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Before Chen Afu could finish, Dabao burst into tears. "Mother, are you saying all this because you no longer want me? Is it because they think I'm a burden and they won't let you be my mother? Mother, you promised to always hold on to me, so why are you trying to push me away as soon as we arrive in the Capital City?"

Marquis Chu entered and said, "Your Highness, you are not a burden at all. On the contrary, you are of great nobility. Eight years ago, I had Guard Wang leave you in a small grove and watched Mrs. Wang take you away…"

Shiyi immediately broke down in tears, interrupting Marquis Chu, and cried in Chen Afu's arms, "Mother, the Chus won't let you have me, I'll stop being father's adopted son and only be your child. I-I'll return to grandma's house in Dingzhou, they surely want me there... "