Yu Yiluo went out for some fun that day and was then locked up in the palace again after returning.
Concubine Shu has not made any move recently, and Yu Yiluo sighed dejectedly.
[Is it too hot and Shu Taifei is also on hiatus? It's so boring.]
[Xu Xiaoxiao's illness should have healed after all this time. Information is so tightly controlled in the palace that even if I wanted to know about gossip outside the palace, I wouldn't be able to find out.]
Looking at the eunuch Cao who was serving around, whose forehead was sweating from the heat and who was still fanning the emperor with his hands, Yu Yiluo curled her lips.
Is it that hot? Why can't I feel it?
The emperor glanced at Eunuch Cao and said, "The tributes from other countries should be delivered to the palace today."
Eunuch Cao continued fanning himself without stopping for a moment, smiling back.
"Your Majesty, I arrived today. It is the season when lychees from Qiang Country are ripe. I believe they will offer lychees as tribute."
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly and pinched Yu Yiluo's little face. "It's good to present lychees as tribute. Luo'er can have some."
[Didn't you rebel against Tianqi because you didn't want to pay tribute? Did your uncle learn his lesson after suppressing the rebellion?]
"Oh, it's a pity that the usual tribute only brings goods. If someone from the royal family came, I think we'd be able to see my aunt. My aunt hasn't appeared in such a long time, I wonder if my uncle still remembers her."
emperor:"……"
Before she even had a chance to start, Luo'er called her aunt.
I’m afraid Jin Ting’an doesn’t even know that he has a wife from the Qiang country.
While he was thinking, a young eunuch led the Minister of Rites, Lord Su, in.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
The emperor asked someone to stand up, "Have the things brought into the palace by the Qiang and Li countries arrived?"
"Your Majesty, that's right."
Lord Su presented the document and said, "This is a document from the Qiang and Li countries."
Eunuch Cao went down to present the document to the emperor, then stepped aside and continued to fan himself.
The emperor first opened the document from the Qiang State. The first part was a series of polite remarks, but the last part was provocative.
[I thought he had learned his lesson, but I didn't expect him to send a lychee tree as a provocation.]
I wish I could eat Tianqi's lychees. What the hell? Even if Cai Ze discovered Changshan was suitable for growing lychees, the saplings would have to be good. The trees were so damaged all the way there that it's hard to say whether they'll survive.
The emperor threw the document aside with a sullen face, then picked up the document from the Li Kingdom and opened it.
After reading it, his face darkened even more.
These two countries seemed to be paying tribute, but in fact they were using tribute to provoke Tianqi.
"Where is the tribute now?"
Seeing that the emperor looked unhappy, Lord Su realized that it must be the content of the document that angered the emperor.
He couldn't see anything disrespectful in the tribute presented by the Qiang Kingdom, but the tribute presented by the Li Kingdom was a ferocious-looking brown bear. Wasn't it just an attempt to provoke Tianqi with this brown bear?
"At the Ministry of Rites," Lord Su hesitated, "and I don't know what to do with the brown bears that Li Kingdom sent as tribute."
The emperor did not respond to this, but only said: "Go to the Ministry of Rites. I want to see the bear cubs that Li Kingdom sent as tribute."
Bear cub?
Lord Su hurriedly followed the emperor, wondering if a brown bear weighing several hundred kilograms was just a cub? How big would a grown bear be?
[A baby brown bear? It must be cute and delicious.]
Yu Yiluo was full of energy, her eyes sparkling.
[Why bother putting it in a place? Just grill it and eat it.]
When the Minister of Rites saw the violent and roaring brown bear in the cage, Yu Yiluo was dumbfounded.
[Damn, this bear cub is too... too big.]
[Well, it seems more realistic that it eats me than me eating it.]
The officials and soldiers from the Ministry of Rites surrounding the cage knelt down and saluted the emperor when they saw him.
"Everyone, get up."
The Emperor took a few steps into the cage, and Lord Su said hastily, "Your Majesty, this beast looks very agitated."
If he scares the little princess or accidentally hurts the emperor, he cannot bear the consequences.
Seeing Yu Yiluo approaching, the brown bear in the cage became even more agitated, scratching the cage with its claws, making a harsh sound.
Yu Yiluo stared at the black brown bear in the cage without blinking, and then screamed in her heart.
[Oh my god, am I hallucinating? How can I understand what it's saying?]
【Not sure, listen again. 】
The brown bear continued to roar, as if it wanted to break out of the cage.
Seeing this, the people around couldn't help but take a few steps back, fearing that the brown bear in the cage would rush out and swallow them.
Yu Yiluo confirmed it and exclaimed in her heart.
[Good boy, it's not hallucination, I can really hear it, this thing has no ill intentions towards me.]
【Is this a belated golden finger? 】
Before, she felt a tingling sensation on her back whenever she saw a snake, but now, looking at this grinning brown bear, she didn't feel any fear at all, and even wanted to touch it.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this cage can't hold this beast."
Lord Su looked at the brown bear in the cage and felt a headache.
If this thing breaks out of the cage, there will be no peace in the palace.
【It wants to drink water. Give it water and it will behave well. 】
Yu Yiluo pulled the emperor, pointed at the tea not far away, and then pointed at the brown bear, hoping that he could understand what she meant.
"Luo'er said it's thirsty?"
Yu Yiluo nodded vigorously.
[The tyrant actually understood. His comprehension ability is impressive.]
The officials around were bewildered.
It would have been fine if the little princess wasn't frightened and cried, but how come she even spoke to the emperor?
"Come here," the emperor was delighted by Yu Yiluo's praise and didn't care about the expressions of others, "go get some water for it to drink."
Eunuch Cao took people to get a bucket of water. The soldiers and officials around were afraid that the emperor would ask them to feed the brown bear, so they lowered their heads to reduce their presence.
"The little princess isn't even afraid. Are you, the men, worse than a half-year-old child?"
The emperor's eyes swept across everyone and finally stopped at Eunuch Cao.
Eunuch Cao's heart skipped a beat.
The emperor wouldn't let him feed the baby, right? He's not a man, just a eunuch. Why is he staring at him?
No one around dared to respond, thinking that the little princess was still young and didn't know that the bear could eat people. Why was the emperor still playing around with the little princess, who was only a half years old?
Could it be that the little princess understands animal language?
"Eunuch Cao," Eunuch Cao shuddered, secretly thinking that the emperor would indeed call him, "Your servant is here."
"You go feed it."
[Hahahaha, Eunuch Cao looks so pitiful, why is the tyrant just staring at him and ordering him around? Are the soldiers around him just for show?]
"What are you feeding? I'll feed you."
Eunuch Cao was so moved that he almost cried after hearing this. To him, this voice was simply the sound of nature.
[Hey, several of my royal brothers have come to join in the fun.]
"The Fourth Prince is extremely brave," Eunuch Cao looked at the people walking towards him and quickly praised the Fourth Prince, fearing that he would go back on his word.
"Since the Fourth Prince wants to feed the brown bear water, I will not argue with you."
The fourth prince looked at the brown bear in the cage and stood there in a daze.
The second prince, the third prince and the crown prince Li Yunhe beside him tried hard to suppress their laughter.
"So you mean feeding it," the Fourth Prince forced a smile and looked at Eunuch Cao. "Eunuch Cao, since the Emperor has ordered you to do it, you should do it."
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