Dressed as a palace cat butler

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager," Yang Songyuan stepped forward, nodded and said, "Eunuch Rong is here."

The queen mother raised her phoenix eyes slightly when she heard that, and rested her slightly curved fingers on the forehead: "Let him in."

"Yes," Yang Songyuan responded immediately, raised the dust in his hand, and said to the outside of the room, "Chuan Rong Gonggong."

Rong Dengde held a tray, bowed his eyebrows and came in, first saluted the queen mother, and then offered the tray respectfully: "The queen mother is auspicious - this is a new tribute tangerine from Huainan, said It has the effect of beautifying and appetizing, and His Majesty knows that the Queen Mother likes it, so he specially asked the servants to pick up some fresh ones and bring them over."

"The emperor has a heart," the queen mother looked at Yang Songyuan from one side, "Songyuan, accept it for the Ai family."

Yang Songyuan hurried forward to take the tribute orange from Rong Dengde's hand, and then stepped aside.

"How is Your Majesty's health recently?" the Queen Mother asked.

"As usual," Rong Dengde replied, "just a few days ago..."

The queen mother gave Yang Songyuan a wink, and he immediately came over, carefully pulled up the screen, cleaned his hands in the basin, and peeled the oranges.

"The Ai family has heard Dan'er's stories about you, and what he said to you is beating you. Cui Shanming is at a loss, and in private he must be urging the emperor to guard against the queen mother Ai family. "

Rong Dengde responded: "The old fox who has crossed three dynasties, no matter how serious his thoughts are, he should be about the same age now. How can he beat you, Queen Mother? Besides, His Majesty always has your heart in his heart."

The queen mother broke off a piece of orange and put it into her mouth, and after chewing and swallowing, she said slowly: "That may not be the case."

"At first, the Ai family suspected him. This kid is not stupid, and he is a bit clever in his heart, but since he became in power, he has obeyed the Ai family's orders. His beating you this time made the Ai family relieve a little bit of suspicion. "The queen mother threw the orange back on the plate, "Although the child is young, if he doesn't have the slightest desire to resist, then he is pretending too deeply, maybe he is secretly playing tricks on you and me behind the scenes."

Rong Dengde: "What the queen mother said is very true, the slaves are shallow-minded, how can they think of you as the queen mother?"

The queen mother smiled: "Rong Dengde, you dog slave is really good at flattering."

Rong Dengde immediately flattered and smiled and said: "My servant never dares to tell lies in front of the Queen Mother."

"In your opinion, this old Cui Ge..."

"Cui Mingshan is nothing to be afraid of," the Queen Mother said unhurriedly, "Besides, he is the elder of the three dynasties, so he can't move easily. You just need to stare at the emperor and don't care about other things."

Rong Dengde nodded in response, and then said: "By the way, Her Majesty, there is one more thing - I heard from Dan'er that your majesty seems to be looking for someone in the palace to answer your father-in-law. I heard...it is a young girl eunuch."

The queen mother was thoughtful: "He has not yet reached the age of ambition, and the matter of becoming a queen needs to be carefully considered. However, the maidservants sent to him by the Ai family over the years are tall, fat, thin, and short. How stunning, he also found excuses to refuse, this child can't be..."

She didn't say the latter word, but Rong Dengde could understand it——

The habit of Longyang and the wind of broken sleeves have existed in ancient times. If it is only done occasionally, it is just a novelty, and it is also an elegant thing, but this is not the right way after all.

"Songyuan, tomorrow you pick a few smart and beautiful eunuch boys and send them to the emperor..." The queen mother paused again when she said this, "Forget it, let's find a more flexible reason and wait a few days before sending them."

Yang Songyuan: "Your servant understands."

Rong Dengde glanced outside, and then said: "It's getting late, Your Majesty still needs servants to serve, so the servants will leave first."

The queen mother knew that he was afraid that the emperor would become suspicious again, so she also reminded him by the way: "It's cold and slippery, father-in-law walk carefully."

Rong Dengde was flattered, and flatteringly responded: "Hey."

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There is no snow today, and the moonlight is clear in the night sky.

As soon as night fell, Fang Tishuang couldn't help feeling anxious. One was because he didn't know whether he would become a human tonight; the other was whether he would go to the appointment tonight; It seemed that someone was looking for something about him.

Because of this, Fang Tishuang tossed and turned and couldn't close her eyes. She accidentally turned over from the kitten's nest to the ground many times, and couldn't fall asleep until midnight.

Until it was the same as last night outside, there was the loud voice of a watchman—it was midnight again.

But this time...he didn't seem to be able to become a human again.

Fang Tishuang looked at her front paws by the faint light of the fire burning in the charcoal basin, they were still tender pink pads, and had not turned into slender fingers.

This means that he can't go to the appointment alone tonight, so what will Pei Ye think?He will definitely feel that he is deliberately breaking his promise and despising the majesty of the monarch. When he gets angry, he will definitely have to find himself out and ask him to kill him immediately.

If he had been a cat all along, he might have survived, but who knew when he would become a human again?

Fang Tishuang was almost scared to death by his fantasy, he shook his head, put aside these terrifying thoughts, and then jumped out of the half-raised window with ease.

Although he failed to become a human tonight, he still had to go to the Furong Garden, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

The moonlight fell on the flat blue brick road, like thin frosting sprinkled all over the ground.

