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

"Grandfather, the reason why Lady Tian has such audacity is because she has the former Marquis of Weiyuan backing her up, isn't it?"

"As for why the Wei family dared to oppose my father..." Qi Zhiyu looked at the King of Wu.

"King of Wu, don't you have anything to say?"

King Wu took a deep breath. If he were to completely sever ties now, it would be irresponsible of him.

What does his father think of him?

No matter how aggrieved he felt, he could only grit his teeth and accept it.

"Although I did not do this, if Your Majesty feels that I should compensate you, I will not hesitate to do so." King Wu looked at King Rui.

Prince Rui sighed: "Over the years, I have taken good care of the Earl Jingwen's family, not only because of my wife, but also because of you, Fourth Brother."

The King of Wu's anger flared up instantly, but he tried his best to suppress it: "What does this have to do with me?"

"The Wei family are your cousins, and you are my brother. How can I disregard your feelings and indulge them?" Prince Rui said with utmost sincerity.

Qi Zhiyu almost applauded and cheered for her father!

He was clearly being controlled by the will of Heaven, but his father is now insisting that it's a deep brotherly bond.

When it comes to shamelessness, her father is second to none!

The King of Wu swayed, whether from kneeling for too long or from anger, it was hard to tell.

Emperor Kangwu is watching; what can the King of Wu say?

Brotherly love and respect are definitely what their father, the emperor, would want to see.

No matter how fiercely they fight behind the scenes, they must maintain harmony in public.

King Wu quickly composed himself and forced a look of remorse: "I was too busy with official duties back then and neglected my duties."

"That's why my brother suffered so much injustice, and it also emboldened some people."

"I should indeed make amends to my elder brother for what happened today."

"I just don't know what kind of compensation my brother needs?"

Prince Rui lowered his eyes: "Between brothers, there's no need for compensation."

King Wu sneered inwardly. No compensation was needed. Why didn't King Rui speak when Qi Zhiyu was talking?

"Father, how can we not accept compensation?" Qi Zhiyu said unhappily, "We're losing out too much!"

Prince Rui scolded, "Nonsense!"

"We're all family, would your royal uncle possibly mistreat you?"

"Do you think your royal uncle is that kind of heartless scoundrel?"

King of Wu: "..."

He got yelled at!

Moreover, he has evidence!

However, he couldn't refute it, nor could he get angry!

At least, you can't tell from the surface that he's angry.

Qi Zhiyu glared at King Wu with a huff, just like a child throwing a tantrum.

Emperor Kangwu was deeply impressed by Qi Zhiyu's smooth and effortless transition between states.

No wonder he's the boss's child.

He's truly inherited the boss's skills.

King Wu stared at Qi Zhiyu in disbelief.

He couldn't figure it out.

How did Qi Zhiyu go from being a meticulous and aggressive person to a spoiled child who needs to be coaxed?

Is this a person?

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, the apology will surely satisfy you," King Wu said with a forced smile.

"Fourth Prince, you don't need to take the child's words to heart," Prince Rui said with a smile.

"Although you have been the crown prince all these years, you have not accumulated much wealth."

"It's just that there are some vacancies under your command, but those aren't up to you to decide; you have to earn them through real ability."

King Wu froze, already so enraged that he wanted to hack King Rui to death with a flurry of blows!

Those vacancies were reserved for his own people.

He has already decided on the candidates for promotion.

Now that Prince Rui has said that... how can he possibly arrange things for his own people?

Prince Rui... that's ruthless!

Wu Wangqiang forced a smile: "Your Majesty is right. Of course, I couldn't make those decisions myself."

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, I will certainly provide an apology to satisfy Chen'an."

"Sigh... Fourth Brother, why do you care so much about what the child said?" Prince Rui waved his hand.

"However, if you insist on doing this, it is out of your good intentions as the royal uncle, so I thank you on behalf of the child."

The King of Wu's face turned green.

If you don't want it, at least give him some time to back down!

He said no at first, then accepted it at the next, without even giving him a chance to speak!

Pooh!

That shameless bastard, Prince Rui!

"Your Majesty, you are too kind. As your uncle, it is only right that I give Chen'an some things to make the child happy." Prince Wu forced a smile, trying to appear as if they were good brothers and a harmonious family.

"Father, I shall take my leave now and go back to make preparations," said the King of Wu, bowing to Emperor Kangwu.

If he doesn't leave soon, he'll really be so angry he'll vomit blood.

Emperor Kangwu waved his hand, and the King of Wu bowed and withdrew.

Emperor Kangwu glanced at the eunuch in the room, and the eunuch, quite perceptive, left.

Only Emperor Kangwu and Prince Rui, along with their family of three, remained inside the house.

"Chen'an, you're quite capable," Emperor Kangwu said with a smile.

Qi Zhiyu's lips curled into a smile, a light but unrestrained expression: "I never cause trouble, but if anyone does... they'd better be prepared to pay the price."

"You little brat, get out of here!" Emperor Kangwu cursed.

Qi Zhiyu got up and left with her parents.

After she left, Emperor Kangwu finally breathed a sigh of relief and shook his head slightly.

"Your Majesty," the eunuch announced softly at the door, "Consort De requests an audience."

Emperor Kangwu said, "Enter."

Consort De entered and immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, I have come to beg for forgiveness."

Emperor Kangwu looked at her without saying a word.

"I had no idea that my family had done so many foolish things, which had actually fueled the appetites of Earl Jingwen and his ilk," Consort De said, her face full of guilt.

"Fortunately, the Tian family did not succeed in this matter. Otherwise, if they had harmed Prince Rui, I would have been guilty even if I had to die ten thousand times."

Emperor Kangwu said, "Fortunately, the eldest son's family was protected by Heaven, otherwise the thieves would have succeeded."

Consort De's heart tightened.

God's blessing?

Is Prince Rui really that fortunate in His Majesty's eyes?

What about her son?

"Oh, right," Emperor Kangwu seemed to have just remembered, "the fourth prince feels guilty towards the eldest prince and wants to send an apology gift."

"Since you also feel guilty, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

Consort De's lips twitched slightly, but she immediately put on a look of delighted surprise: "Your Majesty, I just wanted to send some gifts to Prince Rui as an apology."

"I came here to discuss this with Your Majesty."

"No need," Emperor Kangwu waved his hand. "Send it as you please, just don't lose face."

Consort De gritted her teeth and forced a smile: "Yes, I understand."

She originally just wanted to come over and pretend to be pitiful to test the waters.

Unexpectedly, not only was she poached and forced to apologize, but the apology was far from lenient!

If it is too lenient, wouldn't that be as Your Majesty said, a loss of face?

Prince Rui... truly His Majesty's most cherished child!

The position of Crown Prince is now vacant. Judging from Her Majesty's intentions, her son... is in danger.

It seems that her family needs to act quickly to suppress Prince Rui's momentum!