I Became the Eye Candy: Four Bigshots Claimed to be My Dad?

Chapter 374: Being an Official Is Hard, Resigning Is Even Harder

"Guards, seize it!" Yuan Xinyou shouted twice. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

But no guards appeared in the Imperial Garden.

The guards from before were from Consort Yuan’s chambers and recognized Yuan Xinyou. Once she left the palace grounds, none of the Hidden Guards knew her. And even if they did, they wouldn’t have intervened.

The palace’s Hidden Guards answered only to the Imperial Family. A young lady from an official’s family had no authority to command them.

As she waited in vain for guards to arrive, Yuan Xinyou’s pale little face turned frighteningly dark. She took off after White Spirit herself.

’When I get my hands on it, I’ll dice it into a thousand pieces.’ freeweɓnovel.cøm

Her maid was too terrified to even breathe, but she didn’t dare dawdle, scurrying after her.

White Spirit darted around the Imperial Garden a few times before sprinting toward the front palace. It was just the time when the morning court session was ending.

The Beili Emperor emerged from the back of Qianqing Palace. He hadn’t gone far when he ran into Dean Chen, who was leading two pouting children in his direction.

"My dad resigned! We’d be better off going back to the countryside to farm than living under someone else’s roof!"

"You fatso! Don’t you dare try to scare people with the General’s resignation. My Father Emperor won’t swallow that."

"Who’s scaring anyone? We just want to go back to the countryside! What’s this about swallowing or not swallowing?"

"...You fatso! All you think about is eating."

"You were the one talking about swallowing, not me!"

"..."

The Beili Emperor heard their arguing from a distance and couldn’t help but frown.

’She was just beaten with military rods yesterday, but today she’s bouncing around full of life. Isn’t that just broadcasting to everyone that the punishment was a sham?’

"Dean Chen." The Beili Emperor walked over.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

When Ye Qianning and Sang Qi saw the Emperor, they shot each other a look, huffed, and then turned to bow to him.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Father Emperor."

"Rise." The Beili Emperor looked at Ye Qianning. "Little girl, why are you in the palace?"

"I came with my father this morning. He told me to wait for him in the Imperial Garden until court was over, but I’ve been waiting forever and he still hasn’t come." As Ye Qianning spoke, her little eyes darted toward him furtively. She then asked in a small voice, "Your Majesty, where is my father?"

"Your father went with the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War to inspect the troops. He probably won’t be back for a while."

"Inspect the troops? Didn’t Father resign? What troops is he inspecting?" Ye Qianning asked, suspicious.

"Little girl, did you think resigning was so easy? Bandits have suddenly appeared in the south. We have decreed that your father is to go south, capture them, and escort them back to the capital."

Ye Qianning’s little brows furrowed in displeasure.

"Little girl, do you really want your father to resign that badly?" The Beili Emperor took in her expression.

"Mhm." Ye Qianning nodded emphatically. "I thought becoming a high-ranking official was hard, but now I know that resigning is even harder. Sigh. We can’t even have a peaceful life. Father’s gone off to fight again."

She had heard bits and pieces about the morning court session from Ximi. Bandits could have appeared at any time, but of course an urgent report had to arrive just when her father’s resignation was at a stalemate.

She’d heard that the bandits were incredibly vicious. The officials sent south to manage the floods had been ambushed and killed with extreme cruelty.

"Going to war is for the sake of protecting the people so they can live in peace and contentment," the Beili Emperor said gravely.

"The people may get to live in peace and contentment, but I’m the one who suffers! Hasn’t Your Majesty seen my face? Father protects others, but others don’t necessarily protect us. I still remember what the Sixth Princess said, you know," Ye Qianning said, resentful.

It wasn’t that the Beili Emperor hadn’t seen it; he simply didn’t want to look. This child was starting to get on his nerves.

Sang Qi couldn’t resist sneaking a few glances. The first time he saw her just now, he had been startled; it hadn’t seemed this bad yesterday.

"Child, the Sixth Princess misspoke and misbehaved, and the Emperor has already punished her severely. Let us not bring this matter up again," Dean Chen said in a gentle voice.