Chapter 320 Cats should also understand human nature
Tuoba Wenjing's voice was not quiet just now; it was meant to provoke them. Shen Ruzhi's voice was even louder, and most of the ministers of Dongling heard the conversation between the three.
They all burst into laughter.
Tuoba Wenjing's face turned a deep purplish-red as he roared at the Western Xia envoys behind him, "What on earth is going on?"
Tuoba Wenjing was asking about the Western Xia envoy who possessed the ability to summon ferocious beasts.
“Your Highness,” the man with the goatee said in a low voice, “if I’m not mistaken, the white tiger beside the Prince of Langya is a female tiger, but our white tiger seems to be… to be… to be in heat.”
"It seems she's set her sights on the tiger belonging to the Prince of Langya."
"Useless! What did you say?" Tuoba Wenjing never expected this situation.
"Third Prince." Pei Yanchuan had already walked onto the stands. "It's your turn."
Tuoba Wenjing turned his head to look at the hunting grounds. Mo Qing had taken Mo Bai out, leaving only the white tiger, which had been starving for three days, and was now going crazy because it couldn't see Mo Bai.
Tuoba Wenjing swallowed hard.
"Your Highness, this is an auspicious creature of your Western Xia, you must not harm it later." Grand Tutor Zhou said with a smile, "I think this cat should be able to understand human nature."
"The Third Prince will be grateful to the Third Prince for bringing it all the way here, and for having met a little female cat he likes."
As he spoke, Grand Tutor Zhou reached out and stroked his beard.
The ministers surrounding the Eastern Mausoleum began urging Tuoba Wenjing to act.
Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Tuoba Wenjing looked at the man with the goatee.
“Brother, you are not his wife. What? Do you also want to find someone to replace you?” Shen Ruzhi ruthlessly exposed Tuoba Wenjing’s purpose.
Tuoba Wenjing and the man with the goatee felt awkward.
The man with the goatee stepped forward and said, "Your subject is willing to take Your Highness's place. Since the Prince of Langya also took the place of the Princess of Langya at the beginning, then your subject is naturally also able to take Your Highness's place."
"It wasn't explained from the beginning that the substitutes could only be husband and wife. Although Your Highness was born in Dongling, you can't be biased towards Dongling in everything."
"This substitution was started by the people of Dongling."
Shen Ruzhi rolled her eyes again. "Do you think I wanted to be the princess of Western Xia?"
The man with the goatee was stunned for a moment. This... there are people in this world who don't want to be princesses.
“Since you’ve all said so, we in Dongling can’t be as petty as you. Let’s just accept the substitution,” Jiang Wanning said.
Everyone waited for Xiao Yu to speak. Pei Yanchuan had brought glory to Dongling, so Xiao Yu was naturally willing to agree.
After all, the other party was a prince of Western Xia, and it would always be quite troublesome for the two countries to negotiate if something happened.
“Since the Princess Consort of Langya has said so, then I shall naturally agree,” Xiao Yu said with a smile.
Although Tuoba Wenjing was relieved that he didn't have to go to the hunting grounds himself, his face was burning hot. This time, he had really shot himself in the foot.
What he didn't expect was that something even more embarrassing was yet to come.
Inside the hunting grounds, the man with the goatee was initially quite calm, waving his arms to command the white tiger in front of him. At first, the white tiger tilted its head, seemingly pondering the meaning of the commands given by the man.
Then he became agitated again. The man with the goatee hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and tried his best to make the white tiger obediently lie down.
However, the white tiger opposite them became increasingly agitated, began to breathe heavily, and stretched out its front paws as if to attack.
The man with the goatee turned and ran in fright, shouting, "Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"
"Your Highness, help me! Help me!"
At this moment, Tuoba Wenjing and the several Western Xia envoys beside him all looked embarrassed.
Xiao Yu tried hard to suppress the unruly urge to curl his lips upward.
However, Grand Tutor Zhou, who was standing to the side, said with a smile, "Your Majesty, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a day for family reunion. It would be best to avoid any bloodshed."
"To be honest, my legs are getting tired from standing, and I'm also a little hungry, hahaha."
Xiao Yu respected Grand Tutor Zhou's words and, following his lead, gave Tuoba Wenjing a way out, "Since the teacher has said so, let's end this farce here today. What does Prince Tuoba think?"
Tuoba Wenjing lowered his head and said awkwardly, "I will obey His Majesty's will."
Xiao Yu nodded in satisfaction and signaled to rescue the man with the goatee from the hunting ground.
Jiang Wanning stepped forward to help Grand Tutor Zhou, and the group then headed towards the main hall.
"These Western Xia people insisted on making us run back and forth between two places for a perfectly good banquet. We thought they had some great animal taming skills, but we never expected they just wanted us to laugh at them."
"Haha, who can disagree?"
"I think the people of Western Xia are all idiots, hahaha."
"Who says otherwise? They've been busy all day just so we could see them make a fool of themselves. Look at that skinny guy with the goatee, he was so scared he ran all over the hunting ground. I almost burst out laughing."
"My cheeks are sore from laughing."
"......"
The ministers whispered among themselves, their voices neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for the envoys from Western Xia to hear. Xiao Yu naturally heard some of it as well, but remained silent.
It's good to curb Tuoba Wenjing's arrogance, so he won't cause trouble every time he comes. It also shows the envoys of those small countries that Dongling's position is unshakeable.
The group returned to the main hall. "Alright, the moon is full now, it's the perfect time to drink and admire the moon."
Emperor Xiao Yu raised his wine cup.
Everyone followed suit and raised their hands.
Xiao Yu smiled and looked at Tuoba Wenjing, "I remember that Prince Tuoba wanted to take advantage of this Mid-Autumn Festival celebration to ask me for some good luck."
"I wonder what kind of festive spirit Prince Tuoba desires."
Tuoba Wenjing was already too ashamed to talk about this joyous occasion, but since Xiao Yu brought it up, Tuoba Wenjing stood up and said, "Your Majesty."
"I have come here to ask your country for a person on behalf of my royal sister."
"Oh?" Xiao Yu asked, puzzled. "Whom do you want to ask for?"
Tuoba Wenjing said, "He's not a big shot, just a doctor named Yu Hai."
"To be honest, this Yu Hai is the man my imperial sister has chosen. He is to be the future consort of my Western Xia. How can he keep taking your empress's pulse in the Eastern Mausoleum Palace?"
Xiao Yu looked at Jiang Wan Ning and Shen Ru Zhi next to her.
He hadn't heard anything about Shen Ruzhi and Yu Hai.
"Your Majesty, Yu Hai is indeed fond of Zhizhi, but Zhizhi is aware that Yu Hai is currently serving in the Imperial Hospital. I am unable to leave for the time being, so I thought I would have Yu Hai take care of Her Majesty the Empress's health first."
"After all, Yu Hai is my teacher, and his medical skills are no worse than mine."
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