Su Yu poked the golden cat's head and reached out to pull the sleeping cat to his neck to rub against it. The golden cat yawned and didn't open its eyes. It hugged Su Yu's neck and fell asleep again.
"I told you to be energetic at night. Are you sleepy now?" Sauce always woke up in the middle of the night. When it woke up, it would play in bed for a while before going back to sleep. Su Yu was used to it and wouldn't wake up no matter how much noise it made.
"Niang niang, Wang Gonggong just sent a message saying that you don't need to make breakfast." Xiao Shun said softly outside the door.
"Got it." Su Yu responded. His intention to get out of bed was killed in the cradle. He relaxed his limbs dispiritedly, "Sauce, we can sleep in now."
His Majesty the Emperor disliked him for being noisy and raised a paw to press against his soft lips. He suddenly felt that something was wrong and opened his eyes a little to take a look. He saw that it was a little red and swollen. He couldn't help but cover his ears and move forward, using his cool cat mouth to touch the corner of Su Yu's lips.
Su Yu passionately returned a firm kiss to the cat. He buried his nose in the cat's fur and sniffed hard. The warm smell of sunlight was something that one would never get tired of. He remembered that His Majesty the Emperor was also like this. There was no smell of spices, only the clean and warm smell of sunlight … As he thought about it, he couldn't help but feel his head start to smoke. Last night's dream was full of this smell …
"Sauce, did you sit on my nose last night?"
"…"
After making delicious shrimp porridge for the picky cat, Su Yu leisurely finished the breakfast sent by the imperial kitchen. It was still a sumptuous six dishes and four snacks, but he was a little tired of the red date porridge, so he also scooped a bowl of shrimp porridge to eat with the cat.
"Niang niang, the imperial concubine niang niang summons you to go to Yuluan Palace to discuss the Empress Dowager's birthday." Before he finished the porridge, Xiao Shun came in with a bitter face to report.
The Empress Dowager's birthday? Su Yu raised his head, "There's such a thing?"
"Next month is the Empress Dowager's birthday. The imperial concubines all have to present birthday gifts to the Empress Dowager." The head palace maid, Ye Yuan, interjected, "Niang niang, you should make a trip there. You should know what the other concubines are sending so that you can consider it."
Su Yu felt that it made sense. Although he didn't want to join a group of women, he really didn't know anything about giving gifts. He just wanted to listen to what other people gave him so that he wouldn't embarrass himself.
Since there was nothing else to do, Su Yu ate and drank to her heart's content and went to see the Imperial Consort with the cat.
After Su Yu left, everyone in Ye Xiao Palace began to clean the palace as usual.
"Where are you taking this?" Ye Yuan stopped the little palace maid who was packing up and pointed at the wooden box in her hand.
"Replying to Elder Sister, Her Ladyship has ordered us to put it away." The small box made of red sandalwood was shockingly the agarwood that Cen Cairen had sent over.
"It's such a good agarwood. The smell will dissipate after a long time." Ye Yuan looked at the small box with pity. After thinking for a moment, she waved her hand to let the little palace maid leave and left the agarwood.
Yu Luan Palace appeared to be slightly larger than Ye Xiao Palace. It was Su Yu's first time here.
A fist-sized jade Buddha's hand was placed on the table in the center of the main hall like a treasure for people to admire.
"Aiya, I'm jealous every time I see this Buddha's hand. It's really hard to find such a large piece of jade." Consort Shu was the most knowledgeable and tactful. The moment she entered, she praised it.
Imperial Consort Lu's eyes were slightly smug, but her expression was indifferent, "What's so valuable about it? You have to nag me every time you come. If it wasn't a gift from His Majesty, I would've given it to you."
Su Yu originally thought that Gui Fei's bedroom would be more luxurious than his. Seeing everyone praise the Buddha's hand, he felt that he should follow the crowd and say something, but … … when he thought about the half chi tall jade cabbage in Ye Xiao Palace that was thrown into the Treasure Pavilion as an ordinary decoration, he felt that it was better for him to be a bit more low-key.
