Zhou Zeyun: “…”
She opened her eyes wide and looked at her pitiful sister with an innocent face.
Seeing his confused look, Nuannuan became furious and immediately bared her teeth and claws, slapping Zhou Zeyun on the forehead and muttering.
"You are so stupid, brother. Didn't you just hear what the Queen Mother said? She wants Concubine Li's child and doesn't want to raise it properly. She just wants to raise it for fun and to entertain her. Then the two of us will be raised by the Queen Mother. How can we have a good life?"
The Queen Mother: “…”
How could the child take her casual words seriously?
Looking at the two pairs of eyes that Qiqi was looking at, one fierce and the other with a hint of resentment, the empress dowager's eyelids drooped, and she felt that this time, she could not wash herself clean even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
She wanted to explain.
"Emperor, Concubine Hui, I didn't mean that just now. I was just too bored, so I felt that having a child by my side would be much more interesting. Nuannuan and Hanhan, I won't raise them for fun. If you want to raise them for me, I will definitely do my best to raise them."
The Queen Mother noticed that after she said this, Zhou Beichen was still staring at her, and Shen Nian'an followed Zhou Beichen's gaze.
"My son... If you really don't want to give Nuannuan and Hanhan to me to raise, that's fine. If you have time, you should favor Concubine Li. Her brother is her brother, her father is her father, and she is her..."
"If not, you can just meet her once. Besides, the former court and the harem are connected. For the sake of Prime Minister Li, you should also meet her once."
At the end of the conversation, the Queen Mother was speechless. Ever since Zhou Beichen ascended the throne, he had been extremely respectful to the Queen Mother. However, the Queen Mother naturally knew that her son was the most tyrannical person who could explode at the slightest provocation.
In the end, she was in the wrong in this matter. The main reason was that she had already made a promise to the other person, and that person had saved her before. There was nothing she could do about it.
Zhou Beichen's expression changed, not looking very good. "Mother, I haven't made up my mind about Concubine Li yet. If you feel bored, you can come to the Pepper Palace more often. I believe that Nuannuan and Hanhan still like you very much, don't they?"
Zhou Beichen touched the head of a doll with one hand, squatted down, lowered his head, and his eyes were level with the two little people. He spoke in a good-tempered manner.
"Nuannuan, Hanhan, the Empress Dowager loves you very much. If you have time in the future, please go and spend more time with her, okay? Just consider it as fulfilling your filial duty to your father."
Zhou Zeyun bowed like a grown-up, "I understand. When I have time in the future, I will spend more time with the Queen Mother."
Zhou Beichen nodded with satisfaction towards his son.
After coming out of the cold palace, Zhou Zhaonuan understood more and more day by day. At this moment, Nuannuan glanced at her brother, blinked her bright big eyes, and nodded.
"Daddy, Nuannuan knows. Daddy's filial piety is outsourced. Nuannuan will definitely do a good job and not embarrass Daddy."
Zhou Beichen: “!!!”
The anger in my heart rose rapidly and went straight to the top of my head, and it was out of control. When will this irritating girl grow up? Where did she learn so many strange words?
Of course, Zhou Beichen didn't know at the moment that many years later, when he led the army in person and fell into the enemy's trap and was almost captured, it was still Hanhan who presided over the court, and his daughter, alone, heroically rushed into the battlefield and tried her best to save her annoying father.
I am so mad at him, I am so mad at him, I am so mad at him!!!
Zhou Beichen tried hard to look at his daughter below. That face that looked so much like his own made him feel upset no matter how he looked at it. He wanted to beat her up, but he tried his best to hold it back. She was his own daughter, his own daughter. He couldn't hit her, he couldn't hit her.
He couldn't help but blush. Nuannuan saw that he looked abnormal, put her little hand in her mouth and asked in confusion.
"Daddy, what's wrong with you? Who offended you? Look at your face. Your nose isn't a nose, and your eyes aren't eyes. It's so ugly."
Zhou Beichen: “…”
He took a deep breath, and this time, he couldn't bear it any longer. He picked up the innocent little girl in front of him and punched her little butt twice.
A tingling and numb feeling came over her, and Nuannuan suddenly felt that her butt, which had been comfortable just a moment ago, was no longer her own, and it was hot and painful.
She wanted to cry, but Zhou Beichen lowered his head and stared at her with a serious look, so she forced herself to hold back all the tears.
Damn daddy, you are so bad.
The hall fell into silence again, and when Shen Nian'an just reacted and wanted to rescue his daughter, it was too late.
"Your Majesty, Nuannuan is still young and her words are innocent. How could you hit her again? Before, you used your palms, but this time, you used your fists. You are not afraid of hurting her. You hit her, but why don't you even let the child cry?"
Shen Nian'an emphasized the word "again" and even stole a glance at the Queen Mother.
Sure enough, when the Queen Mother heard this, she snorted coldly and her eyebrows drooped, showing that she was angry.
She took a few steps forward and snatched Zhou Zhaonuan from Zhou Beichen's arms roughly. While comforting her granddaughter who was finally available, she cast an oppressive look at Zhou Beichen.
"Emperor, you are already such a grown-up, almost thirty, how can you still be angry with a child? How old is Nuannuan, not even five years old, and she is a daughter? How could you beat her like this, and this time you even used your fists? Are you still the child's real father? Look at how you beat our Nuannuan, she doesn't even dare to cry."
"Do you have any sense at all?"
"When you were little, no matter how naughty and difficult you were, I never dared to touch you. Look at you now... do you look like a father?"
The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and looked at her granddaughter's red eyes. She looked like she wanted to cry but didn't dare to. Her heart ached. She kept patting Nuannuan on the back and comforting her gently.
"Don't be afraid, Nuannuan. If the emperor hits you again, come find grandma and she will take care of it for you."
Daddy was so naughty when he was a child and never got beaten?
When Nuannuan heard this, she suddenly felt that she had been wronged since she was in her mother's womb.
After taking a look at her mother, Shen Nian'an immediately took a few steps to her daughter, took her over, and coaxed her softly.
"Nuannuan is fine, don't be afraid."
Nestled in her mother's arms and feeling the familiar warmth, Zhou Zhaonuan felt even more aggrieved. She was so aggrieved that she secretly glanced at her father. She happened to see Zhou Beichen's face, which was as gloomy as charcoal, and his extremely stern eyes staring at her. Zhou Zhaonuan couldn't help herself any longer. She opened her little mouth and burst into tears with a "Wow~" sound.
Nuannuan spoke vaguely while crying.
"Dad... Daddy is scary."
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