Later, in order to apologize to the seventh prince, the eighth prince specially found a quiet restaurant and booked the top floor.
The eighth prince treated him to a treat, and after the seventh prince ate some delicious food, his mood improved slightly.
After the seventh princess became interested, she looked at the starry sky outside the window and told everyone how beautiful the stars in the sky were.
What is the name of each star, and what is the explanation of how they are connected together? The seventh princess talked about it incessantly.
Li Xuan listened for a while and found that the Seventh Princess really liked stargazing.
It seems that among the royal heirs, not everyone cares so much about the throne.
There are also people like the fifth prince and seventh princess who are in love with other things and even avoid the throne.
Li Xuan can now somewhat understand why these two people have not been seen in the previous trials in the Royal Garden.
If it hadn't been for the opportunity to leave the palace this time, I'm afraid the two of them would still be nesting in their own palaces, studying their favorite knowledge.
From this point of view, being born as a prince or princess is not a perfect thing.
The last day they left the palace ended with explanations from Xingkong and the Seventh Princess.
…
Early the next morning.
Xingqing Palace had already prepared the carriage back to the palace.
The princes and princesses who were still outside the palace had no choice but to return to the palace even if they were still reluctant to leave.
The three little ones are naturally part of it.
They looked at the scenery outside the carriage silently, and couldn't help but think of their experiences in the past seven days.
I have to say that compared to life inside the palace, life outside is indeed more exciting.
All kinds of people and all kinds of things made the three little ones experience a lot this time.
The huge imperial city was getting closer and closer, until they passed through the city gate, stepped into the imperial city, and then returned to the West Palace again.
As soon as he returned to the palace, the deserted feeling could be clearly felt.
Li Xuan couldn't help but look back at the imperial city gate which was slowly closing.
At this moment, he couldn't help but think about how someone who had been living outside the palace would feel the moment he stepped into the palace.
Li Xuan has lived in the palace since his birth, so he can't imagine such a mood.
This place, where the power and wealth of the entire Daxing Dynasty was gathered, did not seem to be that attractive to him.
Li Xuan turned his head and looked at Princess Ankang and Yu'er, who were also a little melancholy like him. The next moment, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing the small teeth on one side.
"As long as they are there, no matter where they are, it's actually the same."
Li Xuan immediately meowed coquettishly, bumped Princess Ankang's belly with his head, and rubbed her coquettishly.
"Axuan, are you happy to be home?"
"You're so old, but you're still so good at acting like a spoiled brat."
"This little cat who knows how to act like a spoiled brat has a good life."
Princess Ankang and Yu'er were both attracted by Li Xuan, and their two pairs of small hands restlessly touched his body. After a while, the carriage was filled with cheerful laughter like silver bells.
Returning to Jingyang Palace after seven days' absence, the three little ones couldn't help but feel a little like they were in another world.
Although this is a cold palace, the familiar feeling brings them a reassuring tranquility.
Maybe this is the so-called golden nest or silver nest that is not as good as your own doghouse.
The eunuch in colorful clothes who accompanied him for seven days took his leave after sending the three little ones back to Jingyang Palace.
"Your Highness, you and A-Xuan sit outside for a while, and I'll go and clean up the room."
No one has lived in Jingyang Palace for seven days, and a lot of dust has fallen after thinking about it.
So Yu'er planned to clean it up first before continuing to live in it.
"Sister Yu'er, let me help too."
"Anyway, if I stay, I will stay."
Princess Ankang stood up from the wheelchair as she spoke, twisted her waist, and then stretched her stiff body.
She has been sitting in a wheelchair these days, but it makes her very uncomfortable.
In the past, when she only stayed in Jingyang Palace, she could move around freely and run around the yard with no problem.
But outside, the situation is different.
Because she had many concerns, she had to continue to sit in the wheelchair and pretend to be very weak.
Anyone with experience will definitely know that pretending to be sick is not an easy thing, especially if it is done for a long time.
Sometimes, if you pretend to be sick for a long time, you may actually start to feel uncomfortable.
"Your Highness, I can do it myself."
Yu'er originally wanted to persuade Princess Ankang to sit down and have a good rest. They had accumulated a lot of fatigue from running around outside the palace these days.
