The stunning beauty of Qing Dynasty

The fluffy black and white bear blinked cleverly and quirkily.

Song Zhenbao: "o(≧?≦)o Wow, what a cute little bear."

Song Zhenbao, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, hugged the little bear that crawled over and stuck out its big head. The little bear looked weird but very cute and was not afraid of strangers.

"Little Bear, you're so cute. Do you live across the street?"

Song Zhenbao asked the little girl in his arms in a low voice.

The little bear tilted its head, and its cute big eyes were not afraid at all, as it looked at the strange human cub in front of it in surprise.

"What kind of animal is this? Why does it look different from it? Is it also from the panda family?"

The clever little panda was confused, but still enjoyed being touched by the human cub.

This made Song Zhenbao, who already liked teddy bears, like the teddy bear in his arms even more.

She was reluctant to leave the little bear in her arms, but the bear's home seemed to be next door.

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Song Zhenbao played with the red panda for a while. Qingyin didn't notice it at first, but not long after, the red panda, who had sneaked over to eat the small bamboo on the opposite side, couldn't hold it in anymore.

It hummed and called out to Song Zhenbao a few times, "Ah ah." I'm hungry.

Song Zhenbao was frightened by the little bear's voice and was afraid that he would wake up his mother. When his mother found out, she wanted to send the little bear home.

She was so scared that she covered the red panda's mouth.

Red Panda: “ ?”

At first, the little panda thought Song Zhenbao was playing with it, so it covered its mouth as soon as Song Zhenbao called it, which made the two little cubs happy and played with it several times.

But after a while, the little panda, who was only a few months old, could not resist the hunger and began to groan.

Song Zhenbao couldn't stop her, and her body froze as Qingyin approached her suspiciously, asking, "Niannian, what are you doing?"

Song Zhenbao pitifully held the little bear that was half the size of his body and looked at Qingyin nervously, "Mother?"

Qingyin: "???"

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Qingyin was shocked and surprised after seeing what was in her daughter's arms. This black and white color combination, the big dark circles under the eyes, and the chubby and furry body, what else could it be but a national treasure of modern flower growers?

"Red panda!"

Qingyin exclaimed in surprise, her soft and pleasant voice full of surprise.

Song Zhenbao tilted his head in confusion and looked at his mother, "Mom, do you know what this little bear is?"

Qingyin ruffled Song Zhenbao's soft hair and rubbed the panda's head with her hand. "Well, mother knows. This is an animal from the southwest region. Mother has seen it in travelogues. A small number of local people call it a panda."

To be rigorous, Qingyin was not sure what pandas were called in this era, so she gave a brief introduction.

Even if someone later investigates why she knew the name of this panda, and it was wrong, there would be no need to investigate it in detail. First, the southwest region is remote, and second, the names for pandas are indeed different in different places. The local old and young people may call it differently, making it difficult to check.

Qingyin would not add any unnecessary trouble to herself when she came to the small world.

Song Zhenbao picked up the red panda in his arms in surprise, "So you are a red panda, so cute!"

The red panda hummed and groaned, as if responding to Song Zhenbao's words.

The cute look made Qingyin envy her daughter who was holding the little panda in her arms.

No matter how cute the red panda is, my daughter loves it so much now that Qingyin will not snatch the red panda away from her daughter and hold it herself.

Qingyin saw Song Zhenbao holding the little panda, looking tired and sweating, so she asked her to put the little panda down and sit on the ground to play with her.

Song Zhenbao nodded happily.

Qingyin also began to ask her daughter where this little panda came from.

Song Zhenbao walked to the wall where the wild flowers had bloomed, pulled them aside, revealing a small hole in the wall. "Mom, this is where the red panda came from."

Qingyin frowned slightly, looked at the small hole in the wall that was only as big as a red panda's head, then looked at the farm opposite, and asked the maid beside her.

"Whose farm is that across the street? They even have a red panda there."

Pandas are animals unique to the southwest region and are not found in Beijing. Just for this reason, the family that can send pandas from the southwest region to Beijing must have a very powerful background.

This maidservant was from the farm. After Qinghe came back, Biyao returned to serve her mother. Mother Song did not bring her with her this time, and Qingyin only brought Qinghe with her.

While playing in the farm, Qingyin asked Qinghe to go into the house to boil medicine, so she only left two maids who served in the farm with her.

One of the two maids was tall, with a pretty face. She was quiet but also timid. The other maid had a rounder face and stared at Qingyin with sparkling eyes. She answered boldly, "My lady, I have to report to you that the farm across the street belongs to the prince of the capital, according to Manager Li. We are told to be careful and not disturb the nobleman across the street. But I don't know which one it is."

"If you want to know, my lady, I will ask Steward Li right away."

"So it's the prince's farm, no wonder he can keep pandas there." Qingyin nodded in understanding.

Looking at the clever and courageous little maid, she felt more delighted.

"What's your name? You're quite clever."

The little maid's face lit up with joy. "My name is Hong Tao, and I'm the daughter of a farmer in the farm."

"That's right, just stay with me for the next few days."

"Yes." Hong Tao nodded excitedly, wishing she could jump for joy at this moment.

Looking at the extremely happy Hong Tao, Qing Yin's lips curled up slightly.

She is bold, careful, and speaks logically. It's a pity that such a smart little maid has to stay in the manor. Qingyin thought that she could take this little maid with her when she left this time.

However, it was still a long time before she left the farm, so there was no rush to tell this lovely little maid. In case something unexpected happened, it would not be too late to tell her before she left so that she would be happy.

Qingyin thought.

On the other side, seeing the maidservant with her being praised by the beautiful young lady, another maidservant couldn't help but look at her with envy.

Hong Tao didn't care when she received the gaze. She had fought for this opportunity herself. The eldest lady had asked just now but not to her alone. Xiao Cui didn't have the courage to answer. She answered well herself, so why couldn't she stay with the eldest lady?

Maybe I can still stay by the young lady's side and serve her in the future.

Thinking of this, the pink-cheeked little girl glanced at the extremely beautiful young lady out of the corner of her eye, her eyes full of obsession and amazement.

If she could serve such a beautiful and kind young lady in the future, she would be willing to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures for the rest of her life.

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Next door, the Fourth Prince and a group of people, led by the keeper of the iron-eating beast, walked into the familiar bamboo forest.

The honest-looking servant who specialized in raising iron-eating beasts happily said to his masters, "Your Highnesses, today is truly a lucky day."

"The iron-eating beast that the master raised was actually pregnant. It gave birth to a cub a month ago. It's so cute now."

The fifth prince smiled excitedly: "Then we can just see the little iron-eating beast!"