Chapter 406 What Kind of Cat Is This?

On the Cuju field, Li Xuan still kept shooting, with a faint smile on his face, enjoying the shocked eyes of everyone.

"Humph!"

"Who said that putting a vest on a kitten was a joke?"

"Smile again for me."

Li Xuan slowly retracted his raised hind legs, then shook his body to smooth out the wrinkles on his vest, showing an elegant and noble good cat.

The Sixth Princess felt a little scared by Li Xuan's stare, and raised her hand blankly to touch her messy hair, and then looked at the few strands of hair scattered on the ground, still a little unresponsive.

"What happened just now?"

"How did they score a goal?"

The Sixth Princess turned around and asked the two eunuchs beside her in confusion.

The two eunuchs looked at each other and saw each other's confusion. They knelt down and apologized:

"Please forgive me, Your Highness. We are incompetent and didn't see what was going on."

They gritted their teeth and finally told the truth.

The Sixth Princess was even more confused, and she felt dazed when she recalled the previous scene.

She thought she was distracted for a moment, so she didn't notice the ball shot by the cat.

But the two eunuchs who were one level higher than him were also like this.

It couldn't be that all three of them were distracted at the same time, right?

The Sixth Princess subconsciously cast her eyes on the eldest prince and the fourth prince off the court, and found that her two brothers also had solemn faces.

"Rare and exotic animals!"

"It must be rare and exotic animals!"

The fourth prince asserted.

"But what kind of breed is this?"

"It looks like an ordinary house cat, but it has such great strength."

"And judging from its actions just now, its intelligence is definitely not low, at least it can understand the rules of Cuju."

The eldest prince likes to train hunting dogs on weekdays, which is the same hobby as the eighth prince.

In addition to his younger brothers and sisters, the eldest prince is willing to play with his hunting dogs whenever he has time, which is his only pastime.

Concubine Zhang thought that this was a way to practice the art of controlling subordinates, but she did not stop this pastime.

What Concubine Zhang did not know was that the eldest prince did not have such complicated ideas at all, he just preferred to get close to animals compared to other people.

Because the eldest prince likes to train hunting dogs, he also has some knowledge of various rare and exotic animals.

After all, those who play this want to get a pet with a higher upper limit at the beginning.

The eighth prince's Axiang is also a Saker Falcon with the title of the God of Ten Thousand Eagles and the Overlord of Birds. It's the same reason.

But according to the eldest prince's understanding, there has never been such a special cat-like rare animal.

Those with such great power are generally born from tigers and leopards, and those that look like domestic cats are completely beyond the eldest prince's cognition.

"Brother, you have no impression at all?"

The fourth prince knew the eldest prince's hobby and couldn't help asking.

The eldest prince shook his head, his eyes could not leave Li Xuan on the field.

At the beginning, he lost to Princess Ankang in the animal training competition, and thought it was all accidental, but he didn't expect that he was wrong.

The eldest prince immediately reacted, turned around and looked in the stands, and soon found the eighth prince with an excited look on his face.

"It seems that the old eighth prince knows more than I do."

Thinking of the frequent interactions between the eighth prince and Princess Ankang recently, the eldest prince couldn't help but feel itchy in his heart, and couldn't help but mutter in his heart:

"What kind of cat is this?"

Others didn't think so much, but just sighed that Princess Ankang's cat was so powerful.

Especially among the young children, their reactions were similar to those of Li Xiong, except that they were not as vulgar as Li Xiong.

But there were also waves of exclamations and sighs on the stage, which made the originally quiet atmosphere of the stadium suddenly become warm.

But apart from the young children who were watching the excitement, the older princes and princesses and concubines all frowned.

After all, the emergence of the Eighth Prince was already a headache, and now there is another strong rival like Princess Ankang, which naturally cannot make them happy.

As for the most thoughtful people, they have begun to realize that something is wrong.

The eldest prince was still studying Li Xuan, but found that the fourth prince beside him was thinking with his head down, and couldn't help asking him: "Fourth brother, what have you thought of?"

The eldest prince also knew that his younger brother was always thoughtful, and thought he had thought of something.

"Brother, Ankang brought this cat to the Imperial Garden Party before, probably around the time when Concubine Xiao passed away, so it's only been about a year now."

After listening to the Fourth Prince's words, the First Prince recalled and nodded: "It's similar to my memory, is there anything wrong with this?"

