Chapter 171 Panda
Jang Geum brought a handkerchief and wiped Zhao Yuanxi's hands, and reluctantly reminded him, "Next time the Queen Mother wants to dig these things, she should order the servants to do it."
After Zhao Yuanxi wiped his hands clean, he wrapped up the grass roots again and said with a smile, "Alright! Got it. I'll let you guys dig them next time. If you frown again, you'll become an old man."
She just saw something good and couldn't control her hands.
Jang Geum asked again, "What can this do?"
"Shoes, gloves, wheels, I can't finish talking about them in a short time." Zhao Yuanxi showed the grass roots to Jang Geum as if showing off.
Jang Geum was still confused after hearing this. She really couldn't figure out how these grass roots could make what the Queen Mother mentioned.
But since it was the Queen Mother who said it, then it is naturally correct.
Zhao Yuanxi said, "Call some people over later to find out how much of this grass there is in this area."
"promise!"
The joy of discovering rubber grass made Zhao Yuanxi almost forget the purpose of coming here, until a tiger roar woke her up.
"Don't worry, madam. The tigers are all kept in captivity."
Even so, it was still very scary to suddenly hear the tiger roar. The surrounding birds were scared away, and the wild deer and antelopes disappeared.
Zhao Yuanxi saw the big tiger lying lazily on the ground licking his paws. When he saw someone coming, he glanced at him listlessly, turned back and continued playing with his prey.
If she was not mistaken, the thing under the tiger was a peacock!
Is it really okay to eat your colleagues so blatantly?
The young eunuch cried and lay outside the fence, trying to rescue the peacock with a bamboo pole, "My little ancestor! Please loosen your claws!"
"If you catch a chicken and put it in, the tiger might let go." Zhao Yuanxi suggested while watching the excitement.
The young eunuch was startled, turned around and knelt on the ground in fear, "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Zhao Yuanxi pointed inside and said, "If you don't hurry up, the peacock will probably die."
"I'll go right away."
The tiger was obviously full and was just playing with the peacock, with no intention of eating it. However, a human could not withstand a slap from the tiger, let alone a peacock.
Jang Geum picked up a few peacock tail feathers that had fallen outside and teased the tiger. The tiger really loosened its claws and pounced on Jang Geum.
Jang Geum grabbed the tiger's head, stroked its big head, and said with a smile, "Long time no see, big tiger."
She looked at the tiger with such tenderness that Zhao Yuanxi was surprised. "Have you ever raised one?"
"When I first entered the palace, my assigned job was to look after the zoo. Dahu was indeed raised by me."
"Its name is Da Hu?"
"Your Majesty did not give it a name. This is the name I am used to calling it."
This name is indeed very Jang Geum-like.
The young eunuch who had caught the chicken saw that the tiger had left its previous position and that the peacock, with half of its feathers missing, had already flapped its wings and flew away unsteadily. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and murmured, "Not bad, not bad!"
Jang Geum calmly took the chicken and threw it into the tiger enclosure.
The tiger decisively turned around and chased after it.
"The gardens for birds and these beasts should be kept far apart. You are lucky this time. If something like this happens again next time, you will definitely be punished." Jang Geum's voice was cold and contained a hint of reprimand.
"I admit my guilt!"
In the past, Zhao Yuanxi had only seen Jang Geum as a maid and guard. Now that she saw another side of Jang Geum, she was really surprised.
"Why is the Queen Mother laughing?" Jang Geum looked puzzled.
"I used to think you were a wooden man, but now I realize you just have different hobbies from us."
Xu Yi likes planting, Ling Yin likes storybooks, You likes to eat and drink. Everyone has something they like, but Jang Geum seems to care about nothing.
It turns out that she just gave her tenderness to these furry kids.
"Let's go. Aren't you going to take me to see the Pi Xiu?" Zhao Yuanxi said with a smile.
Jang Geum followed silently. She wanted to explain to the Queen Mother that taking care of tigers was just her job and not her hobby. However, when she thought about the days she lived with the tigers in the tiger park, it was indeed a rare time for her to relax.
Although wild beasts are ferocious, they have simple minds and only need to think about how to fill their stomachs every day.
But being with the Queen Mother seemed to make her happier than being in the Tiger Garden.
The Queen Mother was wrong. Her hobby was no longer taking care of these animals.
There is a separate garden for giant pandas, and the pandas are nowhere to be seen under the cover of bamboo forest.
The eunuch came over and explained carefully, "The Queen Mother wants to see a Pixiu. Pixiu are hard to find in this forest, but there's one in a cage that just gave birth. Would you like to take a look?"
Zhao Yuanxi followed the eunuch to the cage. There was indeed a panda curled up in the cage, and it seemed that it was holding a baby panda in its arms.
There is almost no difference between pandas from more than 2,000 years ago and pandas today, they are just as cute!
It’s a furry ball with black and white patterns. It’s hard to believe that there is such a cute big creature in this world.
"What's wrong with it?"
The originally quiet panda suddenly became agitated and made "e-e-e-e" sounds.
After a while, another baby panda was born.
Zhao Yuanxi looked at the panda cubs squirming on the ground in surprise. Are they twins?
The mother panda smelled the scent of her cub and decisively gave up the cub in her arms, and instead hugged the cub on the ground in her arms.
Zhao Yuanxi remembered that pandas normally give birth to one or two cubs. If they are twins, due to the panda's insufficient milk supply and the fact that it takes a lot of energy to take care of the cubs, the giant panda will choose to raise the stronger cub and abandon the weaker one.
November in Xianyang is already very cold, and the cubs could freeze to death within half an hour.
Zhao Yuanxi made a decisive decision, "Jang Geum, will you raise this little Pixiu?"
Jang Geum was silent for a moment, "If the Queen Mother wants to raise him, I can give it a try."
It's better to try than to have no hope at all.
Jang Geum stuffed a few bamboo shoots into the mother panda's mouth, and while she wasn't paying attention, she quickly stole the panda cub out.
Zhao Yuanxi looked at the pink little creature in Jang Geum's hand, whose eyes were not even open.
It’s too small, not even as big as the mice in the south. Can it really be raised?
Zhao Yuanxi took off his fur collar and wrapped the cub.
Before leaving, he stole some of the panda mother's milk, then hurried back to Ganquan Palace, placed the cub near the stove to keep it warm, and then fed it milk little by little with a small spoon.
Fortunately, the little guy had a strong desire to survive and ate up all the breast milk.
After eating, it stopped whimpering and fell asleep quietly.
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