"Otherwise, what else could it be because of?" Pei Shu spread his hands.
"But why?" The prince looked disappointed.
"Think about it for yourself, what did you do in those years?" Divine Doctor Pei said.
"Just from what I know, you must have beaten and scolded him more than once!"
"I thought it was because he didn't study well and couldn't help it when he was angry, so..." The prince tried to defend himself.
"Pull him down. It's not because he doesn't study hard. It's because of his mother, because his mother doesn't believe you, because his mother doesn't love you, because his mother left you, so you put all your hatred away. It was transferred to the child." Doctor Pei became excited as he spoke.
"He was so young at that time. Sometimes, when I passed by, I would see him kneeling stubbornly in the ancestral hall with his small body straightened. I couldn't bear it every time.
Once, he asked me: Why doesn't dad like me? You say, how should I answer?
Don't think it's outrageous that he hates you. Think about it, didn't you hate him all those years? "
King Cheng was speechless.
So many years have passed, and the hatred and sadness I felt at the beginning have gradually faded away with the passage of time.
Apart from longing and regret, there seemed to be no other emotions in his heart.
But when Pei Shu said this, he felt as if those days were right in front of him.
That boy, his legitimate son, had the same stubborn eyes as his mother.
Every time he was punished, the child remained silent.
But from his eyes, Cheng Wang could tell that he was not convinced at all.
His mother died at that time, for another man.
His anger had nowhere to vent, so he vented it all on a child.
He also regretted it in the early years. If he hadn't been so bad to that child, the servants would have taken better care of him.
If the servants had been more diligent, the fire might not have happened.
"Does Mu'er still hate me now?" King Cheng asked cautiously.
"Has he ever told you how to forgive me?"
"No." Pei Shu also felt that what he just said was a little too much.
He had witnessed what happened back then with his own eyes, but as an outsider, he seemed to have no position to accuse the other party, not to mention that the other party was still a prince.
"He has never mentioned you to me these days!"
Doctor Pei said it easily.
Little did he know that these words were like a blunt knife, cutting directly into the prince's heart.
It looked like there was no bleeding, but the pain was excruciating.
"Then he will come to see me!" King Cheng said to himself.
"Yes!" Pei Shu nodded, "He said he would come to see you."
The next day, King Cheng waited for Xiao Mu as he wished.
"Greetings to the prince!"
After Xiao Mu met, he immediately saluted the prince.
The prince quickly stretched out his hands: "Go back to your home, don't see anyone else!"
Xiao Mu ignored it and calmly moved away from the prince's hand that wanted to help him.
"I came here this time because I want to ask the prince about something."
Xiao Mu got straight to the point and directly stated his purpose.
"What's up?"
King Cheng asked quickly.
In his opinion, as long as Xiao Mu opens his mouth now, he will agree to move him here even if it means gold and silver.
Xiao Mu was not as open as the lion.
Instead, he reached into his arms and took out the seal he got from the bandit.
He placed the seal in front of the prince and asked, "How come this seal is wandering outside?"
"this?"
King Cheng picked up the seal in Xiao Mu's hand.
He was very familiar with this seal, and it was one of the keys to the Lingyuan Pavilion's treasure house.
He had been locked in the cabinet, so how could he appear in Xiao Mu's hands?
"Where did you get this seal?" King Cheng asked.
"In the hands of a rogue bandit." Xiao Mu replied.
"impossible!"
King Cheng immediately denied it.
"How could the things I have kept locked in the library end up outside?"
But seeing that Xiao Mu's expression didn't look like he was lying, King Cheng became a little suspicious again.
"Uncle Wang, go get my treasure box from the storehouse!"
King Cheng shouted.
"yes!"
Butler Wang Fu quickly agreed and immediately took people to the warehouse.
After a while, he walked in carrying a treasure box.
This treasure chest was specially built by the prince and skilled craftsmen.
The lock is a special machine lock. If it is broken by force, the box will explode.
The box had been safe and sound for so many years, so the prince simply did not believe that the contents would escape outside.
In front of Xiao Mu, King Cheng opened the box.
He also took out a small box embroidered with gold threads.
"This seal was left to you by your grandfather. Although you are not here... no, even though you have gone to other places, I have never moved the seal. It has always existed here."
The prince said.
The implication is that the one in my box is real, and the one in yours must be fake.
What he didn't know was that Xiao Mu had seen this seal since he was a child, and he could tell the authenticity of the seal at a glance.
The prince opened the box in front of Xiao Mu.
He was originally full of confidence, but when the seal appeared in front of his eyes, the prince was dumbfounded.
The so-called truth and falsehood are better than not knowing. Once there is a true background, the false ones will not be noticeable.
In terms of size and shape, the seal in the box is exactly the same as the one in Xiao Mu's hand.
But if you look closely, you can see that its workmanship is very rough and its materials are very cheap. It looks worthless next to the one in Xiao Mu's hand.
"Uncle Wang!" The prince's heart froze.
"Has anyone touched this box of mine?"
When the housekeeper heard this, he immediately fell to his knees and said, "As far as the prince is concerned, no one has touched this box!
The prince asked his servant to guard the box, but he did not dare to relax at all. The servants would be particularly careful when they were on duty at night.
not to mention……"
The butler looked at the prince's face and continued: "What's more, only the prince himself knows the mechanism of this box, and no one else can open it!"
When King Cheng heard this, he was stunned on the spot.
Yes, only you can unlock the mechanism of this box, but why? Why would something as important as the Xiao family wander outside?
Even if he tried hard, he couldn't figure out the reason.
"My lord, there is no need to worry."
At this time, Xiao Mu said, "To open the door to the treasure house, two seals need to appear at the same time. Even if this one appears outside, nothing can be done without the other one in my hand!"
"Yes!" The prince woke up from a dream.
"I'm afraid that villain thought he could take out the treasure by getting this seal, but he never expected that it would be useless."
"I'm just afraid that the person who took out this seal was not some villain, but your family, Prince."
Xiao Mu suddenly said again.