"Brother, the life in Jingyang Palace has been good, but it's only recently. Before that, they couldn't even afford to eat and lived on hunger."

The people in the palace all know more or less how Jingyang Palace lived in the past.

When they were at the Imperial Garden party, they said nice things in front of other people, saying that they would take care of Princess Ankang, but that was just talk, to establish a good persona of caring for their younger brothers and sisters.

But who would really rush to help a powerless and even hated cold palace princess?

Concubine Xiao was so glorious in the palace back then.

When she was glorious, everyone was naturally nice to her.

But when Concubine Xiao lost her power, those people who had smiled the most became the most powerful ones to kick her when she was down.

It was as if someone had forced them to please Concubine Xiao in the first place, and now they wanted to get all the debts back.

When Concubine Xiao was glorious, she never bullied anyone.

But when she was no longer glorious, countless evil spirits emerged.

If there was no cold palace to block her, I'm afraid those debt collectors would have shortened Concubine Xiao's life for many years.

There are thousands of good and evil, and it is hard to know the human heart.

Moreover, the palace has always been circulated with rumors that Empress Wu targeted Jingyang Palace, so no one dared to enter Jingyang Palace, for fear that they would also be affected.

After all, the main competitors for the master of the harem were Empress Wu and Concubine Xiao.

Therefore, everyone believed this statement very much.

In addition, Yu'er always worked odd jobs outside Jingyang Palace to subsidize the expenses of Jingyang Palace, which also made the embarrassing situation of Jingyang Palace no secret.

And what the fourth prince wanted to say at this time was naturally not just these.

"Brother, you know more about rare and exotic animals than I do."

"Generally speaking, you must be careful about feeding, otherwise it will not grow at all."

"This cat is so powerful now, it's not surprising that the kick just now could kill someone."

"Where does Jingyang Palace get the surplus to feed this cat?"

Although the fourth prince asked this, he seemed to have some guesses from his expression, but this guess made him unbelievable.

The eldest prince was reminded by the fourth prince and also realized that something was wrong.

"Hey, what is this..."

They had seen Princess Ankang's pale and thin appearance before, so it shouldn't be fake.

But there was nothing wrong with what the Fourth Prince said, which immediately made the First Prince confused.

The Fourth Prince didn't keep it a secret, but whispered to the First Prince:

"There must be something strange about this, maybe it has something to do with my father."

The First Prince's pupils shrank, and he looked at the Fourth Prince with a serious face, as if he was asking him for confirmation again.

In response, the Fourth Prince nodded silently and added:

"This matter is still under discussion, but we should be cautious for now."

"Especially things related to Ankang."

The two then looked at the field silently, but their expressions were equally complicated, and I don't know what they were thinking about.

And there were obviously more than just the two brothers who were confused.

"Zhan'er, can you tell the origin of this cat?"

On a stand, Concubine Zhao Shu asked the Third Prince.

"Forgive me for my poor eyesight."

The third prince looked at Li Xuan on the field seriously and shook his head gently.

Hearing her son's answer, Concubine Zhao Shu pondered for a moment and suddenly smiled gently.

"It seems that this game in the Imperial Garden is more than just a child's play."

The third prince frowned when he heard his mother say so.

"It seems that our Majesty is not just thinking about entertaining us."

Concubine Zhao Shu sighed, and unlike the third prince, her eyes were more focused on Princess Ankang.

Although the third prince had doubts about his mother's words, he was used to giving orders and would not ask about things that his mother did not mention on her own initiative.

The third prince turned his head silently and continued to watch the game on the field.

"One to zero."

As the referee announced the current score, the new ball was also sent to the hands of the sixth princess.

Although the game had an accident just after the start, the game always had to continue.

This time, Zhao Feng did not hide in the dark to watch the game, but stood directly beside the match between Princess Ankang and the Sixth Princess.

But his eyes would always fall on Li Xuan intentionally or unintentionally.

As the person involved, Li Xuan naturally knew that this was Zhao Feng warning him.

If the ball had been kicked slightly off target, the Sixth Princess' pretty face would have been shattered.

In a Cuju match, if the death of a royal heir was caused, Zhao Feng might have to die to apologize, so he was already polite just glaring at Li Xuan.

In response, Li Xuan just grinned, making himself look harmless.

But it was obvious that this trick could no longer deal with Zhao Feng.

Zhao Feng had a gloomy face, and almost all of his attention was on Li Xuan.

