A kitten dressed as an empress

Probably too sick, Wen Ruyan couldn't tell whether he was roasting on the fire or sleeping in the snow, and it was very uncomfortable to be cold and hot for a while.

Because of the extreme thirst, Wen Ruyan opened his eyes with difficulty, and saw Zhao Yaojing sitting on the side of the bed, holding the medicinal soup in his hand, and gently hugging the girl in his arms.

When the bitter medicinal soup was in his mouth, Wen Ruyan regained some consciousness and subconsciously pursed his lips.

Zhao Yao frowned slightly and said, "Open your mouth."

The girl refused to obey, her small face wrinkled into a ball pale and muttered: "Are you trying to torture me to death?"

"If you don't drink the medicine, you will die sooner or later. I don't mind giving you a ride."

The wooden spoon against her lips blocked Wen Ruyan's mouth, which was about to speak again.

Wen Ruyan couldn't use his hands and feet, so he had no room to resist. He was forced to drink half a bowl of medicinal soup, and he was dumbfounded.

Zhao Yao put down the medicine bowl, picked up a handkerchief and wiped the medicine soup next to the girl's mouth, brushed away the fine hair on her cheeks with her fingertips and said, "Be obedient, if the fever doesn't go away, I'm afraid it will be dangerous."

The girl in her arms didn't respond, Zhao Yao lowered her head and saw that she had already passed out.

It was approaching the beginning of winter, and the cold wind continued during the day. Once I contracted typhoid fever, I had to recuperate for at least a few days before I could recover.

After two days like this, Zhao Yao would rush back to Yuqing Palace every time she had a meal.

"This is delicious!" The girl leaned against the round pillow, wrapped in a thin quilt, and her complexion became much ruddy.

Zhao Yao held the wooden spoon containing rice in her hand and handed it to the girl's mouth.

The girl swallowed the rice very seriously, chewing with puffy cheeks on both sides, and said, "Does it mean that you promised to peel crabs for me at night?"

"Originally autumn is a good time to eat crabs, but now it's winter, and there are no crabs to eat in the palace." Zhao Yao handed a small piece of beef to the murmuring mouth.

Wen Ruyan bit the beef cooperatively, reached out to help the kerchief on his forehead and said, "I'm a sick person now, and I'm weak."

Zhao Yao's eyes turned slightly to look at the girl who was obviously lying, and she said lightly, "You have just recovered from the fever. Eating crabs will cause your body to be weak and cold, and it will aggravate your condition."

"Okay, then eat fried chicken?" The girl looked at her with bright eyes.

"Fried chicken?" Zhao Yao frowned slightly, and raised her hand to take off the crooked forehead kerchief, "Fried, do you mean deep-fried?"

Wen Ruyan nodded quickly and said, "I believe that the imperial chef in the palace is capable of cooking delicious fried chicken!"

Zhao Yao put the handkerchief into the basin and tightened it tightly, then put it lightly on the girl's forehead and said, "You just recovered from a serious illness, and you can't eat such greasy food."

Wen Ruyan half-lyed on the bed, looking at the prudish Zhao Yao unrequitedly.

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of his illness to torment Zhao Yao, but every day was filled with bitter medicine soup and tasteless food.

Even the beef has no salty taste, and the taste is too bland.

Zhao Yao hadn't seen the girl talking about it for a long time, so she had to say: "Fried chicken is not suitable, but the stewed chicken soup with cordyceps can be prepared by the imperial chef."

The girl blinked her eyes lightly and said, "Please add two spoonfuls of salt, thank you."

Salt?

The meals for the past two days were specially ordered by Zhao Yao to be prepared by the palace staff, so she felt very thoughtful.

"Okay." Zhao Yao stretched out her hand to press the quilt firmly, then picked up the food box and walked towards the outer hall.

The palace people went into the outer hall to pack their lunch, Chunyue took a closer look at the dishes, and found that His Majesty seems to have eaten more than usual in recent days.

At night, the palace servants prepared dishes and brought them in. Zhao Yao tasted the chicken soup, then shook off half a teaspoon of salt hesitantly.

"You, how about trying this salty taste?"

Chunyue on the side stepped forward with some joy, and carefully tasted the response with Xiaodie: "Your Majesty, this servant thinks it is just right."

Only then did Zhao Yao heave a sigh of relief, let the palace servants retreat, and carry the food box into the inner hall alone.

