Holding Onto My Man ([BL])

2.1 The Imperial Palace's Pampered Concubine is Inferior to a Dog

　　
The Autumn air was refreshing, with the heat of Summer having just receded. The sky was the colour of water that had been filtered blue to the point where it made others feel comfortable and refreshed, beautiful to the point of intoxication.

Somewhere in the palace of the state of Wei, lay a beautiful house that was built in the northwest corner of the imperial palace.

The house was built with two layers of green tiles and ridges on the roof, and a pair of auspicious beasts were lying on the top of the ridges. Although they were carved from wood, the knife technique was very delicate and lifelike.

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From time to time, the sounds of cats and dogs could be heard inside the house. Looking at the plaque hung up on the door, such a beautiful house was actually a place for raising such animals. The palace was indeed a palace, but even the domesticated animals prospered so well.

Two little eunuchs dressed in blue came from the room, one carrying a small and exquisite gold cage. Closed inside the cage, lay a little snow-white dog with short legs. The other eunuch carried a package that was filled to the brim with items needed by the dog. While walking, they talked.

"Tell me, what breed is this dog that was given as a tribute from the West? We've raised so many different types of cats and dogs, yet have never seen such a breed before. Not only is it cute, look at its round eyes that are looking everywhere. Even when it's not in its sleeping area, it won't make a sound. It's really intelligent..."

"You don't say! This dog doesn't need us to train it every day. When it needs to do its business, it will climb into the wooden basin by itself. Whenever it's time to eat, it'll bark twice. It only barks twice at meal time every day, as if he were human..."

"Yeah, yeah. It's rare to see such an intelligent dog. No wonder it's a tribute. Now it's been adopted by Her Majesty, Consort Ru. When a person achieves the Dao, everyone around him will also ascend. Even the dogs and cats of the courtyard would have a higher status than the people outside..."

"No, in fact Her Majesty Consort Ru is the most gentle and kind. This dog really has it good..."

As the two little eunuchs conversed while walking, they didn't notice that the little snow-white dog in the cage had unexpectedly a human-like expression, like it wanted to cry but no tears would come out.

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Gu Bai was very depressed. He had always thought that all the tasks that he would receive would all be in the form of a human being. He never would have thought that he could become some other creature besides a human.

For this task, the original host was a dog. Although it was a dog who had achieved spiritual wisdom, and reluctantly became a Yao, in essence it was still a dog!

The original host was called Ah Bai. As an animal, it originally had no name. Ah Bai was the result of its own white fur.

When Ah Bai was born, he was separated from his birth mother. The master who carried him away did not yet have the chance to name him before dying in an unforeseen, accidental death in the forest. As a result, Ah Bai was left in the forest, and was then later taken away by a white tiger, thought of as a toy. That was how Ah Bai survived the ordeal.