Chapter 929: Personally Nurture

Zhou Heng was stunned. He even suspected that he had heard wrongly. He looked at Zhou Zhi in shock. Seeing that his expression did not change, Zhou

Heng said in a trembling voice, “Ah Zhi, this won’t do. I won’t agree.”

Zhou Heng felt that this was ridiculous. How could Zhou Zhi think like this? How could he do this?

The child belonged to him and Su Xiaoling. He would not agree, and neither would Su Xiaoling.

If Zhou Zhi wanted to nurture the most suitable emperor, he could do so with his own children.

He was already the emperor. He didn’t have to worry anymore.

Zhou Zhi looked at Zhou Heng and said calmly, “Send him to me. In 20 years, he will be the new emperor. If you’re unwilling, the Great Zhou Dynasty will end here. Can you bear to do that?”

Zhou Heng looked at Zhou Zhi in disbelief. “Are you crazy? Zhou Zhuo is my son. He should be raised by me. There are so many people in the Great Zhou Dynasty. You’re the emperor. How can you not care?”

Zhou Heng thought that Zhou Zhi was deliberately threatening him, but when he looked into Zhou Zhi’s eyes, he could not see any lies in them.

Zhou Zhi could do what he said, he would not care about the entire Great Zhou.

Zhou Heng’s heart was in turmoil, and his heart was beating wildly, as if it was about to jump out of his mouth in the next second. His emotions were surging and he could not calm down, but the instigator turned around indifferently and left. Without looking back, only his casual voice could be heard.

“I’ll pick him up personally on the ninth day of the first lunar month after the new year. ”

Zhou Zhi came silently and left silently.

Zhou Heng kept looking at Zhou Zhi’s figure. He felt deeply helpless.

Zhou Heng returned to the courtyard. Su Xiaoling was still in confinement. He hid this matter. No matter what, he would talk about it after her confinement.

At least she had to spend the new year in peace first.

“You’re back. What did the Wisdom King tell you?”

Su Xiaoling looked at Zhou Heng and felt that he was a little sad. Su Xiaoling smiled and asked.

Zhou Heng revealed a gentle smile and said, “He just asked some questions about the academy.”

How could Zhou Heng tell the truth, so he could only lie.

Su Xiaoling frowned slightly and said, “Does he want to take over the academy?”

Zhou Heng had poured too much effort into this academy. Su Xiaoling had always accompanied him. She knew it best. Su Xiaoling could not think of anything else that could make Zhou Heng so disappointed.

Zhou Zhi had become the emperor so quickly. Was his next step the academy?

Zhou Heng quickly shook his head. “No.”

Zhou Zhi didn’t want the academy at all. He didn’t even want the throne. Zhou Heng realized that if he wanted to lie, he had to tell more lies. This undoubtedly made him suffer even more.

In the past few years, it had not been easy for them to get to where they were today. He could no longer hide anything from Su Xiaoling.

Zhou Heng lowered his eyes and could only say truthfully, “Xiaoling, I don’t want to say it now.”

Su Xiaoling was worried about Zhou Heng. She did not expect her worry to make Zhou Heng feel even more burdened. She smiled gently and reached out to hug Zhou Heng. “If you don’t want to say it, I won’t ask. Don’t be unhappy, okay? Look at Xiao Zhuo. He’s looking at you.”

Her youngest son, Zhou Zhuo, was especially lively when he was in her womb. She thought that he would be very noisy, but in fact, after he was born, apart from crying when he was born, he was especially obedient. He only cried when he was hungry or pooped.

Su Xiaoling didn’t know what Zhou Heng was hiding from her. She didn’t ask further and only wanted to divert Zhou Heng’s attention. Su Xiaoling looked at the child gently and said, “Brother Heng, Xiao Zhuo is just like Xiaolu when she was young. When Xiaolu was born, she was also like this. They’re both sensible and obedient. This child will definitely be like Xiaolu. Smart, brave, kind, and tenacious.”

Zhou Heng looked at the child and then at Su Xiaoling, who was emitting a motherly aura. He felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife and he could not breathe properly.

Zhou Zhi was determined to get this child. How could he refuse? He felt pain and was even too ashamed to face Su Xiaoling.

Su Xiaoling could feel the change in Zhou Heng’s emotions. She looked at Zhou

Heng worriedly. “Brother Heng, don’t you like Xiao Zhuo?”

Zhou Heng refused to say, but there was always a way to find out.

The change in Zhou Heng’s emotions was only revealed when he was facing Zhou Zhuo. This matter must be related to Zhou Zhuo. Su Xiaoling naturally knew that he would like Zhou Zhuo. She said this to find out what Zhou Heng was worried about.

She knew best that Zhou Zhuo was very healthy. She was already 36 years old. In fact, she gave birth at a relatively old age, so she had been especially careful since she was pregnant. Everything had gone as she had hoped. She had given birth to this very healthy child, but why was Zhou Heng facing this child like that and why was he so sad?

Su Xiaoling’s question made Zhou Heng even sadder. He shook his head repeatedly and his eyes were already red. He said, “No, I love Xiao Zhuo very much. He’s the crystallization of our love. How can I not love him?”

He was just sad. He didn’t know how to prevent this separation.

Zhou Zhi didn’t care about anything, but he couldn’t do it. He couldn’t even

hide it from Su Xiaoling now.

Zhou Heng’s eyes were red as he choked and said, “Xiaoling, he said that he wants to raise Xiao Zhuo. Twenty years later, Xiao Zhuo will be the most suitable emperor. If I’m unwilling, he will give up the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. I don’t know what he wants to do, but there are so many commoners in the entire Great Zhou..

And their loved ones.

After Zhou Heng explained the matter in detail, Su Xiaoling understood. After a while, she said, “He wants to take Zhuo’er away and raise him to become the emperor? Then why did he spend so much effort to fight for this position?” Su Xiaoling could not understand.

She reached out and wrapped her arms around the child beside her. Her heart was also in turmoil.

Zhou Heng was in pain, but so was she.

What kind of place was the palace? She didn’t want her child to be there.

“He doesn’t even care about Xiaolu? If Xiaolu finds out, she’ll definitely hate him.”

Su Xiaoling muttered. If Su Xiaolu knew about this, she would definitely stand by her side. Zhou Zhi could not compare to their sisterly kinship, but she would not tell Su Xiaolu about this. She was her closest sister. How could she bear to make things difficult for her?

“How can he do this?”

Su Xiaoling clenched her fists and said angrily.

“Xiaoling, don’t be angry. You’re still in the confinement period.”

Zhou Heng was worried about Su Xiaoling’s health, but he really could not think of a countermeasure. Zhou Zhi had blocked all paths. If they did not agree, they could only face the worst situation. At that time, the court would be unstable and the mountains and rivers would be shattered, how could they be stable?

There wasn’t even a second option.

Su Xiaoling sighed. She looked at Zhou Heng and said, “Brother Heng, Zhuo’er has just been born and we’ve already given in to make him carry such a heavy burden. I can’t agree with him just like that. Since he said that he’ll come on the ninth day of the first lunar month, we’ll talk about it then. Brother Heng, without a country, there’s no home. However, I don’t want my child to be restrained like this. All these years, you and I haven’t fallen behind in our cultivation. If he blocks the way, we’ll fight him. If we lose to him even if we join forces, we’ll agree to Zhuo’er being raised by him..”