The fake prince was exposed at the beginning, and I took office as emperor on the spot

Chapter 95 Gu Fangchen's Thoughts (Two in One)

Gu Fangchen was not surprised that Ning Caiyong came to her.

His showdown today was not an easy amount of information to digest for Ning Caiyong, who was in the middle of the game.

In the previous decades of planning, Gu Yuye's disguise was flawless and without a single flaw.

His most astute move was to make Gu Fangchen's bad character appear to be a natural change.

As time goes by, those little changes will be regarded as normal.

He himself was just a strict father who neglected to discipline his children and didn't know what to do, and he got away with it completely.

To the extent that, even if Gu Yuye's plan was made known to others, I'm afraid that if it were someone else, they would think that Gu Fangchen was making excuses for himself.

Ning Caiyong's willingness to believe Gu Fangchen was based on everything that had happened in the past few days.

But... after all, she did not suffer such a severe impact as Gu Lianxian.

Gu Fangchen knew it very well, but he had no evidence at hand.

The person who poisoned Gu Fangchen had long been executed, and the blame was put on Gu Yuye's political enemies. Over the years, he had used Gu Fangchen's poisoning many times to get rid of his opponents.

After all, this matter concerns Gu Yuye's greatest ambition. The person he wants to hide it from is the supreme ruler of Wei. If any handle is left behind, the consequences will be unimaginable.

With the help of the "Six Star Gods", the causal line can be erased, let alone the rest of the evidence.

However, just because he didn't stay doesn't mean Gu Fangchen can't create something out of nothing.

However, before that, the Confucianists and the Demonic Cult behind Gu Yuye must be dealt with first, and Xiao Ying must be able to withstand the Wei army after Gu Yuye's absence.

The court struggles in the Wei Dynasty over the past few hundred years were nothing more than the east wind prevailing over the west wind, regardless of the facts.

As long as the situation is conducive to a stable and balanced situation, Emperor Yong'an will acquiesce to the development of things...

On the Demon Cult side, they got in touch with Gua Gua Gong and transformed themselves into a neutral unit. With an insider, they had made a start.

But Confucianism is difficult to deal with.

Because the real leader behind all the causes and effects in the entire Confucian line is the Confucian sage Xie Qian.

Yes, it also includes Gu Yuye swapping his own son so that Gu Yuandao can become Xie Qian's disciple and become his true disciple.

Xie Qian still knew about Gu Yuye's cooperation with the Demon Cult, but he didn't care.

Among the six endings of "Mirror in the Dust", namely [Eternal Imprisonment], [A Moment of Mercy], [Eternal Unity], [People's Hearts Are Weighed], [Demons Descend to the Earth], and [Return to the True Self from the Six Dusts], players have to fight Xie Qian in four of them.

It’s hard to say whether this guy is a villain, but his ideas are obviously contrary to normal thinking.

In Gu Fangchen's opinion, perhaps when a cultivator is promoted to the first level, he has become a creature from another dimension, and his way of thinking is completely different from that of normal humans.

It is so macro that the life and death of ordinary people are not within his consideration.

Xie Qian's starting point might be to benefit the development of the entire human race, but the actual result, in terms of its tragic nature, is comparable to [Demons Descend to Earth].

The experience of countless players has proven that it is useless to follow the Confucian line from top to bottom.

Even if he plagiarized to boost his reputation, in the end he would have to face Xie Qian.

In terms of reputation, who can compare with the Confucian sage?
It’s impossible to compete, there’s no way to compete, this road has been blocked from the beginning.

Therefore, Gu Fangchen never expected any plagiarism from the beginning.

It’s useless even if you copy all the masterpieces of all time!
Back then, Xie Qian's words "Man is born good" set the tone and forced Ding Xingfeng, who was at the peak of his career at the time, to suffer damage to his Taoist faith and enter a semi-retirement state.

Can your reputation gained by plagiarism be greater than that of the Martial Saint?
impossible.

Gu Fangchen was certain from the beginning that if he wanted to deal with Gu Yuye, he had to do both and bring down Confucianism.

As for what Confucianism does.

That would have to start with the "Seven Sects Rebellion" in Jiange...

Gu Fangchen's mind wandered for a while, and when he came to his senses, Ning Caiyong had already sat down next to him.

The beautiful woman took advantage of the moonlight, reached out her hand and gently smoothed his hair, murmuring softly:
"Chen'er, mother always feels that you are worrying a lot..."

If this sentence had been said when he first crossed over, Gu Fangchen would definitely have felt a pang in his heart.

But now, he has already put several layers of insurance on his character. Moreover, the memories of the original body have almost merged with his. Even if there is a little difference in personality, it will not be easily exposed.

Based on his current understanding of Ning Caiyong.

Rather than suspicion, Ning Caiyong said this out of more concern for his son.

