Being favored by the paranoid master, the whole imperial capital kneels down

Nan Chuzheng pretended not to understand again.

She fled from Nan Chenrao's study, her cheeks flushed and her heart beating like a drum.

However, there was an uproar at Marquis Zhaoyong’s mansion.

The entire marquisate seemed to be in chaos. Cao looked at the words in the imperial edict that named her son the heir of Zhaoyong Marquisate and couldn't help laughing happily.

The expression on Lord Chu's face was uncertain and he didn't look very happy.

But I wasn't very angry either.

Zhou's face was pale as she sat on the chair, staring at the complacent Cao.

These people had different expressions on their faces, and the atmosphere in the entire Chu family was quite tense.

Chu Shiqing, with gauze still wrapped on his hands and wearing clothes that were a size too big for him, rushed out from the inner courtyard.

"No, the throne of the crown prince is mine. How could that be possible? No one can take it away from me!"

His eyes were bloodshot and his face was as pale as a ghost. After searching the hall, Chu Shiqing saw the imperial edict in Cao's hand.

When the imperial edict came down, Chu Shiqing was recuperating in the backyard.

When he heard the words conveyed to him by the servant and stumbled to the front hall, the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict from the palace had already left.

Chu Shiqing rushed over and used his one intact hand to grab the imperial edict in Cao's hand.

Cao made a weird sound.

"Prince, I know you feel unbalanced, but you have to accept the reality."

"Xin Li has never thought of stealing your position as Crown Prince. Isn't it that your hand is broken and you can no longer write an article?"

"Now that your official career is ruined, it is impossible for the Zhaoyong Marquis' Mansion to allow a disabled person to be the crown prince."

"If everyone knew that the prince of Zhaoyong Marquis's Mansion couldn't even hold a pen, wouldn't our Zhaoyong Marquis' Mansion be laughed at by the powerful people in the imperial capital?"

In fact, the Zhaoyong Marquis Mansion had long been a laughing stock in the imperial capital.

Everyone knows that the Zhaoyong Marquis's mansion has an adopted daughter named Nan Chuzheng, who is vulgar and not presentable.

Therefore, whenever the people from Zhaoyong Marquis Mansion went out, they would be teased and made fun of a rough girl like Nan Chuzheng.

Of course, these are just a few jokes and, generally speaking, harmless.

But Chu Shiqing’s case is different.

The prince of a marquisate is the face of the Zhaoyong Marquisate.

Although the Zhaoyong Marquis Mansion is no longer as prosperous as before, it is still a marquisate after all.

Whenever the emperor goes to the palace to meet him, or when there is a big occasion at the home of a powerful official in the imperial capital, the prince must show up.

Chu Shiqing snatched the imperial edict from Cao's hand and was about to destroy it.

In the hall, Chu Xinli, who had been silent all this time, frowned and shouted,

"Brother, this is an imperial decree!"

Lord Chu also said angrily: "Chu Shiqing, have you had enough of this?"

If they destroyed the imperial edict, the Chu family would be guilty of the serious crime of having their property confiscated and their clan exterminated.

No matter how complicated Lord Chu's feelings were, he would not tolerate Chu Shiqing making fun of the imperial edict.

Chu Shiqing's hand froze in place.

His pale lips kept trembling, and finally, Chu Shiqing slowly put down the imperial edict in his hand.

Chu Xinli stepped forward, raised his hand and took the imperial edict from Chu Shiqing's hand, and said very wisely,

"Brother, I understand the grievances in your heart."

"How about this? Take good care of your hand during this period. If your hand can recover as before, we will go to the palace to see the emperor."

"When the time comes, let His Majesty return your throne to you."

Everyone looked at Chu Xinli's performance and compared it with Chu Shiqing, which seemed to indicate that Chu Shiqing had no sense of the overall situation.

Lord Chu came forward and said to Chu Shiqing,

"This is the end of the matter, and that's all it can do."

"Worldly, you and your second brother are both descendants of the Chu family. You should be more generous about some things and not be so petty and nitpicky like a woman."

