A kitten dressed as an empress

Although Zhao Yao was worried, she couldn't think of any other way, so she had to tell Wen Ruyan not to be careless.

In the recent days, remember not to walk around at will, otherwise if you show your whereabouts, you may cause unnecessary trouble.

After a period of time, there was no disturbance in Yuqing Palace on the surface.

It was rumored in the early dynasty that the Northwest Kingdom sent envoys to discuss the border issue, and they would arrive in the capital in a few days.

Zhao Yao reported the matter to Chaotian Palace for instructions: "Auntie, do you think there is something strange about this matter?"

The Supreme Emperor slowly breathed out white mist, holding the slender pipe with his golden armor in his hands, his eyes turned slightly in response: "Since the envoy is here, we should arrange it properly. There is currently a dispute between the two countries. Although there is no war, But still careless."

"Yes." Zhao Yao looked at the white mist on that side, and smelled a slightly bitter taste clearly in her nose.

The smell of this tobacco is very strong. Although it refreshes the mind, long-term overdose does more harm than good, and it is very addictive.

After exiting Chaotian Palace, Zhao Yao returned to Yuqing Palace in a chariot.

Wen Ruyan was lying beside the bed at this moment, stretching out her hand to search for the hidden compartment.

That day, I saw Zhao Yao take out the red incense pill from a corner beside the bed, how could he not find it!

The palace door was slowly pushed open, Zhao Yao told the palace servants to retreat outside, and went in alone, and saw the little milk cat lying on the side of the bed, crawling into the bottom of the bed in a soft ball.

"What are you doing?" Zhao Yao stopped at one side and looked down.

The little milk cat crawled out of it, stood up firmly with its hind paws in fright, and responded with dodge eyes: "Meow."

From Zhao Yao's reaction of staring at the little milk cat, she can probably guess that it has something to do with Hongxiangwan.

The red incense pills on the side of the bed were eaten by her some time ago, but Zhao Yao didn't pierce them. Seeing how well-behaved she was, she took out the newly refined pills and leaned over to look at them and said, "If the amount is correct , this medicine can keep you alive for three days and two nights, just take it and try."

"Meow!" The girl opened her mouth and took the pill without any hesitation.

Zhao Yao walked to one side on her own, and closed the open window.

Turning sideways, she saw the girl standing naked in front of her eyes, Zhao Yao pursed her lips slightly and said, "Aren't you putting on your clothes yet?"

"Oh." The girl walked around the screen, hurriedly put on her clothes, poked her head curiously and asked, "Since it's a new medicine, there should be more than one medicine, right?"

"This medicine is extremely difficult to refine, and there are no more than two pills at a time."

"Only two?" The girl opened her eyes wide in surprise, her clothes were messed up, she came around from behind the screen, and sat casually muttering, "Then this medicine should be taken sparingly."

Sitting quietly, Zhao Yao looked at the scattered girls and muttered, raised her hand to pick up the teacup and said, "You just ate one easily, it was indeed a waste."

The girl looked helplessly, her eyes were full of sorrow, she poured a cup of tea and responded, "Then you were so generous just now?"

It was because she looked at her so pitifully before that Zhao Yao gave her the refined medicine.

Who would have thought that the girl would complain instead, Zhao Yao frowned slightly and said, "Are you complaining about me?"

Wen Ruyan remained silent, lowered his head and took a sip of hot tea, "I didn't mean that."

Zhao Yao saw that the girl was no longer stubborn, so she didn't bother with her.

At dusk in the evening, the sky quickly darkened, and the inside of the palace was also a little dark. The girl held a torch in her hand, and lighted up all the lamps in the palace in a playful way, saying: "If the lamps accidentally fall to the ground in summer, it will be very difficult to get rid of them." Easily catches fire."

"Did you forget how the main hall was burned?" Zhao Yao looked at the serious and preaching girl, and vaguely remembered her pitiful appearance at that time.

The girl put down the lampshade in embarrassment and pretended to be silly with a smile and said, "That was all a long time ago."

This man is very vengeful.

Zhao Yao put down the teacup, got up and went into the room, planning to take a bath.

In the midsummer season, it was swelteringly hot, and after Zhao Yao took a bath, she came out in a lavender dress.

The girl sat in front of the dressing table and rolled up her hair, touching the rouge and gouache curiously.

"You wash so slowly." Holding the rouge box in her hand, Wen Ruyan turned her head to look at Zhao Yao who was slowly approaching.

Zhao Yao had never worn a gold eye gauze, so she blinked at the girl and asked, "It's getting dark, who are you going to show off?"

