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

Jiang Zhongming asked, puzzled, "What does the Duke of Wei mean?"

Duke Wei had a lot to say, but suddenly didn't know how to say it.

"How have you practiced calligraphy all these years?" the Duke of Wei asked in a hoarse voice.

Jiang Zhongming then understood the Duke of Wei's purpose in coming, and he smiled.

His smile contained neither bitterness nor hatred; it was utterly serene.

This tranquility only made the Duke of Wei feel more and more uncomfortable.

"Trees," Jiang Zhongming said with a smile, "I still have quite a few tree branches in my yard."

"You can just write it on the ground."

Duke Wei felt a pang in his heart. Could writing with a twig and a brush feel the same?

"I have wronged you all these years," the Duke of Wei sighed.

"It was my oversight."

Jiang Zhongming just smiled and didn't say anything.

The Duke of Wei frowned: "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Jiang Zhongming shook his head.

The Duke of Wei cried out in grief, "My child, I..."

Jiang Zhongming raised his hand to stop the Duke of Wei from speaking, and said, "I have a letter that I want to read to you."

The Duke of Wei was taken aback: "What letter? You wrote it to me?"

"Is there something you're embarrassed to say, which is why you wrote this letter?" Duke Wei looked at Jiang Zhongming with amusement.

Jiang Zhongming paused in his hand as he picked up the letter, looking at the Duke of Wei incredulously: "I said I'm going to read it to you."

Duke Wei's face flushed red, and he coughed awkwardly, "Well, you read it, you read it."

Jiang Zhongming took out the letter and unfolded it: "Stop pretending!"

His very first words infuriated the Duke of Wei: "Jiang Zhongming, what do you mean by this?"

Jiang Zhongming calmly explained, "I didn't write this."

"Who is that?" Duke Wei asked coldly.

Even though he no longer holds real power, he still retains his title.

Who has such audacity?

"Princess Chen'an." Upon hearing Jiang Zhongming's words, the Duke of Wei was completely speechless.

He even felt a chill all over his body.

Princess Chen'an, did you expect him to come looking for Jiang Zhongming?

What can the King of Wu use to fight against the King of Rui?

Duke Wei has now completely given up hope!

Jiang Zhongming asked, "Should I continue reading?"

Duke Wei stood up: "No need."

"I know what Princess Chen'an wrote in her letter."

He understood Princess Chen'an's temperament.

After repeated defeats, he gained a thorough understanding.

He wouldn't humiliate himself.

Jiang Zhongming stood up: "Then I won't see you off."

Duke Wei gave him a deep look, then turned and left.

After the Duke of Wei left, Jiang Zhongming's expression immediately darkened, and he put down the letter in his hand.

By candlelight, the letter contained only a short sentence, the very sentence that Jiang Zhongming had just read aloud.

Jiang Zhongming summoned his servant and sent him to Prince Rui's residence to deliver a message.

Qi Jingxi dismissed Jiang Zhongming's servant and then exclaimed, "Sister, you're really something. With just one sentence, you got the Duke of Wei to leave on his own."

Qi Zhiyu sneered, "Because he knows that the letter I write won't have any nice words, it will only scold him and completely tear off his fig leaf."

"It's clear that he went to see Jiang Zhongming because he felt guilty, and he knew how hypocritical he was."

Qi Zhiyu sneered, "Back then, he was attracted to Jiang Zhongming's mother's beauty, but once the novelty wore off, he didn't care anymore."

"Back then, when he was in love with her, he doted on her so much, but in the end, it all became a source of suffering for Jiang Zhongming and his mother!"

Princess Rui sighed softly, "The Duchess of Wei is not an easy person to deal with."

"If the Duke of Wei had cared about Jiang Zhongming even a little bit while he was in the Duke of Wei's mansion, he wouldn't have been tormented like that."

She truly hadn't expected the Wei Kingdom Guild to be so shameless.

He even dared to go to Jiang Zhongming, still trying to establish some kind of father-son relationship.

"The only person he can rely on now is Jiang Zhongming," Qi Zhiyu sneered. "It can only be said that besides his martial arts skills, he also has a thick skin to get to this position."

"When he realized that the King of Wu had little chance of winning, he immediately began to consider siding with my father."

Prince Rui hurriedly waved his hand: "I don't want that."

His look of disgust made everyone laugh.

"Yu'er is amazing. She knew exactly what the Duke of Wei wanted to do and specially sent a letter to Jiang Zhongming," Qi Jingchen remarked.

His sister always manages to think of things in advance and make arrangements.

They dug pit after pit, just waiting for their opponents to fall into them.

"Actually, Duke Wei doesn't have to go," Qi Zhiyu said with a light laugh.

"If he doesn't go, Jiang Zhongming might still retain a shred of dignity."

Qi Jingxi blinked and tentatively asked, "Sister, actually, when the Duke of Wei went there, he didn't say anything too offensive."

"If you hadn't revealed to Jiang Zhongming what the Duke of Wei might have done beforehand, Jiang Zhongming's relationship with the Duke of Wei might have improved somewhat."

"Even if Jiang Zhongming doesn't help the Duke of Wei in the future, at least when the Jiang family is truly facing a life-or-death situation, Jiang Zhongming will lend a helping hand."

"You've analyzed the Duke of Wei's thoughts so thoroughly that Jiang Zhongming has truly lost all hope."

"Even if the Jiang family is wiped out in the future, Jiang Zhongming will not feel any pity."

Originally, Duke Wei had cared about Jiang Zhongming. Logically speaking, the blood ties between father and son would not be so easily severed.

However, his sister had unexpectedly analyzed the Duke of Wei's purpose with Jiang Zhongming beforehand.

Could the Duke of Wei truly care for Jiang Zhongming without any selfish motives?

That's definitely impossible.

If the Duke of Wei goes, it will prove his sister was right. Jiang Zhongming will be disappointed and will simply give up.

"Sister, you're leaving the Duke of Wei absolutely no room for maneuver," Qi Jingxi sighed.

Qi Zhiyu smiled slightly: "Jiang Zhongming follows our father, how can he waver?"

"What I dislike most is leaving the possibility of being betrayed; I can't tolerate even the slightest hint of it."

"Jiang Zhongming is capable, and I don't want to deal with him after using him."

"In order to avoid a situation where everyone is unhappy, it's best to nip any potential threats in the bud beforehand."

"This way, everyone will save themselves trouble."

After Qi Zhiyu finished speaking, she got up, stretched, and said, "I'm sleepy, I'm going back to sleep."

"Father, Mother, Brother, I'm going back now."

"Go then." Princess Rui watched her leave with affection.

As soon as Qi Zhiyu left, Prince Rui slammed his hand on the table: "You two, can't you think things through? You have to make your little sister go through so much trouble at such a young age."

Qi Jingxi: "...No, Dad, didn't you also not think of this beforehand?"

Qi Jingchen quietly moved to the side.

"Why are you blaming us? You're not even as quick-witted as your sister, and you still have the nerve to scold us... Ouch!" Qi Jingxi winced as she clutched the back of her head in pain.

"Why did you hit me again?"