"A backup plan?"
Jiang Jingcheng looked at Jiang Xiaobai in surprise. "What backup plan?"
Had this brat already made arrangements?
But that wasn't right. Jiang Xiaobai hadn't known anything beforehand. How could he have... prepared in advance?!
For a moment, Jiang Jingcheng stared at Jiang Xiaobai, his curiosity growing.
"I'm planning to..."
Noticing Jiang Jingcheng's gaze, Jiang Xiaobai curled his lips. "Take a knife to the emperor's head!"
What?
Jiang Jingcheng's expression changed at once. He glared at Jiang Xiaobai. "You little brat, don't tell me you're planning to..."
At this point, Jiang Jingcheng glanced outside the cell and lowered his voice. "Xiaobai, listen to me. You can act recklessly in other matters, but rebellion is absolutely out of the question!"
"The Former Emperor treated our Jiang Family generously. If you really did something like that, our Jiang Family... would have the whole world pointing accusing fingers at our backs!"
"Ah!"
Hearing this, Jiang Xiaobai sighed deeply. "Don't worry, Dad. I know where to draw the line!"
Honestly, this father he'd acquired was good in every way.
He valued kindness and loyalty!
But... his shortcomings were just as obvious.
He was far too blindly loyal and valued the Jiang Family's reputation above everything else.
Take his younger uncle, for instance.
After Jiang Jingxuan rebelled back then, if Jiang Jingcheng had reported the truth to the Imperial Court upon returning, would they have any of these troubles today?
And what had happened instead?
For the sake of the Jiang Family's reputation as a house of loyal heroes, Jiang Jingcheng had forcibly hushed the matter up, telling everyone that Jiang Jingxuan had died heroically in battle.
And now, after returning, the man had turned around and used that very matter to sink his teeth viciously into his father!
While Jiang Xiaobai was