Although I took a hot bath while cleaning the building and had a good rest, it was difficult to wash away all the fatigue of the seven days.
But Princess Ankang had already taken action at this time. She was not willing to listen to Yu'er's advice and helped as much as she could.
Seeing how interested they were, Li Xuan couldn't help but yawn and stretched out on the table, preparing to take advantage of the bright sunshine today to take a nap on the table.
But then he remembered something again and turned to look somewhere in the yard.
"No, it feels like something is missing."
Li Xuan couldn't help but tilted his head, thinking about what was missing.
"Hey, where's the golden pig?"
Only then did Li Xuan realize that the water tank that was always hot and steaming in the yard had now completely stopped, quietly and without any movement.
He quickly jumped on the water tank, opened the lid and looked inside, only to find that the water tank was empty, and all the water and golden pigs in the water tank had disappeared.
Upon discovering this, Li Xuan immediately began to scream at the top of his lungs, meowing non-stop.
Princess Ankang and Yu'er were immediately attracted by the cry.
"Axuan, what's wrong with you?"
"Did something happen? Why are you shouting so urgently?"
The two girls knew that Li Xuan was usually naughty, but they would not make such anxious noises for no reason.
They quickly put down their work and went to the yard to check.
Princess Ankang and Yu'er saw Li Xuan standing on top of the water tank and shouting anxiously, and immediately realized what had happened.
Especially Yu'er, who seemed to have thought of something bad, hurried over and asked quickly:
"Axuan, did something happen to the golden pig?"
"Isn't it because the water has dried up?"
Yu'er was worried about this when she was outside the palace before, but she didn't expect that something would really happen.
In fact, when the three little pigs returned to Jingyang Palace just now, no one thought that there was another golden pig waiting to be taken care of at home.
If Li Xuan hadn't been the first to notice something was wrong in the yard, they wouldn't have realized that the golden pig was gone.
Amidst Li Xuan's urgent shouting, the three little ones gathered around the water tank.
The three round little heads looked into the water tank and found that it was empty except for a small black scorch mark at the bottom of the water tank.
Looking at the outline, it looks very similar to the body shape of a golden pig.
"Isn't this Golden Pig guy burning himself to ashes?"
Li Xuan blinked his eyes and couldn't help but think so.
He had heard Manager Shang say before that the hometown of Golden Pig was in a place called the Endless Sea of Fire.
Therefore, Li Xuan naturally felt that the golden pig could live in fire, and it should not be a big deal if there was no water.
But now it seems that he has gone astray.
The endless sea of fire that Mr. Shang mentioned may not be a place on fire.
Thinking of such a possibility, Li Xuan couldn't help but mourn for the golden pig in his heart.
"Poor big guy, did you burn yourself to death?"
"What a stupid roasted fish."
Li Xuan looked at the dark scorch mark at the bottom of the water tank and thought it was the last trace of the golden pig left in the world.
Apparently Princess Ankang and Yu'er also thought of such a possibility, and suddenly looked at each other uneasily.
"Sister Yu'er, you said the golden pig can't be..."
Yu'er swallowed hard, unable to believe the facts in front of her.
After a while, Yu'er said with a cry:
"Golden Pig!"
"It's my sister who is sorry for you——"
"Woooooooo..."
Yu'er said sadly while wiping her tears.
Although they didn't get along for a long time, the Golden Pig brought a lot of conveniences to Jingyang Palace.
Twelve hours of uninterrupted hot water. Anyone who has used it knows how comfortable it is.
But now it's gone, all gone.
In the future, without the golden pig, Yu'er will have to add firewood and boil hot water herself, which is not only troublesome, but also very time-consuming.
Thinking of this, Yu'er couldn't help crying even more sadly.
Princess Ankang patted Yu'er's shoulder gently and comforted her:
"Sister Yu'er, a dead fish can't come back to life, so you'd better show your condolences and accept the change."
The atmosphere in Jingyang Palace couldn't help but become dull, occasionally accompanied by Yu'er's soft sobs.
Li Xuan also didn't expect that the golden pig he finally caught in the Sun and Moon Yin Yang Pond would be gone.
"This is all fate."
"Golden Pig, you can't do this again in your next life."
Li Xuan shook his head and looked up to the sky with emotion.
