There were three things in the world that were fastest.
Lü Bu's Red Hare, Zhao Yun's spear, and a child's hands grabbing things.
But Lü Bu was not angry at having his beard grabbed. He let his granddaughter tug on it, even reaching out a finger to touch her little face before saying with a smile, "Be good. Come on, call me Grandpa."
"Ee-ya, ee-ya~"
But how could the child understand him? Instead, she tugged out several strands of his beard, making him bare his teeth in pain and nearly leap to his feet.
Lü Lingqi and her mother, Yan Shi, were chatting nearby. At the sight, they could not help smiling.
Yan Shi shook her head and laughed. "Your father was so set on having a grandson to hold. Now that you've given birth to a daughter, he couldn't be more pleased with himself."
"Oh, has the child's name been chosen?"
Lü Lingqi smiled and nodded. "His Majesty has already thought of one. Her given name will be Ying."
"His Majesty said the character came from 'Yearning for the Beautiful One' in the Nine Chapters of the Songs of Chu. There's a line that says, 'Fragrance and luster mingle together; clouds of cherry blossoms emerge from within.'"
Lü Lingqi did not understand the meaning behind the character, but she liked "Ying" very much.
Eldest Princess Liu Ying.
Yan Shi nodded approvingly. "As expected of His Majesty. Even the names he thinks of sound so lovely. Your father could never come up with a name that lovely."
"When you were born, he wanted to name you Lü Cuicui. I thought it sounded awful, so I found a private-school teacher to give you the name you have now."
Yan Shi revealed a story from Lü Lingqi's childhood.
Before Lü Lingqi could