Shen Yi Di Nu (1073 to 1273) Divine Doctor: Daughter of the First Wife (神医嫡女）

Chapter 1118

There Are Only Unfilial Children

At this moment, the Emperor was hugging that puppy which was only four months old and playing with it. When he heard this news, his hand shook and the puppy fell to the floor from his hands, after crying out unhappily, it went away using its short legs.

The old Emperor spread out his ten fingers and held them out in front of him, staring at them for half a beat, then finally spoke: “All ten fingers are connected to the heart!” After saying this, he asked Zhang Yuan: “Say, has Our heart grown softer as We aged? Old Eighth harmed Us like this, but after hearing that he is dead, Or heart still feels pained.”

Zhang Yuan sat opposite him, crossing his legs, speaking earnestly: “This is not being soft-hearted, this is a normal human emotion. Just like what you said, all ten fingers are connected to the heart! That is still your son formed from your blood, how can your heart not feel pained at this. You do not leave the imperial palace that much and do not know what it is like outside. This Servant will tell you, for those impoverished citizens outside, no matter how poor they are, even if there is only enough to feed one person, they will also leave the food to their children, even if they would freeze to death or starve to death, they will make sure the children will live. This is the way of the world, there are occurrences of children not being filial to their parents, but there are no occurrences of parents and grandparents who would not raise their children or grandchildren. Thinking of it like this, you can feel relief with regards to the matter with the Eighth Prince.”

“It is not completely like what you said as well.” The Emperor rebutted him, “Look at that Feng Jinyuan in the past, he hated that he could not strangle Ah-Heng to death, isn’t that a father who would not raise his children!”

“But it was said that during his final days, he also came to realise his errors.” Zhang Yuan heard of Feng Jinyuan’s final days in the southern border and told them to the Emperor, the two of them feeling emotional.

The Emperor said: “Actually, thinking about it sometimes, Feng Jinyuan is a little cruel, but it was to protect the interests of the Feng family as a whole. Just like when We were young, there’s no need for it to be that much younger, even just 10 years back, if this incident occurred to Us 10 years ago, We can flatten all obstacles for the Ming-er’s sake, even if they are my children, for Ming-er, for Pianpian, for the might of Da Shun, We will be willing to take action. But during these two years, what happened to Us?

“This is the kinship through blood.” Zhang Yuan analysed for him, “This shows that Your Majesty has feelings and emotions and is not cold blooded. This also shows that Her Highness Imperial Concubine Yun and His Highness the Ninth Prince are people who can see the big picture, if not, just based on the massive favour bestowed on Her Highness Imperial Concubine Yun, if she did not choose to stay at Winter Moon Palace alone and wanted to fight for power with all the concubines and noble ladies in the harem, she might have already sat on the Empress’ seat today. But she did not take action against any of Her Highnesses. His Highness the Ninth Prince had a strange personality when he was younger, but he only lashed out towards the Third Prince and Eighth Prince, he still treated others rather well.”

The Emperor nodded, praising his beloved woman and son, he was always willing to hear such words. But after listening to these, he could not help but ask for more information: “Is Pianpian still in the capital?”

Zhang Yuan said: “She’s still staying at Chun Palace! His Highness the Seventh Prince just told This Servant. His Highness the Seventh Prince said, if Your Majesty asks about this, then answer like this, and then ask Your Majesty not to worry, Her Highness is doing well in Chun Palace.”