One of the maids was quick-witted. She knew these two foxes meant something different to the Prince and Princess. Even if they were pets, they were precious pets. Seeing them trembling in terror now, what if something happened...
With that thought, the speaking maid quietly pushed open the door and peered inside.
But she had barely opened a crack when someone behind the bed curtains spoke. "Why did I seem to hear Little White and the others crying?"
"Princess, you heard correctly! The two foxes seemed frightened by the thunder. They ran over just now and kept crying, but they wouldn't let us hold them." The maid hurriedly replied.
"Let me see." A slender jade hand lifted the bed curtains. Ye Buhui, dressed in white sleeping clothes, sat up, put on her shoes, and went outside.
She found several maids crouching there, not knowing what they were looking at.
"Princess, look quickly! Little Fox has stopped moving!" Seeing Ye Buhui emerge, the maids hastily rose and cried out anxiously.
Ye Buhui rushed over and saw the large and small foxes lying on the floor. Big Fox was trembling, but still moving. Little Fox, however, lay utterly still.
"Little White, Little White?" Ye Buhui's heart gave a jolt. She quickly felt for its breath.
Fortunately, it was still breathing. But its eyes were tightly shut, and no matter how they called to it, it did not move. Had it fainted from fright?
At that moment, Little Fox opened her eyes and discovered that she was lying on a couch in a palace chamber. To one side hung a beaded curtain that reached the floor, inlaid with fine, densely packed crystals. When the wind blew, they chimed softly.
Turning her gaze, she saw another layer of curtains over the couch. Lifting them,