I am a cat in the palace

I squinted my eyes, squatting on the edge of the bathtub, waiting for Rourou to come and take a bath for me. After running so many miles, my paws were covered with mud and soil, and the flesh and blood of those water bandits were also stained on my fur. It's all black ash from the fire, it's really dirty.

I don't even dare to imagine that if I'm still in human form now, what kind of lively look I have on my face.

However, the strange thing is that that guy didn't come when he was waiting, and he didn't come when he was waiting. I almost dozed off on one side and almost fell into the tub, while he was still standing by the washbasin in a daze on the other side.

Are you asleep?

But I have only heard that horses can sleep standing up, but I have never discovered that Rourou has this ability?

"Come take a shower, what are you doing?"

But Rourou still stood there motionless, I felt a little strange, I struggled for a while and climbed up from the small board resting on the bathtub, hey!In such a comfortable place, my bones are loosened by the hot steam, I really don't want to move.

"Why are you in a daze?" I lazily walked up to Rourou, stretched out my claws to scratch his trouser legs, but he still ignored me.

Something's wrong, what's wrong?

I climbed up along the fleshy trouser legs, climbed onto his shoulders three times and two times, squatted next to his face and looked down along his line of sight.

It seems to be nothing, just a basin of light red water, it should be the blood washed off Rourou's face and hands, before Rourou killed the water bandit who sneaked up on me, his blood splashed all over his face , I didn’t have the time to wash it afterwards, so... this is——

Scared?

I rubbed against the side of Rourou's face, Rourou tilted his head subconsciously, and rubbed me back twice, but the whole person was still in a trance, just looking at the water in the basin and himself soaking in the water. Li's hands were in a daze.

"Whether cannibalism happens to humans or other races, it is disgusting and frightening."

Rourou looked sideways at me, and I looked back at him.

"Am I worthless?" Rourou took his hand out of the basin, and I noticed that his hand was shaking.

"I... can't control it, they've been trembling since just now." The fleshy hands that were still stained with water droplets were raised higher, and the hands that were still soft and tender as children trembled even more violently.

"Let me take a look." As I said that, I jumped onto his arm with a light jump and started to walk forward along his arm. As soon as his arm loosened, I would fall into the washbasin below.

"Be careful!" Rourou tensed his right arm, and quickly stretched out his left hand to support me.

"Look, are your hands still shaking?" Zhen raised his paw and stomped on his arm.

Rourou was taken aback for a moment, carefully looking at his hands on me, "..."

"It's normal to be afraid of killing people. In fact, I hope that you can always remember this kind of fear of killing people." I just squatted on the far end of my fleshy arms and let him support me.

Rourou stared at me with dissatisfaction, poked my head with his finger, and complained about my bad intentions, "You don't expect me to forget this annoying thing quickly, why do you want me to remember?"

"Only by remembering this disgusting feeling, will you not kill innocent people indiscriminately when you hold power." Zhen clawed back and slapped his fingers away.

"I have been in the palace for so many years, and those emperors and concubines who hold power, few take human lives as human lives. They don't need their hands to kill people. They can harvest countless lives just by touching their upper lips with their lower lips, so they don't understand. Fear. There are also some people who try their best to forget the disgusting feeling after killing someone, so gradually, they get used to it, and killing people becomes a very simple thing for them .”

It's like the mother and son who murdered the old emperor and seized the power. In their eyes, they never took human life as human life.

I don't hope that after ten or twenty years, Rourou will become the fatuous rich and powerful people I see every day.

Rourou hugged me from his arms, hugged me in his arms and rubbed vigorously, and then said slowly: "Absolutely not."

"But..." Rourou suddenly looked at me suspiciously.

"What?" Seeing that his eyes were a little wrong, I couldn't help straightening myself up.

"Daxian, you killed more people than me last night, why aren't you afraid? Isn't it your first time to kill someone?"

I was slightly taken aback by his question, as if I really didn't feel any fear, it was just——

"Can I be the same as you? I'm so scared because I've said it's cannibalism. I'm a cat, but I'm not a human. I've never killed a cat before!"

I strained my neck to force my words, but I had a faint feeling in my heart that it was definitely not because of this reason that I was not afraid of killing people.

Fortunately, Rourou didn't go any further, and I don't know if he believed it, or if he knew I was talking nonsense but saw that I didn't want to say it, so I stopped asking.

In short, he didn't mention this matter again, and I didn't want to think about it myself, so this matter just passed away.Next, I grabbed my fleshy hair and urged him to take a bath quickly. My body smelled worse than his body, and I couldn't bear it for a moment!

Then, I hugged me with Rourou, and I stepped on you and fell asleep. When I woke up again, it was already the next morning. Since leaving Beijing, I and Rourou have not slept so much After a deep sleep, it turned out that he slept for a whole day and night.

In the next few days, there was a heavy wind and rain, and the ship had to stop at a small pier nearby for two days. By the way, the hull damaged by the water bandits was reinforced and repaired.

And taking advantage of the two days of rest, Rourou took me ashore secretly, found a small inn to stay, and ate vegetables, fruits, chicken and duck in different ways every day, no fish!It’s true that I stay on the boat every day, and the main course is fish every day. Even if I am such a cat who loves fish so much, I feel that birds are going to fade out of my mouth.And because Zhen and Yingba had scolded too many eggs in one go on Rourou's birthday, in the few days before disembarking, there wasn't even a single egg on board.

