After the British government received the imperial edict to posthumously ennoble Li's family, news came out that Li's children were not dead.
The people in the capital were still confused, and then the British step-wife and daughter-in-law was sent to the East Palace and became the prince's concubine.
They all thought that the news that Yuan's wife and daughter were still alive was false. Unexpectedly, the emperor would approve the British Duke's petition for the title of Crown Prince in a blink of an eye.
He is not the legitimate son born to his step-wife Wu, not the young father-in-law whom everyone in the capital calls him, but the legitimate son who is rumored to be alive by his wife Yuan!
It turns out that there really is no smoke without fire.
The jaws of the people in the capital dropped.
These days, the capital is filled with news about the British government, including gossip about his family.
It's just that no one from the British government came forward to speak out. Everyone just spread the word quietly. Unexpectedly, this was confirmed.
"Wen Bi, why do you have to ask for the title of Crown Prince without telling me?"
The madam was caught off guard and was stunned by the news.
"And you asked Huo Nian for a title, but have you thought about what to do with Jie'er?"
"Mom, his surname is not Huo, his name is Zhang Yuzhong. I gave him this name when he was still in the womb. He is the legitimate son of Yuan's wife, and the position of heir apparent is his. Without him, it might be Jie'er's.
.But Zhonger is still alive."
The madam frowned: "Didn't I tell you that we need to take a long-term approach?"
"Mom, I can't wait any longer. If I don't take them back, I don't know how the Wu family will treat them. I owe them all these years. If anything happens to them again, how can I stand on my feet?"
Mrs. Tai had a headache. Wen Bi invited Prince Feng without her consent, and he didn't know how the Wu family would jump in.
"Mother, now that the emperor has approved my petition, the next step is to take the two children back to the house. Mother, do you want to see which courtyard is better for them?"
"You have such a big idea, why do you come to ask me?"
“Isn’t the mother in charge of middle school education?”
The mother and son were arguing when Zhang Jie ran over, crying with tears streaming down his face: "Father, this is not true! This is not true!"
"Jie'er..."
"Father, did you hear me wrong? Did they lie to you? My son is the young father-in-law, and the prince is not his son. Father, please speak up."
Zhang Fu felt a little uncomfortable when he looked at his son who was crying with tears all over his face. This son grew up to such a big size under his eyes, and it was because of his pain since childhood.
"Jie'er, listen to what father told you..."
"I won't listen, I won't listen! Father, I am the eldest son. I am the younger father-in-law. Isn't it me the prince? The one outside must be a fake! Someone is pretending to be him! Even if he is real, the prince
He should be a son. Father!"
He was called "young master" outside, and he was flattered and fawned over. In the Imperial College, even the gentlemen and doctors were praising him, and now they told him that he was no longer the prince.
How can he accept it? How can he go out?
"Xie'er, although you are not the heir apparent, you are still my father's eldest son. My father still loves you as much as he did in the past..."
"It's different, it's different! How can this be the same! Father, I want to be the heir, and I am the heir! Father, please."
The madam felt uncomfortable looking at her grandson whom she had loved for more than ten years.
He greeted him, "Xie'er, come to grandma."
"No, I don't! We all lied to me, we all lied to me! Mother is right, you are all bad people! You usually love me, but it's all fake! It's all fake!"
He broke away from Zhang Fu's hand and ran out.
"Jie'er!" Zhang Fu ran to the door, stopped, and ordered his servants: "Quick, follow us and take a look!"
"Yes." The two servants hurriedly followed.
Wu's courtyard was in a state of chaos.
Originally, Mrs. Wu thought that sending Baguio to the East Palace would frighten the Duke and the Dowager, but unexpectedly, she actually asked them to invite the Crown Prince early.
Mother and son have become a joke in the house and in the whole capital.
"Go to hell, go to hell, go to hell!" With a crash, the double-sided embroidered screen frame also fell to the ground.
"Mother!"
Zhang Jiefeng ran in, threw himself into his mother's arms and burst into tears.
"My son, my poor son."
"My mother, father and grandmother didn't love me. They said they loved me, but it was all lies! It was all lies!"
"My son. Now you know, they all do one thing to our face and another behind our backs, coaxing our mother and son to play. Son, except for my mother and your sister, no one can be trusted."
"Mother, the prince is mine, and I am the young father-in-law!"
"Well, it's yours. No one can take it away! Mother won't watch something like that happen! He's just a prince. Anyone who is an emperor can be pulled down from the throne, let alone just a prince!
"
"Mother?"
"Don't worry, my son, your mother is here. What should be yours will be yours. Take your time, don't rush."
The news that Zhang Fu invited the crown prince also alarmed Huo Xi.
She thought that Zhang Fu just said that to appease her and Nian'er that day, but she didn't expect that he really asked Nian'er to be a seal?
Huo Xi suddenly felt a little complicated.
Compared with Huo Xi's calmness, Yang, Huo Erhuai and others were so happy that they wanted to jump up.
I was so happy and excited that I had nowhere to put my hands and feet.
"My son has become the eldest son, the eldest son of the Duke's Palace! It's so great! Nian'er is finally here!" Yang cried with joy, and hugged Huo Erhuai and cried.
The couple were living in fear these days. They were not unaware of the movements at night, and they even stopped breathing. They did not dare to sleep at night.
Finally the good news came.
"Dad, that's great!"
"Yeah, that's great!" Huo Erhuai was also very excited.
But after the excitement was over, the couple thought that their two children were going back to their own home and leaving their side, and they felt reluctance and sadness welling up in their hearts.
I just wanted to cry. That was the child who grew up in their arms. He was not even a month old yet, but he fed on her milk and grew to be as big as he is now.
"Dad, this is a good thing." Yang wiped it on his face.
"Well, it's a good thing. The two children are still in the capital and haven't gone anywhere else." Huo Erhuai comforted himself with red eyes.
"No. I didn't go anywhere else." Yang pressed her sleeve on the corner of her eye, but it didn't seem to be wiped clean.
"Dad, after the two children leave, let's move to the inner city to be closer to the two children."
Huo Erhuai's eyes lit up and he nodded: "Okay, let's move to the inner city! If someone bullies our children, we can still get there!"
"Right, that is it!"
Mrs. Yang thought that her house in the inner city was not too far from the Zhang family, and she felt somewhat comforted.
Huo Nian came back from the school and received the news, which was a bit unbelievable.
"Sister, is this true?"
He became the heir apparent of the Duke's mansion so soon? Did he, his family, and the emperor recognize his identity?
Huo Xi smiled and nodded at him. Seeing that he didn't look happy, she asked him, "Nian'er is not happy?"
Nian'er hesitated: "Are we going to live in Zhang's Mansion?"