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"Your Majesty - go back to the Palace -"

The eunuch shouted in a sharp tone, and all the courtiers knelt down to greet him.

Si Lixiao got off the dragon chariot and reached out to meet Fu Ziqin who was sitting expressionlessly.Seeing that people were unwilling to come down, he said, "Hua Ning is waiting for you."

Fu Ziqin moved his eyelids, deliberately walked down with his hands behind his back.

Si Lixiao raised his eyebrows, withdrew his hand and led the people into the hall.

The eunuch and court lady kneeling on the ground bowed their heads, struggling to stretch out the corners of their eyes to see the man walking side by side with the emperor.

This person known as "Concubine Qin" has no resemblance to a woman, but she can ride on the dragon chariot that only queens have the honor to set foot on in the harem, which makes people's imagination run wild.

After entering the hall, the wet nurse immediately led Si Huaning to salute.

"Greetings, father, father." Si Huaning knelt down.

Fu Ziqin couldn't help feeling sad when he looked at the little child. This was his daughter, and he wished he could hold the baby in his palm.But it is also Si Lixiao's bargaining chip. I don't know if he will part with his relatives in the future.

Seeing that Fu Ziqin was not as excited as he imagined seeing the child, Si Lixiao frowned slightly.

"Hua Ning, get up." Si Lixiao said lightly.

Si Huaning stood up, with his head down, not daring to look at the two people in front of him.

Fu Ziqin felt a twinge of pain in his heart. The child's sudden departure from the mother who had been with her since birth was probably unbearable for a while.

"Hua Ning, come here." Si Lixiao pulled his daughter to sit down, "From now on, Hua Ning will live with his father in Piao Ling Palace."

A flash of joy flashed across Fu Ziqin's face, but he was immediately overwhelmed by suspicion.

Si Huaning carefully glanced at the so-called "father", and moved closer to his father.

Si Lixiao laughed loudly, Fu Ziqin's chest hurt like a knife cut.

"It's done, you take Hua Ning to Piao Ling Palace." Si Lixiao pushed Si Hua Ning to Fu Ziqin's side.

Fu Ziqin suppressed the urge to hug the child and take him away immediately, pretending to be cold and asked: "Why? It's not good to stay here with you?"

As expected, this man had learned his lesson, Si Lixiao slandered, then laughed and said: "Could it be that you think I have time to take care of Hua Ning?"

The Empress Dowager passed away, and the old troops of the King of Kangnan were still fleeing in all directions. Si Lixiao was really busy recently.

Fu Ziqin hesitated for a long time before tentatively asking: "That's it?"

"That's it," Si Lixiao replied immediately, "Nurse has already packed her bags, you can take Hua Ning away now."

Fu Ziqin's palms were hot, and he looked at the child involuntarily.There was some fear on Si Huaning's fair face, and even his shoulders shrank slightly, looking sluggish.

This is his child. Li Xifan has been thrown into the cold palace. No matter what the emperor's plans are, he is the only one who can protect Hua Ning's safety.

"Okay." Fu Ziqin responded.

Si Lixiao raised the corners of his mouth, as if he was triumphant.

Fu Ziqin stepped forward and squatted in front of Si Huaning, tried his best to smile gently and said, "Hua Ning and father are going to live in a new place, okay?"

Si Huaning rubbed his little hands and nodded silently.

Fu Ziqin breathed a sigh of relief, supported Si Huaning's back and led her away from the emperor.

"My concubine won't say goodbye to me?" Si Lixiao said in a frivolous tone.

Fu Ziqin held back his displeasure, cupped his hands and said, "The villain will leave."

"Little man?" Si Lixiao raised his tone again.

Fu Ziqin felt as if a wave was churning in his stomach, and said Jibai again, "Concubine...resign."

Si Lixiao waved his hand contentedly, and Fu Ziqin immediately led Si Huaning out of the hall without looking back.

Probably the emperor ordered it to be cleaned, and the Piao Ling Palace was almost spotless.

"Finally back." Yufeng shook her legs happily.

Fu Ziqin shook his head with a wry smile. From now on, this is his cage, and there are only two endings for him to break out of the cage, he dies, or the emperor collapses.

"Yufeng, you go and send someone to tidy up the fan hall and make it the eldest princess' bedroom." Fu Ziqin ordered.

"Yes." Yufeng Fu stepped back.

Fu Ziqin sat down and hugged his daughter onto his lap.

"Hua Ning still remember who I am?" Fu Ziqin asked softly.

"Father." Si Huaning replied in a low voice.

"By the way," Fu Ziqin's heart softened, "I am Hua Ning's father, and Hua Ning's close relative. I will take care of you and protect you. If you feel uncomfortable anywhere in the future, or if you are bullied, you have to talk to your father Say. You can rely on your father no matter what, understand?"

"Got it." Si Huaning nodded obediently.

Fu Ziqin wrapped the child in his arms, looked up at the nurse and said, "Your name is Cailan, right?"

"Yes, servant Cailan." The wet nurse repeated.

"How are the eldest princess's basic necessities of life?" Fu Ziqin asked.

Cailan frowned, not knowing whether to tell the truth.

"Hua Ning is my daughter, just tell me the truth." Fu Ziqin said seriously.

"Yes," Cai Lan blessed Fushen, and said: "The princess...has been suffering from illnesses lately, either wind evil or vomiting, unable to eat during the day, and often wakes up crying at night..."

