The Fourth Master's Dog

When the first ray of sunlight in the early morning shines on the branches, the shadows of the leaves on the ground sway in the breeze.

Duofu is still having a sweet dream in the warm bed, and his mouth is uncomfortable. I don’t know what he is dreaming about eating. His appearance is so touching that people want to hold him in their arms and pamper him.

The maids who helped the Fourth Prince wash and brush their teeth made no sound at the Fourth Prince's signal. During the washing process, it was unusually quiet. The only sound that could be heard was Duofu's soft snoring on the bed.

When the Fourth Prince heard the voice, his eyes darkened and a smile inadvertently appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The servants who served the Fourth Prince personally knew that the Fourth Prince behaved completely differently when he was with the Empress than when he was alone.

There were also servants who reported to Concubine Tong, but Concubine Tong did not believe it at all. She only thought that it was destroying their mother-son relationship. They were not biological mother and son. And the servant who reported the matter is now unknown and was dealt with without anyone knowing.

So the Fourth Prince has two faces. In front of Concubine Tong and the Emperor, he appears innocent, just like an ordinary six-year-old child. In private, he is another look, but this little serious look makes him look like a little old man. Maybe all the children in the palace are like this, they mature very early.

When Duofu woke up from the bed, the Fourth Prince had already finished breakfast with Concubine Tong and was returning to his room to practice calligraphy.

Then I saw Duofu standing up unsteadily with a pair of half-open fox eyes, as if he was about to get up to find food.

As soon as Duofu saw the Fourth Prince walk into the room, he immediately shouted enthusiastically, with an expression as if asking for a hug.

The Fourth Prince walked towards the bed with his short legs, picked up little Duofu, gently rubbed his ears, and whispered.

"Duoduo, wake up. Are you hungry? If you are hungry, call me twice."

When Duofu heard this, his physiological functions overwhelmed his psychological control and he immediately cried out twice.

"I'm hungry."

Then he opened his two big eyes and stared at the little meat bun, indicating that it was time to feed it.

The Fourth Prince's eyes were full of brilliance. Everything that happened last night made him feel like he was dreaming, so when he asked just now, he unconsciously tried again. When he heard Duofu, he called out twice and could not hide the joy on his face.

So he immediately ordered people to prepare food for Duofu, especially more meatballs.

Then the Fourth Prince carried Duofu in his arms and went to wash up. He took a small towel and wiped Duofu's face and ears, asked Duofu to rinse his mouth, and sat at the table, waiting for dinner to be served.

The wait is always long.

Duofu touched his hungry belly with his two paws. The two ears on his head bent down, as if he was so hungry that he had no strength left.

Duofu's heart was full of regret. He should have known not to sleep in. If he had slept in, he would have to eat less today, which was not worth it.

Duofu rolled around in the Fourth Prince's arms, crying out in hunger.

The Fourth Prince looked at Duofu, who looked so pitiful, and spoke to Su Peisheng, the personal eunuch beside him, with a somewhat impatient tone.

"Why haven't you arrived yet?"

When Su Peisheng heard what the Fourth Prince said, he responded immediately.

"Slave, I'll go check it out now."

Before Su Peisheng walked out of the room, he saw the young eunuch Wang Ji coming in carrying a lot of food.

Su Peisheng kept complaining in his heart, wondering why he didn't come earlier, which caused the Fourth Prince to take his anger out on him.

Su Peisheng didn't have time to get angry with the little eunuch Wang Ji, so he quickly took the food from his hand and placed it on the table one by one.

Su Peisheng had a smile on his face as he looked at Duofu who was calling out in the Fourth Prince's arms.

"Master, everything has been set up. Do you want to let the young eunuch Wang Ji serve Master Duoduo?"

When the Fourth Prince heard Su Peisheng's address to Duoduo, he was very happy and waved his hand to indicate his refusal.

The Fourth Prince placed Duofu directly on the table and let Duofu eat by himself.

As soon as Duofu's four paws touched the table, he hurried to the basin of goat's milk, lowered his head and started drinking it.

"People are starving to death. People are starving to death."

After drinking a few mouthfuls of goat's milk, Duofu finally felt less hungry. He slowly ate the food on the table, eating one meatball and one mouthful of goat's milk at a time.

Finally, after finishing all the meatballs and goat's milk, he slowly ate the snacks on another small plate, wagging his tail leisurely.

The Fourth Prince was standing aside, looking at Duofu's comfortable look, and joked in a malicious way.

"You eat so much in one meal, no wonder you are fat like a ball now."

When Duofu heard this, the two foxes' eyes were filled with anger and they shouted angrily.

"You are the one who has become fat like a ball, you little meat bun. How can I eat a lot? I am obviously eating three little butterflies."

Duofu turned around and pointed his butt at the Fourth Prince to express his dissatisfaction, while he kept shouting.

"As my shit scooper, how can you be so stingy? I only ate a little bit, and you think I ate too much."

When the Fourth Prince saw Duofu's little action, his eyes were full of smiles. He didn't care that Duofu was angry, and directly picked him up and walked towards his small study. He wanted to practice calligraphy, otherwise he would not be able to complete today's task.

