At Xin Yeheng's sudden change, Sima Tianhai merely frowned slightly. He quickly understood Xin Yeheng's true intention. A cold and cruel smile curled up on his lips. "I see. So that's your plan, isn't it? You truly betrayed me, and that letter was just a ruse to lure me here, right?"
"As expected of General Sima Tianhai, the world - renowned first general. You figured out my real purpose so quickly," Xin Yeheng knew that his little scheme could no longer be hidden from Sima Tianhai. But having managed to deceive him for so many days, he thought he'd done a pretty good job. "Yes, that's exactly my plan. I want to protect my family."
"You're my grandson! I'm also your family. How could you treat your grandfather like this?" Sima Tianhai feigned a heart - broken look as he stared at Xin Yeheng.
However, Xin Yeheng had already seen through Sima Tianhai's thoughts. He let out a cold laugh. "Do you really regard me as your grandson? I don't think so. I can't feel it at all. If I weren't a prince of the Royal Dragon Kingdom, you probably wouldn't even bother to talk to me, because such a me would be of no use to you."
The orange candle flame in the room swayed its slender body due to a gust of wind blowing in from the window. The light shone on Xin Yeheng's profile, half - lit and half - shadowed, hiding his expression in the play of light and shadow, making it hard to see clearly.
Hearing Xin Yeheng's words, Sima Tianhai was taken aback. The smile on his lips grew even colder. "You're right. I need people who are valuable to me, not those who are useless. Back then, I told Baolan that if she wanted to marry that good - for - nothing Xin Zhuyun, she should offer the Royal Dragon Kingdom as a betrothal gift. Otherwise, don't even think about it."
Xin Yeheng suddenly turned his head and stared coldly at the man in front of him. He already knew this from Emperor Jinzheng, his father. When Sima Tianhai first made such a request, he understood that this so - called relative only saw him as a useful tool. He had experienced the coldness and warmth of the world since childhood and knew a thing or two about other people's minds.
"But my stupid daughter refused my request. She even said that she'd rather sever the father - daughter relationship with me than drag that fool Xin Zhuyun down. I just went along with her and cut off the relationship, then kicked her out of the Sima family. If she had agreed back then, she wouldn't have ended up like this!"
"My mother would never agree to your unreasonable request. My father isn't a fool either. Of course, he wouldn't agree to it! We're not tools for you to fulfill your ambitions!"
Hearing Xin Yeheng's words and seeing his expression, Sima Tianhai seemed to see his daughter Sima Baolan saying the same thing to him more than a decade ago. He gritted his teeth. "No matter who it is, anyone who tries to stop my plan! I won't let you go!"
Intense anger filled the small room. Sensing this powerful anger, Xin Yeheng looked up at Sima Tianhai in front of him and found that his face was flushed, the veins on his forehead bulging, and his eyes were blood - red, looking as if he wanted to devour someone.
He thought Sima Tianhai's appearance was a bit strange. He took a few steps back and timidly asked, "Hey, what's wrong with you?"
"What did you do to me?" Sima Tianhai felt that one side of his body had gone numb. The things in front of his eyes began to blur. When he looked up, he felt dizzy and was about to fall. He quickly reached out and grabbed the table beside him.
At this moment, Xin Yeheng was nervously looking at Sima Tianhai in front of him. He noticed that saliva was involuntarily flowing from the corner of his mouth. Was he suffering from the poison? But it hadn't even been three days yet!
"You... you..." Sima Tianhai wanted to speak, but found that his words were becoming slurred and he couldn't even say what he wanted to.
Xin Yeheng took a few more steps back until his back touched the door lock. He reached out behind him, unlocked the door, and left Sima Tianhai's room. He was very nervous. It was his first time killing someone, and that someone was his relative. He wondered if his mother would blame him if she knew.
With his head down, he seemed to hear Sima Baolan's voice in his ear. "What's the difference between what you're doing and what your grandfather does? You casually take someone's life! How did mother teach you?"
Suddenly, Xin Yeheng jerked his head up. He ran out of Huaman Palace and straight to the Imperial Hospital. He quickly summoned the imperial doctor to Huaman Palace.
The imperial doctor was having dinner when he was suddenly pulled up by Xin Yeheng. Seeing this, the doctor's assistant had no choice but to pick up the medicine box and follow the Eleventh Prince.
With great effort, they managed to carry the unconscious Sima Tianhai onto the bed. The imperial doctor examined Sima Tianhai and quickly reached a conclusion. "Your Highness the Eleventh Prince, it's a stroke. Since it happened suddenly, we don't have a way to save him for the time being."
"Will he die?" Xin Yeheng quickly asked the question he was most concerned about.
"No, luckily Your Highness discovered it in time. Now I'll give him the Pure Heart Pills specially prepared by our Imperial Hospital to relieve his symptoms."
"Then I'll trouble you."
Xin Yeheng's actions alarmed Wei Shuxuan and Xin Zizhao in Fenghe Hall. When they learned that Xin Yeheng had dragged the imperial doctor from the Imperial Hospital late at night, they thought something had happened to him. They both went to Huaman Palace to see him.
As soon as they entered Huaman Palace, they saw Xin Yeheng walking towards them dejectedly and kneeling in front of them. Wei Shuxuan frowned. "Yeheng, what are you doing? Why are you kneeling?"
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Empress, I've committed an unforgivable mistake..."
"What on earth happened?"
So, Xin Yeheng told Wei Shuxuan and Xin Zizhao the whole story. Wei Shuxuan was almost furious when she heard it. This child dared to do such a thing right under their noses. Suddenly, she remembered that Bai Yue had come to warn them for no reason before. Was it because of this?
Even Xin Zizhao didn't expect his younger brother to do such a thing. It seemed that he was really of Sima Tianhai's blood!
"Where is Sima Tianhai now? Hurry and take us to see him!"