When Lingxi hurried to the side hall with lotus leaves and Qiaozhu, Xia Tong was anxiously staring at the mahogany carved bed where the five princes took a nap in the afternoon on weekdays.

On the bed, the five princes occupied the head of the bed, drooling from their mouths and looking at Xiaobai and screaming, just as if this was something new that the palace maids found for him, he still wagged his tail.

Xiaobai occupied the end of the bed, lying on the bed, staring at the five princes, squinting, and the fat tail swaying from side to side, which meant that this bed was the territory of the king.

Xia Tong's tears were already rolling in the circles of his eyes.

Xia Tong is not afraid of cats, she is afraid that she will startle Xiaobai, and Xiaobai will hurt the five princes.

Granny Li was teasing Xiaobai with a strip of cloth, thinking that the cat's attention was attracted to her. But Xiaobai didn't buy Granny Li's face at all, and only narrowed her eyes that turned into a firm pupil and stared at the five princes.

Seeing Xiaobai's lazy appearance, Lingxi's heart was half relieved. Xiao Bai didn't want to fight like this now, it squinted its eyes one by one, trying to do it to the five princes.

But the fifth prince is just a one-year-old doll, where can he understand cat language? Just looking at Xiaobai's tail wagging from side to side is fun, I want to reach out and grab it several times.

The cat's tail can't be touched, and when Lingxi saw this, he hurriedly said to Xia Qing, who was standing on the side and was about to burst into tears, "Go to the small kitchen and get a fresh little fish." ”

Xia Qing neatly took a small cyan bowl from the table in the hall, and said to Lingxi, "Niangniang, I have tried it, Xiaobai just doesn't eat it, just stares at the five princes there." ”

"Go get a string ball."

"I've tried, too."

"Where's the feathers?"

Xia Qing's tears finally fell, and said, "Niangniang, the slaves and maids who teased Xiaobai in the past have tried it." But Xiaobai just didn't eat or play, just lay there and didn't even move. ”

Qiaozhu's eyes swept back and forth between the cat and the five princes for a few times, and then turned around and ran out, and after a while, he ran back again, holding a long-pole net pocket that was used to flutter butterflies in spring. Qiaozhu said to Lingxi, "Niangniang, use this Xiaobai to buckle it, and then take a cloak to quickly cover the five princes, so you won't be afraid that Xiaobai will hurt the five princes." ”

After hearing this, Lotus Ye nodded and said, "Niangniang, as long as the speed is fast enough, this method is feasible!" ”

Xia Qing heard this, and hurriedly ran out to get a big cloak and came back, just waiting for Lingxi to give an order, and then rushed to the front of the five princes to cover the five princes.

Lingxi was also very panicked in his heart, so he said to Qiaozhu and Xia Tong, "You guys are faster, don't let Xiaobai hurt the five princes." ”

After Qiao Zhu and Xia Tong nodded to Lingxi, they glanced at each other and walked towards the bed of the fifth prince together.

But before Qiaozhu and Xia Tong could make a move, the five princes made the first move. I saw that the fifth prince stood up straight and pounced on the huge black cat, which was not much smaller than himself......

Hanyan screamed in fright, covering his eyes and not daring to look at it again.

The net bag in Qiaozhu's hand fell to the ground with a 'click', and Xia Qing was also stunned.

Lotus Ye's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he subconsciously supported the spirit rhino standing beside him. Lingxi also grabbed the hand stretched out by the lotus leaf, and his heart jumped to his throat at once.

Granny Li was old, and when she saw the five princes pounce on Xiaobai, her body also threw out, wanting to press Xiaobai under her one step ahead of the five princes.

It's a pity that her speed is still a step slower, and when she ran to the bed, the body of the fifth prince had already fallen on Xiaobai's body, and Xiaobai let out a 'meow' scream, and then fell silent......

This series of events happened in an instant, and when the meow of the cat fell, the whole side hall fell silent. Everyone looked at the bed in horror, as if they were waiting, and as if they were worried about the sound of a baby's cry.

