Tiger?
What's wrong with glutinous rice balls?
Yuan Yao said to Huairou and the others, "I'll go out and check on Tangyuan first!"
She was a little anxious.
Huairou grabbed her: "Yao'er, we'll go with you!"
Tangyuan is like a tiger cub they've watched grow up.
Although they weren't close to the glutinous rice balls, they still liked them very much.
How could a docile and obedient glutinous rice ball possibly hurt someone?
They wouldn't believe it if I told them.
"I'm going too!" Acha, wearing a red undershirt, said fiercely, "I'm going to stand up for Xiao Yao'er!"
Huaiyao loosened the whip on her wrist and snorted, "With this princess here, who do you think you are, a foreign princess, to back Yuan Yao up?"
“Hmph!” Acha replied, “The more people there are, the greater the deterrent effect.”
Seeing the three people's attitude, Yuan Yao was somewhat moved.
The group left the changing room together.
A large crowd had already gathered around the hot spring.
The ladies and young women all looked at the hot spring in fear.
"What happened?" Huairou asked. "Has someone fallen into the water?"
A fair-skinned, slightly plump lady clutched a handkerchief and said tremblingly, "Princess, you've come at just the right time!"
Princess Yuan Yao's white tiger almost bit someone!
The glutinous rice ball bites?
How is that possible?
Yuan Yao gathered her clothes and strode over.
Upon closer inspection, a little girl in a green dress was lying by the nearby hot spring.
Beside her, a lady in fine clothes was wiping the water off her face with a handkerchief.
The girl was soaking wet and her face was deathly pale, as if she had just climbed out of the water.
Tangyuan was also soaked, its fur was wet, and it was lying in the spot where Yuanyao had let it lie, licking the water off its body.
Upon seeing Yuan Yao, it let out a pitiful cry: "Aww..."
“What’s going on…” Yuan Yao was stunned.
A lady clutched her chest, still shaken, and said, "The white tiger that the princess kept scared the young lady from the Ministry of Works so much that she fell into the water, and it even jumped into the water and bit people..."
"Impossible!" Yuan Yao frowned and said, "Tangyuan won't hurt anyone!"
After speaking, she quickly walked over.
Yuan Yao had a deep impression of Deng Guang, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works.
When the Empress Dowager was alive, she was punished by being made to kneel outside the gate of Huining Palace. It was raining heavily at that time, and the Vice Minister of Works came with an umbrella.
Seeing her kneeling in the rain, the Vice Minister of Works even offered to hold an umbrella for her and even suggested calling the Emperor for her...
Because of the impression he had that night, Yuan Yao had a very good impression of the Vice Minister of Works.
She walked over to Miss Deng, who had fallen into the water, and asked, "Are you hurt anywhere?"
Miss Deng, about five years old, has fair skin, a round face, and a pointed chin, making her look very cute.
At this moment, Miss Deng was pale, her lips were trembling, and her eyes were somewhat unfocused.
Upon seeing Yuan Yao, Madam Deng hurriedly bowed and said, "This concubine greets the Princess."
"No need for formalities." Yuan Yao reached out her small hand to help Madam Deng up before saying, "I just wanted to ask, was Miss Deng frightened by my tiger cub when she fell into the water?"
"This..." Madam Deng's eyes reddened slightly as she hesitated and said, "Your Highness, I and the other ladies are behind you. Zhiheng, please come in first."
When I came in, Zhiheng and Huzai were already in the water…
The other ladies and young women were all staring at this side.
The lady who had previously said that Tangyuan was harmful said, "As soon as I came in, the white tiger jumped into the water and chased after Miss Deng."
Moreover, it picked up Miss Deng and was about to head towards the shore!
I don't know, does it mean eating children, or breaking the habit of eating meat...?
"Outrageous!" Huaiyao looked at the lady and scolded, "Tangyuan has always been raised in the palace and has never harmed anyone. How could she possibly eat people?"
"If you dare slander Yuan Yao again, this princess will report you to my father and mother!"