"looks good?"

The girl's face was smeared with a touch of rouge, her eyes were bright and clear, she blinked mischievously and asked.

The girl was a little too close, Zhao Yao stepped back a little hesitantly and replied, "It's not pretty."

Wen Ruyan looked discouragedly at the copper mirror with the small handle and said, "It's obviously pretty good."

This must be the aesthetic difference of the times.

Zhao Yao stretched out her hand and lightly wiped the rouge on the girl's fair side face and explained slowly: "Actually, it's fine if you don't wipe it on."

The girl tilted her head and looked at the bright eyes with a smile: "Really?"

"Hmm." Zhao Yao withdrew her hand, and glanced at the girl's loose collar.

Wen Ruyan's mood became extremely fast, and he handed the small bronze mirror to Zhao Yao and said, "Then I'll go wash it too."

Zhao Yao held the small bronze mirror that was suddenly stuffed into her hand, and looked slightly sideways at the girl who entered into it.

Even though they were so intimate that day, why doesn't the girl seem to care at all?

Even the promise that I valued so much at the beginning, I never saw her mention it.

Zhao Yao, who couldn't figure it out, was thinking deeply on the bed, and only came back to his senses when the girl came out with only a thin underwear.

The girl's cheeks were slightly red, and her face had returned to fairness. Occasionally, the fine hair on the side of her neck was soaked in water and stuck to it, revealing a touch of whiteness that was particularly attractive.

"How long does it take to rain in this weather?" The girl pushed open the window, shaking the round fan with one hand.

The candlelight flickered slightly, Zhao Yao looked at the girl standing by the window and said, "Aren't you afraid of catching a cold when you see the wind while bathing like this?"

The girl smiled and said, "You look like an old man."

Zhao Yao was slightly stunned, with a complicated expression on her face, and she didn't make another sound.

Seeing that something was wrong, Wen Ruyan walked towards the bed, then sat down and looked around and asked, "Are you angry?"

"Why should I be angry?" Zhao Yao replied with a slightly serious expression.

"He said he wasn't angry." The girl approached with eyes blinking lightly, and stopped between Zhao Yao's eyebrows with her hand, looking at her very seriously, "The brows are all wrinkled into a big Sichuan character."

Zhao Yao leaned back slightly, pursed her thin lips slightly and said, "I'm not angry."

It's just that hearing the young girl compare the old man with herself makes her somewhat depressed.

But when I really said it, I felt that I was too small.

Wen Ruyan carefully looked at Zhao Yao's expression and said mischievously, "Then show me a smile?"

"You..." Zhao Yao raised her hand to grab the girl's water-stained earlobe, "Do you think I'm an idiot?"

"Ouch!" Wen Ruyan fell forward unsteadily, and knocked on Zhao Yao's thin right shoulder with his chin.

Zhao Yao hurriedly let go, hugged the girl lightly and asked, "Why are you uncomfortable?"

With tears in her eyes, the girl covered her chin in pain and said aggrievedly, "It's disfigured!"

"what?"

Zhao Yao raised her hand to remove the girl's hand covering her cheek. There was no bleeding wound on her jaw, at most it was just a small spot of redness, "I thought the skin was broken, but I didn't think it was just complaining about pain?"

Wen Ruyan wanted to get up to reason, but he never failed to remember, and the hand that was holding him did not show any sign of letting go.

This posture similar to being hugged in his arms is inexplicably strange.

"Don't move, I'll rub it for you." Zhao Yao said solemnly.

Although the girl was a bit awkward, she was still quite frank, and said indignantly: "You eat too little on weekdays, and your body is full of bones. It's very annoying."

Zhao Yao thought that it was her failure to control her strength that caused the girl to commit this crime, so she didn't answer her words just now.

"Hey, you should eat more pig's trotters and soybean soup in the future, so that you can grow some meat." The girl didn't stop talking about it at all.

"Have you said enough?" Zhao Yao pinched the girl's nose with her fingertips and said quite seriously.

Wen Ruyan accepted it as soon as he saw it, and blinked his eyes very obediently in response: "Yeah."

Only then did Wen Ruyan keep her small nose, rubbed it with her hand and said, "Well, how long are you going to hug me?"

Zhao Yao pursed her thin lips and let them go, she sat upright on the couch and replied, "You should lie down and fall asleep."

"Oh." Why do emotions change so quickly every time?

Wen Ruyan crawled inside and lay down on his side, fanning vigorously with a round fan in one hand, while flipping through a book and reading a story with the other.

