When they entered the palace again, Chu Qing and Wei Ying were respectfully led straight to the imperial study.
Wen Lang seemed a bit surprised that they had come.
He had summoned them to the palace this time. One reason was to ask about their thoughts, and the other was that Nangong Yin still refused to reveal the truth about why she had abandoned Wei Ying.
When Chu Qing felt Wen Lang's somewhat complicated gaze, her heart was also filled with complexity.
Based on her understanding of Wei Ying, she thought that he would gradually accept this father.
After all, Wen Lang was also the one who had been deceived in this matter.
It was just...
If Wei Ying were to call him "Father"...
She...
Ah!!!
Chu Qing just felt extremely unwilling!
As if sensing Chu Qing's somewhat resentful gaze, Wen Lang looked at her in surprise and tentatively said, "Um..."
He suddenly didn't know how to address these two children.
Before, he had called them the Prince of Ning and the Princess of Ning quite smoothly.
But now that he knew that these two were his son and daughter - in - law, it would be rather awkward for him to still call Wei Ying the Prince of Ning.
Wei Ying saw his distress and kindly said, "Your Majesty can call me by my name directly."
Wen Lang paused for a moment. Feeling a bit embarrassed about his current state, he remembered his usual attitude towards Wen Yi. Then he coughed a few times and put on a serious face. "Do you two want to come back? Of course, if you don't want to, it's okay. I won't force you. But you should have no reason not to come back. After all, you're... well, quite good. I can completely break the rules and directly make you the crown prince."
I'm directly making you the crown prince!
Of course... it was also a kind of compensation for this child!
Wen Lang thought that no one could resist the temptation of the position of the crown prince!
So what if he was the Prince of Ning of the Great Yan? Could it be more noble than the position of the crown prince of Dongyi?
Chu Qing frowned and couldn't help but glance at Wen Lang.
At this moment, his eyes were shining, but his forced serious expression made him look a bit funny.
Where was her cold and cute little one? How could he become such a duplicitous fool?
Moreover, this stinky brat still couldn't speak properly!
He clearly hoped that Wei Ying would come back and clearly cared about his feelings, but his mouth just didn't say the right things!
Before Wei Ying could speak, Chu Qing couldn't help but snort and said, "Your Majesty, what my husband, Zizhan, cares about is not these things. What he needs now is your sincere heart."
Wen Lang didn't mind the tone of this daughter - in - law. Instead, he seriously thought about what she had said.
Sincere heart?
He was quite sincere!
Could it be...
"Otherwise... I'll reluctantly pass the throne directly to you?" Wen Lang frowned and said.
But as soon as he said it, he regretted it.
Why did he so easily throw out the throne?
No, no!
Before Wei Ying and Chu Qing could speak, Wen Lang immediately waved his hand and said, "You didn't hear anything just now."
Chu Qing curled her lips. Wei Ying, however, let out a soft laugh and said, "Your Majesty doesn't need to be nervous. I... have no interest in your position."
Wen Lang: "..."
What should he do? He was so angry.
But in order to keep this precious son, he had to endure it.
So Wen Lang took a deep breath and continued, "Since you're not interested in the position of the crown prince or my throne... then what are you interested in?"
"The national teacher," Wei Ying said calmly.
Wen Lang gave him a strange look and then turned his gaze to Chu Qing. "You... don't mind?"
Chu Qing frowned and said, "I'm also interested in that national teacher. So, why would I mind?"
"..." Wen Lang covered his eyes with his hand.
His great reputation was almost ruined by these two children.
Um... no, his reputation had already been ruined by a certain woman before.
Speaking of which, he felt that Chu Qing seemed more and more familiar.
He needed to have a good chat with her when he had time to see if she knew his... old acquaintance.
Now, these two were both determined to see the national teacher. Wen Lang was a bit surprised.
"Why do you want to see my national teacher? Did he do something that displeased you?"
So Wei Ying told him without reservation why Nangong Yin had abandoned him.
"A bad omen?!"
Sure enough, Wen Lang looked shocked.
But after the shock, the look in his eyes when he looked at Wei Ying again was very complicated.
Seeing this, Wei Ying curled his lips and said coolly, "What? Does Your Majesty suddenly not want me to come back?"
After hearing this, Wen Lang's expression instantly turned cold and stern. "What are you talking about? So what if you're a bad omen? If you can destroy my country, you're also capable. However, Du Mi never lies. If he says you're a bad omen, then you..." At this point, Wen Lang didn't continue.
He thought the second half of the sentence was a bit hurtful.
He had just gotten his son back. He couldn't push him away again.
When Wei Ying saw Wen Lang's reaction, a look of surprise flashed across his face and then he regained his composure.
But his hand hidden in his sleeve was trembling slightly.
Chu Qing didn't notice Wei Ying's reaction at this time. Instead, she seriously said to Wen Lang, "Your Majesty trusts this national teacher very much?"
Wen Lang nodded after hearing this.
But in the end, he still sent someone to invite the national teacher.
Before the national teacher came, Wen Lang briefly told them about himself and the national teacher.
The rumors were a mixture of truth and falsehood. Du Mi, the national teacher, did save him when he was assassinated on his way back to Dongyi.
As for how he started to trust him, it was because...
He predicted that he would surely ascend the throne of Dongyi.
This really pleased Wen Lang.
After all, as a discarded proton, he harbored resentment towards the former emperor of Dongyi, his father.
He had always intended to seize the throne.
And Du Mi's words undoubtedly gave him confidence when he was isolated and helpless.
Sure enough, he won the throne very smoothly.
And Du Mi had always followed him.
Originally, Wen Lang had also been suspicious of him. To be honest, he wasn't favored by others at that time. If Du Mi had something to gain, he could have completely found someone more capable than him.
But he didn't. Instead, he helped him without asking for any return.
This made Wen Lang gradually open his heart to him.
After he got the throne, he asked Du Mi what he wanted again.
And Du Mi finally had a request. He asked for an ancient book that had been treasured by the royal family of Dongyi for a long time.
Wen Lang had naturally read the content of the book. There were no mysterious treasures or peerless martial arts skills in it. It was really just an ancient narrative book with a long history.
The only reason it was treasured was its long history.
An unimportant ancient book. No matter which prince got the throne, they would generously give it to him.
Therefore, when Du Mi, who had always been with him, finally had a request, Wen Lang completely let down his guard against him and really started to trust him.
Otherwise, if the other person had always been as indifferent to the world as a high - ranking monk, it would have made him can't help but be suspicious.
Since then, Du Mi had lived in the palace. He seemed non - existent and had never made any other requests to Wen Lang.
This had continued for decades.
What was even more amazing was that there were already traces of time on Wen Lang's face, but Du Mi was still the same as when they first met, seemingly never aging.
Just then, the door was pushed open, and Du Mi walked in gracefully.