The tyrant: This daughter was never bright to begin with-what if she knocked herself silly?

Ye Tangtang spread her arms, feeling the breeze.

Woohoo! I'm flying, I'm flying! I want to fly even higher!

Ye Tangtang rolled down the slope and suddenly spotted a familiar figure ahead. It was her scumbag tyrant dad!

"Daddy, Your Majesty, get out of the way! Hurry, move!"

I'm done for, I'm done for! I'm about to get my head chopped off.

At this speed, I could definitely crash into my scumbag Emperor Father and kill him! Who would've thought he'd get killed by me before the male lead even came to finish him off? Boohoo!

But if I kill him, I won't survive either!

"Protect His Majesty! Hurry, protect His Majesty!" Eunuch Wang's shrill voice rang out.

Behind her, Ye Linxun and the others nearly had their eyes pop out of their heads!

That was their Emperor Father! It was over, it was all over. Their ninth sister was doomed.

Then Ye Tangtang crashed headfirst into her scumbag tyrant dad's arms. Ye Yubei held her, standing rooted to the spot without budging.

With an impact that powerful, an ordinary person would certainly have been knocked to the ground on the spot.

But who was Ye Yubei?

He was the tyrant of the Northern Li Kingdom. Under his rule, the kingdom had grown ever stronger and could certainly rank among the top three of the Seven Kingdoms.

Naturally, Ye Yubei's martial arts were also exceptionally good.

It was said that he could take an enemy's head amid a chaotic army. He had never lost a battle he fought in and was the god of war of all Northern Li.

"Daddy, Your Majesty, are you all right?"

Ye Tangtang's little head was spinning from the collision, and she felt countless stars dancing above it.

"I'm fine. Tang Tang, did you hurt yourself anywhere?"

Ye Yubei anxiously checked Ye Tangtang all over.

"No, Daddy, Your Majesty. I'm dizzy..."

Ye Yubei hurriedly held up his fingers. "Tang Tang, how many is this?"

"Two!"

Ye Yubei breathed a sigh of relief and stroked the little girl's head. Thank goodness she hadn't knocked herself silly. This daughter wasn't bright to begin with.

The other princes hid in the shadows, quietly watching their Emperor Father. He didn't seem angry!

Ye Yubei looked at the things Ye Tangtang was wearing on her feet.

How could they move so fast? And why... did the shoes have wheels?

"Tang Tang, what are you wearing on your feet? Why do they move so fast? What if you fall? You're not allowed to wear them again."

My scumbag tyrant dad really is a country bumpkin. He definitely doesn't know what these are. These shoes are recreational gear where I come from-Ice Skates! Put them on, and it's like having wind-and-fire wheels!

Ye Yubei: "..."

Scumbag tyrant dad... country bumpkin... wind-and-fire wheels?

Hadn't she agreed to call him Daddy?

Why was she calling him a scumbag dad again?

The little girl never kept her word!

"Daddy, Your Majesty, these are shoes I just developed. They let me move really fast."

Ye Yubei nodded. "They certainly are fast. So fast you crashed right into me. You're not allowed to wear them again. What if you fall? Take them off, now."

Ye Tangtang scratched her head sheepishly. "Daddy, Your Majesty, I don't know where I left my shoes."

Ye Yubei: "..."

"Eunuch Wang, prepare a new pair of shoes for the Ninth Princess and bring them here."

"Yes, Your Majesty. Your servant will see to it immediately."

Ye Yubei carried Ye Tangtang into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Emperor Father doesn't seem angry."

"Emperor Father really isn't angry. He even picked up our ninth sister."

"That scared me to death! I thought Emperor Father would punish her. But her shoes are so strange. They have so many wheels. They look really fun."

Ye Linxun smacked the eighth prince on the head. "Don't even think about it. Those shoes are too dangerous."

"Second Brother, I was only thinking about it."

They had originally been bitter rivals who never even spoke to one another, yet they had all gathered here for Ye Tangtang.

