Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The desire for fatherly love and the soft-heartedness were all imaginary. When it came to cruelty, this child was probably not inferior to anyone! Zhuang Ran stared at Zhuang Li’s calm face, then looked at Le Zhengming who was standing behind him like a guard, and suddenly smiled with gritted teeth.
“Okay,” he used up his last bit of strength and said intermittently, “You, are indeed, my, Zhuang Ran’s, seed! Good, really good, haha~”
He just laughed heartily twice, then hung his head and died.
No matter how hard the original owner tried to please him, he could not even get a glance from Zhuang Ran. However, Zhuang Li used his death to gain a sincere compliment from the other party. The complexity of human heart was simply unbelievable.
Zhuang Xu faced his father’s face, which was smiling hideously but had lost all life, and finally collapsed completely. He opened his mouth but couldn’t shout, and his eyes were cracked but no tears came out. He could only slowly raise his hands and cover his stiff face, trying to escape from all this horror.
The two soldiers let go of Madam Yan Ran, who immediately threw herself on Zhuang Ran’s body, wailing in extreme grief.
This old, dim house trembled in her madness, as if it would collapse at any time.
Zhuang Li hooked his index finger at Le Zhengming, and the two of them retreated side by side, standing in the warm yellow sunlight, looking into the distance.
“After raiding the treasury and the homes of the rich and powerful, we will have enough capital to manufacture firearms. Winter is coming, and the people are hungry and cold without furs. It would be better to use them as labor relief and let them work in blast furnaces and mine coal. At least they will have a free place to live, a warm fire, and enough food to eat. They can also get their wages in the spring. What do you think?”
“I’ll follow your instructions.” Le Zhengming gently stroked the top of the little curly hair with a gentle smile.
The boy seemed to care about nothing and seemed cruel and cold, but he had his own order in his heart.
7480 curled up in a corner of the small dark room and shed tears of despair again.
….
Le Zhengming ascended the throne and changed the country’s name to “Hua”. The following year, he led a million troops to invade neighboring countries.
His army used muskets and cannons, while other countries’ armies used bows, arrows and scimitars. The huge gap in weapons made it almost effortless for China to unify the Central Plains. The foreign coalition forces were also defeated by him, and from then on, they regarded China as a forbidden area and dared not invade.
On this day, Le Zhengming, who had been on an expedition to the northern desert, finally returned to the imperial court and met the little curly-haired boy he had been thinking about for a long time.
He pulled open a piece of gorgeous mermaid yarn and wrapped it around the little curly-haired boy, then gently placed a golden crown on his fluffy bun and asked softly, “Do you like it?”
“I like it.” Zhuang Li caressed the gorgeous fabric lovingly, and said softly, “Do you know why I like gorgeous clothes?”
“Why?” Le Zhengming kissed his cheeks closely and his voice was hoarse with desire.
“Because the world is so bad, I want to make myself live a more beautiful life.” Zhuang Li held his lover’s face, which had not yet been cleaned of dust, and smiled brightly: “But that was all in the past. This world is beautiful now and I like it very much.”
Le Zhengming’s eyes darkened, and he immediately covered his red lips and kissed him passionately.
He didn’t know why, but when the little curly-haired boy said he loved this world, the joy and satisfaction in his heart surged up like a wave. He wanted to keep this person in his arms forever.
The warm yellow sunlight was refracted by the shark veil covering the two people and turned into colorful spots of light. Several eunuchs carefully avoided these spots of light and left the palace.
Flocks of birds flew over the imperial city and headed toward the outer reaches of the city, where there were golden wheat fields, bright red fruits hanging from treetops, and farmers sitting on the edge of the fields, smiling and looking forward to the harvest.
The land that was once devastated by war has regained its vitality without anyone noticing.
….
After nightfall, Zhuang Li was suddenly awakened by 7480, who was sleeping soundly: “Master, Master, a golden finger has fallen.”
“What?” Zhuang Li shrank into his lover’s arms and asked in a daze.
“Zhuang Xu’s gold finger has fallen off, do you want to recycle it?” 7480 reminded again.
Zhuang Li then got up, kissed Le Zhengming who had also woken up, and whispered, “I’ll go check on Zhuang Xu, you continue to sleep.”
“I’ll accompany you.” Le Zhengming immediately got up and changed his clothes, and personally dressed the little curly-haired boy, put on his socks and shoes.
The two walked into a dilapidated cold palace, and saw Zhuang Xu, who was sitting in a wheelchair, banging his head against a pillar. Madam Yan Ran hugged his bleeding forehead and cried loudly, saying that mother was wrong and that mother had harmed him.
“No, it was me who harmed you and Dad. I just had a dream. In the dream, I didn’t get the damn military library at all, so I honestly served as the eldest son of the Zhenguo Mansion. I didn’t help the previous emperor usurp the throne, nor did I instigate Dad to kill the eldest princess, nor did I instigate the ninth prince to frame General Le Zhengming.”
“Our family was protected by the eldest princess and lived a good life. Dad was the Duke of Zhenguo for his whole life and enjoyed endless honors after his death. I entered the court as an official and lived a life of wealth and glory. Mom, you could move out with me and live alone. When you got old, your children and grandchildren surrounded you and you lived in harmony and health. General Le Zhengming expanded the territory, expelled the Tartars, and established a huge country. The State of Wei submitted to him and the war did not break out.”
“Without my ambition and self-righteousness, there wouldn’t be these catastrophic disasters that followed. Every one of us would be living a good life. Mother, I was wrong. I don’t want this useless military library! I don’t deserve it. I was wrong…”
Zhuang Xu’s mind had fallen into frenzy, and he could only repeat “I was wrong” over and over again.
Along with his endless remorse, a spot of light emerged from the back of his head and was easily captured in Zhuang Li’s palm.
7480 whispered, “This is an F-level gold finger, equivalent to a library, but the books inside are all military books, which are only useful in the ancient war plane. Master, you can sell it in the mall or melt it into energy.”
Without saying a word, Zhuang Li melted the golden finger into energy liquid.
7480: “…”
Forget it, the Child of Destiny was forced by the host to give up his God-given fortune on his own initiative, what else can it say!
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