Wen Ruyan was lying on the bed, stomping on her calves boredly, holding the scripture book in both hands and reading it seriously, while most of the plums beside her had already been eaten.

This appearance does not look like a patient at all, Zhao Yao deliberately fiddled with the hanging bead curtain, and saw the girl cleverly got into the bedding, suddenly showing a cute and lovable look.

"Try the chicken soup." Zhao Yao pursed her lips and looked at the poor acting girl, planning to see how long she would pretend.

Wen Ruyan poked his head and opened his mouth to take a big gulp of the chicken soup, then took a second sip with a complicated expression and said, "Is there really two spoonfuls of salt added?"

Could it be that the sense of taste has failed?

Zhao Yao sat sideways and answered without hesitation, "Yes."

After the girl got such an affirmative answer, she didn't make any more noises, and bit the big tender chicken leg very satisfied.

After a few days, Wen Ruyan suddenly found that he had grown a lot of flesh.

In the morning Wen Ruyan got off the bed, Zhao Yao sat by the window to review the memorial, and snowflakes fell silently outside the slightly open window.

"It's snowing!" Wen Ruyan lay beside the window and stretched out his arms to catch the snow, and then held it in front of Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao watched the crystal clear snowflakes melt into water, reached out and picked up a handkerchief to wipe the girl's palm and said, "It's just snowing, aren't you afraid of getting sick again?"

The girl sat on one side and poured tea by herself and said, "Actually, I think it's almost done." Is it? "Zhao Yao raised her eyebrows, and moved her eyes from the memorial to at least the woman's side.

Wen Ruyan took a sip of the boiling tea and said, "Don't worry, I've always been in good health."

Zhao Yao slowly reached out and took the teacup from the girl's hand, looked at the girl slyly and said, "Since you are well, let's settle the score, you have eaten a total of twenty red incense pills during this period of time." , this account should be settled properly."

"You..." The girl looked at it in disbelief, then leaned closer, showing an extremely embarrassed smile, "You are not joking, are you?"

"I am the lord of a country, so I have a golden eloquence, how can it be considered a joke?"

Zhao Yao reached out and lightly pressed the girl's forehead, and slowly pushed some distance away.

Wen Ruyan felt like he had been caught in a trap. He stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead and said, "Do you want money or life? What do you want?"

Zhao Yao looked at the girl meaningfully but said nothing, this situation is really weird.

"Anyway, I'm your savior, and one life is worth another, and our debt is almost settled." Wen Ruyan, who was looked at with a guilty conscience, hurriedly said, "And the reason why I got caught in the rain was because of yours. That's why, you should be responsible for my medical expenses."

"Okay, I don't care about these things with you for the time being, but where did you go when you left Yuqing Palace privately that night?"

The girl looked at it guilty, then turned her head to look at the snow falling outside the window, and hesitated for a while before saying, "I just went to the kitchen in the backyard to eat a plate of dried fish."

"Just for a plate of dried fish?"

"Speaking of which, you didn't let me eat meat that day, so I couldn't resist the temptation to steal it in the kitchen." Wen Ruyan said nonsense seriously.

Zhao Yao has never thought about why she suddenly disappeared that day, and even suspected that she had contact with other places in the palace, or ran away.

Wen Ruyan didn't wait for Zhao Yao to speak out for a long time, and said curiously: "Hey, you won't be angry because I ate a plate of dried fish, right?"

"Why should I be angry?" Zhao Yao came back to her senses, a little displeased because she cared too much for her, and replied with a cold expression.

"You knew I was going out that day, but you closed the window on purpose. If you weren't angry, why did you do that?" Wen Ruyan reached out and took the teacup in Zhao Yao's hand and drank it down in one gulp, muttering indignantly.

Zhao Yao stared straight at the girl, poured a cup of tea, held the teacup in her palm but didn't drink it, said with thin lips, "Yes, I'm just mad at you for always being disobedient, obviously I'll give you food and lodging , but you are still thinking of leaving." Wen Ruyan put down the teacup and looked at Zhao Yao dissatisfied. He has always felt that Zhao Yao is very unreasonable. , the devil would care about her!

"I saved your life last time, and I asked you to do things for you. This palace is not my home. Why do I have to ask you to agree before I can leave?"

