I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

The night is as cool as water, and the stars are shining brightly.

In the dark night, the palace is full of shadows, but the Kande Palace is still brightly lit.

The hall was very quiet, and the two young eunuchs stood outside the hall, their eyes wandering around, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

There was a slow and fast beating sound in the distance: "Bang—bang bang! It's the third watch, everything is safe..."

The little eunuch on the left heaved a sigh of relief and looked at the eunuch on the right. Just as he showed a relaxed smile, a wooden sign the size of a palm fell at his feet.

pat!

The little eunuch's face suddenly turned pale, and he turned his eyes slowly to look at the wooden sign, and whispered tremblingly: "Come, come, come."

The eunuch on the right was also quite frightened, but he still knew how to react. He moved over the beam on the wooden ladder frame that had been prepared behind him, and climbed up neatly.

"You, be careful, call out when you see anything, the guards are right beside you." The little eunuch's voice was filled with tears.

There was nothing above the beam, except for a gust of cool wind, which made the eunuch on the wooden ladder shiver.

He boldly read it again, and said to the little eunuch: "There is nothing, hand me the card, and I will put it back in its original place."

The little eunuch bent down to pick up the sign, and handed it to him tremblingly.

This is an evil card placed on the beams in front of every palace gate. It is made of peach wood and engraved with Tianlu beasts. It is used to keep the gates away from evil.

In the past few days, there has been a secret rumor among the eunuchs that every midnight to the third watch, the plaque will fall off the crossbeam. As if being pushed down by something...

The eunuch put down the evil spirit card and got down the wooden ladder, and the two of them worked together to flatten the wooden ladder against the corner of the wall behind them.

"I still haven't seen anyone?" The little eunuch's teeth were chattering.

"No one, but I saw a few cat paw prints, which should have been pushed down by wild cats." The eunuch patted the ashes on his hands, "Don't worry, it will definitely not be those things, our emperor is a real dragon, those Can something get close to this Gande Palace?"

The little lady overheard this, and looked at the door with the light behind it, and thought that the real dragon emperor was sitting inside at this moment, and felt a little more at ease, but even so, he didn't dare to stand under the beam with the evil spirit card.

"Good brother, let's change positions. I'm still panicking, and my vest is chilly."

The eunuch agreed, and the two switched positions and stood up, and the outside of Qiande Palace was quiet again.

A moment later, in a small corner blocked by the beam, the inconspicuous shadow suddenly moved, and its curled up body stretched out, forming the shape of a cat with a small bundle on its back.

The cat raised its furry paws, and the pads of flesh fell on the beam, walking quietly.After walking slowly to the front of the hall door, he sat down with his forelimbs on the ground, and looked into the hall with his round eyes through the gap in the door.

A few strands of candlelight illuminated it, and its fur was pure white like snow, smooth as satin, and its body shape was a circle larger than ordinary cats, but also chubby, like a cat but not a cat, it turned out to be a leopard cub.

The cub's eyes were fixed on the figure behind the desk in the hall. Although it was a little far away and there was a layer of gauze curtain in between, it didn't affect its concentration at all.

After looking at it for a while, it turned the burden to its chest, and groped for a while with its paws. When it was taken out, there was a piece of chestnut cake in its pink paws, and it was fed to its mouth, eating in small bites.

During this process, its round eyes never left the crack of the door.

After a while, after eating a piece of cake, it licked its paws clean, turned its head in satisfaction, and its eyes were attracted by the wooden sign behind it again.

When the evil spirit card was put up by the eunuch, it was not placed in the center of the beam, its direction was a little skewed, and its head was leaning against the edge of the beam, as if it would fall if touched.

This appearance seems to be very attractive to the cub. It moved its right front paw, as if it wanted to reach forward but was forcibly held back by itself, and there was a trace of struggling emotion in its eyes.

It turned its head and looked aside, but those eyes turned to the direction of the wooden sign.It puts its two front paws into its bosom, but the two ears next to its round head have been vibrating excitedly.

Finally, the cub couldn't control himself. He carried the burden on his back, took two steps towards the wooden sign, stretched out his right paw, and pushed the wooden sign out of the beam.

Half of the wooden sign hangs outside the crossbeam, so it is even more tempting to want to drop it. The cub looked around, stretched out his right paw, and after touching it, he swished out the tip of the claw in the pad.

The evil spirit card collided with the tip of the claw, and finally failed to hold on, and fell obliquely downward.

pat!

what!

The cub grinned, and a happy light flashed in his eyes. When the little eunuch groaned and cried, he turned his head to look at the figure in the hall, and then quickly ran out along the beam.

A crescent moon crossed the roof of the hall with double eaves, reflecting the little black shadow running and leaping.It jumped off the high wall and shuttled skillfully in the garden. The palace guards patrolling with lanterns only felt a flash in front of their eyes, as if something flashed by. When they looked closely, there were still only shadows of trees.

Yuqing Palace is located in the northwest corner of the imperial palace. It is an inconspicuous side hall. It used to live in the concubines who were thrown into the cold palace in the previous dynasty, and the back has been vacant.Until recently, the palace seemed to be inhabited by people. During the day, eunuchs carrying food boxes came in and out, and at night they would hold lamps.

At this moment, the gate of Yuqing Palace was closed, and only two lanterns were hung, but a black shadow sprang out from the opposite forest, quickly drilled through a water channel under the wall, and entered the courtyard without anyone noticing.

