Hearing this, Xu Heming furrowed his brows tightly. He felt as if Xu Qingshi was born to oppose him. Every time there was something going on between him and Li Zhiwei, Xu Qingshi would always manage to cause some kind of trouble.

He wondered what kind of mess the boy had stirred up this time.

Thinking of this, Xu Heming said impatiently, "If something happened, what is the use of looking for me? Let him solve it himself!"

Hearing this, cold sweat broke out on the servant's forehead.

But thinking about how the young heir was currently in a fierce brawl with the young master of the Zhou family, he had to say tremblingly, "Your... Your Highness, the heir and the young master of the Zhou family are fighting over at Vermilion Bird Street. The two of them agreed that if the heir loses, you will have to marry the third Miss of the Zhou family as your Princess Consort, and the future Princess Consort will have to marry the eldest master of the Zhou family as a concubine."

After the servant finished speaking, he secretly glanced at the expression on Xu Heming's face.

One must know, the heir was using the Prince and the future Princess Consort as a bet. The Prince would probably be furious upon hearing this.

After all, what if the heir actually lost...

Would the Prince really have to marry the third Miss Zhou?

Xu Heming's face darkened completely upon hearing this.

This Xu Qingshi was really asking for a beating, actually daring to use him and Li Zhiwei as a bet.

And wanting him to marry Zhou Yuying? In their dreams.

Li Zhiwei was also a bit angry upon hearing this. It was true that she had a marriage agreement with Xu Heming, but Prince An's Manor shouldn't have the right to decide who she married, right?

And now, they actually wanted to marry her off to some eldest master of the Zhou family as a concubine?

Did they even ask for her consent?

"Your Highness, shouldn't you give me an explanation for this?" Li Zhiwei asked, glaring at Xu Heming with a face full of dissatisfaction.

"Don't worry, I'm going to teach that brat a lesson right now. No one can take you away from my side!" Xu Heming knew that Xu Qingshi couldn't possibly have come up with this on his own.

Most likely, it was just an excuse for the Zhou family to force Zhou Yuying into his manor.

Xu Qingshi and that Zhou Xingzhi from the Zhou family had never interacted much. For them to suddenly fight today and even make such a bet, he absolutely did not believe there was no foul play involved.

Thinking of this, Xu Heming looked at Li Zhiwei apologetically and said, "I'll go over and see what's going on. I'll have Qingsong escort you back first."

"I'll go with you!" Li Zhiwei shook her head. Since this matter concerned her, she definitely had to go and see exactly who it was that actually wanted her as a concubine.

However, at this moment, she didn't connect the Zhou family with Xu Qingshi's maternal grandparents' family.

Seeing Li Zhiwei's determined gaze, Xu Heming nodded.

The two of them soon arrived at Vermilion Bird Street.

From a distance, they could see a crowd gathered together, seemingly watching a spectacle.

Xu Heming's face was dark.

"Your Highness, right over there!"

The servant quickly pointed at the crowd and said.

Seeing Xu Heming's arrival, the onlookers hurriedly made way for them.

Li Zhiwei frowned, but since Xu Heming, the biological father, didn't say anything, she remained silent as well, just quietly following behind him.

Hurrying over at the same time was the eldest master of the Zhou family, Zhou Changfeng, who was also Zhou Xingzhi's father.

Zhou Changfeng bowed to Xu Heming with a flattering expression and called out, "Brother-in-law!"

Hearing this, Xu Heming was extremely displeased. After all, Madam Zhou had passed away long ago, and he didn't have much contact with the Zhou family.

It wasn't because he had a cold personality, but rather because the Zhou family's past attempt to make him marry Zhou Yuying had disgusted him.

And Xu Qingshi didn't have much contact with the Zhou family either.

Hearing this, Li Zhiwei secretly observed the man beside them. His facial features were somewhat similar to Xu Qingshi's. They say nephews take after their uncles, so Li Zhiwei guessed in her heart: Was the man in front of her Xu Qingshi's uncle?

Thinking of the young master of the Zhou family the servant had just mentioned, could it be that this person was actually the son of Xu Qingshi's maternal uncle?

Thinking of this, Li Zhiwei frowned. Did this mean they didn't want Prince An to marry her?

"Uncle An, you're finally here!" Seeing Xu Heming arrive, Xie Yanzhi deliberately called out loudly.

Xie Yanzhi originally wanted to give Xu Qingshi a look, but at this moment, Xu Qingshi was like an angry little lion, fiercely brawling with Zhou Xingzhi.

Zhou Xingzhi was two years older than Xu Qingshi, but Xu Qingshi was ruthless, and the two were currently evenly matched.

Seeing this, Zhou Changfeng could only smile awkwardly at Xu Heming.

Since he was Xu Qingshi's biological uncle, it wasn't appropriate for him to take his son's side at this moment.

He could only pray in his heart that Xu Heming would quickly stop the two of them.

Otherwise, he would be caught in a dilemma.

If Xu Qingshi was really injured, the Zhou family might have a hard time explaining it.

"I'll teach you to talk nonsense! I'll teach you to disrespect my mother!" Xu Qingshi furiously smashed his small fists at Zhou Xingzhi.

He originally didn't want to pay attention to Zhou Xingzhi's provocations.

After all, the people from the Zhou family just wanted to remind him not to forget that they were his mother's relatives and that they wouldn't harm him.

He didn't even know what his mother looked like. Besides, his father had said that his mother's maiden family only wanted to use him to leech off Prince An's Manor.

Every time his maternal grandmother, uncle, and the rest came to the manor, they would always eat and take things away.

They claimed they missed him, but he had never seen them give him a single thing.

Over time, Xu Qingshi grew to dislike the Zhou family.

And then there was that third aunt.

Every time she saw him, she would say things about how a stepmother would beat the children.

"She isn't your mother at all! My aunt is your mother! Xu Qingshi, you can't forget your roots!" Zhou Xingzhi yelled in dissatisfaction.

His grandmother had said that his eldest aunt was his cousin's biological mother, but she passed away right after giving birth to him. Therefore, they needed his third aunt to marry into Prince An's Manor to take good care of this cousin.

Zhou Xingzhi felt that Xu Qingshi was ungrateful for actually acknowledging someone else as his mother.

This was unfilial.

"How have I forgotten my roots? I go to my mother's grave every year! She gave birth to me, and I haven't forgotten!" Xu Qingshi roared indignantly with red eyes.

"You did forget! You actually called someone else 'Mother'!" Thinking of this, Zhou Xingzhi also threw a punch at Xu Qingshi in dissatisfaction.

He felt that his aunt had risked her life to give birth to him, yet he acknowledged someone else as his mother. This was wrong.

"What do you know? She treats me well! She is going to marry my father, so she is my mother!" Xu Qingshi said unhappily.

"Nonsense! Grandmother said that lowborn woman isn't fit to enter Prince An's Manor at all! You're still indulging her, you're just confused! Are you being fair to your dead mother?!" Zhou Xingzhi questioned angrily.

He felt, how could Xu Qingshi acknowledge someone else as his mother?

If there really had to be such a person, it could only be his third aunt.

After all, his third aunt was his eldest aunt's full blood sister.

She was the only one fit to be Xu Qingshi's stepmother.