I, the villainous eldest prince, will suppress everything!

Wei Hongying hurriedly rushed home just as the sun was about to set.

As soon as she entered the house, she sensed that something was wrong.

"Where is Mother?"

Wei Hongying asked her sisters-in-law.

The sisters-in-law didn't answer; instead, they circled around Wei Hongying.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that her belt was exactly the same as when she left.

Wei Hongying knew perfectly well what her sisters-in-law meant, and couldn't help but scold them playfully, "Sisters-in-law, what are you doing?"

"Am I the kind of person you think I am?"

Upon hearing this, they all sighed softly. Finally, the eldest sister-in-law reached out and gently tapped Wei Hongying's forehead with her finger, scolding her, "It wasn't like this before, but who knows now? If anything happens to you today, we'll kick you out of the Wei family without Mother having to lift a finger."

Wei Hongying pouted with her hands behind her back, feeling a bit upset!

After chatting briefly with her sisters-in-law, they asked Wei Hongying to go to the backyard.

Their mother-in-law, Lady Wei, Wei Hongying's mother, was practicing swordsmanship in the backyard.

Nodding, Wei Hongying quickly went to the backyard.

On the sandy ground in the backyard, Madam Wei held two swords, her movements agile, each move revealing the demeanor of a master.

When Madam Wei finished practicing a set of swordplay and was catching her breath, Wei Hongying, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but clap her hands and said with a beaming smile:

"Mother, that's truly excellent swordsmanship!"

"No wonder my father was willing to refuse the princess to marry my mother. If I were my father, I would have married my mother too."

Ignoring Wei Hongying, Lady Wei walked straight to the shed by the sandy and gravelly ground.

With her sword slung behind her back, Lady Wei drank a bowl of cold water and said irritably:

"What are you doing back here?"

"If you absolutely have to go out, then don't come back."

Upon hearing this, Wei Hongying was quite surprised.

Unexpectedly, Madam Wei's anger had not subsided.

Actually, Madam Wei did not agree to her going out today.

She had a big fight with Madam Wei and forcibly ran out of the house.

"Mother, I was wrong."

Wei Hongying quickly stepped forward and took Madam Wei's arm, pleading, "Please forgive me this time, considering that I failed to annul the engagement in the palace."

"You dare bring this up again?!"

Lady Wei glared at Wei Hongying and said, "I told you not to go to the palace to find His Majesty and the Seventh Prince to annul the engagement, but you insisted on going. Now that it's not over, are you happy?"

"I'm not happy."

Wei Hongying pouted and said coquettishly, "That's why I argued with Mother this morning and ran out of the house. Mother, I was really wrong."

Don't give me that!

Lady Wei shook off Wei Hongying's arm, took her two swords, and returned to the sandy ground, preparing to practice another set of swordplay.

As she prepared to begin her attack, Madam Wei didn't even look at Wei Hongying directly: "If you don't listen to me, I'll pretend I never gave birth to a daughter like you."

"My sisters-in-law and I, a family of widows, can still make a living!"

"Get out of here, the Wei family has no place here!"

Seeing that her coquettishness was not working, Lady Wei became increasingly angry.

Wei Hongying quickly thought about it and soon came up with a good idea.

She had someone fetch her silver spear and walked to the opposite side of Lady Wei.

"Madam Wei, since you don't have me as your daughter..."

"Then I, Wei Hongying, will not hold back!"

"I've long heard that Lady Wei's dual-wielding swordsmanship is so masterful that few in the world can rival her!"

"Today, Wei Hongying has come specifically to seek your guidance, and humbly requests your instruction, Madam Wei!"

She stopped calling him "Mother" and started calling him "Lady Wei." Lady Wei was furious and, without saying a word, raised her sword and stabbed him.

She'll show Wei Hongying today what happens when you provoke her; experience really pays off!

But just a quarter of an hour later, Lady Wei was defeated, utterly defeated.

She looked down, staring at her hands in disbelief.

Both swords were knocked to the ground by Wei Hongying.

"How could that be?"

Madam Wei looked up at Wei Hongying in shock, "When did your marksmanship become so good? And your cultivation level has also improved?"

Wei Hongying held the spear upright with one hand and said proudly, "Mother, actually, I have been hiding my talents from you all these years, but you just haven't noticed."

"I am no less than any of my brothers who sacrificed their lives for the country, nor am I less than my father. I dare say that I am second to none in the Wei family's marksmanship."

Ok?

Lady Wei couldn't help but frown.

Wei Hongying was clearly implying something in her words.