"Alas, you don't trust me at all."

"I was so measured in my actions."

Li Xuan even complained about himself, ignoring the fact that he almost kicked the Sixth Princess's head.

The Sixth Princess held the ball in her hand, pondered for a moment, then turned to look at her two brothers in the stands.

At this time, the fourth prince raised his hand and made a gesture, then signaled with his eyes.

After receiving the signal, the sixth princess nodded and handed the ball to the eunuch next to her.

"Next, you guys attack, I'll defend behind you."

After that, the sixth princess walked to the back of the field and almost stood under her own goal.

The sixth princess turned her head and saw the fourth prince nodded to her, knowing that she understood correctly.

Earlier, the fourth prince gave her a signal to retreat to the back and observe the opposite side.

Although the sixth princess was not as smart as her two brothers, she was better at listening to advice.

Especially for her own brothers, she listened to their words.

She knew that she was not good enough, but she knew that her two brothers were better than her.

When she couldn't make up her mind, it would definitely be okay to let her brothers judge.

The sixth princess's principle of doing things also had self-aware wisdom to a certain extent.

After the two eunuchs took the ball from the sixth princess, they seemed a little nervous and swallowed their saliva secretly.

After all, they themselves didn't know how they lost that point just now.

If the next game continues to be unfavorable, they will probably be punished when they go back.

"There is something strange on the other side, show your true ability!"

"Okay!"

The two immediately put away their underestimation of the enemy and began to seriously show all their strength.

This time, they did not choose to launch a straightforward and simple attack like the Sixth Princess.

One person kicked the ball first and passed it to the right edge of the field, while the other person was well prepared and in position in advance.

The next moment, the person who received the ball immediately launched an attack, and actually bypassed the three little ones on the opposite side through a sneak attack, and found an unguarded angle to attack Fengliuyan.

Just through a short exchange, they can launch such an efficient sneak attack, which shows that these two people not only have good strength, but also are not bad at Cuju.

These close attendants were carefully selected by Concubine Zhang from the black-clothed eunuchs of Qingshu Palace, so their strength is naturally no problem at all.

But the problem is that the three little ones on the opposite side are not easy to deal with.

The two eunuchs launched a sneak attack, but before the ball rose to a certain height, Li Xuan took it away.

He patted the ball with his tail, instantly changing the direction of the ball, and it fell lightly towards Yu'er.

All the attacks in this Cuju game were from bottom to top, because the goal's eye was in the air.

So it was necessary to intercept the ball before it flew high, otherwise the ball would rise and the difficulty of interception would be greatly increased.

This is why the combination of the Eighth Prince and A Xiang is so powerful.

The Eighth Prince has superb ball skills and can cooperate with his teammates to perform difficult high-altitude interceptions.

As for A Xiang, it was even more outrageous. Both the attack and defense were launched in the most difficult high-altitude area, which gave him a considerable advantage.

Most ordinary people did the same as Li Xuan before, intercepting the ball before it rose.

The three little ones are now one point ahead, and Li Xuan was warned by Zhao Feng's eyes, so he planned to give the next performance opportunities to the two girls.

Anyway, with Li Xuan here, the Sixth Princess can't even think about getting a single point.

Even if Princess Ankang and Yu'er can't break through the opponent's defense, the game can end with a score of 1-0, and they will win anyway.

Yu'er received Li Xuan's pass and then passed it to Princess Ankang.

"Your Highness, catch the ball."

Princess Ankang had already run to the front of their field, trying to get as close to the opponent's goal as possible.

The little girl excitedly ran up, then threw her whole body forward and kicked the ball hard.

"Bang! Bang!"

Loud noises almost indistinguishable from the back rang out one after another.

One was Princess Ankang's little foot kicking the ball.

Another was the ball instantly hitting the face of a eunuch on the opposite side, knocking him to the ground.

The whole audience cried "Ouch" and subconsciously touched their faces, and couldn't help but mourn for the unfortunate eunuch.

Princess Ankang shrank her neck, not expecting that she would get into trouble in a blink of an eye.

"You, are you okay?"

The ball bounced high and landed outside the court.

The eunuch opened his eyes blankly, with a red ball mark on his face and two streams of blood flowing from his nostrils.

At that moment, he seemed to have his soul out of his body and saw the back of his head.

The burning pain on his face finally retained his soul, but the eunuch couldn't help thinking:

"Which good girl has such a strong leg strength?"