But at this moment, there was a knock on the door of Jingyang Palace.
Yu'er immediately wiped her tears, put away her grief, and then walked towards the door to see who was coming to visit.
As soon as the three little front legs came back, someone from the back legs came to visit Jingyang Palace. I don't know who was so anxious and what happened?
Li Xuan and Princess Ankang silently closed the lid of the water tank, hoping that Yu'er would not think of more sad things in the future.
When Yu'er opened the door and saw the person clearly, she was surprised and immediately saluted respectfully:
"Manager Zhao, it turns out to be you."
"Are you asking to see the princess?"
The person who came was none other than Zhao Feng, and he was not alone. There were many palace maids following behind him.
Zhao Feng nodded and then said:
"I know that His Highness just came back today. No one has lived in Jingyang Palace these days. I think it needs to be cleaned up. I brought someone here to help."
Zhao Feng said with a smile. Then after he saw Yu'er's face clearly, he frowned and couldn't help but ask:
"Yu'er, what happened?"
With Zhao Feng's eyesight, he could immediately tell that Yu'er had cried not long ago.
Zhao Feng has been trying his best to teach Yu'er martial arts in the past few months. He has already regarded Yu'er as one of his own, and naturally wants to find out what kind of injustice she has suffered.
Moreover, Zhao Feng also knew the feelings between the three little ones very well and knew that there would be no conflicts between them on weekdays.
Zhao Feng couldn't help but think about the worst, thinking that the three little ones had suffered some injustice outside the palace.
"It's nothing, Manager Zhao."
"Yu'er will take you to meet His Highness first."
Yu'er was embarrassed to talk about the golden pig in front of so many people, and planned to wait until there were fewer people before talking to Zhao Fengxi.
Zhao Feng did not continue to ask, but nodded lightly.
Zhao Feng followed Yu'er to meet Princess Ankang, and then explained his purpose.
In this regard, the three little ones naturally welcomed the help brought by Zhao Feng.
Otherwise, their Jingyang Palace is really not small. If they only rely on three little ones to clean it up, I'm afraid it will take a whole day.
After getting Princess Ankang's consent, Zhao Feng immediately sent the maids he brought to start cleaning up the Jingyang Palace.
These maids are all good workers brought by Zhao Feng. They clean up the Jingyang Palace cleanly and neatly.
Coupled with their sufficient manpower, Jingyang Palace began to clean up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
San Xiaozhi and Zhao Feng were sitting at the stone table in the yard, drinking tea and chatting leisurely.
Taking this opportunity, they told Zhao Feng the bad news about the golden pig.
After Zhao Feng heard about this, he laughed inhumanely.
"Your Highness, the golden pig is being raised well in my House of Internal Affairs."
"You are overthinking it."
After Zhao Feng laughed, he explained the cause and effect.
It turns out that a few days ago, the golden pig really boiled the water in the water tank dry.
After this guy boiled all the water in the water tank, he flopped around randomly at the bottom of the water tank, but as it continued to generate heat, it gradually began to burn the tank.
Although the three little ones were not in Jingyang Palace a few days ago, the two eunuchs in colorful clothes who were on guard at the entrance of Jingyang Palace were still there.
They found white smoke suddenly rising from Jingyang Palace, and immediately reported it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and notified Zhao Feng.
After Zhao Feng learned about this, he went directly to Jingyang Palace to check, and immediately discovered the golden pig that caused all this.
It was not a big deal to see him. Zhao Feng just added another tank of water to the golden pig that day, and then left Jingyang Palace, thinking that he would just add some water every day from now on.
After he returned, he told Manager Shang about the incident.
As a result, Manager Shang asked him to take the golden pig back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and raise it for two days.
Zhao Feng naturally followed his godfather's words, thinking that he had some profound intentions.
But……
"Your Highness, the golden pig is being kept well in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If necessary, I will bring the golden pig back tomorrow."
Zhao Feng said so.
Princess Ankang and Yu'er were naturally overjoyed to hear that the golden pig was safe and sound.
After all, it is my second pet. If I say it is gone, it will be gone, which will inevitably make people sad.
They didn't expect that the golden pig was taken by Zhao Feng to take care of for a few days.
"It turns out that it's like this. It's really troublesome for Mr. Zhao."