"His Majesty and Her Ladyship are cousins, so naturally they are closer than us." Concubine De joined in on the fun. As she spoke, she glanced at Su Yu who had been silent the entire time.
Hearing this, Su Yu slightly frowned. He had almost forgotten about this matter … … he had to advise His Majesty. It wasn't good for close relatives to marry.
The little cat nestled in Su Yu's arms poked its head out and looked at its so-called "cousin." It spat and spat out the fur it had just licked. What cousin? He clearly remembered that it was his older cousin.
"I heard that His Majesty didn't attend court again today." Imperial Consort Lu flicked her delicately manicured fingernails and glanced at Su Yu meaningfully, "The Empress Dowager hates those foxy methods that delay His Majesty's business the most."
Everyone looked at Su Yu. Everyone knew that His Majesty had slept in Ye Xiao Palace last night.
Su Yu was baffled. What did it have to do with him that His Majesty didn't attend court? His Majesty didn't even come last night, alright?
The little cat's head hanging outside the lapel shrunk back. It stared at the thin white undergarment for a while and then leaned over to rub against the slightly protruding place through the garment. Oh, this stupid slave's foxy methods were quite strong.
After a round of mocking and ridiculing as usual, Imperial Consort Lu finally began to talk about business. It was true that the Empress Dowager's birthday was next month. Because it wasn't her birthday this year, the Empress Dowager didn't want it to be extravagant. She only said that she had received a batch of bird feathers and wanted to weave a blanket.
The bird feathers were made of fine wool from snow carvings and were extremely precious. The Empress Dowager hadn't been able to decide what pattern to use. Imperial Consort Lu had summoned the imperial concubines to present the totem.
"Let this consort say the ugly words first. This is for the Empress Dowager. If this painting can't enter the Empress Dowager's eyes, then you will have to work with the people in the knitting department to weave the blanket." Imperial Consort Lu took a sip of tea and looked pointedly at Su Yu's expression. She didn't believe that someone who spent all his time holding a fish-knife could draw anything good.
The other imperial concubines didn't have much of a problem. Whether it was painting or needlework, it wasn't difficult for these noble young misses.
The palace maid spread a large piece of paper on the long table and had the imperial concubines each pick up a brush to draw a picture. "Mandarin ducks playing in water", "Luan phoenixes bearing auspicious signs", "Jade peach birthday celebration" … One after another, beautiful embroidery patterns quickly filled the paper.
"Consort Xian, why aren't you drawing?" Consort Shu smiled as she pushed the ink dish in front of Su Yu. She looked like she was waiting to watch a good show.
Su Yu picked up the brush and scratched his head with the shaft. He really didn't know how to draw. He could carve a radish flower, but it was really difficult for him to draw with a brush for sauce. After thinking about it, he reached into his lapel and pulled out the golden ball of fur that was still in a daze.
"Meow!" His Majesty the Emperor, who had just woken up, found that the stupid servant was actually holding his paw and pressing it into the ink dish. He immediately began to struggle.
"Sauce, do me a favor." Su Yu pinched the soft paw pad, quickly dipped it in ink, and pressed it onto the paper. A clear cat's paw print appeared on the paper. It stood out among the pile of complicated and gorgeous totems.
"You …" Consort Shu's face immediately turned ashen. That cat's paw print was right next to her "Hundred Butterflies Piercing Flowers", which immediately made her picture look out of place.
His Majesty the Emperor shook his black paw with all his strength. Su Yu hurriedly picked him up, afraid that the ink would ruin someone else's picture. As a result, Sir Cat took revenge by pressing several paw prints on his body. That damned stupid servant, how dare he dirty His Majesty's fur. Tonight, he must be punished by bathing His Majesty for two hours … Oh, he's not allowed to wear clothes, humph!
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