Nan Gongyin continued to pour out her grievances, while Wei Ying's expression grew increasingly cold.
It was not for any other reason but that Nan Gongyin kept emphasizing that she hadn't wanted to do what she did back then but had had no choice. Moreover, between the lines, it even seemed that it was the Guangling King who had persuaded her, and that was why she had reluctantly abandoned Wei Ying.
In short, according to her, the Guangling King was domineering, despicable, and selfish.
This really bothered Wei Ying.
Finally, Nan Gongyin noticed that Wei Ying's expression was off. After sobbing softly a few times, she fell silent.
Wei Ying glanced at her and then said calmly,
"When I was young, many of my peers bullied me."
Before he could finish, Nan Gongyin interrupted eagerly, "Didn't that person care about you at all?"
Wei Ying hooked his lips into a smile and continued, "Yes, the Guangling King never cared about how I was bullied. He only taught me how to get revenge."
"He... How could he teach you such things!" Nan Gongyin was a bit dissatisfied.
But Wei Ying didn't look at her anymore and went on, "I quite... liked what he taught me."
Nan Gongyin's voice involuntarily dropped, and she said in a low voice, "What... are you trying to say by saying these things?"
Wei Ying replied word by word, "I want to say that from childhood to adulthood, I've always been a person who never lets go of a grudge. If someone hurts me, I will never forgive them easily."
"But I'm not someone else! I'm your mother!" Nan Gongyin was a bit out of control.
Wei Ying just gave a cold smile and said, "But you've never considered how I felt. Even when you wanted me to come back, in the end, you were only thinking about your own interests."
"Wei Ying!" Nan Gongyin bit her lower lip, looking utterly incredulous.
She couldn't believe that her son refused to recognize her!
That he...
Refused to forgive her!
Seeing that Nan Gongyin was about to say something else, Chu Qing pulled Wei Ying over. Caught off guard, Wei Ying instinctively protected Chu Qing, afraid that his momentum would drag her down.
Seeing this, Chu Qing was even more determined to protect him.
She didn't want to stay here any longer. She already knew exactly what Nan Gongyin was up to. Although Wei Ying also knew, after all, Nan Gongyin was the woman who gave birth to him, and some things were hard for him to say.
In that case, she would be the bad guy.
Her Wei Ying didn't need a mother who only saw interests.
With her... it was enough.
When Nan Gongyin saw Chu Qing walking towards her, she instinctively reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes. But when her hand touched the corners of her eyes, she found that her tears were already gone.
Her hand froze a bit, but she still needed to maintain her dignity.
So Nan Gongyin straightened her back and said coldly, "The matter between me and my son doesn't require an outsider like you to interfere. Please, Miss Chu, know your place."
Chu Qing raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "I... an outsider? Please, Imperial Noble Consort, know your own place. I'm the legitimate wife of the Prince of Ning, whom he married in a proper wedding. This is a well - known fact not only in the Great Yan but also in Xiliang, Dongyi, and even all the tribes in the north. And what about you? How many people know about you? Your first child... was born dead."
Nan Gongyin couldn't help but take a few steps back and almost fell off the pavilion.
It was Chu Qing who reached out in time and pulled her back.
After the scare, when Nan Gongyin realized it was Chu Qing who had helped her, she instinctively wanted to push her away. However, when she saw Chu Qing's belly, her outstretched hand froze in mid - air.
"Is the Imperial Noble Consort even trying to harm my child?" Wei Ying, who had been watching silently by the side, saw Nan Gongyin's hand in front of Chu Qing. Without thinking, he stepped forward and protected Chu Qing in his arms.
And the trace of pain on his face was long gone.
"You..." Nan Gongyin then realized that Wei Ying had seen what she had just wanted to do.
At this moment, she felt extremely ashamed.
"Are you just going to let your wife bully me like this! Even if I've done something wrong and am despised by the world! I'm still your mother! Do you want to bear the name of an unfilial son!" Every word was like a knife, mercilessly cutting at people.
There was coldness in Chu Qing's eyes. Threatening people with filial piety was really disgusting!
But before Chu Qing could speak, Wei Ying walked up to Nan Gongyin, got closer to her, and said word by word,
"Aren't you afraid that my unlucky fate will kill you?"
After saying that, without caring about the other person's expression, he took Chu Qing's hand and turned to leave.
Chu Qing let Wei Ying hold her tightly and said nothing quietly.
Although they were in the Dongyi Palace, the two of them asked straightforwardly where Wen Lang was.
Since they acted in an upright manner, no one was suspicious of them.
Wen Lang had been pacing restlessly in the imperial study. Who would have thought that the very people he was investigating would come to him on their own?
Wen Lang let them in with a complicated mood.
The seeds of doubt that had been in his mind strangely disappeared when he saw the two of them.
Could they have given him some kind of magic drug?
Thinking of this, Wen Lang frowned deeply, and there was a vague sense of resentment in his eyes:
"Have you two not gone to rest yet?"
Chu Qing, who had always understood him, naturally noticed his expression and was a bit surprised.
What was this guy resenting?
Was he resenting that they had come to him so late?
Could it be that... they had interrupted something good for him?
Thinking of this, Chu Qing instinctively looked around the imperial study, but after a quick scan, she didn't find any hidden beauties.
Meanwhile, Wei Ying had already told Wen Lang their purpose, using the excuse that Chu Qing was not feeling well.
They wanted to leave the palace.
Because staying any longer was meaningless.
Nan Gongyin didn't even know that Wei Ying had given her a chance, but instead of cherishing it, she had already fallen into madness for future power.
Wen Lang frowned when he heard what they wanted.
He had just suspected their identities, and now they wanted to leave?
It looked more and more like they were running away out of guilt...
Just in time, he had already sent someone to invite Nan Gongyin over.
There would be a good show later.
Thinking of this, Wen Lang habitually touched the end of his right eyebrow and then said, "The palace gates have already been closed. If we suddenly open them, it will inevitably cause panic. The Princess of Ning doesn't need to be anxious about her discomfort. The imperial doctors in the palace are on call at any time, which is actually safer than outside the palace."
Wei Ying frowned, but Chu Qing silently pulled him.
If... she hadn't misread, Rong He, that is, Wen Lang, whenever he made that eyebrow - touching gesture, it meant that he was going to scheme against someone!
Moreover, it was very likely that they were the ones being schemed against!
But... he should have been able to sense that they had no ill intentions. Why did he suddenly want to scheme against them for no reason?
"Her Imperial Noble Consort has arrived!"