At night, Yuan Yuan and the six beasts were taken away separately to bathe by the servants of the Guanjun Marquis's Mansion.

Huo Qubing originally didn't like crowds, so there were not many servants in the marquis's mansion.

So bathing at night was simply a battle, and it would be better if the guards from the mansion joined in.

During the Tang Dynasty, both the Xianchi Palace of the retired emperor and the Dingbei Palace were designed with lattice-shaped bathing pools.

Each animal has its own pool and does not interfere with each other.

After Huo Qubing was conferred the title of marquis, Xiaohei and Sanhuang lived in the Marquis' Mansion. Before that, when Dahuang was in power, there was no marquis' mansion.

Men are not so meticulous when it comes to raising animals. Xiao Hei and San Huang just go into the pond for a stroll twice, then come out to shake their fur, and they are good guys again.

But now Yuan Yuan has to spend the night in the Marquis' Mansion and sleep with several beasts.

You have to wash it more carefully.

The housekeeper finally got together a large bathtub, thinking that it would be faster to wash separately, but it was broken in half shortly after it was carried into the house.

Huo Qubing was wearing casual clothes, leaning his elbows on the windowsill, looking at the mess in the hot spring, and couldn't help laughing.

At this time, Yuan Yuan also ran out after taking a shower, smelling delicious.

Huo Qubing picked her up and asked her to squat on the windowsill to watch.

The most well-behaved Baibai and Baozhu have finished washing and are starting to dry their fur.

Xiao Hei had just come out of the water, and the servant came over with a cotton cloth to wipe it dry. It shook its body and splashed the water all over the servant.

Sanhuang had the most hair and was sleepily having his hair wiped by the servant.

Erhuang has now surpassed Sanhuang in size and has become the largest and heaviest animal in the family, so he was the last one to come out of the bathing pool.

Yuan Yuan scratched his chin and opened his eyes wide: "Hey, where did Da Huang go???"

Huo Qubing laughed and pointed to the hot spring pool: "Look over there."

Sure enough, after a while, Dahuang suddenly jumped out of the water and plunged back into the water.

The splashing water made the servants who were wiping the fur of the other animals by the pool wet from head to toe.

Erhuang and Sanhuang stood up and immediately jumped into the pool.

The servants and guards in the bathroom were all in despair.

Baibai and Baozhu also wanted to go into the water, but were held tightly by several servants.

The little kid laughed “Hahahaha”.

"It turns out that Da Huang is a little baby who likes to play in the water!!!"

"I don't even play in the water anymore!"

By the time the six animals were dried and returned to the bedroom, it was almost midnight.

The bed in Huo Qubing's bedroom was replaced with a larger one, and a tiger skin rug was also laid on the floor.

Erhuang was a little awkward at first, but after a while, he began to roll comfortably on the fur of his own kind.

Yuan Yuan was a little sleepy. She forced herself to pat Huo Qubing on the back and said in a daze:

"Brother Huo, please tell us a story quickly!!!"

Several animals also raised their heads and looked over.

Especially Dahuang and the others who slept in Xiao A Niang's room almost every night. During the Tang Dynasty, their maternal grandfather and great-uncle often appeared suddenly at night and told them stories about the stars.

They all love listening to bedtime stories.

Huo Qubing originally felt that it was a bit novel to sleep with a group of children.

As soon as I heard the story, I suddenly felt a headache.

He doesn't like reading, not even books on military strategy, so where can he find stories to tell?

But seeing that everyone looked expectant, he cleared his throat.

"Once upon a time, there was a leopard."

Dahuang pricked up his ears, quickly moved to the bedside, and rested his chin on the edge.

Huo Qubing continued: "This leopard has two good brothers, a tiger and a lion."

Erhuang and Sanhuang also came over.

"The three brothers have been practicing martial arts since they were young, determined to achieve great success on the battlefield and protect their country."

"So, when they grow up, they join the army."

"In this first battle, we met the king of the Xiongnu tribe."

Yuan Yuan shook his head, and the child and three beasts all looked at Huo Qubing nervously.

Baozhu dozed off next to Uncle Baibai, indicating that he was not very interested in fighting.

Xiao Hei drooped his eyelids, indicating that he did not take the mere Xiongnu tribal leader seriously.