The hall was quite quiet all of a sudden, Zhao Yao turned her head to look at the girl lying beside her, she lay down slowly and said, "Why don't you talk?"

The girl tensed her face and replied, "I'm reading a book, so I won't disturb Your Majesty's rest."

Such a polite tone was completely unlike what a girl would say.

Zhao Yao approached and raised her hand to poke the girl's cheek and said, "Are you angry?"

"No." The girl finally turned her head, her eyes sparkling, "I'm not like you."

"What's wrong with me?" Zhao Yao asked with some displeasure.

Wen Ruyan responded with blinking eyes: "You, you tend to get angry at every turn, and you also like to threaten people with words, especially domineering."

"Is that what you think of me?" Zhao Yao felt more uncomfortable the more she heard it.

"Yes." Wen Ruyan saw that Zhao Yao was obviously annoyed but still forbeared, she quickly pressed the corners of her raised lips tightly, and lowered her head to snicker with a smile in her eyes, "But sometimes you are quite a nice person, and you are tall. nice."

Zhao Yao was in a complicated mood, staring at the girl's awkward expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, she suddenly realized that she raised her hand to pinch the girl's earlobe and said, "Are you making fun of me?"

The girl didn't resist at all, she turned her head up and smiled and squinted her eyes and replied, "Actually, you're quite cute."

"Really?" Zhao Yao sized up the girl suspiciously, not daring to use much strength with her fingertips.

Wen Ruyan raised his hand begging for mercy and said, "I promise it's more real than real money!"

Zhao Yao stood up slightly, looked down and pursed her lips to see the girl's blushing face due to emotional fluctuations, gently brushed away the thin hair on the side of her face with her fingertips and said: "If you really think so, why do you still want to sneak out of the palace?"

"Because the imperial palace is not my home." Wen Ruyan restrained her expression and looked up at Zhao Yao sincerely.

"Haven't you been wandering outside?"

Wen Ruyan was speechless for a moment, cleared his throat and replied, "But there are so many rules in the palace, I'm used to being free, and I'm really not used to it."

Zhao Yao looked at the girl's expression with blinking eyes, trying to determine how true or false what she said was.

"You believe in me, and I will give you a palace without any rules to bind you."

Hey?

The girl looked at it with puzzled eyes and said, "But why do you insist on doing this?"

"You don't believe me?" Zhao Yao didn't respond, but asked rhetorically.

"The imperial palace is not my home, you have no reason to renovate your home for me." Wen Ruyan sat up seriously, sizing up Zhao Yao.

The words fell to the ground coldly, without any sound.

Zhao Yao looked at the girl stiffly, feeling inexplicably flustered in her heart, and replied with a dull expression, "Why?"

The girl leaned closer, nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, you have spent so much effort just to keep me in the palace, it's so strange."

"I don't think it's strange." Zhao Yao looked at the girl who was close at hand with evasive eyes, "I think I will do it, what's so strange?"

These words were too in line with Zhao Yao's domineering and unreasonable character, so Wen Ruyan couldn't refute them for a while.

"Then you will do the same to others?"

Zhao Yao turned her head to look at the lamp on one side, but she couldn't answer, because she had never spent so much time for one person.

Wen Ruyan couldn't wait for an answer, and fell down on the bed bored, fanning the wind with one hand and said, "Since you can't say it, I'll take it as your acquiescence."

"Acquiesce to what?" Zhao Yao turned her head to look at the girl and asked.

"It must be because I'm so good-looking, so you fell in love with me?" The girl joked mischievously, and smiled with her eyebrows bent.

Zhao Yao stared blankly at the bright smiling eyes and said, "I like you?"

Wen Ruyan nodded sincerely, and said nonsense in earnest: "Yes, admit it quickly!"

"This..." Seeing the girl's smug expression, Zhao Yao was not willing to show weakness, and looked at her with a slightly indifferent expression, "This is impossible."

The girl approached and said, "Why is that impossible?"

Zhao Yao raised her hand and pressed the girl's forehead, forcing them to distance themselves and said in a cold voice: "You are so brave, how dare you make fun of the emperor."

Wen Ruyan stretched out his hand to push away the hand on his forehead, a little confused by this sudden change of emotion.

Just kidding, why did you get angry all of a sudden?

"Even if you are an emperor, you are still a person of flesh and blood. Why can you make fun of me, but I can't?" The girl closed the book, wrapped herself in a thin blanket and turned her back to Zhao Yao. I always lost my temper once, and I don't want to talk to you anymore."

