Children of Loulan

Although his voice was calm, the pain and helplessness contained in it could not be ignored. Maihemuti knew that his mother might never understand his true needs, but he still wanted to make a final struggle, hoping to awaken the maternal love deep in his mother's heart.

Maihemuti's face was covered with tears, and he cried with a choked voice: "But mother, I don't want to be the king of a country at all! Do you know? I have always envied my fifth brother. Although my mother has spoiled him a little, he lives so casually and freely. In the school in this palace, every child can get the care and love of his mother. Even Adi, who is just a slave in the East Palace, has his mother's love. However, I have nothing..."

His eyes were full of doubts. "But mother, you have never truly loved me, and you have never even hugged me. Even now, you have never asked me how I came to visit you in the prison, whether my father blamed me, whether the prince made things difficult for me, and what crime I would be convicted of. Mother, have you ever cared about these things?"

Xilin stared at her son in tears, and a ripple surged in her heart. Over the years, she really had not paid any attention to this son. She only wanted the supreme position and planned for it by any means.

However, now she has been defeated and imprisoned, with her life or death uncertain. Thinking of this, Xilin closed her eyes tightly, as if she wanted to escape from reality. But after a moment, she suddenly opened her eyes, pushed Maihemuti hard, and shouted angrily:

"Rebellious son! Get out of here! I never want to see you again! I have never liked you, let alone cared about you! You are just a tool I gave birth to for power and profit, you don't deserve my love at all!"

Maihemuti stood there blankly, listening to his mother's cold and ruthless words, and the last trace of his desire for maternal love instantly disappeared. He slowly lowered his eyes, and a cold smile appeared on the corners of his mouth: "Haha, I'm sorry, mother. It's my child who disturbed you. I will never appear in front of you again and cause you worry!"

After he finished speaking, he seemed to have lost his soul, and staggered out of the prison. His distraught look made people feel pity for him. Xilin stood there, watching his back gradually going away, tears welling up in her eyes like a flood.

However, she knew that she must not be soft-hearted at this moment. Although her heart was filled with regret and pain, she knew that this was the only thing she could do for him. She would rather let him hate her for the rest of his life than become a burden to him in her last moments.

After all, he is the king's son. As long as it can be verified that he has nothing to do with the crime, the king will not really take his life. As long as he can live peacefully for the rest of his life, it will be enough.

All the evidence about this treason case was irrefutable, and there was little to check. In just a few days, the king had read through all the memorials on his desk. The memorials clearly stated that after the incident, Aunt Kui suddenly went mad and killed several people in succession, even Xianggui, who was closest to her. When the imperial guards tried to stop her from killing people, she ran straight into their knives!

Xilin chose to commit suicide in the prison, ending her own life.

Xilin's family had been confiscated many years ago, and now there were not many relatives left. Therefore, her death also meant that this case could finally come to an end.

The remaining people were naturally the ministers who had colluded with Xilin and conspired with him. Some of them were dismissed from their posts, while others were exiled to remote places, away from the center of power and never able to turn things around.

As for the king, after experiencing the rebellion of his two sons, he seemed to have aged overnight. Half of his hair turned white in just a few days, and he looked haggard.

Although after a thorough investigation, it was found that Maihemuti did not directly participate in the rebellion, he was Xilin's son after all, and his heart was still greatly shocked and hurt by his mother's actions. In the end, he chose to ask to guard the royal tomb for life to repent and atone for his sins.

The king was disheartened and retired to the harem to enjoy his old age. All the affairs of the court were left to the crown prince to handle.

In the imperial garden, the king was sitting quietly by the lake, holding a fishing rod, fishing leisurely. Concubine Jing was beside him, also holding a fishing rod, and learning to fish in the same way.

At this moment, the originally calm water surface suddenly began to ripple and began to move. Seeing this, Concubine Jing shouted excitedly: "There's a fish! There's a fish!"

As she shouted, she quickly pulled up the fishing rod, expecting to catch a big fish. However, when she saw that the hook was empty, she couldn't help but say in frustration: "Oh, this fish is so hard to catch!"

At this critical moment, the calm water surface suddenly appeared as if under a spell, and a wet little head popped out. Upon closer inspection, the owner of the head was none other than Jing Fei's son Aihetanmu!

He was so excited, with his hands raised high, holding tightly a fish that was jumping and struggling. The fish kept swaying in his hands, as if trying to break free from his restraints and return to the water.

His voice was clear and loud, echoing around the quiet lake: "Father, Mother, this fish is hard to catch! I, your son, have caught one!"

When Concubine Jing heard her youngest son's cry, she was overjoyed and quickly stood up, saying with a smile on her face, "Oh my, my son is so amazing! Look, your Majesty, this fish is so fat! Quick, bring the fish up to show me!"

Aihetanmu was even more proud of receiving his mother's praise. He carefully handed the fish to the eunuch on the shore, and then used his hands and feet to quickly climb ashore.

The king looked at his son's lovely appearance and couldn't help but smile. He patted his son's head lovingly and said, "Okay, go change your wet clothes and don't catch a cold. Send this fish to the imperial kitchen and we will have this fresh fish for lunch today!"

After hearing what his father said, Aihetanmu happily handed the fish to the eunuch beside him, and then ran away like a happy bird. He shouted as he ran: "Son, I'm going to change clothes first. Father and mother, please wait for me when they eat the fish!"

At this time, the atmosphere in the imperial study was extremely solemn. Keremu looked at the people in front of him solemnly. He took a deep breath and slowly said, "Today, I specially summoned you because I have something important to tell you."

Standing in front of him were the three brothers and sisters of Hawuer and Adi. Seeing his father so serious, Hawuer felt nervous and asked quickly, "Father, what's the matter?"

Keremu did not answer immediately, but walked up to Adi, stared at him, and said softly: "I am a little sorry to tell you about this. Your parents unfortunately passed away because of me and the Crown Princess."