"Don't be afraid, the snakes are in a cage and they can't get out." The emperor said quickly. He was not afraid of snakes, and even liked them, so he had many of them raised. However, most people could not appreciate his hobby. The little carrot head burst into tears.
Wu Xiaoran also held the hem of Du Shichu's clothes tightly, his eyes staring with some fear at the long snakes that raised their heads and stared at them eagerly.
"Ahem, let's walk faster, we won't see the snakes in a while." The emperor quickly took the children away from the snake house.
"We're at the cattery!" The emperor finally took the children to the cattery, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly, "Look, there are many tribute cats from other countries here. Chu'er, there are also the tribute cats from Siam you mentioned before. Quickly see which one you like?"
Du Shichu walked over. These cats were yellow, black, white, and floral. They came in all kinds of colors. They were all carefully selected before entering this place. Naturally, they were all beautiful.
There were several types of cats that Siam paid tribute to last year. In addition to two local Siamese cats with a black triangular area on their faces and white fur elsewhere, there was also a cat with long gray-black hair on its back, and even its face and neck. It is a beautiful cat with fluffy snow-colored fur on its belly. The hair on this cat's tail is long and dense, just like two exquisite feather dusters, and its pair of emerald green eyes are extremely charming.
Du Shichu also took a fancy to this majestic and beautiful long-haired cat: "Your Majesty, I want this cat!"
She pointed at the cat with long fluffy hair that looked like a little lion. The cat seemed to understand Du Shichu's words, and immediately walked towards her with elegant steps, a long fluffy tail behind it. Standing straight up, it stood at the edge of the cage and called out to Du Shichu softly: "Meow."
Du Shichu couldn't help but stretched out his hand to stroke its furry back. The cat did not refuse, but closed its eyes and gently rubbed her wrist with its little head.
"Want this one? Okay! Here it is!" The emperor agreed happily.
"Father, I want a cat too!" The fifth princess said with envy when she saw the cute and beautiful cat in Du Shichu's arms.
"I want it too! I want it too!" The children also liked furry animals and shouted one after another. The emperor had to let them choose by themselves.
After finally letting the little carrots choose the cat by themselves, the emperor discovered that Wu Xiaoran did not choose the cat like everyone else, but stood quietly next to Du Shichu, staring intently at the cat in her arms.
"Ran'er, why don't you choose one?" The emperor asked Wu Xiaoran, "If you like it, choose one. There is no need to envy your sister Du."
Wu Xiaoran pursed his lips and shook his head: "...I don't like it!"
"Then what do you like? Oh, you like eagles, then Uncle Emperor will take you to see those two eagles." The emperor thought of the straw eagle in Wu Xiaoran's hand and said.
Sure enough, Wu Xiaoran's eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at him eagerly with a pair of clear eyes. Seeing that he finally had some childishness, the emperor happily touched his head and said, "Follow Uncle Emperor."
Du Shichu followed immediately. She had not seen the two precious eagles in the Royal Beast Garden yet.
Just walking to the bird area, Du Shichu didn't need any explanation from his father-in-law. He saw at a glance a gray-black goshawk with a yellow beak and a band on the upper beak in a large cage on the branch of a big tree that was almost two meters high. It has a curved hook, hard and sharp, and a pair of broad and strong wings. Even if it is locked in a cage, you can feel its ferocity and strength.
"Ran'er, look, that's the goshawk!" The emperor showed off to Wu Xiaoran excitedly, "That's the eagle on the grassland. If the aliens on the grassland didn't have a special method of training eagles, the eagle wouldn't be possible. They are willing to be locked up in a cage. These two were brought here after hard work. They can also hunt. I will take them with me to go hunting in autumn. Then, you can feel their ferocity. It’s amazing, haha..."
The light in Wu Xiaoran's eyes was already astonishingly bright. He stared at the eagle in the cage without blinking, with his head raised high.
"Go and take them down, let me take a closer look." The emperor asked someone to take down the cage, and the little eunuch immediately went to move the ladder to get the bird cage.
After a while, the huge birdcage was moved down. The two eagles in the cage were very calm, with their wings folded. Their sharp black bean-like eyes looked at the humans in front of them without fear, as if the next second, They can swoop over and peck someone in the face.
"Ran'er, come and take a look." The emperor waved to Wu Xiaoran, but Wu Xiaoran didn't even need his instructions. As soon as the cage fell to the ground, he had already silently walked over to it, faster than the emperor.
Wu Xiaoran looked at the goshawks in the cage intently, one person and one eagle looking at each other motionless. The emperor looked at this scene and felt a little funny, and said: "Ran'er, why are you just looking at it? Don't you want to touch it?" Touch their feathers?"
Wu Xiaoran tentatively stretched out his hand towards the eagle, but when his hand was about to touch the edge of the cage, the eagle suddenly opened its mouth and pecked at his hand.
"Ran'er!" The emperor was startled, but Wu Xiaoran moved very quickly. He quickly retracted his hand, and the eagle's peck fell into vain.
"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life..." The little eunuch was frightened to death. Seeing that the raptor he had raised almost pecked Prince Ran, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
"Forget it, get up. Eagles are unruly birds." The emperor was not a murderous person, but he still warned the young eunuch, "You have to be more careful in the future so that they don't hurt anyone."
"Yes! Yes! Thank you for your forgiveness!" The little eunuch thought he was dead, but he didn't expect the emperor to forgive him, and he burst into tears of gratitude.
"Ran'er, are you scared?" The emperor quickly asked Wu Xiaoran, who was almost pecked by an eagle, and worriedly grabbed his hand and looked at it again and again.
Wu Xiaoran reluctantly freed his hand from the emperor's hand, but his eyes were still staring at the eagle. Seeing this, the emperor could only say: "Don't worry, when these eagles give birth to eaglets, I will definitely do it." I’ll give it to you and I’ll never break my promise!”
Wu Xiaoran then turned to look at him: "No, I won't break my promise!" He couldn't speak clearly, but he still wanted the emperor's guarantee. It seemed that he really wanted a little eagle.
"One... do they have to be locked in a cage?" Wu Xiaoran actually said a long sentence, and Du Shichu couldn't help but look at him. He had to keep silent before.
The emperor was startled. He felt a little aggrieved when he saw the two vigorous eagles being locked in a cage. However, if they were not locked up, what if they flew away and never came back?
"Ahem, there is nothing we can do about this. After all, they can easily fly away if we don't keep them..." the emperor said sheepishly.
