The things they brought back were very useful because there was nothing else on the island.
The weather was fine, so they put the cooking utensils in the straw shed. The mermaid also brought back some sea monsters. In the morning, everyone drank some fish soup, so the Emperor was hungry. Su Yu rolled up her sleeves and prepared to make lunch.
As for the other things, Eunuch Wang had moved them into the cave. Wang Gonggong took the tree bark and charcoal sticks that Prince Zhong used to write stories. He counted the things that Prince Lu brought back and looked at the simple cave that lacked everything. He made a detailed list and asked the Prince Lu and the mermaid to go to the boat a few more times.
Although it was only early spring, the island was as warm as late spring. The rainwater on the grass was quickly evaporated by the strong sun. The idle cats sunbathed on the grass.
Prince Yong's black and white body was very conspicuous on the grass. He didn't know how to join in when he saw the big cats and small cats pouncing on each other. He used his hind paws to kick his ears and lay down to watch his brothers and nephews play.
Prince Hao saw his ninth brother lying down, so he ran over and jumped into the thick fur. Prince Ling saw this and his heart itched. He took half a step back and rushed over as well.
"Seventeen, you're squashing my tail!" Prince Hao shouted and kicked his younger brother away.
Before he could kick his seventeenth brother away, the Retired Emperor also pounced on him. He climbed to the highest point and used his younger brothers as cushions.
The pure black cat lowered its body and hid in the bushes. When everyone was huddled together, it quietly approached and suddenly rushed out. It bumped into a group of cats and scratched them with its claws without caring about anything. Then, it grabbed a tail and bit it.
"Meow!" Prince Hao shouted. "Who bit me?" As he said this, he grabbed the tail in front of him and scratched it.
The group of big cats immediately started fighting.
The Emperor disdained to participate in this boring game and circled around Su Yu.
When Su Yu went to the stream to kill some fish, he squatted on her shoulder and followed her.
The clear stream meandered down the mountain, through the woods and meadows, and flowed to the sea.
Su Yu sat down on a round rock, took out his scale-knife, and began to clean up the fish. The mackerel with a big mouth was still alive and kicking. It wanted to jump over and bite him. Su Yu picked up the knife and remembered that Prince Lu hadn't returned the wrist guard to him. He scratched his head and picked up the big golden cat that was squatting on a rock and watching the freshwater fish in the water. He kissed the cat's furry mouth and said, "Sauce, lend me some inner strength."
The Emperor pushed Su Yu's mouth and twisted his body. 'Stupid slave, you're screaming again!'
"Come on, you can't kill a fish without inner strength." Su Yu buried her face in his golden fur and rubbed against it. She was embarrassed to be intimate with him in front of the elders, but now that there was no one around, she couldn't help but want to get closer to him.
The Emperor's ears turned red, and he slapped Su Yu. 'This stupid slave is so clingy, I really can't help it.'
Su Yu happily hung the big golden cat on his arm. Warm inner strength flowed from the two soft pads to his palm. It was very comfortable.
"Mee …" His Highness The Crown Prince, who had just woken up, poked its head out from Su Yu's lapel. It looked left and right, then grabbed the clothes and crawled out. It lay on Su Yu's other arm.
"You're awake?" Su Yu raised his hand and kissed the little furball.
His Highness The Crown Prince was kissed until it was crooked. It shook its fur and looked at his father, who was lying on his arm and looking at him. It followed suit and lay on Su Yu's arm. However, the cat was too small, so it couldn't be hugged with two paws.
Su Yu held back his laughter and put the little cat's wrist guard on his wrist.
"Mee!" His Highness The Crown Prince was very happy that it could be hugged.
Immediately, Su Yu felt a warm inner strength coming from the pink and soft pads. He was surprised, "Your Majesty, this child also seems to have inner strength!"
His Majesty the Emperor wagged his tail. 'What's so strange about this? He was born with inner strength.'
Sighing with emotion at the excellent bloodline of the imperial family, Su Yu put on the big and small furry wrist guards and began to focus on killing the fish.
Mackerel, Ying Fish, He Luo Fish, a Leatherback Turtle, and three Tiger Shark. The mermaids didn't know what they wanted to eat, so they took a few more types of fish.
There was no lack of fish to eat in the sea, so Su Yu simply killed all of them. There were many people at home, so he had to make more.
By the time Su Yu finished cleaning up the fish and returned to the grass, Prince Jing, who was lighting fires everywhere, was nowhere to be found. Prince Zhong maintained his human form and pulled Wang Gonggong to tell him a story. The big cats were still pushing and shoving each other.
The National Tutor elegantly yawned and turned into a big white cat. He walked over and slapped them one by one. When all of the cats were well-behaved, he happily scurried up and lay down on his stomach at the highest point, pressing all of his brothers below him. Two golden pads were used as cushions, and the black and yellow pads were used as pillows. The big white cat stretched and comfortably closed his eyes.
The sturdy Prince Yong didn't mind and obediently lay down without moving. The twins and Prince Ling, who were sandwiched in the middle, began to glare at each other.
His Majesty the Emperor turned into his human form and stared at the little golden furball on his head. He circled around Su Yu. When Su Yu cut the vegetables, he would follow him to get the fish. He didn't do anything and just walked in front of Su Yu. When he got the fish, he would circle behind him. His slender legs would often trip Su Yu. When Su Yu stumbled, he would immediately reach out to hold him and complain, "You're so stupid. You don't even know how to walk."
