His trembling and cautious appearance made Zhou Beichen frown, and his heart was moved. He didn't like children who were scared to death of him, but this time, it had a lot to do with him. It seemed that he had really scared him that day. After calming down, Zhou Beichen helped the man up and spoke gently.
"Okay, go ahead."
Mu raised his head, his eyes suddenly brightened, even with a hint of disbelief.
"Really...really?"
Zhou Zeyu's lips trembled, and he seemed to be about to burst into tears of excitement. Seeing this, Zhou Beichen softened his heart. "Of course it's true. A king never jokes. I promised you something, so I must keep my promise. But, Yu'er, don't forget what you promised me. Otherwise, I don't mind putting you under house arrest, which may hurt your feelings."
After receiving a positive answer, Zhou Zeyu smiled happily, "Thank you, Father. I understand. After meeting Lady Li this time, I will sever my mother-son relationship with her and never have any contact with her again."
The determination in Zhou Zeyu's eyes was genuine. Zhou Beichen nodded and said, "Alright, go ahead. Xiao Shunzi, follow me. When Yu'er is talking to Li Shuren, you stay outside."
Xiao Shunzi almost couldn't breathe. Why did they always ask him to do this damn job instead of asking his master?
After the person left, Nuannuan blinked smartly, put down the brush, and ran to Zhou Beichen and massaged his shoulders like a lackey.
After pinching for a while, Zhou Zhaonuan rubbed her little hands, and mischievously put her head in front of him with an innocent look on her face.
"Dad, these past few days, Nuannuan doesn't want to go to court."
"I don't want to go to court..."
Zhou Beichen was reciting silently, and suddenly he became alert. He almost slammed the table and stood up, the sound was frighteningly loud.
"If you don't want to go to court, then where do you want to go? Do you want to run out of the palace again?"
The emperor cast an oppressive look at Zhou Zhaonuan, but the latter was not afraid and was still happy. However, the palace servants were frightened and fell to their knees on the ground like dumplings being boiled. Only Zhou Zeyun trapped herself in the letter.
Nuannuan came around to the front and squatted down with an expression that said, "You are worthy of being my father, you understand me."
"Daddy is right, my daughter is indeed going to leave the palace."
Zhou Beichen tapped her forehead unhappily, "Tell me! Where do you want to go?"
Nuannuan covered her mouth and laughed secretly, and finally said something in a dignified manner.
"brothel."
The palace maids in the hall bowed their heads even lower. Why would the princess go to a brothel? Could it be that she wanted to find a lover? But the princess was only eleven years old, too young.
Could it be that because the princess is the emperor's daughter, she is intelligent and developed at an early age?
Zhou Beichen: “…”
His pupils suddenly dilated, and he looked for something and wanted to beat someone up. However, after searching around, he didn't find anything useful. Next, he started scolding Zhou Zhaonuan.
"Zhou Zhaonuan, you are a girl. Can you behave like a girl every day? You are a princess of a country. If people know about this, you will become famous all over the world. I... I, I..."
Zhou Beichen was so angry that he almost laughed. Nuannuan hurriedly helped him calm down and said something in a playful manner.
"Daddy, Nuannuan is going to the brothel to clean up the prostitution."
Zhou Beichen: “…”
Now it was his turn to be confused.
What kind of pornography are we cracking down on? What does it mean to crack down on pornography?
Seeing Zhou Beichen's ambiguous look, Nuannuan stood beside him obediently, staring at him with a pair of innocent big eyes and explaining.
"My daughter gets furious when she sees those ministers living a life of debauchery, going to brothels every night, and coming to court the next day with dark circles under their eyes."
Zhou Beichen didn't think it was a big deal. After all, every man was a bit picky. He himself had three thousand beauties in his harem, so why should he ask his ministers to remain chaste?
Zhou Beichen raised his eyebrows, and then what.
Nuannuan stamped her feet in anger, "So, Nuannuan has to go at night. I want to catch those ministers and chop them up or kill them..."
Before she could finish her words, Zhou Beichen stood up anxiously and interrupted her.
"Alright, alright, if you kill them all, who will help me with the work?"
Zhou Zhaonuan laughed cheerfully, "Look how scared you are, Daddy. I just kicked them out. In a few days, I'll tell them about their glorious deeds at the morning court and let them brag about it. Daddy, you don't know that there are so many brothels in the country. I think you must increase the commercial tax on brothels. They are a fertile land of wealth. Then not only the national treasury, but also Nuannuan's private treasury..."
Nuannuan pursed her lips, her eyes shining with excitement. Zhou Beichen raised his eyebrows and immediately understood.
He tapped Zhou Zhaonuan's forehead unhappily, "I thought you cared so much about the ministers, but I didn't expect you were just trying to enrich yourself."
Nuannuan pouted. "While enriching yourself, isn't it also for Daddy's benefit? Daddy, just promise Nuannuan. Nuannuan promises not to mess things up. Since we can't close the brothel, then we can start from other aspects. When the time comes, I have to see if there are girls who really don't want to be prostitutes and find a way to redeem them."
"As for those who are willing to do it, let those ministers spend a lot of money on it. After all, a lot of it will end up in the national treasury in the end."
"Your idea is good, but it's difficult to actually implement it."
Zhou Beichen looked at her with a half-smile, and Nuannuan patted her chest confidently.
"Don't worry about that. Man can conquer nature. Everything depends on man. When the time comes, I will make sure that Daddy doesn't make things difficult for me."
After staring at Zhou Zhaonuan for a while, Zhou Beichen finally nodded and waved his hand.
"Go ahead and do it. If you ask me to clean up your mess later, I'll really beat you up."
Nuannuan stuck out her tongue and rolled her eyes at him, "Daddy, Nuannuan is already a grown-up girl. If you want to scare me again in the future, think of another way. I've heard this so many times that my ears are getting calluses."
Zhou Beichen: “…”
He rubbed his temples, and the anger that had just been suppressed rose again.
No matter how he thought about it, he felt that this girl was really his nemesis.
Zhou Zeyun paused for a long time and pulled the corner of his mouth unnaturally. His sister's hands were so long that he would never dare to go to a brothel even if he was beaten to death.
The father and daughter were arguing with each other. Zhou Zeyun simply put down her pen and listened with interest. Xiao Shunzi ran in hurriedly, panicked, and stammered.
"Your Majesty, something has happened in the cold palace."
"What happened in the cold palace? Could it be that something happened to Li Shuren in the cold palace?"
He just said it casually, and Xiao Shunzi immediately picked up the conversation, "Yes, Your Majesty, today you just allowed the Second Prince to go to the Cold Palace to see Li Shuren."
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