Chapter 5 White Furry
"The Queen won't mind."
Xie Chen said directly, and after a pause, he continued: "If you have any troubles in the future, you can go to Fenghe Palace and ask the Queen for advice."
His confident tone and trust were surprising.
"Okay." Pei Tingyue suppressed the thoughtful look in his eyes and agreed happily, then raised the sachet in his hand.
"Once this sachet is embroidered, I will personally deliver it to Fenghe Palace."
All the kindness she had felt during the past few days came from the Empress Dowager.
She had wanted to test it out for a long time.
Pei Tingyue didn't believe that in this harem full of intrigue, someone would be nice to her for no reason.
She had to find out what Queen Cui's intentions were.
The two of them were quietly doing their own things in the imperial study, looking like they were living a peaceful life.
Whenever Xie Chen felt tired, he would put down his memorial and take a rest.
When I take a break, my eyes always look to the side unconsciously.
When she looked over here for who knows how many times, Pei Tingyue pinched the sachet and asked tentatively: "How about I make one for the emperor?"
Xie Chen: “…”
He didn't mean that.
On weekdays, he rarely saw his concubines doing needlework.
When I saw it for the first time, I felt it was a little fresh, so I looked at it a few more times.
But she misunderstood.
As an emperor, Xie Chen had no shortage of things like sachets and fan pendants.
But for some unknown reason, he didn't say no. Instead, he asked her with great interest, "Will you pick this color for me too?"
Pei Tingyue put down the things in his hands, walked to the pile of materials and took out a piece of silver-white brocade.
She smiled and said, "This color is perfect for the emperor's daily attire."
Xie Chen smiled and let her go.
It was not until the afternoon that a court official came to report on state affairs and Pei Tingyue left.
She lived in the rear hall of Changle Palace. On weekdays, she would enter through the palace gate and then go around the west side hall to return to her own palace.
When they were just a few steps away from the rear courtyard, Yun Shu suddenly stood in front of Pei Tingyue.
"Saito, be careful!"
Pei Tingyue turned her head and saw a white figure rushing towards her quickly, avoiding Yun Shu and hiding under her skirt.
“…”
Pei Tingyue felt it and found it seemed furry, which made him feel a lot more at ease.
Yun Shu was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he quickly got the white figure out.
Pei Tingyue took a closer look and felt a little amused.
Before her was an extremely beautiful cat.
It has fluffy and clean white long hair, a pink nose, one eye is crystal blue, and the other eye is clear yellow, as beautiful as a gem bead.
Pei Tingyue's heart softened all of a sudden.
She squatted down and tapped the kitten's forehead. "Don't come out and scare people. Be a good boy, okay?"
The white furry creature meowed, kept rubbing against Pei Tingyue's hand, and started snoring.
Pei Tingyue's heart almost melted, and she whispered to it, "Whose kitten are you? If you don't have an owner, will you follow me?"
Maorongrong meowed again.
Pei Tingyue was about to carry it back to the back hall when she heard Yun Shu say, "I heard that the Imperial Concubine has a cat. This must be it."
"Noble Concubine?"
Pei Tingyue paused in stroking his hair, feeling a little regretful.
Since it was the concubine's cat, she had no way of adopting it.
She currently resides in the Changle Palace, where the only imperial concubine of this dynasty, Imperial Concubine Song, lives in the main hall.
In "Power in the Palace", a lot of words were spent on introducing the concubines who appeared, but there were only a few sentences describing this first-rank noble concubine.
Song Lingyun was the daughter of General Fuyuan. In the first year of Xining, the emperor summoned her into the palace to appease the soldiers on the border and honored her as a noble concubine.
When Pei Tingyue was reading the book, she thought she had an important role, but she didn't expect that in the end, she was just a marginal character occupying a position.
When she first came here, she sent people to inquire about this imperial concubine.
Very little information was received. We only knew that after she entered the palace, she was in poor health, stayed indoors all year round, and did not interact with any concubines.
Except for the old concubines who entered the palace in the first year of Xining, the concubines who entered the palace in the past two years have never seen the true appearance of this noble concubine.
It is extremely mysterious.
After touching the plush ball for a while, Pei Tingyue held it in his arms and planned to send it back to the imperial concubine.
As she approached the front hall, she vaguely heard a flurry of footsteps and shouts.
"round and round!"
"Little ancestor, where are you? Come out quickly!"
"Tuantuan, here are some fresh fish."
“…”
Pei Tingyue looked down at the furry creature in his arms and smiled faintly: "Tuantuan, this name suits you."
When the white ball heard the familiar name, he looked up and responded lazily, then shrank back into her arms.
Seeing her coming with Tuantuan in her arms, the palace maids and eunuchs in the front hall were all stunned, then quickly saluted her after realizing what was happening.
Pei Tingyue was just about to hand over the dumpling in her arms when she saw a woman walking out of the west side hall.
The young woman wore a jade-green dress and had her hair tied up in a high bun with a transparent jade hairpin inserted diagonally in it. Apart from that, she wore no other jewelry.
Unlike ordinary concubines, there was no charm in her eyes, but a sense of heroic spirit. When she raised her eyes and looked over, her aura was astonishing.
Pei Tingyue had already guessed her identity. When she slowly approached, she politely bowed and said, "Your Majesty, your concubine greets you."
Concubine Song said nothing. She looked her up and down, her eyes filled with disbelief and incomprehension. She said in a strange tone, "Tuantuan, I want you to hold me?"
"Hmm?" Pei Tingyue looked down at Tuanzi and replied, "It's very well behaved."
After these words were spoken, Concubine Song's expression became indescribable. After a moment of silence, she tentatively extended her hand: "Tuantuan, mother will hold you."
When Tuan Tuan heard the name, he raised his head and stared at the hands in front of him for a long time, then suddenly raised his pink paw pads and swung them hard.
Fortunately, the owner of those hands seemed to have anticipated it and quickly dodged.
Concubine Song withdrew her hand expressionlessly and looked up at Pei Tingyue.
…
The atmosphere froze for a moment.
Pei Tingyue was extremely surprised when she saw the cat moving so smoothly in her arms. She didn't expect it to be a cat with this appearance.
At this moment, being calmly gazed at by Concubine Song, he felt a chill on his back.
She looked away awkwardly, pretended to cough twice, and whispered, "Well... it's normal for a kitten to have a bit of a temper..."
Seeing this, the imperial concubine's maids rushed forward and wanted to carry Tuantuan back to the palace, but they were all beaten without exception.
Pei Tingyue didn't expect that Tuanzi cat, although small, had such a bad temper.
Staying here was not a solution, so she suggested, "Your Highness, how about I take it back to the house?"
Concubine Song rubbed her eyebrows and sighed, "It lives in the west side hall. Sorry to bother you."
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