Looking at the girl's back, Zhao Yao couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, she clearly wanted to treat her better.

Until midnight, there was no sound in the hall, and Zhao Yao couldn't wait for the girl to turn around, so she had to approach cautiously.

The girl was already sound asleep, Zhao Yao looked around for a while, and then carefully moved closer to lie down.

like?

No one has ever told me why I like it. The imperial palace is a bottomless abyss. If you make a wrong step, you will be lost forever.

If he kept her, maybe he would let her accompany him to die.

But he still insisted on keeping her, so Zhao Yao stretched out his arms to gently embrace the girl, feeling inexplicably afraid of this kind of thinking about gains and losses.

He has survived all these years alone in the deep palace, so why is he afraid at this time?

From night to dawn, Zhao Yao woke up because of the numbness in her right arm.

Most of the girl approached, her head lying on the pillow on her shoulder, and she fell asleep soundly.

Zhao Yao turned her head and looked out of the slightly bright window. Most of the candles in the hall were burnt out, only a few long candles were still lit.

Getting up slowly from the bed, Zhao Yao couldn't help sighing as she looked at the girl who was still lying on her stomach.

Because of the unhappiness last night, during the daytime Zhao Yao was reviewing memorials in the outer hall, but the girl did not come out to taste sour plum soup or iced yogurt.

The girl didn't speak during the meal, Zhao Yao has never been a good talker, seeing this she didn't know what to say.

After another day like this, the envoy of the Northwest Kingdom came to visit and hosted a banquet at night.

All the officials will also attend, and Zhao Yao has finished processing the memorial early.

Because the effect of the medicine was over, the little milk cat lay on the window, curled up into a fluffy ball, and didn't like to talk to people.

Zhao Yao approached and looked at the sunset outside the window and said, "There are more guards in the palace than usual for the banquet tonight, so don't move around indiscriminately."

"Meow." The little milk cat replied lazily, not even wanting to lift its head.

"Are you still angry?" Zhao Yao reached out and rubbed the fluffy ball lightly, "It was true that I spoke too hard that day."

The amber eyes of the little milk cat blinked lightly, and the little ears moved accordingly.

Zhao Yao withdrew her hand awkwardly and said, "Don't be angry."

"Meow." The little milk cat shook its fluffy tail.

"If there is something delicious at the banquet, I will ask someone to prepare a portion, and I will let you taste it when the time comes."

The little milk cat nodded with bright eyes, and lazily collapsed on one side, revealing its soft buttocks and calling: "Meow."

After Zhao Yao left Yuqing Palace, Wen Ruyan poked his head, full of expectations that Zhao Yao would bring back delicious food at night.

When night fell, a large number of guards gathered outside the entire Yuqing Palace.

"Come here, arrest all the palace servants, if they can't be found, they will all be dealt with."

"Yes!"

The Yuqing Palace, which was originally silent, suddenly heard small noises. Wen Ruyan, who was lying on the low couch and taking a nap, was also awakened.

Jumping from the low table to the window sill, I saw that many palace people were arrested, and the door of the palace was pushed open, and a large number of people broke in.

"Cat, catch it too." Chunyue reminded from the side.

The guards searched the inner hall, but the inner hall was in a mess, Wen Ruyan was lying on the beam of the room, not daring to make a sound.

"My lord, there are no people and no cats here."

Chunyue reminded again: "You must catch the cat!"

If no one saw this with their own eyes, no one would believe in the existence of the cat demon.

The big guard ignored Chunyue's words, and only said coldly: "Have the three palace people at 120 arrived?"

"Go back to your lord, it's all here."

"The emperor's order is that if the person who is hiding can't be searched tonight, all of you will come and see me!"

"Yes!"

Chunyue looked anxiously at this group of disobedient guards, so she had to look for it by herself.

Perhaps because of the candlelight, the little milk cat's tail was cast a huge shadow by the light.

"Where is it!" Chunyue raised her head and shouted hastily.

The big guard looked at Chunyue suspiciously and said, "Is it more important to catch people or catch cats today?"

Chunyue knew that if she couldn't catch the cat now, she might be buried with her.

"cat!"

"Okay, come and shoot arrows!"

Wen Ruyan was so frightened that he rushed out from a high place, and ran out of the side hall through the crowd, only to see that the entire Yuqing Palace was littered with torches, and a large number of palace people were driven into the backyard.

"Someone get that cat!"

I saw many guards besieged with their knives raised, and the entire promenade courtyard was congested.

Some timid palace people were so frightened that they choked up and gathered in one place, not daring to resist.