Aiko's heartfelt spirit rhino reacted first, and was the first to rush to the bed to see what happened to the fifth prince.

As soon as Lingxi walked to the bed, he heard the five princes lying on Xiaobai's body 'giggle' and laughed. After the five princes laughed, Xiaobai also whispered under the five princes.

So, Lingxi watched Xiaobai crawl out from under the Fifth Prince, and then exposed his belly with a few points of white hair on all fours. After taking his claws and touching the five princes a few times, he rolled on the bed a few more times.

The fifth prince was amused by Xiao Bai and laughed, stood up and smashed Xiao Bai's body again, and the saliva in his mouth dripped onto Xiao Bai's black hair.

Xiao Bai let out another scream, and his right front paw revealed five sharp hooks, which were placed on the weak shoulders of the fifth prince who was only wearing a layer of summer clothes.

Lingxi raised his heart to his throat again, but he was afraid that if Xiaobai's claw scratched down, the five princes would definitely be injured!

The fifth prince didn't know what kind of situation he had fallen into, stretched out his fat and patted a few white hairs on Xiaobai's abdomen, rubbing back and forth unconsciously, smiling more and more brightly.

Xu is fifth prince slapped the right place, Xiaobai slowly put back the sharp hook on his right paw, turned over and played with the fifth prince, even the fifth prince held its tail and shook it without squeaking.

Seeing this, Lingxi's heart was completely put down. Xiaobai didn't mean to hurt the five princes, he just wanted to play with the five princes. So Lingxi sat sideways on the edge of the bed and gently scratched Xiaobai's chin with his right hand, which caused Xiaobai to make a comfortable snoring sound.

Lingxi whispered to the fifth prince, "Yi'er, this is a cat. ”

"Demon ......" the five princes babbled.

"Yi'er, it's a cat." Lingxi corrected, "Kitten, cat! ”

"Little demon, demon."

Seeing that Lingxi's mother and son were having fun with Xiaobai, the palace maid in the first hall finally put her heart in her stomach.

Hanyan screamed earlier, and for fear of being reprimanded by Qiaozhu, he hurriedly took the dropped net bag and ran out. Qiaozhu saw that Hanyan was gone, and whispered to Hanyan's back, "I'll spare you this time." ”

Lotus Ye patted his chest, and said to Lingxi in a slightly dry voice, "Niangniang, teach it slowly, you won't be able to learn it for a while." ”

Lingxi sighed, "The cat can't learn, but the demon does." That little white name changed to little demon. ”

"The cat has changed its name again." Qiaozhu stepped forward and said with a smile, "Big Black, Little Fat, Second Fat, Little White, now it's called Little Demon again." ”

"Anyway, you shouldn't call this cat, just call it what we like." Lingxi looked at the palace maids and grandmothers who were waiting for the five princes on weekdays, and said, "But you have to pay attention in the future, after all, it is a beast, don't let it get too close to the five princes." Not an example! ”

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On the seventh night of the seventh month of the seventh year of Yong'an, Lingxi saw four beautiful women who had just entered the palace in the imperial garden.

Zhu Fangfei naturally needless to say, how can the concubines in the harem not know her. Today, Zhu Fangfei wore a Luo skirt with apricot yellow embroidered pink jasmine, and her head was tied with her usual palace bun, and her hair was full of pearls, unlike the day when Weiyang Palace only had two beaded flowers on the day when she enjoyed fishing. Because she had met with the concubines earlier, Zhu Fangfei was gossiping with a few Jieyu very familiarly at this time.

The sister of the noble concubine named Situ Xiu, Lingxi has seen it. At the moment of the first meeting, a feeling of 'yes, she looks like this' rose in Lingxi's heart, which shows how unremarkable her appearance is among these palace concubines who are fat and thin.

As for Cao Wen'er, who has been praised in the mouth of the merry and talented man in the capital, Cao Wen'er, who has been captivating since he was a child, Lingxi has also seen it. Cao Wen'er wore a concubine's red embroidered green chrysanthemum Luo skirt, with a cloud bun on her head, and a hairpin with three tassels hanging down in addition to the pearls and emeralds on her head.

