Chapter 1413: 1408: Chu Yihan's Paternal Love

Chapter 1413: Chapter 1408: Chu Yihan’s Paternal Love

Chu Yihan had held the little one in his arms, and Chu Heng immediately burrowed into Su Yingxue’s embrace, “Mother, hug me, kiss mother!”

Chu Heng’s soft little face pressed against Su Yingxue; her heart immediately softened like a pool of spring water. She hugged Chu Heng and kissed him again and again, rubbing him gently. The longing she had felt for him was finally comforted, “Heng’er is good, mother missed you so much.”

“Heng’er missed mother too.” Chu Heng’s voice was milky, and when he spoke, he would unconsciously pout his little mouth, his red lips soft and adorable. Su Yingxue couldn’t help herself and kissed him for a long time, completely forgetting the existence of the man beside her.

Chu Yihan could not get a word in amidst this deep affection between mother and son. When Chu Heng had had enough of his mother and wanted to climb onto Chu Yihan to play, Chu Yihan lifted him into the air and reprimanded him, “Where are your manners?”

“Manners…” Chu Heng’s two little eyebrows knitted together, his snow-like cheeks filled with confusion, “Didn’t father say that when there are no strangers around, we don’t need to be so strict?”

This was their family alone in this grand hall of the Fengqi Palace!

Still need to greet?

“The Crown Prince must not be disrespectful!”

Chu Yihan put him down on the ground, and under his father’s imposing stare, Chu Heng knelt down obediently and paid his respects, “Greetings, Father.”

“And what about your mother?”

“Mother… Mother, right?” Chu Heng widened his eyes in confusion, “But Heng’er has always called her mother.”

“From today onwards, change it to ‘mother’ and greet her accordingly.” Chu Yihan’s face was stern as he instructed Chu Heng.

Chu Heng pouted, “Yes, Father.”

He then turned and bowed to Su Yingxue, “Heng’er greets mo… mother.”

“That’s enough; there is no one else here, why are you being so harsh! When you were on the battlefield, you said you missed Heng’er too!” Su Yingxue watched as Chu Heng finished his greeting, then picked him up, and placed him in Chu Yihan’s arms.

She looked at the fearful way Chu Heng was treated by Chu Yihan, tickled him, and said, “Your father missed you very much, he even secretly carved a Peach Wood Sword as a gift for you. Don’t think father is so harsh; he just doesn’t know how to speak gently.”

“When have I ever not spoken properly?”

“Right now, you can’t even speak gently to coax Heng’er.”

“He is the Crown Prince, he does not need my cooing.”

“He is your son, and you better coax him,” Su Yingxue lightly patted Chu Yihan on the shoulder, glaring at him, not allowing him to be harsh towards their son.

Chu Yihan, apparently under her ‘threat’, looked less stern, but he was still very strict with Chu Heng throughout the dinner.

From the moment Chu Heng was conscious, he was afraid of his father. His father was not gentle at all, and he preferred his mother’s embrace much more. However, whenever his father was in the palace, he couldn’t sleep with his mother; sleeping between them, he would always be squeezed by his father.

Being the Crown Prince was really difficult.

The next day, when he went to play with Chu Xi, he thought of discussing a solution with her, “Sister, how can we make father not separate me and mother at night?”

Chu Xi held a medical drawing book in her hand and said indifferently, “I don’t know.”

Her mother and father had never slept in the same bed; she didn’t have the same worries as Chu Heng.

And right now…

She was unhappy.

“Sister, are you unhappy?” Chu Heng, empathetic, saw Chu Xi’s furrowed brow and sensed her mood.

“My father hasn’t come to see me yet; even my little uncle is already back.” Chu Xi clutched the drawing book in her hand, and felt an impulsive desire to tear it up again.

She had been spending so much time playing with Chu Heng that her temper had improved slightly.

Chu Heng held her hand, “Sister, you play for a while first, I have to go pay respects to father, and by the way, I’ll see if uncle is around.”

Although he was very afraid of his uncle and agreed with everyone that his uncle was a bad person,

he still had to go and check for his sister’s sake.

In the afternoon, he took the people from Fengqi Palace to the imperial study.

Chu Yihan was strict with him on the surface, but he did not restrict the power and status that were due him as Crown Prince; while Su Yingxue still had to report before entering the imperial study, Chu Heng could knock and enter directly.

Inside the imperial study, Zhuo Junli and Lu Mian were standing in front of Chu Yihan, one on the left and one on the right, reporting the significant events from recent months in the court; Chu Heng entered, knelt quietly and obediently before Chu Yihan, “Paying respects to father.”

Zhuo Junli and Lu Mian quickly closed their documents and knelt simultaneously, “Greetings to the Crown Prince.”

Chu Yihan said a word to let them rise and then told Chu Heng to get up.

Chu Heng slightly lifted his hand, “Please rise,” allowing Zhuo Junli and Lu Mian to stand.

The ceremony and etiquette were performed to perfection.

Zhuo Junli couldn’t help but sigh inwardly; indeed a child of the emperor’s family, others at the age of three are still playing in the mud wearing split pants.

Seeing Chu Heng, Lu Mian sighed, “It’s a great fortune for our nation that Your Highness is under heaven’s protection and unharmed.”

This comment made Zhuo Junli raise his eyebrows.

Chu Yihan put down the document in his hand, looked at Lu Mian with a sharp gaze, “What do you mean by that, Lord Lu? In these past few months while I was not here, did the Crown Prince encounter any danger?”

Lu Mian, always expressionless, “Reporting to the emperor, this matter should already have been reported to you. Have you forgotten?”

“There has been no such report.” Chu Yihan slapped the document on the imperial table and turned his head to stare at Zhuo Junli, “Zhuo Junli, the Crown Prince encountered danger, why didn’t you send someone to inform me immediately?”

Zhuo Junli thought to himself that he hadn’t expected Lu Mian to be so cunning!

This matter was something he had already agreed upon with Chu Jinling; Chu Jinling would have informed Chu Yihan privately, so as not to cause a significant uproar.

But now, knowing that Lin Sisi had not returned and creating a scene with Chu Yihan, who knew where he had gone; his previous efforts to please Chu Jinling were in vain!

And now he was still to be held accountable by Chu Yihan to his face.

Once Zhuo Junli realized this, his gaze toward Lu Mian suddenly turned venomous.

So, Lu Mian was waiting here for him?

Deliberately waiting at the city gate for him to appease Chu Jinling, making Chu Jinling feel such a psychological let-down that, in his anger, he quarreled with Chu Yihan. Then Lu Mian would find the opportunity to mention the danger Chu Heng faced directly to Chu Yihan.

Was it just like today?

“Lord Lu, since you are so well-informed, why don’t you report to the emperor?” Zhuo Junli couldn’t help but sneer coldly at Lu Mian.

Lu Mian stood upright, “The assassination of the Crown Prince was not done by my family, why should I say more?”

“Assassination?” Chu Yihan’s gaze turned cold, and he beckoned Chu Heng over.

Chu Heng hurried to his side, “Father…”

Chu Yihan reached out and held him, sitting him on his lap to thoroughly check him over until he was sure he was unharmed and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

He then looked at Zhuo Junli with a stern expression, “What exactly happened, Zhuo Junli, explain everything clearly to me!”

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