My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 266 Nan Li Questions Their Father Emperor

Chapter 266: Chapter 266 Nan Li Questions Their Father Emperor

"Thank you, Grandmother, for sharing this with me," said Princess Consort solemnly after taking a deep breath.

It was only after Grandmother had left that Chu Baihan withdrew her gaze.

But at that moment, she noticed that a certain prince was looking at her with a profound gaze.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?"

Chu Baihan touched her face and asked perplexedly.

"No, it’s just that the Princess Consort is quite remarkable," Yan Lin said with a gentle curve on his lips, his tone serious.

"In the eyes of Yan Country’s common people, you hold a high position too. It’s just the Imperial Family of Yan Country that’s holding you back," Chu Baihan said helplessly.

"Let’s leave such sentimental talk aside and eat some wontons first, I’m nearly starving to death," she continued with a pout.

Just as Grandmother had said, the wontons here indeed tasted excellent.

"The life of ordinary people, isn’t entirely undesirable," Chu Baihan said as she looked across the river where many children were frolicking while their parents watched them from not far away.

Maybe, within the Imperial Family, they could never truly experience the warmth of a common family’s home.

"Yan Lin, when I was in the Chu Family, I longed to have a loving father. Later, when I returned to Nanduan Kingdom, my father dearly loved me, and I thought I was the happiest daughter in the world. But now..."

"Suddenly, I feel like his love is not good at all. Am I too greedy?" Chu Baihan sniffed and subdued her bitterness before asking Yan Lin desolately.

"You still have me and Jingjing and Xixi," Yan Lin finally said after a long silence.

"Yes, I still have you all. Even without my father’s love, I have you," Chu Baihan shook her head, whispering softly to herself.

"No, I also have the people of Nanduan Kingdom."

Chu Baihan slowly stood up, took a deep breath with effort, and the laughter from the other side of the river still echoed in her ears.

If these common people could live and work in peace and happiness, her efforts were not in vain, and she too was happy.

"Once everything stabilizes and no one dares to covet the Crown Prince’s position, perhaps we can consider retiring," she murmured on.

Whether it was the Imperial Palace of Yan Country or the Nanduan Palace, she was ultimately weary of them.

"Do you think your brother will truly become the emperor in the end?" Yan Lin looked at her profile and suddenly asked with a complex tone.

"What do you mean by that?"

Chu Baihan furrowed her brow deeply, turned her head, and looked at Yan Lin with a probing gaze, "Do you also think my brother’s health won’t hold out? I’m already trying to find a way to heal him!"

She was very anxious inside.

These days, though she had been dealing with those frustrating matters, she had not stopped searching for medicine for her brother.

She was determined to make her brother’s health as normal as everyone else’s.

"Hanhan, don’t worry. I didn’t mean that your brother’s health wouldn’t hold out. I have confidence in you and believe you can properly take care of his health," Yan Lin took a step forward, embraced her in his arms, and then spoke earnestly in her ear.

Hearing this, Chu Baihan’s heart finally calmed down.

Her brother’s health was her Achilles’ heel; even if it was Yan Lin, he could not jinx her brother.

Her mood had calmed, but what she didn’t know was that at that moment, Yan Lin’s expression was extremely complicated.

Actually, what I meant to say was not that Nan Li’s health wouldn’t hold out.

What I meant to say was...

Could there be a situation where the emperor never intended to let Nan Li inherit the throne at all?

...

Imperial Study.

Nan Shi was still annoyed about hurting Chu Baihan.

Suddenly, a gaunt figure walked in from the doorway.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, the Emperor is in a bad mood, you haven’t been summoned, you cannot enter."

A few old eunuchs wanted to pull Nan Li out, but they were worried about hurting him, so they could only persuade him with words.

But Nan Li acted as if he hadn’t heard them.

Hearing the noise here, Nan Shi slowly looked up from the Dragon Throne.

Seeing it was Nan Li, his brow furrowed.

"Everyone leave, except for the Crown Prince."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Lili, why are you here? How have you been feeling lately?"

Nan Shi quickly rose to his feet and walked toward Nan Li.

But Nan Li’s face remained icy cold.

"Father, I heard that today you injured Xiaobai," he said coldly.

Upon hearing this, Nan Shi’s expression grew even more troubled.

"Yes, I did indeed hit her on the forehead, but I thought she would dodge, I didn’t know..."

He spoke urgently, his words somewhat incoherent.

"Father thought she would dodge? What if she hadn’t dodged, could she not have been killed by you?"

Tears reddened the corners of Nan Li’s eyes.

He clenched his fists, his expression grief-stricken.

He had never shown such an expression in public before, it seemed he was truly angry this time.

Only he knew how heartbroken he had been in the Eastern Palace when he heard his imperial sister was injured, especially by their own father.

"I, I also regret it. But Hanhan, she injured Leqin, and that is her imperial sister..."

Nan Shi’s expression was full of regret, he really wanted to explain.

But Nan Li scoffed.

"Father, I have only one imperial sister, and that’s Xiaobai. As for the others, they really aren’t within my considerations."

"Leqin, she..."

"I know, Nan Leqin, they have your blood in them too, so you are soft-hearted. But you never thought about what they did to Xiaobai. I know all that happened to her along the way. If not for Xiaobai’s cleverness, she would have been the one in trouble! At that time, Father, what would you have done!"

Nan Li grew more and more angry with each word.

"You shouldn’t make such assumptions. Hanhan’s mistake lies in foreseeing that something would happen before setting off. She could have stopped everything, she could have told me, and I could have communicated with Leqin and the others. Maybe then, all these tragedies would not have happened." Nan Shi spoke wearily.

"Communicate?"

Nan Li’s eyes filled with complex emotions upon hearing his father’s words.

"Father, you have always been like this. When Mother was alive, it was the same. You thought you gave enough favor to Mother, so she should understand you. You always felt that you could manage the hatred the women in the harem held for Mother, so you just let Mother keep enduring it."

Nan Li said this and then laughed.

Everyone envied and was jealous that he and his imperial sister received the emperor’s favoritism, but who knew...

That this favoritism, in their eyes, was just a burden.

Because the Emperor couldn’t completely show partiality to them but still drew endless trouble to them.

"I have always believed that, before Mother died, she still held grievances against you."

Nan Li looked up, his gaze steady as he spoke these harsh words.

"What? What did you say?"

Nan Shi staggered, disbelievingly looking at Nan Li.

His face was also somewhat dazed.