Chapter 353 Weird
Lu Xiang had no power to resist cute things. She bent down, lifted the white cat with both hands, held it on her legs, and gently stroked its back with her slender fingers.
The white cat was stroked by someone, and immediately revealed a lazy and comfortable attitude, and called out in a rhythmic way: "Meow..."
Its fur was pure white without a trace of other colors. Lu Xiang picked up the pastry on the table, broke it into small pieces and fed it to its mouth.
The white cat sniffed it with its nose raised, then licked it with its tongue. It seemed to be the taste it liked, so it condescended to open its mouth and eat it.
Lu Xiang couldn't help but chuckle.
"It was so hard for me to find this little thing. It turned out to have run here."
Suddenly, a faint laugh was heard. Lu Xiang looked up and saw the Second Imperial Concubine, supported by a maid, slowly approaching the pavilion.
She was dressed up, looking lively and graceful, with a gentle and dignified temperament. In her hand, she held a round fan with golden chrysanthemums scattered all over the ground, and shook her head from time to time.
Lu Xiang stood up holding the cat and saluted: "Greetings to the Second Imperial Concubine."
She lowered her head with a respectful look.
The Second Princess looked at Lu Xiang, then sat down on a stone bench beside her naturally, and said, "No need to be polite."
"So this is the Second Princess' cat." Lu Xiang touched the white cat's head and handed the cat to the maid.
The maid was about to take it, but she saw the white cat's claws sticking out and it was tightly grasping Lu Xiang's clothes, looking like it was unwilling to leave.
Lu Xiang was stunned.
The maidservant did not dare to use force, fearing that the cat would go crazy and hurt Lu Xiang by mistake.
The Second Imperial Concubine raised her eyebrows slightly, also with a look of surprise.
“Meow meow meow.”
The little guy kept crying, as if protesting against being taken away.
"It looks like Mariko likes you very much."
Lu Xiang looked at the white cat with a somewhat amusing look, “Little thing, it’s very difficult for me to do this with you.”
"Miss Lu, if you don't mind, please take care of her for me first." The Second Princess said again.
Lu Xiang was resisting in her heart. She was not familiar with the Second Imperial Concubine at all and did not want to take care of the cat for her.
Just as she was thinking, the Second Imperial Concubine said, "Oh, this is not my cat, it belongs to my Third Prince's wife. I like Yuanzi very much, but my Third Prince's wife is reluctant to give it up, so I have to hug it every time I come to the Third Prince's house to satisfy my craving. But now it seems that this little thing likes Miss Lu more."
The third brother’s wife, that is, the third imperial consort?
Lu Xiang thought about how he had just offended the Third Imperial Concubine invisibly, and suddenly felt that the cat in his hand was very hot.
Although it was the Third Princess who unilaterally felt that she had offended her.
"Then I'll send it to the Third Princess later." Lu Xiang said.
The Second Princess smiled and nodded, then stood up and left after sitting for a while.
Not until the master and servant walked away did Lu Xiang's smiling expression suddenly become serious. His onion-like fingers caressed the white cat's back nonchalantly, and ripples appeared in his eyes as clear as a stream.
The Second Imperial Concubine smiled as she spoke to her, but she always felt as if she was trying to stab her with a knife.
Lu Xiang suspected that he was overthinking, but he couldn't help but be alert.
Who knew that the Second Princess had such a gentle smile on her face, but the knife in her back stabbed so deeply.
Suddenly, a low, mellow and pleasant voice interrupted Lu Xiang's thoughts.
"Xiangxiang, what are you thinking about?"
Chu Jinyan stood outside the pavilion, looking at her with a smile.
In the sunlight, his sword-like eyebrows were as sharp as a knife, his eyes were like stars, and his appearance was charming, like a painting of a beauty carefully polished by a master. The moonlight brocade robe on his body passed by like flowing clouds, and the flowing light and shadow was like the moonlight in the daytime.
Seeing Chu Jinyan, Lu Xiang's beautiful eyes curved into a smile subconsciously.
"Eighth Prince."
Chu Jinyan walked slowly into the pavilion and sat down next to Lu Xiang.
"Your Highness, is your leg still not working well enough to walk?" Lu Xiang asked.
Chu Jinyan liked to see her caring about him, so he smiled and said, "You can go now, but don't walk too fast. Don't worry, I came here in a wheelchair."
Lu Xiang: “…”
What's the matter with this proud tone?
"Where did this cat come from?"
Chu Jinyan looked at Yuanzi who was curled up on Lu Xiang's legs, reached out and touched its head, and asked.
Lu Xiang said: "He ran here on his own. The Second Imperial Concubine said that he was raised by the Third Imperial Concubine."
As she spoke, she held the cat horizontally in front of her, and the man and the cat immediately stared at each other.
"Meow?"
"Your Highness, please hold it." Lu Xiang suddenly turned the dumpling over and handed it to Chu Jinyan.
Chu Jinyan immediately frowned in disgust, but seeing Lu Xiang's eager eyes, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he reluctantly stretched out two fingers, pinched Yuanzi's neck and was about to lift it over.
"Meow."
As soon as Chu Jinyan grabbed it, Yuanzi let out a sharp cat cry and hooked its nails into Lu Xiang's clothes.
It's quite confusing.
Lu Xiang blinked and looked at Chu Jinyan, then put the white cat on the ground and suddenly ran away quickly.
The moment she started running, Tuanzi also ran after her. After Lu Xiang stopped, it also stopped and sat on her feet to lick its paws.
What was there that he couldn’t understand now? Chu Jinyan’s face turned slightly cold and he said, “Throw it away.”
This beast is very strange.
It's not a wild cat. It has been raised for so many years, how could it be so clingy to a stranger? Even if it has a soul, it would never be like this.
Lu Xiang sat back in the pavilion holding Yuanzi. Chu Jinyan's face darkened when he saw her holding the cat back again.
"There's obviously something wrong with this cat, why did you bring it back?"
Lu Xiang rubbed Tuanzi's head and said, "It's precisely because there is a problem that I can't just throw it away. Otherwise, I really won't know how I died in a while."
Chu Jinyan pursed her lips slightly, her expression secretive.
"Who wants to harm you?"
Lu Xiang shook his head: "I don't know, this is the cat of the Third Imperial Concubine, but I met the Third Imperial Concubine for the first time today, why would she want to harm me? It doesn't make sense."
Chu Jinyan: "Well, that doesn't make sense. Third brother and I are close, and Third sister-in-law can't harm you to destroy our alliance."
Although the Third Brother would not tell the Third Sister-in-law that he liked Lu Xiang, he had instructed her to treat Xiang Xiang politely and courteously, and the Third Sister-in-law would not go against the Third Brother's wishes.
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