Chapter 161: The Puppet Fate

“No wonder people say your sick son was picked up. It turns out you and Feng Sheng conspired together, ruining my Third Prince, and you’re raising the Feng country’s prince.”

Yun Ting wasn’t one to tolerate insults. She had previously been humble before Di Hongluan and the Princess Han for Yun Hui’s sake, but Concubine Hui, despite her higher status, had no right to criticize her son.

Yun Ting stood in front of Yun Hui. “Concubine Hui, please speak respectfully. I did not come to the palace to listen to such nonsense.”

She was here to thank the tenth princess who had saved her, and at Empress Dowager’s invitation, as she knew the emperor was investigating the Third Prince’s origins. If the tenth princess and the emperor needed her help, she was willing to assist.

The accusations Concubine Hui made could damage Yun Hui.

“I also noticed that you and Feng Sheng were conspiring together. Now that the emperor has discovered your scheme, and you and Feng Sheng are at odds, you want to drag others down with you.”

“I, Yun Ting, have never had dealings with you, and Yun Hui has never wronged you. If Concubine Hui wants to vent her anger, she’s targeting the wrong person.”

“Do you know Feng Xuetang? Look at that corpse. That’s Feng Xuetang, the real mother of your son!” Concubine Hui, unable to control her anger, sneered. “A bastard child of a scumbag and a lowly woman, and you treat him as a treasure. It’s truly laughable.”

Yun Ting was stunned. Feng Xuetang…

She looked at the ice coffin.

Yun Hui was standing next to it, and Yun Ting realized that the true mother inside was Yun Hui’s.

“My son, my son.” Feng Sheng was truly shocked when he saw Yun Hui.

“Get that dirty person away!” Yun Ting kicked Feng Sheng, who was crawling toward Yun Hui.

Feng Sheng didn’t reach Yun Hui’s clothes and was intercepted by Yun Ting.

Feng Sheng’s eyes were filled with malice. “You’re raising my son, but he isn’t truly your son.”

“You are… Feng Sheng?” Yun Ting was astonished. She remembered that Feng Xuetang had a brother named Feng Sheng.

She had even met Feng Sheng before.

But they had no blood relationship.

At that time, she had noticed Feng Sheng’s obsessive gaze at Feng Xuetang and had subtly warned her.

Her thoughts drifted…

“Tang’er, has your brother married yet?”

In the sunlight, Feng Xuetang sat on a swing, smiling slightly. “Not yet. He’s about to marry the Princess.”

“Do you think your brother’s gaze at you is strange?”

“No, why do you say that?”

Yun Ting hesitated. “I just think your brother seems to have feelings for you.”

Feng Xuetang was surprised. “That can’t be. How could it be?”

“I’m just giving you a heads-up. Pay more attention in the future.” That day, she parted ways with Feng Xuetang.

It was said that shortly after, Feng Sheng married.

However, after a long period of silence, Feng Xuetang did not send Yun Ting any letters. Yun Ting grew very worried, fearing something had happened to Feng Xuetang. She even sought out Feng Sheng.

Feng Sheng had just married, but Yun Ting did not meet his wife.

Later, when she finally received a letter from Feng Xuetang after several months, it revealed that Feng Xuetang was pregnant.

Yun Ting did not ask many questions, believing that Feng Xuetang and the young general were a perfect match.

However, she never expected that her last meeting with Feng Xuetang would be in a ruined temple in the southern part of the city.

It was both a reunion after a long separation and a final farewell.

“Who do you say is your son?” Yun Ting really wanted to kick Feng Sheng to death.

Feng Sheng pointed at Yun Hui. “It’s him, of course it’s him.”

“You’re talking nonsense!” Yun Ting gritted her teeth. “Feng Xuetang is your sister!”

“Not a sister, not at all! I love her. I’m the father of the child!”

Once.

Feng Sheng never expected that just that once would result in Feng Xuetang becoming pregnant.

Overjoyed, he thought he now had an heir with the woman he loved most.

Yun Ting could hardly stand. “Mother…”

Yun Hui supported Yun Ting. Yun Ting glanced at him. “Child, you are not Feng Sheng’s son. Remember that.”

“I know.” Yun Hui’s expression remained calm, though his eyes were filled with intense hatred as he looked at Feng Sheng.

This man, who should be his ‘uncle,’ had defiled his mother.

“Yun Hui’s birthday is August 20. He was a full-term child! Feng Sheng, think carefully. Is he your son?” Yun Ting demanded Feng Sheng reveal Yun Hui’s birthdate.

Feng Sheng was struck by a bolt of lightning. “No…”

Yun Ting laughed. “August 20, nine months of pregnancy. When you defiled Xuetang, she was already pregnant for a month. Feng Sheng, you’re truly worthless!”

“Impossible!!” Feng Sheng roared, but to no avail. Yun Ting’s light tone only made him more enraged. “Blood test for paternity.”

After the blood test, the blood from both of them did not match, as expected.

[After protecting the child for so many years, it’s not his own. Feng Sheng would be so enraged he’d spit blood. He deserves it!]

‘Pfft!’

Feng Sheng spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Looking at the two drops of blood in the bowl that could not mix, his face turned pale. “It’s not possible. How can it not be?”

“A child as outstanding as Yun Hui could never be the offspring of a dirty man like you. How dare you think you’re fit to be Yun Hui’s father? You’re dreaming.”

“I’ve protected him for twenty years. I found him a substitute, a puppet. If it weren’t for me, he would have died long ago! If I hadn’t worked hard to bring Di Li into the palace, how could I have protected Yun Hui?”

The puppet’s fate becomes stronger the closer it is to the palace, warding off disasters and illnesses more effectively.

“You don’t think Yun Hui can stand here safely because you found someone to protect him, do you? Nonsense. My Yun Hui is protected by divine beings. His safety has nothing to do with you.”

“Feng Xuetang, you deceived me!” Feng Sheng could not help but spit three more mouthfuls of blood, all landing on the ice coffin.

A blood-red, demonic sight.

“Back then, it was she who said she was pregnant, that the child was mine. She wanted to come to the Tiansheng Dynasty, so I brought her here. I protected her all the way, cared for her, and cherished her. I looked forward to our child’s birth, but she deceived me.”

Yun Ting found it laughable. “If Xuetang hadn’t said that, would you have spared the child in her womb?”