THE DEMON KING'S EMPRESS
Hidden Secrets (9)

The next day, crown prince Feng woke up early to meet his father. He personally met her in her father's study, only to air about her brother.

"Greetings to Ayahanda."

"Hmm." said the king as he wrote in the book without turning his head in the direction of crown prince Feng.

"Yahanda, sorry to interrupt."

"What's wrong? Just say it."

"Yahanda, I'm sorry if my question is a little presumptuous."

"Say."

"It's about brother."

Hearing crown prince Feng bring up his brother, the king immediately stopped his writing. Then, he gazed towards the crown prince, his own biological son.

"Why are you asking me that now?"

"I met him when I was alone with my wife by the lake."

"Then?"

"I don't know what he's talking to my wife."

"You didn't ask your wife?!"

"No. He even started to suspect me that I was hiding something from him."

"Then? What are you doing now?!"

"I don't know, dadhanda."

"Stay like the original plan. Don't make him suspect you any more. Be calm when you're just with her. For your sister..."

"Eh?"

"I threw him out of this palace!"

"What?! Why father? Didn't he say goodbye to closed-door cultivation?"

"Yes. He did indeed do closed cultivation. However, before he went to do his closed cultivation, I first met him."

"And you threw him out?!"

"Yes. I think this conversation is over. I hope you never bring up anything about your brother."

"But, what would other people and people say if there is no fatherhand?!"

"People only know that your brother is doing closed cultivation. Oh, yeah what about Lili's condition?!"

"As per ayahanda's wishes. His strength began to weaken as he tried to use it inside the palace and outside the palace." explained crown prince Feng.

"Humphs. Without him noticing, when he was inside the palace, his power had automatically been sealed. However, when he was outside the palace, his power could still be used. Just not as strong as before."

"What?!! Why is it like that, daddyhanda?! Didn't you say it would only weaken his strength. Why did it get its power sealed automatically inside the palace?! What exactly happened to your father?!"

"just simple. The forbidden move you used to absorb the power, will automatically seal its power while in the palace. Do you know why that happened?!" the king said as he moved from his seat. He walked over to Feng.

"Why ayahhanda?!"

"That's because when you use a forbidden style that is hereditary, passed down by the previous king to his future successor, has a weakness."

"A weakness? What's that?!"

"When you use that forbidden technique, there's something you have to sacrifice to activate the seal. And that something is the most precious thing in you and your life."

"Something most precious in me and my life?!"

"Yes. And that's your feeling."

"What?!"

"What?! It can't be!"

"Feng. oh Feng my son. Don't tell me you have feelings for her, just like your stepbrother did. Opposing my orders is only for the sake of a woman he loves so much!"

"I don't dare fatherhand."

"Do you know what a man's weakness is?!"

"What?!"

"Fear and Loss. Fear of being abandoned by the one you love, not being able to make her happy and losing the one you love so much in your life. That's a man's weakness."

"What?!"

"So that's why your brother is so weak. It's because he doesn't want to hurt the people he loves. I wish you hadn't done it. Because it will only destroy our kingdom."

"Dear, may I ask you?!"

"Say. As long as it doesn't concern your stepbrother!"

"Did you kill the real father of prince Sirzechs, my half-brother?!"

Like being struck by lightning, he gets a hard hit on a question posed by his own biological son.

"Why did you suddenly ask that?!"

"When we were both kids, I felt like you were acting unfairly towards both of us. I always thought, maybe because it was the age of my sister who was far away from me. So he has to give up on me. But the older I get, the more sure. How you treat me the way you treat him, it's all so unfair. You are very favoritism towards me. You love me so much, but you hate him so much. I don't know why you're acting like your father?! I don't know how much you hate him. To me, it's very sad. You hate a little boy who knows nothing, even to the point that he grows up. Why dadahhanda?! Why don't you love both of us?! Why do you love me?!"

Platkkkk!!!

A loud slap from the father floated in the air and left a mark on his cheek. The pain in his cheek was not comparable to the suffering experienced by his half-brother. Suffering filled with injustice for many years.

"Enough! Stop asking me that! You are still a child, it is not good for children to interfere in adult affairs!'

"I used to be a kid, but now I'm not a kid anymore!"

"Humphs. Feng, since when did you become sentimental like this?!"

"What?!"

"Since you've inherited that forbidden style, I've seen you never care about anyone else. But, why do you care about others now?! Looks like you're starting to fall in love with your wife?!"

"I've said from the beginning, I don't dare fatherhanda!"

"Huff, all right. Besides, have you used that forbidden move on him or not?!"

"I've used it."

"Alright if you have done your guess correctly. I'll see the results. I don't want my kingdom to be destroyed and fall into the hands of those who learn black magic!"

"Ayahanda, I heard that a sword can hurt and protect, it depends on the user. Even black magic is like that. Why do you insist on weakening the power possessed by Lili?! Is it because of that ridiculous prophecy!"

"Enough!!! Get out of front of me now! You remember this Feng, this is a warning from me! Don't ever try to betray me like your stepbrother did! Otherwise, I won't just make you lose your feelings. But I'll also make you feel what it's like to live alone in this world!"

"Yahanda, thank you for your warning" Feng said in a very heavy tone.

"Go! In the meantime, don't see me again!"

"Good ayahhanda. I'll take a step back."

"Hm."

With heavy footsteps, he left the place. He did not expect just because of an uncertain prophecy, his father behaved like that. He completely disposes of his feelings. The feeling of affection, the love he once had, has now disappeared. Whether out of grudges in the past or because of the prophecy, his father threw away all his feelings. As long as he walked, Feng thought about himself. Will he be like his father? Throw away all his feelings? Given that he had used a forbidden skill and activated his seal to Lili, at the expense of something very precious in his life that was his feeling. The more thought he became dizzy the seven circumference. He decided to take Lili to tea together. Covetous granddaughter also arrived, someone she expected turned out to appear before her was sitting in the red pavilion while looking at the fish pond that was below her. She looks very beautiful when viewed from the next direction, with a sitting pose facing the fish pond below. Unknowingly, Feng felt extremely fascinated towards him. Seeing that Lili was there, Feng immediately came to him. Suddenly, he stopped his footsteps.

"Wait, what am I supposed to do when I'm dealing with him?!" murmured Feng while staring towards Lili who was still looking at the fish pond.