Jiang Yanfeng cupped his hands, "Your Majesty, Princess Chang'an's homework..."
Zhou Beichen threw a memorial at his feet, furious.
"Homework, what homework? Don't you see how old she is? And she's injured so badly, what can she learn? You want to tire her to death? Wait until she recovers, and you can teach her privately. Go away, and don't bother me now."
Jiang Yanfeng: “…”
He wondered why the emperor suddenly got angry just because he asked a question, and he walked out of the Xuan Zheng Hall in a daze.
One afternoon, Zhou Beichen couldn't bear to read memorials or military books. He wanted to scold ministers whenever he saw them, especially those who didn't do their job well. In one afternoon, ten ministers were scolded by Zhou Beichen until they were exhausted, and some were even carried out of the Xuanzheng Hall with their bodies weakened.
Prime Minister Li held the sedan chair and sighed softly to the sky.
"Kill someone and destroy their heart. Kill someone and destroy their heart."
He just didn't understand. He had clearly spent 50,000 taels of silver to recruit a lot of elite soldiers, but why was the emperor not satisfied?
Even so, Zhou Beichen was still not satisfied. Xiao Shunzi was dragged out and beaten with a stick because he served cold tea.
All the servants in Xuan Zheng Hall were almost going insane, and they just hoped that Zhou Zhaonuan would come and admit his mistake as soon as possible.
In the evening, Deshun waited cautiously beside him, "Your Majesty, where are you going to rest?"
A memorial was thrown at him, and Deshun quickly knelt down and shouted.
"The Emperor is going to the Pepper Palace."
Deshun was so scared when he saw a pair of cold feet passing by. He prayed silently in his heart, hoping that Princess Chang'an would give the emperor a good face later.
Pepper Room Palace.
Nuannuan and Hanhan were having dinner with Shen Nian'an. When Zhou Beichen walked in, several people saluted.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."
Zhou Beichen nodded and gestured to stand up. Zhou Zeyun and Zhou Zhaonuan exchanged a glance, then knelt down and saluted, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Father!"
Zhou Beichen: “…”
Seeing his daughter perform a well-behaved etiquette, he was stunned and stood there at a loss. After a long time, he barely recovered, called his son aside, and stuffed him into Shen Nian'an's arms.
Zhou Zeyun: “…”
The little guy shook his head and suddenly felt that he was not his biological child.
Looking at his daughter who was playing with her fingers without saying a word and seemed to be a little afraid of him, Zhou Beichen felt powerless. It turned out that he had hurt the child so deeply.
He smiled and held Zhou Zhaonuan in his arms like before. Unexpectedly, the little girl just glanced up at him and then struggled frantically to get out. Seeing that he couldn't get free, he put his little hands on his face and cried "woooo woooo".
Zhou Beichen felt distressed when he saw his daughter's shoulders shrugging.
He lowered his head and looked at his daughter in his arms tenderly.
"Nuannuan, it's all father's fault. Father shouldn't have come to accuse you when your injuries haven't fully healed. He shouldn't have distrusted you. He shouldn't have not come to see you these past few days, and he shouldn't have said those words to you. Nuannuan, can you please stop being afraid of father and call me daddy instead of your own subject?"
Zhou Zhaonuan raised her eyes and looked at him with suspicion and hurt. After staring at him for a long time, she said something in a soft voice.
"Father, I was wrong. I shouldn't have contradicted you that day. Please forgive me."
Nuannuan lowered her head and eyes, and her aloof look made Zhou Beichen extremely uncomfortable. He was almost thirty years old and had finally had a pair of satisfactory children. Could it be that now, this little daughter was going to be alienated from him?
When Zhou Beichen thought about his daughter acting like a spoiled child in front of Shen Nian'an, being polite and distant to him, and not even crying in front of him, he felt so upset.
He likes the feeling of this warm and sweet daughter acting coquettishly and asking for a hug.
No, he wants to win back his daughter's heart.
Zhou Beichen put aside all his thoughts, showed a fatherly smile, and touched Zhou Zhaonuan's hair.
"Nuannuan, be good and call me daddy, not emperor father. Just call me daddy and I will grant you one wish, okay?"
Shen Nian’an: “…”
The corners of his mouth twitched. At this moment, the more he looked at Zhou Beichen, the more he felt like a human trafficker trying to kidnap a child.
Zhou Zhaonuan's already big eyes widened even wider, and finally, she twisted her body, opened her mouth, and burst into tears, pushing him hard while crying.
"Mother, mother, my father is bullying me, please save me, Nuannuan wants you."
Such real resistance made Zhou Beichen stunned and dumbfounded. He never thought that one day his daughter would resist him so much.
For a moment, he didn't know what to say to comfort his daughter.
Even so, he didn't put Nuannuan down. Instead, he hugged her tighter and tighter. Seeing that she couldn't struggle any longer, he used more force, and the wound on her head hurt again. Nuannuan's crying gradually subsided. She turned around and looked at him cautiously.
My daughter looked at me!
Zhou Beichen was delighted, and his heart was filled with enthusiasm. Just as his sense of joy was rising, suddenly, Nuannuan pushed him hard, and his little body tried to lift itself back.
"Go away, go away. You are not my father, you are my royal father. My father will trust me unconditionally. You will weigh the pros and cons. You will not trust me unconditionally."
These words simply shattered and tore Zhou Beichen's heart apart. He was stunned and almost fell backwards. Fortunately, he was quick-eyed and quick-handed to pull himself back, which prevented others from noticing anything unusual.
He thought his extremely stupid daughter said such reasonable words. Zhou Beichen wondered for a moment whether his daughter was no longer his daughter, or who taught her to do this. Subconsciously, he glanced at Shen Nian'an and found that Shen Nian'an was looking at his daughter with great distress.
Zhou Beichen scolded himself angrily. That woman would never play tricks in front of him. His daughter was still crying in his arms, not even looking at him. Zhou Beichen suddenly understood that his daughter understood so many truths after only experiencing a little bit of things. She inherited her cleverness from him.
Zhou Beichen forced a smile and coaxed her with the utmost patience and tolerance.
"I'm your daddy, your real daddy. Nuannuan, please forgive me and stop being angry with me, okay?"
Nuannuan raised her eyes and glanced at him, her big eyes full of tears. She didn't say anything, but she didn't struggle either. She just kept looking at Shen Nian'an.
Zhou Beichen was very disappointed. He also looked at Shen Nian'an with pleading eyes, and then sent the person into Shen Nian'an's arms.
Nuannuan leaned her little face on Shen Nian'an's shoulder as she did before, and her little hands held her neck tightly.
When Zhou Beichen thought about how close his daughter was to him before, he felt worse than if his heart was hollowed out.
Shen Nian'an smiled and stepped forward to salute.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
