He had truly taken one wrong step after another.
Looking back, before his birthday celebration, although the Duke Rong's Estate had been somewhat stagnant in Shangjing and alienated by Emperor Youning due to his two useless daughters, Noble Consort Zhou and Princess Consort Rui, things were not yet irreparable.
Had he tucked his tail between his legs and kept a low profile instead of trying to use his granddaughter, Zhou Huirou, to take a shortcut, and instead performed a few commendable tasks in the imperial court, things might not have devolved to this point.
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