Father Gone, Son Kept: The Blind Imperial Uncle’s Madness

Shen Zhixi only wanted to have a child with Song Lianzhou; she had no intention of being responsible for him. To her, no man was good, and they could never be relied upon. A man’s only use was to help a woman conceive a child. Her first lesson in loathing men was taught by her own biological father. She had never even met him. Years ago, he had gotten her mother pregnant out of wedlock and refused to take responsibility, walking away and leaving the mother and daughter to endure a lifetime of scorn. Later, she was betrayed and set up by her childhood sweetheart, which completely extinguished her faith in men. But she needed a bloodline of her own, so she rescued a man who was gravely injured yet strikingly beautiful. To her delight, the man was blind. A blind man was perfect; he wouldn’t know what she looked like, so she wouldn’t have to worry about him coming back to entangle himself with her in the future. Thus, Shen Zhixi hid him in her private residence, teasing him by day and lingering with him by night. As soon as she became pregnant, she immediately withdrew and abandoned him. She made a clean break, but the abandoned blind man went mad. Three years later, Shen Zhixi and her daughter were abducted and brought to Moon Capital City, where she unexpectedly crossed paths with that same blind man once again. However, by then, not only had his sight been restored, but he had also become the Imperial Uncle—the younger brother of the current Empress. Looking at his face, which was an eighty-percent match to her daughter’s, Shen Zhixi was consumed by overwhelming anxiety.