Chapter 68 Open Your Teeth
Yingying was indeed feeding the cats in the small garden.
Xiao Qing felt that she was forced into this profession, and now she had to discuss career planning with others. In her heart, she was actually...
However, she still spoke up.
Ying Ying caught the most lively kitten and handed it to her, saying, "Your Majesty, be careful. This little one has been much more mischievous lately. Last time it grabbed someone's hand and almost got a beating."
Xiao Qing could imagine it, but seeing the fluffy cat filled her with warmth.
"It's alright, Xiao Xiao won't arrest me."
etc.
"Its name is Xiaoxiao? You named it that?"
Yingying immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It should be Your Majesty who names them. I just call them whatever I want to distinguish them. Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, and I did not want to bother Your Majesty with such a trivial matter. However... please, Your Majesty, bestow names upon them..."
Xiao Qing chuckled.
She hadn't mentioned the kittens' names before because she felt that since Yingying was raising them, how could she possibly deprive the cat owner of her rights?
Ke Yingying never mentioned the names of the three kittens.
She went from taking it for granted at first to secretly waiting for it to happen. Now that the cats had grown up, it wouldn't be right for the big cat, the second cat, and the third cat to come and call for them, would it?
She was about to remind Yingying, but she didn't expect him to think that way.
"Xiaoxiao is good. This one is called Xiaoxiao. What do you usually call the other two?"
Ying Ying looked up at Xiao Qing, who was squatting in front of him, her gaze somewhat blank, or rather, puzzled.
Perhaps there were other emotions that made his eyes so dark.
His eyes had a peculiar look.
It is jet black and clear, so even the slightest emotion seems to be very obvious.
Xiao Qing unconsciously calmed down, her eyes half-closed, her eyelashes drooping, and the hand holding the kitten slowly stopped stroking it.
Ying Ying lowered her head.
"Is His Majesty unwilling to bestow names because they are wild cats?"
Xiao Qing was taken aback.
Where does this come from?
She never had such a thought!
"What stray cat? You raised it from a kitten, how could it be a stray cat?"
"Does Your Majesty mind that they were raised by a servant?"
Ying Ying's question was actually quite presumptuous.
He lowered his head, his hands clenched into fists inside his sleeves, and his tone didn't sound sharp, but rather somewhat inexplicably lost and frustrated.
This is not right.
Xiao Qing frowned. "It's not that I mind these things. It's just that I feel I haven't been involved much in raising them. Although the kittens are cute, and I enjoy playing with them, I'm not really prepared to take care of their food, water, and toilet needs, and I probably don't have the patience for it. You're the one taking care of them, so it's more appropriate for you to name them. I..."
"But what if this servant wishes to have a name bestowed by His Majesty?"
He spoke softly, and Xiao Qing didn't hear him clearly at first, so she asked again, "What?"
Yingying didn't repeat it, but said, "That one is called Xiaolan, and that one is called Yaoyao."
Xiao Qing's thoughts were drawn away. "Why?"
"Because that one likes to sleep in late, and does nothing but sleep except eat. It often requires servants to force him to take a few steps."
Ying Ying's tone was flat, unlike Xiao Qing's slightly excited and curious voice.
"When that puppy was first born, it couldn't walk very well. While the other two were walking much better, it was still wobbly, so the servant named it Yiyao (meaning wobbly).
Xiao Qing was very satisfied. "These names are all very good, let's call them that."
She touched the little one in her arms. "This one was the most greedy when it was born. It was so small, even smaller than its brothers. It should be called Little One."
Ying Ying was initially somewhat unhappy, but upon hearing her words, she seemed to feel a little better and replied, "Your Majesty still remembers."
“How could I not remember? You were so small back then, and now you’ve grown so big. You fed you so well, that’s why you grew so fast. Look how shiny your fur is.” Xiao Qing said with a serious expression of surprise.
Yingying was still amused.
After spending more time with the young emperor, he realized that the young emperor was an extremely kind and warm person.
What he just said could have been a serious crime for any member of the Great Xiao royal family, but the young emperor actually explained it to him earnestly.
For him, this feeling was very complicated.
“I really like these names,” Xiao Qing clearly expressed his feelings.
Yingying's gaze softened slightly.
"I'm glad Your Majesty is pleased."
"Yingying, I actually have another question for you."
"Your Majesty, please ask."
"Attendant Ma told me that he and Attendant Liu wanted to teach you martial arts, but you didn't respond. Is it because you don't want to learn martial arts?"
Ying Ying was silent for a moment. "Does Your Majesty wish for this servant to learn martial arts?"
Xiao Qing patted the little head. "It still depends on what you want. If you're not interested in learning martial arts, you'll find it very boring. Just like I find those memorials very tedious. I always feel that these people just don't want to speak properly. They can say something in one sentence, but they insist on going on and on, making people confused. It's really a headache. So I think if I were asked to learn how to write such articles, I would definitely want to doze off too."
Yingying pulled Yaoyao back as she tried to run away, saying, "This servant does not want to learn martial arts."
Xiao Qing nodded, "There's nothing we can do about it. If you really don't want to learn, then refuse Attendant Ma and Attendant Liu."
Yingying hummed in agreement, offering no further explanation, and began scratching the short fur on the two kittens' bodies.
Xiao Qing found it amusing and imitated him by stroking Xiao Xiao's fur. "Xiao Xiao seems unusually well-behaved today. There's no light in her eyes."
Do cats get depressed?
Xiao Qing curiously turned Xiao Xiao's face to look at its eyes, but Xiao Xiao suddenly opened its mouth and showed its sharp little teeth to Xiao Qing's hand.
Yingying was startled and quickly covered the little girl's face with her hand, scolding, "Don't bite people!"
Xiao Qing was also taken aback.
If Yingying hadn't intervened in time, Xiaoxiao would have really bitten her finger.
Yingying quickly picked it up and took it away, intending to give it a good scolding.
The little cat meowed several times, seemingly a little aggrieved, and stretched out its paw to scratch its own mouth.
Seeing that something was wrong, Xiao Qing quickly asked, "Is its mouth uncomfortable? Is it about to lose its baby teeth?"
Well, she didn't know when the kitten would lose its baby teeth either.
"It takes at least a month and a half for a baby tooth to fall out, but usually it takes three months."
The two silently calculated the days and realized that, according to the earliest date, it would be very soon.
So Yingying silently turned her head and pried open her small teeth.
Xiao Qing suddenly noticed something dark hiding in the gap between her small white teeth.
"What did you eat? It's so black." Xiao Qing smiled and reached out to pull out the black spot.
It turned out to be a small piece of black cloth.
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