RPAGF Chapter 673 Enough is Enough, No More Endurance
Chapter 673 Enough is Enough, No More Endurance
Lin Xingyao appeared at the doorway.
Suddenly her princess mansion was sealed off. Could it be that that bitch Zhao Qingzhi had found out something? She was wondering about it.
The moment she stepped inside and saw the scene in the hall, the composure on her face froze instantly.
Qi Pozi, who had just been sent away from the capital a few days ago, along with her most capable maids, Cui Mama and Hanxiang, were all kneeling on the ground like a lump of mud.
Lin Xingyao's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition surged into her mind, but she still maintained her composure.
"Father, Mother," she said softly, bowing slightly. "Is there something you need from me so late?"
Her gaze unconsciously drifted towards Lin Jingchuan, hoping to find some comfort from him.
But Lin Jingchuan kept his eyes down the whole time, not even sparing her a glance.
As if seeing a savior, the kneeling Cui Mama rushed over and grabbed Lin Xingyao's leg.
"Princess! Princess, please save this old servant!" she cried, tears streaming down her face. "The Prince wants to execute us, please plead with him for us!"
Lin Xingyao's face turned pale, and she hurriedly tried to shake her off, but still pretended to be innocent.
"Granny Cui, what nonsense are you spouting! Why would Father want to kill you? What wrong have you done?"
She placed all her hopes on Princess Yong, turned around, took a few steps to Princess Yong, grabbed her sleeve, and her voice was trembling with sobs.
"Mother, what's going on? As soon as Xingyao came back, they knelt here and started talking nonsense. I'm so scared."
Princess Yong slowly raised her head, her eyes, once full of love, now brimming with pain and disappointment. She looked at the beautiful face before her.
"Xingyao..." Her voice trembled, "Tell your mother why you harmed Zhao Qingzhi's unborn child?"
This wasn't a question, but more like a plea, begging her to deny it.
Lin Xingyao's heart sank completely, but she still made a last-ditch effort.
Her eyes reddened, and tears welled up instantly. She was on the verge of sobbing when she cried, "Mother, don't even you believe me anymore? I am your daughter! How could I do such a wicked thing!"
“That’s my brother’s child, my own nephew. How could I possibly harm him?”
"Shut up!" A sharp shout came from Lin Jingchuan, who had been silent all along.
He suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, filled with disgust and hatred that stabbed straight at Lin Xingyao like two sharp blades.
"You're still pretending!"
Princess Yong trembled at her son's shout, and looked at Lin Xingyao's pale and innocent face.
The vile words of Granny Cui echoed in her ears again. She could no longer bear it, and she abruptly shook off Lin Xingyao's hand, her voice shrill.
"How could you! How could you covet your own brother! You are siblings! How will your mother face the future, how will she face our ancestors! How could you harbor such immoral thoughts!"
With a bang, Lin Xingyao's mind completely exploded.
Coveting his elder brother? They know!
The color drained from her face instantly. She staggered back a step, her lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.
Prince Yong's icy gaze fell on her pale face, devoid of any warmth.
“Of course she can,” he said slowly. “Because she is not my daughter at all, nor is she Jingchuan’s younger sister.”
Princess Yong turned her head abruptly, looking at her husband in disbelief.
Lin Xingyao was struck dumb, frozen in place.
"Your Highness..." Princess Yong's voice trembled uncontrollably.
"Do you still remember the Rebellion of the Five Princes?" Prince Yong's voice carried a trace of distant sorrow. "When you gave birth, the palace was in chaos. The midwife who delivered your baby took advantage of the confusion and abducted our daughter."
"When I found the midwife, she had switched her own child with our daughter's."
“Our real daughter died in that chaos back then…”
“And she,” Prince Yong pointed to Lin Xingyao, who was standing there frozen, “she is the midwife’s child.”
Lin Xingyao's expression was almost about to break down.
She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
“Father…” she forced a smile that was more like a grimace, “That midwife is long dead, and everyone who knows the truth is gone.”
"You can't...you can't just slander our daughter's background to give the Zhao family an explanation!"
As long as she doesn't admit it and there's no evidence, there's nothing they can do about her!
Looking at her dying struggle, Prince Yong felt no pity, only disgust.
He didn't say another word, but said in a deep voice to the door, "Bring him in."
Two guards escorted in a thin man who was dressed in rags and reeked of alcohol.
As soon as the man entered, his cloudy eyes darted around, but when they landed on Lin Xingyao, they lit up.
Prince Yong pointed at the man and said to Lin Xingyao, "This is the man of that midwife from back then. Your biological father."
Prince Yong coldly watched as the last trace of color faded from her face. "Do you think that because the midwife died, her husband died too?"
"It took me some effort, but I finally managed to bring him back from that place."
He turned to the man and said, "Tell her who you are."
The man rubbed his hands together, flashed a set of yellow teeth at Lin Xingyao, and chuckled, "Daughter, Daddy...Daddy's here to see you."
"No! You're not!" Lin Xingyao screamed.
Ignoring her breakdown, Prince Yong spoke in a calm and steady voice, announcing her final fate.
"If you don't acknowledge it, that's fine too. Today, in front of everyone, I will perform a blood test to prove our kinship!"
"Someone, prepare water and bring a knife."
"Do not--"
Lin Xingyao completely broke down.
Looking at the man on the ground who filled her with utter humiliation and disgust, all her reason vanished in an instant.
She wasn't addressing Prince Yong, nor Lin Jingchuan, but rather she was screaming hysterically at that man.
"Didn't you abandon us, mother and daughter, and disappear without a trace? Why did you come back! Why!"
This roar was a desperate wail, but also a tacit admission.
She knew it was all over.
The king she had called "father" for over a decade was determined to abandon her.
Lin Xingyao's tacit admission was more devastating than any evidence.
Princess Yong swayed slightly. She stared intently at Lin Xingyao, then slowly, very slowly, turned her head to look at the filthy man.
Is that Xingyao's biological father?
So the daughter she cherished and pampered for over a decade was born from this rotten thing.
Her own daughter, the true princess, had long since died in that turmoil, and her remains could not be found.
absurd.
How utterly absurd!