"Daddy, please bring Nuannuan up here quickly. Nuannuan is hungry."
Zhou Beichen glared at her, feeling quite disappointed with her, and nodded her head vigorously.
"I don't have a daughter as useless as you. I have to serve you even when I have a meal. Zhou Zhaonuan, do you have any manners?"
Although he was cursing, he carried his daughter to the chair with a serious expression.
After glancing at his mother and brother, Zhou Zhaonuan began to eat without a care in the world, mumbling as he ate and picking up some food for Zhou Beichen.
"Daddy must be starving after not eating for so long. Daddy, this gold and silver flowered dish is the most delicious dish that Mommy makes. And this, the water-refined calf, is also delicious. It was because of Mommy's superb cooking skills and excellent medical skills that she was able to live a prosperous life in the cold palace. We have delicious food and drinks, and even new clothes to wear from time to time. Daddy, Mommy is amazing, you should try it."
Zhou Beichen: “…”
What? Isn't he awesome?
After a while, Zhou Beichen discovered that before he had taken two bites of the dumpling, his daughter had already filled his bowl with food. At this moment, she was looking at him with admiration in her eyes.
"Daddy, hurry up and eat. Nuannuan has already tested this dish for poison. If Nuannuan is fine after eating it, then Daddy will definitely be fine after eating it. Moreover, Nuannuan believes that Mommy will definitely not harm Daddy, because Daddy still has Mommy, Nuannuan and brother, we are a family."
A family???
Looking at Shen Nian'an, she was standing in front of the dinner table, looking at him expressionlessly. Thinking of her courtesy, alienation, and even a little fear towards him in the past few days, Zhou Beichen felt that he was a bastard when he forced her to kneel down.
He hurriedly pulled Shen Nian'an's sleeve and spoke stiffly.
"My beloved, we have been busy for so long. Nuannuan and I can't finish all the dishes. Please sit down and eat with us."
After saying that, Zhou Beichen looked at his son who was standing next to him, watching him intently with a look of admiration on his face. For a moment, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.
He seemed to owe his son more than his daughter.
He pulled his son over, carried him to the chair on the right, patted his face and spoke gently.
"Hanhan too, let's eat together."
Zhou Zeyun was a little dumbfounded, even in disbelief. Why had he never thought that his father was so effeminate before?
Under her eyelashes, her expression flickered, and Shen Nian'an knew that she was closer to her goal, but the relationship between these two children and their father was probably also closer.
She thought that if Zhou Beichen was truly sincere towards her two children, then that would be the best outcome. If not, she would make this tyrant pay the price.
Inside the hall, there was a happy scene. Outside the hall, Ye Bihe was kneeling in the corner. It was late at night, and the little girl was crying and wiping her tears. "Mom, Dad, where are you?"
The next day.
When Zhou Zhaonuan woke up, Zhou Beichen had already gone to court. She was pulled out of bed by Shen Nian'an, and she was pouting, looking dissatisfied.
"I finally get to sleep with my mother for a night, and she wakes me up so early."
Shen Nian'an was so angry that she just wanted to laugh. She ordered the palace servants to bring water to her daughter to wash her face. Then, Zhou Zhaonuan felt that she was being dragged to the dinner table in a daze.
There, Zhou Zeyun was already sitting upright in his seat, waiting for her with a serious look on his face.
"Sister, you are such a lazy bum! It's already so late and you've just woken up. It will be too late to go to the Shangshufang soon."
Nuan Nuan stuck out her tongue sheepishly. "Isn't it because I'm too comfortable sleeping next to Mommy? When I was with Daddy before, he always woke me up whenever he woke up, so I never got a good night's sleep."
Shen Nian'an was laughing beside her. She shook her head. If it weren't for these two children, her days in the cold palace would have been so miserable.
"Alright, you two, hurry up and have dinner. Your father said he'll be coming over tonight. If he finds out you two are late for the Shangshu Office, you'll be in big trouble."
Zhou Zhaonuan, Zhou Zeyun: "..."
The two little guys suddenly felt that the food in their mouths no longer tasted good. The main reason was that their father was like a cat with its fur standing on end when it came to studying, which was scary.
......
In the Shangshu Room.
It was not yet study time and the tutor had not arrived.
Several tutors were pressing Ye Bihe to the ground, punching and kicking her.
"How dare you be called a princess? I heard that the Emperor ordered you to kneel outside for two hours yesterday. Now the Empress is under house arrest, and you're not favored by the Emperor. I advise you to kowtow to Concubine Hui sooner or later and admit your fault. Beg her to show mercy and send you out of the palace. You are so lowly that you're not worthy of studying with us."
Li Liluo, a short six-year-old companion, clenched his fists and punched Ye Bihe's back repeatedly.
The other five study partners were watching coldly from the side. At this time, only Caramel came and she was startled.
He ran up to her in a hurry, put his hands on his hips, and yelled loudly.
"What are you doing? How can you hit such a delicate and weak little girl? Get up, hurry up, get up."
When he saw that it was Caramel, the study partner of the princess he hated the most, Li Liluo's eyes flashed with disdain. Thinking of her good relationship with Zhou Zhaonuan, he didn't dare to attack her, but just spoke fiercely.
"I'm teaching her a lesson. She just tore up Ben Gongzi's book. It's none of your business. Get out of here."
Lili Luo pushed Caramel Tang without any hesitation, and then punched Ye Bihe in the stomach as if in a provocative manner.
"Well......"
He had recently heard his father say that if it weren't for that eldest princess and that bitch Concubine Hui, his aunt Concubine Li would never have been under house arrest. It was all their fault.
Since he can't do anything to them now, he can only take it out on this fake princess. She is not favored anyway, so it's okay to treat her as that bitch Zhou Zhaonuan and vent his anger.
Lililuo turned around, looked at Caramel Tang who was lying on the ground, and glared at her.
"I'm warning you, don't meddle in other people's business. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
He was the study partner of the Prince of Qi, and was forced into the position by Prime Minister Li through some connections. Zhou Beichen didn't want to get involved in these matters. The Prince of Qi felt that his son was already eight years old and should be able to take charge of things on his own, so he let his son choose his own study partner.
Lili Luo felt that since those others were not here, he was the most powerful one in the Shangshufang.
He turned around and was about to continue fighting when he heard a fierce curse.
"You are such a jerk, Lili Luo! How dare you hit my sister and my study partner? If I don't beat you up, I will beat your butt until it bleeds into pieces."
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