The blacksmith lady is killing people in the harem, and her son is responsible for it.

Pan Yuanbai is not afraid of his father. He has his grandmother and the prince as his good friend to support him, so he is not afraid of anything.

The prince has already promised him that after his grandfather passes away, the title of Duke will be passed directly to him.

Hahahaha, when the time comes father will have to look at his expression, hehe!

"What should I ask you?"

Prince Pan's voice became much higher.

Duke Su couldn't stand it anymore, "Prince, don't scare the child."

Pan Yuanbai was still holding the chicken leg that he had packed back from the palace. He was already full, and now he was holding it just to tempt his younger brother Pan Yuanyi.

He looked at Pan Shizi innocently, "Father, mother loves my sister so much, if I secretly took her to the palace, you would probably beat me to death!!!"

What Pan Yuanbai said was absolutely true. The Crown Prince's wife would not let Pan Yuanbai get close to her little daughter.

When the little lion had a sister, he was very happy and always showed off to Pan Yuanbai.

Pan Yuanbai thought that his stepmother also gave birth to a younger sister, and he wanted to see her at that time.

However, not only was he shut out by Pan Yuanyi, but even his stepmother was wary of him like a thief.

Pan Yuanbai realized at that time that he had no brothers or sisters.

The other children born to his father in the family are not his brothers and sisters.

It is very painful for a child to realize this.

The Crown Prince's wife, Mrs. Xu, held her young daughter in her arms. To be honest, if Pan Yuanbai dared to secretly take her child away, she would beat that little beast to death.

Prince Pan was confronted like this, and his face turned ugly, "You..."

Su Guogong wanted to cultivate a relationship with his eldest grandson, and was afraid that his son would say more things that would make his eldest grandson sad, so he said, "Okay, Prince, come with me to the study."

Prince Pan looked at Pan Yuanbai with disgust before following Duke Su’s footsteps.

Pan Yuanbai didn't mind his father's attitude.

He has now accepted the fact that his father does not love him.

In the entire Duke Su’s Mansion, only his grandmother truly loved him and cared about him.

All the rest of the people are not and are not important!!!

Seeing her husband and son leave, Lady Suguo said calmly, "Xu, you guys should leave first!"

"Yes, mother!"

The Crown Princess took her little daughter and left with Pan Yuanyi.

Before leaving, Pan Yuanyi took a look at the chicken leg in Pan Yuanbai's hand.

In fact, he really wanted to taste the chicken leg in his elder brother's hand. He heard that it was only available in the royal palace.

He was already five years old, and had never been to the palace. He could only stay in his house and study by himself every day.

In fact, he also wanted to visit the Hongwenguan where his brother went every day. He heard that the teachers who taught his brother were all great scholars.

There are also high-ranking officials in the court!

Pan Yuanyi looked at his brother with eyes full of envy.

My brother is really lucky!!!

Pan Yuanyi envied Pan Yuanbai.

In fact, he didn't know that Pan Yuanbai was also looking at him with envy.

The chicken leg in his hand had been broken by his grip, and the fat had slipped from his small fleshy hands into his sleeves.

That’s right, Pan Yuanbai envied his younger brother.

What you least want to admit is what you care about the most.

Seeing his younger brother being led away by his mother's hand, Pan Yuanbai missed his mother.

He.....he wants his mother too.

But he has no mother and has never seen her.

He didn't know what his mother looked like, and there was no portrait of her in the mansion.

When he was a child, he thought Xu was his biological mother, and he often sneaked away from his grandmother's yard to find her in Xu's yard.

She started calling her "mother", but was met with harsh words in response.

Even Xu didn't let him play with his younger brother, for fear that he would hurt him.

When the maid saw that Pan Yuanbai's sleeves were dirty, she came over immediately and said, "Master, throw this thing away!"

Pan Yuanbai looked at the chicken leg that he had crushed in his hand and nodded, "Okay!"

Lady Suguogong saw that her eldest grandson looked troubled, so she took a handkerchief and wiped his hands. "Yuanbai, don't mind what your father said."

Pan Yuanbai nodded, "Grandma, I won't."

Pan Yuanbai immediately changed the subject, "Grandma, this chicken leg is delicious. Little Lion has given me the recipe. Can you ask our chef to make it for me in the future?"

The Duke's wife doted on this grandson very much. After all, she had raised him herself. "Okay, okay, I'll do as you say."

The atmosphere between the grandparents and grandchildren was very good, but the atmosphere in the study was very serious.

Duke Su looked at his eldest son, feeling very disappointed. "My Lord, Yuanbai is your biological son, can't you treat him better?"

Prince Pan thought his eldest son was as dumb as a pig. "Father, it's not that I'm not good to Yuan Bai, it's just that he's too disappointing. Look, he's two years older than Yuan Yi.

Your grades aren't as good as Yuan Yi's?"

"And he's at the bottom of the Hongwen Academy's academics. Isn't this bringing shame to our Duke's Mansion?"

Whenever Prince Pan mentioned his eldest son, he couldn't suppress his anger.

Duke Suguo really had a headache when he thought about his eldest grandson's homework.

However, none of these can compare to one thing, which is that the eldest grandson is favored.

Having a good relationship with the future emperor and a brotherly friendship is something that not everyone can have.

It can be said that the relationship between the eldest grandson and the crown prince is no worse than the relationship between the two princes in the palace and the crown prince.

After all, even brothers from the same mother may fall out over the throne.

But for my eldest grandson, there is no such worry at all.

He had heard that among so many of the prince's classmates in the palace, the prince only packed food for his eldest grandson, and the other children did not receive any such treatment.

Not even Prime Minister Li’s grandson.

Duke Su looked at his son and asked, "Does our family still need to pass the imperial examinations to enter society?"

Prince Pan: “…”

Prince Pan shook his head, "No need!"

Duke Su looked at his son and sighed. In fact, he was really worried that his title of Duke would not be passed on to his son.

It’s a pity that my son is so old but still can’t see this.

"Anyway, you should be nicer to Yuan Bai in the future. It will be good for you in the future!"

Prince Pan was puzzled, "Dad, what does this mean?"

"Think for yourself!"

Duke Su waved his hand, "Alright, you go down first!"

Duke Suguo couldn't say it directly, it was just his intuition.

A few days later, the court received news that Li Guozhu had arrived outside the city of Chang'an.

This time, Zhao Zhen did not come out to greet him in person like he did last time.

The main reason is that his contribution is not as great as that of Cao Kun and Lang Bu.

However, Prince Rong and several officials from the Ministry of War also went to greet them.

In the front were Li Guozhu and his personal soldiers, all riding horses.

Liu and Li Tianxiong got into the carriage.

Liu looked at the towering city wall in front of her and sighed, "I am finally back in Chang'an City."

Li Tianxiong also stuck his head out and looked ahead, "Mom, is Chang'an City really as good as you said?"

Liu said excitedly: "Well, it's better than what mother said!"

At this time, when they arrived at the city gate, Zhao Rong and Xiao Jingrui had already met Li Guozhu.

"Your humble servant pays respect to Prince Rong, Lord Xiao!"

"General Li, I am here to welcome you on behalf of my brother. My brother has already prepared a house. Please, General Li and the Li family, follow me into the city!"

Li Guozhu already knew that Cao Kun and Lang Bu were welcomed by the Emperor and the Empress personally.

Although I don’t show it on my face, I am actually disappointed in my heart.

"Okay, thank you, Your Majesty!"