Douluo: Crossing the Yuhao Star Palace Master

Chapter 135 Despair
Sleeping in the inner palace of Duke White Tiger.

After Fan Zhixie led a group of people back to the mansion, Duchess Zhu Yumeng was taken back to her inner chambers by her personal maid to recuperate. Now, a day has passed, and she has finally woken up.

The inner chamber, decorated in a simple, antique style, wasn't particularly large. It contained a double bed, a dressing table, and that was about it. The Duchess's personal maid slept in a side room outside the inner chamber, at her beck and call.

In fact, Zhu Yumeng, like most women, liked to decorate her room with all sorts of luxurious and exquisite items. However, Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger, who came from a military background, detested extravagance and complexity the most. When she first married into the family, Zhu Yumeng changed her personality in order to please him, and the style of the inner chamber was arranged according to Dai Hao's preferences.

Zhu Yumeng slowly sat up in bed, her eyes somewhat blank, as she recalled what had happened.

Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin were locked in a fierce argument, and she slapped each of them again. Shortly afterward, she fainted.
Zhu Yumeng frowned, and her eyes reddened. The thought of her two own flesh and blood becoming enemies with each other was like a knife to her heart.
She went to great lengths to eliminate all threats to the two brothers, all for the sake of a better future for them. Dai Yueheng had already been designated by her as the future heir to the dukedom, while Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had established the formidable reputation of the Netherworld White Tiger, safeguarding the future rise of the White Tiger family and the Netherworld family.

She loved and cared for each of her sons equally, and she arranged what she believed to be the right path for each of them!
But fate played a cruel joke on her right there.
Dai Huabin actually began to covet the right to inherit the title of Duke of Baihu.
Dai Yueheng discovered this and chose to frame his own younger brother.
It was as if brothers and blood relatives had been transported back to the bloody, life-or-death succession battles of ten thousand years ago.
"What should I do? What should I do?!" The Duchess broke down in tears, feeling utterly helpless for the first time. She had no reason to persuade either of her brothers to back down.
After twenty years of struggle within the Duke's mansion, she defeated all her rivals one by one. She used her strength to nurture her son's growth, and she thought she had won the final victory. Little did she know that her nightmare was only just beginning.
Just as Zhu Yumeng was weeping in despair and helplessness, her personal maid gently knocked on the door of the inner chamber and said softly, "Madam, the Second Young Master requests an audience."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yumeng was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly began to tidy herself up, afraid that her son would see her in such a vulnerable and disheveled state.

"Tell Hua Bin to wait for me for a while. I will come out to see him after I have done my hair and makeup."

"Yes, ma'am."

Dai Huabin still remembered what Huo Yuhao had told him before, "You can reveal my true identity if necessary."

He came to see his mother now in order to put some pressure on Dai Yueheng and win some favor with his mother.

Dai Huabin sat calmly on the wooden stool in the outer room, picked up the hot tea that the maid had just brewed for him, and took a small sip.

After waiting for a while, just as he was about to finish his hot tea, Zhu Yumeng finally finished dressing and came out of the inner chamber.

Upon seeing his mother arrive, Dai Huabin quickly stood up, bowed respectfully, and said, "Son greets Mother."

Zhu Yumeng was stunned for a moment. This was the first conversation between mother and son since returning from Shrek Academy. Countless thoughts rushed into her mind, and the emotions she had managed to suppress earlier seemed on the verge of bursting forth.
She calmed herself down and said calmly, "If you have something to say, let's talk in your study. I really want to know what you're thinking."

After saying that, Zhu Yumeng ignored Dai Huabin and walked straight to his study.

Seeing this, Dai Huabin quickly followed.

Duchess Zhu Yumeng pushed open the sandalwood door and stepped inside. She sat down in Dai Huabin's chair, waved to the maids and servants, and said, "You all go out. My son and I need to talk alone. No one is allowed to come near." "Yes, Madam!" The maids and servants bowed respectfully and then left. Only Zhu Yumeng and Dai Huabin remained in the study.

Zhu Yumeng glanced at him and said calmly, "Tell me, Hua Bin, what are you really thinking?"

Dai Huabin bowed respectfully and stood in front of Zhu Yumeng, saying, "Mother, the person I intend to assassinate is named Huo Yuhao."

Zhu Yumeng was taken aback by his words, and a strange feeling welled up inside her. She took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and said slowly, "What did this person do to offend you? Why would they make you take such a risk to do something like this?"

"He is that man's son."

Zhu Yumeng's heart skipped a beat, and her eyes widened in disbelief.
She had a vague idea of ​​who Dai Huabin was talking about, especially considering the identical surname.
"Are you sure? How did you find out? Tell me everything clearly!" Zhu Yumeng looked at Dai Huabin with a gloomy expression. At this moment, she desperately wanted to hear a negative answer from her son.

“I’m sure, because I saw the White Tiger Dagger with him.”

Upon hearing the words "White Tiger Dagger," Zhu Yumeng froze, as if she had lost her soul, repeatedly muttering "Impossible."
The White Tiger Dagger was a token given by Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger to his personal maid Huo Yun'er. Apart from Duke Dai Hao's two legitimate sons, Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin, only his other illegitimate son could possess it, so it was impossible for it to be faked.

Now that Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin have both caused a great disaster, and Huo Yuhao has even managed to get on the good side of the two deans of the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy, once Dai Hao finds out, will he have the idea of ​​making the illegitimate son his official son?
Zhu Yumeng didn't know
What she found most unacceptable was that the child born to that slut was clearly a useless person with innate soul power of only level one! How could he possibly cultivate to the point of being able to defeat a Soul Emperor? What made him worthy of being adopted as a godson by the two deans of the Soul Guidance Department?
She can't accept this reality!

Zhu Yumeng opened her mouth, but for a long time she didn't know what to say. One thing after another came to mind, one after another, and she felt like she was about to collapse.

His two sons were expelled from Shrek Academy for assassinating that little beast.
The two sons schemed against each other, plotting to assassinate that little beast.
Now she knows about that little beast, but there's nothing she can do.
When Dai Hao comes to question her again in a few days, how will she explain herself? She doesn't know.
Zhu Yumeng spoke with almost the last of her strength.

"Hua Bin, does your older brother know about what you told me today?"

"he does not know."

"I see. Fine, just remember this: never tell anyone else about it. Let it die in our hearts! Never mention it again!"

"Yes, mother."

"You may leave now. I'm going back to rest too. I'm no longer able to interfere in your affairs with your elder brother. You two are on your own."

(End of this chapter)