Chapter 473: Chapter 281: Lu Chen’s Mother and Grandmother_3

Chu Yuqin immediately got up to help him get dressed.

An hour later, Lu Chen appeared at the Chu Family residence.

When he arrived at the Chu Family, he found the door covered in white paper with black characters, as if a funeral was being prepared.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen immediately asked the Chu Family’s servant, “What’s going on here? Who has died?”

The servant replied, “Your Highness, the Family Head is holding a funeral for the young master.”

After Liang Zong returned, he informed Lu Chen of Chu Hongfei’s death, but Lu Chen had not immediately told Chu Xiong about it.

However, a few days ago, Lu Chen found out that Chu Xiong had been sending people to the South to look for Chu Hongfei.

Lu Chen thought for a moment, although the rebels in the South had already been wiped out, and Aristocratic Families there had been ransacked and exterminated, many of their members had still managed to escape. Perhaps in Chu Xiong’s eyes, Chu Hongfei had also taken the opportunity to flee.

But instead of letting Chu Xiong wait for a person who would never return, it would be better to tell him directly, so Lu Chen had Liang Zong inform Chu Xiong of how Prince Lu Shuyun had kicked Chu Hongfei into the sea.

No matter how rebellious Chu Hongfei had been, he was still Chu Xiong’s son. Chu Xiong had already lost his daughter, and now his son as well, leaving him looking rather lonely.

Soon, the Chu Family’s servant led Lu Chen to the Chu Family’s drawing-room, where at the moment Chu Xiong appeared particularly haggard. Lu Chen said, “Grandfather, please accept my condolences. I also blame myself for not having Liang Zong save my uncle at the time.”

Chu Xiong sighed and said, “Ah, it’s not Your Highness’s fault. It is all Hongfei’s own doing. I had long told him not to stay in the South, but he wouldn’t listen and insisted on following those madmen.”

“Enough, it’s useless to talk about it now.”

At this point, Chu Xiong looked at Lu Chen and asked, “May I know the reason for Your Highness’s visit today?”

Lu Chen replied, “I want to know some things about my mother.”

Hearing this, Chu Xiong appeared a bit stunned.

Seeing Chu Xiong’s momentary lapse, Lu Chen thought that perhaps, considering his grandfather was grieving over the loss of his son, it might not be appropriate to ask about his mother and stir up more pain?

With this thought, Lu Chen stood up and said, “Grandfather, if it’s not convenient today, I can come back another time.”

Chu Xiong came back to his senses and quickly replied, “It’s fine, go ahead and ask whatever you want to know.”

Encouraged by Chu Xiong’s words, Lu Chen sat back down and asked directly, “I want to know if my mother is really your birth daughter?”

Hearing this, Chu Xiong was stunned again, not expecting Lu Chen to ask such a question.

Chu Xiong asked with curiosity, “Why would Your Highness ask such a question?”

Lu Chen said, “I feel that my mother might not be an ordinary person, so I want to know if she was really born into the Chu family.”

Chu Xiong fell silent and did not immediately answer; after a while, he finally said, “Your mother is indeed my child, but when her mother conceived her, it wasn’t through ordinary means.”

Hearing this, Lu Chen immediately remembered what Chu Yuqin had said the night before—that his birth had a lot to do with that green pearl.

Could it be that his mother was also conceived in the same way?

Then, Chu Xiong continued, “Years ago, when I went hunting in the mountains, I encountered an injured girl. I fell for her at first sight, so I brought her back to the Chu Family and healed her wounds.”

“Eventually, that girl married me and became my first wife, your grandmother. On our wedding night, your grandmother told me she was not an ordinary person and did not possess the normal reproductive capabilities of a woman, requiring a special method to become pregnant. She asked me if I was willing to have a child that way.”

“I didn’t think too much and agreed to your grandmother. Then she took out a yellow pearl, nourished it with my essence, and finally implanted it into her body, and then she conceived your mother.”

“However, not long after your grandmother gave birth to your mother, she passed away.”

At this point, Chu Xiong’s mood became incredibly low and filled with sorrow.

Hearing Chu Xiong say this, Lu Chen thought to himself that, indeed, his birth method was the same as his mother’s. His mother was indeed not an ordinary person, and neither was his grandmother.

Lu Chen then asked, “What illness led to my grandmother’s death?”

Chu Xiong tried to compose himself and, after a long pause, replied, “I do not know what illness she had. One morning she suddenly told me that she was leaving. Afterward, she lay in bed and never got up again. I called for almost every doctor in Sufeng City to the Chu home, but not one could diagnose her illness. A few days later, she died.”

As his words fell, the drawing-room fell silent. Lu Chen was lost in thought, and Chu Xiong in silence; neither spoke for a long while.

Lu Chen wondered if his mother had indeed anticipated that she would die before he grew up?

Although her death seemed to be connected to the Sum Emperor, it might also be because her life had reached its natural end.

Could it be that the mission of both his grandmother and his mother was to breed a descendant through that special pearl, and once the descendant was born, their mission was accomplished, and their deaths were not far behind?

But how did his mother know her mission? Since his grandmother died shortly after his mother’s birth, presumably, no one told his mother what she was supposed to do?

Suddenly, Lu Chen felt that his existence in this world was probably not just a simple matter of soul transmigration; if it were only that, there wouldn’t be such a thing as a system.

It was as if everything in this world had been prearranged.

After some contemplation, Lu Chen felt that pondering further was useless at the moment. Better to have more children, obtain more rewards, and continue to increase his strength.

No matter what conspiracy lay behind the system, once he grew to a certain point, the mastermind behind it would inevitably come forward. Worrying so much now was pointless.

After all, he had enjoyed his life; even if he were to die, he would have no regrets.