Princess Ankang patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu'er cried with joy when she knew that she didn't have to boil hot water by herself in the future.
"Your Highness, please remember in the future that you cannot leave the golden pig alone at home."
"Although the golden pig is a golden flame fish from the endless sea of fire, it can survive without water, but because of its self-heating characteristics, it always needs someone to look after it."
"Otherwise, it can easily lead to disaster and be criticized by others."
What Zhao Feng said is also very reasonable. The self-heating characteristic of the Golden Pig is indeed very dangerous. If it is left carelessly somewhere, it can easily cause a fire.
Especially in the palace, causing a fire is not a small crime.
"Ankang noted it down. Thank you Manager Zhao for reminding me."
Princess Ankang replied solemnly, saying that she had kept these words in her heart.
Zhao Feng nodded and said nothing more.
A few people were drinking tea and chatting. Princess Ankang told Zhao Feng about what she had seen outside the palace in recent days.
Of course, she did not elaborate on many of them, especially the deaths of Zhao Si and Hou San.
Princess Ankang only told this matter as a bystander, and did not tell the specific content of Li Xuan's involvement.
Although she knew very well that the colorful eunuchs who had been guarding them these past few days would also give Zhao Feng a report.
But what to say in the report of the colorful eunuchs is beyond the control of Duke Ankang.
Some things must not be admitted, especially when the lives of the two ministers were involved.
Although Princess Ankang did not personally participate, she still gave instructions to Li Xuan.
After hearing Princess Ankang talk about this matter, Zhao Feng also said:
"The murder of the Minister of Hubu and the son of the Minister of Officials has caused a lot of uproar in the court in recent days."
"But now the murderer has been arrested and the case has been revealed with the murderer's explanation."
"Regarding this case, His Majesty ordered all officials to follow suit with respect and do not allow anyone to indulge his family members, act recklessly, and oppress the people. If he does it again, he will be severely punished."
"Zhao Jingcheng, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Hou Qingbo, the Minister of Personnel Affairs, were already hated by many people before they had time to complain."
"After something like this happened to their family, many people were also unlucky."
"I heard that those who had naughty boys in their families all locked up their children and were not allowed to go out for even a step."
"This will keep the people in the capital quiet for a few days."
After Zhao Feng finished speaking, he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.
Judging from his tone, it seemed that he didn't have a good impression of these officials.
Li Xuan also did not expect that the court would come to a conclusion on this matter so quickly.
To say that the case was closed so quickly, there is probably a reason why Sissi's uncle was immediately arrested and brought to justice.
In addition, Fang Muyang had already prepared a series of incriminating evidence, and Ayimu was on the side to add fuel to the fire. Even if Sissi's uncle had a hundred mouths, he might not be able to explain clearly.
But Sissi's uncle betrayed Sissi's family back then and later sold Sissi to Hu Yulou. Now he deserves it and his death is not a pity.
After saying this, Zhao Feng continued to ask:
"I wonder what the result will be of Your Highness's trial outside the palace?"
Princess Ankang knew that Zhao Feng was asking her about the investigation, she immediately smiled and replied:
"The case was solved by mistake, but it took a long time. I'm afraid I won't be able to win the top spot this time."
After all, Princess Ankang didn't do a thorough investigation from the beginning. Later, when he was helping Fang Muyang, Li Xuan accidentally discovered that the case in Princess Ankang's hands was related to Fang Muyang, and he solved the case by the way.
This also caused Princess Ankang to solve the case in her hands only on her fourth day out of the palace.
Judging from the seven-day deadline for solving the case, Princess Ankang's time was stuck right in the middle, which was considered a neither bad nor bad result.
Of course, this is compared between the princes and princesses who solved the case.
Princess Ankang also knew that there were many people who didn't even think about solving the case, such as Princess Yuanan who played with her for seven days, and the fifth prince and seventh princess who didn't care about the Royal Garden Competition at all.
When Zhao Feng heard that Princess Ankang did not solve the case until the fourth day, he did not show any disappointment. Instead, he comforted:
"Your Highness, you don't need to think too much."
"As long as the case is solved this time, the trial will be considered completed."
"When the time comes, His Majesty will give you a reward."
"Of course, the quality of this reward will naturally depend on your performance in solving the case."
