Chapter 160 - Prince Seiji
24 years ago, Country J…
The powerful royal family of Country J was currently facing a crisis. It was because of the sudden death of King Youjirou"s son, the crown prince. He died in a gruesome plane crash, causing the king to fall ill for the loss of his beloved son. The king"s illness caused turmoil and unrest within the government and its people as those with evil intent saw this as an opportune moment to seize power. Being powerless, the king left his daughter, Princess Fei to single-handedly fight alone with the people trying to take down the country"s monarchy system.
To calm the people"s unrest, the king"s supporters urged the princess to quickly gain a powerful political backing by getting engaged. Princess Fei was twenty years-old but for the sake of her family, she bravely agreed.
Thus, the officials started inquiring for the right marriage candidate.
The Zhao family of the powerful neighboring country, Country C, was currently the most influential family in business world and one among the richest family not only in Country C, but in entire East Asia.
Zhao Meng, the number one candidate to become the next leader of the Zhao family was chosen to marry the princess. Thus, like a business transaction, the arranged marriage happened immediately without fuss. Zhao Meng and Princess Fei never had any love or romantic feelings towards each other. The princess married him for the sake of the protecting the royal family, and Zhao Meng married her because he thought that she was the most perfect candidate to gain a profit for himself. Marrying her will surely increase his power and influence due to the friends.h.i.+p between his grandfather and the princess"s father.
After their marriage, Zhao Meng found out that Princess Fei had a serious problem conceiving a child, thus, because of being desperate to please old grandfather Zhao, Zhao Meng forced his wife to do In vitro fertilization (IVF) so they can have a higher chance of having a child as soon as possible.
Zhao Meng then sent his wife to Country H, keeping her away from the eyes of dignitaries and the public, saying that she was currently pregnant.
Months later, the King finally recovered after he discovered his daughter was pregnant with a new prince on the way. In a cold, unground secret lab, a healthy baby prince was born under the loving watch of his mother. Princess Fei was so happy when she was finally able to hold her cute little bundle of joy.
A public announcement was made that the princess had given birth to a healthy young prince and it was a joyous day of celebration in the kingdom. However, for personal reasons, Zhao Meng told Fei to never expose their son"s name or ident.i.ty to the public yet. Telling her that it was for security purposes.
5 years had pa.s.sed and the position of the royal family remained stable. The people were dying to see the young prince who was never revealed yet. The media was also in a frenzy to catch this elusive scoop for any information or images of the little prince.
The little five-year-old Prince Seiji was so adorable, and Fei showered him with love even though she still couldn"t brag of her adorable son to the public yet. The little prince also appeared to be an exceptional genius. A genius among geniuses as those who were close to the family and were privileged enough to see the little prince would say. Yet, his father Zhao Meng who only visited him once a year in the palace never knew anything about his own son"s exceptional ability. Zhao Meng was only focused on his own means to acquire the head position of his business empire and this family of his meant little to nothing to him.
Time pa.s.sed on like this, until Zhao Meng was sent by his father to Europe to lead the new branch of Zhao corporation, causing him to become extremely agitated from this setback. His younger brother and rival, Zhao Yan just married the heir of Yang family, the third richest family in East Asia, and he was so bitter about it. Thus, due to his extreme jealousy and greed, Zhao Meng started thinking that marrying a royalty wasn"t as profitable for him at all.
Gradually, he started to get reconnected with a woman who seduced him just a year after he married Princess Fei. That woman, Li Sunyang, was actually the daughter of the Li Family who was fallen head-over-heels in love with him. Her family was one of Asia"s richest family, who could compete with the Yang"s wealth, whom his little brother Yan was married to.
Due to his desperation and his obsession for power, Zhao Meng started having an affair with Li Sunyang. Li Sunyang was so infatuated with him that she promised to help him get his desired position if he divorced Princess Fei and marry her instead. However, Zhao Meng hesitated as he told Li Sunyang that he already had a child with the princess. If he were to divorce the princess for her, his public image would take a hit and he would lose his connections with the king. Thus, Zhao Meng wasn"t ready to commit to the divorce, causing an intense hatred and jealousy to form like storm inside her.
Almost a year later, an extremely dangerous tension in the neighboring Country H started brewing. The Li family"s intelligence group in that country relayed messages to the main branch regarding the possibility of a civil war outbreak.
Around that time, Princess Fei was planning to set a trip to Country H. It was supposed to be their family trip with the prince, but Zhao Meng rejected it days ago with an excuse that he was busy with work. Secretly, he did it because of a prior engagement to take Li Sunyang on a lavis.h.i.+ng tryst. Country H was the place of Sei"s birth, and she wanted to celebrate Sei"s birthday there, but due to Zhao Meng"s lack of caring to be there for their son, Princess Fei could only feel greatly disappointed.
However, weeks before little Sei"s birthday, Li Sunyang heard about the growing tension in Country H. Thus, she started scheming a ruthless plan to get rid of her love obstacle. She convinced Zhao Meng to be a "good father" and join his family on their trip, but with a condition that Zhao Meng will only fly to Country H a day prior to his son"s birthday.
Thus, without suspecting his mistress" evil plan, Zhao Meng then called Fei to proceed with their three week long vacation in Country H. Telling her that he would be there soon after.