To be precise, he was worried that Gu Fangchen, who already knew his identity and overturned his stupid and useless personality, would become estranged from him.

Gu Fangchen turned her head and placed her cheek on Ning Caiyong's palm. She closed her eyes and sighed.
"Mom, I'm so tired these years."

"But if I didn't have this in mind... I would probably just have to watch Gu Yuandao come back and snatch my crown prince position, wealth and glory, and even call me mother."

Ning Caiyong is the most sentimental and emotional of all the characters, even to an extreme extent.

Benefits? Trade-offs?
She doesn't even care.

She can give the ultimate love and also desires to receive the ultimate love.

But Gu Yuye is a cold-blooded animal who is completely driven by interests. He took advantage of Ning Caiyong's ignorance in her girlhood and took her yearning for love for himself, but did not give her an equal response.

Gu Youren and Gu Lianxian were brought up to be too outstanding by Gu Yuye, and became too independent, leaving no room for Ning Caiyong's maternal love to be expressed.

Not to mention Gu Yuandao.

Only Gu Fangchen, precisely because she is weak and stupid, needs Ning Caiyong's meticulous care so that she can give her feelings to the fullest.

That's why the original Gu Fangchen received so much unreasonable favoritism.

And now, because of the change in Gu Fangchen's personality, he is destined to become stronger and more independent step by step. Blindly accepting it has become undesirable.

Especially today, he was promoted to the sixth rank, and objectively speaking, he could no longer accept Ning Caiyong's protection. Instead, he would become a source of powerlessness and anxiety like everyone else.

In order to continue this preference, Ning Caiyong's wavering heart must be calmed down.

We need to change our attitude—

Change from being passive to being active, from accepting love to giving love.

"I know. I knew from the beginning that Gu Yuandao was his biological son, born after ten months of pregnancy. His return and recognition of his biological parents is the most legitimate thing in the world."

Gu Fangchen opened his eyes, looked at Ning Caiyong intently, and whispered:
"But mother...I don't want to!"

He raised his hand, covered the back of Ning Caiyong's hand, and then held it tightly.

"I don't want to see him call you mom, I don't want you to respond to him, I don't want you to treat him as your son and smile at him gently like you do to me."

"On the first day Gu Yuandao came back, Gu Yuye deliberately gave him my clothes to wear. He just wanted to drive me crazy."

"Ah!"

He said sarcastically:
"'Military Saint'! That's how he became the 'Military Saint'! Everyone's feelings are just tools for him to use!"

"Those are clothes you sewed for me stitch by stitch... When I think about the future, when you will sew clothes for Gu Yuandao, cook for him, take care of him, and scold him, I get jealous to the point of going crazy!"

Gu Fangchen entrusted his feelings to the memories of his original body, tightly grasped Ning Caiyong's hand, stared into the eyes of the beautiful woman in front of him without blinking, spoke every word with gritted teeth, his expression even seemed a little distorted.

In this dim room where not even the moonlight can penetrate, half of the young man's face is covered by the shadow cast by the bedside gauze curtain, and only his eyes are burning hot.

"That's all I'm thinking about."

He asked softly:
"Mom, am I selfish?"

Ning Caiyong's hands were a little stiff, as if he was stunned by his words.

Gu Fangchen's meaning was very simple. You think I'm being too thoughtful, but in reality, I just don't want you to treat Gu Yuandao as your son and give your care to someone else.

This is actually a subtle shift in concepts.

But this did not prevent Gu Fangchen's move from directly hitting Ning Caiyong's heart!

Ning Caiyong's original idea was indeed to favor Gu Fangchen, but Gu Yuandao was her biological son after all. No matter what, she couldn't just leave him alone.

Besides, she felt guilty about Gu Yuandao having been away from home for so many years. Now that he was back, she had to give him the treatment he deserved.

However, this was before knowing the truth.

If the substitution was also orchestrated by Gu Yuye, then Gu Yuandao's so-called experience of taking the imperial examination alone from a poor family must be false.

Now that I think about it...how could Gu Yuye let his real son suffer?

But even so, Ning Caiyong is Gu Yuandao's biological mother after all, and she can't just ignore her and not acknowledge her. However, her position in her heart is naturally not as high as Gu Fangchen's.

However, what Gu Fangchen said now was that she was extremely unwilling to let Ning Caiyong recognize Gu Yuandao.

Ning Caiyong knew in his heart that doing so was definitely wrong.

In everyone's eyes, Gu Yuandao is now an inspirational top scholar who has gone through hardships and finally got to know his biological parents. It is definitely a good story.

As Gu Yuandao's biological mother, she could be ruthless, but not even recognizing him was really too much.

This goes against the education she received. How can she be considered a good wife and mother?
however……

When Ning Caiyong heard his daughter Chen'er say this, his first reaction was actually happiness.