"With His Highness's performance, it shouldn't be a problem to get a good reward."
Hearing what Zhao Feng said, Princess Ankang smiled happily:
"I hope so."
They sat and chatted for a while, waiting for the palace ladies to clean up Jingyang Palace.
After an hour, Zhao Feng took the people to leave.
I have to say that the maids brought by Zhao Feng were really professional in their work. It only took an hour to clean the Jingyang Palace from top to bottom, spotless.
"Your Highness, this old servant is resigning now."
"If you have any other needs, please send someone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to inform me."
Princess Ankang nodded, then thanked Zhao Feng:
"Thank you so much, Mr. Zhao today."
After being polite, Princess Ankang asked Yu'er to send Manager Zhao out.
After Zhao Feng led the people to leave, the Jingyang Palace became quiet again.
There are only three of them in the huge Jingyang Palace, but the three little ones have long been accustomed to such quietness, and only in this way can they feel more comfortable.
If it were like other places in the palace, with people coming and going and constant bustle, it would probably make them feel uncomfortable.
Princess Ankang returned to the house after a long absence and lay on her bed.
No matter where you sleep, your own bed is the most comfortable.
Princess Ankang stretched out comfortably on the bed, straightening the backs of her hands and feet, stretching her body to its longest length.
Her body suddenly made a crackling sound, and all the joints in her body were screaming with joy.
"Well, it's so comfortable."
Princess Ankang lay on the bed and spoke incoherently.
Although it was still morning, Princess Ankang, who was lying on the bed, felt waves of sleepiness coming over her.
She blinked her eyes twice, feeling her eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and began to shout:
"Axuan, Axuan..."
After Li Xuan heard the commotion, he walked in from outside. As soon as he came in, he saw Princess Ankang lying on the bed acting coquettishly.
She was now opening her arms and waving to Li Xuan.
"Axuan, come quickly!"
"I'll show you something good."
Princess Ankang's eyes flashed with narrow eyes and she said thiefly.
Every time she tried to trick Li Xuan into going to bed, she always looked like this.
Princess Ankang knew that at this point in time, Li Xuan was not sleepy at all. It was when he was full of energy. If she wanted him to sleep with her for a while, she would have to resort to some means.
But Li Xuan always pretended not to know and deliberately deceived Princess Ankang.
"Meow~"
Li Xuan made a confused cry, and then climbed onto Princess Ankang's bed unsteadily.
As a result, the next moment, Princess Ankang lifted the quilt and covered Li Xuan's entire body in the quilt, and then bursts of evil laughter came from the quilt.
"Hey hey hey~"
"Such an innocent little kitten was born to be deceived by the princess."
"Please tell Princess to go to bed quickly, otherwise, I won't let you go."
Princess Ankang raised and lowered her hands wantonly, playing with every inch of Li Xuan's body, and the evil laughter from her mouth became even more proud.
Li Xuan screamed unwillingly and resisted weakly. After all, it was difficult to escape from Princess Ankang's clutches.
…
Half an hour later, Li Xuan dragged his tired body out of the bed.
He looked at Princess Ankang, who was sleeping unconsciously with her mouth slightly open, and couldn't help shaking her head and smiling:
"Nowadays, you have to role-play to put children to sleep, which is really not easy."
Li Xuan thought so and wiped the crystal clear liquid around Princess Ankang's mouth with his tail.
"It seems that she is really tired from playing. She doesn't look like a princess sleeping at all."
Li Xuan re-tucked Princess Ankang's quilt, and then came out to see Yu'er already starting to practice martial arts in the yard.
During the past few days outside the palace, Yu'er could only practice secretly twice when no one else was around, so she fell behind a lot of her usual progress.
After returning to Jingyang Palace, Yu'er quickly started studying and practicing hard again, trying to catch up on the progress she had lost in the past few days.
Yu'er finally became a disciple of Zhao Feng, so she naturally didn't want to waste such a good opportunity.
And only when you have stronger strength can you better protect Princess Ankang and Li Xuan.
This is Yu'er's simple thought, so she can work tirelessly in the practice that outsiders think is boring.
Seeing Li Xuan come out of the house, Yu'er said to him while practicing:
"Axuan, if you are free today, can you go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pick up the golden pig?"
