As the legitimate son, Fu Xuan would someday inherit these things. Then, if he married the Princess, the power of the non-Imperial Family would likely surpass that of the Imperial Family.
The Empress and the Emperor would never allow such a thing to happen, so the Empress proposed a solution: Fu Xuan wouldn't inherit the non-Imperial Family's title, but would join the Royal Family as an ordinary Commandery Prince. Only then would she agree.
For years, Fu Xuan had acted nonchalant and unambitious to make his father give up on him. He knew his half-brothers harbored ill intentions, belittling him outside while poisoning his father against him. But so what? Everything was going his way.
Fu Xuan even felt that being able to return to the capital with his elder sister, the Princess, was a chance granted by heaven.
This time, he absolutely couldn't lose to Wen Ranchen.
The two arrived at the chicken pen, exchanged a glance, and went for the chickens.
