Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 516 The Forgotten Monarch of Bliss (1)
Dugu Chen, who leaned on the bed reading a book, glanced at the shadow that appeared beyond the screen. He put down his book and quietly waited for her to come over. Seeing his wife with a troubled expression and preoccupied gait as she walked in, Dugu Chen furrowed his brows and reached out to grasp Feng Xuxu’s hand, asking with concern, "My dear wife, what’s troubling you?" 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
Feng Xuxu snapped back to reality and glanced at her husband before sitting on the bed, pressing her red lips tightly together, hesitating over whether to speak.
Seeing the difficulty on his wife’s face, Dugu Chen reached out to gently wrap his arm around her shoulder, pressing her head against his chest with a voice that was both low and languid, comforting the little woman in his arms, "My wife, we are one. If there is anything you cannot solve, leave it to me. I only wish to see you happy every day." His other hand stroked her furrowed brows, smoothing them out before he withdrew his hand.
She raised her eyes, brimming with softness as she looked at the man before her. Rubbing her head against his chest back and forth, she wrapped her arms around his sturdy waist, burying her head deep in the crook of his arm.
The two embraced on the bed, the bedroom silent. After a while, Feng Xuxu pulled away from the warm embrace, stripped off her clothes to get into bed, pulled back the thin blanket, and then rolled onto his chest.
Dugu Chen naturally leaned back, holding the little person tight in his arms, clasping her small hand, falling into silence.
"Husband, do you know much about the Prince of Fortune? What kind of man is he?"
Dugu Chen looked down at his wife in his arms with astonishment, his mind spinning. The Prince of Fortune had not returned to Capital City for over twenty years, and no news of him had surfaced. The world had forgotten about him, and he, too, had slowly slipped from memory. Hearing his wife suddenly mention him today, a huge question arose in Dugu Chen’s heart, and the man began to slowly resurface in his memory.
"My wife, where did you hear about the Prince of Fortune?" he asked. A person even he had nearly forgotten, his wife was even less likely to know, so had someone in the villa been reminding her?
Feng Xuxu saw the troubled look on her husband’s face and understood. She then recounted what she had heard that day, leaving nothing out.
After listening, he pondered for a while before speaking lightly, "The Prince of Fortune is the biological younger brother of Dugu Kangze, my own uncle. He should be around fifty this year. It’s said that the Great Ancestor was very fond of him. When he had just turned one week old, the Great Ancestor decreed to grant him the title ’Prince of Fortune’. The meaning behind that does not need to be stated, for everyone knows. During one of his trips, the Great Ancestor passed away suddenly from illness. At that time, Dugu Kangze, being the legitimate eldest grandson and with the power of his mother’s family, ascended to the throne. Many princes disagreed and even fought in the Jinluan Hall. Dugu Kangze was on the verge of being executed by the princes in the Imperial Palace, when at the last moment, Marshal Li, who commanded the full military power, rushed back to support Dugu Kangze and quell the chaos within the Imperial Palace. Eventually, those princes were executed for the crime of regicide, and their families were destroyed. The Prince of Fortune, upon hearing of the Emperor’s death, returned and saw his father for the last time, then fell ill and never recovered. Later, he attended the court to plead with Dugu Kangze, asking to return to his fief to live out his remaining days. Dugu Kangze, though he wished to see him dead, acquiesced before the Ministers and summoned the Imperial Physician who concluded that the Prince of Fortune was severely heartbroken, which caused blood congestion affecting his heart and lungs. Dugu Kangze, after hearing this, let him return to his fief, and he never returned to Capital City after those twenty-some years."
Feng Xuxu listened quietly. Dugu Kangze had become the Emperor only with the support of Marshal Li at the time. She sneered, "Who would have thought that your father, being such a man, would actually have the support of Marshal Li. Quite remarkable."
