Unruly Phoenix Xiaoyao

Chapter 80: Shrieking Prince Fu

Empress Dowager Xie backed away until she was leaning against her chair again. After staring at Mute Nanny for awhile, she dismissed her from sight. Then she continued to sit by herself in a room that had once witnessed a life of luxury and dissipation.

Mute Nanny jumped over the wall to leave the empress dowager's palace, her restless heart finally at ease. She would always be a servant of the Xie Clan in this life, but she once had a family as well. They had died in the great famine of the north ten years ago, and the only surviving members of her clan today had been reduced to refugees themselves. As she ran towards Supreme Splendor Hall, Mute Nanny couldn't help but think how great it would've been if this little emperor had been on the throne ten years ago. That's why, this time she hadn't made the wrong choice.

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"She didn't tell?" Big Boss Black licked his lips as he perched by the wall.

"Is that good news?" Oil Jar asked.

Big Boss Black said, "I don't know. But since she didn't spill the secret, this old woman shouldn't be a bad guy, right?"

Oil Jar couldn't help but worry. "Ancestral Grandfather went to the ancestors' hall to find Grandfather Tortoise for a talk. Otherwise, Oil Jar could just ask Ancestral Grandfather."

"Humans are really complicated!" Big Boss Black declared.

"Squeak!" Oil Jar raised a paw. Food for thought!

"Forget it, I'll go catch a rat to eat," Big Boss Black ran off. Only rat meat could calm his nerves now.

"........." said Oil Jar. Has this cat ever considered my feelings? He told me to my face he's going rat hunting! (TOT)

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"Good night." Currently, Ning Xiaoyao was bidding Lou Zigui farewell at the Supreme Splendor Hall. "We'll go see Prince Fu tomorrow."

"Alright," Lou Zigui nodded.

His Majesty Ning lay on the bed and quickly fell asleep with snores, but Supreme Commander Lou spent a long time sitting beneath the wutong tree in the flower gardens. When Big Boss Black returned after catching his rat, he quietly lay down between Supreme Commander Lou's legs. The other little animals had all left after Ning Xiaoyao returned to her rooms to sleep. After all, it took courage to stick to close to the cold and icy Supreme Commander.

By the morning of the next time, Ning Xiaoyao was still sleeping under her covers when Shadowgale rushed outside her door with shouts.

"What is it?" Ning Xiaoyao yawned beneath her covers.

"Prince Fu. Prince Fu, he, he," Shadowgale stuttered as he talked, unable to form a sentence.

That's right! Ning Xiaoyao rolled off the bed. Fatty Fu's still waiting for me in the Hall of Punishment!

Lou Zigui had only gone back to his rooms to wash his face and change into a different set of clothes. By the time he returned and saw Shadowgale's rare loss of self-control, he only asked, "What's happened to Prince Fu?"

Shadowgale turned towards Lou Zigui and shouted to him and everyone else who had rushed over at the commotion, "He's skinnier. That fatty's gotten skinnier!"

Σ(°△ °|︴, went everyone else.

(⊙_⊙), went Supreme Commander Lou, who'd been planning to bring people to slice off Prince Fu's flesh.

"Really?" Fang Tang rushed in front of Shadowgale.

Shadowgale furiously nodded his head. He hadn't believed his eyes, so he'd ran into the cell to pinch Prince Fu's stomach personally. That fatty had really turned thinner!