Moreover, if she didn't marry, then the other princesses would not succeed, and there would definitely be more conspiracies and plots.

However, my grandmother did not agree at first. She did not want her beloved son to marry someone from the royal family. Even if this happened, she could still find a woman for my father who would not care about his loss of innocence and take care of him.

Unexpectedly, my father at that time had been blinded by hatred, so no matter how my grandmother persuaded him, he resolutely decided to marry my mother, who was the King of Qi at the time.

He has lost his innocence and no longer has the face to marry the person he loves, so he might as well just let it go. This way, he can still get revenge!

Eventually, the Queen Mother gained the support of her grandmother, ascended the throne, and also "helped" her father to avenge his death.

But my grandmother has a large army under her command, so how could the suspicious empress not be afraid?

Therefore, she had planned everything that happened later from the very beginning. When she learned that her father knew about her pregnancy and wanted to abort the baby, she tried every means to ensure her safe birth, in order to use herself to restrain her grandmother.

Grandma really loves her children.

So because of what my mother said, the imperial physician said that if my father aborted this baby, it would cause too much harm to his body, and it would be difficult for him to have children in the future. For the sake of his health and to avoid suspicion from outsiders, she could raise this child as her own like the other imperial daughters.

In this regard, my grandmother had no choice but to persuade my father to keep the child.

Later, although she was not liked by her father, she was still her son's child, so her grandmother treated her especially well. At the same time, she became more and more grateful for her mother's tolerance and generosity.

Thus, the Queen Mother’s goal was achieved!

A general with great prestige and a large army under his command, even if he loves his granddaughter very much, will definitely not support a princess whose biological mother is unknown and whose bloodline is unknown.

Since my father hates me, naturally he won't make any plans for me, and may even try to stop me.

As for herself, if she dared to take any action, she would end up being deserted by everyone, because her closest relatives would not allow it!

Without knowing the truth, she fought with other princesses for the throne, but in fact she was just fighting alone.

——What a vicious plan!

Therefore, when all the truth was revealed, my father suddenly woke up from a dream and realized that he had been schemed by my mother all these years. Shock, hatred, pain, and self-blame spread throughout his body.

Sikong Canxue wondered, what was her father thinking at that time when he looked at her in silence with tears on his face?

...Is it the guilt for the indifference and ruthlessness towards myself over the years, the physical and mental torture? Self-blame? Or regret?

What was I thinking at that time?

Sikong Canxue closed her eyes and let herself be immersed in memories.

......

It was mid-September and the weather was already hot, but there was a breeze blowing from the forest from time to time at night, which made it quite cool.

The two fires were not very big, their purpose was only to provide lighting and roast food, so except for Sikong Canxue's men who were roasting food, everyone else sat relatively far away.

After a tiring journey, Xuan Xuan and Hua Heyan finished their meal, looked at their child who was sleeping soundly, and the two, who could no longer hold on and looked exhausted, said goodbye and went back to the carriage to rest.

Yan Yunqi looked at the child in his arms. There was a hint of heroic spirit between his eyebrows. His nose was straight and his face was very tender, but his well-defined facial features vaguely resembled Azhi.

He gently touched her face, and the soft and delicate touch from his fingertips melted his heart, and he couldn't help but smile softly.

"Giving birth is so tiring and exhausting, you should go and take a rest!"

At some point, Sikong Canxue came over and spoke softly, with subtle concern and heartache in her tone.

It was obvious that he was holding on. His face was pale, his sweat-soaked hair was disheveled, his long eyelashes cast a faint shadow in the dim light, and his face looked weak.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Yunqi raised his eyes and met a pair of serious and caring fox eyes, and was slightly stunned.

"you......"

Sikong Canxue showed a gentle smile, "What's wrong with me?"

After that, she lowered her eyes to look at the sleeping child in his arms and said to him, "Can I hold your child?"

Yan Yunqi was slightly stunned, then looked at her expectant eyes, thought for a moment, and handed his daughter to her, "Okay."

Sikong Canxue took it with joy and caution.

Originally Yan Yunqi thought that the other party might not know how to hold a child, and was ready to teach her how to hold a child. Unexpectedly, the other party was so skilled in holding a child.

Sikong Canxue looked at the little guy in her arms with tenderness on her face, and at the same time resolved the confusion in his eyes, "When my brother was a child, I often held him in my arms."

Yan Yunqi nodded. So that's how it is.

Then he expressed his gratitude solemnly: "Thank you very much for this time."

"It's just a small favor, not worth mentioning," Sikong Canxue looked at him and shook her head, "but you, go and have a rest."

"......I'm fine." Yan Yunqi shook his head and looked at her with a warm smile. His heart and eyes were filled with the child in his arms, as if his daughter had occupied all his mind.

Seeing this, Sikong Canxue was stunned.

Suddenly, he stammered, "Master Yan, do you think all fathers in the world love their children?"

"......." Hearing the wrong tone in her voice, Yan Yunqi was silent for a moment and said, "After ten months of pregnancy, the baby is connected by blood. I think most fathers will feel the same way."

"only......"

"Just what?" Sikong Canxue asked subconsciously.

"It's just that every father may express his love to his children in a different way. Some may be strict, some may be gentle, and some may be doting. But nothing is absolute, and some fathers don't love their children."

Sikong Canxue's eyes lit up when she heard the first part, but dimmed when she heard the second part. She was puzzled and asked in a hoarse voice: "Then...why would a father not love his own child? Obviously, the child knows nothing and understands nothing, so how could he not love his own child?"

"Even though the child was covered in blood, flesh and blood, and even physically and mentally injured, she still loved her father and wanted to be loved by him. But no matter what she did, no matter how well she did, she was only ruthlessly ignored and hurt."

"why?"

It started as a question, then slowly turned into talking to oneself.

Yan Yunqi didn't know what exactly happened to her, but after the last poisoning incident and what he learned when he left Min Xi, as well as what she was mumbling now, he roughly guessed some important content.

Sikong Canxue and her father had an unharmonious relationship, even to a very serious degree.

The woman was filled with hurt and loneliness at this moment, and she looked at herself intently, as if she wanted an answer.

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