Huo Chengche raised an eyebrow. "I already held him to sleep twice yesterday. Don't you think it's a bit late to bring this up now, Nanny Jiang?"
The wet nurse was speechless. She thought Huo Chengche would talk about the little princess's young age, but he avoided the topic altogether! He was clearly planning to cling to their little princess!
Emperor Chongjin lifted his eyelids and glanced at his son, who was behaving like a tyrant with an upright demeanor. He had to admit that it was quite an eye-opener.
"Alright, Your Highness is right. I feel more at ease knowing someone is taking care of Niannian. This matter is settled!" With that, Emperor Chongjin patted Huo Chengche on the shoulder, gave him a deep look, and said earnestly, "Che'er, I entrust Niannian to you from now on. You must take good care of her."
Emperor Chongjin could easily see what wicked schemes Huo Chengche was plotting. However, as the father, he naturally sided with his son, especially since his son had a valid reason and a just cause. He only needed to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Moreover, if we could bring the little darling of the Prince of Hengchang into the palace, wouldn't it be difficult to win over the Prince of Hengchang?
The old emperor smiled wickedly to himself, looking at his own son who had abducted someone else's little darling with eyes full of affection.
Zhuangyou and Jiang Nainiang had finally seen through the true colors of the father and son, but since they had been caught out of their own way, they were indeed in the wrong and could only stomp their feet in anger and quickly follow.
"This young prince looks so upright and honest. I thought he was a proper, humble, and refined gentleman. I never imagined he was such a scoundrel! He clearly set this up on purpose!"
Jiang, the wet nurse, looked at the aloof young man walking ahead with his hands behind his back, her eyes practically spitting fire. She grabbed Zhuangyou and cursed under her breath, grinding her teeth in anger.
Zhuang You knew perfectly well that Huo Chengche had orchestrated everything that was happening today.
She frowned and sighed, "So what? We can only accept our fate. He can easily trick us into doing whatever we want; there's no way we can fight against him!"
"What can we do? Are we just going to watch him snatch our little princess away?" Nanny Jiang's face darkened; she really wished she could rid her little darling of this lurking wolf.
Zhuangyou thought for a moment, "We can't handle this guy, so we'll have to go find the Fifth Young Master."
"Fight poison with poison?" This phrase immediately came to mind for Nanny Jiang.
Zhuang You listened, feeling utterly speechless. She wanted to defend her fifth young master, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that... she couldn't really refute him.
She coughed and tugged at Nanny Jiang, "Stop talking, hurry up and go see the little princess. She should be awake by now."
Sure enough, as soon as Zhuangyou pulled Jiang the wet nurse into the room, they heard the baby's soft, babyish voice coming from under the covers.
"Sister Zhuangyou~"
Upon hearing the childish voice, Zhuangyou's eyes crinkled into a smile, and her expression softened. She tiptoed and followed the sound, finding the little one still nestled in bed.
Before her eyes were even open, that chubby little mouth was already calling her in a drowsy voice.
"Yes, Your Highness. Is the little princess about to wake up?" Zhuangyou replied with a smile, gently pulling the little baby out of the blankets.
The little baby, sleeping soundly and warmly, was a tiny bundle. When Zhuangyou picked him up, he immediately snuggled into her arms, making a couple of whimpering noises like he was just waking up. He was so soft and cuddly, he nestled into her embrace.
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