diskusbooks Chapter 196 Guilt
Chapter 196 Guilt
"Brother Royal."
Mo Ling's eyes were filled with concern and a hint of guilt. He took the King of Nancheng's hand and said, "It's my fault that I didn't protect my brother well."
The King of Nancheng smiled weakly and said gently: "It was a deliberate plot by someone with ulterior motives. What does it have to do with our little A Ling? My brother is fine, A Ling, don't blame yourself."
Mo Ling lowered his eyes and said softly, "My brother was injured twice, both times because the person behind the scenes wanted to plot against me. I don't understand why that person didn't just come at me directly, but hurt my brother instead."
King Nancheng patted Mo Ling's hand and smiled gently, "It's right that you can't figure it out. You are not him, so how can you know what he is thinking?"
"Ah Ling, since you are in this position, you will inevitably be schemed against by others. Relax your mind and don't worry too much, otherwise it will give those people an opportunity to take advantage of you."
A hint of darkness flashed in Mo Ling's eyes, "But my brother, they plotted to harm Qingqing before, and now they are targeting you. I am afraid that they will attack you again, and I am afraid that they will not be able to protect you like this time."
King Nancheng reached out and smoothed Mo Ling's frown, chuckling, "Don't worry, A Ling, this was just an accident. Besides, I should have died a long time ago. If A Ling hadn't asked for the elixir for me, I wouldn't have survived until now."
"So if anything happens to me—"
Mo Ling covered the mouth of the King of Nancheng and said in a somewhat urgent voice, "Royal brother! Don't talk nonsense! Royal brother must live a long, long time and watch me govern Da Yue to a peaceful and prosperous state!"
King Nancheng smiled, took Mo Ling's hand away, coughed lightly and said, "A Ling, birth, aging, sickness and death are common to all human beings. If anything happens to me, it is only God's will and has nothing to do with A Ling."
"So, Aling, just go ahead and do it boldly, don't worry too much about your brother. Aling, don't forget that your brother was also the famous Southern King in the capital. Your brother is not afraid of the man behind the scenes who dares not even show his face."
Mo Ling looked up at the smiling King of Nancheng, and his thoughts went back to the past.
That year, he was still a fool trapped in the harem, while his elder brother, who had not yet reached adulthood, was the first prince to be crowned king after Prince Jing ascended the throne.
The emperor's brother was famous for his talent in the capital, and he was also gentle as jade and respectful to wise and humble. Everyone thought that the emperor's brother would become the crown prince of Dai Viet.
At that time, the emperor's elder brother was full of vigor and talent, and was the envy of all the princes. The emperor's elder brother valued friendship and treated all his brothers equally, and even took extra care of him because of his mental retardation.
But who knew that the hunting outside the capital would be a sign of God’s jealousy of talent.
In order to save his father, the emperor, who was Mo Ling's second uncle, Prince Jing, who ascended the throne by forging an imperial edict, the emperor's brother was bitten on the leg by a wild beast and was seriously injured. From then on, he became a sickly person who needed medicine all the time.
The dog emperor who was rescued by the imperial brother initially pretended to care for his imperial brother, but after knowing that his imperial brother would be a cripple for the rest of his life and that his injuries were serious and difficult to heal and that he didn't have much time left, he forgot about his imperial brother.
The other sons of that dog emperor are all useless and are far inferior to his royal brother.
It was obvious that the emperor's brother was injured because of the dog emperor, but the dog emperor only cared that his brother became a cripple and could no longer inherit the throne. He would rather train those mediocre people than give his brother another chance.
Who would have thought that without the suppression of their elder brother, those mediocre people would start fighting among themselves, making life miserable for the people of Dai Viet.
He even set his sights on the Youyun Army in the northern border, and finally forced the Grand Tutor to lead his troops south, directly into the capital, and wipe out those mediocre people.
Although my brother the Emperor fell from the clouds to the mire overnight, he was still as gentle as before and did not complain at all.
Perhaps because they shared the same suffering, the emperor treated him a little better than before.
Although the emperor didn't know it at that time, he had actually recovered a long time ago, and he just pretended to be stupid in order to paralyze the dog emperor.
Everyone thought that he was cured by the famous doctor invited by the Grand Tutor after he was helped to ascend the throne. But in fact, he had already regained consciousness a few years before the Grand Tutor entered the capital.
The people left behind by his mother had been secretly taking care of him. They also secretly found a doctor to detoxify him and found someone to secretly teach him poetry, calligraphy and martial arts.
He was just a deposed prince imprisoned in the cold palace. No one cared about him on weekdays. The dog emperor and his sons only thought of ways to bully him and didn't care where he was or what he did every day.
Relying on the connections left by his father and mother, he secretly provoked the dog emperor's sons to fight. Although he never targeted his brother, everything that happened to his brother was actually related to him.
If it weren't for his people who deliberately instigated the eldest prince and made him act out a scene of saving his father in order to win the favor of that dog emperor.
Nor would the Second Prince have taken advantage of the situation and deliberately used wild beasts and poison to make the First Prince's play come true. Who knew that when the wild beast pounced, the First Prince was so frightened that he trembled on the spot and did not dare to save the dog emperor.
The emperor's brother did not go on the hunting trip that day, but there was an urgent report at that time, so in order to let the dog emperor deal with the urgent report as soon as possible, the emperor's brother rushed to the hunting ground.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived, he saw the Dog Emperor being besieged by wild beasts. The emperor didn't have time to think at all and rushed forward to save the Dog Emperor.
And all the calculations that should have fallen on the eldest prince fell on his elder brother. From then on, the capital lost a favored son of heaven, and his cold palace had a frustrated prince.
And that damn emperor later found out that all of this was planned by the eldest and second princes, but because his elder brother was already a useless person, he simply punished some guards.
The two culprits not only did not receive any punishment, but instead turned a disaster into a blessing and replaced the emperor's original brother's position.
He didn't know that his royal brother would go to the hunting ground at first. Mo Ling lowered his eyes. If he knew that his royal brother would go, he might not change his mind.
At that time, he was already blinded by hatred and only thought about revenge. Who knew that by accident, he would harm his best brother, the emperor.
He never dared to tell his elder brother about this matter. Everything his elder brother suffered back then was also caused by him.
So after he ascended the throne, he tried every possible way to make amends to his brother.
He had originally wanted to confer the title of prince upon his brother, but all the civil and military officials in the court did not agree with him conferring the title of prince upon a useless person, especially since this useless person was the son of Prince Jing who had forged the imperial edict.
Therefore, he could only compensate his brother with fiefdom. He gave his brother the best fiefdom in Dayue and sent people to the Divine Doctor Valley to seek famous doctors to treat his brother.
But his people did not invite a miracle doctor. In the end, it was the Grand Tutor's people who invited another miracle doctor from another place. He was cured of his dementia, and his brother's health gradually recovered under the treatment of that miracle doctor.
He originally owed it to his royal brother, but now his royal brother was hurt again and again because of him.
The guilt in his heart was almost suffocating Mo Ling. He could only look at his brother's concerned eyes with red eyes and swallow everything alone.
"What's wrong with Ah Ling? You're already an adult, are you going to cry in front of your brother?"