Taking advantage of the emperor's happiness that the prince had a successor, he led the matter to the Marquis of Jing'en's mansion.
They said that the Marquis of Jing'en's son had damaged the foundation. If such a person were to inherit the title, wouldn't that be a clear attempt to reclaim the Marquis of Jing'en's title? Being childless was a taboo in the succession of the title; a childless person couldn't be allowed to inherit.
The prince argued that he could adopt a son to the son of Marquis Jing'en.
King Zhuang then said that biological children are more important than adopted ones, and he suggested that the emperor appoint Jing Shengwen as the heir apparent of Marquis Jing'en.
The Crown Prince and King Zhuang were unable to reach an agreement in the argument, so the Emperor called in Marquis Jing'en and asked him to speak for himself.
Marquis Jing'en hesitated for a moment. He didn't want to offend the crown prince, but he also wanted to make Jing Shengwen the heir. In the end, he was afraid that an heir would bring chaos to the family, so he thought it would be better to make Jing Shengwen the heir.
The emperor then asked Marquis Jing'en to write a memorial himself and submit it. After receiving it, he would approve it and go through the formalities.
As soon as he left the imperial study, the prince immediately went to find Jing Ruchen and told him the news. Jing Ruchen was not surprised at all that his father would choose Jing Shengwen.
He smiled carefreely. He had long since given up hope on Marquis Jing'en.
Once Jing Shengwen becomes the crown prince, he will take Dan Ruo to establish a new mansion. After all, it's just a title, and he can also fight for it on the battlefield.
Marquis Jing'en returned to his mansion and locked himself in the study, where he picked up his pen to write a memorial to change the crown prince's throne, but he was interrupted several times by ink.
He crumpled up the waste paper and debated whether he should communicate with his eldest son first, lest he know the news too suddenly.
He asked his servant to call the prince over.
Jing Ruchen knew what he was going to say. When it came to this, he didn't want to communicate with his father, Marquis Jing'en, anymore.
He refused on the grounds of being busy with official duties, and then wrote a letter expressing his desire to go to the border. He wanted to achieve great things and protect his mother and wife with his own strength.
At the same time, Jing Shengwen shared the good news with Ying Nianrong, and Ying Nianrong had already begun to imagine the glorious scene of becoming the marquis's wife.
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