If her father really slapped her, she would be heartbroken and would only be nice to her mother and brother from now on.
Looking at the little girl's closed eyes, Zhou Beichen's heart was shocked. It was over. This sentimental girl might have misunderstood him again.
The big hand slowly fell on Zhou Zhaonuan's fair and tender face and patted it lightly.
Nuannuan's eyelashes trembled, and she heard Zhou Beichen's faint voice again.
"Silly girl, you become sentimental day by day. This time, Daddy believes you. I believe my daughter won't lie to me. I believe what you say is true. How could my daughter lie to me?"
She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the kind-looking father in front of her. All the resentment, grievances and unwillingness in Nuannuan's heart stopped abruptly and disappeared in an instant.
"Daddy~"
The little girl cried out sweetly and immediately threw herself into his arms excitedly, rubbing her furry little head against his chest.
Zhou Beichen: “!!!”
The girl called me daddy again. Joy continued to spread from my heart, and soon it appeared on my brows.
He picked up Nuannuan, and the feeling of regaining what he had lost filled his heart. It was warm and caring. He looked up at the distant sky, and his eyes suddenly filled with bitterness and joy, which he could no longer hold back. With a "click", a drop of hot tears slid to the ground.
"Daddy believes me."
Nuannuan raised her grape-like eyes, and there seemed to be stars in them, sparkling and full of spirit.
It makes people want to laugh. "Silly girl, you are my own daughter, so of course I believe you."
Li Liluo and Li Cheng looked at each other, their mouths opened in surprise, their eyes fixed in shock.
This bias has gone to the gutter.
Prime Minister Li knelt on the ground and forced out a few tears. "Your Majesty, it's not easy for me to have a son in my old age. I was beaten so badly on the street this time. I beg Your Majesty to make a decision for Li Luo. Otherwise, I can only ask to see the Empress Dowager."
Giving Nuannuan a loving look, Zhou Beichen looked at Prime Minister Li, and his eyes suddenly turned cold.
"I'm here, and you want to go find the Queen Mother, Prime Minister Li, are you treating me as if I don't exist, or are you saying that I'm incompetent?"
He couldn't help but shiver, and Prime Minister Li crawled on the ground, hating in his heart and begging for mercy.
"I dare not. I only ask Your Majesty to investigate the facts and give justice to my son. Otherwise, I am willing to kneel down forever."
With a cold snort, Zhou Beichen gave him an impatient look, "If you want to stay on your knees forever, then keep kneeling."
Zhou Beichen looked at Nuannuan again and spoke earnestly.
"Nuannuan, remember, when sentencing someone, you must rely on evidence. Even if I'm the emperor, I must ascertain the facts. I've already ordered people to investigate the truth on Chang Street. Prime Minister Li, just wait patiently. You two, get up first."
Prime Minister Li shuddered again, looking at his pig-faced son, and suddenly a bad premonition arose in his heart.
Also, Ruolan went to see the Queen Mother, why hasn’t she come back yet?
......
"Aunt, so what Li'er did this time was deceiving the emperor."
The Queen Mother opened her slightly closed eyes, patted Ruolan's hand, and sighed.
"Yes, Li'er has been stupid since she was little. Originally, she was stupid, but because she was young when she entered the palace, she didn't cause any trouble. I thought she was cute. However, ever since Nuannuan and Hanhan left the cold palace, her stupid and evil intentions have come one after another. In my opinion, you might as well let her stay in Li'an Palace. With me secretly protecting her, she can at least live peacefully until she dies. If you really let her out, I'm afraid she won't live until next year."
Her heart skipped a beat, and Ruolan's eyes were covered with a layer of mist. That was her own daughter, how could she not feel distressed.
But despite her heartache, Ruolan wiped away her tears and said, "Then Ruolan would like to thank Auntie very much. I also ask Auntie to discipline her strictly and nip any harmful thoughts of hers in the bud."
The Queen Mother nodded, and Ruolan looked at her gratefully.
"Then Ruolan will take her leave now. Please have a good rest."
The Queen Mother said nothing, but just waved her hand.
To be honest, although Ruolan is her niece, she really doesn't want to get involved in all the mess in the Prime Minister's Mansion over the years.
In her opinion, Prime Minister Li was a bad person by nature, with a lot of evil intentions, so how could his child be too good?
An hour later, the secret guard had investigated the whole story clearly, and Zhou Beichen was furious.
"Prime Minister Li, you dared to let your son commit a murder in the street? Before this, he had killed people outside the capital, but you, the Prime Minister, used your power to suppress him. Today, he committed a murder in the street and was discovered by my daughter, who taught him a lesson. You actually have the nerve to turn the tables here. Come, take Li Liluo away and execute him without mercy."
"As for you, you have allowed your son to commit a crime. You will receive twenty strokes of the cane. Get out of here."
After these words were spoken, Nuannuan's eyes became brighter.
Prime Minister Li and Li Liluo immediately wilted. Li Liluo was like a wilted eggplant, too frightened to move. Seeing the guards coming to arrest them, Prime Minister Li's mind went blank. His son, who was born in his old age, must not die. He must not die.
Prime Minister Li no longer cared about anything else and crawled towards Zhou Beichen. "Your Majesty, I kneel before you, I worship you, I wholeheartedly submit to you. I only beg you to spare Li Luo's life. I promise that I will discipline him strictly in the future. Please, Your Majesty."
“Wuwuwu…”
Prime Minister Li burst into tears and slapped the ground in pain, "I have a son in my old age. I can't die. I can't die."
"Your Majesty, please spare his life, even if it means life imprisonment, for the sake of our three generations of loyalty and goodness in the Li family."
Prime Minister Li kowtowed repeatedly, hoping that Zhou Beichen would change his mind.
Zhou Beichen took a step back and raised an eyebrow. "Prime Minister Li, just because you have a son in your old age, does that mean you can spoil him and let him do whatever he wants? I'm telling you, this time, he asked for his own death. The root cause is you, and you are above him. Don't you have a son? How can this be considered a child in your old age?"
Prime Minister Li was silent for a moment. Zhou Beichen sneered and continued, "You had a son in your old age, and I also had a daughter in my old age. I'm not as spoiled as you are."
Nuannuan agreed with this point very much and nodded in agreement immediately. Her eyes became red as she felt it.
She clenched her two little hands and spoke softly.
"Daddy doesn't spoil me and beats me at every turn. I'm afraid Nuannuan is the princess who gets beaten the most."
Zhou Beichen: “…”
I held my forehead helplessly, wondering why he said that.
Prime Minister Li didn't care about that. Tears streamed down his face. "Your Majesty, please spare my son's life for the sake of my three generations of loyalty."
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