1290 The Crown Prince’s Return
The King was in the middle of contemplating when he suddenly heard this. He frowned and said to De Fu impatiently, “What is it now?”
De Fu panicked, but he might have said it too early. He should have waited a bit longer.
His King was getting more and more irritable.
He was not able to grasp what he was thinking, though he had been working next to him for so many years.
“The Crown Prince has come into the court. He has just returned from the border and has come to you directly. He is a little injured, so I didn’t want to delay it.” De Fu explained.
So the Crown Prince was here.
The King showed a more gentle expression. So the Crown Prince was here, meaning that he did not get injured due to the loss of Feng County.
He was the King, and he did not plan to step down now, but he was also a father, who needed to have a very satisfying son. Zhou Huailing was the one. Honored Princess Jing was from the Yao Family, who had given him a great deal. And the Yao Family had been keeping a low-profile in the capital after he took the throne, and they had no offspring working in the court. He liked Honored Princess Jing when he was younger, and Huailing treated him well.
Compared to the other sons, Huailing was the real one in his heart.
He did not wish for something to happen to Huailing.
“Bring him in,” the King said.
De Fu passed on the message and realized that his decision was right.
Soon Zhou Huailing came into Qianqing Palace.
He kneeled down directly. “Father, it was my fault that we lost Feng County!”
The King saw the wound on him as well as the blood traces. He said directly, “Get up now.”
“…”
“It is not your fault. You are not good at leading troops, and Feng County is not a very easily defended place. It was General Liu’s fault that we lost Jiayu Pass.”
“…”
“De Fu, go and get the imperial doctor to check up on the Crown Prince,” the King said with a broken heart.
Zhou Huailing looked at his own wounds. “These are just small, I am fine. I just want to go back to my mansion to visit the Crown Prince Consort. I haven’t seen her in ages and I miss her a great deal.”
The King did not think that was a proper decision, but seeing that he was already treated, he nodded. “She is living at your mother’s place, just go and visit her. You can come to court tomorrow. I have something to share with you.”
Zhou Huailing nodded, he then retired. He went directly to pick up his woman.
He had intended to grab General Liu’s forces directly and then conquer those from the North Qi so as to obtain some magical monsters, but things went badly. General Liu’s forces had been lost by him and he could do nothing about the magical monsters.
So he had no choice but to return to the capital.
In the meanwhile…
Gu Ruxue became even more important for him. If he could not get any external forces, Gu Ruxue, who was the Phoenix Girl, would be the best tool for him to get the throne.
He had thought it through on the way home.
What he needed to do was to attach Ruxue to him, so that she had no other choice.
They had been married for half a year, but they had not yet had a child.
What mattered the most was that they needed to have a child.