When he saw the swaying of the step, Lingxi couldn't help but feel disgust rising in his heart. This step shake is indeed something that everyone can wear, and it is not an uncommon thing. But how to wear this, how to wear it, there are many theories.

Most of the ordinary people only wear a single tassel with a few beads. Wealthy people will wear two or three tassels. Wearing the four tassels and shaking, they are all official women with high official qualities.

This is the case among the people, let alone in this harem.

Although there is no regulation in the Dashun harem that which grade can wear which step shake, the concubine has formed her own rules. Usually, only the grade above the beauty can be worn to the step of the three vertical tassels, and above the concubine position, can be worn to the four tassels or above.

In the early years, filial piety and the empress dowager once had a pair of red gold, inlaid with red and green gems of eleven tassels step shake, the pair of step hairpins on both sides of the bun, like a phoenix spreading its wings, it is very good-looking.

Today's Empress Zhu only has a pair of seven tassels, and she does not dare to cross the filial piety and the Empress Dowager.

When Cao Wen'er saluted Lingxi, Lingxi covered her mouth and sneered, her heart was like this, at most, she was a small jasper, how could she be worthy of the words "Alluring the city and the country"?

Cao Wen'er obviously knew that Cao Guifei and Lingxi had always been incompatible, so she was also hasty when she saluted Lingxi, and did not respect it as much as others.

Lingxi sighed again in his heart, what if the Cao family sent a few more daughters with such good conduct?

Yu Lingruo took Yu Concubine and brought it to Lingxi, and Yu Concubine said to Lingxi, "This is my sister Yu Lingruo, who is seventeen years old this year." He turned to Lingruo again, "This is the Ying Concubine Niangniang, who is very kind." ”

Yu Lingruo wore a Luo skirt embroidered with osmanthus flowers in clear water, a short bun on her head, and only two jade hairpins except for a few beaded flowers. Although the dress is simple, there is an elegant and ethereal taste in this purple and red.

Yu Lingruo performed a palace salute to Lingxi, and said softly in a beautiful voice, "Lingruo sees Ying Concubine Niangniang, Ying Concubine Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an." ”

Lingxi hurriedly helped Yu Lingruo up, and after giving him a pair of jade earrings that he had prepared in advance, he smiled at Concubine Jiao, "You envy me for having five princes, but I envy you for having such a good handsome sister." No, the two of us have to change, I will lend the five princes to you for a few days, and you let my sister come to my palace to accompany me. ”

Concubine Yu protected Yu Lingruo behind her, and said to Lingxi, "Zhen'er is really not serious, my sister-in-law, I don't want to exchange with you!" After speaking, he crawled next to Lingxi's ear and whispered to Lingxi, "I'm going to send her out of the palace." Before Lingxi could react, he said, "This is my own sister, my sister!" ”

The meaning of this, Lingxi is already clear, Concubine Yu does not want her sister to enter the harem again and suffer this kind of crime that is not human.

At two o'clock, Empress Zhu ordered someone to place a table on the viewing platform, and after placing the melons and fruits as tributes, she said to the concubines, "Begging is the business of the daughters' family, let's go to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers, and come to pick them up later." ”

After that, he said a few more words to the third princess, and then took Ziwan's hand and left first. So all the concubines took the hands of the palace concubines they were familiar with, and enjoyed the flowers under the moon, leisurely. Lingxi was naturally with Concubine Yu, and she looked for a noble concubine for a while in the night, but she gave up after not finding it.

An hour later, Concubine Yu saw that the hour was almost up, so she and Lingxi returned to the viewing platform. At this time, Empress Zhu had already returned, and standing in the shadow of the viewing platform made it impossible to see her face clearly.

Concubine Yu found Yu Lingruo in the crowd, and Yu Lingruo said to Concubine in a very small voice, "The emperor has come up and taken Situ away, no, he took Xiu Baolin away." ”