with the help of King Ping'an.

Fu Zhonghai looked at King Ping'an who had been silent. There was caution on the young boy's immature face. He did not dare to look at the tall and mighty emperor, but only lowered his eyes to look at the ground.

"King Ping'an?" Fu Zhonghai shouted.

King Ping An seemed to come to his senses in an instant and knelt down quickly: "I am here!" "What do you think of what your mother did?"

Without even glancing at Qi Rongrong, Prince Ping An answered decisively, "What she did back then was wrong."

"Later, she hid it from me and asked me to take His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as my teacher, which was also wrong."

"Now she is trying to use her relationship with the Crown Prince to threaten Your Majesty and His Royal Highness. This is even more wrong."

"I tried to persuade him, but it was useless..."

After King Ping An finished speaking, everyone at the scene fell into a strange silence.

Qi Rongrong looked in disbelief at her youngest son whom she treated with such great sincerity, and felt heartbroken.

"Xu'er, you know... you know..."

Everything I did was for you. How can you put all the blame on me?

Prince Pingan seemed to be offended. He pursed his lips and glared at Qi Rongrong: "I don't know!"

"If you really wanted to do this for my own good, you should have told me about my relationship with the Crown Prince!"

"It won't mess up the generations!"

"He should have been my half-brother! But you asked him to take me as his apprentice..."

These words seemed to be accusing Qi Rongrong, but Fu Zhonghai and Fu Chenan were not stupid, and they could tell that Prince Ping'an was reminding them.

The twelve-year-old child in front of him is Fu Chenan’s half brother.

And he did nothing wrong from beginning to end. He did all this because he was deceived and didn't know...

Fu Zhonghai asked Prince Ping'an to stand up: "Forget it, it's all over..."

Prince Pingan stood up, showing a look of gratitude again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your tolerance..."

Fu Zhonghai was in no mood to act with a twelve-year-old kid, and looked at Qi Rongrong again with a serious expression.

"I brought the prince here today because I have something to say to you in person."

"If you don't want to live, the beams are not locked and the wells are not covered. I can even ask the Imperial Hospital to prescribe you a medicine that will allow you to pass away without any pain..."

"I can prepare all these things for you, such as white silk, daggers, and poisons. If you want to die, you can die at any time."

"I will never try to keep you, nor will I vent my anger on Prince Ping An and the palace maids outside."

"But before you die, there is no need to report this to me and the Crown Prince."

"For those who don't care about me and the prince, there is no need for me to care too much."

Qi Rongrong was dumbfounded, staring blankly at Fu Zhonghai and Fu Chenan: How could they be... so heartless? !

How can you say such cruel words!
Qi Rongrong's face turned pale as she accused in disbelief: "Even if I am wrong in a thousand ways, I am still An'er's biological mother..."

"How could you..."

Fu Zhonghai pointed in the direction of the door and said, "That day, the late emperor ordered all the concubines in the palace to be executed, why did he only spare you? Don't you know what's going on?"

"To you, An'er and I are just your tools..."

"To the late emperor, you are nothing more than a tool."

"Back then, he was the tool that I used to disgust me!"

"Later you were his tool for survival!"

"If you were not An'er's biological mother, he would think that I would show mercy to you and your child. Do you think the late emperor would choose Prince Ping'an as the emperor? Do you think you can still survive?"

"You and King Ping An are just a means for him to save his life!"

"But he didn't expect that I don't care about his methods at all!"

"You have never had us as father and son in your heart, so how can you expect me and An'er to remember your kindness?!"

(End of this chapter)