The person on the rooftop couldn't sit still any longer, so he changed his posture and crawled forward a few steps, looking down with his butt sticking out. He saw the domineering "cat" walking into the yard with three steps and three steps, calmly showing his natural cuteness in the eager onlookers of the maids and servants, and his four fat legs were trying hard to move, but his steps were still unstable. But he won with his serious attitude, and finally stopped after trying to move a distance, then looked around, bypassing the servants' fiery and enthusiastic eyes, and his sight was accurately fixed on someone on the rooftop. After watching for a while, he sighed with emotion.
The maids stepped back, and finally someone recognized the cute creature. "This, this, this, this is not a cat, this is a tiger! It's a tiger!"
Following this shout, everyone retreated again, and did not stop until they had no way to retreat. However, their calves were still trembling, and they could not help but look up at the roof, hoping that their master would come down in time to solve this dilemma.
Who would have thought that Feng Yuheng would lie on the roof and stare at the cute little tiger cub with his big eyes wide open. He actually started chatting with the cub through the air: "Hey! Whose baby are you? You look like you were born not long ago? Were you abandoned?"
How could the little tiger understand what she said? He just looked at the person above him, who seemed different from other creatures and quite good-looking, so he lay on the ground and waited for the person to come down. But Feng Yuheng didn't move for a long time, so he was a little anxious, and kept patting the ground with his little paws, looking unhappy.
Feng Yuheng was amused, "You're quite aggressive, hey! You're a tiger, right? Not a cat, right?" The ecological environment in ancient times was so good that newborn tiger cubs could go out on the street by themselves? She had been in the Dashun Dynasty for two years, so why was this the first time she encountered one?
Just as she was about to chat with the little tiger for a few more words, she heard a familiar cough from outside the courtyard, and then a purple-robed figure came in, calmly walked to the back of the little tiger and stood down. The maids knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "We pay our respects to His Majesty the King."
The person who came was Xuan Tianming. He waved his hand and drove all the strangers out. Then he raised his foot and gently rubbed the tiger's butt a few times, "Hey."
The little tiger turned around, touched his face unhappily, moved to the side, and lay down again.
Xuan Tianming did not bother with it too much. He just looked up at the little girl on the roof who looked so ungraceful. He shook his head helplessly, walked forward a few steps, and stretched out his arms, "Heng Heng, come down."
Feng Yuheng happily jumped off the building... and landed right in his arms. Someone rudely touched her, "It's a little meaty." Then he heard the little tiger "wool" again, and couldn't help but frowned and said, "It's really harder to serve than a child."
Feng Yuheng had already broken free from him and picked up the little tiger, "Where did you get this little white tiger?" This was a little white tiger, it looked like it was born not long ago, still chubby, and extremely cute.
Xuan Tianming pulled her to sit on a stone chair in the yard, and then he said, "When mother lived in the East Territory, the soldiers there actually caught two tigers from the forest to please her and raised them in the general's mansion. When she returned to the capital, mother insisted on taking them with her, but was rejected by seventh brother. Unexpectedly, she secretly sent a pigeon to the general there, saying that if anyone from the East Territory came to the capital for the Moonlit Palace Banquet, the two tigers must be transported to the capital. And so, when the governor of Fuzhou came, they really transported them here. The two tigers are a male and a female. The female was pregnant. She gave birth to two cubs and one died. The remaining one is also a little weak. Seventh brother felt sorry for it and asked me to send it to you to see if it can be raised. It is a little life after all."
Xuan Tianming shook his head as he spoke. His mother was really too ridiculous.
Feng Yuheng didn't think so. He gave a thumbs up while listening, "Mother is so domineering! Concubines in other palaces all keep cats and dogs, but our mother keeps a tiger. How domineering!"
"That's enough." Xuan Tianming smiled bitterly, "Don't join in the fun. See if you can raise this kid. I think he's pretty good-looking. If you like him, you can catch him and keep him as a companion. I just don't know if he can be restrained when he grows up. I hope he doesn't hurt you."
"My little white tiger can't possibly hurt me." Someone had already consciously taken the little tiger as her own, but after hearing what she said, the little white tiger rubbed her hand a few times with its chubby face, which made Feng Yuheng very satisfied, and the maternal radiance instantly shone. She immediately reached into her sleeves, took out a can of baby formula from the maternal and infant counter of the pharmacy, and then called the servants to boil water, and then took the milk bottle to mix the milk powder, and then held the little white tiger on the spot and stuffed the pacifier into its mouth.
The little tiger had never liked to eat since it was born, and he had starved himself to the point of staggering. But when he smelled the milk, his eyes lit up, and he held the bottle with his two front paws and started drinking it without gurgling.
Xuan Tianming looked at it curiously, "It can really drink it!" He had also drunk milk powder with Feng Yuheng, but he didn't expect that this little tiger would not even drink the mother's milk, but could actually drink the milk powder here from Feng Yuheng. He was amazed at what he saw, "It seems that it is right to send it here. I thought this little cub could not be raised."
Feng Yuheng didn't like what he heard, "Why are you always calling me little brat? Call me Xiaobai."
Xuan Tianming rolled his eyes. He really didn't think the name Xiaobai was that nice. It wasn't creative at all. But it was indeed much better than the name "Little Cub", so he agreed to her name. "Xiaobai is Xiaobai." After saying that, he even reached out and touched it.
