Chapter 708 Accepting the reality

There were only Concubine Zhen and Li Qiong in the house.

Li Qiong told her humiliation over the past period of time with tears in her eyes, which made Concubine Zhen feel more and more distressed for him.

He pulled Concubine Zhen and begged her to help him escape.

"As long as I can escape, I can make a comeback."

Concubine Zhen shook her head: "It's impossible."

Li Qiong thought that what she said was impossible was that it was impossible to help him escape. He immediately turned a deep face, and his childish face was shrouded in haze.

"You are my mother. Are you not even willing to help me?"

Concubine Zhen was slightly stunned.

She didn't expect Li Qiong to change her face so quickly, and she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

But as a mother, she still explained patiently.

"Even if you can escape, you will never make a comeback. Not to mention that you are still young, no one will be willing to follow you. With the military power held by the Regent, no one in the world can compete with it."

Why doesn’t Li Qiong know this truth?

He just was unwilling to give up.

He said angrily: "If I had known this, I should have killed Li Ji and Li Xun!"

Concubine Zhen frowned: "Xun'er is your real cousin."

Li Qiong was obviously tired of hearing this sentence.

He said impatiently: "Yes, yes, yes, Li Xun is my cousin, but does he treat me as his cousin? If he really treats me as a relative, how could he rebel with his father?"

Speaking of this, Li Qiong sneered.

"What kind of relatives are you talking about? In the end, you can't resist the power and interests!"

Concubine Zhen reminded: "Aren't you just listening to the slander of the people around you first and suspecting that he has ill-behaved?"

Li Qiong subconsciously raised the volume: "He was just ill-hearted!"

Concubine Zhen: "No evidence or proof, you shouldn't speculate on your brothers."

Li Qiong was very vocal.

"Who said I was unproven and unlicensed? Mr. Zhu told me that Li Xun and his father were both my nemesis. As long as they exist for one day, I would never be able to take the throne. The facts prove that Mr. Zhu was right, and their father and son caused me to lose everything!"

Concubine Zhen closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

I would rather listen to the slander of outsiders than believe in my own brothers.

It's really stupid!

If this wasn't her son, she would definitely be too lazy to care about him anymore.

After a while, Concubine Zhen opened her eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"Have you ever thought that maybe you had preconceived ideas and believed that Li Ji and Li Xun would harm you, so you would have a rift with him, which in turn promoted the hostility between them, and ultimately led to this result today."

Li Qiong was stunned at first, and then denied it.

"No! Mother, you don't understand, Mr. Zhu is an immortal!

He not only knows astronomy and geography, but also knows how to calculate.

He has calculated it for me several times, and the result is exactly the same as him every time. He is really amazing!

Mr. Zhu once told me that the world we live in is actually a book.

My mother and I are both the protagonists of this world.

If Li Ji and Hua Manman had not interfered with it, the mother would have ascended the throne as the queen mother and become the most noble woman in the world. I would have inherited the throne and become the most wisest emperor in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It was Li Ji and Hua Manman who ruined everything about us!

I hate them!"

Concubine Zhen was stunned when she heard this.

After a while, she came to her senses and reached out to touch Li Qiong's forehead.

"I haven't had a fever, how can I just talk nonsense?"

Li Qiong grabbed her hand and said anxiously: "I tell the truth. I can swear to the sky. If I have a lie, I will thunder the sky..."

Concubine Zhen quickly interrupted him.

"Okay, I won't say this again in the future."

Li Qiong looked at her sadly, as if she was looking at the last straw: "Mother, you must believe me, I will never lie to you."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Zhen's eyes became complicated.

"Have you really never deceived me?"

Li Qiong didn't know what she thought of, but she swallowed the words she said.

He avoided his mother's gaze and lowered his head guiltily.

Concubine Zhen: "You promised me that after I left the palace, you would let Manman go back, but what did you do in the end? Not only did you not put Manman back, you also put her under house arrest and almost killed her."

Every time she said something, the disappointment in her eyes deepened.

Li Qiong was so angry that she couldn't raise her head.

Concubine Zhen slowly pulled back her hand: "Qiong'er, why did you become like this?"

She had devoted all her energy to foster him and take care of him, why did he end up like this?

Li Qiong covered her face with her hands and choked and made a sound.

"I'm sorry, Mother, I was wrong. I shouldn't have deceived you. I will never lie to you again. Can you forgive me again?"

Concubine Zhen gently touched his head and said softly.

"You are my son, and I will forgive you no matter what mistake you make."

Li Qiong was delighted and immediately raised her head: "Mother."

However, he immediately heard Concubine Zhen add another sentence.

"But Manman is not your mother. She has no obligation to tolerate your selfishness. You have to be responsible for your actions."

Li Qiong seemed to have a basin of cold water poured on her head, and she felt her heart was cold.

Concubine Zhen: "I will find a way to plead for you and strive to give you a chance to survive. As for the others, don't think about it anymore."

After saying that, she slowly stood up.

Li Qiong stretched out her hand in panic, wanting to grab her sleeve.

"Mother, don't leave. Now you are the only one who can help me take back everything. Please..."

Concubine Zhen avoided his hand.

She looked at her son who was kneeling on the ground begging her forever, and felt extremely regretful in her heart.

But in the end, reason still overwhelms emotions.

She didn't want her son to continue living in unrealistic fantasies.

She said word by word.

"Qiong'er, accept the reality."

These words were like a knife, mercilessly cutting off Li Qiong's last hope.

His hands fell down and he felt relieved.

"You have a good rest, I'll come to see you again next day."

After saying this, Concubine Zhen became cruel and cruel, withdrew her gaze and turned around and walked out.

When she was about to reach the door, she suddenly heard Li Qiong's voice coming from behind.

"It was you who told me that I am the crown prince and the heir to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and everything in this world will belong to me.

I have been the prince for more than eight years, and I have been to every day according to the rules you have set.

I did my best to learn and make myself more mature than my peers.

I tried my best to get your recognition.

I want to be an excellent prince.

But now, Mother, you told me, let me accept reality...

Hahahaha, don't you think this is too ridiculous?"

Concubine Zhen stopped.

She slowly turned around and looked at Li Qiong who was kneeling on the ground and laughing loudly.

Li Qiong burst into tears.

Tears kept flowing down her cheeks.

"If you let me be the crown prince, I will be the crown prince. If you let me accept failure, I will accept failure.

Why? Why do you say anything?!"
Chapter completed!