But with four listeners, Huo Qubing's confidence increased.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, patted Da Huang's head, and continued:

"The three brothers Leopard, Tiger and Lion did not stick to the old ways. They marched long distances, launched rapid raids, and fought in a roundabout way with the Xiongnu army..."

Yuan Yuan immediately stood up and jumped on the bed:

"I know, they beat the Huns to pieces!"

"Wow, Brother Leopard is so awesome!!!"

The three big yellow cats also jumped onto the bed and jumped around with little A Niang.

The noise was so loud that the guards outside asked:

"Is your Excellency well?"

Huo Qubing said loudly, "Nothing."

Then he was pulled up by Yuan Yuan and they jumped on the bed together.

The next morning, the housekeeper looked at the collapsed bed with a sad face, feeling like crying but without tears.

In order to welcome the little guest, he specially customized a precious nanmu bed, but it broke after just one night.

I thought it was a good thing that their lord was promoted to Grand Marshal and given a high salary after returning from the campaign.

Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to raise so many prodigal children.

***

Early in the morning, Huo Qubing entered the palace with his child and six animals.

He had originally asked for leave from the emperor so that he could spend the next two days with Yuanyuan in Chang'an.

But the emperor didn't let the little guest have fun in Weiyang Palace yesterday because of the imperial edict, and he felt a little upset.

Emperor Wu was an emperor who clearly distinguished between rewards and punishments. Not to mention that Huo Qubing's achievement of driving the Huns out of the south of the desert was unprecedented in history.

Just say that the little boy found the late emperor's will and it will be counted as a great achievement.

So when he got up in the morning, he excitedly worked with the eunuchs to hide some jewelry, accessories, puppets and other folk trinkets that children would like in various places in the Weiyang Palace.

Determined to make sure the little guests return with a fulfilling return.

But Emperor Wu’s morning awakening is not the same as a little child’s morning awakening.

When Yuan Yuan was carried down from the carriage by Huo Qubing, it was still dark and it was not yet time for the morning court session.

The little kid folded his arms and pouted his lips as he looked at the smiling Emperor Wu of Han.

Emperor Wu stopped laughing, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Why, you don't want to play with me?"

He waved his hand and asked the servant to take Huo Qubing to have breakfast first. There were still two quarters of an hour before court, so he personally played with the child.

Huo Qubing said with some concern: "Your Majesty, do you really want to play with Yuanyuan?"

Emperor Wu raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that the Champion Marquis does not allow it?"

He is very busy, but only now does he have some time for himself.

Normally he would use it for sword dancing after this incident!

Huo Qubing gave him a look that said he would wish him good luck, and said with a smile:

"Let me make it clear first, beating a child is not what a real man does."

Liu Che glared at him: "What misunderstanding do you have about me, a benevolent monarch?"

Huo Qubing passed away.

The lights in the Weiyang Palace were bright. Yuan Yuan rolled her eyes and ran away with her short legs.

Liu Che stroked his beard and said to the eunuch:

"When the Crown Prince was young, I never played with him like this. How could that bastard Huo Qubing not be happy?!"

The eunuch smiled and said, "The Marquis of Guanjun is afraid that the little boy will behave inappropriately and cause him to be angry."

Liu Che snorted coldly: "Am I such a cruel king?"

"Let's go. I'm a little tired after hiding things for so long."

"Let's go into the palace and rest for a while. When the little boy comes back with the treasure, I will personally tell him where it came from."

"Yesterday, that kid even found my private seal. I have never seen anyone so good at finding treasures..."

Huo Qubing saw Liu Che enter the hall from a distance, and several beasts ran away behind the little boy, then he followed the servants to the side hall to have breakfast.

In order to let the child play a little longer, he finished his meal on time.

But as soon as he walked out of the side hall, he saw the always majestic emperor, holding a sword and chasing the little boy, shouting and killing him.

"You bastard, where is your home? I will kill all your clans!!!"

Yuan Yuan rode on Da Huang's back and shook his head proudly: "Wow, I can't catch it! I can't catch it!!"

Huo Qubing was startled and rushed forward.

Just as he was about to forcibly take the sword from Liu Che's hand, he saw a big turtle painted on his uncle's face.

Huo Qubing: "..."

No wonder you're so angry.

When has this wise and capable leader ever been fooled like this before...

It seems that we have to send Yuanyuan away quickly to avoid danger.

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