"Just because I am the Empress of the Southern Kingdom, I can kill you with just one word!" Seeing the girl accusing her, Zhao Yao became even more angry.

Sure enough, he pampered her too much on weekdays, so that she was so disobedient.

The hall suddenly fell silent, Wen Ruyan was basically an optimist on weekdays, and rarely got angry, but this time he was almost torn apart by anger.

"Who do you think cares about this palace? Even if I die, I won't accompany you in this ghostly place like a coffin."

"Don't you think that I dare not kill you?" Zhao Yao stood up and glared at the girl.

The atmosphere was tense immediately, Wen Ruyan was subconsciously afraid and stepped back a few steps and said bluntly: "You are the empress, so why not dare, but unfortunately I am not someone else, so I will not be afraid of you. If the worst happens, I will die."

The teacup in Zhao Yao's palm suddenly shattered, and blood dripped from between his fingers.

One side of the charcoal pot was burning, Zhao Yao looked at the girl with an extremely cold face and said, "You said that!"

Before the words fell, the guards outside heard the sound inside and hurriedly called out: "Your Majesty, is there something wrong?"

Chunyue rushed to the outer hall wearing a robe, but failed to hear a response, so she boldly opened the door and entered.

The window in the inner hall was wide open, and the empress stood alone by the window, with blood dripping from her hanging sleeves, while the clothes of the palace servants were scattered on the ground on the other side.

What happened that day, Chunyue never knew from beginning to end, but it was the first time that she saw the Empress showing such a lonely expression.

Since then, the Empress's temperament has changed drastically, and she is very irritable on weekdays. One person made a mistake and the whole Yuqing Palace was punished.

On a snowy winter day, none of the palace officials dared to serve her, for fear of being punished.

A few days later, the fetus in the empress' womb suddenly disappeared, everyone in the palace was punished, and the court was also in turmoil.

In the end, after the empress chose Wangjun as the king, Chunyue didn't know much about the affairs in the court, but the four princes had never entered the Yuqing Palace, and even the Wangjun never went to the inner hall, most of them were only in the pavilion.

After the beginning of spring, the Supreme Emperor was seriously ill, and the court was busy with government affairs. At night, Chunyue served tea and waited for him.

It was rumored that the Empress had a disease in both eyes, but only a few palace people in Yuqing Palace knew that the Empress could see. Nanny Li once revealed a few words that it was related to the Supreme Emperor.

Although Chunyue didn't know the reason, she still put some thought into it. Seeing that the candle light had dimmed a lot, she went forward and replaced it with a brighter lamp.

The window, which is always open, is never closed, neither in the severe winter nor in the present rainy spring.

I still remember a time when the palace maid accidentally closed the window, the empress was furious, and the palace maid of Yuqing Palace was fined to kneel all night.

"You step back." The empress did not raise her head, she held a pen in her hand and spoke out.

Chunyue saluted and replied: "Yes."

Ever since the Empress's anomaly, she spent most of her time alone, and hardly ever had a conversation with anyone.

Now the seventeenth female emperor is suspicious, and Chunyue knows that if she wants to be a confidant, she must be extremely loyal.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave the inner hall, a few cat meows came from outside the window.

Cats are also common in this spring day. Before the concubine Jin passed away, there were many cats and dogs in the palace, and now there are still many cats in the palace to catch mice.

The Empress, who was sitting quietly, suddenly got up and stood by the window. The rain outside had not stopped, and it was very dark, so it was conceivable that she should not be able to see anything.

Chunyue stopped, and hesitantly walked forward holding the lamp and asked softly, "Your Majesty, what are you looking at?"

The empress reached out to take the lamp, looked out of the dark window and said indifferently: "It's none of your business, step back."

"Yes." Chunyue exited the inner hall unwillingly, but the meowing still did not stop.

Nanny Li once said that the empress doesn't like cats and dogs, but just now the empress obviously got up when she heard the meowing of cats.

Chunyue remembered that Cuihua, who was once loved by the empress, went to Jin Taifei to bring two little orange cats, although the empress seemed to have never seen it.

But now that Cuihua has no news since the assassin's attack, maybe it is also possible that the empress suddenly likes cats and dogs when she sees things and thinks about others.

Zhao Yao stood by the window, watching the rain dripping from the eaves, the dark Yuqing Palace had no light at all.

She ran out of Yuqing Palace that day, and she never came back.

