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Chapter 3 - A Bad Plan

Zhilhao Shuzi wriggles his fluffy body in protest; at this point, he puts aside the whole what the fuck was he thing as he felt he had bigger issues, such as apparently going to the Emporer. Zhilhao Shuzi wriggles and kicks getting a few good hits off on his kidnapper's face instead of hurting the fat walrus man as Zhilhao Shuzi intended he seems to have at most annoyed him leading to the man shaking him but the ears before yelling to his goons to get a bag.

 After far too long of being held by his poor ears the goon who had been sent out returned with a small bag which he handed to his boss with a bow. The walrus man then without any further preamble shoved Zhilhao Shuzi into the bag.

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After putting the beautiful girl who had suddenly turned into a small bunny into the bag Hao Xang, also known as the walrus man, smiled with a slightly manic look in his eye. "well then boys" he said whilst shaking the bag paying no mind to the poor rabbit stuck inside "we've got our payload done well today this keep us good for a long while" "ay Maling bring this little rodent to the chancellor tell him were got that spirit animal he has been looking for" Hai Xang said while tossing the bag to the ugly man in front of him. Maling bowed to Hai Xang and began to retreat when Hao Xang suddenly yelled at his back "Oh and remember be careful to not let the bosses men hear about this or hell have our heads" Maling nodded his head in silence and carted the now still bag out the door and out of sight.

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Inside the bag, Zhilhao Shuzi had once again lost consciousness due to the rough shaking of the bag mixed with the remnants of the drug still left in his system. When he finally opened his was still in the bag and as soon as he fully gained consciousness he once again began flailing. After flailing about for quite a while and having almost completely exhausted himself he gave one final large push and... THUMP Zhilhao Shuzi felt himself falling before hitting what must have been the floor with a painful thud. 

Zhilhao Shuzi after falling onto the floor lay stunned for a second before his bg was once again grabbed. Zhilhao Shuzi flinched in fear as the bag was grabbed but thankfully he didn't get shaken again as his head still hurt from when it had been shaken before multiplied again by the fact that he had just fallen on the floor. After being carried a short distance and once again set down Zhihao Shuzi was stunned when the top of his bag suddenly opened slightly, just enough for Zhilhao Shuzi to push his head out but he wasn't complaining after being underground and then trapped in a bag for who knows how long Zhilhao Shuzi was simply happy to finally feel fresh air again and he took a deep breath.

After freshly filling his lungs with the fresh air Zhilhao Shuzi finally opened his eyes, which he had reflexively closed due to the sudden increase in light, he finally took a second to look around. Looking around Zhilhao Shuzi notices for the first time that he is in a carriage with Maling sitting next to him Zhilhao Shuzi once again starts struggling to escape but seeing Maling puts his hand down harshly pinning Zhilhao Shuzi's tiny body still in a slightly painful manor. 

Glaring down at Zhihao Shuzi, Malang opens his mouth and for the first time speaks "Stop struggling" he says in a voice that sounds shockingly similar to that of a little girl in vast contrast to his appearance. Zhilhao Shuzi, shocked by this vast contradiction, stops struggling. 

"Good' Maling says, once again in his high whiny voice, "Now that before we get to the Chancellor's house the boss has ordered me to get some things straight with you." "First you're being sent to the imperial palace to be a crown prince candid, and second if you don't win and get sent back or escape we will find you and if he gets his hands on you again the boss won't let you go again and he said he'll make sure to put you in his basement for the rest of your worthless life." hearing this Zhilhao Shuzi shivers in fear as he absolutely does not under any circumstances go back to that man so Zhilhao Shuzi slowly nods his head staring with teary eyes up at Maling. 

Maling continues, his voice though still girlish now suddenly feels far more terrifying to Zhilhao Shuzi. "now then don't take this as a kindness cuz it isn't but I'm gonna give you a few pieces of knowledge and advice because if you don't win this thing the boss kill me, anyways we're sending you down to the Chanler, and i'm only telling you this cuz you look too stupid to know, because he sent out an order for any spirit person found to be sent to him and hell compensate the family hell then send the spirit animal, that's you, to the imperial palace to compete in the prince's consort competition, as only spirit animals can compete and our province till now hasn't had any in a thousand years."

hearing this Zhilhao Shuzi brain feels overloaded with knowledge that he had previously had no idea of and for the first time in his life he realized the disadvantages of living in seclusion. seeing that the rabbit seems to understand Maling nods his head, his education lesson/threat complete and returns to silently sitting across from Zhilhao Shuzi watching him intently.

After several more hours, Zhilhao Shuzi has finally accepted his fate, he has never been one to stress about a situation for too long. as he is aware that he is physically not strong enough to escape this group if they try to find him and top of that after only living while his master for the past 15 years he's rather out of touch with the world at large making it far easier for people to take advantage of him. with all that in mind as well as the shocking revelation that he is a spirit animal he, after much effort, managed to convince himself that actually, this wasn't to bad and that maybe the palace was actually the right place for him, after all, he couldn't survive alone forever without his master and it would certainly be better than whatever the kidnappers had in mind.

With this pep talk Zhilhao Shuzi had a rough plan, go to the palace, win the contest, and prove himself useful so as to not get sent away, and then before the crown prince could figure out that he was actually a man told him himself and beg for the crown prince to not punish him. At that time Zhilhao Shuzi is hoping that hell has proved himself either useful or pitiful enough to not be sent away and then spend the rest of his life either working or living in seclusion in the palace as a fake empress. He figured if the crown prince was willing to throw this contest he must not truly care who he married after all and then while Zhilhao Shuzi simply lives his life the crown prince can go off and take on consorts that he actually wants to satisfy him and give him heirs.

Zhilhao Shuzi with this ill-thought-through plan in mind, his head was still a little off from the drugs, and at this point, he probably had multiple concussions and drifted off into a semi-peaceful sleep.

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