The Crown Prince left the Marquis of Chengen's residence in anger.
When the Marquis of Chengen returned and heard about this, he was equally furious. He grabbed the door bolt and started hitting his son.
"I told you not to act so ridiculously!"
"I told you two to get engaged as soon as possible, but you two just pretended to listen! Do you really not respect me as your father?!"
The stick struck the prince squarely.
The prince screamed in pain, but dared not dodge.
"Father...Father, please stop hitting me, it hurts...I...I'm doing this for the Zhou family!"
"You're utterly useless!"
After cursing for a while, the Marquis of Chengen finally threw away the door bolt, panting heavily.
At this moment, the Crown Prince's wife also rushed over from the backyard.
She didn't dare come in to stop them, so she could only kneel outside the door.
Marquis Chengen glanced at her.
"You went to see Consort Xi?"
The Crown Prince's wife trembled with fear, but dared not lie, and nodded.
“Go to the family temple, chant sutras and pray for blessings, and come back in six months.”
Marquis Chengen said this without any expression.
The Crown Prince's wife agreed with trepidation, kowtowed to the Marquis of Chengen, and then mustered her courage to ask a question.
"And what about my husband?"
"Why bother with him? Let him die!"
Marquis Chengen was both angry and annoyed.
Because the heir apparent was the only son, his wife had spoiled him rotten. Originally, the Marquis of Chengen thought he could control him, but now it seemed this troublesome son was going to ruin his lifelong reputation!
As he was thinking this, his foolish son kept calling out and shouting.
"What did I do wrong?! The Crown Prince is close to us, but his son might not be so. Isn't this marriage between close relatives a good thing?"
Marquis Chengen was so angry that he almost grabbed the door bolt again.
Fortunately, the Crown Prince's wife noticed and quickly spoke up.
"Husband, how can you talk back to Father?"
Marquis Chengen snorted coldly and walked up to his son.
"You're still not convinced? It's good to strengthen ties, but it depends on whether the person in question is willing. The Crown Prince is no longer the weak prince who needed to rely on our Zhou family. He's about to ascend the throne, and the strength he's shown these past few days has even impressed Old Song. You can only appease such a person indirectly; you can't force him to drink water."
The prince gritted his teeth: "He's ungrateful!"
Snap!
The Marquis of Chengen slapped him hard, breaking the corner of his mouth.
"That's the Emperor! The Holy Emperor! How dare you harbor resentment and speak rudely? Do you want to drag our whole family down with you?!"
Marquis Chengen has served under three emperors, although one of them was a fake emperor.
He changed his mindset very quickly, and in just a few days he had adjusted and truly treated the crown prince as the emperor, not his own grandson.
Looking at his son's foolish appearance, Marquis Chengen felt like he was about to have a heart attack.
He sat down listlessly and waved his hand.
"Take the prince away, call a doctor to examine him, and after he is cured, send him back to his hometown."
"master!"
"father!"
Several voices rang out at the same time.
But once Marquis Chengen makes a decision, no one can make him change it.
The Crown Prince's wife subconsciously patted her chest, secretly thinking that she was still lucky.
Although my father-in-law has a bad temper, he won't punish his children too harshly as long as they apologize obediently. Unfortunately, my husband doesn't understand this and insists on talking back. Now look what's happened—he's going to be exiled back to his hometown.
The Crown Prince's wife worried for a while, then comforted herself: Fortunately, I still have my son.
The Crown Prince's wife has two sons, the eldest being nineteen and the second thirteen. Hua'er and Shu'er are actually born out of wedlock, but they were registered under her name from an early age and raised as legitimate daughters.
The servants came in, helped the prince up, and carried him out.
The Crown Prince's wife hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help asking the Marquis of Chengen.
"Father, what about Hua'er and Shu'er?"
"Don't worry about Hua'er and Shu'er's marriage. I have my own plans."
Marquis Chengen waved his hand, signaling her to leave as well.
He was generally satisfied with his daughter-in-law, but she was too soft-hearted and couldn't support the family.
Fortunately, the eldest grandson doesn't resemble the son...
Marquis Chengen rubbed his wrist and had someone summon his eldest grandson to accompany him into the palace.
The Crown Prince went to the small courtyard again to see Song Xibai and the two children before returning to the palace.
As soon as he entered the Qianqing Palace, the Marquis of Chengen presented a plaque requesting an audience.
The crown prince raised an eyebrow but did not stop him.
After the Marquis of Chengen entered, he pulled his grandson down to kneel down.
“Your Highness, this brat is foolish. This old minister has already taught him a lesson. I ask Your Highness for your opinion.”
The crown prince stood on the throne, looking at his elderly maternal grandfather prostrate on the ground, his feelings indescribably complicated.
Despite his anger, he couldn't be happy to see his grandfather, whom he had once regarded as family, in this state.
The crown prince slowly sat down.
The cold dragon throne made him truly feel the second shift in his mindset after becoming emperor.
That feeling of loneliness that comes from being at the top.
He looked away and closed his eyes.
Fortunately, there's still Qingqing...
Only Qingqing has remained unchanged, treating me the same as always.
Even though they had just parted ways, at this moment, he missed Song Xibai terribly.
This brings us to Song Xibai's approach to the situation.
Song Xibai also noticed the Crown Prince's change, but despite her caution, she remained as affectionate as before, occasionally even throwing a tantrum or acting coquettishly, making the Crown Prince feel that she had never changed.
Marquis Chengen stayed in the palace for about half an hour.
When he came out again, he looked noticeably more relaxed.
The imperial decree bestowing the marriage was delivered to the Marquis of Chengen's residence the following day.
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