Silver Blood.
What a revered label. From the moment Jing Qingfu was born, he had grown up carrying it.
His food, clothing, and daily necessities were on par with the imperial family's standards. The toys he played with as a child were mechanical contraptions that the children of ordinary farming families had never even seen. As a youth, he studied at the Inner City National School, surrounded by the children of clans and descendants of wealthy merchants. When he first experienced romantic feelings, he went to the Fragrant Snow Sea to sample the forbidden fruit.
He was a true Silver Blood scion. He loved fine residences, beautiful maids, pretty boys, splendid clothes, gourmet food, fine steeds, ornate lanterns, lavish music, antiques, flowers, and birds. He indulged in tea and lust, seeking pleasure day after day and drowning himself in wine and women night after night, enjoying every luxury to the fullest.
Even so, he had effortlessly defeated his other brothers and taken control of the Jing Family. It was not that his brothers were all useless. It was simply that, as the eldest brother, Jing Qingfu had begun plotting the moment his younger brothers were born. He had deliberately led them astray by example, while he himself acted like a wastrel in public and worked hard in secret. He had also befriended the other Silver Blood scions, and thus became the family head with everyone's support.
That was why Jing Qingfu looked down on Jing Zhengwei. His own experiences had influenced him to some extent—as the eldest brother, if you could not even raise your younger brothers into wastrels, how did you expect to take control of the Jing Family?
After starting a family and establishing his career, Jing Qingfu launched sweeping reforms within the Jing Family, eliminating parasites from