Su Ruotang looked at Minghou and the Ming clan leader, and asked instead, "Are you willing to let this child return to the Ming family? Are you willing to recognize his identity?"
Patriarch Ming refused without hesitation: "No!"
Minghou is the next successor to the Ming family.
If the clan members knew that he had given birth to a mutilated son, how would the clan members view him?
They may even think that their lineage offended the gods, so the gods punished innocent children.
This does not mean that Hou cannot inherit the position of clan leader.
Even his position as clan leader may not be guaranteed.
Minghuo looked at his father and opened his mouth, but did not say anything against it.
Su Ruotang sneered: "People in the center of power have really lost their humanity."
The nails of Minghou's ten fingers were deeply embedded in the palms of his hands.
His eyes were filled with pain, confusion, and intolerance...
In the end, it only turned into a weak sentence: "Let him stay in the Ming Mansion, it will harm him."
Su Ruotang was too lazy to speak.
She couldn't change the inherent thinking of this group of people.
Besides, what Minghuo and the others said was right.
If this child returns to the family, he will only be hurt by discrimination.
She walked to Xu Zhao's side and raised her hand to untie her sleeping hole.
When Xu Zhao opened his eyes, he only asked, "Do you recognize him?"
Xu Zhao opened his eyes in a daze. When he heard this question, he subconsciously answered, "No matter what he looks like, he is my child."
Su Ruotang nodded: "Okay, as you say, I will do my best to help him."
As she spoke, she uncovered the child's swaddling clothes.
When she saw the child's ears clearly, Gu Shuya took a breath of air, "How...how could this happen?"
The child's ears are not fully developed.
The ear shells were pressed tightly against the face, covering the piercings.
Just from the appearance, Su Ruoxi was not sure whether the child's ear piercings were fully developed.
Her fingertips gently caressed the child's ears.
Through the scanner in the medical space, she saw that the child's ear piercing was fully developed, but the outer auricle was deformed.
"The child's hearing is fine." Withdrawing his hand, Su Ruotang looked at Xu Zhao, "The child is too young. I will perform surgery on him after he is one month old to repair his fingers and ears."
Xu Zhao burst into tears and knelt in front of her with a plop, "Thank you for your kindness, girl. Thank you for your kindness, girl."
Su Ruotang sighed softly and bent down to help her up, "The Ming family will not allow you to take your child back."
"I can live outside with my children." Xu Zhao said in a very critical tone.
"It is extremely difficult to raise a child, let alone a disabled child..."
Xu Zhao's eyes were bright and he interrupted her firmly, "I brought him into this world, so I should shoulder the responsibility of being a mother."
She said in a sad tone: "He doesn't have fingers and ears. It's not his fault, it's my fault."
"I didn't give him a healthy body."
After listening to her words, Minghuang turned pale and said bitterly, "Zhaozhao..."
"Minghou, let's make peace." Before he finished speaking, Xu Zhao interrupted him.
Tears kept falling from her eyes without looking at Minghuo.
Minghou swayed, his eyes full of disbelief, "Zhaozhao...what did you say?"
Xu Zhao covered his lips, his voice hoarse and trembling, "Let's... make peace."
"Impossible!" Minghuang yelled loudly, "Xu Zhao, I, Minghuang, will only lose my wife in this life, and there will be no reconciliation!"
Xu Zhao's face turned as white as paper.
She covered her lips tightly with her hands, swallowing down the sadness in her heart.
His thin body was trembling, and he was speechless for a long time.
Minghuo stared at her figure with bloodshot eyes, "If you die, I will die."
These four simple words instantly dispelled Xu Zhao's thoughts.
Patriarch Ming frowned and said, "Zhaozhao, I will ask someone to take good care of this child. You and Hou'er can visit him at any time."
The second princess stared at the infant baby, her eyes flickering, "If the third princess, Zhao Zhao and Minghuang give birth to another child, will there be any problems with the child?"
Su Ruotang did not hide it: "There is an eighty to ninety percent probability that the child will still have problems."
The second princess suddenly pursed her lips.
Although her biological mother came from the Quan family.
But the Quan family only supports their eldest daughter.
It was the Ming family that supported her fight for the throne in these years.
The Xiao family, on the other hand, is on good terms with the third princess.
The Quan family has been at the top of the three major families for many years. In addition to its own strength, there is also an unwritten rule.
The wife or lord of the Xingming Kingdom must come from the head of a noble family.
Xu Zhao's talent in Gu arts is no less than that of Quan Hongying, and he is the most promising person to lead the Ming family to surpass the Quan family.
Xing Jingxi's eyes flashed: "Sister Xu, this is your child. Naturally, it is also a child of the Ming family. How can your own child not return to the family?"
"Really, Uncle Ming?" The last five words were addressed to Patriarch Ming.
Patriarch Ming met Xing Jingxi's eyes and remained silent.
After a while, he slowly said, "Zhaozhao, take the child home first."
Minghou looked at Patriarch Ming in shock: "Father..."
With the child like this, if he goes to the Ming family, he will only die!
Patriarch Ming raised his hand and interrupted the rest of his words, "Zhao Zhao, do you believe your father?"
Xu Zhao covered his mouth tightly, tears streaming down his face.
Patriarch Ming continued: "Father promises you that no one else is allowed to enter your yard without your permission. No one will know the true condition of the child."
"Wow -" when he finished his words, the child held by the third princess cried loudly.
Hearing the child cry, Xu Zhao quickly stopped crying, gently took the child from the hands of the Third Princess, and coaxed softly.
Mo Rongyan suddenly asked: "Are those children outside your tribe?"
Quan Hongying looked extremely ugly and hummed in a deep voice.
Mo Ronyan stood by the window and opened it.
The sunlight shines through his long eyelashes and falls on the bottom of his eyes, making the eyelashes distinct, but making it impossible to see the emotion in his eyes.
"Power, humanity, why do you have to choose one or the other?"
Xiaosi pretended to be crazy and stupid since he was young. He, his father, his eldest brother and his second brother never thought of giving up on him.
The royal family is so big that it can afford to raise a fool.
It's a pity that the eldest brother died due to the calculations of the Liu family.
Although he later destroyed the Liu family, the eldest brother could not come back.
Therefore, he cherishes his blood relatives even more.
Xing Yuhuang and others fell into a long silence after hearing this.
She, the Third Princess, and the Second Princess looked at each other.
At this moment, some kind of persistence in the hearts of the three people seemed to have cracks.
Minghou's lips trembled.
He walked to Xu Zhao with heavy steps: "Zhao Zhao, I will take care of the child with you."
Xu Zhao's eyelashes trembled.
She lowered her eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "Minghuo, you don't have to be like this."
"You are the future heir to the Ming family, so you must not be stained."
"This is not a stain!" Minghou hugged her into his arms, "It's our parents' fault that our children are like this!"
Xu Zhao was startled: "What do you mean?"
Minghou smiled bitterly: "You and I are cousins, and we have the same blood flowing in our bodies."
"The third prince's concubine said that the reason why the newborn children of the three great families are abnormally mutilated is because their parents are closely related by blood."
"If two people who are closely related by blood get married, the child they give birth to will most likely have problems."
"So, this is not a curse from the gods, but we ourselves harmed the children?" Xu Zhao said blankly.
