Chapter 89 The fake prince ascends the throne as emperor!
Zhou Jing doesn't like Zhou Xi, so how could Zhou Xi ever like Zhou Jing?
In his previous life, before Zhou Xi knew Zhou Jing's true identity, he had already envied Zhou Jing, the prince of England who lived in a honeypot. At that time, he had vaguely felt that there was something wrong with his father's favor towards him, but he still thought that the emperor was his biological father, and still had a glimmer of hope and longed for family affection.
After his life story was revealed, Zhou Xi was filled with envy, jealousy and hatred towards Zhou Jing. Why was it that after their lives were swapped, Zhou Jing got all the good things and he had to bear all the bad things? Was he born to bring suffering to Zhou Jing?
Now that he has been reborn, Zhou Xi looks at Zhou Jing's current situation and feels a sense of revenge in his heart.
Zhou Jing was able to become an outstanding person in his previous life, all thanks to his biological father who raised him carefully without knowing it. Now Zhou Jing has just been left alone and has become this dandy boy. It can be seen that after losing his father's education, Zhou Jing is no better than this.
Zhou Xi was looking at Zhou Jing at this time, feeling very happy, but he had no intention of making friends with Zhou Jing. After teasing Zhou Jing with a hint of sarcasm, he turned around to look for Si Yuan.
He came to the Duke of England's mansion to discuss the next plan of action with his father.
Compared to his previous life when he had to stand on his own, he now has it much easier with his father's help.
Zhou Jing looked at Zhou Xi's departing back and unconsciously clenched his fists. Although Zhou Xi didn't say much to him, it was this attitude of ignoring him that hurt Zhou Jing's sensitive self-esteem.
The inferiority complex caused by being ignored by his father when he was young was still hidden in his heart. He couldn't stand being ignored by others, so after his father began to dote on him, he had a vengeful mentality to compensate himself and wanted to be the center of everyone's attention.
So he was arrogant and overbearing, making everyone dare not look down on him.
His father, the Duke of England, held a high position of power, and he himself was favored by the emperor. No one in the entire capital dared not give him face, including the eldest prince and several other princes.
Before his father, the Duke of England, chose to support the Crown Prince, the First Prince and others had shown all kinds of goodwill to him, the eldest son who was much favored by his father, in order to win over his father; even now that his father has chosen to support the Crown Prince, the First Prince and others did not ignore him. The Fourth Prince became hostile to him, and the First Prince, the Second Prince, and the Third Prince tried to win his father back through him, and their attitude towards him did not get worse, but better.
Only the Crown Prince, the fifth prince whom his father truly supported, actually never took him, the legitimate son of the Duke of England, seriously. He never showed any kindness to him or tried to win him over, nor did he pay much attention to him, as if in the eyes of the Crown Prince he was just an insignificant little character.
This kind of neglect made Zhou Jing feel very uncomfortable.
Zhou Jing felt very aggrieved and he couldn't bear it any longer, so he waited patiently until the prince left his father's study and then hurriedly knocked on the door of his father's study.
Si Yuan, who had just discussed the next action plan with Zhou Xi, was sitting at the desk looking at a map. Hearing a knock on the door, he looked towards the study door and knew through the wooden door that the person outside was Zhou Jing, the fake legitimate son.
Thinking that Zhou Jing was still his most beloved son, Si Yuan said, "Come in."
Zhou Jing pushed the door open and walked in, then nervously closed it again. He looked at Si Yuan mysteriously and asked, "Father, what did you discuss with the prince just now?"
Si Yuan said calmly: "This is not something you should know."
It was not surprising that Zhou Jing kept the secret from Si Yuan. Si Yuan never told him about court matters, but he didn't stop him from making friends with other people, not even with the eldest prince.
Zhou Jing felt that Si Yuan might not be so firm in supporting the prince.
So Zhou Jing dared to speak out what was in his heart: "Father, please stop supporting the crown prince and support the eldest prince instead."
Si Yuan raised his eyes to look at Zhou Jing who made such shocking remarks. How could a playboy have the confidence to get involved in the fight for succession? And you dare to persuade him to switch sides with the eldest prince?
Even if Si Yuan is not the prince's biological father, but just an ordinary official, supporting the fake prince is better than supporting the eldest prince.
Because in the original plot, the eldest prince fell much earlier than the fake prince, and after the eldest prince fell, the emperor only imprisoned the eldest prince, but showed no mercy to any of the officials who followed the eldest prince to win the throne. Some were killed, some were exiled, and some had their property confiscated.
No matter how cruel the emperor was, he would not kill his own son. Adhering to the idea that "my son has become bad because of the people around him", the emperor thought that the eldest prince was jumping around and coveting his throne because of the instigation of people around him, so he killed the eldest prince's supporters.
Not only the supporters of the eldest prince, but also the supporters of the second prince, the third prince and the fourth prince suffered a similar fate. They were all defeated by the crown prince, and the fate of the four princes was similar.
The prince became the final winner, and then the emperor took action personally. He revealed the prince's true background. It turned out that the prince was a fake prince and had no qualifications to compete for the throne.
Once the fake prince's identity was revealed, the supporters who had gathered around him because of his status as a prince naturally dispersed in an instant.
The emperor also felt that the prince's supporters would not continue to support a fake prince, so he decided to execute the fake prince, and so he mercifully spared the prince's supporters.
So in the original plot, it is the supporters of the fake prince who can have a good ending.
Ordinary officials would have a better fate if they supported the crown prince than if they supported the eldest prince. What's more, Si Yuan was the crown prince's biological father. Of course, he would support his own son to become the emperor.
