On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 180 - : His Daughter
Chapter 180 -180: His Daughter
With this thought, Lai Ran said to Lai Yuyue, “Ye’er, have you ever heard of the Divine Doctor of the Linqing Pavilion? Do you think the Divine Doctor could cure your mother?”
Lai Yuyue nodded, “I have heard of him. The Crown Prince and the Ninth Princess have both sent people to find this Divine Doctor, but none have succeeded. I have also thought about finding the Divine Doctor to treat my mother, but the reality is that the Divine Doctor is indeed mysterious and hard to find.”
Hearing this, Lai Ran let out a long sigh, “And there’s Leng Yu Yan, who knows when she’ll come. Your mother’s memory is deteriorating, and she’s speaking nonsense more and more…”
Each day her lucid moments became shorter, and she spent more and more time lost in memories of the life shared with Li Fei.
“Father King, I have already sent people to look for Leng Yu Yan.”
“To look for her? Isn’t she in the capital city?”
Lai Yuyue shook his head, “A few days ago, Gao Yuan hurried here from the capital…”
He recounted the news that broke after the monthly archery competition at the Imperial College: Leng Yu Yan was not the biological daughter of Leng Zongfa.
At those words, Lai Ran’s brow furrowed deeply.
Seeing his father’s solemn expression, Lai Yuyue quietly asked, “Father King, what’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing,” Lai Ran waved his hand, but a most improbable possibility flashed across his mind. If he had been set up back then…
Seeing his Father King’s increasingly complicated expression, Lai Yuyue couldn’t help but feel a weight on his heart.
He assumed his father, like himself, pitied the girl who resembled his sister, suddenly stripped of her status as the legitimate daughter of Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion, leading to a life of hardship that drew sympathy.
He spoke up, “Father King, I’m thinking of finding Sister Yu Yan as soon as possible, and when I do, I am determined to treat her with great care.”
To make up for the neglect towards Mian’er, he would compensate her fully.
What is Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion in comparison? What’s that worth?
Lai Ran suddenly asked in a serious tone, “Ye’er, you couldn’t possibly be in love with Leng Yu Yan, could you?”
At those words, Lai Yuyue was startled.
Before he could reply, he heard Lai Ran continue, “You may like her, but it must not be the kind of love between a man and a woman!”
“Father King, I know my limits!”
Initially, when he met her, she was considered his cousin.
Even if they were beyond the fifth degree of kinship, they still shared the same last name.
Later, when she removed her veil, and he saw her face so similar to his sister’s, he wished he could transfer the affection he felt for Mian’er onto her.
This affection was not at all that of a man for a woman.
But rather, it was the affection of a big brother for his little sister!
Now, facing his father’s serious demeanor, Lai Yuyue thought his father also intended to use Leng Yu Yan as a substitute for Li Fei, in hopes of speeding his mother’s recovery.
He was completely unaware of the flickering, unclear memories in Lai Ran’s mind.
That night, Lai Ran was drugged, and as a result, the events only existed in fragmented pieces in his memory.
Now, as Lai Ran tried to make sense of it, a severe headache afflicted him.
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Yet his intuition told him that the girl named Yu Yan was greatly related to him.
He had never felt so urgent a desire to meet her!
He wanted to see for himself how much she resembled him.
“Does she really look that much like Mian’er?”
Lai Ran’s voice grew hoarse, tinged with traces of sorrow and pain.
“Father King, she does resemble Mian’er a lot, those eyebrows and eyes, the smile on her lips…” Lai Yuyue couldn’t help but exclaim, “So alike, so alike. I was stunned for a long time when I saw her face.”
He immediately added, “However, she has fairer skin than Mian’er and more sparkling eyes.”
“Mian’er often laughed, while Yu Yan rarely does, possibly due to being abandoned in a ditch when she was young…”
Li Yuyue slowly recounted how Leng Yu Yan had been abandoned in the mountains at the age of ten, later returning to the capital with spots on her face, and then removing those spots and taking off her veil.
Lai Ran listened quietly, not missing a single word.
The more he listened, the more his heart twisted in pain with each throb.
Li Yuyue said slowly, “Father King, Mian’er resembles you—so it follows that Yu Yan also bears a strong resemblance to you.”
“My son had just asked his grandmother the other day if Mother had given birth to twin sisters for me. Although I knew it was impossible, I still fantasized that my sister was still alive. In this way, the guilt in my heart could be eased somewhat.”
As he spoke, a tear traced down the corner of Li Yuyue’s eye.
Thinking of the terrible state Mian’er had been in after she’d been harmed, Lai Ran couldn’t help but also shed tears.
That band of thieves seemed to have vanished from the earth, never to appear in Beilan City again. In his domain as Prince Zhenbei, there was no longer any news of them.
He was filled with hatred!
It wasn’t easy—after four sons, he’d had an extremely beautiful and sensible daughter.
Of his five children, they say daughters take after their fathers, and indeed, Li Fei was the one who resembled him most.
His daughter, whom he had treasured and pampered, had been ravaged like that, and Lai Ran’s heart bled with the pain.
Now, listening to his eldest son say so much, Lai Ran had a guess—Leng Yu Yan was most likely his daughter.
But this secret, he couldn’t reveal yet. After all, he hadn’t even made sense of the events from that year.
He needed to find out as soon as possible what had happened before and after he had been drugged that year.
Beyond this, he was even more eager to see Leng Yu Yan soon.
“Ye’er, send more people to bring her to me as soon as possible!”
If Leng Yu Yan really was his daughter, just thinking of the hardships she had endured at such a young age set Lai Ran ablaze with rage.
If she truly was his flesh and blood…
What the Emperor, the blind Crown Prince, Consort Xian, the Empress Dowager—all those who had bullied her—were nothing. He had the confidence and the power to seek justice for her.
And that Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion was even less worth mentioning.
When the time came, whomever she wished to take as her husband would be entirely up to her.
If she fancied an Emperor’s son, she could choose one; if not, she could kick them aside.
Since Li Fei’s death, he’d thought about it—being Prince Zhenbei for one more day was one more day. If the Emperor was discontent with Beilan City, then send the Princely Heir over as a hostage to show sincerity.
If he had a daughter again, this time, he would protect her at all costs!
His daughter, no one could bully her!
For her, even if it meant becoming an enemy of Tiancheng, he was willing to don the mask once more, to charge into battle, to create a peaceful and joyful world, one of prosperity and safety for his people!
Li Yuyue stood up and bowed: “As you wish, Father King!”
Lai Ran nodded, feeling an inexplicable surge of emotion.
Although he was not yet certain, the excitement of having a daughter was already uncontrollable.
The joy in his heart spread wildly; even combined, his four sons could not spark such excitement within him.
Probably because his own features were too handsome; if such looks were on a woman, she would be the most beautiful in the world!
Possessing such beauty, and features even more beautiful than his wife’s, had once made him feel at a loss.
Every time he entered the capital, he would let his beard grow from the moment he left Beilan City, and he altered his face somewhat to make himself look rougher.
On the battlefield, he always wore a strange mask, lest others think that as Prince Zhenbei, he lacked the authority to intimidate his soldiers and deter his enemies.
Therefore, among the Tian Family, and even among the civil and military officials in the capital, not many knew his true appearance.
But after Li Fei was born, he realized that his appearance also needed to be passed down.
His looks were best suited for a daughter!
