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

Xuanyuan Jing gave the not-so-honest Li Wuqing a light reprimand, telling him to find the culprit behind the assassin within seven days, and then kicked him out of the villa.

They brought with them two assassins who had already been interrogated and showed no visible signs of injury.

Then, Xuanyuan Jing sat in the study for a while, rubbed his temples, and got up to go find his daughter to relax.

Seeing someone he didn't like, yet unable to kill them directly, Xuan Yuanjing felt stifled and needed to take a breath of fresh air to calm down.

Hearing the noise, Xiao Lanxing sat on the blanket, held up a round lantern she had made, and smiled brightly at him: "Daddy! Look!"

Xuan Yuanjing felt the gloom in his heart instantly dissipate with that smile, and a gentle smile appeared on his face: "Oh, this is a lantern made of stars? It's finished already?"

Xiao Lanxing nodded, then shook her head, and waved to Nuandong beside her, signaling her to light the candles placed on the central candelabra. "Look!"

After saying that, he let go of the lantern in his hand, and it fell to the ground to the astonishment of everyone, rolling over to Xuan Yuanjing's feet.

Throughout this process, the candle flame remained steady, neither going out nor burning anything else.

Xuan Yuanjing was somewhat surprised. His heart, which had just been pounding, slowly calmed down. He bent down to pick up the ball lantern, looked at it in front of his eyes, and then tentatively placed his hand above the candlelight, feeling the real heat.

It was a real candlelight.

Not fake.

Xuanyuan Jing looked puzzled, but he didn't pretend to know what he was talking about. He walked up to Xiao Lanxing and asked directly, "Is this also a supernatural power of the stars? How did you do it?"

Rolling lanterns had never appeared in their land before, so even though Xuan Yuanjing could roughly figure out something was amiss with his own intellect, he was still amazed.

Xiao Lanxing blinked and tilted her head: "That's how we do it!"

After thinking for a moment, she added, "I don't remember who taught me, but... but I watched someone else do it!"

Xuanyuan Jing understood; the little girl had seen someone else do it, remembered it, and then did it herself today.

He tried to put the lantern back on the ground, nudged it with his hand, and watched as it rolled all the way to the corner of the wall, the candle inside still lit, his eyes gleaming.

Xuanyuan Jing laughed and said, "Wow, those stars are really smart; they can learn just by looking at them."

Little Lanxing nodded her head: "It's not difficult!"

Then, as if struck by a thought, she tapped Xuan Yuanjing's left wrist with her small hand: "Easier than this."

Xuanyuan Jing smiled, gesturing for Nuandong to pick up the still-burning lamp and put it away. He then sat down naturally next to Xiaolanxing and said, "Alright, Xingxing, what did you mean by nodding and shaking your head just now?"

"I want to draw," Xiao Lanxing said.

Then she pointed to the lanterns over there: "Sticker them up."

Xuanyuan Jing understood: "Let Father draw it?"

Xiao Lanxing nodded: "We'll go together."

Xuanyuan Jing smiled and said, "Okay, let's make the lanterns together."

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After nightfall, the group braved the cold wind and the creaking of the wheels, and stopped in front of a small door.

There was a knock on the door.

"who?"

"it's me."

"Lord Pei?"

"Ah."

After the two exchanged the password, the small door creaked open, the faint sounds were dispersed by the night wind, and when they looked again, there was no one there.

Soon, heavy snow began to fall, completely covering the last traces of snow.

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The next day.

Xiao Lanxing spent a pleasant father-daughter time with her beloved father yesterday. After a good night's sleep, she woke up early this morning looking forward to today's day.

However, as she changed into her morning exercise clothes and was about to go find Xuan Yuanjing, her little ears twitched, and she turned her head to ask Nuandong, "Is Uncle Pei back?"

Warm Winter was somewhat surprised, but still nodded: "They came back last night, with Madam Pei and her daughter. How did you know?"

Xiao Lanxing turned her head, looked in a certain direction, and murmured, "The smell of medicine."

Warm Winter: "Hmm?"

Xiao Lanxing: "The smell of medicine..."

Warm Winter: "..."

In the mild winter, I subconsciously sniffed around to make sure I couldn't smell anything.

But she didn't say it. She just silently remembered that her young mistress had a very keen sense of smell and that it would be best not to let her stay in places with strong smells for a long time in the future.

Warm Winter: "It seems that Lord Pei's wife was injured. Perhaps the servants were brewing medicine this morning, and the smell was carried over by the wind."

Xiao Lanxing hesitated for a moment: "Let's go take a look."

Warm Winter asked in surprise, "Are you going now?"

Xiao Lanxing nodded her little head.

Warm Winter asked again, "Aren't you going to look for the Prince?"

The little girl hesitated for a moment, then shook her head: "Let me see first."

Nuandong didn't understand what Xiaolanxing was thinking at this moment. After hesitating for a moment, she still listened to her and prepared to lead the little girl to the courtyard where Pei Qingzhu was currently living.

However, before leaving, she gave a wink to the maid beside her.

Pei Qingzhu was not in a good mood at the moment.

At that moment, he wished he could rush back to Zhangzhou and tear those people to pieces.

Pei Qingzhu's wife, Shu Muqing, lay on her side on the bed, her face slightly pale, but her expression was very calm.

She said slowly, "Those who were chasing us have all been dealt with, and I have also investigated the person behind them. If you are really angry, you can set off back to Zhangzhou now and kill them."

Pei Qingzhu: "That won't do. I want to stay with you and Nannan."

Shu Muqing: "Now that we are under Prince Jing's protection, even if you leave for a month or two, nothing will happen."

Pei Qingzhu: "...I'm sorry."

Shu Muqing: "Why are you apologizing? It wasn't just your decision. It was a decision we made together as husband and wife. It's just that neither of us expected what would happen next."

"If I were still in Zhangzhou, they..."

Shu Muqing raised her hand to stop him from continuing, "Even if you are in Zhangzhou, what is going to happen will still happen, unless you and I both ignore those bandits and let them run rampant in the area."

Pei Qingzhu shut up.

The reason Shu Muqing was chased and nearly killed several times was because, after Pei Qingzhu left, she discovered that a group of bandits causing trouble near Zhangzhou were colluding with the government.

Originally, the intention was to suppress bandits, but they discovered this secret instead. They thought those people would be considerate of Pei Qingzhu, but...

Pei Qingzhu was feeling down.

Although Shu Muqing and Nannan were both out of danger, injuries were unavoidable. The most dangerous incident involved the sacrifice of a loyal former subordinate of Pei Qingzhu in order to escape.

How could he not be angry?

If he could, Pei Qingzhu really wanted to go back and kill them all!

Da da da……

Shu Muqing and Pei Qingzhu both looked towards the doorway.

A moment later, a small figure was reflected on the screen, accompanied by a childish voice: "Uncle Pei, is Auntie here?"