Taking a deep breath, Madam Wei asked, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Wei Hongying picked up the two swords from the ground for Madam Wei and said with a smile, "I want to tell Mother that from now on, I will carry the banner of the Wei family. Mother and sisters-in-law, you can rest well at home and watch how I, Wei Hongying, will revive the Wei family and bring you a good life."

Taking the two swords from Wei Hongying, Madam Wei sneered, "You're going to carry them? You're willing to ignore all the gossip and rumors to get into the bed of the First Prince, Qin Li?"

"Mother, what are you saying!"

Wei Hongying stomped her feet in anger, "The Crown Prince and I are truly in love."

"True love my ass! He sold you out, and you're still helping him count the money!" Madam Wei couldn't help but curse.

Just thinking about the threatening words Qin Li had said to her when he came to her last time made Madam Wei furious.

They even said things like she was still charming, which made Madam Wei so angry that she couldn't eat or sleep whenever she thought about it.

"Mother, you have misunderstood the eldest prince."

Wei Hongying said, "The eldest prince is not only very good to his daughter, but he is also very capable. Whether the Wei family can be revitalized depends entirely on the eldest prince."

As she spoke, Wei Hongying recounted everything that had happened between her and Qin Li during this time to Madam Wei.

Especially what happened in the Jiuyi Mountains.

After listening to what Wei Hongying said, Madam Wei fell into deep thought.

Qin Li was so adept at strategizing and winning battles from afar.

He played Qin Feng, Su Chen, and Fang Yuan like fools in the mountains, and in vain found the dragon vein of the previous dynasty for Qin Li. In the end, they got nothing and were even severely punished by Qin Li.

"That's all? What's so impressive about that?"

Lady Wei still believed in her heart that Qin Li was no good.

"Mother, you underestimate the eldest prince too much."

Wei Hongying said, "Mother, you may not know this, but let me tell you something: in less than a month, the First Prince's martial arts cultivation level has risen from the fourth rank to the sixth rank. I ask you, who in the world can do that?"

Less than a month has passed.

Upgraded from fourth rank to sixth rank?

How is that possible?

Lady Wei looked on in disbelief.

It's important to know that advancing in martial arts cultivation is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Ordinary people can only barely advance to the first rank after several years or even more than ten years.

This is the result of daily hard work and divine favor.

If fate doesn't smile upon you, all your efforts of more than a decade will be in vain.

Qin Li, however, was promoted two ranks in less than a month?

Absolutely impossible!

"He's on drugs, isn't he?"

Lady Wei said dismissively.

"Mother! If the eldest prince could advance his rank with the help of medicine, why wait until now? He could have done it years ago."

Seeing that Wei Hongying didn't seem to be lying, Madam Wei couldn't help but start making plans.

The eldest prince, Qin Li, rose two ranks in a single month, demonstrating astonishing talent. In his earlier years, he had simply neglected his cultivation.

At this rate, Qin Li will become a grandmaster before he is thirty!

Even without his status as the eldest prince, he could still stand out from the crowd!

With the eldest prince at the Grandmaster level, none of the other princes dared to contend with him; the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty was undoubtedly his.

With the Wei family on board this great ship, their revitalization will be a piece of cake!

"So, does that mean we widows have no choice but to board this ship belonging to the First Prince's residence?"

After saying this, Madam Wei's face was full of bitter smiles.

They had no choice at all.

Regardless of the Crown Prince's absolute power or the Grandmaster's absolute strength, they could not refuse, nor could they refuse.

"Mother, why are you saying such hurtful things?"

Wei Hongying pouted and said, "I think our Wei family got a huge advantage by getting on the Crown Prince's ship."

"Did we get a good deal?"

Madam Wei reached out and pinched Wei Hongying's chin, looked her up and down, and said with exasperation, "Look at yourself! You went out for a short while and your lips are all swollen and raw from kissing. And you still say we got the better deal?"

Wei Hongying quickly covered her mouth with her hand, not expecting that Madam Wei could even see through this.

Releasing Wei Hongying, Madam Wei turned and left. Wei Hongying saw this but didn't chase after her. Instead, she stood there and shouted at the top of her lungs:

"Mother, what exactly are you thinking?"

"The army is about to set off; we don't have time."

Madam Wei didn't even turn her head, but simply waved her hand behind her. "You can handle it yourself. Didn't you just say that I and your sisters-in-law should rest at home, and that you would be the one to carry the banner of the Wei family?"

As soon as the words were spoken, Wei Hongying was stunned, not knowing what Madam Wei meant.

After realizing what had happened, I was overjoyed and couldn't help but jump up with happiness.

Although Lady Wei did not say it explicitly, it was a tacit expression of her attitude.

Lady Wei has agreed to board the First Prince's ship!

Lady Wei also approved of her relationship with Qin Li!