"This scatterbrain..." the sovereign looked at the little tyke in front of him and swallowed the words "ac-count-able" before speaking solemnly, "Who told you this?"
Outside the Imperial Study Room, the eunuchs and palace maids had already knelt down in fear, even the chief steward coming in with snacks knelt at the door with a thud, lifting the tray high above his head, trembling all over.
The Little Princess was a focused child, her attention yet to be drawn to the movement at and outside the door.
With a babyish tone, she said, "Sister Shangguan Yun told me!"
A terrible storm surged in the depths of the sovereign's eyes, "She said I was dead?"
The Little Princess's little head tilted seriously, "She didn't say so directly, but I'm so smart, of course, I can guess! When I asked her who her dad was, she seemed a bit sad, she said she hasn't seen her dad for over ten years! So I thought, her dad must be dead, otherwise why wouldn't he see her for so many years?"
