Chapter 2681: Chapter 1666: A Glorious Future

"Mother!"

Fujiwara Takuya’s pupils were narrow and pitch-black, like a ravenous wolf ready to devour.

The past was not worth mentioning. A prodigal son returning home is more precious than gold. Since becoming the Clan Leader, he had adhered to filial piety and respect, never raising his voice, let alone speaking harshly to his mother.

But tonight.

He lost his composure again.

Fortunately, Lady Fujiwara did not mind. Her eyes were vacant, and she seemed absent-minded, possibly not even hearing her son’s shouting, her thoughts unknown.

The Fujiwara Family was a vast clan.

The most core part of this group was undoubtedly the mother and her two siblings.

As an indispensable part of this small family, after confirming her pregnancy, Fujiwara Reiki returned to her room, as a pregnant woman needed rest.

The truth was revealed.

No wonder her reaction to her "husband’s" death was so indifferent.

Perhaps she wasn’t restrained by her mother.

But because—

Anyone with common sense knows that a pregnant woman cannot be agitated. It would affect the fetus!

Perhaps she wasn’t a good wife, but she was definitely a good mother!

"Mother!"

Fujiwara Takuya called out sharply, his voice blood-curdling, "She’s gone mad! Completely mad! She’s an undeniable lunatic!"

"Shut up!"

For some reason, Lady Fujiwara seemed to have changed her temperament; her face, usually indifferent to joy or sorrow, now appeared somewhat gloomy.

Fujiwara Takuya certainly wouldn’t shut up. He raised his hand, pointing at the door. "Do you see it? Do you see what she’s done? Mother, is this your choice? She will drag our entire family into the abyss!"

The servants had all left.

Only mother and son remained in the room, naturally allowing open and frank communication.

Patricide is a crime that can either claim one’s life or leave one alive.

The key is.

Whose side would Mother choose to stand on.

Fujiwara Takuya knew that he had frightened his mother before, so he tried his best to mend his mistakes afterward.

"The abyss? Isn’t that a good thing?"

"A good thing?!"

Fujiwara Takuya laughed bitterly in anger, "Mother, can you deceive others? Can you deceive yourself? She has never cared about Wataru Tetsuya. This marriage was a plot, a conspiracy carefully orchestrated by her from the start!"

Lady Fujiwara’s face turned icy and somber.

"What conspiracy?"

Fujiwara Takuya took a deep breath, slowly lowering his hand, adjusting his breathing, and staring directly at Lady Fujiwara, his gaze sharp and deep.

"She’s your good daughter. Can you not know what she’s planning?"

"Fujiwara Takuya, mind your tone."

"Mother!"

Fujiwara Takuya did not back down, instead taking a step forward, "Do you not know? Or do you not want to know? Wataru Tetsuya is dead, and the wedding is next month. We have no time left to escape!"

"If she wants to marry, then let her marry."

Lady Fujiwara suddenly seemed to have an epiphany.

Yes.

Being pregnant with a posthumous child, is there any other choice?

But Fujiwara Takuya seemed incredulous, "Mother, are you so stubbornly deluded?"

"Then what do you suggest? What should we do with the child? Ask her to abort it? Never mind what the Imperial Family would think, don’t you understand what a child means to a woman?"

"Stop covering for her!"

Fujiwara Takuya shouted, not in anger, but out of extreme disappointment. His expression turned bleak, his voice hoarse and low as he spoke each word.

"Is that child really Wataru Tetsuya’s?"

Lady Fujiwara’s face suddenly changed color, her sharp gaze filled with a warning.

"Fujiwara Takuya, do you know what you’re saying? That child can only be Wataru Tetsuya’s."

Only.

The word was laden with significance.

But Fujiwara Takuya seemed unable to grasp it, twitching the corner of his mouth.

"Of course, I know what I’m saying. I can take full responsibility for my words and actions. But can she? Can she take responsibility for her actions?"

"A prince who is as good as useless and hideously ugly, how could he ever catch her eye? Mother, you just said a woman can change because of a child. Then please also enlighten me, as a woman, would she be willing to bear children for someone like Wataru Tetsuya?"

"Love is without reason."

Lady Fujiwara unexpectedly repeated the response her daughter had given her earlier, seemingly finding no other excuse to counter him.

"Hahaha..."

Fujiwara Takuya tilted his head back and laughed, a laugh full of evil and madness.

"Mother."

"Are you really talking to me about love?"

"Does such a thing even exist in this world?"

This isn’t called being opinionated.

People can never conceive of things they have never seen.

"If this matter gets exposed, Mother, do you know what the consequences will be? Our Fujiwara Family will be scorned, hated, and condemned by the whole nation. We will carry the most shameful infamy, forever nailed to history’s pillar of shame."

"Mother, it’s not just me. You too. She has never considered anyone else; we are all tools for her. Her madness is one thing, but unknowingly, she has tied us all to explosives. Once exploded, we will all have to be buried with her."

"Mother, do you think this is fair?"

"Our present is the result of generations of hard work, a battle fought over centuries, accumulated mound by mound. Father’s death—I think Father would understand your difficulties. But risking a hundred years of foundation for a madwoman, in the future, when you meet Father in the afterlife, can you face him, can you face our ancestors?"

Lady Fujiwara fell silent, the room filled with the sound of two erratic breaths.

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