When Qin Jue looked up, he saw Sanhezi staring at the little dumpling with a sly grin.

He shot her a glare.

"Sanhezi, you have very good eyesight?"

Sanhezi's heart melted at the sight of the dazed little princess's movements in His Majesty's arms.

Upon hearing His Majesty's voice, Sanhezi trembled, and seeing the look in His Majesty's eyes, he became even more frightened.

"Your Majesty...this servant...this servant has overstepped his bounds."

"Then hurry up and get the princess some clothes. What are you all standing here for?"

Sanhezi immediately took the order and went to find clothes for the little princess.

Qin Jue was quite satisfied with the "orchid and peony" colored clothes that Sanhezi had brought.

After Qin Jue finished dressing and putting shoes on Xiao Xi'er, he looked at her and thought, "Not bad, the green makes the little one look even fairer."

After her father dressed her, Xiao Xi'er stood on Qin Jue's lap.

"Daddy is so good."

With a "pop" sound

Qin Jue and Sanhezi were both stunned for a moment.

After kissing him, Xiao Xi'er shyly buried her face in Qin Jue's shoulder.

Qin Jue was caught off guard by the little dumpling's kiss, but that didn't stop him from grinning from ear to ear.

Qin Jue's laughter was hearty, and even Sanhezi was stunned by the emperor's genuine smile.

His Majesty's smile is quite pleasant; it doesn't have the terrifying look of his usual stern face.

Qin Jue carried the little dumpling out of the bedroom, but Xiao Xi'er was still nestled on his shoulder and hadn't come out.

Qin Jue patted Xiao Xi'er's little bottom.

"What? You're too embarrassed to come out now that you stole a kiss from your father?"

"Daddy, you're mean, you're spanking me!"

"Hmph, I'm ignoring you."

She even made a face at Qin Jue, then leaned back onto his shoulder.

Qin Jue smiled helplessly.

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"Ahhh..."

"Commander Zou, what are you doing?"

Qin Jingtai watched in horror as Zou Heng tied the rope around his ankle.

"Commander Zou, what are you doing? Why are you tying my and my brother's feet together?"

Qin Jingmu also didn't understand what Zou Heng was trying to do.

Before I could even think it through, I felt my feet leave the ground.

It turned out that Zou Heng, carrying himself in one hand and Qin Jingtai in the other, led us up again.

Zou Heng led the two to the tree branch.

The two had barely regained their footing and hadn't even had time to react when Zou Heng shoved them off the tree branch.

This startled the two of them.

"Ahhh... Ahhh..."

"Zou Heng, you murdered the prince!"

One only knew how to shout, the other questioned Zou Heng.

But just as the two were falling into the air, they stopped falling.

It turned out that Zou Heng, who was in the tree, had tied two ropes to the branches.

"Commander Zou, no, Master, what are you doing?"

Qin Jingtai, seeing himself hanging from the tree, asked Zou Heng in confusion.

"I am not the Third Prince's teacher."

"No, this prince has decided that you are my master."

"Your Highness is not my teacher; you have mistaken me for someone else."

"If I say you are, then you are."

"From today onwards, Commander Zou Heng will be my mentor, Qin Jingtai."

"Master, don't worry, your disciple will definitely take good care of you."

Zou Heng was speechless for a moment; he didn't want such an idiotic disciple.

Qin Jingmu observed a second of silence for Zou Heng, unaware that in the near future, he too would have to observe a second of silence for himself.

Congratulations, Commander Zou, on gaining a new apprentice!

He even sounded a little gloating; if Qin Jingtai took a liking to him, he'd be in big trouble...

Just when Qin Jingmu thought that Zou Heng had only knocked him and Qin Jingtai down from the tree,

Then Zou Heng made a hand gesture.

While the two brothers on one side were afraid of being punished, on the other side...

"Mother, you said I have an older sister, but why have I never met her?"

The little boy, held in Consort Li's arms, looked at his mother with a puzzled expression.

Consort Li didn't know how to answer, and then she heard her son speak.

"Mother, does it seem like your sister doesn't like Keke?"

The little boy looked very sad.

Consort Li gently stroked Qin Jingke's head.

"My older sister doesn't come to see Keke because she's too young to come to Cherry Blossom Garden by herself."

"Besides, Keke's older sister doesn't know the way either."

"Like that? Doesn't that sister look like Mother Consort, the one you like?"

The child voiced what was on his mind.

Consort Li also thought, "What if Xi'er doesn't like Ke Ke?" She hesitated for a moment.

"Keke's older sister..."

"Keke's older sister hasn't met Keke yet. If her older sister doesn't like Keke, then Keke will try her best to make her older sister like Keke, okay?"

"Great!" (Awesome!)

Liu Si stepped forward and told Consort Li that Consort Shu's father was seriously ill, and Consort Shu wished to visit the General's Mansion.

Upon hearing this, Consort Li put down Qin Jingke from her arms, went into the room, took out the palace exit token, and gave it to Liu Si, who then gave the token to Cuiyun.

Consort Li sat in her room, staring blankly at a pot of Yao Huang peonies.

Qin Jingke saw Liu Si return and tugged at her clothes.

"Sister Liu Si, why does Mother often stare blankly at that pot of flowers?"

After thinking for a moment, she said with a wronged expression, "My mother won't even let me touch that flower."

Liu Si squatted down and patiently explained to Qin Jingke...

"Because it was sent by the most important person to the Empress."

"Then who is the most important person to Mother? Isn't it Ke Ke?"

"Of course, the young prince is the most important person in Her Majesty's heart, but besides the young prince, there is another one..."

Qin Jingke smiled shyly when he heard that he was the most important person in his mother's heart.

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