So it was a pleasure to disembark and improve the food when I had the opportunity.

When the wind stopped and the rain stopped, the fleet continued to move forward, and after a few days of walking, Ying Ba suddenly came to report: "Your Highness, we are going to Yangguan Town soon, we have to stop the boat to buy some things, do you want to go down?" Go to the pier to relax? After passing Yangguan Town, we will go all the way north, and we will not stop the boat for about half a month."

"Yangguan Town?" Rourou was quite clear about the locations of the states and counties in Daxia, but after walking on the boat for many days, he became a little confused about the concept of distance, not to mention the name of a town. I really have no idea at all, where is that?

"Which state does Yangguan Town belong to?" Rourou asked Yingba.

"Jingzhou." Yingba bit these two words very hard.

Jingzhou?Isn't that where the second child is now?

"Correct!"

"You specially came to let me go ashore, not just to let me relax, right?" Rou Rou looked at Ying Ba's thick face, which seemed to have a loyal and treacherous smile, and returned it with a smile that was not a smile. he.

Ying Ba laughed and rubbed his hands, "Your Highness is really smart, and even a little trifle of subordinates can't hide it from you."

"Actually, we have already sent the queen to Yangguan Town ahead by land. Mr. Wei said that he will bring the queen with him when he starts the boat. If you want, you can meet the queen first."

Ah, so it was here to pick up the queen on board.

I am somewhat lacking in interest.

"Okay, be careful, don't reveal your whereabouts."

"Yes, this subordinate must have made proper arrangements. However, Your Highness, according to the news from the shore, the situation of the Empress is not very good, and this subordinate does not know if she will still recognize you." Ying Ba finished the plan, He also worriedly told Rourou about the queen's current situation.

"So serious?" Rourou couldn't help frowning upon hearing this.

"That's what the news from the shore says, but..."

The word "but" after Yingba means that he has reservations about the authenticity of the news. It's not that he suspects that the news is false, but that he doesn't know whether the Queen is really crazy or because he doesn't trust the people around her. I'm pretending to be crazy, I don't have anyone who is particularly familiar with the queen, and I can't invite those famous doctors to treat the queen, just based on the past few days of getting along, no one can be sure.

It's just that I think back to the smelly and dark cellar in the water bandit's lair. If I have loved the exquisite and luxurious queen all my life, I would be so crazy, I really wouldn't be surprised at all.

The meeting between Rourou and the queen was not pleasant, because the queen didn't like to see Rourou at all. Of course, she was not only not happy to meet Rourou, in fact, she didn't like to meet anyone. Except for the rescued woman, no one could get close to the queen.

With some disappointment, Wei Yin ordered people to secretly bring the queen on board, and arranged two adjacent cabins, one for the queen and one for the woman who took care of her.

The first time he boarded the boat, Wei Yin ordered someone to bring the woman's child over.When the child came out of the bandit's den, he was really sick. Not only was he starving and skinny, but he also had a cold and a fever. A careful dark guard was arranged to take care of it.

Fortunately, the child's condition was not that serious. After being diagnosed and treated by the specialized medical staff on the ship, coupled with meticulous care, the child's fever subsided three days after boarding the ship, and his appetite increased day by day. Her small face was almost as white and round as could be seen by the eyes.

"Mom!" The child who was less than three years old still had a babyish voice when speaking.

The woman was still supporting the queen calmly at first, but when she saw the child in the hands of the hidden guard, she ignored the queen, threw the queen down and rushed towards her child.She didn't let out a long sigh of relief until she took the child into her arms and checked it carefully, and found that the child was clean and mentally clean, no longer the half-dead appearance in the bandit's den before, she breathed a sigh of relief, as if a big stone came from the bottom of her heart. landed.

And just when the child called out "Mother", Zhen and Rourou turned their heads and looked at each other almost at the same time. The queen who had been looking dull and let the dark guards bring her aboard clearly had something in the child's cry. point expression.

"Thank you officer for saving your life." The woman hugged the child and made out with her for a while, then walked up to Wei Yin and saluted him with blessings.

"Ma'am, you're welcome. I'm the one who made things difficult for you. I'm just in a hurry. I hope you don't blame me. As you can see, there are no women on board. It was a surprise to meet Mrs. Madam. I hope Madam will help you along the way." Take care of the eldest lady, when we arrive in Cangzhou, we will definitely arrange people to send the wife and young master back home safely."

"I really want to get off the boat and kill that old ghost." Lying on the side of the boat, I looked at the dark river and the river bank where fishing lights occasionally flashed in the distance. When I thought about how close this land is to that old ghost, I There is a bit of an urge to sharpen your claws and scratch people.

"It is said that the Nanyun Army has separated part of the army to join the Southern Army under the Duke of Wei's son in Jingzhou, and I heard that there is also movement in Changhai County. King Shun has been silent for 20 years, and he seems to see an opportunity, and he is a little ready to move. It’s gone.” Rourou sat behind me, speaking slowly, with a stack of books Wei Yin collected from unknown sources in his hand, and he spent almost all of his time on the boat reading, except for two swordplay sessions in the morning and evening. Lightness exercises are never relaxing.

"Hey! How do you feel that you are suddenly ambushed and besieged from all sides?" Zhen sighed and continued to lick his hair.

The road after that was safe and sound, and there were no major accidents. Before the Dragon Boat Festival in May, the three ships finally entered Cangzhou safely.