The whole family is obsessed with love? The princess woke them up one after another.

"You..." Princess Rui still felt it was all so unreal.

All her struggles and distress over the years turned out to be a misunderstanding.

"It was my oversight that caused you to suffer," Prince Rui said humbly.

Even in front of their children, they showed no intention of saving face.

Admit your mistakes when you should.

Princess Rui's eyes reddened, and tears streamed down her face.

All the inner turmoil and torment I've endured over the years has instantly been released.

Qi Zhiyu pushed Qi Jingchen out.

Qi Jingchen reached out, grabbed the stunned Qi Jingxi, and dragged her out.

At this point, it's best to let their parents have a proper talk themselves.

The three of them went to the study.

Qi Jingxi was still lamenting, "So it turns out Dad did all this for Mom. Dad really is something, why didn't he tell Mom?"

"Mother, you should have expressed your dissatisfaction sooner."

"I wanted to ask my father for clarification, but my mother kept stopping me from doing so!"

After listening, Qi Zhiyu turned to Qi Jingchen and asked, "Big brother, are you sure Second Brother wasn't switched at birth?"

Qi Jingchen recalled for a moment: "Probably not, and he looks too much like his parents."

Qi Jingxi was puzzled: "Sister, I was born in the manor, there's no way I could be wrong."

Qi Zhiyu smiled with relief: "That's good."

He didn't understand what she meant when she said it to her older brother.

Actually, sometimes being simple is a good thing.

A family can't all be filled with black sesame paste.

I guess my second brother's naiveté comes from his mother.

After a while, Prince Rui arrived: "Second son, go and keep your mother company."

"Yes!" Qi Jingxi responded and turned to leave.

"It was my oversight," Qi Zhiyu sighed, looking at Prince Rui. "What kind of good person could the next emperor be?"

Prince Rui smiled slightly, still maintaining his gentlemanly demeanor: "Some things are better kept simple."

"Besides, my helping Tang Jingrou wasn't out of my own volition."

Qi Zhiyu agreed with this point.

Her father's feelings for her mother were genuine.

They concealed the truth, using the excuse that it was for her mother's sake that her father tolerated Tang Jingrou and Uncle Jingwen. This explanation was perfect both to outsiders and to their own family.

"Father, what's the story behind your investigation into Uncle Jingwen and the others?" Qi Zhiyu asked.

"Are all these things ostensibly for my mother's good, but actually make her suffer in silence?"

Prince Rui's face was dark and gloomy.

Qi Zhiyu realized she had guessed correctly.

This method is truly despicable, but it is indeed effective at tormenting people.

For example, teaching her manners, ostensibly out of kindness to her mother, but what is the reality?

If you don't study well, you'll be punished.

It was her mother who suffered, while Lady Jingwen still gained a good reputation for educating her legitimate daughter.

"This can be considered an eye for an eye." Qi Zhiyu's gaze turned cold.

"Let them taste the bitterness of unspeakable suffering!"

"Yu'er, thank goodness you're back." Prince Rui's words were absolutely heartfelt.

If Yu'er doesn't come back, he will still be inexplicably controlled and forced to do all sorts of things against his will.

"It's fate," Qi Zhiyu smiled.

I don't know what happened to the Heavenly Dao and the Heavenly Fortune here.

She had no interest in finding out the reason.

As long as her family doesn't get into trouble, that's fine.

Qi Jingchen calmly analyzed: "Grandfather is on our side."

The Emperor's grandfather deliberately sent his father to reflect on his actions, stalling for time so that Marquis Weiyuan, Tang Jingrou, and the others could do something.

With the crown prince deposed, Marquis Weiyuan and his ilk must be panicking.

The most direct way is to thoroughly crush his father.

As expected, Tang Jingrou took action.

With the information leaked by their grandfather, they pulled off a brilliant counterattack.

His reputation was ruined, but not by his father, but by Tang Jingrou.

"Those ministers have been too closely tied to the King of Wu all these years... Father." Qi Jingchen was still very worried.

Even if the Emperor's grandfather is on their side, it's impossible for him to oppose all the civil and military officials of the court.

Even as an opponent, Qi Jingchen had to admit that the King of Wu was capable.

He knew his father was more capable.

However, those ministers were on the same boat as the King of Wu.

Even if the King of Wu is less capable than his father, they will still support him!

"Those things can be dealt with gradually." Prince Rui was not in a hurry; such matters naturally required a slow and methodical approach.

Qi Zhiyu chuckled and said, "Big brother, Father has a fatal weakness in his ambition to become the crown prince."

Qi Jingchen looked at her, puzzled.

"Offspring," Qi Zhiyu said.

Qi Jingchen's expression changed drastically.

Qi Zhiyu knew he had figured it out.

"Father, we only have three children, and we don't have any concubines or maids yet," Qi Zhiyu sighed.

"Having fewer children is fine, as long as there's one to carry on the family line."

Qi Jingchen said bitterly, "Yes, that's also why they attack Father."

If his father becomes the crown prince and ascends the throne, he will have to appoint a crown prince.

The second son is definitely not suitable; he lacks the mindset of an emperor.

My younger sister is a girl.

As for him... he has never seen a cripple become an emperor.

They were doomed from the start.

Prince Rui's gaze shifted from his dejected eldest son to Qi Zhiyu's face: "Yu'er?"

Qi Zhiyu smiled.

Qi Jingchen suddenly looked up, his gaze fixed intently on Qi Zhiyu: "Yes, Yu'er!"

Qi Zhiyu raised an eyebrow. Her older brother was clever; had he guessed that she had a solution?

"Yu'er, as long as Father and I work together properly, you can become Empress!" Qi Jingchen said excitedly.

Qi Zhiyu: "?"

What is that?

In a world where cultivation is impossible and problems cannot be solved directly with force, how can she become the emperor?

Dealing with all sorts of messy things every day, making her work herself to the bone like a slave?

Is she crazy, or is her older brother crazy?

"Although there is no precedent for this, my sister has the ability." The more Qi Jingchen talked, the more feasible the idea seemed.

"Dad, let's talk this over carefully and get them to accept my sister!"

"If someone doesn't accept it, we'll change it!"

"Whether they approve of their sister becoming empress or are worried about their own lives, they should know what to choose."

Prince Rui glanced at his excited eldest son, then at his daughter whose face was growing increasingly grim.

He kindly reminded him, "Son, I think you should worry about your life first."

Qi Jingchen: "Huh?"

"I'll kill you right now!" Qi Zhiyu lunged forward and grabbed Qi Jingchen by the neck.

"How much do you hate me that you want me to become an empress?"

Qi Jingchen's face turned red from being pinched. He struggled to speak while pulling on his sister's hand, "Sister, the Empress is an emperor, she is..."

"He's stuck in that tiny palace all year round, spending his days either reading memorials or dealing with other matters," Qi Zhiyu roared.

"Get up earlier than the rooster, sleep later than the dog, and work harder than the ox!"

"Even prison has a release date, but being an emperor is like a life sentence!"

"Doing a good job is expected; doing a bad job makes you a tyrant!"

Qi Jingchen was stunned.

Is Your Majesty really that miserable?

Qi Zhiyu suddenly let go and laughed: "Big brother, don't worry, I will heal your leg."

"Once your father becomes the crown prince and ascends the throne, you will be the undisputed next crown prince!"

Qi Jingchen: "..."

For a moment, he didn't know whether his sister loved him or hated him.