"Then you can stand, Father-in-law."
After speaking, Changying strode into the Imperial Study. His tall figure, tense face, and icy tone appeared so ruthless in Xiaolinzi's eyes.
He wiped away imaginary tears from the corner of his eye with his sleeve, offering this polite gesture as an attempt to atone for his sins.
He wanted the Emperor to hear how dutiful he was, but why did the Commander-in-Chief take it so seriously? He should at least reassure himself that he wasn't.
A cold wind blew, and Xiao Linzi shivered again, glancing sideways at the snow-covered landscape.
He glanced at the two gatekeepers, who stood upright like ancient pines, gripping his sword, then shook his head and sighed, "Look at them."
Changying quickly closed the door to the imperial study, letting in some cold air, but because of the burning charcoal fire, it was not a problem.
The emperor, draped in a cloak, bowed as he handled state affairs. The eagle, head bowed and hands clasped, reported.
"Your Majesty, the matter with the Ministry of Works has been properly handled, and Wang Rende of the Ministry of Revenue has been imprisoned."
The emperor didn't raise his eyes, only waved his hand slightly. After a while, he put down his vermilion brush, leaned his imposing body back against the golden nanmu chair, and closed his eyes slightly, seemingly somewhat tired.
"I haven't seen that ugly thing for several days."
There was no fuss, just a simple "No fuss." Fortunately, Changying was used to it. Mentioning the little princess softened his tense expression slightly. After a moment's thought, he gave his answer.
"It's been some time, about four or five days."
"It's been five days."
Helian Nie raised an eyebrow slightly on his handsome face, stopping his hand that was pressing on Taiyang Yuan's. Five days had passed, and the ugly thing still hadn't come looking for him.
He's really made something of himself. It seems he's getting along quite well with that scoundrel Nanrong Jinghua, so well that he's even forgotten about his father, the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, shall we go and search for the little princess?" Changying asked tentatively.
"I'm not going."
Helian Nie opened his narrow, peach-blossom eyes and gave Chang Ying a cold look. What a joke! He, the supreme ruler, was spending his days looking for some ugly thing who spouted nonsense.
"yes."
Chang Ying's tense face couldn't hide his disappointment, but the little princess's cleverness swept away all the gloom in his heart.
"Are you disappointed?"
Helian Nie glanced at Changying and suddenly uttered a chilling, eerie remark that sent a shiver down Changying's spine.
"I just find the little princess to be very clever and quirky, which is quite endearing..."
"Squeak." The doors to the Imperial Study were pushed open from the outside.
Helian Nie narrowed his peach blossom eyes, and Chang Ying's voice trailed off. The two, master and servant, looked towards the door of the imperial study.
After a while, seeing no one, just as Helian Nie was frowning in displeasure, a fluffy little head peeked out from outside the imperial study.
Sisi was wearing a peony-red padded jacket and a snow-white knitted hat made by Yue'er on her little head.
The knitted hat had a round, red dot on it, which made her rosy little face look incredibly cute.
Seeing Helian Nie and Chang Ying looking over, a certain woman's grape-like, watery eyes...
She blinked, stuck out her pink, pointed little tongue, and gave the two people in the room a sweet smile.
"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that Sisi heard someone praising Sisi as a cutie, so she came to check it out, hehe~."
Hee hee hee, she heard it! The big brother praised her as clever and mischievous, lovable and charming, an irresistibly cute and stunning beauty! Oh ho ho ho~!
The lotus flower perched on a certain Sisi's shoulder, its golden lotus face shimmering with three question marks. Wait, why is 077 adding its own words? Where's the face?
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