No one has ever dared to say that the palace is a coffin. Maybe she really hates it, maybe she has already escaped from the palace by now.

Chunyue picked out a silver-gray kitten from the palace, and brought it back to Yuqing Palace.

In the afternoon, the empress sat in the pavilion, Chunyue didn't dare to mention it, she just put the kitten next to the pavilion.

"Where did this cat come from?" Zhao Yao listened to the cat's meowing, and looked at the kitten in Chunyue's arms.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this little guy is so cute, the servants just happened to feed him something to eat, who would have thought that he would follow him all the way." Zhao Yao said calmly, "Then throw it away."

Cats have never been the type to keep up with something to eat, this palace man has deep thoughts.

The smile on Chunyue's face was extremely stiff, she had to lower her head and hug the kitten and turned around to leave the pavilion.

"Wait." Zhao Yao flipped through the book between her fingers, her eyes turned slightly, "Catch all the cats in the palace, so as not to disturb people's rest at night."

"Yes." Chunyue didn't expect to guess the empress's mind wrongly, so she replied somewhat disappointed.

But before the words finished, the Empress suddenly said again: "After the cat in the palace is caught, let me have a look."

Although Chunyue was puzzled, she obeyed the order, thinking that maybe the empress just didn't like silver-gray cats.

There has been too much rain in recent days, and there are small puddles everywhere in the imperial garden. Wen Ruyan is nestling in the rock cave with a lotus leaf on his head, thinking about life.

The rainwater dripping from above flowed out of the cave along the lotus leaves, making an annoying thumping sound.

Finally, the rain stopped for a while, and suddenly the meowing sounded frequently outside, and the little milk cat poked its head to look outside.

The lotus leaf couldn't bear the heavy water and pulled down, and it directly turned into a watermelon skin and covered the little milk cat's head, covering its vision along with it.

The little milk cat had no choice but to reach out its paws to pull off the lotus leaf, and saw many palace people catching the cat.

"Woof!" The golden dog under the rockery is much bigger now.

"Your Majesty ordered that no matter the cat, the black cat or any other cats, be arrested."

"Yes."

Wen Ruyan retracted her head back into the cave in panic, thinking why did Zhao Yao suddenly get someone to catch the cat?

Quarrels belong to quarrels, revenge afterwards is not something that a gentleman can do.

But with Zhao Yao's personality, she seemed so angry that day that she refused to let go of the teacup pricking her hand.

If this is caught, it is estimated that his life will be lost.

"Hey, here's one!" The people in Yigong suddenly saw a small tail protruding from the cave in the rockery, and stretched out their hands to grab it.

Wen Ruyan was so frightened that he frowned, and couldn't help regretting that he forgot to tuck his tail!

Immediately blocked by four or five palace people, there was no way to escape, Wen Ruyan looked at the decorations that had been accumulated with great difficulty in the cave, and among them was a small dark purple fruit with a very beautiful juice color, it was just a moment away. Good material for camouflage.

So when the little milk cat was caught by the green silk net, several palace people were stunned.

"So ugly!"

"too ugly!"

"I've never seen such an ugly cat!"

The red-purple slurry was smeared and the white hair was everywhere, especially the chubby face of the little milk cat. The left eye was full of juice, which looked as if it had been swollen from a beating.

The hair is white and purple like spots, it is simply the ugliest cat in the world!

The palace people looked at it with disgust, and they didn't want to take a second look. Seeing this, Wen Ruyan could not wait to turn over and celebrate happily.

It's a pity that the conditions are limited, the whole cat is caught in the net, and there is no place to display its actions.

After not returning to Yuqing Palace for several months, Wen Ruyan did not see Nanny Li, and instead became the master of the second palace, Chunyue.

Zhao Yao sat leisurely in the pavilion, and Chunyue at the side fanned her fan, directing the palace people to come over with the cat.

It was rare that the rain stopped, and it was a sunny day, Zhao Yao looked at the various kittens, but her mood became more and more unhappy.

A quick look at the dozens of cats has different hairs, and the few cats with pure white hair are already quite old cats.

"Bring the cats over here in batches." Chunyue arranged the order of the palace attendants.

"Yes."

Seeing that each palace man held two cats in his hands, there were three people in each round, Zhao Yao's previous expectations were shattered, so she was not in the mood to watch.

