The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 459 - 463 Shang Family Girl (24)

Chapter 459: Chapter 463 Shang Family Girl (24)

His mind was filled with confusion, but due to his identity as a guard, he couldn’t inquire, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

How was such a smooth road constructed?

Are all the people in the city so wealthy now, that even a grocery store uses doors made of glass?

To know, a glass cup as big as a palm is a very valuable item in the Capital, priceless and usually stored in the storerooms of noble families, just to be admired and not used.

What is that which the street child holds in his hand, with fruits and nuts embedded in the ice?

Has ice become something ordinary people can afford now?

And do people in Hua City no longer use horse-drawn carriages or sedans? What are those fast-moving two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles?

Moreover, the thing sold in the shop specializing in bath products; he had never seen those in the Capital, and they seemed a lot more upscale than the popular soap.

Xuan Yujin found that what he saw dazzled him; two eyes were not enough to take it all in.

Even the fabric and colors of the clothes worn by the common people on the streets looked exceptionally vivid, no less dignified than those worn by the rich and noble young masters and ladies.

Hua City appeared as a Mortal Immortal paradise, where everything exceeded his imagination.

Compared with the Capital, it was like a primitive nook.

As his heart surged with emotions, he found himself less resistant to the marriage arranged by the emperor.

After meeting Mrs. Su, who was several years his elder, the last bit of awkwardness in his heart also vanished.

No one had told him that Mrs. Su’s beauty was much more splendid than the Capital’s top beauty.

She did not look at all like a woman who had birthed two children.

Thinking of the interests she represented, he supposed he could endure it.

At that time, he was quite proud of this thought—bestowing the status of Crown Princess Consort to a commoner was a great honor.

Not to speak of shedding tears of gratitude, at the very least, one would be overjoyed.

This was the ultimate dream of all women, and she would become the future mother of the nation, bringing glory to her ancestors.

But what he did not expect was that Mrs. Su always kept a poker face, never showing any other expression.

Especially after hearing Zhao Hua’s words, she clenched her teeth and uttered the words "intolerable bullying."

He was baffled; the position of Crown Princess Consort was something countless women could only dream of, yet in her mouth, it became an insult to her very being.

Following that, their group was thrown out.

Yes, "thrown."

Him, a dignified Crown Prince, was tossed outside without any power to resist, landing on his buttocks.

When someone tried to resist, a guard from Hua City casually pulled out a long, black iron tube and grievously wounded the troublemakers among them.

The reports from spies in neighboring countries that Hua City harbored extraordinary and potent weapons were indeed true.

Later, he returned home without accomplishing anything. Even after he assumed the highest authority, he was still helpless against Hua City.

Hua City and Su Li became the unresolvable thorns in his throat. On his deathbed, he sternly instructed his successor to ensure their elimination.

Though he could not see it happen, he firmly believed that his successors would achieve this.

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Extra (Three)

In a dilapidated temple ten miles outside Hua City, a haggard middle-aged man arrived.

After a few days, the beggars around there all knew that this middle-aged man was Mrs. Su’s son from Hua City.

They would always pester him, "I am also Mrs. Su’s son, quickly call me brother and let me hear it."

Whenever this happened, the middle-aged man would become incredibly angry, furiously swing his fists, wanting to hit them.

But each time, the result was him being chased away in disarray by a group of much younger beggars.

As for what the man claimed, they did not believe a word.

Mrs. Su was a well-known figure, famously having only one son and one daughter, who had now also become renowned as a major businessperson and a female scholar.

Because Mrs. Su did not discriminate against businessmen, being a daughter of a business family herself, not only was Hua City flourishing like a blooming garden, but its nearby areas had gradually become commercial capitals.

The people here were dripping in wealth, even the beggars here had far better days than those elsewhere.

Let alone going hungry, some capable ones would beg in the streets by day, return to big mansions at night, and could even afford to hire servants and maids.

If that man truly were Mrs. Su’s son, how could he have ended up like this?

Not to mention these young beggars didn’t believe it, even Yuan Jiaming himself found it somewhat unbelievable.

The longer the time passed, the more hazy the memories in his mind became.

Was he really Mrs. Su’s son? Perhaps the memories in his head were just as imaginary as those he had concocted himself.

Many, many years ago, he had already regretted it.

But his mother never gave him the chance to choose again.

He still remembered, nobles from the Capital took him and his sister to Hua City, and told him that only he could persuade their mother to agree to their demands, then all his wishes would be fulfilled.

Wealth, status, respected teachers, all were within reach.

Young as he was, he was dazzled by the grand promises made by the nobles of the Capital.

But only after he followed these people into Hua City did he realize that there was no place left for him and his sister beside their mother.

The children he had once met briefly had taken their place.

Seeing their affectionate mother and children, jealousy tore at his heart, leading him to commit one of the things he most regretted in his life.

He heaped extreme verbal abuse on his mother and those two children.

But his mother just glanced at him lightly, then indifferently turned away, making him feel like a mad dog.

Who cares about a mad dog?

From then on, any last bit of affection his mother had held for him and his sister in her heart was completely exhausted.

Only after they were ruthlessly thrown out did he realize, his mother truly didn’t want them anymore.

No affection is irreplaceable, no person is indispensable.

Once those nobles saw that he was of no use, their ferocious true faces emerged.

Not to mention, upon returning, he was constantly ridiculed by other members of the Yuan Family.

He thought his relatives, his grandparents, aunts, and uncles, each one shunned them openly.

In middle age, reflecting on the first half of his life, he realized the only worry-free, happy, and affluent times he had were when his mother was around.

Ever since she left, his life had been filled with hardship and poverty.

It turned out his father was an incredibly selfish person, who married off his sister to a lame man just for some medical expenses.

It turned out the mother he thought was power-hungry, was actually the best person for them.

But that was fine, those who harbored evil intentions towards his mother, did not end up very well, not just him alone.

Those people were already repentant.