"That won't do. Letting you live in the palace is like living in a tiger's mouth."
"But look, I've grown up to be six years old, which means the palace isn't a den of dragons and tigers!" Xiao Sheng feigned innocence.
"That's because of what you did before, before, you were stupid before. Try going back and living alone for a few days now? I guarantee you'll be missing an arm or a leg." Li Ting made up his mind.
"Then I'll just stay at the Li family's house and not go anywhere else?" Xiao Sheng probed.
“No, if the formation in the house is activated, you won’t understand its secrets and you’ll be trapped. We won’t be able to come back to save you.”
"This won't work, that won't work, so what should we do?" Xiao Sheng shed a few tears symbolically.
[Oh dear, you're useless at everything, but a master at crying. All you want is for Daddy to take you with him!]
[Father, actually the Crown Prince should be safe in the palace now, because he has people around him now, and those people will definitely protect him.]
Li Ting thought this was a good opportunity for Xiao Sheng to truly experience the hardships of ordinary people.
[Sigh, my father is truly destined for a life of toil. The first half of his life was spent worrying about the borders of Nan Chen Kingdom, and the second half, he's been worrying about this cannon fodder crown prince.]
However, I love my dad so much!
"Sheng'er, the Grand Tutor will handle this matter. You just need to study hard and be a good Crown Prince. But you must not make this public."
Xiao Sheng was overjoyed.
While pushing Li Xingran's stroller around the yard in the evening, Xiao Sheng happily teased Li Xingran, calling her "sister, sister" over and over again.
Li Xingran chose to keep quiet and fell into a deep sleep.
The light in Li Ting's study stayed on all night.
The next day at dawn, Li Ting put on his official robes, calculated the time when the emperor would finish court, and sent a letter requesting an audience with the emperor.
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