"Can't... build a cage as big as a house?" Wu Xiaoran asked again.
When the emperor heard what he said, he really thought about it and then said with a smile: "I can let the people below try this suggestion."
Wu Xiaoran's mouth suddenly curled up slightly, obviously very happy.
After seeing the goshawk, the emperor led a group of children to see other animals. They had a great time. Even Du Shichu, who had seen many animals that were much rarer than the beasts in the Royal Beast Garden, felt that This time's "Visiting the Zoo" activity was very successful.
The other little carrot heads all picked their favorite animals to raise. In addition to cats, there were also dogs, and everyone was very happy.
Only Wu Xiaoran returned empty-handed. The emperor also advised him to get a cat or a dog first, but he resolutely refused and insisted on waiting for his eaglet, which had not yet been seen.
Du Shichu returned to the palace contentedly with the cat she had chosen. The cat she chose was called the Norwegian Forest Cat in later generations. It was beautiful and domineering, like a lion on the grassland. When walking, His thick and long hair flutters in the wind, he walks calmly and calmly, he is smart and bold.
Because it was brought to the palace as tribute, it was trained and taught to be docile and clingy. No matter how much Du Shichu rubbed it, it would just meow a few times without struggling at all.
Du Shichu liked it so much that he named it "Little Lion". The emperor was so happy when he heard her call the cat this name: "Chu'er, you are so narrow-minded. This is obviously a cat. You just call it a little lion."
Du Shichu asked him: "Don't you think it looks like a lion?"
The emperor stared at the cat again and again, and had to admit that the name Du Shichu had given it suited it very well.
After staying in the palace for a few days, Du Shichu took the little lion out of the palace and returned to his princess' mansion.
She is still observing filial piety and cannot participate in entertainment activities. The little lion brings her a lot of fun. She takes it to catch butterflies in the garden. The little lion is strong and agile, but somehow it can't even catch butterflies. He didn't catch it either. Du Shichu was amused by its serious appearance and couldn't stop laughing.
Later, Du Shichu was afraid that it would be hit too hard if it failed too often, so he quickly carried it and went fishing in the lotus pond.
Du Shichu also specially asked his servants to prepare a mini fishing rod for him. He also pressed his little paw on the handle of the fishing rod and told him: "Little lion, don't let go. If you feel that you have caught a fish, , just call me and I’ll help you catch it.”
The little lion meowed twice in a serious manner, as if in response. The maids next to him couldn't help laughing, thinking that the princess had raised the little lion as a child, how cute it was.
I don’t know if he has a natural interest in fish, but the little lion actually sat still and was very patient. The paw on the handle of the fishing rod didn’t move at all, and his beautiful green eyes remained unblinking. Staring at the lake, Bi Du looked more like a fisherman than before.
The corners of Du Shichu's lips never softened. The little lion was so funny that you wouldn't feel bored just looking at it.
About a quarter of an hour later, Du Shichu's fishing rod suddenly moved, and she immediately realized that a fish had taken the bait! She held her breath, paused for a while, then quickly swung the rod, and she caught a palm-sized carp and dropped it on the grass next to her.
"Meow!" The faster one was the little lion. As soon as it saw the carp still jumping around on the grass, it rushed over quickly, no longer caring about its fishing rod, and ran to the struggling carp. Next to the jumping fish, it lowered its head and sniffed, then suddenly stretched out its claws and slapped the carp hard!
I don’t know where it got the strength. After it slapped the carp and it was dizzy, it immediately pressed it with its claws, then turned its head and meowed fiercely at Du Shichu, as if calling her: "Come here quickly. !”
Du Shichu then walked over, knelt down and said to it: "This is the fish I caught. You can't snatch it from me."
As she said that, she pretended to reach out to take it, but the little lion's eyes widened and he looked at her with an incredulous look on his face, as if he was surprised why her majestic master wanted to fight for fish with a little kitten. How embarrassed was she?
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Just because you're holding it down doesn't mean it's yours." Du Shichu said confidently, reaching out to pick up the fish under his paws. The little lion immediately raised its other paw and patted Du Shichu. Shichu's hand was still meowing, as if he was cursing, fiercely.
"Little lion, you are not being honest..." Du Shichu simply lay down on the ground and tried to fight with it, but the little lion was so fierce. His paw patted Du Shichu's stretched out hand like a whack-a-mole. , so stunned that she couldn't grab it.
"Forget it, I'm afraid of you." Du Shichu finally gave up.
The little lion meowed, playing with the dying carp with great satisfaction.
Du Shichu picked up the little lion's fishing rod that was about to fall into the pond, and picked up a stone to hold it down. The little lion couldn't rely on it, so he had to rely on the stone.
The little lion finally had enough of the fish, so Du Shichu ordered his servants to pick it up and make it into cat food for the little lion to eat at night. It couldn't be wasted. After all, the little lion had snatched it from him with his own strength. Of.
While Du Shichu continued to play fishing with the little lion, a servant suddenly came to report that someone was looking for her again.
"Who is it this time?" Du Shichu asked lazily.
"He is said to be from your maternal ancestral family in Lincheng, a cousin of yours, Princess." The maid replied.
Du Shichu raised his eyebrows: "Another cousin?"
She looked through the memory of the original owner and found that the original owner's maternal ancestors did have several cousins of the same generation as hers, but she had never seen them. First, because the frontier where the original owner's mother-in-law and King Qi were stationed was far away from Lincheng. It is far away and it is inconvenient to go back to visit; secondly, the original owner’s mother and concubine passed away early, and the contact with her has decreased year by year, and the original owner has also become estranged from her grandfather.
Du Shichu thought that the original owner's ancestral family would not show up. After all, when the original owner's father died, no one was sent from Lincheng's ancestral family. All the Zhou family in the capital went to take pictures of Zhou Yizhu. Although the Zhou family had bad motives, But doesn’t it also mean that as long as you have the intention, you can express your concern no matter how far away you are?
They didn't show up when the original owner's father died, but now that Du Shichu has returned to the capital, they showed up instead. Du Shichu didn't have a good impression of them because of this, and he felt that maybe it was another person who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to control her for profit. people.
She didn't want to see this so-called cousin at all, but after all, he was from the mother-in-law's natal family, and the relationship was considered close. For no reason, she couldn't even let people from her maternal grandfather's family come in, otherwise it would be bad for her reputation, so She ordered listlessly: "Let him come in."