Su Yu's mouth twitched, but he didn't want to argue with him.
He cut the fish and stir-fried the vegetables.
The wings of the winning fish were chopped into small pieces, fried, and stir-fried. Then, he threw in two chili peppers and a spoonful of sesame seeds. The fragrant aroma made the staring twins immediately raise their heads and move their bodies with difficulty. They put their heads on Prince Ling's chest and stared at the activity in the straw shed.
"What's this? It smells so good." The Retired Emperor sniffed.
"Your daughter-in-law has good cooking skills." Prince Hao sniffed hard.
The National Tutor was a little dissatisfied with the two noisy cat heads on the pillow. He raised two white furry paws and pressed them on the two golden furry heads.
The stove was built with stones and was relatively low. Su Yu moved a long stone and sat down to stir-fry the vegetables. His Majesty the Emperor sat behind him and stuck to his back like a plaster.
When the fried winning shark's fin came out of the pot, Su Yu picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. "Try it."
His Majesty the Emperor opened his mouth and took a bite. He said vaguely, "You want me to try it for you again …"
The crispy skin was covered with fragrant sesame seeds. It was fresh, spicy, and a little sweet. When he bit into it, it was tender meat soaked with seasoning. It was extremely delicious.
"How is it?" Su Yu turned his head and rubbed against the Emperor's handsome face.
"It's barely edible." The Emperor licked his lips and stared at the dish Su Yu put into the pot this time.
Under the shell of the leatherback turtle was fresh and tender fish meat. This meat was delicious and juicy, and it was best fried with dried scallops. The mackerel was fatty and directly roasted. It sizzled with oil, and the fragrance could be smelled from afar. The Heluo fish had no bones, so it was natural to slice it into pieces and eat it with sauce. The tiger shark's tail was cut into pieces and stir-fried with chili and bean paste. The belly of the tiger shark and the fins of the winning shark were mixed with dried scallops and sea cucumber to stew together.
Fortunately, Prince Lu remembered to bring the pot for stewing soup. He put the ingredients in from the beginning and put it on the stove to stew. He also took the bamboo tube that Prince Yong had chopped and stuffed it with rice. When all the ingredients were taken out of the pot, the soup and rice were also ready.
The Retired Emperor had been hungry for a long time, and even the National Tutor couldn't sleep because of the fragrance.
When Wang Gonggong saw that Su Yu had stopped, he hurriedly saluted Prince Zhong and interrupted his new story of "the love and hatred between the mermaid and the imperial bodyguard". He found a large flat stone, laid a tablecloth on it, and helped Su Yu carry the dishes.
The big cats scattered in an instant and turned back into their human forms. They sat on the ground around the stone table. A big black cat came out of the forest with a live rabbit in its mouth. When he saw the situation, he also turned into the handsome Prince Jing. He gently stroked the trembling rabbit in his hand and threw it to Wang Gonggong. "Tie it to the tree."
The Retired Emperor and his imperial uncles, who had been trapped on the island for five years, didn't even raise their heads as they ate.
"With Concubine Xian around, it doesn't matter if we stay on the island for another eight or ten years." After Prince Hao had eaten his fill, he held the golden kitten and wagged its tail on the grass.
The Retired Emperor gave him a slap with his paw. "Useless." As a prince, how could he be satisfied with just eating and drinking?
Seventh Uncle, who didn't care at all, licked the furball in his arms. "There's no difference between going back and now."
The Retired Emperor glared at his twin brother for a moment, snorted coldly, and turned to leave. Prince Hao's concubine had passed away early. This guy's son and grandson were still alive, so he naturally wanted to be a stray cat. But he couldn't.
As soon as Prince Jing finished his meal, he couldn't wait to take the rabbit that he had just caught and pulled Seventh Uncle to play. The two big cats began to chase the snow-white rabbit in circles on the grass.
"By the way, I saw Shiitake in the forest on the mountain." Prince Jing bit the rabbit's ear, and only then did he have time to talk to Su Yu.
Su Yu had her back turned and was secretly kissing the Emperor, who was about to fall asleep. Prince Jing's words were instantly translated.
"Shiitake?" Su Yu's eyes lit up. The soup that she had stewed at noon didn't have Shiitake, so it tasted a lot worse. "I'll go and take a look."
The Emperor pulled her back. "I'll go with you tomorrow morning."
The forest was dangerous, and there was an ancient mythical animal hiding there.
She raised her hand and poked the Retired Emperor. "Father, what's the matter with that Imperial Uncle?"
The Retired Emperor, who was licking the National Tutor's fur, paused. Just as he was about to say something, his leopard-like Fifth Uncle, Prince Zhong, jumped over. "I know."
That was a long time before the An family unified the country. Regardless of which bloodline the An family's cats inherited, Tao Wu and Bai Ze, they were still mixed-blood. For example, although the National Tutor was a pure-blood descendant of Bai Ze, he still looked like a cat. Although the Emperor and the Retired Emperor were pure gold in color, they still had white fur on their bodies. But this Imperial Uncle was an anomaly. He didn't inherit the white bloodline, and he was a complete Tao Wu!
Su Yu kissed the Emperor and blinked. Could this be the legendary … atavism?
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