Si Yuan looked at Zhou Jing, whose eyes were filled with muddy and stupidity, and asked, "What benefit did the eldest prince give you to make you speak for him like this?"
Zhou Jing's eyes were vague and he didn't dare to admit it. The eldest prince did give him a lot of benefits, but the most important thing was that he hated the crown prince, so he chose to side with the eldest prince.
When Si Yuan saw Zhou Jing's expression, he guessed what he had thought.
Zhou Jing is an ungrateful person who never remembers favors. No matter how good the eldest prince is to him, at most he has a slightly higher favorability towards the eldest prince than towards other princes. It is impossible for him to remember any favors from the eldest prince.
On the other hand, if Crown Prince Zhou Xi was a little cold towards Zhou Jing, Zhou Jing would hold a grudge in his heart. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. It is not surprising that Zhou Jing chooses to side with the eldest prince because he hates the crown prince.
The eldest prince has always been aware of Zhou Jing's attempt to win over Si Yuan, and his attitude is to let it go.
Si Yuan knew what the eldest prince was thinking when he tried to win over Zhou Jing. The eldest prince simply felt that if he could win over the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion to his side through 'Duke Yingguo's most beloved son', he would make a fortune. Even if he could not win over Si Yuan, the Duke of Yingguo, he could make the crown prince suspect that the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion was betting on both sides and was a fence-sitter, thus alienating the crown prince from the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion, which would not be a loss.
However, the eldest prince did not know how deep the relationship between the Duke of Yingzhou's Mansion and the crown prince was. Even if Zhou Jing, the legitimate son of the Duke of Yingzhou's Mansion, openly announced his support for the eldest prince, the crown prince would not doubt that Si Yuan's support for him was fake.
Because of their shared secrets and close blood relationship, the Crown Prince trusted Si Yuan extremely. Even if he was wary of Si Yuan, that was only after he ascended the throne. After the Crown Prince ascended the throne, he and Si Yuan were natural allies, an alliance that could not be separated no matter how the eldest prince tried to sow discord.
Moreover, the prince knew clearly that Zhou Jing was not Si Yuan's biological son. Zhou Jing's support for the eldest prince would not be as effective as that expressed by Si Yuan's illegitimate sons.
Si Yuan paid more attention to the training of the original owner's illegitimate sons and daughters than to Zhou Jing.
Although Si Yuan's mission target is Zhou Xi, the legitimate son, and illegitimate sons and daughters have little presence either in the original plot or after Si Yuan traveled through time, they are the original owner's biological children after all. Si Yuan, who has occupied the original owner's body, cannot just ignore these children.
However, Si Yuan did not have that much patience to educate these illegitimate sons and daughters like he did Zhou Xi.
He hired good teachers to teach his illegitimate sons and daughters, and would pay attention to their learning progress and test their learning results from time to time.
These illegitimate sons and daughters know that their future depends on their father Si Yuan, so naturally they have to study hard to please Si Yuan. They are not like Zhou Jing, the legitimate son, who can be doted on by his father just by virtue of his status as a legitimate son. He will also inherit the title of Duke of England in the future, so it doesn't matter even if he is a good-for-nothing.
So they studied very hard. Si Yuan also knew that it was impossible for Zhou Xi to restore his true identity and come back to inherit the title of Duke of England. He would not give the title to Zhou Jing, a fake, so the heir to the Duke of England could only be chosen from among the illegitimate sons.
Si Yuan recommended his illegitimate son, who had grown up to be quite capable, to Zhou Xi. This was considered a help, and in the eyes of outsiders, it was also a manifestation of the support of the Duke of Ying's Mansion for the prince.
Otherwise, if it was just him, the Duke of England, who verbally expressed support for the Crown Prince, but none of his own children served the Crown Prince, people would only wonder whether the Duke of England's Mansion truly supported the Crown Prince.
Zhou Xi was also happy to use his own brothers. Although the other party was unaware of it, he knew the blood relationship. Moreover, the half-brother sent by Si Yuan was indeed capable and could be used. He had a clean background and there was no need to worry that he was a spy planted by others.
On the contrary, Zhou Jing, the legitimate son of the Duke of England, has no duties at all, only the illusory favor of Si Yuan, the Duke of England.
Zhou Jing was in the middle of the situation and couldn't see clearly. He thought that Si Yuan's favor for him would make Si Yuan change his decision to support the prince. Today, in order to take revenge on the prince, he ran to Si Yuan's study and said these fantastic words.
Si Yuan was helpless about Zhou Jing's stupidity. Fortunately, he was not his biological son, and Zhou Jing's real identity was special. Even if Zhou Jing caused any trouble, the first person to clean up Zhou Jing's mess would be the current emperor, so Si Yuan didn't need to do anything.
Si Yuan looked at Zhou Jing, who was hesitating and unable to come up with any legitimate reasons to persuade Si Yuan to support the eldest prince, and waved his hand and said, "Alright, the important matters in the court are not something you can interfere with. The right thing for you to do is to go back and study hard."
Si Yuan did not deliberately train Zhou Jing to be a waste. He just pampered Zhou Jing with the same attitude as the original owner in the original plot. The only change was that he no longer supervised Zhou Jing's studies.
He still hired good teachers to teach Zhou Jing, but he did not teach Zhou Jing personally, nor did he supervise Zhou Jing's studies. He let his studies go on their own, and Zhou Jing's studies were entirely based on his own consciousness.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com