Upon hearing this, the lady shrank back in fright.
Huaiyao glanced at her sideways and glared at her fiercely.
These ladies, who usually appear dignified and elegant, always like to stir up trouble behind the scenes!
It's one thing for him to be gossipy all the time, but he's actually gossiping about the princess!
They absolutely need to be taught a lesson!
Meanwhile, Huairou beckoned a palace maid to come and invite the Empress over, and also to summon an imperial physician.
Huairou walked to Yuan Yao's side and comforted her, "Yao'er, don't worry. Although Tangyuan is a tiger, he has never hurt anyone."
You raised it, so you have to trust it.
“Mm!” Yuan Yao nodded.
Actually, she didn't think glutinous rice balls would hurt anyone.
However, she worried that someone would use this incident to slander her, and in turn, slander the Grand Eunuch...
After all, raising tigers will inevitably attract envy.
"Miss Deng," Yuan Yao looked at Deng Zhiheng and asked, "Are you injured? Let me see, okay?"
Falling into the water, coupled with the white tiger, terrified Deng Zhiheng, her face turning ashen.
She moved her mouth for a long time, but still couldn't utter a single word...
Danqing took a clean, thick outer robe and handed it over: "Princess."
Yuan Yao took the outer garment and awkwardly draped it over Deng Zhiheng.
Seeing this, Madam Deng quickly stepped in to help.
"Th...thank you..." Deng Zhiheng's eyes slowly rolled and landed on Yuan Yao, her teeth chattering.
Mrs. Deng's voice trembled with heartache: "Zhiheng, is anywhere in pain?"
"Mother..."
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Deng Zhiheng nestled into Madam Deng's arms.
"Mother is here, Heng'er, be good, don't be afraid..." Madam Deng didn't care about the water on her daughter's body and hugged her directly.
This scene moved everyone present.
Yuan Yao blinked.
It's so good to have my mother protecting me!
She was even a little envious of Miss Deng...
Deng Zhiheng leaned against her mother's chest, her eyes darting around before she looked at Yuan Yao: "Princess, Tangyuan didn't bite me..."
As soon as she finished speaking, several hushed whispers arose around her—
"How could that be? I saw it with my own eyes, the white tiger went and grabbed her by the neck..."
"No matter how docile it is, it's still a tiger..."
"Is Miss Deng perhaps too frightened to think straight?"
"..."
Wherever you go, you'll find no shortage of gossipy women.
"Aww..."
Tangyuan lay by the hot spring, feeling extremely aggrieved.
Yuan Yao raised her hand and beckoned to it: "Tangyuan, come here."
Tangyuan leaped up, shook the water off its fur, and walked towards Yuanyao with its increasingly thick paws.
When Tangyuan walked up to her, it rubbed its wet head against her, looking pitiful and aggrieved.
"Awooo..."
"It's alright, don't worry..." Yuan Yao patted its head.
Deng Zhiheng then got out of her mother's arms.
She coughed twice, raising her voice considerably: "The white tiger didn't hurt me...it saved me!"
Just now, Zhiheng slipped on the edge of the pool and fell into the water.
I can't swim, and the pool was very deep; I almost drowned... It was the white tiger that jumped into the water, grabbed my collar, and carried me to the edge of the pool, which allowed me to climb out..."
"Awooo..."
Tangyuan, in agreement with Deng Zhiheng, grumbled aggrievedly.
Those who witnessed this scene were at a loss for words.
Yuan Yao had Danqing hand over a large handkerchief, which she wrapped around Tangyuan's head and carefully wiped the water off it.
While wiping, she comforted Tangyuan: "Baby, you've been wronged. I know it wasn't you, be good..."
Beside him, Huaiyao took out a whip and said coldly, "Just now, who was it that made baseless accusations against Yuan Yao, and that Yuan Yao's tiger cub bit people and wanted to eat them?"
"Before this princess gets angry, quickly step forward and apologize to Yuan Yao!"
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