"Take care of the golden pig these days has been troublesome for Manager Zhao. It's really embarrassing to ask Manager Zhao to send the golden pig back again."
Li Xuan also understood what Yu'er meant, and immediately nodded and agreed to the matter.
"This Golden Pig guy can really cause trouble for cats."
Li Xuan complained in his heart, then climbed over the wall and left.
He had been away from the palace for a long time, and he didn't know how the cat brothers in the palace were doing.
Before Li Xuan left the palace, Mao Ba and Fat Orange had already shown signs of a breakthrough, and I don't know if they have made any further progress in the past few days.
When Yu'er was in the palace, she would cook some meat for them every day to ensure that they would have sufficient nutrition when they broke through.
Unfortunately, the cat cafeteria had to be temporarily closed for a while while the three little ones were away.
"We don't expect them to break through, as long as they don't starve."
On the way to the Imperial Garden, Li Xuan couldn't help but think with some worry.
After eating and drinking for a few days, I had to find food by myself, and I didn’t know if the cat bully and the others would be able to eat enough.
Li Xuan also experienced this stage at the beginning.
When you break through the blood coagulation realm, the feeling of hunger will be magnified several times, as if you are so hungry that you can even digest your own flesh, blood and bones.
Before leaving the palace, Li Xuan and Yu'er prepared some cooked and raw meat in advance and placed them in the kitchen of Jingyang Palace.
In this case, the cat bullies can come to Jingyang Palace to eat by themselves.
It's just that the meat can only be stored for two or three days at most before it starts to go bad, so I didn't prepare much.
Moreover, Mao Ba and Fat Orange said that they also had their own solutions, so Li Xuan left with peace of mind.
When he came to the Imperial Garden, Li Xuan saw traces of many cats at a glance.
Some are basking in the sun, some are playing around, and some are sucking up soil and nepeta.
Under the black dragon statue in the center of the imperial garden, there are three figures of cats that are particularly eye-catching. It is the three cats that dominate them.
Cat Tyrant and Fat Orange are attacking the black dragon statue with all their teeth and claws.
Although the attacks of the two of them could not leave any traces on the black dragon statue, unlike before, the counterattack of the black dragon statue could not hurt them now.
"Oh? Have you learned to control your power?"
Li Xuan felt a little surprised.
You must know that Mao Ba and Fat Orange are far less intelligent than Li Xuan.
Although Li Xuan had already seen that the two of them had not yet broken through to the blood coagulation realm, such progress was enough to surprise the cat.
Li Xuan quietly came to the vicinity of the black dragon statue, then stood aside gracefully, wrapping his body with his tail, silently watching the three cats practicing.
Mao Ba and Fat Orange have made extraordinary progress. As for the cows, they are still the same as before. They are groping for fish listlessly on the side. It seems that they have been forced to practice.
On the other hand, Cat Tyrant and Fat Orange are already attacking in a decent manner. If they face the siege of those thin dogs again, I'm afraid they can easily handle it now.
Such progress is insignificant to Li Xuan, but to Mao Ba and Fat Orange, it is of extraordinary significance.
After all, Li Xuan is an auspicious spiritual beast descended from heaven, while Mao Ba and Fat Orange are just ordinary wild cats in the palace.
The fact that they can embark on the path of cultivation as human warriors through Li Xuan's guidance is a miracle in itself.
At the same time, Li Xuan couldn't help but raise a question:
"Over the years, there are probably many orcs with spiritual intelligence. Hasn't one of them discovered this secret?"
The original physical talent of the orcs, coupled with the martial arts of the human race.
In Li Xuan's view, this way of practice is the true royal way.
"Maybe I'm not the first to discover this secret."
Li Xuan didn't dare to take a peek at the world's heroes.
At this time, Mao Ba and the other three also noticed Li Xuan's arrival.
The three cats, who were still practicing seriously, immediately let out excited screams, abandoned the black dragon statue, and went straight to Li Xuan.
When they came to Li Xuan, they meowed together.
The cat bully has a relatively reserved personality. He just meowed once as a greeting and then fell silent.
On the other hand, Fat Orange and Cow were like two chatty people, meowing endlessly.
Listening to them talk about their daily life these days, Li Xuan listened patiently and occasionally meowed in response.
