Chapter 7 — Hearing the Voices of Animals, I Became the Director of the Tyrant's Zoo

I don't know when the tiger brother was released from the cage. He slowly dragged his giant body of five hundred pounds, stood in front of Vuong Tu Yen, opened his big bloody mouth and yawned. The tiger's teeth were only less than a meter away from her face. Vuong Tu Yen screamed and fell to the ground. Tiger brother lowered his head to sniff her hair, a series of low growls emitted from his throat. In my ears, I heard his scolding voice:

"The scent of pollen on this woman's body is so strong that the tiger wants to vomit. Thin girl, can you scare her for me?"

I held back my laughter:

“Be gentle, don't really bite.”

The Tiger brother let out a "howl" sound, took another half step forward, stuck out his tongue and licked Vuong Tu Yen's forehead. That lick can peel off a person's scalp. Vuong Tu Yen let out a scream that did not sound like a human voice, rolling and crawling towards the garden door. Four palace maids staggered after her butt, one of them even lost her shoe.

"Khuc Thai Vi! Just wait! This palace will report to His Majesty!"

After she ran away, the tiger slowly returned to the cage, his tail proudly waving twice.

"How's it going, skinny girl? Is the tiger virtuous enough?"

I went up and touched its big head:

"Enough kindness. Tomorrow I'll give you two more chickens."

That evening, I was sitting in the dining room when Xuan Hanh ran in in panic:

"Little master! Your highness has gone to report to His Majesty! Saying that people let tigers harm people, saying that the animals in Ngu Beast Garden don't care about humans..."

I picked up a chopstick of green vegetables and put them in my mouth:

“So what?”

Xuan Hanh breathes evenly:

"Then... Your Majesty said, 'If you have nothing to do, then come less to the Royal Animal Park. Wild beasts don't understand human feelings, and hurting your beloved concubine will also hurt my heart. Khuc ty envoy dedicates himself to managing the animal park, your concubine should sympathize.'"

I almost spit out the green vegetables. Thu Dao next to her covered her mouth and smiled:

“When the noble lady came out, her face was pale.”

I put down my chopsticks, but before the little bit of pride in my heart could rise, suddenly a high-pitched voice came from outside the courtyard door:

“Khuc ty envoy received the order——”

Is the general eunuch next to Trieu Ky and Liu Duc Toan. I quickly left the room and knelt down. Luu Duc Toan opened the decree, hummed and read it in a row. The main idea is that I know that your noble concubine has come to Ngu Beast Garden to cause trouble. I trust you and do your job well. Finally, one more sentence——from today, all animals in Ngu Beast Park will be given full authority to be managed by Khuc Ty, and no one will be allowed to interfere. After saying goodbye to Luu Duc Toan, I took the holy decree and walked around the yard three times. The tiger brother next to him let out a loud cry:

"Skinny girl, what are you happy about? Can't sleep in the middle of the night, why are you walking around?"

Let's turn to the side and call:

"Brother Tiger! We've been promoted!"

The tiger snorted loudly:

“Is promotion as important as Diem Diem?”

The corner of my mouth twitched. That's it, it's impossible to communicate with a love-brained tiger. The next morning, I woke up early, preparing to go to Hau Son to get some food. But as soon as I pushed open the door, a buzzing sound suddenly filled my ears. Thick, like ten thousand mosquitoes flapping their wings in my ear. Immediately after that came the tiger brother's gut-wrenching roar:

"Skinny girl! Something's happened! The birds in the east are all moving! They say a big disaster is coming!"

My heart jumped strongly.

“Ears What disaster?”

The tiger's voice comes from inside the cage, rarely without a hint of joking:

“Locust. Grasshoppers covered the sky and covered the earth. The birds say they are flying from the south and will reach the capital in seven days."

The broom in my hand "pop" and fell to the ground. Before I could even change my shoes, I rushed out the garden door and looked up at the sky. Blue sky, white clouds, nothing to see. But the ringing sound in my ears became clearer and clearer. Not only the tiger brother spoke, in Dieu Uyen, dozens of nightingales and eight birds were also chirping loudly in one piece.

“Fly north! Fly north!”

“There's no time! The locusts have crossed the river!”

“The field is uniform! The places we flew over were all bare!”

“Quickly clean the house! In three days we will reach the capital city limits!”

I caught the nightingale closest to me:

“You said the grasshoppers have crossed the river? When did it happen?”

The nightingale was so scared that she flapped her wings wildly:

“Yesterday! Yesterday afternoon! I saw it with my own eyes! A black patch covers half the sky!”

My mind made a buzzing noise. Seven days. Three years after Trieu Ky ascended the throne, the government was in chaos and the people were miserable. Last year the south was flooded, the north was in drought, and the national treasury was soon empty. If we encounter a grasshopper disaster again this year... I'll pick up my skirt and run straight to Can Thanh Palace. Luu Duc Toan stopped me at the door:

“Envoy Khuc, Your Majesty is in court——”

“I have something urgent!”

Luu Duc Toan looked at me, perhaps remembering last night's holy decree, then leaned over to give way. When I rushed into the main hall, the civil and martial arts of the whole court were arguing like a pot of porridge over money. I stood at the door and took a deep breath. Trieu Ky's eyes went beyond the civil and military mandarins and fell on my face:

“Quoc ty porcelain? What did you come for?

I went into the main hall and knelt next to the Minister of the Household:

“Your Majesty, the locust disaster. Within three days, the locust swarm will reach a range of hundreds of miles around the capital, and the scale is far beyond the description of the southern countryside——covering the sky and covering the land, not an inch of grass will remain.”

The whole place is quiet.