What she feared most was that Chen'er would no longer need her one day.

Just like everyone else, she only relied on him briefly and then left him alone.

But now, although her Chen'er is gradually becoming a little unfamiliar, he still needs her.

In fact, it is worse than before!
Chen'er would never have responded to me so directly in the past. Instead, she became more and more impatient with my discipline and sometimes even rejected me.

Just like a grown-up bird, when it finds that its wings are strong enough to fly, it will always try to fly into the sky.

No matter how nice the words were before, in the end, you will only be obsessed with the free sky and never want to come back.

But today, Gu Fangchen told Ning Caiyong another possibility -

My wings have grown strong, but not for flying, but for turning around and holding you firmly under my wings.

All sorts of chaotic thoughts flashed through Ning Caiyong's mind, and he felt his body trembling slightly with every breath.

A blush appeared on her gentle and beautiful face, which was involuntarily revealed due to the surging emotions in her heart.

Since marrying Gu Yuye, she has never deviated from the image of a so-called "good wife and mother".

She has tried her best to do everything to the best of her ability.

It was Gu Yuye... He switched his own son, causing her to raise someone else for nineteen years and pouring all his love into her.

Now I have to abandon my previous relationship and rebuild the mother-son relationship with a complete stranger.

Where in the world can there be such a good thing?

Does everything have to develop according to Gu Yuye's ideas?
Even the feelings of a man named Ning Caiyong can be controlled by him at will?

No.

Ning Caiyong felt more clear-headed than ever before. The traces of anger gathered in her heart, making her bolder.

Some of the emotions that had been bothering her and causing her to feel tangled and suffocated suddenly became clear.

It turns out that she doesn't have to be so patient and adopt a complete stranger as her son just for the title of "good wife and mother".

We also need to give Chen'er the things that belong to him!
Chen'er has always been consistent with her, but she can't?

The beautiful woman pursed her lips, raised her other hand, cupped Gu Fangchen's cheek, and pressed her forehead against it, complaining in a very gentle voice:

"Chen'er, my Chen'er, how can you be so selfish?"

She took Gu Fangchen into her arms and said softly:
"But... Mom is just as selfish."

"If I have to watch Chen'er call someone else mother, my heart will burn like fire, and I will never want to do it."

Her watery eyes were filled with tenderness that seemed to be dripping with it, but the words she spoke were as cold as ice:

"Gu Yuandao may be Gu Yuye's son, but he will never be my son."

……

Imperial City, the royal palace.

"Master Juehui, thank you for taking my son on this extra trip!"

Gu Yuye sighed.

Juehui put his hands together:

"Your Highness loves his son dearly, and it's only natural that he's worried about someone taking over his body. I also can't bear to see him being used by evildoers, so I'll do my best to confirm the truth for Your Highness."

He had thick eyebrows and his serious face looked like the angry eyes of a King Kong, which was frightening.

At this moment, he changed the subject and said coldly:
"If it is confirmed that the prince is not me, I will immediately take back the flower-picking seal and kill the thief with my palm."

Gu Yuye also clasped his hands together and sighed:
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master."

He turned his head and looked at Gu Yuandao, handed the imperial edict in his hand to the latter, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty's word is as good as gold. I await your triumphant return and will host a celebration banquet!"

Gu Yuandao took over:

"I will never let my father down!"

Gu Yuye paused and continued:
"Your mother is soft-hearted. If you mention your suffering more often, she will understand."

Gu Yuandao lowered his head, his face full of resentment and unwillingness.

This time, Master Juehui accompanied him, and several senior brothers and sisters who worked in academies in the four southwestern regions also came to help.

Gu Fangchen...

I've lost his face time and time again, and this time I'm going to get it back with interest!

Let mother see how despicable this person is!
……

Gu Fangchen stood at the door and watched Ning Caiyong go back.

When I looked up, the occupation above my head had changed again.

Thief (15 days)

[Skill 1: Passing Through a Field of Flowers (Active)]

[Explanation: You enjoy the danger of dancing on the edge of a knife and never tire of it. When you have physical contact with someone for more than 5 minutes, you can randomly steal one item from that person (no upper limit).]

[Skill 2: No Leaves Get in Your Way (Passive)]

[Explanation: You are always at ease and effortless. When the 'screening' action is triggered, if you are the most suspicious, you will automatically be demoted one level; if not, your chances of being suspected will be greatly reduced.]

Gu Fangchen touched his chin with a subtle expression.

It's this profession...

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ps1: I have opened a book club, which is listed in the introduction. If you want to read old books, you can join and read the announcement.
ps2: I have been forced to postpone the update until now. I don’t know if it’s because of the recent drastic change in the weather, but my cat at home also had diarrhea... The long-haired cat was crawling all over the floor with diarrhea. It was a picture of hell_(:з」∠)
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