Li Xuan suddenly felt that being surrounded by cats like this, and being the boss of cats seemed to be a good feeling.
After some exchanges, Li Xuan discovered that Mao Ba and the others were not hungry these days. It turned out that they had prepared some food reserves themselves.
Li Xuan followed them to a rooftop near the Imperial Garden.
I saw densely packed rat stems neatly placed on the roof. I don’t know who taught them how to dry such things.
In response to Li Xuan's question, Fat Orange proudly puffed up his chest, it was obviously his idea.
These mice have their internal organs eviscerated, and then spread out into one piece. After a few days of exposure, the meat will become crispy, so that it can be stored for a longer period of time.
This was the idea that Fat Orange came up with after eating bacon in Jingyang Palace.
Li Xuan was already accustomed to Fat Orange's intelligence.
Just looking at so many rats in front of me, I am afraid that all the rats in the palace have suffered a disaster during this period.
If things go on like this, the royal rat with pure blood in the palace may become extinct.
From now on, only the foreign mice from outside the palace will continue to breed in the palace and continue to become the meals of the cat tyrants.
Li Xuan couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw that their daily life and cultivation were not affected.
Since the three little ones left the palace, according to the reports of the cat bullies, nothing happened in the palace, so it was considered peaceful.
Li Xuan communicated with the three cats for a while, and then made an appointment for them to continue to come to Jingyang Palace to eat meat later.
With the return of the three little cats to Jingyang Palace, it means that the cat canteen has reopened.
After Li Xuan made an agreement with Mao Ba and the others, he left the Imperial Garden.
If the cat restaurant wants to reopen, it still needs an important role.
After Li Xuan left the Imperial Garden, he went straight to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Coming to Manager Shang's yard with familiarity, he saw the golden pig at a glance.
That's right, if the cat cafeteria wants to reopen, it needs the free stove of the golden pig.
And Li Xuan discovered that Golden Pig was also doing his old job in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The golden pig was now placed in a huge glass jar, which was filled with steaming hot water, bubbling.
On top of the glass vat, there is a thick layer of tea leaves.
The tea leaves are constantly being ironed by the steam coming out, and then the steam that has been ironed over the tea leaves is sent to another round glass cup along the upper glass pipe, and condenses into drops of transparent liquid with a little green color. .
"What are you doing?"
Li Xuan tilted his head and began to seriously look at the strange device in front of him.
As a result, he looked at it for a while and immediately understood what it was doing.
"This is steaming tea, and then using the steamed tea gas to make tea soup."
Speaking of which, the scene before me was similar to the distillation experiment I learned when I was in school.
While Li Xuan was studying the device, Manager Shang walked out of the room, holding a large teapot in his hand.
"Axuan, you are back."
Manager Shang greeted Li Xuan.
Li Xuan was not polite. He jumped on the table in two or three times, and then gestured in the direction of the golden pig with his paw.
"Haha, you said this."
"This is my new way of making tea."
“I call it steamed tea extraction.”
"I wanted to try it before, but I didn't expect it to work really well."
"Axuan, take a few sips and try it."
Manager Shang said excitedly, then picked up a teacup, poured a full cup of tea from the big teapot, and handed it to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan took a sip curiously and found that the tea had a different taste.
Compared with the tea that Mr. Shang made before, this tea is obviously sweeter.
Li Xuan could tell from the taste that the tea leaves were still the same, but the taste was slightly different.
The tea was indeed good, but when Li Xuan looked at the complicated utensils in front of him and the golden pig that was burning hard, he suddenly thought, "Isn't that good?"
Manager Shang noticed Li Xuan's gaze and immediately asked with a smile:
"Axuan is here to take this guy home, right?"
"My experiment is almost done. How about I help you take it out now?"
Li Xuan turned his head and looked at the golden pig.
Because the glass vessel is transparent, the golden pig can receive almost the maximum amount of light, so the heat it emits is extremely large, and the water is constantly bubbling and gurgling.
But now the golden pig does not look very happy. Instead, it looks listless, and the eyes of the pair of dead fish are full of hopelessness.
"Doesn't it like to bask in the sun?"
"Why don't you look very happy?"
Li Xuan gestured with his tail and asked Manager Shang.