The little tiger flicked its head to make sure they didn't disturb the other people from drinking milk, and made the two of them laugh out loud.
At that time, Feng Yuheng only thought of this little tiger as a precious little pet. No matter how big it could grow, or whether it would become wild and have to live in a cage in the future, at least this little guy was really cute when he was so young, which made her love him so much. But she didn't expect that many years later, it was this tiger that saved her life in a crisis.
Of course, this is a story for later, so let’s not talk about it for now. Let’s just talk about the present. This little white thing has become Feng Yuheng’s new favorite. He holds it and refuses to let go. Helplessly, Xuan Tianming can only watch this little thing still clinging to his daughter-in-law’s arms after eating and drinking, and always rubbing against the key parts. He was so angry that he wanted to pull that guy down and beat him up several times.
In anger, he asked her, "Where is the silver I extorted from the jade box?"
Feng Yuheng said as a matter of course: "Part of it was used to expand Baicao Hall, and the other part was used to flush out the public account office of my Princess Mansion."
Xuan Tianming glared at the girl, "How wicked! The fact that I was able to extort those eight thousand taels of silver must have been due to my contribution, right?"
"We are all family, even if I really gave it to you, would you still have the nerve to take it?" She said aggrievedly, "Besides, even if it's all in the account of the Princess's Mansion, when I marry you in the future, I will take it as a dowry. After all, it's still yours. Alas!" She sighed, "It's a pity that you are a prince, otherwise I could take you in as a princess, and then I wouldn't have to marry with such a generous dowry. It's not worth it when you think about it."
Xuan Tianming smiled bitterly, "You are still feeling wronged. Do you think that with this extra eight thousand taels of silver, your Princess Mansion will be able to rise to the top? Will it become so rich and powerful that it will surpass my Prince Yu Mansion? When I marry you next year and hand over the account books of the Prince Yu Mansion to you, you will know that you are not at a disadvantage."
Feng Yuheng certainly knew that he was not at a disadvantage. With a father as biased as Tianwu, how could Xuan Tianming have less property? Just looking at the betrothal gift he gave to the Feng Mansion at the beginning, you can tell how generous it was.
Speaking of betrothal gifts, she remembered something: "Oh, by the way, according to the rules, there should be a big gift ceremony three days before the wedding. You must not carry the betrothal gifts to Feng Mansion for me."
Xuan Tianming nodded, "Don't worry, I know what to do with this kind of thing."
She stopped talking. If he said he had a plan, then he had a plan. Speaking of which, considering the shyness of ancient women, it was a bit embarrassing to take the initiative to ask for a betrothal gift from her fiancé! But she just wanted to change the subject, at least to liven up the atmosphere. Although Xuan Tianming came here today to send this little tiger off, based on her understanding of her future husband, he had something on his mind.
Sure enough, after the topic ended, the two looked at each other in silence. After a long time, Xuan Tianming finally spoke first and said, "Moonlit Night is coming."
Feng Yuheng nodded, "Yes, many officials from other provinces have come to Beijing. It is said that this palace banquet is the most grand one in history."
"Yes." Xuan Tianming also nodded, and then said: "The great victory of Qian Zhou made my father happy, and the Sui Dynasty of the Eastern Realm did not cause any rebellion, which can be regarded as an achievement of my seventh brother. In addition, he is old and always wants to establish a crown prince. I think if the old guy drinks too much this time, he will probably speak without restraint."
She frowned, "You mean, father will announce the appointment of the crown prince at this palace banquet?"
"It's possible." Xuan Tianming was helpless. "When he's awake, there are always people stopping him. I'm afraid of this kind of situation. I can't block his mouth in front of so many people."
Feng Yuheng thought for a moment and said, "In terms of strengthening the country's foundation, it is a good thing to establish a crown prince early."
"But even if he is appointed, do you think everyone will obey?" Xuan Tianming smiled bitterly, "I know what he is thinking. If he says this, the position of the crown prince will definitely be mine. But Hengheng, you still think and see what you think. Why do you think the emperor wants to give me the position of the crown prince?"
"Because..." She calculated, "Before I returned to Beijing, you won a battle in the northwest. Although you were seriously injured, the rumor that you had no children was deliberately spread by your father in order to dispel the other princes' idea of becoming your enemy. It was also a protection for you. As you became more and more powerful, he stopped hiding the truth and captured the traitor with your help. Later, we pacified Qian Zhou, and as your fiancée, I also brought steelmaking to Dashun... Logically speaking, it is also legitimate for you to be a prince."
Xuan Tianming shook his head. "In terms of military merit? The military merit accumulated by the Eighth Brother in the Southern Territory is not inferior to mine. And the Sixth Brother, what do you think he has been doing outside for so long? Our people have been hunting down the remnants of the Thousand Zhou Dynasty. The news they sent back said that the Sixth Brother was doing the same thing! And why did the Seventh Brother go to the Eastern Territory in person? It is because he noticed that the Sixth Brother was already eyeing the East, and the war in Zong Sui was imminent. If he didn't go, the Sixth Brother would definitely go. By then, another territory would be divided by them, and my position as the crown prince would be even less recognized. The most important thing..." He paused and looked at Feng Yuheng helplessly.
She was moved and blurted out: "You mean, I'm afraid someone will use mother to make trouble? Think that father made you the crown prince for mother's sake?"
"It's not that I'm afraid, but someone has already said so!"
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