Its fur was illuminated by the moonlight, and it was as white as a snowball. It was the leopard cub that stayed outside the Candid Palace just now.

The cub slowed down, turned his head frequently to look at the room on the far right, and sneaked across the yard, stopped at the door of the room in the middle, raised his little paw and gently pushed the door.

creak...

The old door made a sound and opened a crack.At the same time that the candles were lit in the room on the right, the cub got in through the crack of the door, rushed to the innermost big bed, jumped into the gauze curtain.

The door of the room on the right was opened, and an eunuch in his early thirties came out. He came to the main room door with a candlestick in his hand. When he saw the half-closed door, his face showed doubts, and he pushed the door away quickly. went in.

Covered by a bean of candlelight, the big bed in the room was illuminated, and a figure was outlined through the hazy gauze.

The eunuch put the candlesticks away, walked lightly to the side of the bed, lifted the hanging gauze curtain, and revealed the sleeping person on the bed.

It was a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, his small chin was sunk in the quilt, revealing his slightly pouty lips.The skin is flawless, showing a white and delicate texture, just like fine jade.Long, curly eyelashes cover the tightly closed lower eyelids like two rows of raven wings.

"Master Luo..." the eunuch tried to whisper softly.

The boy on the bed did not wake up, and seemed to be sleeping soundly.The eunuch didn't make another sound, he just stretched out his hand to tuck up the corner of the quilt for him, put down the gauze curtain, and walked out of the house lightly.

When the door slammed, the person sleeping on the bed also opened his eyes.

Those eyes are big and round, they are as bright as morning stars, how can they look like they have ever fallen asleep?

The young man lifted the quilt and sat up, his body was naked. He touched the clothes next to the pillow and put them on, then lifted the gauze curtain and got off the bed.

A pair of even bare feet of flesh and blood landed on the carpet, and he walked quickly to the mahogany cabinet in the corner, and the silk pajamas hanging loosely on his shoulders made a light friction sound.

There was no light in the room, and the light was very dark, but he skillfully avoided the tables and stools blocking the way, as if he could see in the dark, went straight to the window and sat down at the desk, took a volume and a book pen.

While moistening the nib in his mouth, he opened the volume.

The book is bound with fine rice paper, the paper is white and flexible, and the whole book is blank and brand new, only the first page is painted with crooked black ink blobs of different sizes.

Each ink ball seems to be out of order, but in fact it is similar in shape, with five small petals, four petals on the top and one petal on the side.At first glance, it looks like a string of plum blossoms that a young child scribbled on his father's book while he was away.

The young man took the nib out of his mouth, and his lips were stained black. He wrote tremblingly, tracing clumsily, and painted a new plum blossom behind the string of ink blobs.

Looking at the ink ball, the boy pursed his lips and smiled with crooked eyebrows.

Press a paw!

Today is another day to see my beautiful brother.

When the eunuch returned to his room, he was no longer sleepy. He folded his clothes and leaned against the head of the bed, staring at the candle, and recalled the night when he was on duty in Qiande Palace a month ago...

The cloisonné enamel double-crane incense burner in a corner of the hall emits wisps of white smoke, and the whole hall exudes a touch of sandalwood.The quaint Panlong contains a beaded water leak, and every moment, water drops will fall into the gold seated lotus plate below, making a light ticking sound.

The person sitting behind the large desk was handsome and young, with narrow, dark eyes on his pale face, and a bit of gloom between his brows.

Yuan Fu stood beside the hall, holding his breath, with his head slightly lowered, watching the figure behind the desk writing from the corner of his eye.

The eunuch can't look directly at the master, but he has to pay attention to the master's needs, so he has to be full of energy at all times.

In the quiet palace, the rustle of the tip of the brush falling on the paper can be clearly heard, and the candlestick on the wall next to it will occasionally beep and lightly flicker.

Eunuch Cheng, the chief steward of the imperial court, hurried into the hall at this moment, presented something before the desk, and then whispered something.

Yuan Fu looked at his nose and heart, and didn't glance in that direction.

A moment later, when Eunuch Cheng exited the palace, the people behind the desk stood up and walked out slowly. The hem of the black robe embroidered with golden dragons stopped in his lowered vision.

"Yuanfu." The emperor's youthful yet majestic voice sounded.

"The slave is here."

Emperor Zhao called for someone, but there was no more to say. Yuan Fu was worried in his heart, and after a long while, he finally raised his eyes secretly.

Emperor Zhao's entire face was hidden in the shadow of the candlelight, only the profile of the tall nose bridge and the sharp jawline could be seen, revealing the natural momentum and majesty of the emperor.

Yuan Fu's heart trembled, and he immediately looked away. When his eyes fell, he saw a small piece of porcelain in his palm, which was exposed to the candlelight. The blue pattern on the white background reflected the soft white light.

Yuan Fu recognized it at a glance, it was a kind of porcelain bowls and dishes common in palaces, ordinary fine porcelain, fired in official kilns on the outskirts of the city, and they were special bowls and dishes for eunuchs and maids.

He didn't dare to speculate, he just stood there holding his breath.

After a while, Emperor Zhao's indiscriminate voice finally sounded: "Yuan Fu, you take Hong Si to Wuzhou immediately, and pick someone up for me to enter the palace."

"The slave obeys the order."

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