Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 714 - 712

Chapter 714: Chapter 712

At this point in the competition, the sheep were queuing up to enter the pen.

The audience’s cheers were getting louder, some people were even standing up in their excitement.

"Hurry up! Come on!"

"Get moving, you’re about to win! Quicker, quicker!"

"Hurry up, you’re losing. What’s up with this stupid sheep! Move it! You’re driving me crazy!"

"Ah! Go, go, you’re catching up! Just a little more speed!"

Even the Empress Dowager was watching the two teams with unwavering eyes, her fists clenched. Definitely, she was internally shouting words of encouragement like, "Cheer up, hurry up!"

Finally, all the sheep from the green team made it into the pen! The red team was one tail behind!

Green team won!

"Yeah!"

The field echoed with thunderous applause!

Regardless of whether the audience were supporting the red team or green team, everyone clapped enthusiastically.

They applauded for each sheepdog on the field and for the smart sheep.

"Haha! Wonderful! It’s truly spectacular!" the Emperor said joyfully.

The Empress Dowager nodded with some excitement. "I haven’t seen such a splendid performance for a long time! Turns out, animals’ competitions are no less thrilling than humans’!"

Everyone in the field wore a smile on their faces. Prince An was the only one with a glum expression. "The red team was leading by one tail at the start. How did they end up being one tail behind at the end? One of my nine lives is gone! Good thing I still have eight left!"

Everyone burst into laughter hearing this.

Xiao’er couldn’t help but smile at this. Nine lives? Is Prince An now a cat?

The empress turned to Xiao’er, "Xiao’er, how did you train these dogs to herd the sheep, and how did these sheep learn to obey the dogs?"

Princess Ling’er listened attentively, her ears perked up.

Xiao’er looked at Princess Ling’er’s anxious state and couldn’t help but laugh inside. All nervous now? Too late!

"The simplest method is to start training them right after they’re born. These sheep grew up with these sheepdogs. They view the sheepdogs as their mothers, and naturally listen to them! However, not every child, raised by a mother, obeys. So, there are disobedient sheep as well!" Xiao gave a seemingly plausible explanation, and went into full-on bluffing mode.

The Emperor and the Empress found it very sensible after hearing the explanation!

"How long did it take to train these sheepdogs and sheep to act this way?" asked Shangguan Ruixi curiously.

He also wanted to set up a sheepdog and sheep team and participate in the competition. It was such an exciting thing!

"These dogs and sheep, it took over two years of training..."

Everyone thought it made sense considering training took over two years.

Over two years? Upon hearing this, Princess Ling’er let out a sigh of relief!

She didn’t believe that Shen Xiao’er could make pigs herd sheep in ten days!

Fu Ranhui also seemed to have considered this point. She couldn’t help worrying, "You took two years to train these dogs and sheep, you should not have agreed to the bet with Princess Ling’er just now!"

Upon hearing this, Princess Ling’er provoked, "A gentleman’s word is his bond! It’s too late for regrets now!"

Xiao’er gave Fu Ranhui a reassuring look, "Don’t worry, pigs are much smarter than dogs!"

"Pfft! Haha! Pigs are smarter than dogs? This is the funniest joke I’ve ever heard!" Princess Ling’er couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Xiao’er glanced at her: Laugh! Laugh as much as you can! Soon you’ll be crying!

"Let’s go! Let’s grab something to eat, wander around some more after eating and then watch the circus in the evening! The circus is even more entertaining than this animal competition!"

"Really? I’m so interested that I don’t even want to eat! I wish I could instantly watch the competition!" declared the Fifth Princess excitedly.

"You impatient girl, those circus acts aren’t going anywhere! Let’s fill our stomachs first, we can’t afford to get sick," the Empress said.

The Fifth Princess hugged the Empress’ arm and said, "I’ll listen to mother."

Lunch was at the hot spring resort.

After lunch, Xiao’er noticed that the Empress Dowager was a bit tired and suggested that everyone rest for two hours before continuing. Anyway, the zoo was right there. If they didn’t finish today, they could continue tomorrow.

The Empress Dowager was genuinely tired. She lived an opulent life for many years, she could hardly remember ever having taken so many steps. Her legs felt like they weren’t even her own anymore.

"This afternoon, I am not going to continue the visit, you young people can go and stroll. I will watch the circus in the evening."

She loved watching shows, and she could not miss this major circus.

The Emperor and the Empress, along with Prince An and his wife and eldest princess, being older, didn’t have the physical strength of the younger ones, they all needed to take a rest.

Gu Qiqi wanted to feed the giraffes and pandas, so Shangguan Xuanjun accompanied her.

Shangguan Ruixi didn’t feel tired, so he wanted to walk around on his own.

Fu Ranhui couldn’t sit still when she saw Shangguan Ruixi leave, so she said, "Ruixi, I would like to wander around too, let’s go together!"

When Fu Ranhui said this, she couldn’t help blushing.

Seeing her blush, Shangguan Ruixi assumed she was worried about being rejected. He thought that young girls loved animals and if she went out alone, even with a maid, it would be easy for her to get bumped into by others. He nodded, "Let’s go!"

Fu Ranhui was so happy that he agreed she almost jumped around. She didn’t know what to do with her hands, she was so nervous.

Seeing this, Princess Ling’er also expressed her wish to go and tease the parrots, so she took her maid and left.

The maid of Princess Ling’er was carrying a satchel on her back. Inside was a bag of poisoned dried pork. She had always wanted to find an opportunity to poison a few animals, but aside from a few animals, feeding was strictly prohibited for all the other animals.

And large or aggressive animals were separated by guard rails. If she wanted to feed them, she would have to climb over the guard rails and get close to them.

There were so many people present at the time, and not one tried to feed any of the animals. If she was the only one doing it, it would be too noticeable. Once the animals died, everyone would definitely know she did it.

Now it was lunchtime and the tourists should have gone to eat, perhaps she could take this opportunity to feed them. How could Princess Ling’er miss this golden opportunity to put Xiao’er in a difficult position?

...

Shangguan Ruixi and Fu Ranhui finished visiting all the places they hadn’t completed in the morning.

Seeing that Fu Ranhui had no intention of going back to the hot spring resort, he led her to a zoo map. "Cousin, what other animals you want to see?"

Fu Ranhui’s mind was focused on the person next to her, she couldn’t remember what animals they have seen. She remembered that Shangguan Tuixi had a great interest in the tigers of the Sixth Prince Mansion so she guessed he must like to see the tigers. She pointed to a location with the face of a tiger: "Let’s go see the tigers!"

Shangguan Ruixi: "..."

He turned around to look at the place where the tigers were located. They had just walked past there.

He remembered that she did not even spare those tigers a glance.

"Are you sure?"

Fu Ranhui nodded.

Shangguan Ruixi raised his eyebrows, turned around, and retraced his steps.

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