Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

“How can I calm down?” Lóng Wei questioned him. “When you were not ready to carry the duties of a father, why did you let me survive? You sent your wife to the palace when she was pregnant with me. I always lacked her love. Do you even have any idea how she treated me? Whenever I see the other people around me, I question what I did to deserve such a life. You have no right to calm me down,” Lóng Wei pronounced and unsheathed the dagger.

“If it is difficult for you to take your life, then I can do it. I have killed my mother too, so it will not be difficult for me to kill you,” Lóng Wei proclaimed. He could not believe that Qiu Qizhen was still quiet. How could he be so quiet? His silence was making Lóng Wei furious with each passing second.

“I never knew that after Qiu Zedong would usurp the throne, he would go after Yu Jun. She had no choice but to be his concubine because I could not timely reach her. She could have taken her life the moment Hei Chengxi came with the royal decree to her. But for your sake, she chose to stay in his captive,” Qiu Qizhen stated.

“Do not give me excuses,” Lóng Wei screamed at Qizhen.

“Which mother makes his own son feel alienated? For fifteen years, I tried my best to tolerate her sight. She never once smiled at me. When I fell and got injured, she did not come to dress my wounds. When my birthday came, she never even gave me her warm wishes. When I cried, she was not there to wipe my tears. She was never there, so her existence was nil in my life,” Lóng Wei stated as he again recalled those days and his eyes welled up in tears.

“Qiu Zedong made her do that,” Qiu Qizhen revealed the truth to him. “It was not her choice. I know how much she cried all alone after acting this way with you. Do not hate your mother, Lóng Wei,” Qizhen urged his son.

“It does not matter to me if the King forced her to do it or not. I died thousands of times whenever she would behave coldly with me while with others she was warm and kind-hearted. She deserves this hate and until my last breath, I will keep hating her,” Lóng Wei enunciated.

Qizhen took a step toward his son and told him not to hurt himself this way. He succeeded in holding Lóng Wei’s shoulders this time and took another step.

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“Forgive your mother. If she had not done that you would not be alive today. It was all for you, my son!” Qizhen stated.

“I told you clearly that I can never forgive her. You both played with my life. She used to tell me not once, but every day that I must die. Why? Why did she have to be so harsh on me?” Lóng Wei questioned him and grabbed the wrist of his father.

Lóng Wei pushed away Qizhen and told him not to call him his son. “You have lost that right the moment you accept your defeat against your younger brother. You have always been a coward,” he proclaimed and furrowed his brows together.

“Indeed, I have been a coward,” Qizhen admitted and lowered his head. “I wanted to save both of you, but there was no way. Because of me, so many people had already lost their lives,” he stated and sighed.

Qizhen again looked into his son’s eyes as he spoke.

“You never tried. I can see the way you live here,” Lóng Wei said as he looked around the room. “This darkness has become your friend. You both wanted me to fight against the current king one day. That’s why you both let me live. However, I have no intention to betray him and stand against him. He is the one who always protected me. And I will always be loyal to him.”

Qizhen smiled at Lóng Wei and asked him why he killed Yu Jun.

“The moment she told me that I was not the son of His Majesty, I questioned my identity. Why do I have to suffer for the enmity between two brothers? So, I decided to kill her,” Lóng Wei replied.

“Lóng Wei, since we both are face to face, then you should be truthful to me. Tell me the real truth behind Yu Jun’s death,” Qizhen demanded the answer from Lóng Wei.

Lóng Wei hesitated a bit.

“You didn’t want her to have a torturous death. Correct me if I am wrong,” Qizhen said.

Lóng Wei remained quiet.

“I understand your angst for us. Yu Jun did something which made you hate her. I do not blame you for this. It is my fault more than hers. However, I know that you always respected her. You didn’t want the truth to get out and let your mother gets punished in a brutal way,” Qizhen stated as he said the truth which Lóng Wei always hid.

“I want to live happily with my wife. I don’t want to fight for anyone. If you really want me to forget everything, then just die. My Father has given me a mission to catch you and bring you to him. However, I do not want that to happen,” Lóng Wei asserted.

This was his final request to his father. “Your existence in my life was always nil and will always be. Just live the way you want to, but don’t get caught,” Lóng Wei stated and turned to go when Qiu Qizhen stopped him.

“I want to turn everything right,” Qizhen said. “At least for the woman whom I loved and the son we both have together,” he pronounced.

“You lost that chance long ago and I am not your son,” Lóng Wei stated. “You have totally disappointed me. I am glad you are not the king and you can never be the one.”