The voice was slightly breathless, which made An Honghan smile. "You may be spared the death penalty, but you can't escape punishment."

Xi Xi thought to herself, "Who is she doing this for? Is it because she's soft-hearted and couldn't help but plead for Zhao Taifu? Or does she want An Honghan to have less blood on his hands?" It seemed to be both, but it also seemed to lean slightly towards the latter.

After thinking about it for a while and still not figuring it out, Xi Xizhi completely gave up on the question.

"You've kissed me before, haven't you? What are you standing there for? Hurry up and sit down." An Honghan particularly liked the child's helpless actions, and his eyebrows were full of smiles.

Everyone's attention was focused on the first sentence: "We've kissed before!" So, who exactly is this young master?

Xi Xizhi kept her mouth shut and remained silent, watching An Honghan.

An Honghan reached out and patted her shoulder, telling her to relax.

"Grand Tutor Zhao." An Honghan's gaze shifted, and he looked coldly at Zhao Feiyi. "Considering that someone pleaded for you, I will spare your life. However... I will make sure you also suffer physical pain. Guards, drag him away and give him fifty lashes."

Since you dared to strike Xi Xizhi with twenty lashes, then I will reward you with a beating as revenge, to see who dares to provoke me again...

As long as Zhao Feiyi's life is spared, Xi Xizhi will no longer plead for him.

Seeing that Zhao Feiyi was about to be dragged out, An Honghan added: "Zhao Feiyi has poor teaching ethics, behaves improperly, beats students at will, and is arrogant. He is not qualified to serve as Grand Tutor. Effective immediately, he is removed from his position as Grand Tutor and demoted to a commoner. He is forbidden from ever setting foot in the capital again. Otherwise, he will be executed immediately."

The voice had a unique magnetism, and coupled with An Honghan's cold and ruthless expression, it made people even more terrified.

At this moment, everything Zhao Feiyi had previously possessed was destroyed.

His life was ruined just like that.

"Your Majesty..." Zhao Feiyi's persistent pleas for mercy assaulted everyone's eardrums.

Even after he was dragged far away from Panlong Hall by the guards, everyone seemed to still be able to hear his voice.

Xi Xizhi sighed, somewhat confused, and said slowly, "Am I a troublemaker? Why is it that nothing good ever happens when people meet me?"

“Even if you’re a troublemaker, you’re a cute one.” An Honghan reached out and pinched the child’s chubby cheeks. Where could he find such a cute troublemaker? There was only one like him in the world.

Xi Xizhi blushed again and turned her body away from An Honghan, so as not to let him see her embarrassing state.

Looking at the table full of dishes, Xi Xizhi suddenly remembered that An Honghan had been feeding her the food, while she hadn't touched a single bite.

"An Honghan... eat your food, it's getting cold." Xi Xizhi pointed at the dishes and blinked at An Honghan.

The sound of "An Honghan" made everyone stare wide-eyed in fear.

The palace maids and eunuchs in the room were incredulous, unable to believe what they had just heard.

Is His Majesty's name something to be called casually?! Lynn sighed inwardly. She had warned this little brat that morning, but she had completely ignored it.

"Your Majesty, she...she spoke without thinking. Please forgive her." Lynn never liked to meddle in other people's business, but whenever he saw Xi Xizhi's eyes, he felt a sense of familiarity and couldn't help but lend a helping hand to plead for her.

Xi Xizhi then realized that she had blurted out that name again...

"I'll change next time..." Feeling guilty, Xi Xizhi's voice weakened. She shifted her body slightly away, afraid that An Honghan might slap her to death in anger.

Time ticked by, and An Honghan remained silent. Everyone was on tenterhooks, fearing that His Majesty's anger would implicate them.

"Did I ever tell you to change?" He was so shocked when he heard the child call his name for the first time that he forgot to react.

Before he ascended the throne, this name had been called by others. But for some reason, when Xi Xizhi uttered those three words, An Honghan felt his blood boil, as if something was urging his emotions and compelling him to be excited.

His face remained calm, his chiseled features as expressionless as ever, but no one knew that An Honghan's heart was already in turmoil.

“I didn’t say to change it, so call me that from now on.” An Honghan’s words left everyone completely bewildered.

Xi Xizhi blinked in confusion. Isn't it said that one shouldn't address an emperor by his name?

"Wouldn't that be unreasonable?" It seems that the palace pays great attention to etiquette, and Xi Xizhi was afraid that if she called out like that, others would say that she was being disrespectful and arrogant because she was favored.

An Honghan's expression hardened. "I say yes. Anyone who dares to say no will have their head chopped off."

An Honghan never joked, and his words completely silenced everyone.

At the same time, this also dispelled a rumor... that the child was not His Majesty's illegitimate daughter! What daughter would dare to call her father by his name directly?

But... if it's not a daughter, then where did this child come from?

"Say it again." An Honghan pinched the little brat's cheeks, wishing he could keep pinching them forever.

He was very careful with the force he used when he pinched the child's cheeks, and he would immediately let go whenever he saw the child's cheeks turn red. This is because a child's skin is very delicate and cannot withstand being pinched.

But An Honghan particularly liked this touch, as if pinching her cheek would bring them closer together.

No matter what you do, you get used to it after doing it a lot! Xi Xizhi was pinched on the cheek by An Honghan every now and then, and she was so calm about it! Whenever An Honghan reached out, Xi Xizhi didn't even blink.

"An Honghan!" Xi Xizhi gritted her teeth, complaining about An Honghan's shameless behavior. Her face wasn't made of flour, it wasn't something to be molded.

As if ignoring the dissatisfaction in his words, An Honghan continued, "Say it again."

"An-Hong-Han," Xi Xi called out, emphasizing each word.

Pressuring him too hard isn't a good approach, so An Honghan squeezed for a while longer before letting go.

Every time he saw that little mouth open and close, uttering the word "three," An Honghan felt great, as if he had never experienced the unpleasant incident with Zhao Taifu.

After finishing his meal, An Honghan continued to be a diligent emperor, while a certain child first took a nap. When he was bored, he ran to the green lawn and taught the three butterflies magic so that they could protect themselves in the future.

Although Xi Xizhi's current cultivation level is not high, she has the experience from her previous life, so she can cultivate with ease.

Time flew by, and unexpectedly, on her way back, Xi Xizhi met someone.

The smiling tiger who seemed to have helped her that night.