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

Little Lanxing was wondering when her little ears twitched as she heard a noise outside.

She walked around Nuandong and trotted to the door, only to find that Pei Qingzhu, who had been standing blankly at the door, was nowhere to be seen, while a low gasp came from the room.

"General, you..."

Xiao Lanxing tilted her head and looked away.

Nuandong followed behind her, bending down to ask, "Lord Pei must have gone to see Madam Pei again. Miss, what are you doing now...?"

Xiao Lanxing: "Hmm, let's go back."

Warm Winter asked with some surprise, "Are we going back now?"

She wondered what the young lady wanted to do, coming all this way to see Madam Pei and Miss Pei.

But soon, Nuandong realized that she was overthinking it.

The young lady is still a child. Although she is quite extraordinary, she still has a childlike nature. Perhaps it was just a momentary curiosity.

Warm Winter smiled and said, "Then this servant will take you back. Do you still need to do your morning exercise today?"

Xiao Lanxing: "Let's go see Daddy."

Warm Winter: "Okay."

Inside the house, after being reminded by Xiao Lanxing, Pei Qingzhu returned to Shu Muqing's side. After the couple looked at each other for a long time, Pei Qingzhu finally spoke first and admitted her mistake.

Afterwards, the couple poured out their hearts to each other, sharing their innermost thoughts. They then embraced quietly for a moment. Remembering something, Shu Muqing asked, "You just said that it was the young princess who told you that I guessed about this. So, where is the young princess?"

Pei Qingzhu's body stiffened.

Shu Muqing: "You forgot?"

Pei Qingzhu touched her nose somewhat awkwardly, released her hand to adjust Shu Muqing's position to make her more comfortable, and hurriedly said, "In the heat of the moment, I didn't pay attention to the little princess. I'll go out and take a look."

Shu Muqing chuckled as she watched him leave in a hurry.

After everyone left, the maidservant, with a smile on her face, stepped forward and handed Shu Muqing a cup of warm water: "I didn't expect that Madam could deceive the General, but not the Little Princess. The Little Princess is really clever."

Shu Muqing smiled faintly, took a sip of warm water from the maid's hand, and said, "Children are sometimes more sensitive than adults. It's my fault. It's a family matter, and I'm sorry to trouble a little princess like you with such a small thing."

As soon as she finished speaking, she vaguely heard voices coming from the courtyard. She couldn't make out what they were saying, but she could tell that one of them was Pei Qingzhu.

She said, "Let's go see what's going on."

"Yes."

After a moment, the maid and Pei Qingzhu entered the room one after the other. The maid squatted down next to Shu Muqing first and said, "The young princess has already left."

Pei Qingzhu strode in, looking embarrassed: "The young princess has already seen Nannan. I asked the people taking care of Nannan, and it seems that the young princess took Nannan's pulse, didn't say anything, and left."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Nannan should be alright."

Shu Muqing asked in confusion, "Little Princess, shall I take your pulse?"

Pei Qingzhu touched her nose and glanced at the maid.

Upon seeing this, the maidservant quickly bowed and withdrew temporarily.

After everyone left, Pei Qingzhu sat down next to Shu Muqing and whispered, "The young princess is quite extraordinary. Before coming to the prince's side, she may have been taught by a master and knows quite a lot."

"Don't let her young age fool you, her medical skills are quite good. Even Doctor Fang praised the prescriptions she wrote before."

As she spoke, Pei Qingzhu's expression softened, showing less worry and more guilt: "If something were really wrong with Nannan, given the little princess's kind heart, she shouldn't have left so soon."

In Pei Qingzhu's eyes, Xiao Lanxing is a kind and good baby.

Putting everything else aside, he had previously seen the little girl see two maids in the Prince's mansion washing clothes in the winter and developing sores on their hands. That same day, she ran to Doctor Fang's pharmacy to get medicine for them.

Also, because Dr. Fang reminded them that ordinary households couldn't use high-quality herbal frostbite cream for a long time, they preferred to grit their teeth and endure it rather than come to his pharmacy for a prescription, and even went to the trouble of developing a relatively inexpensive frostbite cream to relieve frostbite.

Pei Qingzhu was also at the scene and watched the excitement for a while. Later, she heard from Doctor Fang that according to the method the little girl used, the cost price of a box was only a few coins, which ordinary people could afford if they gritted their teeth.

It's better than having your hands frozen raw.

It's not that a few coins are expensive, but the income of ordinary people is uneven, and some poor people really have to grit their teeth and squeeze out every penny they can afford.

Upon learning of the recipe, the prince, after consulting with the young girl, secretly instructed Chen Li to take it to a workshop, intending to first prepare it for the soldiers at the border.

However, it's not appropriate to tell Shu Muqing about this.

It can only be done with Xuanyuan Jing's permission.

Shu Muqing trusted Pei Qingzhu completely. Even though it was her first time meeting Xiao Lanxing, she believed Pei Qingzhu's words.

Even though it sounded a bit bizarre, she didn't doubt it because it was Pei Qingzhu who said it.

Shu Muqing: "That's good, then you don't need to worry anymore."

Shu Muqing: "Nannan is your daughter. The way you looked just now, I thought Nannan was in a bad condition."

Pei Qingzhu felt a little embarrassed.

He almost shed tears just now.

Pei Qingzhu: "I was also scared. The doctor said that Nannan had a high fever, and I panicked. I was also thinking that you were still injured. If I panicked, our family would be finished, so..."

Pei Qingzhu doesn't know anything about medicine, and the infant mortality rate is very high these days, so even though Pei Wanling is almost eight years old, it's not a sure thing.

When he heard about the high fever, he immediately recalled several stories of children dying from high fevers, so how could he not panic?

If Shu Muqing hadn't also collapsed, Pei Qingzhu would definitely have stayed by Pei Wanling's side and wouldn't have left, and Shu Muqing probably would have too.

But rather...

Thinking of this, Pei Qingzhu said, "I'll go see Nannan. The doctor said that Nannan will be much better after a nap. I'll go see her."

Shu Muqing: "Go."

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As Xiao Lanxing walked along, she suddenly became excited and started hopping around, humming an unknown tune. She looked incredibly cute.

With a warm winter following behind, a smile unconsciously crept onto my lips.

As they approached the place where Xuanyuan Jing practiced martial arts, they heard several whooshing sounds.

Warm Winter thought to herself: [The Prince is recovering better and better; it shouldn't be long before he's back to normal.]

Little Lanxing shouted loudly, "Daddy! Daddy! I'm back!"

The man practicing martial arts narrowed his eyes slightly, and his spear drew an arc like a dragon emerging from the sea. With a sharp whooshing sound, he suddenly twisted his wrist, stopped his stance, and calmly turned his head to look in the direction from which the sound came.

Not long after, a small figure trotted around the circular archway. When she saw him, her eyes lit up, and she rushed over without hesitation.

With a smile on his face, Xuan Yuanjing bent down and easily caught the little girl who rushed towards him. After picking her up, he rubbed her rosy cheeks against his chest.

[Great, Your Highness has become as mighty as ever again.]

Wow, Daddy has gotten stronger!

Xuanyuan Jing: ?