"You...you...you really want to piss me off to death. How could I have raised a girl like you? No matter how many times I tell you about this, you just won't change."
Zhou Zhaonuan also got angry. She pouted and replied stiffly, "You were the one who insisted on raising me, not me who shamelessly stayed by your side. If you think I'm not obedient, that I'm unrepentant, you can just banish me back to the cold palace."
Zhou Beichen: “…”
With just one sentence, the emperor instantly softened his temper. He felt sorry for his daughter before.
"Anyway, I'm quite comfortable there, so you don't have to worry about me every day."
Zhou Beichen's suppressed anger suddenly burst out, and he shouted loudly to the outside, "Deshun, find me a board."
Deshun was confused outside. What was going on? He saw that the princess was fine when she just came back with the emperor. Why was she being punished now?
Even so, Deshun did not dare to delay. He ran away in a hurry. He wanted to resist, but he didn't dare. When Deshun came back, he found the smallest and lightest board. Zhou Beichen took it with a cold expression on his face.
"You feel sorry for her."
Deshun: “…”
He bent his knees and immediately knelt down spinelessly, "Your Majesty is wise, I dare not."
What a joke! How could he have the courage to feel sorry for the princess? The petty-minded emperor would definitely kill him.
Giving Deshun a blank look, Zhou Beichen waved his hand impatiently, "Get out."
Deshun: “…Yes!”
Zhou Beichen shook the board, his face was cold and his whole body was filled with fear. He slammed the board heavily on the table, and Zhou Zhaonuan was successfully frightened. Zhou Beichen looked at the little girl with a smile.
"What are you looking at? Lie down there. Today, I must teach you a lesson. Let you know what you can and cannot do, what you can and cannot say."
Zhou Zhaonuan shuddered, then thought, she hadn't done anything wrong to deserve a beating. The next moment, her stubborn little face turned up, and the ten-year-old girl put her hands on her hips, glaring fiercely.
Zhou Beichen: “…”
He was so angry that he puffed his beard and glared, and jumped up to his feet.
"Zhou Zhaonuan, who gave you the courage to lose your temper with me like this?"
Zhou Zhaonuan shook her head, feeling a little scared in her heart, but she refused to admit defeat.
"Daddy~"
Zhou Beichen felt a little better about his daughter's soft voice, but the next moment, Zhou Zhaonuan tugged at her clothes, almost making him faint with anger.
"Daddy wants to beat me. If I really did something wrong, I will definitely take the punishment I deserve. I won't hide at all. But today, I clearly did nothing wrong. Yuqin went with me, and there were so many shadow guards. Even if Prime Minister Li turned against me, I wouldn't be afraid. After all, I've learned martial arts for so many years myself. I just wanted to scare Prime Minister Li into telling the truth. Was the stolen money embezzled by him?"
"You are not afraid. It is your own business whether you are afraid or not, Zhou Zhaonuan, but I..."
I’m afraid something might happen to you.
As he spoke, he saw that the little girl still had a stubborn face, as if she had done nothing wrong. He forced himself to hold back the last sentence and picked up the ruler again.
"Zhou Zhaonuan, I'm telling you, your body and hair are given by your parents, how dare you damage them? Today, I must teach you a lesson and correct your ignorant behavior. Also, you always act without thinking, acting on impulse. Hurry up, don't waste time on me, just lie down."
Zhou Zhaonuan pursed her lips but refused to lie down, turning her head away stiffly.
Zhou Beichen was furious. He came towards Zhou Zhaonuan with a ruler in his hand and tried to grab her.
When the little girl saw that the situation was not good, she ran away.
As she ran, she said, "Daddy, the book says that if you get a small beating, you should accept it, but if you get a big one, you should run away. Today, I did nothing wrong. If you want to hit me, I won't take it no matter what. You said that our bodies and hair are given by our parents, but Nuannuan is not hurt at all."
Zhou Beichen was so angry that his teeth were itching and veins on his forehead were throbbing. He stretched out his hand and pointed at the little girl who was running around the dragon throne in front of him.
"Zhou Zhaonuan, stop right there! I see you're becoming more and more unruly. I'm hitting you, and you actually dare to run away?"
He was being chased and beaten. There was no one in the hall except Deshun, who had just hidden in the corner pretending to be a quail. Zhou Zhaonuan ran without blushing or feeling any heartbeat. He went around the dragon throne and the table, around the table and the vase, around the vase and around...but he refused to stop.
"Stop right there."
"I'll run. Daddy's going to beat me. I'd be stupid if I didn't run."
Zhou Beichen: “…”
His tone became increasingly stern.
"Stop right there! How dare you, a ruler of a country, chase you?"
Hearing the voice, Zhou Zhaonuan felt that her father must be quite far away from her. Guessing that she couldn't reach him, she deliberately walked around the dragon table, stopped at the other end of the table, and curled her lips.
"Daddy, you still know how unbecoming this is. If you hadn't hit me, I wouldn't have run away. Wouldn't that have been all right? Besides, your daughter hasn't committed any heinous crime. Do you have to beat me up from time to time? After beating me, you regret it and desperately try to coax me and apologize to me. Daddy, aren't you tired? Besides, this time, I'm not wrong."
Zhou Zhaonuan straightened his body and spoke his last sentence in pauses, declaring his thoughts arrogantly.
"you......"
Zhou Beichen was choked by her and couldn't speak.
"What's more, I'm also thinking about you. Why do you have to keep harping on my safety and my inability to change despite repeated warnings? Besides, my daughter has always gotten away with it, and you're the only one worrying about me."
Zhou Zhaonuan blinked her eyes, looking very playful.
"It's you who always makes a fuss and beats me up."
"You...you rebellious girl."
Zhou Beichen moved his lips. He was the one who debated with scholars in the court, but at this moment, he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
Seeing that her father couldn't say a word and was confused, Zhou Zhaonuan stepped forward cautiously.
"Dad, you are very angry at this moment, right?"
Zhou Beichen retorted to her.
"What do you think? I'm already exhausted every day, and now I have to deal with a troublesome girl like you."
Nuannuan lowered her eyes. So many years had passed. Although her father was always fierce, she knew that he was really good to her. But she couldn't be beaten for no reason.
With a cunning blink of his eyes, Zhou Zhaonuan picked up a sword from the wall and handed it to Zhou Beichen.
Zhou Beichen: "...What are you going to do?"
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