Chapter 240 The Mischievous Little Devil
Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.
In the late autumn of that year, Tangli gave birth to a beautiful daughter.
Holding the soft little bundle in his arms, Pei Yunjing looked into her eyes, which resembled those of a crabapple tree. The usually ruthless and decisive regent's hands trembled even more than when he first went to the battlefield.
He named her Pei Niannian.
It means: If you keep something in mind, it will eventually come to pass.
Of course, everyone privately felt that this was the prince indirectly confessing his love to the princess.
As Pei Niannian grew up day by day, everyone in the Prince's Mansion (including the animals) discovered a terrifying truth.
This young princess did not grow up to be a well-bred lady.
She perfectly inherited her father's "domineering and cunning" nature, as well as her mother's "masterful animal language."
In fact, the student may even surpass the teacher.
...
The atmosphere in the study was serious.
Pei Yunjing was sitting upright behind his desk, discussing important matters concerning the rotation of border guards with several ministers of war.
"Your Highness, the grasslands in the north are growing well this year, and the warhorse reserves..."
The Minister of War was reporting on his work when he suddenly stopped.
He heard a strange, dense rustling sound coming from the study doorway.
"What was that sound?" Pei Yunjing frowned slightly and put down the vermilion brush in his hand.
His hearing was still sharp, but the sound... didn't sound like assassins, but rather like a group of... little things?
"Squeak—"
The half-closed study door was pushed open by an unseen little hand (actually, it was pushed open by the animal below).
Under the horrified gazes of several high-ranking officials, a "fruit transport convoy" drove in in a grand procession.
It was a group of hedgehogs, about twenty or thirty of them, lined up in two neat columns.
Each hedgehog's back has sharp, hard quills covered with all sorts of fresh fruit.
Some were tied with bright red dates, some with golden pears, and the largest hedgehog in the lead even had a bunch of purple grapes tied to its back. It walked with a wobbly gait, but it was surprisingly steady.
"This, this is..." The Minister of War's eyes almost popped out.
A hedgehog delivering a fruit platter? That's practically a spirit!
"Da da da!"
A series of cheerful little footsteps sounded.
A little girl, dressed in a pink ruqun (a traditional Chinese dress), with two small pigtails, and with a delicate and beautiful appearance, swaggered in with her short legs.
She was about three years old and was adorable, but the light shining in her big eyes gave off a "little devil" aura that made the servants in the mansion's scalp tingle.
"Father!"
Pei Niannian rushed in, pointed at the hedgehog-like formation on the ground, and boasted in her childish voice:
"Look! This is the afternoon tea that Niannian prepared for Daddy!"
"Hedgehog Legion, unload!"
With her command.
The hedgehogs immediately rolled around on the spot and shook their bodies.
"Swish, swish—"
The dates, pears, and grapes on his back tumbled and rolled all over the ground, landing right at the feet of Pei Yunjing and the other officials.
Pei Yunjing: "..."
He looked at the fruit scattered all over the ground, then at his daughter who was begging for praise, and a crack finally appeared on his usually stern face.
“Pei, Nian, Nian”.
Pei Yunjing pressed his throbbing temples, his voice helpless: "Father is in a meeting. Who told you to bring these...things in?"
"That's what Mother said!"
Pei Niannian righteously shifted the blame to Tang Li:
"Mommy said Daddy works hard and needs to take vitamins. So I went to the back garden and caught these spiky little pigs (hedgehogs) to help me carry things!"
She walked to Pei Yunjing's side, hugged his leg, tilted her head back, and blinked her big eyes:
"Father, isn't Niannian very filial?"
Looking into those eyes that were exactly like Tang Li's, Pei Yunjing's anger instantly subsided.
"……Filial piety."
He sighed, bent down, picked up his daughter, placed her on his lap, picked up a jujube that the hedgehog had carried, wiped it clean, and put it in her mouth.
"Try a different delivery method next time. Don't let them tear the carpet."
The ministers below looked at each other in bewilderment.
Is this the legendary...doting father?
You can tolerate a hedgehog coming into your study?
...
If the hedgehog's actions were just minor, then...
For the former overlord of the Prince's mansion, Pei Niannian's birth was the darkest moment of his life.
The back garden was bathed in sunshine.
The once mighty white-browed tiger, Da Bai, whose roar could frighten away thousands of troops, now lies on the grass, staring at the sky with a look of utter despair.
It doesn't move; it dares not move.
Because it's no longer a tiger; it's now "the princess's exclusive big cat pillow."
At this moment, Pei Niannian was riding on the back of Da Bai, holding a colorful ribbon and a comb in her hand.
"Big White, don't move, the braid will be finished soon!"
Pei Niannian hummed a song while working on Baymax's hairstyle.
On the majestic tiger head of the Great White, the once imposing "king" character pattern was now covered by several small braids sticking up to the sky.
A bow was tied on the left and a big red flower on the right. Even the tiger's tail, which resembled a steel whip, was braided into a plait with a bell at the end.
[Roar...] (The tiger's life is hopeless...)
Big White let out a low, aggrieved whimper.
It wanted to run away; it wanted to rebel.
But it dared not.
Not only because this cub is the offspring of the Great Demon King (Pei Yunjing) and the Big Sister (Tang Li).
Furthermore because...
The mental suppression this little cub is more terrifying than her mother's!
As soon as Big White moves even slightly, Pei Niannian will look at it with her innocent eyes and then send it a telepathic message in her mind:
[Big White, if you dare run away, I'll tell Daddy you stole his koi fish!]
And I'll have Little Gray (the mouse) bite your tail fur!
A blatant threat!
This isn't a three-year-old! This is clearly a little devil!
Big White shed tears of humiliation, looking at Tang Li and Pei Yunjing who were drinking tea and watching the show not far away, its eyes filled with pleading: Big Sister! Control your daughter! I'm going bald!
Tang Li took a sip of tea, pretending not to see, and turned to Pei Yunjing, saying, "Look, our daughter has such an artistic talent; her braids are even quite symmetrical."
Pei Yunjing glanced at the tiger that was almost broken from being played with, and smiled slightly: "Hmm. Not bad."
"As long as she's happy, let alone braiding her hair, even if you pluck all the tiger's fur to knit a sweater... it's all up to her."
Big White: 【……？？？】
I can't live like this anymore! I'm running away from home!
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