Chapter 269:
While everyone was shocked, Lu Ziyan’s gaze remained fixed on the infant’s face in the swaddling clothes.
“This child is indeed fated with me,” he said: “How about I give him a name?”
The words were a question, but he had no intention of waiting for permission.
As if he had long had an idea, he continued on his own after speaking: “Let’s call him Xiuran.”
Xiuran…
“Ji Xiuran…” Xie Yanyu subconsciously looked toward the child’s ‘biological father’.
Ji Chengfeng’s brows had long been tightly furrowed.
Even the Crown Prince had no right to arbitrarily name a subject’s offspring.
Who would have thought Lu Ziyan would also mutter the name twice, ‘Ji Xiuran’.
His expression also turned very unpleasant, “This surname isn’t very good. How about letting the child come with me? I’ll recognize him as my son, and his future prospects…”
“Absolutely not!” This time, before Ji Chengfeng could speak, Xie Yanyu decisively spoke up: “How can royal offspring be confused.”
“If I want to confuse them, they can be confused,” Lu Ziyan slightly raised his brow and mocked: “You’re so anxious, could it be that this child truly has a relationship with you?”
Never seen anyone snatch a child like this.
“Your Highness, forgive me,” Ji Chengfeng could no longer hold back and said: “This is my eldest son, whom I awaited for ten months. I have absolutely no intention of giving him up. If Your Highness wants a son, please think of another way.”
After the words fell, the entire room fell silent.
Who didn’t know that Crown Prince was a romantic, willing to risk the world’s great taboo to steal someone else’s wife for another woman.
Now that the beauty had passed away, he still had no intention of marrying.
He still wanted to give the Xie Family daughter the status of Crown Princess.
The Emperor approved, but the Xie Family members refused.
They were still haggling with the Xie Family people even now.
Marquis Xie knelt at the palace gate, bitterly pleading that his youngest daughter had received an Imperial Marriage Grant from His Majesty and married into Duke Pei’s Mansion, only to later be ordered to divorce by an Imperial Decree.
Before her death, she was a free woman, so she should be buried in the Xie Clan ancestral graves as a Xie Clan daughter.
Dare not to aim too high for the current Crown Prince.
Regarding this, Lu Ziyan, who harbored strong killing intent, surprisingly did not resort to force.
He tried to appeal to emotion to make the Xie Family relent.
It was truly laughable.
The dignified Crown Prince wanted to marry a dead person, yet couldn’t.
He even had to covet someone else’s son.
Indeed ironic.
Lu Ziyan’s face turned stern and cold. With a cold snort, he turned and left.
Although this child was fated, he didn’t absolutely have to have him.
It should be said that in this life, there was nothing he absolutely had to have.
Since they wouldn’t give him up, he had no intention of forcibly taking someone else’s son.
As for who the next heir to the throne would be after his death, it would become clear in time.
The oppressive aura disappeared, and both Xie Yanyu and Ji Chengfeng slightly relaxed their expressions.
Xie Yanyu reached out to take the child from the midwife’s hands and sighed: “I wonder if this child will resent us when he grows up.”
Given His Majesty’s body, Lu Ziyan wouldn’t take long to ascend to the throne as Emperor.
This child was his eldest son…
Even, he could be the eldest legitimate son.
Even if time passed and he forgot the past, established the three palaces and six institutes, and had other offspring.
But the eldest legitimate son’s birth, combined with his birth mother’s identity, would be enough to contend for the Imperial Throne.
This was the Imperial Throne!
The supreme position in the human world!
No one would remain unmoved.
………..
When Xie Wanning woke up, it was already the morning of the second day.
She had been well cared for, her body clean and refreshed. After a day and night’s rest, her strength had recovered considerably.
It was autumn now, and the southern autumn weather was pleasant, very suitable for staying in bed.
From her personal maidservant, she heard that a noble person had come to the estate yesterday.
His aura was terrifying; just glancing at him from afar made one feel stern and fierce.
Master Ji called him Your Highness.
And that person referred to himself as “I”.