Not far away, Jun Yuyuan saw that Ye Tangtang was safe and sound, then turned and left.

Ye Tangtang took off her Ice Skates. Having never seen anything so strange before, Ye Yubei examined them, then tossed them aside.

"Take them out and throw them away."

"Daddy, Your Majesty, don't throw my shoes away," Ye Tangtang said. "I'll be more careful from now on. It took me so much trouble to get them."

Boohoo! I spent 1,000 points to draw these! My scumbag tyrant dad is so heartless. He actually wants to throw my shoes away. I don't like him anymore.

Ye Yubei nearly fell apart. His daughter didn't like him again!

"Tang Tang, then you must be careful when you wear them. What if you fall and break an arm or a leg? You're already not bright. What if you damage your brain too?"

Ye Tangtang thought, Hmph! Who isn't bright? I'm the smartest! I even earned a Gold Medal today, and Grand Tutor Yun singled me out for praise.

Ye Yubei: "!"

A Gold Medal!

Ye Yubei looked at the little medal hanging around Ye Tangtang's neck. It was a medal exclusive to the Royal Academy.

Could his daughter be a little genius? She had earned a medal of that caliber on her very first day at school! Hahaha, she truly was his daughter.

"Daddy, Your Majesty, I know I'm not bright... The grand tutor even scolded me today. Can I skip the academy tomorrow?"

Ye Tangtang looked so pitiful and aggrieved that her act seemed real.

Hahahaha! If I act pitiful, my scumbag tyrant dad might really stop making me go to the academy. Then I can give up trying, lie flat, and be a salted fish every day!

With my superb acting skills, I'll definitely fool my scumbag tyrant dad!

He's so stupid. Even when he died in the end, he still didn't know who had rebelled. What an absolute idiot!

Ye Yubei: "..."

Who was it?!

After listening all this time, all he had heard was her mocking him. Not a single useful word.

"The grand tutor scolded you? Then how did you earn a Gold Medal?"

"Huh? What gold badge? I don't know anything about that."

Ye Yubei pointed at Ye Tangtang's neck. "Isn't this one?"

Ye Tangtang hurriedly tucked the gold badge inside her clothes.

Oh no! How did my scumbag dad spot it? I wanted to trick him, but now I can't.

"Tang Tang earned a Gold Medal on her very first day at school. As expected of my daughter."

"Then... Daddy, Your Majesty, may I ask for something?" Ye Tangtang asked, blinking her big eyes.

"What is it?"

Ye Tangtang said softly, "I want to go outside the palace to play."

"Outside the palace?"

"Mm-hmm!"

Ye Tangtang nodded her little head like a chick pecking at grain. She really wanted to see the food outside. She had heard there were lots of delicious things out there, much tastier than the food in the palace.

Ye Yubei stroked his chin, looking deeply contemplative. "It's not out of the question. It depends on how you behave over the next few days."

"Daddy, Your Majesty, I'll be really good! I'll even bring you snacks. I still have lots of those spicy strips you liked so much last time. Would you like some more?"

Ye Yubei: "(||๐_๐)..."

"No."

There was absolutely no need. He didn't want to lose another twenty years of his life.

Ye Tangtang pouted. "Then what would you like to eat, Daddy, Your Majesty?"

"Uh..."

He couldn't very well say he wanted to eat her mother, could he?

No, no. That would corrupt a child.

After careful consideration, Ye Yubei said, "Tonight, I'll go to the Palace of Gathered Elegance. If you get your mother to let Emperor Father, Daddy stay, Emperor Father, Daddy will let you go outside the palace to play."

"But Mommy doesn't like you," Ye Tangtang muttered softly.

Ye Yubei: "..."

"Of course she likes me. There isn't a woman of mine who doesn't."

He really is an average yet overconfident man, gilding his own face. If all those women like you, why have so many of them put green hats on your head?

Ye Yubei: "..."

What was an average yet overconfident man supposed to mean?

Green hats!

Remembering those three green hats, Ye Yubei trembled with rage! Never in his life had he suffered such humiliation.