Dance Of The Dragons
Chapter 244 : The Xie Bloodline (5)

Chapter 244: Chapter 244 : The Xie Bloodline (5)

Xie Jianshen was a prestigious son from birth. His sharp tongue and brilliant wits never failed to impress the court.

The Heavenly Emperor not only doted on him but also loved him deeply.

Everyone expected him to differentiate into an alpha.

Until he did not.

On the day of Xie Jianshen’s differentiation into an omega, all hell broke loose in the Golden Dragon Palace.

Fuxi Palace failed to claim a new master.

The Crown Prince position remained empty.

Xie Jianshen lost everything, and was reduced to a mere omega.

Immense pressure was put on the royal couple to produce another male heir as fast as possible. Or better said, the royal couple themselves put said pressure on themselves in order to keep the Dragon Throne within the dragon clan’s grasp.

The late Empress was a dutiful wife. Despite the challenges that she faced to conceive successfully, she never gave up.

The Emperor was deeply grateful for his wife’s dedication and loyalty. Unfortunately, it did not keep him from committing an infidelity act.

The Emperor was in the middle of an expedition throughout the dragon clan’s southern territories when his carriage broke and he had to stop at a remote village to stay overnight.

That was when he met Lady Qing.

Lady Qing was only eighteen at that time. She was an exotic flower in a remote village, an unknown beauty that hailed from a common folk family.

One night turned to many.

The Emperor refused to speak about past sentiments, but he liked Lady Qing enough to lay with her many times, over the course of several months.

When the late Empress was still struggling to become pregnant with a second child, Lady Qing successfully conceived and gave birth to a little boy, who they then named Xie Jianzhi.

Now, the Emperor was in a terrible bind.

While many emperors of the past kept a harem of women, this was generally not advisable due to possible successor conflicts in the future.

Therefore, the Emperor only wanted to have one wife.

He loved the late Empress, but he was attracted to Lady Qing.

Considering the late Empress’ difficulty in conceiving a child, he did not expect Lady Qing to conceive so easily.

Now that Xie Jianzhi had been born, the Emperor had no other option but to confess to his Empress.

Xie Jianyu started sobbing hard when he spoke about his mother.

One could only imagine the pain that the Empress felt after she found out about the Emperor’s betrayal.

For three whole years, the Empress refused to serve the Emperor in bed.

And then, the Emperor took drastic action.

Despite not having an heir yet to sit on the Dragon Throne, he decided to not pick up Xie Jianzhi from the remote village and install him as a prince of the Heavenly Empire.

Additionally, he relinquished all his parental rights over Xie Jianzhi after leaving Lady Qing an enormous sum of money that could last a family of five at least three generations.

The Empress disagreed with this decision, but the rice had already turned into congee*.

True to his words, the Emperor cut off all relations to his lover and illegitimate son.

The Empress’ heart softened. In turn, she agreed to resume her responsibility as a wife.

A few months later, the late Empress finally fell pregnant.

Unfortunately, his infidelity left scars behind.

Due to suffering from immense pressure and heartbreak for a long time, the late Empress passed away shortly after childbirth.

"Jianbao..."

"It was him," Xie Jianyu said with a broken, trembling voice. A myriad of emotions filled his heart, prompting him to speak harshly about the father he used to address with utmost respect. "He killed my mother."

Xie Jianyu proceeded by raining punches all over Zhang Fengxi’s shoulders, arms, and chest.

"WHY???" Xie Jianyu shouted at the top of his lungs.

"WHY DID HE DO THAT???"

"WHAT DID MY MOTHER DO WRONG???"

"Baby, she did nothing wrong," Zhang Fengxi said. He did not bother defending himself from Xie Jianyu’s attacks. If one punch could alleviate even the tiniest bit of Xie Jianyu’s heartache, then he was willing to take all the hits, however many.

Xie Jianyu howled in pain.

His cries stemmed from the deepest pit of his heart, the hidden place that never knew the comforting touch or consoling words from outside.

Xie Jianyu had never told anyone that he missed his mother’s presence in his life.

He bit back his tears whenever he saw other children in accompaniment of their mothers.

He did not remember the last time he was hugged or kissed by his mother.

And it was all his father’s fault.

"Stupid alphas," Xie Jianyu mumbled. He soon grew tired from hitting Zhang Fengxi, so he ended up clawing into his husband’s back instead.

"Yes, all alphas are stupid," Zhang Fengxi agreed. And blind.

Sniffling, Xie Jianyu glared at Zhang Fengxi.

"Are you telling me that you are also one of the stupid alphas?"

"Yes. Wait, NO!"

Xie Jianyu pushed Zhang Fengxi away with a scoff.

"All of you alphas are disgusting animals, thinking only with the sticks that dangle between your legs."

Zhang Fengxi captured Xie Jianyu into a tight embrace and whispered into his ear, "That is not true."

Xie Jianyu turned his head slightly and shot the alpha behind him a glare.

"Then prove it."

The Crown Prince’s hand shot up and grabbed the back of Zhang Fengxi’s head, melting their lips together in a passionate kiss.

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Author’s note :

*The idiom means that irreversible damage has been done. It is too late to change anything.

In this Chapter, the ages of the three princes are as following :

Xie Jianshen = 41 years old

Xie Jianzhi = 24 years old

Xie Jianyu = 19 years old

For further information, Xie Jianshen married Jiang Rufeng when he was 18 years old, fell pregnant at 19, and gave birth at 20. Jiang Muchen is 2 years older than Xie Jianyu, making him 21 years old at this point.