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

While Chen Li was reporting the secret activities of the Prince Jing's mansion to Xuan Yuanjing, the little girl sitting at the other side of the study looking at a picture book was hearing the system's muttering in her mind.

System: [The initial script and the secondary script have been combined into one by the world's consciousness. Now, host, you've become your own mother.]

Xiao Lanxing tilted her head, puzzled: [Who am I?]

System: [Oh, right.]

According to the script they prepared before entering the world, the host Lan Xing was supposed to marry Xuan Yuan Jing as Su Mingxuan's half-sister to bring good luck to the family.

The fact that the Su family unilaterally broke their contract to allow Su Mingxuan to enter the palace and become Xuan Yuanlin's concubine, all for the sake of power and profit, shows that the Su family is the kind of family that will not act without self-interest.

Under these circumstances, Xuanyuan Jing was unconscious and it was unknown when he would stop breathing in his sleep. Naturally, the Su family would not marry their daughter to him for no reason.

After all, with Su Mingxuan around, how could the Su family not know that the emperor, who seemed to love his younger brother on the surface, actually regarded Xuanyuan Jing as a thorn in his side?

When the system and the host enter the world, the prepared identity scripts must be logical and, ideally, should not leave any logical loopholes. This is a lesson learned the hard way from the blood of other hosts.

So, the reason the system would prepare such a substitute marriage scenario is naturally because the Su family can profit from it—by giving up a less important illegitimate daughter to become the Princess Consort of Jing, then if Xuan Yuan Jing dies, the Princess Consort of Jing and her maternal family can naturally inherit what the Prince left behind.

In particular, the prestige that Prince Jing had accumulated was enough for the Su family to gain benefits even if Xuan Yuanjing did not wake up. The title of Princess Jing alone was enough.

The initial script was designed so that the host could approach Xuan Yuanjing in a non-obtrusive way, even if it was as the "initial enemy," because they had to find a way to nip things in the bud before Xuan Yuanjing woke up.

As a result of Lanxing's actions, the initial script failed, and the situation became somewhat urgent. So the system had a flash of inspiration and created a parallel universe—Xiao Lanxing is the daughter of Xuanyuan Jing and Su Lanxing in another world.

Ok.

When the script was submitted, the world's consciousness accepted it, and thus the script was reflected in reality.

System: [Never mind, it's not important.]

In any case, once Xuan Yuanjing personally acknowledged her status as his daughter, it was completely confirmed. Even if you threw the two of them into modern society for a DNA test, their father-daughter relationship would be undeniable.

System: [Su Lan and Su Minglan have "passed away," and the Su family is now looking for someone else to be the Princess Consort of Prince Jing.]

When the script is reflected in reality, the thoughts of the Su family in the script are the thoughts of the Su family today.

The situation has changed slightly, but the essence remains the same.

This was not because the system forcibly changed the Su family's mind; that would be an illegal operation, and the system wouldn't pay these evil people out of its own pocket.

That was something the Su family members might do, and the system was justifying the host's identity and purpose based on the characteristics of the Su family members.

When Xiao Lanxing heard the name of Princess Jing, she blinked and started drawing equations in her mind.

Her father was Xuanyuan Jing, who was also known as Prince Jing.

Princess Jing is the wife of Xuanyuan Jing.

Father's wife is equivalent to his mother.

Finally, connect the equations...

Xuan Yuan Lanxing's big eyes widened, and she jumped off the stool, running to Xuan Yuan Jing's side and grabbing his hem: "Daddy! Are you going to find me a stepmother?"

The two who stopped talking because of her action: "..."

Xuanyuan Jing was stunned for a moment, then his eyes turned cold as he looked at Chen Li.

Chen Li was also startled, and a lot of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

"What stepmother? The young lady hasn't even found her own mother yet. Judging from the prince's current state, he probably has no intention of getting married..."

"Wait, how did such a young child like Miss learn such things?"

"Could it be that someone is being dishonest, and after noticing how much the Prince values ​​the young lady, they've been whispering in her ear about some inappropriate things?"

"That shouldn't be the case. If such a thing really happened, Nuandong couldn't have missed it, nor could she have failed to inform me and the Prince..."

"No, we should ask those brothers later if there's any unclean person around the young lady..."

After being glared at by Xuanyuan Jing, Chen Li was startled and quickly bowed and said, "Your Highness, I will go and investigate immediately."

At the same time, Chen Li thought to himself, "Damn it, don't let me find out which mouth of a rotten tongue is behind this. He even took advantage of a child as young as Miss. I'll tear his mouth apart."

Xuanyuan Jing: "..."

I realized that this matter had nothing to do with Chen Li.

but……

Xiao Lanxing thought to herself, "If Father is going to find a stepmother, I have to keep a close eye on things and not let him be deceived."

"So many people want to bully Father. If I don't keep an eye on things, Father will be very sad if he gets tricked again."

"Father's health is already poor. If he gets sad, he won't be able to take good care of himself. If he's not healthy, he'll be more easily bullied..."

"Waaaaah, my poor father... why is he so pitiful..."

Yes, the moment the little girl pressed herself against Xuan Yuanjing's leg, Xuan Yuanjing's mind started racing.

On one side was Chen Li's surprised and indignant conspiracy theory, and on the other side was the little girl muttering that he was pitiful.

Not to mention the messy thoughts in the minds of those secret guards; one of them was even thinking about buying roast duck on the street after his shift.

Xuanyuan Jing: My head is buzzing.

Xuanyuan Jing raised his hand, picked up the little girl, and carefully placed her in his arms. He then waved to Chen Li and said, "Go. As for those rats, once you've determined who's behind them, deal with them as they need to be dealt with."

Even if they find out, they wouldn't dare do anything now.

Just now, Xuanyuan Jing and Chen Li agreed that the Jingwang Mansion would reopen to guests starting December 1st.

At the same time, Chen Li was instructed to secretly give those who had initially wanted to visit the Prince's residence but had temporarily held back due to prior orders, the option to decide whether or not to make a visit.

Those who received the message were all generals and officials who had fought alongside Xuanyuan Jing on the battlefield.

Even though Xuanyuan Lin was wary of Xuanyuan Jing, he dared not and could not deal with all those who had followed Xuanyuan Jing in the past two years, nor could he arbitrarily transfer their positions.

Who told him to want to be a "wise ruler" instead of a foolish or tyrannical one?

He has underhanded methods, but he really can't just touch those who have made great contributions in public.

Just like no matter how much he cursed Xuanyuan Jing in his heart, calling him a bastard, he still had to show on the surface that he was a close brother to Xuanyuan Jing, and he had to find reasons to neglect the Jingwang Mansion.

Xuanyuan Jing is now in a precarious situation, but how much better off is Xuanyuan Lin?