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

Emperor Kangwu felt a warmth in his heart; Chen'an understood him.

On the contrary, it was the fourth brother...

Alas... Emperor Kangwu was heartbroken.

The King of Wu looked at Emperor Kangwu in shock: "Father, I did this for your safety."

Emperor Kangwu calmly asked, "Fourth Prince, tell me, is that really what you think?"

Emperor Kangwu's all-seeing eyes made the King of Wu nervously look away, not daring to meet his gaze.

Just then, Prince Rui and his family arrived.

Emperor Kangwu told them to rise and then sit down.

The King of Wu was the only one standing in the entire imperial study.

Moreover, his hands were bound and his outer robe was disheveled.

An overwhelming sense of humiliation quickly welled up within him, turning the King of Wu's eyes bloodshot: "Father, so what if I had some selfish motives?"

"Does your brother's family act without any selfish motives?"

Just how biased is Father Emperor?

Prince Rui smiled but remained silent.

He didn't want to say anything to the fourth brother.

Emperor Kangwu felt a tightness in his chest. He had found so many teachers to teach his fourth son, and this was the result?

"Don't say that the eldest son has selfish motives, even I have selfish motives," Emperor Kangwu said in a deep voice.

"Having selfish motives is fine, but they must be beneficial to the court and the people."

King Wu frowned. Did his father have to be so harsh on him?

Since everyone has their own selfish motives, why make such a fuss?

The King of Wu's unyielding attitude angered Emperor Kangwu.

His years of self-cultivation were all ruined by the King of Wu.

"Leaving aside everything else, just consider Chen An's destruction of the Siyun tribe. Her selfish motive was to make her father famous, establish his authority, and win over the hearts of the people!" Emperor Kangwu said.

"The Siyun tribe was truly wiped out. This hidden danger has been completely eliminated. The people no longer live in fear, and the soldiers will no longer suffer casualties!"

"Such selfish motives, who would dare to object?" Emperor Kangwu stared at the King of Wu.

He just couldn't understand how the fourth brother couldn't even see something so simple.

Qi Zhiyu chuckled softly.

Her words instantly ignited the anger in King Wu's heart: "Chen'an, what are you laughing at?"

"You're quite proud of your martial arts skills?"

"Of course I'm proud!" Qi Zhiyu asked, amused. "I'm capable, so why can't I be proud? Do I have to be as incompetent as you to be proud?"

"You..." King Wu glared angrily.

"My personal motives come after the greater good," Qi Zhiyu said slowly. "As for your personal motives... don't you think your reasons are too weak?"

"For the sake of my imperial grandfather, they want to sacrifice soldiers to deal with me."

"Look for yourself, see how big the gap is between you and me."

King Wu was so angry he was panting heavily. He suddenly raised his bound hands and looked at Emperor Kangwu: "Father, can't you see how Chen'an has humiliated me like this?"

"I saw it." Emperor Kangwu smiled slightly and asked, "When I summoned you to the palace, what did you say?"

"I can't even get you to obey me anymore, Fourth Prince... You've grown up and become quite capable."

"You'd better leave those soldiers alone. The court's soldiers are here to protect the country, not for you to use for personal gain or sacrifice them arbitrarily."

The King of Wu staggered back a step: "Father, you...you're going to take away my military power?"

Although he didn't have as many soldiers as the Duke of Wei, that was his source of confidence.

Now, his father is actually taking back his military power.

"Openly defying imperial orders, harming soldiers, and even using the name of his imperial grandfather for personal gain..." Qi Zhiyu exclaimed with a click of his tongue.

"It's just that you've been stripped of your military power; your grandfather really favors you a lot."

"Otherwise, you won't even be able to stay in the capital."

Qi Zhiyu looked curiously at the King of Wu, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and asked, "King of Wu, the other royal uncles are all out there helping our grandfather. Would you like to go too?"

King Wu clenched his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.

His bloodshot eyes were bulging and his gaze was almost bursting.

He hates!

"Grandfather, it was because I prevented any casualties among the soldiers that the military power that the Prince of Wu had taken back should be given to my father, right?" Qi Zhiyu looked at Emperor Kangwu with a smile.

Emperor Kangwu smiled, gave her a light nod, and then looked at Prince Rui: "Eldest son, you've given birth to a fine daughter."

He always protected the eldest brother.

Prince Rui smiled smugly: "This is all thanks to the protection of our ancestors, and my good fortune."

Emperor Kangwu nodded in agreement.

The boss is right.

If Chen An hadn't returned, and this position had been handed over to the fourth prince... he felt the empire could have changed hands!

King Wu looked at the smug King Rui, and then at his gratified father; both of them were beaming with smiles.

He stood in the room, his outer robe disheveled and his hands bound, looking like a sinner.

They are the real family, and he is the one who is most superfluous.

The King of Wu closed his eyes in anguish, his last glimmer of hope for his father utterly extinguished.

Since his father is so insistent, he must fight for it seriously!

He didn't become the crown prince for nothing after all these years!

"Fourth Prince, you are to be confined to your residence for a month to reflect on your actions," Emperor Kangwu said in a deep voice.

"Yes." King Wu answered respectfully, bowed, and withdrew.

Once outside, he reached out and asked the eunuch beside him to untie the bindings on his hands.

He carefully straightened his clothes, doing so with exceptional care throughout the process.

As his clothes were straightened, the King of Wu's eyes underwent a dramatic change, becoming as cold as snow. Silently, he completed a transformation.

What happened to the Prince of Wu was unknown to Emperor Kangwu and his colleagues in the imperial study.

But Emperor Kangwu knew one thing: "Chen'an, you have driven him to a dead end."

A prince, bound and dragged behind a horse, was driven all the way to the palace.

The fourth brother could never bear such humiliation.

"I just want to see what other tricks he has up his sleeve," Qi Zhiyu said with a light laugh.

"Having been the crown prince for so many years, it's impossible that he only has a few cards to play."

"Only by thoroughly enraging him can he unleash his true abilities to compete with my father for the position of crown prince."

Qi Jingxi was surprised; so his sister had done it on purpose.

He turned to look at his father and older brother in astonishment, and then he found that his father and older brother were not surprised at all.

In other words... what was his sister's purpose in dragging the King of Wu into the palace? He himself didn't understand it at the time.

Qi Jingxi silently shed tears; in his family, he was the most naive of all.

"You don't want to drag this out for too long?" Emperor Kangwu laughed. "You're such a quick-tempered girl."

Qi Zhiyu disagreed: "Grandfather, if I were really in a hurry, the King of Wu would have long since passed away."

What she said to the King of Wu was neither a joke nor a threat; it was all the truth.

Emperor Kangwu smiled. This girl wasn't just dealing with the fourth prince; she was also observing his attitude.

She demonstrated her abilities, which showed her trust in him.

If he betrays this trust, this girl... might fight to the death.

This personality is typical of the Qi family; they all have a bit of a wild streak.