Well, they're bound to be discovered sooner or later anyway, so let's just consider it as them recognizing a father early.

Thinking this, Sang Jiang, in a fit of despair, walked up to Long Jingchen and looked down at her feet.

Just as Long Jingchen was about to tell her to look up, Sang Mumu suddenly spoke up: "What should we do with this bad aunt, Daddy?"

Long Jingchen then withdrew his gaze from Sang Jiang and turned his attention to Consort Li, who was kneeling to the side.

Consort Li panicked when she saw Long Jingchen looking at her. She hurriedly shouted, "Little Princess, you can't say that! Eunuch Yang just said it was this one, it was this one... Sanyoumu hit me. Since you called the Emperor 'Father,' then I am your concubine. How can you frame me for the sake of an outsider?"

Upon hearing his words, Sang Mumu immediately pouted and muttered disdainfully, "No way! You're not Mumu's aunt! You just said Mumu was a little bastard!"

When Consort Li heard her bring the topic back to the present, she felt like killing her. All she wanted to do now was shut the little girl up.

However, she dared not act presumptuously in front of Long Jingchen. She forced a smile and looked at Mumu, saying softly, "Mumu, I'm sorry. It was my fault. I apologize to you, okay? What we need to talk about now is that this little palace maid hit me."

"Hmph!" Sang Mumu snorted coldly, buried her little head in Long Jingchen's arms, and ignored her.

Consort Li gave her an awkward smile, but in her heart she hated her to death. She secretly gritted her teeth, plotting how to deal with them after Long Jingchen left.

Sang Chaochao glanced at her, walked to Long Jingchen's side, took his hand and whispered, "Father, don't blame Sanyoumu. She did it to protect Chaochao and Mumu!"

It's Sanyoumu again. Long Jingchen raised an eyebrow slightly. Day and night, he seemed to care about this Sanyoumu very much.

Consort Li was so angry at the two siblings' back-and-forth that she wanted to kill them, but she still forced a smile on her face: "Young Prince, what do you mean by this?"

Sang Chaochao ignored him completely, instead pulling on Long Jingchen's arm and pleading, "Daddy, Chaochao...Chaochao is...scared too."

Long Jingchen: ...

Sang Jiang: ...

Sang Mumu: ...

Sang Chaochao: ...

He was stunned when he said that. He tried to recall what he had just said and felt goosebumps all over. He had actually been acting cute towards the tyrant.

Sang Chaochao's face flushed instantly. He pursed his lips, forcing himself to remain calm as he stood there looking at Consort Li: "Auntie, it's wrong to lie, and lying to Father is a crime of deceiving the Emperor!"

Consort Li: ? ? ?

How did that become the crime of deceiving the emperor?

She was so frightened that her legs went weak and she almost collapsed to the ground. She looked frantically at Long Jingchen and shook her head hysterically: "Your Majesty, I didn't! I really didn't!"

"No?" Long Jingchen looked at her and sneered, "Do you think all those eyes here would be mistaken?"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Consort Li collapsed to the ground.

She never imagined that Long Jingchen, who had always doted on her, would treat her like this because of two children.

Before she could react, Long Jingchen's next words were like plunging her into an ice cellar.

"I never imagined you could be such a vicious person! Guards, take Consort Li back. From this day forward, she shall never step out of the palace gates again without my permission!"