Fang Tishuang was dressed in the cold moonlight, and hurried all the way, almost trotting over.

At this time, the Furong Garden was quiet and silent, only the rustling sound of the leaves and branches being blown by the breeze. Fang Tishuang shuddered unconsciously as she shuttled through the garden.

He came to the place where he met Pei Ye for the first time yesterday, and went to the small lake where they stopped last night, but he couldn't find Pei Ye.

Didn't Pei Ye come?Fang Tishuang thought to herself.

So Pei Ye was just talking to tease him last night?It made him worry for so long... Thinking of this, Fang Tishuang breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that Pei Ye just said it casually last night, but he took it seriously, too... He is a high-ranking emperor, how could he invite a little eunuch to accompany him?

The "person the superiors are looking for" that Zehuan mentioned in the afternoon may not be him either.

It's all just a misunderstanding.

Fang Tishuang patted her chest lightly with her kitten paw, and began to comfort herself.

But at this moment, Fang Tishuang suddenly smelled a slightly familiar incense, this unique smell... He seemed to have only smelled it on Pei Ye.

Is he around?

Fang Tishuang was startled, and hurriedly hid behind a large flowerpot, and then glanced around.

Strange, I didn't see anyone either.

Fang Tishuang followed the scent carefully, and soon came to a rockery landscape. He was just about to go around there, but accidentally caught a glimpse of a very haunting scene.

He immediately took a step back, then leaned over and peeked a few more times to confirm.

Not far away, the little emperor Pei Ye asked a man dressed as an eunuch to hold a dagger to his neck. Under the moonlight, the polished dagger reflected a cold light.

It was the first time in Fang Tishuang's life that she saw such a scene, and she was frightened for a while.

But Pei Ye, who was pushed on the rockery, looked calm and composed, his eyes were cold, as if he was the one who did the murder.

"Who are you from?" His tone was unhurried, as if he was just chatting with him.

The man didn't say a word, but the blade in his hand pushed in further, and Pei Ye's neck was cut with a line of blood by the sharp dagger.

The man said in a hoarse voice: "Stop talking nonsense, hand over Yuxi!"

Pei Ye didn't seem to know the pain, but just smiled: "What's so difficult about getting Yuxi, it forced brother to treat Gu like this, Gu Gu is so sad."

The man hesitated for half a second: "You..."

"As long as the third brother opens his mouth, even if it is a draft decree, it will be fine. It must be difficult for the third brother to stuff you into this palace, but why bother to choose this big Chinese New Year time?" Pei Ye's mouth curled up. , "The whole family is neat and tidy, but he is squatting in the prison alone, how lonely-you say, right?"

But this person seemed to be irritated by his words, he gritted his teeth and said, "Emperor Dog, take your life!"

He knew very well in his heart that as long as he killed... the person in front of him, the world would only fall into the hands of his master.

As for Yuxi, that is just icing on the cake.

Pei Ye immediately revealed the identity of his master, he must not live!

But just when he was about to strike, a fluffy thing suddenly fell from the top of his head, and it landed firmly on his shoulder, and then a pair of sharp claws slashed across him unexpectedly. binocular.

He felt a heat in front of his eyes, and what he saw immediately was a blood-red darkness.

"Meow!" Although Fang Tishuang was so afraid that the whole cat was trembling, she still mustered up the courage to call out to Pei Ye, telling the little emperor who was in danger to run away.

Pei Ye raised his head to look at him meaningfully. For a moment, Fang Tishuang, who was in a panic, seemed to catch a glimpse of something in his cuff reflecting the cold white moonlight.

But when he wanted to take a closer look, the eunuch-like assassin suddenly threw him out heavily. Fang Tishuang wailed, and quickly changed a posture suitable for landing in the air.

However, what he didn't expect was that instead of falling to the ground, he was caught by a pair of strong hands.

Immediately afterwards, a flying arrow drilled out of the darkness, and then firmly sank into the knee socket of the blind assassin, nailing him firmly to the ground in an instant.

The man suddenly uttered a scream, frightening Fang Tishuang next to him.

The Qianniu Guards hiding in the dark quickly stepped forward, stuffed a ball of cotton cloth into the assassin's mouth, and then expertly tied him up.

"Take him to the prison, and Gu Yi will personally interrogate him, don't let him die." Pei Ye said flatly.

"As ordered."

Then, a man who looked like a leader suddenly stepped forward and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, your injury..."

Pei Ye: "No problem."

Fang Tishuang saw that Pei Ye had finished speaking, and walked towards him slowly. He looked at him with a complicated expression, as if he had encountered something inexplicable.

But in the end, he just commented on him succinctly: "Stupid cat."

Fang Tishuang didn't dare to show anything strange on her face, so she had no choice but to sulk in her heart.

Who is Stupid Cat?He had prepared himself for a long time before he made up his mind to climb up that rockery. How dare he despise such a good cat who sacrifices himself for others!

It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, who doesn't know the heart of a good cat!

"Send it back." Pei Ye ordered.

After he finished speaking, he paused again, and suddenly asked: "Did anyone come to the Furong Garden just now?"

"Return to Your Majesty, no one has come..."

Fang Tishuang only heard this, and was hugged by a Qianniuwei, turned and left. He didn't see Pei Ye's expression clearly when he heard the Qianniuwei's answer.