My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

The rouge in Concubine Cheng's hand suddenly slipped off, leaving a streak of blood on her face. "You, when did you come? Why didn't you ask someone to inform you?" She felt a little guilty.

"I originally wanted to give you a surprise." Prince Kang approached slowly, holding a food box in his hand. His voice was trembling, and he was obviously trying to control his emotions. "I made your favorite walnut cake myself."

Prince Kang placed the food box in front of Concubine Cheng, looked at her red and pale face, and the confusion and panic in her eyes, and said lightly, "I have never seen mother wear such makeup before."

Concubine Cheng's hand, which was about to cover the food box, suddenly paused. She was not sure whether the "makeup" that Prince Kang mentioned referred to her messy face, or to... something else.

She quickly calmed down, "Kang'er is thoughtful, mother, he really likes walnut cakes." She coughed, "But Kang'er hasn't answered mother when he came."

"I have only been here for a short time. I just heard mother discussing with Nanny Yuan how to bring Wangyou Valley into our camp." Prince Kang is actually very handsome. He has perfectly inherited Yan Ruobing's facial features. He is even better looking than Yan Ruobing when she was young.

He is even much better looking than the King of Chu.

However, at this moment, there was only sadness and disbelief on his handsome face.

Concubine Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, as long as he didn't hear what I said before and didn't know that I was actually the queen's son, it would be fine.

"Kang'er." She reached out and pulled King Kang, "Come, sit over here."

King Kang hesitated for a moment and sat down as he was told.

"Since you have heard it, I will not hide it from you. I never intended to keep it a secret from you." Concubine Cheng looked at the son of her "enemy" in front of her and tried her best to look like a loving mother.

"Now the East Palace is vacant, and the King of Chu is eyeing the position of the Crown Prince. He has always been cruel and does not play by the rules. Have you ever thought about what will happen to us mother and son if he takes the throne?" Concubine Cheng sighed, "You have always been kind and don't know how to manage these things, so your mother will have to do something for you. Do you understand?"

“But, didn’t mother teach me since I was young that I should not have improper desires for things that are not mine, and that only by not fighting or competing can I live in peace and security?” King Kang stared at her.

The kindness on Concubine Cheng's face froze, "Silly child, that was in the past. If the prince ascends the throne in the future, we won't have to worry about these things. But what kind of character is the King of Chu, don't you know?"

Hearing this, Prince Kang could no longer hold back his emotions and stood up. "So, this is the reason why mother wants to murder the heir? No matter what, the King of Chu is still the son of father and the brother of this minister! How dare you think and do this, mother?"

Concubine Cheng lowered her eyelids, and a trace of disgust and mockery flashed in her eyes.

If the prince is still alive, after he ascends the throne, the first thing I want is the life of you, a lowly creature! You are just the offspring of that lowly queen, what qualifications do you have to scold me? !

If the prince were still alive, I would never let my hands be stained with blood for a lowly creature like you!

But now, I still have to work hard for you.

How ironic!

When I looked up again, those emotions were gone.

Her face was slightly cold, "Mother, this is all for your own good! Mother is willing to do those things that are against the will of heaven and earth, all for you!"

King Kang suddenly laughed out loud, "For me? Thank you so much, mother, for planning for me. Killing the King of Chu was for me? Even killing the Queen was for me? Hahahaha... I didn't know that all this was my fault..."

Prince Kang's words came to an abrupt end because Concubine Cheng had slapped him in the face.

"How dare you speak to my mother like that!" Concubine Cheng was so angry that she was shaking all over. "Why did I give birth to a person like you who has no ambition?!"

King Kang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and smiled, "It doesn't matter if I'm not making progress or I'm disrespectful to you, mother. No matter how you punish me, I don't dare to complain. But today I want to tell you what's in my heart."

He waved his hand to lift up his hem, knelt down, kowtowed respectfully, and stood up again. "As a prince, I will fight for what I want with my own strength, so you don't have to worry about me. I don't want you to think that I have committed the heinous crime of killing the mother of a country and the heir to the throne because of me. Otherwise, as a son, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life."

"You ungrateful person!" Concubine Cheng was so angry that she overturned the food box on the table, and the walnut cakes rolled all over the floor.

King Kang glanced at the walnut cakes rolling around, said nothing, bowed, and walked straight out of Ruyi Palace.

"Miss, calm down!" Nanny Yuan then walked in from outside and helped Concubine Cheng to sit down.

"He... this, a rebellious son!" Concubine Cheng stroked her chest, panting heavily, her face turned pale with anger, and the rouge on her face made her look even more ridiculous, "He, he has grown up, who gave him the courage to speak to me like this."

"King Kang has always been filial. He is just too kindhearted and has never thought about these things. So when he first heard that we were going to deal with the Queen and the King of Chu, he couldn't accept it for a while. So I think he just couldn't think straight for a while. When he figured it out, he would understand the young lady's painstaking efforts."

Concubine Cheng thought for a moment and felt that what Nanny Yuan said made sense.

However, she was still a little worried, "Do you think he really only heard this?"

Nanny Yuan nodded heavily, "I have already inquired about it, and Prince Kang did come at that time. He must not have heard what we said before."