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Lady Liang, upon hearing this, turned her gaze once again to Susu, who was not far away. Dressed in a pink garment, she flitted through the flowers like a butterfly gathering nectar.

She didn’t dislike children, but the child was Shen Chuwei’s, so she couldn’t bring herself to like her.

If it hadn’t been for Shen Chuwei, her aunt would have treated only her with such kindness, and she herself would have had the position of the Crown Princess.

Every time she thought about how Shen Chuwei had snatched away the Crown Princess’s position, a storm of resentment rose within her like a tempest.

"Have someone feed the tiger," she ordered.

"Yes, my lady." The person Huai Xiang found was a nimble little eunuch with a bit of courage driven by money.

The eunuch fetched a large chunk of meat, stuffed the medicine inside it, and, seeing a person and a tiger approaching, he threw the meat out of his hand. It landed right in front of the tiger.

Dabai followed Susu leisurely when suddenly, a large chunk of meat fell from the sky, pausing its steps. It lowered its head to sniff—it was a piece of fresh meat.

Dabai had been used to eating cooked meat since it was a cub and had little interest in raw meat. However, the Emperor thought that as a beast, it was not good for the tiger to only eat cooked food, so he had someone feed it raw meat.

Dabai licked its lips, enticed by the scent of the meat. Looking up at Susu, Dabai realized she hadn’t stopped to wait for it. It glanced at the meat on the ground then lifted its head and howled at Susu.

"Awoo."

Hearing Dabai’s howl, Susu stopped and turned back to look at the tiger. Seeing it stand still, she trotted back.

Dabai glanced at the meat, then gestured for Susu to have a look as well.

Susu touched Dabai’s ear with one hand while curiously looking down at the meat on the ground, her large eyes blinking and filled with wonder as they looked left and right.

"Whose meat has dropped here?"

Dabai nudged Susu’s little hand with his head, "Awoo."

The little eunuch, hidden in the shadows, had been intently watching the pair. He desperately wanted the tiger to eat the meat, for only then would he be paid.

Afraid that the tiger wouldn’t eat, he had specifically chosen fresh meat.

However, after watching for quite some time, he had expected the tiger to gobble up the meat the moment it saw it, but that never happened.

Could this tiger be an idiot?

After a long look, Susu didn’t see anyone coming for the meat, so she patted the, fluffy head of Dabai with her meat-smudged hand.

"Huhu, bite the meat."

That prompted Dabai to bite the meat.

Seeing that Dabai had taken the meat, Susu started walking forward again with her little short legs.

Dabai followed behind Susu with the meat in its mouth, unconcerned and unhurried.

The little eunuch, still hiding, watched the tiger bite the meat with intense excitement. However, the next second, his excitement turned to disappointment as he saw the tiger following the little county princess with the meat in its mouth, showing no intention of eating it.

"Is this tiger a moron?" he cursed.

The eunuch, in his frustration, punched a rock next to him and immediately turned pale, "Ouch!" Covering his hand, he turned to look and realized that he had just pounded a rock on a rockery, forgetting in his anger that he was hiding in a fake mountain.

Seeing the tiger walking away, he endured the pain and followed.

At the entrance of the Imperial Kitchen,

"There’s a... a tiger..."

A palace maid on errands saw the tiger and screamed in fright, her legs giving out, causing her to collapse onto the ground.

"Where is the tiger?" The little eunuch ran out upon hearing her, and seeing the approaching tiger, he panicked and turned to run. However, his legs were so weak that he only managed to stay up by holding onto the door frame.

He howled towards the Imperial Kitchen, "There really is a tiger coming!"

It was well known in the palace that the young county princess kept a tiger. Those who had seen it were terror-stricken, and those who hadn’t dared not even watch from a distance—the tiger could eat people.

A few days earlier, Susu had visited the Imperial Kitchen with Chun Xi and had remembered the way. She had come this time to hand over the meat to the chefs inside.

Susu had thought that the people of the Imperial Kitchen would be happy to see her returning with meat, but when she saw them sitting on the ground, her pretty eyes filled with confusion.

She stepped forward and came to the fallen palace maid, resting her hands on her knees and tilting her head to look at her, "I’m here to bring you meat."

The palace maid was so frightened she was about to cry. Even though the lovely and endearing young county princess stood before her, she remained so terrified she couldn’t utter a word.

At that moment, Eunuch De walked out from the Imperial Kitchen followed by several little eunuchs. Just as he was about to bow upon seeing the young county princess, he caught sight of the tiger nearby and recoiled in fear.

Seeing everyone’s frightened demeanor, Susu turned to look at Dabai, as if understanding their reaction. She walked over to Dabai and hugged its neck, cooing in a childlike voice, "My Huhu doesn’t bite people."