"Nonsense, how come I don't know about this?"
The Emperor was a bit displeased. Normally he could let Long Rui fool around with him, but now even his woman was messing with him—did they really think he was that senile?
"Tweet tweet…! The Emperor, have you forgotten? Xiao Jiu and my master came out to play under your Imperial Edict." Xiao Jiu, who had just been dissing the Emperor, flapped its wings and flew onto the Emperor's shoulder.
Only then did the Emperor suddenly realize; he had indeed said that, but he'd never said they could leave the Imperial Palace.
"I told you to play in the Imperial Garden, I did not tell you to leave the Imperial Palace to play."
Xiao Jiu: "The Emperor, you said 'go out,' so we thought it meant go out the main gate of the Imperial Palace. It was your verbal decree, we wouldn't dare disobey. So here we are, planning to accompany my master out to play by your command."
The Emperor: "...!"
