They washed the baby with soap and water, and then the palace servants wrapped the baby's body in a cloth.
The fluffy fur was now clinging tightly to his body, and Chi Yuan was wiping his ears and tail.
"You may all leave."
I placed the baby on the table near the window, letting it bask in the warm sunlight.
Seeing the thick, horizontally growing flower branches on the flowerpot, Chi Yuan suddenly had an idea.
I weighed the little creature in my hand and placed it on the flower branch.
After his bath, the little one was so well-behaved that it melted your heart. He would occasionally whimper through his nose, and his hands and feet stopped scratching. He quietly nestled against the flower branch, basking in the sun.
The delicate pink flowers paired with the pure white pup make for a lovely picture of a baby hugging flowers.
Seeing this scene, Chi Yuan felt a strange feeling welling up inside him, a slight soreness, but definitely not a negative emotion.
Moved? Joyful? Happy?
He couldn't find the right adjective, but he knew he liked the little fox the way it looked.
Driven by his will, he searched for paper and brushes to record this beautiful painting.
With ink spreading and colors adding embellishments, Chi Yuan tried his best to depict the vividness of the fox cub at this moment on the paper.
"Hmph."
It's warm and cozy.
Going to sleep...
The little one started to get sleepy; its fox eyes gradually opened and closed, finally shutting tightly.
"His Majesty."
The man in black jumped down from the roof again, landing behind Chi Yuan and kneeling with his fists clenched.
"explain."
The cold voice was as imposing as ever, and Chi Yuan's hand continued writing without the slightest pause.
"The abbot of Kyoto-ji Temple has agreed to let the Buddhist disciple go to the palace and will secretly depart in three days."
"continue."
"The Prince of Jin has already discovered that his fox has disappeared, but he has not shown any sign of alarm."
"What are you doing?"
"Grilling fish in a bamboo forest."
Listening to his subordinate's report, Chi Yuan sketched out silver lines that flowed gracefully on the rice paper, but he was very dissatisfied with these lines.
He originally intended to draw the cub's flowing, fluffy fur, but this light silver line gave the cub an ethereal, otherworldly quality.
How could someone as cute as his child be like an immortal?
He tossed the sheet of rice paper to the ground, preparing to paint another one.
The man in black saw the Xuan paper that had fallen at Chi Yuan's feet and thought that His Majesty was dissatisfied with his brother's performance again, which was why he was so impatient.
"It seems that my brother doesn't care much about this fox cub either."
"In that case, I will keep this fox."
Chi Yuan reached out and stroked the cub's fur, feeling the humidity emanating from it.
"Your Majesty, when I returned to the Prince of Jin's residence by the same route, I found a longevity lock."
"It was hanging around the neck of this little fox by the Prince of Jin. The rope was very long. It must have fallen out of the net when his subordinates were transporting the little fox."
"Bring it here."
Upon hearing Chi Yuan's order, the man in black stood up and handed him the longevity lock.
"A longevity lock?"
Put down the paintbrush in your hand and examine it carefully in the sunlight.
The eight characters "May you live a long and healthy life, and may all your wishes come true" are clearly engraved on the lock.
"It seems that the Prince of Jin really does raise this fox as his child."
"He also knows that it was I who took his child away."
Chi Yuan tossed the longevity lock up and down, finally hiding it in his wide sleeve.
"It's not too heavy. Now that I've become the master of this fox, I'll give it a much heavier beating."
The wealthy and powerful emperor declared that he wanted to give his son the best.
Man in black: ? ? ?
Your Majesty, have you considered that such a heavy longevity lock might cause neck pain for this little fox?
"You all continue to guard the Prince of Jin's residence well, and don't let my good brother break into the palace in the middle of the night and try to snatch this little fox from me."
His good brother is very likely to be able to do this.
It's not that I can't compete with him, it's just that I don't want to see him yet.
I don't want to see him until the official results are announced.
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