"Daddy didn't lie to you."

But Emperor Chengxuan replied seriously, "Shuangbao, think about it carefully. If what Su Ruyi said is true, and you were that kind of person in your previous life, didn't I still dote on you at that time?

"This means that I love you and don't care whether you are truly kind or not."

His words made Xiao Shuangbao feel a little confused.

"Why? Don't adults like smart and kind children?"

She asked doubtfully in her baby voice.

"Silly child."

Emperor Cheng Xuan actually smiled and shook his head at this time, "Weren't you kind and smart when you were in the War God Palace? But do those people in the Su family like you?"

When Xiao Shuangbao heard this, he immediately shook his head.

"They don't like Shuangbao. No matter how well-behaved and obedient Shuangbao is, they still don't like Shuangbao."

When she recalled that past event, her eyes still dimmed a little, and she still couldn't understand.

"That's right."

Emperor Cheng Xuan pinched her nose and said, "People who don't treat you as family will not like you no matter how good your character is.

"Su Ruyi just asked me why Shuangbao is not my biological daughter, but I still dote on her. The answers to these two questions are actually the same."

Little Shuangbao looked at him with questioning and doubtful eyes.

Emperor Cheng Xuan fell into a brief memory.

He has always had a very weak sense of family ties since he was a child.

Because he grew up in the palace, he was used to seeing brothers killing each other and parents being suspicious of each other. In his heart, there was actually no family affection at all.

Even though he had so many children, no matter how hardworking and well-behaved they were, he never felt like liking any of them.

In fact, even though Su Ruyi had previously entered the palace in Xiao Shuangbao's identity, when he mistakenly thought that Su Ruyi was Su Liao's biological daughter, he loved Su Ruyi because of his guilt towards Su Liao, and he did not have much love for Su Ruyi in his heart.

Until the moment he saw little Shuangbao.

"I treat Shuangbao as my own child, so no matter whether Shuangbao is good or bad, Daddy likes him."