Maomao lowered his head and secretly glanced at Xia Miaoyuan out of the corner of his eye, as if he understood that he had made a mistake and made his young master angry.
On the night of New Year's Eve, Maomao ran away after a tabby cat. In their pursuit of Maomao, Xia Miaoyuan and the fifth prince accidentally discovered Zhou in the cold palace.
Later they only cared about Zhou and forgot about Maomao.
By the time Zhou had made all the arrangements, Xia Miaoyuan was already exhausted and fast asleep.
Everyone in Kunning Palace was focused on Zhou's melon and ignored the fact that Maomao was not in the bedroom.
It was not until the first day of the Lunar New Year that the manager of the imperial garden came to Kunning Palace to report that a small sika deer had been found, which had entered the greenhouse and destroyed most of the flowers in it.
You know, that greenhouse belongs to Emperor Mingxi.
Emperor Mingxi did not have many hobbies, and tending to flowers and plants was one of the most important ones.
When the people in the Imperial Garden discovered this, they were horrified.
They were worried that the flowers in the greenhouse would be damaged and Emperor Mingxi would be furious and punish them, but they did not dare to catch the deer because they knew that the deer was Princess Anguo's treasure.
If they caught the deer violently and accidentally injured it, Princess Anguo would be unhappy. What would they do then?
In extreme anxiety, he could only report the news to Kunning Palace.
At that time, the queen and the princess went to Shoukang Palace to entertain the wives of the envoys, so Xiao Luzi, who stayed behind in Kunning Palace, took people to the Imperial Garden and used threats and inducements, trying every possible means. It took him two hours to capture Maomao.
When the Queen accompanied Xia Zhengqi to the greenhouse to check, the Queen was very embarrassed and Emperor Mingxi felt his heart was broken.
As I walked into the door, I saw broken flower pots and soil on the ground, and the marigolds were trampled into a mess.
"Fortunately it's marigold, which is not too expensive. I'll ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to purchase some later." Xia Zhengqi seemed to be talking to the queen, but in fact he was comforting himself.
"It's too dirty and messy inside. Your Majesty should not go in to take a look," the queen advised.
"No, no need. I'd better go and see it myself!" Xia Zhengqi's voice was weak.
The queen couldn't persuade Xia Zhengqi, so she had to walk in hand in hand with him, supporting each other.
"Ah! My black chrysanthemum..." Xia Zhengqi covered his heart in pain.
After walking through a large field of marigolds, I saw only a few black chrysanthemums that had been gnawed into a mess.
"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself!" The Queen quickly patted Xia Zhengqi's back to help him calm down.
"Your Majesty, look, there is a good one here." Debao was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He picked up a pot of intact black chrysanthemum from the ground and showed it to Xia Zhengqi.
"Okay, there's one more, okay... okay..." Xia Zhengqi's tone was a little difficult.
The emperor and empress walked further in and saw a field of bright red lilies.
But these lilies had been trampled into a mess, with broken flowers mixed with mud lying on the ground.
"It's okay, it's a Rhododendron lily, not very expensive." Xia Zhengqi tried to make his tone more relaxed.
However, after walking a few steps inside, Xia Zhengqi looked up and his legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Debao helped the queen and supported Xia Zhengqi.
"My Gloriosa lily..." Xia Zhengqi looked painful.
"It took me three months to develop this..." Xia Zhengqi's words were filled with tears.
"Your Majesty, let's go back first and stop looking." The queen advised again.
This time, Xia Zhengqi didn't insist. He forced himself to stay strong and ordered, "Debao, go inside and see if any of my Yaohuang and Erqiao peonies are still alive. If there are, move them out."
After Xia Zhengqi finished speaking, the emperor and empress supported each other and walked out of the greenhouse.
After a cup of tea, Debao and several young eunuchs came out of the greenhouse happily, holding peonies in their arms.
Debao said in a clear voice: "Your Majesty, the Yaohuang Peony and the Erqiao Peony are both still intact."
When Xia Zhengqi heard this, he immediately felt much better. He took a step forward and looked at the pots of peonies carefully. His eyes turned red with excitement and tears welled up in his eyes.
"It's okay, it's okay..." Xia Zhengqi gently stroked the peonies.
"Pick half and send it to the Empress, and send the rest to the Palace of Heavenly Purity."
The Queen's face was a little embarrassed. "Your Majesty, how about you not keep this peony in my palace? I'm afraid of the deer..."
Xia Zhengqi said calmly, "It's okay. Just put it in a house where deer don't go."
Seeing that Emperor Mingxi insisted on giving it to her, the Empress could no longer refuse and had to accept it.
When the empress and the listless Emperor Mingxi came to Kunning Palace with several pots of precious peonies, Xia Miaoyuan had just finished scolding his pet.
"Emperor Daddy, don't be sad!"
Seeing the dejected look on Emperor Mingxi's face, Xia Miaoyuan rushed over quickly, hugged Emperor Mingxi's long legs, and coaxed him in a baby voice.
"I have already taught Maomao a lesson!" Xia Miaoyuan raised the fly swatter and showed it to Emperor Mingxi.
Xia Miaoyuan's subtext was, "My pet made a mistake, and I've already punished it. Daddy, just calm down and don't punish it anymore."
"Keep an eye on it from now on and don't let it run away again." Xia Zhengqi said weakly.
"Okay, Emperor Daddy, I will definitely do it."
Before Xia Miaoyuan finished his promise in a baby voice, Maomao jumped over happily and sniffed Xia Zhengqi's robe.
"Take it away quickly, don't let me see it again..." Xia Zhengqi's tears fell all of a sudden.
The queen hurriedly ordered people to lock Maomao up in the house temporarily.
But Maomao was very naughty. As soon as Xiao Luzi and another little eunuch came over, Maomao ran away.
Xia Miaoyuan's eyes suddenly fell on several large pots of peonies in the corridor.
"Wow! What beautiful flowers!" Xia Miaoyuan widened his eyes in shock.
She had never seen such rare and gorgeous peonies.
When Maomao saw his little master standing in front of the peony flowers, he ran over happily.
"Ah! My peony! No!" Xia Zhengqi was so scared when he saw Maomao jumping in front of his precious peony that his heart was in his throat.
Yaohuang peony and Erqiao peony are quite rare varieties of peonies. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them.
Therefore, Xia Zhengqi seemed very worried.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Maomao.
"No biting and no stepping!" Xia Miaoyuan waved his hand and made a simple gesture of no.
Maomao put his nose close to the peony and sniffed it. Debao and several young eunuchs tiptoed up behind Maomao, hoping to catch him.
But before Debao could take any action, Maomao suddenly snorted and ran away as if he was avoiding something scary.
"You're a sensible kid!" Debao said jokingly.
Xia Zhengqi and the Queen finally felt relieved.
But Xia Miaoyuan looked solemn.
[No, no! There must be something wrong with this flower!]
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