"Don't run!"

Wen Ruyan ran into the underground palace of the greenhouse in a panic, the room was extremely vast.

Several guards chased them in, and Chunyue followed her out of breath and shouted, "This is a dead end!"

Wen Ruyan broke straight into the complicated stone room on one side of the underground palace, and the iron door was suddenly closed.

"Fool, you have to find it at dawn to find it. It's just a kitten. If you set it on fire, it will burn to death."

"Yes!"

The inexplicable smoke permeated along the stone path, Wen Ruyan was choked, and ran into the room in a panic, but there was no way out.

The thick smoke got bigger and bigger, Wen Ruyan nestled in the corner, clawing at the airtight stone wall.

I thought it might be a dog.

Unknowingly which stone brick was pressed by its claws, the little milk cat fell off, and the stone brick on it closed automatically like a mechanism.

There was a splash, and the rushing water rang through his ears. Wen Ruyan couldn't tell where he was, and floated passively with the water.

When the palace banquet was in full swing, Zhao Yao sat on a high place, paying attention to the reactions of all the officials, especially the envoy from the Northwest Kingdom and Song Taishi.

When the banquet is over, Zhao Yao only asks the palace servants to prepare some sweets, she always likes these overly sweet foods.

Walking on the palace road, Zhao Yao suddenly saw a large number of guards outside Yuqing Palace.

Most of the palace people have already been dealt with. Zhao Yao got down from the chariot and looked at the only remaining palace people. The big guard slowly stepped forward with a knife in his hand, and saluted extremely arrogantly: "I am ordered to deal with those with unclean hands and feet. Palace people."

Zhao Yao stepped forward and said, "Most of the palace affairs are handled by the inner secretary, how can you be executed in Yuqing Palace?"

The big guard looked at Ying with great contempt: "Your Majesty doesn't know something, this is an order from the Supreme Emperor."

What a pro order!

The guards in the palace are all close friends of the Supreme Emperor, especially the chief guard Zhao Zhong, who has a sword in his hand that can kill princes and ministers.

Zhao Yao didn't make a sound, and walked straight to the side hall, feeling more and more uneasy, because tonight is too unusual.

There was no one in the side hall, Zhao Yao stood in the hall, as if standing in the cold winter, her limbs were cold and biting, and she murmured: "Where are you?"

The words amplified loudly, but did not wait for her response.

Not only the Piandian, but also the entire Yuqing Palace, Zhao Yao wanted to be inquired about, but she was afraid that she would run away from Yuqing Palace temporarily, and she might come back soon.

After the night guards left, Zhao Yao asked the new palace servants to open the palace gate all night and not to close it privately.

Sitting alone until dawn, Zhao Yao stood up with a slightly stiff figure.

There were 120 people in the entire palace, except Chunyue, who was gone.

Later I heard that in order to hunt down a cat, the guards closed the only passage in the Huafang underground palace and stone chamber, and set a fire.

The fire was left unattended, and the entire underground palace was set ablaze.

Hundreds of living creatures were burnt to such a degree that even the corpses could not be identified.

Zhao Yao, who had some hope at the beginning, suddenly realized that she might not survive when she saw the fallen leaves all over the ground in late autumn.

With such a big fire, even the giant snake was burned to death, not to mention that she was easily scalded when drinking tea on weekdays.

Chunyue stood aside with tea and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to eat."

Since that arrest, the Empress has become more depressed than before. When she tilted her head to look in this direction, the murderous intent in her eyes made people shudder.

Fortunately, no one in Yuqing Palace knew the details, Chunyue, who hastily lowered her head, thought to herself.

A light snow ended the short autumn, and heavy snow began to fall in all states and counties in the southern countries.

The white-haired old man was sitting beside the snowy street, his clothes were ragged, his white hair was very disheveled, he held a fortune-telling banner and shouted vigorously: "Look, look, this spirit creature is a rare treasure."

There were several people watching, and a young man looked at the shivering little milk cat that was frozen and joked: "This ordinary kitten, what's unusual?"

"You're young, you don't have the eyesight to see." The white-haired old man gave a look, and the gray-haired kitten tried to stand on its hind paws, and bowed to everyone with its front paws together.

When everyone saw it, they were all amazed, but the little milk cat nestled pitifully in the corner.

At this moment, Wen Ruyan was desperate in his heart, wishing he could cry out with a meow.

The author has something to say: First of all, I would like to thank 88 lovely readers who silently clicked on the bookmarks to support and encourage them~~O(∩_∩)O~~