Chapter 6 — Hearing the Voices of Animals, I Became the Director of the Tyrant's Zoo

On Tuesday afternoon, when I carried the last bowl of ointment and entered Ngu Beast Garden, the white elephant was lying on the ground drying in the sun. It saw me coming, raised its trunk and shook it:

"Little girl, today is much better. My legs don't hurt too much anymore."

I put newly made deerskin boots on its feet, using thin leather straps to tie them tightly. After all four legs were finished, Thuy Tuyet stood up trembling. It tries one step first. Then there's the second step, the third step. Next, it suddenly raised its long trunk and let out a clear cry, its four feet stepped on the ground one after another, like a child wearing new shoes for the first time and spinning in place.

“It doesn't hurt anymore! It really doesn't hurt anymore!”

The sound of its cry made the entire Ngu Zoo vibrate. Trieu Ky arrived very quickly. He stood at the garden door and looked for a long time, his eyes shifting from the blisters on my hands to the four adorable deerskin boots on Thuy Tuyet's feet, the corners of his mouth gradually curling up.

“The song is always there.”

He opened his mouth:

“You did very well.”

From behind came a long procession of people. Vuong Tu Yen took the lead, his face even more unsightly than three days ago. I was about to kneel down to give thanks, Trieu Ky raised his hand to stop me:

“No need to kneel.”

"Pass on my will——Khuc Thai Vi has merited treating animals, promoted to the rank of 'Hundred Beasts Department', from today in charge of all matters in Ngu Beast Park. Nguyet silver has tripled, providing three thousand taels of silver from the internal treasury to be used to repair the animal park."

The whole garden was quiet for a moment, followed immediately by the sound of the concubines breathing low air. Vuong Tu Yen's face turned from white to blue, from blue to purple. I bowed my back in gratitude, the corners of my mouth almost curling up to my ears. Director of the zoo. I traveled for half a month, from a starving little girl in the cold palace to becoming the headmaster of the tyrant's zoo. Why can't it be counted as honoring the ancestors? That night, I moved into the hospital next to Ngu Beast Garden, so close to my "employees" that I couldn't be closer. Early the next morning, we started patrolling. The deer in Deer Park told me it likes to eat dew-covered alfalfa. In Confucius Garden, three green peacocks fought for the same colored feather all morning. The funniest was Hau Son, a group of monkeys fighting for fruit thrown by guests—— No, it was apples thrown by palace maids, almost overturning the entire fake mountain. I rolled up my sleeves and started arranging. Change the dry grass of the sika deer into fresh grass, fix new bean sprouts for the peacock, increase the feeding points in Hau Son by three times. On the tiger brother's side, every day I go to take a look. It was lying next to the iron bars, staring with deep affection at the new peacock bird that had just moved next to it—— The Queen Mother gave that bird to the Royal Animal Garden, saying that General Ho Uy would like it anyway. The tiger roared at me:

"You skinny girl! When did Diem Diem say he will pay attention to the tiger? The tiger has been lying here for three days!"

“You wipe your saliva first.”

I rolled my eyes.

“The peacock saw a male peacock that spread its tail. Why is an old tiger like you trying to get in the way?”

The Tiger brother choked out a sound, burying his head in his claws. The days passed smoothly. But people like Vuong Tu Yen have never left me in peace for more than three days. On the morning of the seventh day, I was changing new boots for the white elephant when suddenly a voice came from the garden door shrill female voice:

"Get out of here! This palace wants to go in and see what that maid is doing!"

Vuong Tu Yen led four maids and rushed straight in. Today she was wearing a red palace outfit embroidered with gold, her head full of pearls, looking like she had come for a group fight.

“Khuc Thai Vi!”

She rushed in front of me wearing flower-soled shoes.

"You are just a sixth-rank petty official, why don't you kneel when you see this palace?"

I don't kneel. In my hand, I still held Thuy Tuyet's semi-finished boots and looked up at her:

"Your highness, I'm changing the medicine for Thuy Tuyet. If there's nothing wrong with you——"

“No work?”

She laughed coldly.

"This palace came today because I wanted to see how your animals were raised. I heard that you gave the elephants shoes to wear and made a match for the tiger, making the Ngu Beast Garden filled with smoke!"

She turned her head to look at the white elephant. Thuy Tuyet is obediently lying on the ground while I take off my boots.

"Oh, you're still wearing shoes? Do you really consider yourself human?"

Thuy Tuyet suddenly snorted and swung her trunk. In my ears, its low voice rang out:

"Little girl, this woman speaks so harshly. Can I use a hose to roll her up and throw her out?"

I quickly shouted in my heart:

“Don't don't don't! Old man, please rest!”

Vuong Tu Yen saw that I was not paying attention to her, so he became even more enthusiastic, lifted his feet and walked towards the white elephant:

“I want to see how these shoes are made——”

She just reached out to touch Thuy Tuyet's trunk. Thuy Tuyet "puffed" and spat out a stream of air, spraying straight onto Vuong Tu Yen's face. Her head full of pearls and makeup was sprayed on her, she screamed miserably, took three steps back, her leg twisted, her whole body tilted back. Four palace maids frantically rushed forward to help. As a result, one stepped on the other and the five people fell into a pile.

"You dare to release animals to harm people!"

Vuong Tu Yen crawled up from the ground, his face covered in snot, tears, and makeup, looking like a flower-faced cat. Just as she was about to continue charging—— An earth-shattering tiger roar came from behind.