Lan Jizu immediately said, "Cousin, when our great-aunt was alive, she always taught us not to cause trouble for His Majesty. We also have our great-aunt taking care of us at home, and our uncles and cousins ​​always look after us, so naturally no one dares to cause us any trouble."

That's true. Although Lan Yu is currently training troops in the Northwest, he still has his concubines in the Duke's mansion. No one dares to provoke Lan Jizu. This is Lan Yu's darling. For this precious grandson, Lan Yu wouldn't care about wives and concubines. After all, he was someone he had managed to snatch back from the imperial family, and he would inherit the Lan family's lineage in the future.

Besides already holding the title of heir to a dukedom, Lan Jizu is also the Duke of Kaiping, Chang Mao. And let's not forget, he's actually the cousin of the current Ming emperor. With all these connections, none of them are easy to deal with!

Little Zhu then said, "Father, the sons of military merit are all martial, but there is no martial spirit in our imperial clan."

Zhu Yunying didn't think so. He reached out and grabbed the boy's ear, looking utterly disappointed. "You come from a military family. Your grandfather was the Prince of Kaiping, who could conquer the world with 100,000 troops. Your aunt was the late Empress, a woman who was no less capable than any man! Even your name was given to you by us, hoping you would become our prodigy. And this is what you've become?"

Chang Qi, the heir of the Prince of Kaiping's mansion, is a complete wastrel, a waste of Zhu Yunying's expectations.

Chang Qi immediately retorted, "Cousin, I fall asleep as soon as I see a book, and my hands go numb as soon as I pick up a knife. I want to be successful and not embarrass you, but I just can't do it!"

This scoundrel seems determined to remain shameless to the end, but Zhu Yunying has no better options. Perhaps Chang Qi's纨绔 (playboy/spoiled brat) lifestyle isn't so bad, given his sensitive background. The Chang family is already quite prominent, and while it can remain so, it obviously can't become even more so.

The interference of maternal relatives in politics is something we must guard against!