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

Upon hearing the girl's words, Xuan Yuanjing felt a chill and quickly pulled himself out of his thoughts.

He stared at the little girl for a moment, then hugged her: "No, it won't happen."

At this moment, he didn't want to think about what shocking truth was hidden behind this; there was only one thing he was absolutely certain of.

This is his child.

It won't disappear.

Definitely not.

Xiao Lanxing vaguely sensed that the man holding her seemed to be in a bad mood, but when she met his eyes filled with turbulent emotions, the still naive girl didn't understand what was going on.

But... she was very clear that her father was unhappy.

So the little girl reached out and hugged his neck, nuzzling his cheek affectionately: "Daddy, don't cry."

Xuanyuan Jing: "...I didn't cry."

Xiao Lanxing said again, "It's okay, I know the way, I can come back."

She herself asked that chilling question, and at that moment she was unconsciously making an assumption that she would find herself again after she disappeared.

Xuan Yuanjing couldn't quite describe his feelings, so he just lightly patted her bottom and said with his eyes down, "Don't talk nonsense, this kind of thing won't happen."

"You're still young, so stay obediently by Daddy's side, okay?"

Xiao Lanxing tilted her head, looked at Xuan Yuanjing for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay."

They didn't even ask why.

Xiao Lanxing thought that she didn't trust her father anyway, and she always felt that if she really died, her father would be bullied to death.

Xiao Lanxing thought again, "With Tongtong here, there shouldn't be any problems!"

Although many things were forgotten and sealed away in her little mind, the little girl intuitively felt that these things could be left to Tongtong!

System: Thank you.

Xuan Yuanjing, who had also clearly heard these thoughts, simply tightened his embrace and remained silent.

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"Should we arrange a few more bodyguards around Miss?" Chen Li asked with surprise. "Miss already has five bodyguards. We don't have many people we can completely trust anymore..."

The words slowly faded in Xuan Yuanjing's calm eyes. Finally, Chen Li couldn't maintain the serious attitude that a subordinate should have and raised his hand to rub his temples.

He said, "Very well, Your Highness, I understand."

He lowered his head: "I will arrange this matter properly, and I will also have people keep a close eye on Miss's movements."

Xuanyuan Jing: "No need."

After speaking, Xuan Yuanjing paused, seemingly sighing, but it seemed to be just Chen Li's imagination: "Never mind, by now, she has already been targeted by those people."

Chen Li knew that Xuan Yuanjing was thinking about the previous actions of the person in the palace.

Xuanyuan Jing: "You must ensure her safety."

Chen Li: "Yes."

The room was quiet for a while. Chen Li did not leave immediately, but stood there with his head down.

Xuanyuan Jing waited for a while, and finally said with some impatience, "Speak plainly if you have something to say."

Chen Li wasn't his personal servant. As the chief steward, he also managed Xuan Yuanjing's secret forces. If he didn't have something to do, he wouldn't have so much free time to stand here.

Upon hearing Xuan Yuanjing's words, Chen Li asked, "Your Highness, what is the young lady's identity...?"

"Xuanyuan Lanxing".

Chen Li paused slightly.

Xuanyuan Jing paused for a moment before continuing, "Didn't I already ask you to do it before?"

Regarding the matter of officially establishing Xuanyuan Lanxing's identity.

Chen Li: "Yes, but... I previously thought Your Highness had other purposes."

For example, testing the waters to find out who's behind it all.

It seems that wasn't the case; it seems his prince really was...

Xuanyuan Jing: "We have considered this aspect."

Chen Li: "That is..."

Xuanyuan Jing: "But that doesn't change the fact that she is my daughter."

Chen Li blinked.

Chen Li was stunned.

Chen Li fell into thought.

He got it.

Chen Li: "Understood."

Xuanyuan Jing: "Anything else?"

Chen Li shook his head: "No."

Xuanyuan Jing didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.

Chen Li silently bowed and took his leave.

However, just as he was about to reach the door, he suddenly heard Xuan Yuanjing call out to him, "Wait."

Chen Li turned around and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Xuanyuan Jing: "Have someone investigate Su Minglan."

He didn't say who Su Minglan was, whether she was male or female, or what family she came from.

As he said those words, Xuan Yuanjing was almost openly observing Chen Li's expression, and then received a response that was both unexpected and not entirely unexpected.

After a brief moment of confusion, Chen Li seemed to recall the person who matched the name, a look of realization crossing his face. Then came a new question: "The young lady from the Su family? Why did Your Highness suddenly think of this person?"

Xuanyuan Jing: "Investigate her."

Chen Li: "Alright, I understand."

Chen Li: "However, based on the information I have gathered, if it is the illegitimate daughter of the Su family, she has already passed away."

Chen Li didn't know the specific details. He wasn't an intelligence officer. He only remembered the message because Su Mingxuan's movements had previously caught his attention.

Because of Su Mingxuan, Chen Li took a closer look at the information about the Su family that his subordinates brought, and since it hadn't been long since the incident, he remembered it.

Xuanyuan Jing: "Mm."

This time, Chen Li finally left.

The room fell silent.

After an unknown amount of time, Xuan Yuanjing slowly got up, paced around the room a few times, and then suddenly asked, "Is she awake?"

A person emerged from the shadows, bowed, and replied, "Your Highness, the young lady is still taking a nap."

Xuanyuan Jing nodded and took a step, but then remembered something and stopped.

In the end, he didn't go to visit the little girl in her room. Instead, he returned to the table, picked up a stack of letters that Chen Li had given him, and began to read them.

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Xiao Lanxing had a nice afternoon nap. After waking up, she sat on the bed for a while in a daze before shaking her little head as if she had finally come to her senses.

"Miss." Warm Winter's voice was gentle as she bent down and knelt beside the bed, gazing at the little girl. "Now that you're awake, would you like to get up?"

"The weather seems quite nice today."

"Where's Daddy?" the little girl asked in her childish voice, stretching out her hands to signal Nuandong to help her off the bed.

Warm Winter: "Your Highness has been in the small study and hasn't come out. This servant doesn't know what Your Highness is doing right now."

Hearing that it was in the small study, the little girl, who was originally going to find her father, hesitated for a moment, and then said to Nuandong, "Go to the garden."

Warm Winter asked with some surprise, "Aren't you going to see the Prince?"

Little Lanxing, looking like a little adult, sighed, "Daddy's busy, I won't bother you."