Father Xia did not brush off Chu Jing's unfounded and naive question, but instead explained the relationship between the emperor and King Cheng to Chu Jing in the simplest and most understandable way.

King Cheng was the emperor's brother from the same mother.

Although King Cheng was younger than the emperor, he was smarter and more resourceful than the emperor. Everyone felt that King Cheng was more capable of being an emperor, and even the late emperor liked King Cheng more.

But King Cheng was too sentimental. When his wife gave birth to his eldest son, she accidentally injured her body and it became difficult for her to get pregnant again.

The late emperor and everyone else advised King Cheng to take two more concubines and have more children.

The late emperor even wanted to appoint two concubines for Prince Cheng, but Prince Cheng disagreed and swore to the late emperor that he would never take a concubine in his life.

This made the late emperor very angry.

Seven years later, Princess Cheng became pregnant again and gave birth to Xie Qiheng.

The eldest son of King Cheng was also very smart and talented, and the late emperor loved him very much.

There were even rumors that the late emperor was going to pass the throne to King Cheng. However, not long after, King Cheng's eldest son accidentally fell off a horse and was trampled in the heart by the horse. He could not recover after long periods of treatment and died young.

At that time, the late emperor was still alive, so he used this as an excuse to force King Cheng to remarry.

In a rage, King Cheng asked the late emperor for a title and wanted to leave the capital.

In the end, the late emperor could not hold out for a long time, so he could only divide the land and drive people out of the capital to their fiefdoms out of anger.

However, they didn't expect that the late emperor would have passed away right after Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng left the capital.

After the previous emperor passed away, the current emperor ascended the throne.

Everyone said that it was King Cheng who angered the late emperor to death.

Father Xia: "Prince Cheng's wife passed away three years ago. Prince Cheng still lives in his fiefdom and has no intention of returning to the capital. If Prince Cheng wanted that position, he would not have done what he did back then."

When the throne was held by King Cheng, Ben had more advantages than the current emperor.

"As for the prince, he's just a young boy. How could he possibly have the ability to rebel?"

Chu Jing was listening with great interest when Xia's father hit him on the head with a book.

"I heard from Master Yan that you haven't been studying hard lately?"

Chu Jing fell onto the couch, covering his head with his hands. His round almond-shaped eyes were filled with guilt and grievance. "Daddy, is Master Yan as knowledgeable as you? Is he even more powerful than you?"

Father Xia didn't even think twice and said, "Of course he's not as good as me!"

Chu Jing chuckled and said, "Since Daddy is so powerful, why do you need a teacher to teach me? Wouldn't it be better if you could teach me directly?"

Father Xia just thought that Jing was making excuses for not studying.

Besides, at her current level, she only knows a few words and is not blind. Why does she need him to teach her?

Besides, he doesn't have so much time.

Father Xia thought so, but he didn't scold Chu Jing. Instead, he said, "Since you want to teach yourself for your father, that's fine. But you can't miss Master Yan's class!"

"How about this, come to my study every evening at twilight hour, and I'll personally teach you for an hour!"

Chu Jing: “Ah?”

This means that you have to take extra classes!

Father Xia didn't care whether Chu Jing was willing or not. He stood up and walked to the bookshelf at the back, took out a book and threw it to Chu Jing.

"I'll give you five days to memorize this book! After that, you must come to my study every day at twilight hour!"

Chu Jing lowered his head and saw four words written on the cover of the book: This is a military book.

Good guy.

Chu Jing exclaimed, "What a good guy!"

Is he so hardcore right from the start? He is indeed her father, the Grand Marshal, the highest military commander of the dynasty.

Chu Jing returned to her room with the book.

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Xie Qiheng left the Xia Mansion and returned to his own residence. Just as he dismounted and entered the house, someone came to report that the young master of the Yao Mansion had just come to visit. Upon learning that the prince was not at home, he had to stay and pay his respects before leaving.

Xie Qiheng asked someone to bring the things up.

It turned out to be just a pastry.

There was also a letter at the bottom of the food box.

Xie Qiheng opened the letter and took a look. What caught his eye was a delicate small seal script that looked like the handwriting of a woman.

Sure enough, this letter was written by Yao Yao.

The letter contained only a few sentences, expressing gratitude to the prince for his help today, and asking his brother in the mansion to send cakes as a token of gratitude. He also specifically pointed out that these cakes were unique and hoped that the prince would not dislike them.

Xie Qiheng put down the letter and looked into the food box. The pastries were exquisitely made, smelled sweet, and looked very delicious.

Xie Qiheng raised the corners of his lips slightly, with a hint of amusement, "What a unique family."

Does this imply that she did this herself?

Xie Qiheng had no intention of tasting it, and directly gave the box of pastries to the servant.

Miss Yao Er's show of goodwill is a bit too obvious and eager.

The second young master Yao, who had returned in failure without seeing Xie Qiheng, was invited over by people arranged by Yao Yao as soon as he got back to the Yao family.

Yao Yao looked very anxious. "How is it? Did Second Brother meet the Prince? What did he say? Did he accept the cakes I made myself?"

The Second Young Master Yao had already heard about how Yao Yao was heroically rescued by the Prince of Cheng today. He just thought that Yao Yao had secretly fallen in love with Xie Qiheng.

After all, the prince of Cheng is a young hero with good looks and status, and he is not married yet. It is normal for the girl to have some thoughts.

However, Yao Yao's anxious look was not appropriate after all. If others knew about it, they would think that the Yao family wanted to curry favor with the powerful.

The second son of the Yao family could only offer comfort, "I went to Prince Cheng's residence, but the prince was out and hadn't returned. I waited for a long time, but he didn't come back. I could only leave your thank you gift and come back."

Yao Yao frowned when she heard this, "What? He's not at home? Where else could he go?"

According to her original plan, Xie Qiheng should have a good impression of her when he met her for the first time today.

But she didn't expect Xia Chujing to be so shameless and just yelled it out loudly, making her very embarrassed.

Xie Qiheng probably had a grudge against her because of this incident, and he was actually indifferent to her in the Treasure Pavilion at that time.

She was terrified that her plan would fail, so after returning home, she immediately made her best pastry and asked her second brother to send it to Prince Cheng's Mansion. She also secretly put a handwritten letter in the food box to express her gratitude.

But I didn’t expect that my useless second brother didn’t even see anyone!

Yao Yao was very dissatisfied, and her tone was not very good. "Then why didn't you wait a little longer? You didn't even see anyone, and you ran back!"

Second Master Yao had run errands out of good intentions, but wasted his time and effort only to be blamed. He was annoyed, "If he doesn't come back one day, do I have to wait for him until tomorrow morning?!"

"You're an unmarried woman, yet you casually gave a man homemade cakes and even left a handwritten letter. If anyone knew about this, you would bring shame to our Yao family!"

"If something like this happens again, don't look for me again!"

After saying that, he turned around and left angrily.

Yao Yao was accused so much that her eyes turned red with anger, and her tear incontinence made her eyes tearful, which looked so pitiful.

Yao Yao thought angrily: Idiot! What does he know? Xie Qiheng was a genius, and he would hold great power in the future. Even the crown prince who would later ascend to the throne did not dare to touch him easily.

Now she is making plans for herself and the Yao family.

Being on good terms with Xie Qiheng would only benefit the Yao family and not harm them!

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