Manager Shang smiled slightly, and then explained with an analogy:
"Axuan, no matter how much you like to eat dried fish, if you are allowed to eat it for several days in a row, you will probably get tired of it, right?"
Hearing what Manager Shang said, Li Xuan felt that it made sense.
Just thinking about it, I can't help but feel a little strange.
For a Golden Pig, basking in the sun is just like eating. Will eating also make you tired of it?
"Do you remember the first time you met the golden pig?"
Manager Shang continued to ask.
Of course Li Xuan remembers it.
At that time, he dived into the Sun Flame Pool and almost killed himself.
Moreover, the Golden Pig was very arrogant at that time and was extremely dissatisfied with Li Xuan. He butted Li Xuan several times with his big fat head.
If it weren't for the harder Emperor Hong Bone Ring on Li Xuan's tail, I'm afraid the golden pig wouldn't have succumbed so easily.
Seeing Li Xuan's expression, Manager Shang knew that he still remembered the meeting with Jin Zhu.
Then, Manager Shang continued to explain:
"Axuan, aren't you curious as to why he has been staying at the bottom of the Sun Flame Pond instead of staying on top to bask in the sun?"
Li Xuan immediately swung his tail and replied:
"Isn't it because the bottom of Sunfire Lake is hotter?"
Li Xuangang realized something as soon as he finished answering.
In other words, compared to the sun's irradiation, if there are other heat sources, the Golden Pig will be more favored.
"Eat every day, and you won't be able to walk when you encounter snacks. Is this what you mean?"
Li Xuan felt that he had somewhat understood what Mr. Shang meant.
Seeing that he was deep in thought, Manager Shang stopped talking and went to put away his own set of distillation equipment.
"Axuan, do you need to prepare a wooden basin for you?"
Manager Shang brought over the glass vessel containing the golden pig.
This glass vessel is valuable, and Manager Shang will have great use in the future, so naturally he will not give it to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan shook his head decisively, then with a smirk on his lips, he directly put his tail into the scalding hot water.
The next moment, he wrapped his tail around the golden pig's fish tail.
The golden pig suddenly left the hot water, fluttered and began to struggle.
Li Xuan was not polite and jumped directly to the ground, then swung his tail and hit him hard.
The golden pig's big fat head came into close contact with the ground, making a loud bang, and immediately stopped struggling, but the eyes of a pair of dead fish looking at Li Xuan were full of resentment.
"Are you being honest now?"
Li Xuan shook the golden pig and thought proudly.
It's just that the golden pig's body is too large, even if Li Xuan is strongly raised his tail, but the guy's head is almost dragged to the ground.
And the tail is always raised, and Li Xuan will have an impulse to make a stool.
"Axuan, can you do it?"
"May I help you take it back?"
Originally, the general manager asked Zhao Feng to bring the golden pig in order to solve himself and do a small experiment.
It was himself who borrowed things, and of course he also had the obligation to send the things he borrowed.
However, Li Xuan was not afraid of trouble. With the traditional virtue of respecting the elderly and the young, he rejected the kindness of the General Manager. After a greeting, he left the internal affairs happily.
The golden pig's head is indeed a trouble, but Li Xuan has extraordinary spiritual wisdom, and this small problem is naturally hard to lose him.
Originally, the general manager was still afraid that Li Xuan dragged the golden pig back and dragged the golden pig to halfway. As a result, Li Xuan who saw the jumping wall continued to wave his tail and dumped the golden pig's body.
In this way, the golden pig's body is not likely to mop, because the body that has always been thrown by Li Xuan has been kept in the air.
It was just that the general manager couldn't help but worry about whether the golden pig could return to Jingyang Palace alive.
"Well, no matter what the fish meets the cat, it is not easy to end."
The general manager of the tea sighed, and sighed casually.
Thanks to "Only the flowers know?", "Angel loves to laugh and laughs" for his support.
Thank you all book friends for your monthly support.
Tomorrow will continue, and the deception will send the bookmakers to the sterilization.
no sooner said than done!
By the way, I would like to thank Shuyou to "Stepy Moon" Mao Sui recommended himself and make such a huge sacrifice.
When it is true that the world has its own true feelings ~
(^ω^)
(End of chapter)
