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

Although he had doubts, Xuan Yuanjing thought about it and decided not to ask directly.

He simply instructed the people following Xiao Lanxing to be extra careful, lest the little girl disappear without a trace, just like the night he woke up.

The father-daughter time ended after lunch. After Xuan Yuanjing accompanied Xiao Lanxing for a nap, he let her go to find Pei Qingzhu.

Xiao Lanxing: "I'll go train Uncle Pei."

Xuanyuan Jing smiled and said, "Alright, let Nuandong take you there. Father has some things to take care of."

Xiao Lanxing said seriously, "Daddy needs to take a rest."

Xuanyuan Jing: "Don't worry."

After watching the little girl leave the courtyard hand in hand with Nuandong, Xuanyuan Jing looked away for a while, then turned his head slightly and said, "Call him Chen Li... never mind, go see if Chen Li is available right now, and have him wait for me in the study."

If it's inconvenient, someone will naturally come back and explain the reason to him.

Fifteen minutes later, in the study.

Xuanyuan Jing slowly walked into the room, first looking Chen Li up and down before asking, "How is it?"

Chen Li gave a wry smile: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I'm fine."

Xuanyuan Jing walked around behind the table and sat down, gesturing to the chair next to him: "Sit."

Chen Li did as instructed.

Xuanyuan Jing: "I've reminded you of your own health before; you need to take care of it."

Xuanyuan Jing: "You decide on the candidates yourself, and submit the list within three days."

"In addition, there's no need to keep those redundant people in the manor. We've already figured out those we needed to, and we don't need to worry about those we don't know. Just throw them out to avoid them suddenly popping up and causing trouble in the future."

Upon hearing this, Chen Li was about to get up when Xuan Yuanjing gestured for him to stay seated and nodded, "Yes, subordinate understands."

"Pei Qingzhu will assist you with this matter."

Chen Li: "Okay."

Xuanyuan Jing: "I plan to take Xingxing to stay at the villa in the suburbs of the capital for a while in a few days. We will tell everyone that I am unwell and need to go to the hot springs to recuperate. The mansion should be quiet for a while then, so you can rest well."

The implication was that Chen Li wouldn't be going with them.

Upon hearing this, Chen Li was slightly taken aback.

With Xuanyuan Jing not in the Prince's Mansion and no other masters there, plus the fact that all the unruly people will be cleared out in the next few days, things will indeed be quiet for a while.

After all, everything in the Jingwang Mansion revolved around Xuanyuan Jing, the master of the mansion. Now that he's gone, apart from those who are still trying to plant spies in the mansion, almost no one pays any more attention to this place.

Chen Li: "Your Highness, your subordinate..."

Xuanyuan Jing raised his hand to stop him from continuing, and said, "If you stay by my side, it will be difficult for you to calm down and recuperate."

Even if Xuanyuan Jing gives Chen Li a break, Chen Li will probably still have to worry.

It would be better to just leave the person in the Prince's mansion, far away from him. Even if something happens, by the time the news gets back, it will probably be over, and Chen Li won't have to worry about it.

Chen Li understood Xuan Yuanjing's thoughts perfectly well. He felt touched, yet also somewhat downcast.

He wanted to follow Xuan Yuanjing forever, and this never wavered, even when Xuan Yuanjing was in a coma.

But when the prince woke up, he was unable to do so because of his health...

Xuanyuan Jing noticed his change in mood, his eyebrows twitched, and he said again, "Besides, I can't feel at ease if you're not here."

"In this palace, you are the only person I trust the most."

Upon hearing this, Chen Li was jolted awake and suddenly felt his spirits lift.

Yes!

Although the prince must have some plan for going out of the city to "rest" at this time, or perhaps he wants to go fishing, the prince's mansion is still his mansion. After this cleanup, it still needs a trustworthy person to guard it, otherwise all the efforts will be in vain!

Even if the prince didn't say anything, Chen Li would definitely volunteer for this task once he thought of it!

Xuanyuan Jing: "Chen Li, I trust you the most to handle this matter."

Chen Li jumped to his feet and then knelt on one knee facing Xuan Yuanjing: "Your Highness, rest assured, I will live up to your expectations!"

Xuanyuan Jing's lips curled up slightly.

After Chen Li sat down again, Xuan Yuanjing picked up an official document on the table, glanced at it casually, and then brought up another matter: "By the way, there is one more thing I need you to do."

Chen Li: "Your Highness, please speak."

Xuanyuan Jing: "Find a way to find a well-known high monk or Taoist priest and have them tell the world that I am a cursed lone star and am destined not to marry, otherwise either she or I will die."

Chen Li: "Huh?"

After a moment, Chen Li realized what he meant: "Your Highness wants to..."

Xuanyuan Jing's lips curled up slightly: "Isn't someone trying to use my marriage as a pretext?"

If such rumors were to circulate, regardless of their veracity, if someone were to rush in at this time, Xuan Yuanjing could have public opinion manipulated to question whether the other party wanted him dead.

Even if some people really wanted him dead, they absolutely could not make that move while Xuanyuan Jing was still the God of War in the hearts of the people of Great Yan.

However, most people wouldn't dare to say such things, so only Xuanyuan Jing didn't hold back.

Xuan Yuanjing thought for a moment, then added, "How's the investigation on Su Minglan going?"

Unexpectedly, he would suddenly mention a deceased woman at this moment. Chen Li was stunned for a moment before replying: "This Miss Su's life was nothing special. The only thing worth mentioning... is that she had some connection with Your Highness."

Xuanyuan Jing paused slightly and looked up at him.

Chen Li: "My subordinates have discovered that the Su family..."

Xuanyuan Jing said calmly, "The Liu family, haven't they always wanted to return to their clan? I plan to find time to help them out."

Chen Li: "Okay, Liu family."

Chen Li: "At the beginning of the year, the Liu family mentioned your marriage to that person in the palace years ago to several families they had dealings with. If you hadn't asked me to investigate Su Minglan, I wouldn't have known about this matter."

Chen Li: "However, according to the Liu family, this matter has no direct connection with that person. They only said that the Empress had made a marriage agreement with the Liu family before her death, but since it was a verbal agreement, there was no token."

"So according to them, the Liu family agreed to marry their daughter to you... At the time, they seemed to be planning to marry Su Minglan to you through a royal marriage to bring you good luck."

"However, just as this matter was getting started, Miss Su caught a cold and fell seriously ill. She lingered for half a year before passing away."

Then, since the Liu family only had one suitable daughter, and although the other daughters were of suitable age, Chen Li, after investigating, roughly guessed that Zhou Fu felt they were difficult to control and did not want others to take advantage of them, so he temporarily dropped the matter.

Xuanyuan Jing gave a cold laugh.

The abacus beads were about to hit his face.