Before seeing the person, she heard the voice first. Shen Nian'an turned around for just a moment, and her shoulders were grabbed by a pair of small hands. Nuannuan tried her best to tiptoe and smiled, "Mother, Nuannuan is going out of the palace tomorrow..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Biyu ran in in a panic, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Concubine Shu just sent someone to report that the Second and Third Princes have come to the Concubine Shu's place and are refusing to eat or drink. Thinking that they are not her own children after all, she is afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so she sent someone to invite the Emperor. I heard that the Emperor is furious with the Concubine Shu right now. Just now, the senior palace maid beside the Concubine Shu came over and said she wanted the princess to come over..."
Biyu's meaning was self-evident. Whether Zhou Zhaonuan would intervene or not in today's matter was entirely up to her. In other words, Concubine Shu and Shen Nian'an were on the same page. However, no matter how the emperor dealt with the two children today, it would not have a big impact on Concubine Shu. However, if Zhou Beichen lost control of his temper and killed his own son, and then the news was spread by someone with ulterior motives, it would probably cause a bad impact.
Zhou Zhaonuan restrained his expression and released the hand that had just grasped Shen Nian'an.
"Mom, Nuannuan, go take a look."
Holding up her skirt, the little girl took the sedan chair and walked towards Chonghua Palace.
Shen Nian'an was always worried, "Wait a minute, Nuannuan, mother will go with you."
At this time, she subconsciously did not ask her daughter where she was going tomorrow. Since the last time she did this, she had completely understood her daughter's temper. If her temper came up, ten donkeys could not pull her back. Her daughter's words just now were obviously to inform her.
As he thought about it, Shen Nian'an couldn't help but glare at his "troublesome" little daughter, "Tell me, you just came in in a hurry, and you want to tell me, where do you want to go tomorrow?"
Nuannuan has always been very brave. She smiled and hugged Shen Nian'an's arm, "Mother, Nuannuan will go to find brother tomorrow to help him control the flood. There is nothing to do in the palace, so Nuannuan must leave the palace and find some work for herself."
Shen Nian’an: “…”
She almost couldn't breathe, and she knew that it was impossible for this girl to stay in the palace peacefully for a few days.
Ever since this girl was able to leave the palace, even if she learned martial arts and went to the Shangshufang, she could not stop wanting to find something to do all the time.
"There are so many shops in the capital and all over the country. Aren't you tired? Don't you need to go to the Shangshufang these days? Also, are you going to stop learning martial arts and just run away? Your brother is not there to deal with the flood. Don't worry about him for nothing."
Tapping Zhou Zhaonuan's forehead vigorously, Shen Nian An Yue said, even gritting her teeth at the end. She didn't understand why such a peaceful person like her could give birth to such an impetuous daughter who couldn't sit still for a moment.
Nuan Nuan stuck out her tongue. Seeing that Shen Nian'an pretended to be cold, she was not afraid. Instead, she smiled and hugged her, saying something disgusting.
"Mother, Nuannuan has never forgotten how you painstakingly raised the two of us from the cold palace. You also haven't forgotten how you designed the cold palace for us. Nuannuan also knows that you used to look down on father, but it was for us that you fought so hard. But, mother, now Nuannuan has grown up. Nuannuan wants to be independent. Nuannuan wants to live like a man, to support not only mother, but also father."
"So, Nuannuan still has a lot to learn. She needs to win the hearts of the people. That way, when my brother ascends the throne, Nuannuan will be the one and only regent princess. From now on, my brother will be in the open, and Nuannuan will be in the dark. Together, my brother and I will protect the kingdom that our father fought so hard to conquer and defend."
"Also, with Nuannuan's help, my brother can come back earlier, saving my mother from worrying day and night."
Shen Nian'an's eyes unconsciously shone with tears. She reached out and rubbed her daughter's soft hair. For a moment, she didn't know how to respond.
It turned out that the little girl had seen all the worries in her heart these days.
If she were to choose, she only hoped that her daughter could live a peaceful and stable life, but the little girl never thought so, or it might be the result of being influenced by Zhou Beichen since she was four years old.
Thinking of Zhou Beichen's face, Shen Nian'an said that she didn't love him particularly, and she couldn't even say that she hated him. She knew that the man had wanted to get close to her countless times, but she didn't dare to give him her true heart. How much could she trust the emperor's true heart?
Look, none of the women in his harem really had a good ending.
"Mother, don't worry. Nuannuan and brother will definitely protect you and father from now on. You are all Nuannuan's closest relatives."
"Silly girl."
Chen Nian'an felt extremely sad. When she looked at Zhou Zhaonuan in the past, she thought she was just a little kid with no ambition who would fall asleep whenever she learned something. But now, only a few years have passed, and she has a set of principles that always make her speechless. In the blink of an eye, she has become a grown-up girl who can withstand wind and rain.
"Mother doesn't need you to protect anything. Mother just hopes that you will have a safe and smooth life."
"Mother..."
There were tears in Nuannuan's bright eyes. Shen Nian'an turned her head away, wiped the tears that were about to burst out, and spoke with a slightly worried tone.
"Nuannuan, you said you were going to find your brother tomorrow to help with the flood control. Does your father know about this?"
Nuan Nuan rolled her eyes, "Well, Daddy doesn't know, but Nuan Nuan left him a letter and left."
"No need to tell him. He doesn't want to let me go anyway. If the time comes, he might make some rude requests. Last time, I said I wanted to go out and play for a month. Mother, you don't know that he forced his daughter to review memorials in the Xuanzheng Hall for a month. After reviewing, I had to show him. If I reviewed something wrong, he would scold me without saying a word. Several times, he raised his hand and was about to hit me. Fortunately, I was paying attention and ran away. This time, I don't want to suffer such a loss. Moreover, mother, you don't know that I didn't go far before I ran back because of that damn Governor Li. You know everything that happened after that."
Zhou Zhaonuan rambled on and on for a long time, and Shen Nian'an's head was buzzing as she listened. The more she looked at him, the more she felt that this daughter was not a worry-free person, but she was also quite sensible sometimes.
"If you were to run away secretly, your father would probably be so mad at you that he would die. Nuannuan, in my opinion, sooner or later, your father would be so mad at you that he would ground you to the ground."
Shen Nian'an scolded her solemnly, but Zhou Zhaonuan didn't feel guilty at all.
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