After walking into the small study and placing Duofu on the blanket beside him, the Fourth Prince's voice sounded a little soothing.

"Duoduo, you just play here. I need to go practice my calligraphy. Please be quiet, or I'll cut dinner in half."

The servants in the room all left on their own accord, because the Fourth Prince didn't like having anyone serving him while he was practicing calligraphy.

Except for Duofu who showed up unexpectedly, everyone else retreated, including the Fourth Prince's personal eunuch Su Peisheng, who also retreated to the door, ready to receive the Fourth Prince's orders at any time.

Duofu's face was full of question marks. You were practicing calligraphy and asked him to stay in the study. What's going on? What's fun about this small room, except that it's a little warmer?

In the small study, there were two burning braziers, slowly emitting steam, which instantly warmed up the entire study.

Duofu rolled over on the carpet with a happy look on his face. After rolling a few times, he lay down and touched his full belly with his two paws.

The two big fox eyes looked around, looking here and there, with a shifty look. While moving the eyes, it also wagged its tail.

Gradually, the two foxes' eyes became blurred, as if they were in a daze.

Duofu's mind was full of questions as he thought about what the Fourth Prince had said yesterday.

If a fox monster can turn into a human, then is it possible that this reborn puppy is also a monster? Under certain special circumstances, or when he grows up a little bit, he can also turn into a human form and become a human again?

How do the animals in those novels become humans? By absorbing the light of the sun and the moon? You can try this sometime.

Sucking human blood to cultivate? That’s fine, but it’s not right. Whenever the shit shoveler is disobedient, just bite him a few times and suck the human blood.

Or does it have to be a certain time? For example, when the seven planets are aligned and the moon is eclipsed by the heavenly dog?

After a while of random thoughts, Duofu hurriedly shook his head, yawned a few times, and thought to himself.

There is no rush now. The most important thing now is to get some sleep and maintain good physical strength.

When I think of this, I can hardly open my eyes. I feel a little sleepy after eating. I'll take a nap first.

When the Fourth Prince finished practicing calligraphy, he looked in the direction of Duofu and found that he was snoring and sleeping soundly on the white carpet.

There was a brazier not far away for warming oneself, so Duofu didn't have to worry about freezing.

Duofu felt warm all over, without feeling any cold at all.

The Fourth Prince walked over to the sleeping Duofu and muttered to himself.

"Isn't it possible that Grandpa has raised a piglet? It will sleep after it is full."

Duofu felt a little uneasy in his sleep. He felt like someone was scolding him and he shouted twice unconsciously.

"Which bastard? How dare you scold me?"

The fourth prince was standing by and saw this scene, laughing.

"My Lord, you have so much, you really can't afford to lose."

The Fourth Prince was still afraid that Duoduo would catch a cold if he left her here, so he gently held her in his arms and walked out of the study.

Su Peisheng, who was outside the door, heard footsteps inside early in the morning, so he opened the door early and waited for the Fourth Prince to appear.

Seeing the Fourth Prince coming out of the study, she hurriedly put a cloak on him to prevent the wind and snow outside from catching a cold.

The Fourth Prince put Duofu back on the bed, covered him with a quilt, and asked someone to light all the braziers in the room. After a while, the whole room became warm. He then told people to take good care of Duofu.

The Fourth Prince then stood up and left the room, heading towards Concubine Tong's main hall. Usually after the Fourth Prince finished practicing calligraphy, he would go to the main hall to chat with Concubine Tong for a while, telling her about his calligraphy practice and making her happy. Then he would stay there for dinner, and go back to his room to wash and rest at night.

On the way to see Concubine Tong, the Fourth Prince kept thinking.

Yesterday, the Imperial Mother said that she would come to have dinner with my mother today. I wonder if she has time to accompany her.

There should be, otherwise my mother will be sad again.

The Fourth Prince's expression changed again and again, and his personal eunuch Su Peisheng observed carefully.

I felt a knot in my heart.

What happened? Why did the master seem unhappy? After thinking for a few times, he still couldn't figure it out, so he lowered his head even lower and walked even quieter, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible.

Suddenly, the Fourth Prince stopped, looked at Su Peisheng seriously with a stern face.

"Su Peisheng, I want to ask you, will the Emperor come to have dinner with my mother today?"

Su Peisheng originally thought that he had done something wrong and offended his master, and felt uneasy in his heart. But when he heard the Fourth Prince's question, he felt greatly relieved.

It turned out that he had done nothing wrong, that was good. So Su Peisheng quickly perked up, thought twice, and answered quickly.

"Master, His Majesty has actually promised His Majesty that he will definitely come to accompany Her Majesty for dinner."

Su Peisheng took another breath and continued.

"Even if he didn't come, he must have been delayed by state affairs. Your Majesty will understand. Besides, Your Majesty will definitely be happy if the master dine with you."

The Fourth Prince's face slowly returned to its normal chubby complexion, his little mouth slightly tilted up, his two almond-shaped eyes showing a bit of innocence and childishness, and he spoke with a hint of joy.

"Yes, mother will definitely be happy. I will come and have dinner with her."