chapter 8 The Crown Princess whose engagement was broken off (8)

After Wang, the eunuch, and his entourage were sent away, Wangshan Villa returned to its former tranquility.

When Ethan Gu returned, his obedient daughter was sunbathing on a chair, and his son, who had been scolded publicly several times by him, was peeling oranges nearby.

"Open your mouth, you can't eat this one after you finish," Tom Gu said.

Lilith Jin replied, "No, I can eat one more!"

Seeing that Ethan Gu had returned, Lilith immediately jumped up from his chair and ran to Ethan Gu. "Daddy, has Wang, the eunuch, left?"

Ethan Gu remained silent, just looking at her quietly.

Lilith Jin remembered something, a guilty look flashing in her eyes. She was about to step back when Ethan Gu called her.

As Lilith Jin was about to explain, she said, "Daddy, did I do a good job of pretending just now? I read in a miscellaneous book that as long as the timing and method of holding your breath are right, you can create the illusion of suffocating and getting sick. Didn't you see? Wang, the eunuch, was scared stiff..."

"You dare to say!" Ethan Gu exclaimed.

Tom Gu quickly stepped forward to persuade, "Father, Yan Yan is fine now, so please don't hold her accountable for her mischievousness."

"Yes, Father, today's incident is already over. I promise I won't do anything to worry you in the future. Please don't be angry, okay? Is that okay?" Lilith Jin said, and as soon as she finished, Ethan Gu burst into laughter.

He poked Lilith Jin's forehead and said helplessly, "This time, I'll let it go. But if you don't behave next time, when your mother teaches you a lesson, I won't interfere."

Lilith Jin quickly said, "How can that be! Father, you're the best. Can you bear to see me locked in the room studying under Mother's supervision?"

Ethan Gu gently pushed Lilith Jin away and said, "Even if I can't bear it, your mother is the Crown Princess. How can I dare to interfere with the Crown Princess?"

Lilith Jin: "..."

Tom Gu: "..."

That statement was indeed a bit uncomfortable. The current Crown Princess, their mother, did have a noble status. But who in the capital didn't know about the deep affection between the Crown Princess and the Prime Minister, Gu, who had achieved the top rank in the imperial examination?

Stared at with disdainful eyes by his two children, Ethan Gu remained unruffled. He didn't lie; there were indeed some times when he couldn't dare to interfere with the Crown Princess.

However, there was no need to explain the details to his two children.

"Daddy, since Mother didn't enter the palace with you, why hasn't she returned yet?" Lilith Jin asked.

Suddenly, she had a thought, "Could Mother have gone to complain to the Empress Dowager?"

Ethan Gu smiled and said, "She did go to complain, but not to the Empress Dowager."

"Then who? Grandmother? But Grandmother went to Yun Tai Shan to worship Buddha. Even if she got the news immediately, she couldn't have rushed back in these two days," Lilith Jin said.

Ethan Gu looked at his innocent and naive daughter and said, "It's the Emperor."

Lilith Jin pursed her lips and said, "If the Emperor really feels guilty towards our family, he wouldn't have waited for Mother to enter the palace in person."

Ethan Gu didn't comment.

"But people who become emperors have a tough heart; I understand," Lilith Jin said. "Playing politics all day, those with weak hearts would be played to death."

Ethan Gu: "..."

Tom Gu: "..."

Father and son fell silent for a moment before bursting into laughter.

Ethan Gu couldn't help but rub his daughter's hair, finding her words both funny and exasperating. "What kind of twisted logic is this?"

Lilith Jin didn't want the beautiful hairstyle her maids had arranged for her to be messed up, so she quickly dodged. While massaging Ethan Gu's shoulders, she said, "It's not twisted logic; it's what I learned from history books. But don't worry, I'm not criticizing you. You're my father, and whatever you do is always right!"

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