mtl008 Chapter 699: The Submission of the Prince of the Marquisate
Chapter 699: The Submission of the Prince of the Marquisate
Chu Xuan was unwilling to give in, and continued to hold on to his false dignity, refusing to obey Lu Ana.
His heart was full of struggles and contradictions. Although he maintained a stubborn attitude on the surface, the fear and anxiety deep in his heart were always with him.
He knew he was in a desperate situation, but the last bit of his pride prevented him from giving in. He kept telling himself that he couldn't give up so easily and let those people laugh at him.
However, as time went on, his body and will were gradually worn down.
He ate delicious food and drank spicy drinks, slept in a large, elegantly decorated house, and had servants to serve him, so his mind gradually settled down. This comfortable life made him temporarily forget his previous fear and anxiety.
Every day when he woke up, he would be greeted by a delicious meal prepared by his servants and his room would be spotlessly cleaned. He began to enjoy being served and even thought that he could live like this forever.
However, he could never forget his identity, and the guilt and self-blame in his heart followed him like a shadow.
I thought Pu Ge'er and Yan Shu would be treated the same way. But a dozen days later, Lu Ana let the three of them meet.
The past ten days were long and agonizing. Chu Xuan imagined Pu Ge'er and Yan Shu's situation countless times, but he could never get to know the truth. When he finally saw them, the scene before him was heartbreaking.
Seeing Fu Ge'er, who had lost a lot of weight and was so hungry that he had to be supported by Yan Shu to walk in, and hearing him still begging in a low voice: "Daddy, save me, I don't want to die, just give in to the eldest lady." Chu Xuan's heart broke instantly.
Seeing Fu Ge'er's frail appearance and hearing his pitiful pleas, his defenses instantly crumbled. He realized that the dignity and resistance he had always upheld were in vain.
If I continue to resist like this, I'm afraid I will be the one to be treated like this, and the two people in front of me have the same fate, "death"!
Until that moment, Chu Xuan figured it out.
Rather than dying with all three of them, it would be better for him to survive and save the other two. He knew that he had no way out and could only choose to sacrifice himself in exchange for the chance of survival for his son and Yanshu.
As for whether Fu Ge'er would survive after he got out, he no longer thought about it. He knew that he no longer had the ability to protect him and could only hope that he could find a way to survive on his own.
The peaceful days of the past few days, along with the words the local leader had spoken to him, had made him give up on his desire to escape. He began to accept reality and his fate. He told himself that since he couldn't change it, he could only accept it.
He even thought that instead of running around every day, it would be better to stop and live a good life. After decades of suffering, he couldn't just hide in fear all the time. He began to fantasize that if he could live a stable life here, maybe he could find his own happiness.
But here, in Yelang Mountain where the chieftain is king, no one dares to touch him. As long as he obeys the eldest lady, he can be treated as a guest of honor.
He began to consider the proposal, thinking it might be a good option. He imagined himself enjoying wealth and prosperity here, no longer struggling for a living. He even began to fantasize about the future. He thought for a long time, perhaps he could really leave a bloodline with the young lady.
If his own bloodline could inherit the chieftain position in the future, what difference would that make him the king? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a feasible plan, and he began to look forward to his future life.
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Jing Chunxi was not surprised by the information Chuyi and Xiaoman heard from Fuger.
She had long known that people who were sycophantic, heartless, and cold-hearted were inherently weak-willed and only cared about their own interests. Therefore, it wasn't surprising that Chu Xuan would keep her.
She had long seen through his true nature and knew that he would do anything for his own benefit.
The strange thing was that he only gave his precious son fifty taels of silver and sent him away, and even entrusted him to Yanshu. She didn't understand why Chu Xuan was so heartless and refused to give more silver to his own son. Didn't he want him to live well?
Yanshu still had a conscience. He escorted Fuger away from Yelang Mountain and traveled for another ten days before arriving at a small town only three hundred miles away from Yiyang. He gave him the remaining two taels of silver before driving away in his carriage.
Upon hearing this, Jing Chunxi couldn't help but have a deeper respect for Yanshu. Although Yanshu came from a humble background, he had a kind heart. He didn't abandon Fu Ge'er because of his rudeness or Chu Xuan's ruthlessness. Instead, he took care of him until he was sent to a safe place.
However, in order to follow someone until death, besides being loyal, the master must also be worthy of his following.
"Miss, what should we do?" Xiaoman and Chuyi stood in front of Jing Chunxi, waiting for instructions respectfully.
In the past two days, they heard from Fu Ge'er that such a kind, loving and caring young lady actually had such relatives.
No, no, no, there were relatives like this in the past.
Now they both even regretted buying those steamed buns for Fu Ge'er just to get some information from him. If they had known this from the beginning, they would have fed the buns to the dogs.
"God will punish the wicked! Forget it, he deserves it. But before I leave, I want to meet him."
Although Jing Chunxi felt disgusted, she couldn't help but want to see what happened to him. She wanted to know what had become of the man who had once been so arrogant in front of her. She also wanted to know if he would continue to do whatever it took to achieve his own interests.
She didn't want to see his face, but when Jing Chunxi thought about how, with the connivance of Old Lady Liu and Chu Xuan, the illegitimate children Fu Ge'er and Bao Ge'er had openly ganged up on their younger brother, sometimes indirectly criticizing her, and even Concubine Liu had spoken rudely to her mother, challenging her position as the legal wife, she couldn't help but want to see what happened to him.
If the journey wasn't too far, she would have wanted to go to Yelang Mountain to see his scumbag father. She wanted to see how a rich and powerful prince could kowtow to that fat and old woman, and she wanted to know what kind of torture he had endured at the hands of that fat woman.