Chapter 249 - 247. Please Don't Hate Imperial Father

Third-person POV

The door was opened by the black-clothed man and he quickly closed back the door after Xue Lang stepped into the room. Xu Tingfeng walked out from the inner room and greeted Xue Lang with a wide grin.

Xu Tingfeng placed a finger on his lips as a gesture for Xue Lang to lower his voice. Xue Lang covered his lips with his hands and innocently nodded his head. The burden that weighted Xu Tingfeng instantly lifted from seeing Xue Lang act cutely.

He picked Xue Lang up in one scoop and carried him to the outer room which was separated from the inner room by a pearl curtain. He didn't sit that far from the pearl curtain so that he could watch over Bai Huiqing while conversing with Xue Lang.

"Grandpa," Xue Lang tugged Xu Tingfeng's sleeve to get his attention.

"What is it, Xue Lang?" Xu Tingfeng asked and ruffled Xue Lang's hair into a mess.

There was a slight hesitation in Xue Lang's expression, Xu Tingfeng smiled and tenderly pinched Xue Lang's soft cheek.

"Just say it, grandpa won't be mad." Xu Tingfeng cooed.

Xu Tingfeng knew clearly what Xue Lang was going to ask. From the smell that was emitting from Xue Lang's clothes and with the little leaves and branches that stuck on Xue Lang's silky white hair, Xu Tingfeng could guess that Xue Lang was hiding in the bushes all the time.

For a little innocent child such as Xue Lang to see the rampaging him half an hour ago, it was quite embarrassing for him. Xue Lang didn't see the panicked Xu Tingfeng, he mustered up his courage and held Xu Tingfeng's big hand with his thin hands.

"Grandpa, please don't hate Imperial Father." Xue Lang stared at Xu Tingfeng with his big-doe eyes.

The smile on Xu Tingfeng's lips didn't disappear like how he saw in the fight. His heart that was beating vigorously calmed immensely because he expected Xu Tingfeng would be furious.

"Why?" Xu Tingfeng asked with a gentle smile on his lips.

"Be-because Imperial Father is so stressed after Imperial Mother was gone. Every single day, during his break, Imperial Father would sit on Floating Lotus Pavilion in front of the seat that Imperial Mother always sat on. Sometimes Imperial Father would talk to himself as if Imperial Mother was there." Xue Lang said as his eyes turned glassy from the tears.

To not make himself look like a crybaby, he roughly rubbed his eyes with his sleeve and took a deep breath to calm his trembling voice.

"Imperial Father also consumed too many sleeping drugs that I am afraid it would affect his health. At night, Imperial Father would sleep in his own room but wake up in Imperial Mother's room. The servants testified that Imperial Father was sleepwalking." Xue Lang continued.

Xu Tingfeng sighed as he understood how Weisheng feel. After Hong er being kidnapped for the first time, Bai Huiqing sometimes would find herself in Hong er's baby room that they built especially for Hong er. Even Xu Tingfeng would walk around the room to dream about Hong er's cute laughter and cries.

"A-and, this." Xue Lang pulled out the necklace that hung around his neck and showed the jade thumb ring that Hong er passed to him on that day.

Currently, the thumb ring was too wide for him to wear therefore, he put a durable string and made it as a necklace until he could wear the jade thumb ring on one of his fingers.

"This…This is your mother's ring. She never took it off before." Xu Tingfeng swept his thumb across the jade ring.

'This is definitely Hong er's, the energy and the carving are exactly the same. Don't tell me…' Xu Tingfeng examined the jade ring with keen eyes.

Xue Lang stared at Xu Tingfeng and continued, "Imperial Mother gave me her jade ring the last time I saw her. From what I heard, this jade ring was a gift from Imperial Father to Imperial Mother when they were young. Imperial Father implanted a tracking spell into the ring so he could always find Imperial Mother no matter what and where.

But at that time, the jade ring was in my hand. Rather than saving Imperial Mother, Imperial Father found me and the twin on a verge of death. And because of me…th-they got Imperial Mother…" Xue Lang's voice getting weaker and weaker every second.

Xu Tingfeng pulled Xue Lang into his embrace and patted Xue Lang's back with his warm hand, "It is fine. This is not your fault. You did your best to survive. Grandpa is glad that you are safe."

Xue Lang nodded his head as he gripped on Xu Tinfeng's clothes, the scent that Xu Tingfeng emitted was similar to Hong er's. Probably because they were closely blood-related, even the warmth was very almost identical. The similarities between the two were uncanny.

"Grandpa will have a talk with your father after Grandpa cooled down, hehe~ Or else, all the tables will be smashed into halves, ahahaha~" Xu Tingfeng laughed to distract Xue Lang's mind from thinking the useless thought.

"Ehehehe~ Grandpa will stay here for how long?" Xue Lang asked and snuggled closer to Xu Tingfeng.

"Hhmm~ Until your Grandma healed, why? Xue Lang miss Grandpa? Aww~" Xu Tingfeng cooed.

"En, I will miss Grandpa and Grandma so much, also Great Grandpa and Great Grandma." Xue Lang said with a pout.

"Fine~ Grandpa will bring you to see Great Grandpa and Great Grandma." Xu Tingfeng swayed from side to side.

Xu Tingfeng and Xue Lang chatted for a while when a soft rusty whisper sounded out.

"Wa….ter…."

Xu Tingfeng who had an excellent hearing ability immediately whipped his head to the side. His eyes widened in bewilderment and happiness at the same time. Xue Lang noticed that Xu Tingfeng's body abruptly froze, he looked up and followed the direction of Xu Tingfeng's eyes.

"Grandma?!" Xue Lang exclaimed.

Xu Tingfeng quickly ran towards Bai Huiqing and checked her condition. Bai Huiqing's eye was half-opened and it seems like she hadn't regained her full consciousness. Xue Lang dashed to the inner room and passed a bowl of water to Xu Tingfeng.

Xu Tingfeng gently helped Bai Huiqing to sit up and took the water from Xue Lang's hand. He let Bai Huiqing lean on his wide shoulder and with his right arm circled, he scooped the water with a spoon and patiently fed Bai Huiqing the water.

"Xue Lang, go outside and shout 'call Physician Shu'. Grandpa's subordinate will know what to do. Now, go." Xu Tingfeng pointed at the door with his jaw.

Xue Lang firmly nodded his head and sprinted to the door. He opened the door and shouted, "CALL PHYSICIAN SHU!"

Just in a second, several shadows leaped out from various places and soundlessly darted like a breeze of wind grazing the leaves on trees. Then a few of previous black-clothed men that guided Xue Lang to the room appeared beside Xue Lang.

"Your Highness Prince Xue, it is safer and better if you stayed beside Master. We will handle all of this, please do not worry." One of the black-clothed men said with a courtesy.

Xue Lang obediently went back into the room with the black-clothed man. While Xue Lang entered the inner room, the black-clothed man stayed behind the pearl curtain and bowed to the man on the other side of the curtain.

"Master, any order for this servant?" the black-clothed man cupped his fist.

(A/N: Actually I want to use 'My Lord' when the servants address Xu Tingfeng but in some parts, it didn't feel right. So I will keep using 'Master', in Chinese（老爷）'Lao ye' which means lord or master.)

"Visit Di residence with condolence gifts and check Meiyun's condition. Retreat." Xu  Tingfeng gave out his order with a calm tone.

"Yes, Master." The black-clothed man bowed once again before he left the room.