Zhao Yao was not in the mood to look at these cats again, she got up and wanted to leave the pavilion, the palace people hurriedly dispersed to both sides.

Chunyue didn't understand why the Empress was suddenly unhappy, so she hurriedly followed her.

The cats were frightened when they were caught, and the cats meowed ear-piercingly. Wen Ruyan nestled lazily in the green silk net, thinking that his excellent disguise would not be seen through.

Because it is too ugly, the palace people are extremely disgusted, so it is ranked at the bottom.

Zhao Yao felt even more irritable when she heard these harsh meowing, but when she passed by a place, she suddenly felt something strange and stopped again.

All the people in the palace frantically picked up the tossing cat, but the strange-looking tabby cat was the only one who wasn't afraid at all, instead nestled comfortably in the green silk net.

"Where did you catch this kitten?" Zhao Yao stretched out her hand to hold the green silk net, looking straight at the cat's amber eyes that dare not even blink.

The palace servant bowed his head and replied: "Return to Your Majesty, the servants and servants spent a lot of time catching them in the rockery cave."

At this moment, Wen Ruyan was terrified.

If the hair wasn't too fluffy, someone would have noticed that the kitten was actually trembling all over, and the big amber eyes didn't dare to blink, wishing to pretend to be a doll.

Could it be that Zhao Yao had a pair of piercing eyes?

Originally, it was just because of this too quiet reaction that Zhao Yao took a second look, but Zhao Yao always felt a little similar to this weird appearance and those amber eyes.

Looking at each other, Wen Ruyan was so flustered that she didn't dare to speak out at all.

"Just keep this one, throw the others away." Zhao Yao entered the side hall alone carrying the green silk net.

Wen Ruyan, who had nothing to love in life, collapsed in the green silk net, completely daring to imagine how many ways he would die.

In fact, all the palace people in the courtyard were also dumbfounded, such an ugly cat was actually taken by the empress!

Sitting on the low couch in the inner hall, Zhao Yao untied the green silk net, and didn't reach out to touch the strange-looking little milk cat directly.

The sunlight outside the window fell into the hall, Zhao Yao picked up the pastry on the side and handed it to the little milk cat, and then sat at the desk to review the memorial.

One stick of incense passed, another stick of incense passed, Wen Ruyan poked his head and smelled the pastry, thinking that it must not be poisonous!

But Zhao Yao still didn't look in this direction, as if she wasn't interested at all.

Unable to resist the temptation of delicious food, Wen Ruyan ate the pastry with his mouth open, his little tail subconsciously wagging happily.

She thought maybe Zhao Yao never thought that she would still be in the palace.

After all, if he really wanted revenge, he should have been arrested last winter, so why wait until now.

Chunyue, who came in from the outside, entered the inner hall with tea, and saw the little milk cat on the low couch eating cakes, while the empress was reviewing the memorial at the other desk.

Zhao Yao glanced at the little milk cat whose face was covered with pastry crumbs, and then said, "Pour her a cup of tea."

Chunyue looked at it hesitantly, only then did she realize that the empress was talking about the little milk cat.

When the teacup was full of tea, and Chunyue was about to look at the strangeness of this little milk cat, Zhao Yao suddenly said: "Go out."

"Yes." Chunyue bowed her head and exited the inner hall unwillingly.

The fluffy little milk cat walked towards the teacup with its little paws, poking its head into the teacup and purring to drink the water.

The corners of Zhao Yao's lips were raised slightly. Ordinary cats drink water with their tongues, but she is the only one who follows the human habit and has to be so stupid as to bury her head in the teacup and drink directly.

But because the little milk cat has a small head, it is not difficult for her.

When the little milk cat poked its head out of the teacup, the water dripped down its hair from its face, and even the reddish purple was gradually smudged.

I have to say that Zhao Yao almost didn't recognize her because of this weird outfit.

Wen Ruyan ate and drank lazily lying on the window sill basking in the sun, completely unaware that she had exposed her identity, and even thought that if Zhao Yao was willing to apologize to him, it would actually be forgiven.After all, Zhao Yao's personality is a bit stinky, but she is pretty good to people on weekdays, and she took care of herself during the time when she was sick.

Just as Wen Ruyan was constructing a beautiful fantasy, the originally open window was suddenly closed, and Zhao Yao walked over at some point, looking down from above.

"Meow?"

The little milk cat slowly raised its head, not aware of the imminent danger at all.

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