She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Xing Zhonghe paled with fear and quickly knelt next to his father on the ground.

He merely found it intolerable that the Sixth Prince protected those two little ones, acting rashly out of impulsive righteousness, and voiced what was a common reality in this world. But he never expected that it would provoke Jinrong’s response, which could somehow be linked to the Crown Prince. If these words were to be confirmed as those of the Crown Prince, wouldn’t it seem to the public that the Crown Prince lacked the qualities necessary to become the Son of Heaven?

How could he bear the weight of such an accusation, such a result?

Jinrong silently observed the Xing father and son kneeling on the ground. He, Xing Zhonghe, Xu Deng, and others had been friends since childhood, but as they grew older and their family backgrounds diverged, the understanding and purity of their friendship from their younger days were no longer the same.

As a member of the Imperial Clan, he had known from a young age what he was after. Yet in the realm of friendships, he never allowed personal ambitions to interfere. The friends he made were from families that steered clear of factions, but unexpectedly, Grand Tutor Xing later took sides, aligning with the Crown Prince’s faction, and Xing Zhonghe did not separate friendships from politics, becoming increasingly antagonistic towards him.

Duke An sat with downcast eyes, pretending to have heard nothing. He had seen too much of this kind of thing at the Imperial Court. Taking sides was a dangerous affair, and once one took a side, infusing one’s emotions into that alignment made it even more perilous.

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Ye Xinyan, standing behind Duke An, widened her eyes, looking at Jinrong from a whole new perspective. Worthy of being the emperor’s son, and truly daring enough to harbor thoughts of challenging for the succession. This quick wit was admirable; to escalate a child’s quarrel to the point of placing such a heavy label on the Crown Prince.

And to do so in front of so many people.