[She doted on you since you were little and never criticized your homework. She did it on purpose to make you neglect your studies!]
[She was even so vicious that she ordered her two nephews to scare you to death!]
Xia Zhengqi felt cold all over. It was midsummer, but he was shivering from head to toe.
He suddenly woke up.
Empress Dowager Jiang had two different attitudes towards her biological son and her stepson.
She was very strict with her own son, the sixth prince Xia Zhengze, and would spank his hands if he was even slightly lazy in his studies.
But she was extremely gentle to her stepson, never beating or scolding him. Even when she came last in the exam, she simply advised him not to take it to heart.
Ah...I am a joke!
She was clearly a vicious stepmother who deliberately abandoned her stepson, but she was regarded as a loving mother by herself for decades!
The Fifth Prince, who had been standing silently beside the Empress Dowager, widened his eyes after hearing Xia Miaoyuan's thoughts. "What? Grandmother Empress Dowager is so vicious to Father?"
Seeing that Xia Zhengqi remained silent, the Empress Dowager thought that her trick had worked, and quickly gave the Fifth Prince a look, indicating that he should assist.
The fifth prince hesitated and showed a somewhat reluctant expression.
Ever since he heard from his sister that he was snatched away from his biological mother by Concubine Jiang, he lost all feelings for the entire Jiang family.
Now that his grandfather and two uncles are in prison, he remains calm.
But under the threat of the Empress Dowager, the Fifth Prince finally said, "Father, please spare my grandfather and uncles."
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