The three-year-old host decides to raise an emperor father for himself.

In the following days, Xiao Lanxing lived a very comfortable life at Prince Jing's mansion. Every day, besides eating and drinking, she would run to Xuan Yuanjing's side to protect him.

Of course, Xiao Lanxing's perception of protection was different from Xuan Yuanjing's. In his view, it was just that the little girl was clinging to him and wanted him to spend more time with her.

However, the two got along quite well, perhaps because the little girl was just too cute, or perhaps because of the pure affection she showed, which was hard to resist.

Anyway, as the chief steward of the Prince's mansion, Chen Li has been observing for the past few days and the more he looks at it, the more he feels that... his prince and that little girl of unknown origin seem to be a real father and daughter.

Several days later, Xuan Yuanjing's condition had improved considerably compared to when he first woke up. Although he still looked thin, his complexion had actually improved a lot.

News of the Prince Jing's residence began to circulate intermittently.

With Xuanyuan Jing's tacit approval.

Xiao Lanxing ran into the house with a piece of paper in her hand, but when she saw what was inside, she slowly stopped.

Hearing the noise, Chen Li turned his head and saw that it was her. His eyebrows twitched. "Miss, why are you here at this time?"

As he spoke, he walked over, took the paper from the girl's hand, quickly glanced at it, and noticed that it was a large piece of paper with still damp characters. He then took the girl's hand and said, "His Highness is not feeling well and is resting in bed. Doctor Fang is examining His Highness. Please don't disturb His Highness, Miss."

Xiao Lanxing was a little stunned. She subconsciously followed Chen Li and took two steps forward. She looked at the man on the bed with his eyes closed as if he were asleep, and looked up at Chen Li: "Daddy, are you not feeling well?"

Chen Li gave a soft "hmm," not intending to explain too much to the little one: "Miss, you don't need to worry too much. The prince slept for too long before, so his health is naturally not as good as others, but with Doctor Fang here, he'll be fine."

Xiao Lanxing immediately became worried and tried to break free from Chen Li's grasp to check on him.

But Chen Li caught her in time, squatted down and gently comforted her: "Miss, don't be anxious. Look, Doctor Fang is taking the Prince's pulse. If you go over now, you will disturb Doctor Fang."

At the same time, the system also said in Xiao Lanxing's mind: "[Xuanyuan Jing is fine, he's acting, don't worry.]"

Hearing Chen Li say that there was only one system for each person, Xiao Lanxing seemed to be calmed down. She didn't break free from his hand, but stared at Xuan Yuanjing's direction without saying a word.

Xiao Lanxing: [Acting?]

System: [This means he's faking fainting.]

Xiao Lanxing: [Is Daddy alright?]

System: [It's okay, he's fine. It's best not to expose him now; he definitely has his own motives.]

Xiao Lanxing seemed to understand but not quite, and could only come to one conclusion: Father is alright.

As for other things, her little brain couldn't hold that many thoughts.

So, Xiao Lanxing looked up at Chen Li again: "I won't bother Father, I'll stay with Father."

Over the past few days, both Chen Li and Xuan Yuanjing have noticed that the little girl sometimes speaks in two-word phrases. It's not that she's too young to speak well, but rather that she's too lazy to talk.

When necessary, this little guy speaks more fluently than anyone else.

Like right now.

Chen Li thought about how well-behaved the little guy usually was, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Then let's sit next to the prince and not move around, okay?"

Xiao Lanxing nodded obediently.

So, led by Chen Li, Xiao Lanxing bypassed the old man sitting by the bed who seemed to be taking her pulse seriously, and stopped on the other side of the bed.

Xiao Lanxing let go of Chen Li's hand and tried to climb onto the bed.

Upon seeing this, Chen Li originally intended to stop her, as he only wanted the little one to sit down on the edge of the bed, not to let her get on the bed.

But just as Chen Li was about to take action, the person on the bed, who had been keeping their eyes closed, opened them and gave him a light, indifferent glance.

Chen Li: "..."

Chen Li stopped what he was doing, pretending nothing had happened, and quietly watched as the little girl huffed and puffed her way onto the bed, took off her own shoes, then walked around Xuan Yuanjing's body and stepped to the spot next to his pillow, where she plopped down.

During this time, Chen Li watched the little girl's swaying body and worried several times that she might lose her balance and fall directly onto the person on the bed.

Fortunately, the little girl only looked a bit unsteady, but her steps were very steady.

As the little girl sat down, Chen Li's ears twitched, and he heard some noises outside.

His eyes flashed, and he thought to himself, "They're here."

As he turned around, Chen Li glanced at the person on the bed again and found that the other person had closed their eyes again and was breathing very weakly from beginning to end, as if they were really in a very weak state.

Chen Li: "Your Highness is quite good at pretending to be asleep. I thought you might actually be asleep, but it turns out you weren't."

Just then, as if feeling that this wasn't close enough, Xiao Lanxing lifted Xuan Yuanjing's blanket, lay down next to him, and pressed her face against his shoulder.

Therefore, Xuan Yuanjing also caught on to Chen Li's thoughts.

Xuan Yuanjing was speechless for a moment. Only after he was able to hear Chen Li's thoughts did he realize that the mature and steady Chen Li had quite a lot on his mind.

She's quite lively.

Xiao Lanxing nestled next to Xuan Yuanjing, closed her eyes, and seemed to intend to sleep with him.

The old doctor, who hadn't uttered a sound from beginning to end, silently observed the scene. As he withdrew his hand, he thought to himself, "It seems that the prince is truly fond of this little girl, which is why she is so close to him. If I didn't know that the prince is still a virgin, I would have suspected that this child is truly of the prince's blood."

Thinking this, he sighed inwardly, "Alas, Your Highness is already so old, how come you are still a virgin!"

"I am not young anymore, and I don't know if I will live to see Your Highness marry and have children. It is truly distressing."

Xuanyuan Jing, with his excellent self-control, refrained from making a move.

He hadn't expected that Dr. Fang would care about such things. As for things like virginity... well, if he could see it, he could see it, as long as he didn't say it out loud.

It wasn't that Xuanyuan Jing felt ashamed; he simply felt that such words shouldn't be said in front of a child. What if the little girl asked what a virgin was? How would he explain it?

Xiao Lanxing's thoughts at this moment were very simple: "Daddy is not feeling well and can't go out to play, so I'll stay with Daddy and sleep for a while."

Xuanyuan Jing's heart softened.

However, the reason he let the little girl come up was actually for the mind-reading ability.

He has figured out the pattern of this mind-reading ability: he can only hear other thoughts when the little girl touches him.

Although I don't understand why, it doesn't seem like a bad thing at the moment.

At least, he now has access to information that others can't even imagine.

For example...

"Hmph, Chen Li is nothing but Prince Jing's lackey!"

"Once that person consolidates military power, the mere Prince Jing will be nothing more than this!"