However, Huo Chengche merely glanced at him indifferently, "Isn't it just that you want Nian Nian to smell the goods of people leaving the city at the city gate to see if any of them are hiding children, and then follow the clues to find out who these people are?"
In fact, Huo Chengche knew what Xuandi wanted to do as soon as he saw the little Taoist robe.
Although he felt there was no need to put the little one through all this trouble, to make him look like a child prodigy and a little Taoist priest.
However, after carefully considering it in his mind, he figured that since Niannian was still young, it would be Xuandi, who was more sensible, to take the blame for her misbehavior. It would also be good for his little wife to have a reputation as a little fairy, which would greatly help him to make her his crown princess as soon as possible.
Huo Chengche readily agreed and had his men prepare a set of Taoist robes.
Looking at Huo Chengche's nonchalant demeanor, Xuandi felt that Huo Chengche's earlier smugness seemed rather foolish in comparison.
Fortunately, the Duke of Zhongwu, who was always bullied by him, arrived just in time this time, which relieved Xuandi's embarrassment.
"Oh my ancestors, where have you all gone?!"
The Duke of Zhongwu rushed in, and from afar, one could hear his wailing, with snot and tears streaming down his face.
Huo Chengche was tying his wife's hair when he heard the voice of the Duke of Zhongwu. He raised his eyelids with disgust and glanced at him. "Uncle, keep your voice down, or the good news of your wife being pregnant with the fifth prince will have been ruined."
With just one sentence, the Duke of Zhongwu, who was full of complaints and waiting to speak, immediately shut up. He glanced timidly at Xuandi, who had a dark expression on his face, and gave an awkward smile.
Xuan Di snorted coldly, looking at Huo Chengche's skillful "virtuous" actions, and said sarcastically, "It's clear that His Highness the Crown Prince has done a lot of hair-tying for girls, judging from his practiced movements."
Upon hearing this, Duke Zhongwu looked at Huo Chengche with great surprise, his eyes full of disbelief—his usually aloof and indifferent nephew had no female rabbits, let alone girls, so when did he learn to braid a little girl's hair?
Huo Chengche froze upon hearing Xuan Di's words, but when he looked down, he saw his little wife happily playing with her white egg, completely oblivious to the meaning behind Xuan Di's words, and showing not a trace of jealousy.
For a moment, Huo Chengche didn't know whether he should feel fortunate or sad.
He did indeed braid the hair of many young girls, but it was always the same girl from his past life who was "his young girl".
Thinking of this, the young man's eyes softened, and he quickly tied his little girl's hair into a small bun, attaching her favorite little butterfly pendant, which hung down beside her ear in a pink and tender way, swaying with her little head, making her look incredibly cute.
Huo Chengche smiled warmly, picked up the little baby and walked outside, "Alright, this time of day in the afternoon is when people are most lazy. Maybe we'll get lucky and run into a bunch of them?"
Passing by Xuan Di, Huo Chengche curled his lips into a provocative smile, "I will naturally do my future Crown Princess's hair, unlike the Fifth Prince, who can't even do his sister's hair."
Xuan Di felt a lump in his throat, "Huo Chengche, you—no matter what, my sister is still close to me! Unlike you, look at your sister, she acts like she's seen the King of Hell when she sees you!"
Look at how Princess Wenlian acted like a servant meeting her master when she saw him yesterday. They didn't look like siblings at all.
Huo Chengche still held the little baby, looking nonchalant. "I don't have a biological sister." So all he could do was braid his wife's hair.
He spoke with a tone of regret, and if it weren't for the obvious meaning in his eyes when he looked at Xuan Di, Xuan Di would almost have believed him!
...
Half an hour later, the people leaving the city were surprised to find that in front of the once majestic city gate, three large drums were stacked, taller than a person, and on top of them sat a cute little baby dressed in a Taoist robe, whose dimples appeared as he smiled sweetly at everyone he met.
Oh my, what an adorable chubby little baby! Where did you kidnap him from?
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