The more Fu Ziqin heard it, the more pain in his heart, and he hugged his daughter tighter.Why are his two children weak and weak? Could it be that he and Si Lixiao have committed too many crimes, and the heavens must punish the children?

"Princess in the past..." Cai Lan paused, shaking her eyelashes and said, "It was never like this."

Fu Ziqin naturally understood what she meant. Without her adoptive mother to shelter her from the wind and rain, and her father was busy with political affairs, there were many people in the palace who worshiped the high and stepped down, let alone those with other ulterior motives.

"From now on, the princess's food and clothing costs, you have to look at it yourself. If you find something different..." Fu Ziqin suddenly lost his confidence, "Just tell me."

To be honest, to the emperor, he had no idea how much value he had besides having a child, and whether he would suddenly die suddenly one day, he had no idea.

Cai Lan could also hear the instability, and said helplessly, "Yes."

The spring night was as cold as water, Fu Ziqin lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep, so he just sat up.

"What's wrong, ma'am?" Yufeng asked.

Fu Ziqin opened the bed curtain, put on his shoes and said, "I'll go and see Hua Ning."

"Yes." Yufeng immediately took the outer shirt and put it on for Fu Ziqin.

The two walked quietly to the fan hall, only a small lantern illuminated the way forward.There were still lights in the bedroom of Shanxi Hall, Fu Ziqin frowned and stepped forward quickly, but suddenly heard Si Huaning's cry.

"I don't want to live here! I want my mother! I want my mother!" Si Huaning screamed in a rare way.

"Princess! Princess! It will be terrible if someone hears it!" Cailan, the nurse, comforted her.

Fu Ziqin stopped, only to feel that his legs had grown roots, deeply rooted in the ground under his feet.

"I want a queen mother—" Si Huaning burst into tears.

"Princess, Li Cairen is in the cold palace now, the princess can't go." Cai Lan panicked and couldn't choose what to say.

"I want to be with the queen mother, I want to live in the cold palace!" Si Huaning cried and shouted.

"There is nothing in the cold palace, and the princess won't even have a bite of hot rice when she goes." Cai Lan threatened.

"Then..." Si Huaning kept sobbing, "Even the mother can't eat warm food?"

Cailan was dumbfounded, unable to find words to comfort her.

"I don't want it! I want to go back to Qingning Palace! I want my mother to also be in Qingning Palace!" Si Huaning poured out all his temper that he didn't dare to lose in front of his father and father on his dependent wet nurse.

Cailan couldn't explain what was rebellion and what was downgrading, so she could only comfort her: "Isn't it great that the princess lives in the Piaoling Hall now? Concubine Qin will treat the princess better than Li Cairen."

"But I don't know him at all." Si Huaning muttered.

Fu Ziqin only felt that the sky was slowly tilting, pressing heavily on his head.

"How could the princess not know the concubine Qin, the concubine Qin is the princess' birth..." Cailan pondered over her words before saying, "The one who was born."

"But the emperor's grandmother is a woman, the queen mother is a woman, and all the children in the palace are women. Why is he a man?" Si Huaning asked puzzled.

Cailan was even more terrified. Although Si Lixiao was in power now, no one dared to break the former emperor's prohibition.Taoyuan Monster Clan——Kill without mercy.

"Even though Concubine Qin is a man..." Cai Lan was anxious, but couldn't find a suitable explanation, "but he is also the princess' father."

"Father and Father Emperor," Si Huaning had stopped crying, and asked even more puzzled, "Why do I have two fathers?"

"Hmm..." Cai Lan managed to speak, "Some people have two fathers."

"Oh..." Si Huaning vaguely explained, and after a while, asked again: "How many people have two fathers like me?"

Cailan's face turned pale, and the entire department, probably only the eldest princess.

"It should be." Cai Lan said vaguely.

Si Huaning acquiesced in the affirmative answer and stopped asking.

"Princess, you must never tell anyone these words, not even Your Majesty and Concubine Qin." Cai Lan urged.

"Not even the queen mother?" Si Huaning mentioned the adoptive mother again.

Cai Lan showed embarrassment.

Si Huaning pouted and said angrily, "I still want the queen mother."

Fu Ziqin didn't know how he got back to the bedroom, he only knew that the steps under his feet were so huge that even Yufeng couldn't catch up with the trotting.

Standing blankly in the middle of the bedroom, Fu Ziqin looked at the bronze mirror on the table.

"Your Majesty!" Yufeng finally caught up and said out of breath, "Princess is just a child's word, so please don't take it seriously!"

Fu Ziqin didn't respond, staring at himself in the mirror and said, "I never wanted to be a woman."

Yufeng understood that Fu Ziqin's heart was broken, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, whether you are a man or a woman, you are the princess' close relative!"

"But if I were a woman, Hua Ning wouldn't be in such a difficult situation." Fu Ziqin smiled, almost distorted.

A man who gives birth to a child is a monster in the eyes of Si Chaoren.One day Hua Ning will think that he is the child of a monster, avoid him in disgust, and never lift his head up.

"It would be great if Hua Ning's biological mother was Xi Fan." There was a chill in Fu Ziqin's eyes.

"How can you say that, Your Majesty?" Yufeng's back shivered, "I can't mention people in the cold palace!"

"I understand." Fu Ziqin looked at his trembling fingers, the Taoyuan clan and his daughter, and he could figure out which was more important.

But, who said you can't put both sides on one plate?

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