"Everything must be based on the Chu family's reputation first."

Chu Shiqing turned around and looked at Zhou.

Zhou looked embarrassed and turned her head away, not looking at Chu Shiqing.

Now Chu Shiqing was looking at her with a pair of pleading eyes, what could she do? !

If Zhou had not given birth to a son like Chu Shiqing who was good at studying, and Chu Jingyue who was good at acting and currying favor with people, she would have been a fool if she had not married into the Chu family.

She had long been trampled under the feet of the Cao family and bullied at will.

But Chu Shiqing was not good enough and did not protect his hands well.

The Zhou and Cao families have been competing with each other for decades, but now the Zhou family has completely lost power.

Lord Chu has never liked her, and now he will treat her as nothing.

When she thought of this, Zhou couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards Chu Shiqing in her heart.

If Chu Shiqing could protect his hands well, if Chu Shiqing had not been so mean to Chu Zheng.

If Chu Shiqing could be more motivated.

Zhou doesn't have to look at Cao's smug face today.

Noticing his mother's resentment, Chu Shiqing couldn't help but laugh.

This laugh was so intense that he seemed unable to control himself and laughed out loud with his head thrown back.

Lord Chu looked at his son, who was so talented in literature, and stepped forward with worry, wanting to support Chu Shiqing's trembling body.

"Go back and take good care of yourself first. Your future will be planned for you by your father."

But his words did not comfort Chu Shiqing.

Chu Shiqing laughed loudly and raised his hand to break away from Lord Chu's touch.

He walked towards the inner courtyard, laughing and staggering as he went.

There were some things that he couldn’t understand before, but after experiencing the loss of his hand, Chu Shiqing finally understood.

It turns out that anyone can be missing from this world.

Without this talented prince, the Zhaoyong Marquis Mansion could have Chu Xinli take over at any time.

The same goes for his father. Even though he lost his son, he still has Chu Xinli.

As he was laughing, Chu Shiqing saw Chu Jingyue walking towards him from a distance.

He stopped and was about to tell Chu Jingyue about his grievances.

Chu Jingyue said to Chu Shiqing happily,

"I heard that my second brother has become the crown prince? I just came back from the Crown Prince's visit and learned the good news."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has a good relationship with my second brother, so I'm sure Your Highness has also contributed a lot to this matter."

Chu Shiqing felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave.

He looked at the happy expression on Chu Jingyue's face, the Zheng'er he had loved since childhood.

The words that came out of her mouth now made him feel more uncomfortable than if Chu Shiqing had been tortured to death.

Chu Jingyue understood the open and covert struggles between the Zhou and Cao families in the Zhaoyong Marquis Mansion.

But Chu Jingyue had her reasons. She was just close to her second brother, and the disputes in the inner house should not interfere with the pure friendship between her and her brothers.

In the past, Chu Shiqing was very talented in writing and was favored by the Marquis Chu, so he didn't have to care about Chu Xinli at all.

Even if Chu Xinli pleased everyone in the Chu family, it would be useless.

Chu Xinli has a fatal flaw: no matter how hard he tries, he can never compare to Chu Shiqing.

He is not as good at reading as Chu Shiqing.

In this prosperous dynasty where culture is the key to governing the country, people who cannot read and have no literary talent will not be valued by their family.

Chu Shiqing knew this, so he never regarded Chu Xinli as his opponent.

He also knew that Chu Jingyue and Chu Xinli had a good relationship.

But now Chu Jingyue was happy from the bottom of her heart that Chu Xinli had taken the position of the crown prince.

Chu Shiqing was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.

He also deeply understood why Zhou was so angry with the people around her when she knew that Chu Jingyue was Zhou Mingzhu's daughter.

This is a complete betrayal.

The person you consider the closest to you stands against you. This is the sharpest knife that stabs your loved one's heart.

Looking at Chu Jingyue jumping and running towards Chu Xinli.

Chu Shiqing opened his mouth, screamed, and spat out a mouthful of blood.