After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

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The eldest princess was speechless for a moment.

Even more embarrassing was that she felt as if she were looking in a mirror.

Because compared with the Gu family, she herself does not seem to be a qualified mother.

She has been obsessed with power in recent years and has been indulged by her royal brother. She is deeply involved in politics, and her daily concern for her children is all superficial.

"I...I'm sorry to you..." The eldest princess thought of this and said softly to her son.

Shen Changfeng didn't expect to suddenly receive an apology from his mother.

Although the eldest princess was not a qualified mother, compared with Shen Fushan, an unqualified father, Shen Changfeng had never resented his mother.

After all, although the mother did not spend much time with the child, she never scolded him and was very generous with money.

"I know mother is very busy, and you are doing this for this family. I have never blamed you." Shen Changfeng said.

The eldest princess was very relieved. Looking at her son, she felt that there were no other children in the world more well-behaved and sensible than him and Shen Ling.

"Your father should also care about you... but... he is not good at expressing it... I think of my father. He rarely smiled at me before, but he always took me to heart. Before he died, in addition to entrusting the throne to me, he also asked my brother to remember to take good care of me..."

Shen Changfeng shook his head: "I know what you think, mother. You always think that there is no way there is a father in this world who doesn't love his children?"

The eldest princess nodded slightly.

Shen Changfeng continued, "Mother, please ask people to go and inquire among the common people. In ordinary families, there are many sons, and some are very partial to one son. They want all their sons to help support the one they love the most."

"Master told me a true story a few days ago. There was a family whose parents favored their youngest son. They actually sold the eldest son's children to a wealthy family as slaves and sent the girls to a shabby place as prostitutes, just to have money to pay off the gambling debts of the youngest son."

"Even the eldest son and his wife were tricked by their parents into working in the mines all day long."

"The eldest son is also his biological child, but can you say that he is a child that his parents care about?"

After hearing such a tragic story, the eldest princess sighed and asked, "What happened to the eldest son's family in the end?"

"What else can I do? I just heard about this and wanted to pay to rescue them, but Master said that this happened several years ago and that the eldest son and his wife had died in the mine a long time ago."

The eldest princess was immediately filled with sighs.

Shen Changfeng continued, "If father really cared about us, he should have spent time with us and tried to find ways for my sister and I to learn more skills, instead of scolding us as soon as we met, showing his authority as a father and venting his frustration."

The eldest princess felt mixed emotions. She wanted to refute, but she couldn't find any excuse for her husband.

The late emperor loved the eldest princess very much, and the eldest princess also hoped that her son could enjoy normal parental love. Even though she seldom summoned her prince consort now, she always wanted to maintain her father's face in front of her children, so she never stopped him from scolding the children.

"Forget it, since you can't get along with your father, just stay away from him in the future." said the eldest princess.

Shen Changfeng shook his head: "Mother, it's not that I don't want to avoid father, but father is eager to scold me."

The princess recalled carefully, it seemed that her husband never mentioned their son alone when they were alone, but instead mentioned the orphan they adopted more often.

"I understand. I will let your father talk properly."

The eldest princess' idea was very simple. At first, she wanted the father and son to get along well. Now that she can't even avoid it, she simply goes back to the original idea and continues to play the drama of father and son getting along well.

Ultimately, she cares more about her children than her husband.

Shen Changfeng was not as confident as his mother and said, "Father hates me, how can he talk to me nicely?"

"Just wait and see." The princess was full of confidence. That night, she sent someone to deliver a message to the prince consort, saying that she was going to send someone to send the orphan back to his hometown.

The prince consort was still drunk, but he ran to apologize to the princess in a hurry.

"Kneel down first." The princess ordered casually.

The prince consort was forced to kneel down.

"You were wrong? You still know you were wrong?" The eldest princess sat on the high seat and looked at her husband coldly.

The prince consort lowered his head to hide the fierceness in his eyes.

God knows how much he hated himself for bowing to power, and how much he hated the eldest princess's condescending attitude.

"Prince Consort, when I was choosing a son-in-law, I also asked you if you were willing. Do you remember what you said at that time?"

The eldest princess has now evolved into a half-political animal, but she still maintains the fine tradition of bringing up old issues.

When the prince consort raised his head, his face was already full of flattery. He smiled and said, "Princess, how could I forget the oath I made that day? I admire you and will serve you wholeheartedly..."

Perhaps it was because of his excessive drinking over the years and his affluent life that made him gain weight in middle age, and the current prince consort is no longer the elegant young man he was when he passed the imperial examination.

The princess looked at his seemingly sincere expression again, but she felt it was a fake smile no matter how she looked at it, and her fat face hurt her eyes.

"Serving your wife and taking care of your children, which one have you done well?" the eldest princess asked.

The prince consort immediately stiffened his fists. How could he, a grown man, do such things?

The princess didn't have the patience to keep tangling with a piece of fat, so she said, "Since you can't be a good father, then remember to play the role of a good father. If you dare to scold the two children again next time, I will immediately have the orphans living in the guest house sent away. Remember?"

Shen Fushan forced a smile and said, "Princess, how can we send the person we brought to the capital back? After we send him back, who knows how the people back home will laugh at him?"

The eldest princess took her son's words to heart and looked at her husband, finding it more and more strange.

"You don't care about your own son, but you consider the orphans in your clan in everything?"

Hearing the princess' question, Shen Fushan was immediately frightened and explained, "I... I'm just afraid that people back home will laugh at me..."

The princess sneered and said, "If my family really wants to make fun of me, they will only make fun of that child. They think he was sent back home because he did something wrong."

The prince consort agreed meekly, but countless dark thoughts grew in his heart. His wife was always like this. She would give him some face in front of the children, but in private, he never cared about his dignity as a man.

"Princess, let me stay with you tonight." The prince consort said cautiously.

The eldest princess waved her hand and looked at him with disdain: "You can leave now."

The prince consort bowed his back and retreated. Before he left, he heard the nanny beside his wife telling the servants, "The princess is in a bad mood. Go and invite Prince Wang from Haitang Courtyard over."

The eldest princess in the room seemed to suddenly remember something and said to her maid, "Send an invitation to the Gu family for the flower viewing banquet at the beginning of next month."

The maid hesitated and said, "Your Highness, didn't you say you were afraid that the Gu family would be uncomfortable, so you wouldn't send them invitations?"

The eldest princess said, "I was mistaken. As long as I praise them, others will naturally follow suit. Who dares to make them uncomfortable?"

She thought for a moment and said, "I heard that the Gu family and the Sun family are on good terms, so I'll send a copy to the Sun family as well."

The next morning, Shen Changfeng came to Gu's house and brought the invitation to the flower-viewing banquet.

"Can I go to enjoy the flowers too? My name is written on it! The fourth lady of the Gu family!" Niu Niu said happily while holding the gold-embossed post.