Chapter 190 - 189: Slapping the Green Tea Empress Dowager 6
Helan Zhi and He Zhenyu were saddened that they were not the children their father had hoped for.
They were also saddened by the duplicity of Prince Kang.
It turns out, the father they had always admired was that kind of person.
They had always thought their father to be a real man of integrity, but he turned out to be a complete scoundrel.
Anning, seeing the children’s sadness and heartache but realizing they had not yet thought of the most important and fatal matters, gently reminded them.
"I am not someone trapped in love; if your father himself despised me, that wouldn’t break my heart. If he loved an ordinary woman, not the Empress Dowager, then I would rather divorce him and step down so that he could marry the one he loves. But the fact is, it’s the Empress Dowager."
Anning’s complexion turned increasingly ugly as she spoke.
Her eyes were filled with fear and unease, her grip on Helan Zhi’s hand tightening as her whole body trembled slightly: "His harboring those thoughts towards the Empress Dowager, and letting Your Majesty know, how could Your Majesty tolerate it? He is young now and can’t do anything to us, but one day, when he comes of age, every single one of us in Prince Kang Mansion will be annihilated."
Anning’s words undoubtedly served as a reminder to the two children.
They grew up in Prince Mansion and had seen plenty.
Their birth mother was not one to spoil them; the children were learning everything they should.
Helan Zhi was being taught by several teachers, some to educate him in literature, others to train him in martial arts. Additionally, their birth mother once let Helan Zhi learn strategy from Prince Kang’s strategists, along with some worldly wisdom.