The Cold King Demands Love and Pleasure

Consort Jing's face stiffened as she recalled the incident. Her greatest fear was that Xia Tongsheng would affect Min You'an's future. When Yi Yi was born, the entire palace was surrounded by crows, a fact known to everyone in the capital.

Nobody dares to mention it!

"Your Majesty, please don't listen to slander!" Consort Jing tried to explain, but the emperor's expression was only slightly cold, which did not affect his good mood!

"My granddaughter is of noble birth, and was protected by dragon energy at birth!"

The Empress laughed, "Of course it's not something unclean. Your Majesty, I suspect it's General Xia who knew the Princess was about to give birth, so he specially returned to life to see the child!"

General Xia! Hearing this title, Xia Tongsheng felt a pang of pain in her heart!

How long has it been? Xia Tongsheng didn't dare to mention it, and Min Youan also tacitly avoided mentioning him!

But I never expected that the scar that had been hidden for so long would be torn open so bloodily!

The sight of it, skin and flesh still there, broke her heart!

Even though it hurt to have her wound reopened, she didn't want the Empress to be so smug. "Yes, my father's greatest wish when he was alive was to see me give birth, so of course he would come to see me and his granddaughter when I gave birth!"

The Empress clicked her tongue. "General Xia has been in the military camp for too long. Even if he wanted to see his family, he should have turned into a butterfly. Why did he turn into a crow? It's so unlucky to be all black!"

She slightly covered her lips with her handkerchief, as if she were disgusted!

Xia Tongsheng couldn't bear to see her father suffer. He was her father, after all. Although Xia Tongsheng had been somewhat disrespectful to Xia Xiuyong when he was alive, it didn't diminish her love for him!

She can joke around, she can scold, but others can't!

“My father said that the frontier is desolate, and crows are the most common animals. The more you see them, the more familiar you feel. Moreover, my father spent his whole life fighting on the battlefield and saw corpses the most. Crows carry the rotting flesh of the corpses and fly south, so they can bring the heroic souls of the martyrs back to their hometowns! So my father said before he died that he would become a crow after he died and bring all the heroic spirits of the martyrs home!”

She calmly recounted these events, keeping an eye on the emperor's expression as she spoke. However, seeing that the emperor's expression remained unchanged, she felt a chill run down her spine.

She smiled bitterly. Her father had dedicated his entire life to Beimin, but in his old age, not only was he betrayed by his own country, but no one even remembered his good deeds!

She felt wronged on behalf of her father!

After a long while, Xia Tongsheng felt her tears were starting to fall uncontrollably!

"I need to relieve myself, so I'll have to leave now!" She made an excuse to leave and have some peace and quiet.

Min Youan knew she was heartbroken and wanted to stay with her!

But after taking only a few steps, Xia Tongsheng quietly wiped away her tears, turned around, and straightened his clothes. "Your Highness, you should stay here. Yi Yi is here, and I'm worried about her!"

"But I don't trust you!"

Min Yoo-an's worries were quite obvious!

She gave a wry smile, "It's been so long, haven't we gotten through it all? I'm fine, I just miss him a little bit!"

She held up her hand to indicate the length, and only after Min Youan watched did she stretch it out a little!

"Was it because I didn't do a good enough job?"

Isn't it usually when a daughter thinks of her father that it's because she didn't receive enough care? Min Yoo-an felt that he hadn't taken good care of her!

“A father and a husband are different,” Xia Tongsheng shook her head and said, “No matter how good you are to me, the person who accompanied me as I grew up, taught me to speak, and taught me to walk is not you!”

So don't even think about taking a father's place in his daughter's heart!

Xia Tongsheng has never forgotten her father's teachings. She witnessed firsthand how much Xia Xiuyong loved her back then, and how could she forget that kindness!

Now that she has a child, she truly understands the saying, "Only when you raise a child do you realize the kindness of your parents!"

Unfortunately, her parents are no longer alive. The saying "a child wishes to care for his parents, but they are no longer there" probably describes Xia Tongsheng's current situation.

When the Empress saw Min Yoo-an return, she knew that her plan was already half successful!

She was right. Whenever Xia Xiuyong was mentioned, Xia Tongsheng would feel dejected and would not want to face the emperor, so she would choose to escape. In this way, Min Youan would either protect Yi Yi or protect Xia Tongsheng. Xia Tongsheng would be worried about the child and would definitely ask Min Youan to be responsible for protecting Yi Yi's safety. At this time, Xia Tongsheng would have a gap in his protection!

Xia Tongsheng is now alone, which makes it easier for Taigu Wang to take action!

Xia Tongsheng was in a bad mood and wanted to clear her mind by herself. When she wanted to be alone, she usually chose a very quiet environment, and Xia Tongsheng was no exception!

We arrived at a relatively deserted place!

She had originally planned to have a good cry or reminisce about her father, but fate had other plans!

A rustling sound behind her caught her attention!

I experienced this feeling once before when I visited the palace!

She became alert and quickly walked towards a crowded area, but the people behind her seemed to have sensed her intention and quickened their pace!

Who would follow you?

While Xia Tongsheng was still thinking, a sudden palm strike struck, and Xia Tongsheng lost consciousness!

Actually, the entire palace is neither very big nor very small.

After all, it is at the center of power, which should be the brightest place, but it is full of darkness and filth!

Things will turn into their opposites when they reach their extremes; this is probably the same principle as the saying "the darkest place is under the lamp."

Xia Tongsheng opened her eyes and woke up in an unfamiliar place. She tried to figure out where she was by looking at her surroundings!

"Awake?" An aged voice came from behind Xia Tongsheng, making her feel a chill down her spine!

Why does that voice sound so familiar?

She turned her head and discovered that it was actually the Ancient King!

She tried to move, but her hands were tightly bound behind her back. "What are you going to do?"

Why should I tell you?

Having grown accustomed to Min Youan referring to himself as "this king," Xia Tongsheng found it hard to accept hearing an old man like this calling himself "this king"!

When the prince referred to himself as "this king," Xia Tongsheng thought it was handsome, charming, and aloof. But when this old man called himself "this king," Xia Tongsheng thought it was so lewd!

The same two words can have such a different feel when spoken by different people!

Xia Tongsheng glanced around at her predicament. "Let me go! If the prince finds out I'm missing, he'll definitely come looking for me!"

"Hmm!" said the Ancient King. "Don't worry, since I dared to kidnap you, I was naturally prepared!"