After a moment, the queen lamented.
"Girl, it's not that I don't want you to see the prince, it's just that after he was born, he was separated from my mother and son."
"My husband is already over thirty, and his life span is only a few years. He is the prince and must grow up as soon as possible to be able to take on the important responsibilities of the Chu Kingdom."
"Therefore, my son is busy today, and I'm afraid we will miss out even if we go there."
With that said, the queen smiled sheepishly at Shen Ping'an.
Shen Pingan didn't see the prince in the end, but she was a little confused. The prince was only ten years old at most, how could he take on such a big responsibility?
If you put it outside, it's still a baby!
But she could afford to wait. The king of Chu State only had a few years left to live. Once the king of Chu State died, the prince would definitely succeed to the throne. By then, she would naturally be able to meet this genius prince.
But Shen Ping'an didn't expect that the king of Chu would die so quickly.
The thirty-three-year-old birthday banquet of the King of Chu was grandly held. After all, people of his age really live less and less with each passing day.
And it is not an exaggeration to say that such a grand event is celebrated by the whole country.
The king of Chu died in his bed on the second day after his thirty-third birthday.
The queen leaned on Shen Pingan's shoulder. She had already fainted from crying, and now she was crying again after waking up.
The king of the Chu State was a hard-working soldier, and everyone in the Chu State loved him very much. When he passed away, the whole country was in a state of silence, and mourning music was played for many days.
Shen Pingan also met the prince who had been taken away since birth.
The prince is very thin and slightly pale. He looks like he was carved from the same mold as the king of Chu.
The ten-year-old prince looks like an ordinary child, but he is already able to handle his father's funeral independently.
Shen Ping'an always had a strange feeling when he watched him commanding the palace people with ease and settling the queen who was crying and couldn't take care of herself.
It's so similar.
He seemed to have experienced this scene countless times, and he didn't feel unfamiliar at all when he started it for the first time.
Even the prince's expression didn't look like that of an ordinary child. Instead, he looked very similar to the king of Chu.
The king of Chu passed away, but the memorial could not be left unreviewed.
The prince dealt with funeral matters during the day, and during the vigil at night, he reviewed the memorials by candlelight.
He lowered his head slightly and looked serious.
It was at this time that Shen Pingan came in.
"No wonder you didn't ask me to see the prince."
She sat across from the prince and looked at him.
The prince raised his head and looked at Shen Pingan with a pair of dark eyes.
There is no innocence that belongs to a child in these eyes, only a calmness that is not for this age.
"When did Miss Shen find out?"
Now that he had been exposed, the prince no longer pretended, but slowly put away the memorial and looked at Shen Pingan.
His expression was exactly the same as that of the king of Chu.
"The king's plan is really good to bring his son back to life, but I wonder if your beloved queen knows about it?"
No wonder after the queen gave birth to the prince, the king of Chu took the prince away and separated the queen and her son.
It turned out that this was the intention.
Because the queen has not had any contact with the prince since she gave birth to the prince, the queen will naturally not be suspicious of the prince's various abnormal behaviors.
Even if the queen has doubts, the queen is now thirty-one years old and can live for at most four years, but the prince's body is in the prime of life. At worst, the queen will die.
The prince smiled and said, "Of course the queen doesn't know that. Miss Shen, everyone wants to pursue immortality. Are you willing to die at the age of thirty-five?"
Of course Shen Ping'an didn't want to.
But she would not base her survival on depriving others of their lives.
Because Shen Hengkong didn't like it.
"Tiger poison will not eat its seeds. The prince is your biological son, but you are so ruthless."
Shen Pingan lowered his eyes.
"Oh, Miss Shen, I gave him his life, so why not ask him to sacrifice for me now?"
"He is my biological son, so he should sacrifice for me and dedicate himself to me!"
"Without me, he wouldn't even have ten years to live!"
The king of Chu State smiled mockingly.
He had been raising the prince in the palace since he was born, under the care of several illiterate and mute nuns in their twenties. When the prince reached the age of ten, these nuns had also reached the end of their lifespan.
The nuns will naturally die of old age, and the secrets about the prince will be buried forever.
In the first ten years of the prince's life, all he saw was the square sky inside the palace wall. No one educated him, no one loved him, only his nanny silently brought him food to ensure that he could survive.
He couldn't leave his palace, and spent ten years alone, day after day, until his father died, and he died with him——
He had never even seen the world beyond the palace walls.
"The prince is also a living person and an independent individual. Even if you are the prince's biological father, you are not worthy of deciding the prince's life and death like this."
"Besides, I heard that you are an infatuated lover, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that."
"You are unworthy of being so cruel to a child born to the person you love."
Mortals do not have the ability to be reborn after death. After all, they are only mortals.
The king of Chu State was able to be reborn through the body of the prince after his death, which must have relied on him.
Hearing what Shen Pingan said, the king of Chu suddenly became red-eyed.
He glared at Shen Pingan, "I do this because I love her, and also to stay with her for a long time!"
"People like you who have never had a lover will not understand!"
"Only in this way can I stay with her forever and be together for eternity. No one in this world loves her more than me!"
Stay together forever?
Shen Pingan captured these words keenly.
But the queen was already thirty-one years old and could not live for a few more years. Even though the king of Chu had taken away the prince, he could not stay with the queen for many years.
He might even have to send the queen off in person.
How did he stay with the queen forever?
"The queen only has a lifespan of four years at most. Is this what the king wants to be together forever?"
Shen Ping'an looked at the King of Chu and tried to trick him without any trace.
The king of Chu suddenly became vigilant and refused to say another word.
Strange.
He refused to say it, and Shen Pingan couldn't pry his mouth open. What's more, what Shen Pingan cared about more was the aura of Shen Hengkong, the king of Chu.
This aura was once on the king of Chu. After the king of Chu died, this aura came to the prince again.
Shen Ping'an speculated that this breath should be related to the soul of the king of Chu, rather than the body.
Her hands itched, and she had the urge to directly search for the soul.
But before Shen Pingan could take action, the queen arrived.
The queen has fainted from crying several times, and now she is even more frail and weak.
She was wearing a robe, her eyes were red, and she looked very pitiful.
Seeing the queen coming, the king of Chu quickly stood up and supported her, but he called "mother".
