Chapter 20 How can you understand what I'm saying!

And sometimes, the fish in the river are snatched away by stray cats that pass by.

Did Sister Huang Ying encounter some bad people on her way back?

Yan Hu: "Huang Ying is from the Second Prince's palace. Ordinary people wouldn't be so tactless as to offend His Highness. If that's the case, then it's very likely... the Empress."

"Your Majesty the Empress?"

"The most honored person in the palace besides His Majesty and the Empress Dowager!"

"Then Sister Huang Ying is in danger! Yan Hu, let's go save Sister Huang Ying!"

Yan Hu circled around her a few times: "How can we save him? His Highness isn't here, who can we turn to?"

Sheng Sheng didn't know what to do for a moment, but she couldn't just stand by and watch her sister Huang Ying get into trouble.

Sheng Sheng frowned. Her brother had told her that she should stay calm when things happen and think things through before doing anything.

Sheng Sheng thought for a moment and said, "In any case, we can't just sit here and wait to die. What if Sister Huang Ying is just lost? Let's go and look for her first."

The little dumpling hugged Yan Hu tightly, burying its head in Yan Hu's soft, glossy fur: "Yan Hu, Yan Hu, good Yan Hu, let's go, let's go~"

When the little dumpling acts cute, she's so adorable that even Xie Yunchuan can't handle her, let alone Yan Hu.

Yan Hu looked helpless: "Alright, alright, with me here, nothing serious will happen!"

"Yan Hu, Yan Hu, you're so kind!"

The little dumpling jumped up immediately. This time, without Yan Hu leading the way, the little dumpling skillfully slipped out of the back door of Yuqing Palace on its own.

Despite being somewhat anxious, Yan Hu did not forget Xie Yunchuan's instructions to try to take smaller paths and avoid main roads with more people.

Yan Hu sniffed all the way, but couldn't smell the scent of the oriole.

When they returned to the large locust tree in the Imperial Garden, a white cat was lazily nestled under the tree, but there was still no clue.

Sheng Sheng was a little discouraged, but when she saw the slightly chubby white cat, she quickly squatted down in front of it: "Little cat, little cat, have you seen a lady wearing a light green dress? She has big eyes and a green flower on her head!"

"I didn't see it." Bai Miao glanced at her, then lazily closed her eyes and ignored her.

"Ah...really not? Sister Huangying is wearing a light green dress, not a pale green one!"

In Yuqing Palace, only Huang Ying's clothes were blue-green; the other palace maids' clothes were all light green.

Sheng Sheng tried her best to describe the appearance of the oriole, but Bai Miao, who was originally hiding under the tree and dozing off, was startled and sprang into the air, his tail feathers standing on end.

"Meow!"

Bai Miao took several steps back: "How could you possibly understand what I'm saying?!"

A bewildered voice replied, "What's wrong?"

The white cat seemed to have calmed down. Its fur lay down again, its tail no longer pointed upwards, and it sat up gracefully again, as if it weren't the cat that had just jumped up in fright.

"Oh, it's nothing. Human, it's your honor that you can understand what I'm saying."

Yan Hu was speechless. This cat looked like it deserved a beating, but it was no ordinary cat. It was the Empress Dowager's beloved pet, named Xiao Bai.

Unlike the other concubines' cats, Xiao Bai was not obedient. It loved to wander around on its own, and the Empress Dowager let it do as it pleased, since it would always go back on its own when it was time to eat.

"Hey, hey, hey, Xiao Bai, be a little more polite when you speak to Her Highness the Princess!"

Yan Hu called out to Xiao Bai.

Little White opened one eye and glanced at it, then began licking the fur on its right paw with even greater elegance.

If you ignore its slightly plump body, it truly exudes the nobility of a royal cat from the very core.

"Isn't this Little Tiger from Yuqing Palace? Why aren't you by the Second Prince's side? What are you doing in the Imperial Garden?"

Suddenly realizing something, Xiao Bai abandoned her previous languid demeanor and circled around Sheng Sheng several times: "Your Highness? What Your Highness? Has the eldest princess shrunk?"

Both were imperial favorites, so Yan Hu naturally knew Xiao Bai, but Yan Hu had no interest in messing around with Xiao Bai right now.

"Little White, Little White, your name is Little White, right?"

Sheng Sheng reached out and patted Xiao Bai's head. Xiao Bai tried to dodge, but Sheng Sheng's hand moved to its chin and scratched it, making it feel comfortable. Sheng Sheng's other hand was stroking its fur on its back.

Little White tried to shove her away with a paw: "Hey, don't try to get close to me..."

She couldn't push it away. Xiaobai didn't know why, but when Shengsheng stroked her fur, it became limp all over. The paws that had been pushed out involuntarily hugged Shengsheng, and the whole cat went limp, its belly up and its four paws in the air.

Seeing that Xiaobai was happy, Shengsheng asked, "Xiaobai, Xiaobai, have you seen Sister Huangying?"

As the saying goes, "He who takes a man's money is bound to him, and he who eats his food is bound to him." Xiao Bai grumbled a few times and reluctantly said, "Is it that first-class head maid of Yuqing Palace? I didn't see her."

"ah."

Sheng Sheng was somewhat disappointed, and stopped what she was doing.

Xiao Bai shifted its body in dissatisfaction: "Although I didn't see that palace maid, I did see Caiyun, who was by the Empress's side, heading towards Jinxiu Palace when I came from Cining Palace."

"Caiyun, who serves the Empress?"

Like Huang Ying, Caiyun was the Empress's personal maid and also a first-class head maid in charge of Kunning Palace.

The colorful clouds represent the empress behind him.

Sheng Sheng guessed, "Then, is that Her Majesty the Empress looking for Sister Huang Ying?"

"I don't know." The little white paw touched her. "Hurry up and brush my fur."

"How about I brush your fur next time? Look, I don't have anything with me to brush my fur right now. I'm going to find Sister Oriole now. Thank you for telling me all this!"

Sheng Sheng got up to leave, but Xiao Bai scrambled to her feet: "Hey, the Empress and Consort Rong have been at odds for so long. If the Empress really is looking for that Huang Ying, she'll definitely make things difficult for her. What good will it do you go?"

Yan Hu said, "Sheng Sheng, it's right. If Huang Ying is really in Kun Ning Palace, there's no use in us going there. Why don't we go find Consort Rong instead?"

Sheng Sheng thought it made sense: "Alright, then let's go find Consort Rong!"

Little White wagged its tail and said, "I already said that Consort Rong and the Empress don't get along. What if they start fighting if we go to Consort Rong?"

"How is that possible!"

Yan Hu thought it was impossible, but it had always been by Xie Yunchuan's side, unlike Xiao Bai who had always followed the Empress Dowager. Xiao Bai knew much more about the harem than Yan Hu did; it wasn't just a matter of having heard a few gossips.

"They won't do anything on the surface, but behind the scenes, the conflict will definitely escalate further. Am I right? What if both sides are affected by this? In my opinion, you need to find someone who can protect you without being afraid of the Empress."

"who?"