After I stopped being a lady from a rich family, I fought all over the capital

Chapter 271 Natural Alliance
Zhang Youguang said a few polite words.

Liu Tian lowered his eyes, knelt on the ground, and said calmly, "My interests align with Father's, and we are natural allies. Father should trust me."

Believe?

Zhang Youguang stared at Liu Tian in silence for a long time, feeling a bit uncomfortable with this mistress.

What kind of shady stuff...

And then there's Liu Yueniang. If she hadn't been so ungrateful, actually searching for him all the way to the capital and causing him to lose face in front of Cui, how could he and Cui have become estranged?

Moreover, a concubine's daughter is not legitimate.

Even though the family genealogy has been changed and he has temporarily replaced Zhang Chi, he will still be criticized and left a handle for criticism.

Who knows when it will be exposed?

Zhang Youguang was not very willing to form an alliance with Liu Tian.

After much deliberation, he still preferred Zhang Shen, his eldest son.

Liu Tian could guess most of Zhang Youguang's thoughts just by looking at his evasive gaze.

He chuckled inwardly, then spoke indifferently, shattering Zhang Youguang's illusions.

"Father, now, the only person I can rely on is my son."

"If you don't believe your son..."

He paused slightly, his smile deepening, tinged with a hint of provocation: "I'm afraid the only thing I can do is send you to keep your second uncle company!"

Zhang Youguang's expression immediately changed, and he raised his hand as if to strike again.

This time, however, Liu Tian had no intention of accepting it.

"Father, don't push your luck. Think carefully about our current situation before you try to show your authority as a father to your son."

Zhang Youguang scoffed: "What's my situation now?"

He was naturally resentful, but he didn't make another move.

"Although my elder brother has not been convicted, he has not been released without charge either. If the palace wants to investigate, they can still imprison him at any time, just like when the Imperial Guards broke into the Zhang family." This statement was indeed correct.

However, Zhang Youguang's expression turned somewhat unpleasant upon hearing it so bluntly.

Yet, he couldn't come up with any rebuttal.

"However, my son can understand that his father looks down on me and is unwilling to be my ally."

"After all, the birth of a son was not something the father expected."

Liu Tian gave a self-deprecating smile.

Zhang Youguang pursed his lips slightly, neither admitting nor denying it explicitly, only saying, "You don't need to be so self-deprecating."

"Now that Father has been cleared of suspicion, he is also a pitiful widow. He can easily refuse and then marry another noblewoman from the Cui family."

"Then give birth to a worthy son, so that the lineage will continue."

Zhang Youguang frowned as he looked at him, as if asking: And what about you?

He didn't think Liu Tian would be so kind as to go to such lengths just to pave the way for him and his new child.

"I have no other wish than that after my father's wish is fulfilled, he may show some mercy and allow my mother to be buried in the Zhang family ancestral cemetery."

Liu Tian forced himself to utter these words against his will, suppressing his nausea.

He certainly wouldn't allow his mother to be buried in the Zhang family's burial grounds; he considered it unlucky.

Without giving Zhang Youguang a compelling reason to doubt, this fool won't stay in the pot and become the frog being slowly boiled alive.

As expected, Zhang Youguang had many suspicions, but he did not doubt this reason.

They even believed that they had Liu Tian's weakness.

Once a person has a weakness, everything becomes much easier!

This father-son alliance naturally became even more solid.