[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

Every year on the [-]th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the Hungry Ghost Festival is commonly known as July and a half.

Buddhism became Obon Festival.

As far as Taoism is concerned, there are three officials in Taoism, the heavenly official blesses, the earthly official forgives sins, and the water official relieves misfortune. July [-]th is the birthday of the local official. All ghosts can return to the Yang world, receive offerings from their descendants, and return to the underworld on the [-]th.

As far as Buddhism is concerned, this day is Mulian's mother-saving day, and all believers will also set up a fast on the next day to save the ghosts without descendants.

At night, the common people often light river lanterns to see off the ghosts with dim candlelight.

Of course, this had nothing to do with Xia Anran, because he is a cat now.

The [-]th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar this year falls on a Saturday, and it is the week before school starts. Students may be busy with their homework, and parents have to urge the children to take care of themselves, so there are not many tourists in the Forbidden City.

Xia Anran stretched her waist on the white marble steps.

Autumn is coming soon, the wind blowing after the sun sets to the west brings a bit of coolness, which is very comfortable, but now it’s time for the cat to get up. If you don't go to eat something now, you will get what you can eat tomorrow.

It trotted all the way, its slightly longer fur fluttering in the wind, and the puffy meat that grew out after eating and sleeping recently trembled as it ran.

Along the road through the central axis of the Forbidden City, all the way to the feeding point set up by the little sister Xia Anran is familiar with, just in time to see the young lady setting up a clean cat food bowl, seeing it coming, the young lady raised her hand accordingly, Xia Miao immediately Rubbing his head over, he obediently let the little girl stroke her hair.

"Meow~~~"

What are you eating today~~~

Xia Anran had a good night's sleep today, and the tourists were rarely disturbed, so she was in a good mood. The reaction to it was that the sugar content in its barking increased a few points, and its small tail was raised high, happily rubbing against the girl's legs. Rubbing back and forth, and sticking his cheeks against her legs, looking up at the girl is simply killing the girl.

The girl shook the jar in her hand, "Okay, okay, I know, you are the most picky." The cat that used to be able to get away with cat food did not know when it started to like human food. When everyone was eating, they sat on the sidelines and looked at them. The little eyes were so pitiful. There were always people who couldn’t help sneaking some food into the owner’s carelessness. The girl tried to persuade her colleagues not to feed the cats. food.But, "I can't help it. It's too cunning and cute. I can't stop it."

Her colleague covered her face and collapsed, "I can't help it! The little collar is so cute, I can't stop the way it looks up at me with its two meaty paws on my legs!"

"I can last 30 seconds." Another male colleague of hers said calmly.

"I'm about... 40 seconds?" Another male colleague thought for a while and said, "Aqiu is the shortest. He lost in about ten seconds."

The person named Aqiu opened a small box in silence, "Steamed chicken breast, sprinkled with a little sea salt, very healthy."

"Are you losing weight?"

"No, for cats."

"..."

In this way, Xia Anran relied on the cat's nature to win the qualification to eat human food, but the owner is still very strict about it, he must eat cat food for breakfast every day, often eating homemade food will cause the cat to lack certain nutrients.

Xia Anran had no choice but to swallow the cat beans that she thought were quite delicious before as if she had completed a task.

Today's dinner is pan-fried sorrel fish, half the size of a palm, enough to feed a kitten.

After the meal, Xia Anran sent off the young lady who was off work. Xia Anran looked around, and ran back to the Garden of Compassionate Ninggong, where he liked to stay recently. He found a comfortable corner, licked his fur for a while, and combed Twisted his beard, probably because today's dinner was delicious and full, Xia Anran fell asleep after licking it.

The setting sun melts gold, the stars gradually shine, a thousand crows return to the forest, and the autumn wind rustles.

None of this made Xia Anran wake up from her dream.

Until he felt his body lighten, someone hugged him in a gentle and familiar gesture.

Xia Anran swiped her paw, feeling a little confused, at first she thought it was the patrolling security guards of the Forbidden City, but later she found it was wrong.

Yellow, yellow robe! !

The person holding it is wearing a yellow robe!Bright yellow.

The security uniforms of the Forbidden City all wear black clothes, only the armbands and other places have reflective tapes.

And this yellow robe, if you look closely, there is a dragon's tail sewn on it with gold thread.

And this craft is by no means something that can be imitated by modern times.

Xia Anran froze like a cat, he lowered his head tremblingly, this man was wearing a long robe, it was hard to tell whether he had feet or not.

Although he had heard of the supernatural legends of the Forbidden City a long time ago, such as the platoon of court ladies jumping past eunuchs, but he hadn't seen it for so long!

Yes, yes, today is the Ghost Festival!

The person who hugged the cat didn't seem to realize that the cat had been frightened silly, but walked towards the outside of the Compassionate Ning Palace quite leisurely.

He walked very steadily, Xia Anran could hardly feel the vibration that people would feel when walking normally, just like floating.

Xia Miao's tail involuntarily exploded into a tail flower, and the cat hairs stood up uncontrollably, but it didn't dare to move.He could only keep his body roughly still and slowly lift the cat's head up at a very slow speed. What he saw was a clean chin with no beard. Fortunately, fortunately, it was not a rotten human face or something.

Xia Anran relaxed a little bit, but the fur on her whole body still did not come down, this was not under its control, it was a cat's instinctive reaction.

The person holding it with one hand didn't seem to notice its movement, walked straight all the way, passed the Linxi Pavilion, and walked through the middle right door, which is the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

There is a faint light ahead.

It's night, and it's not a major festival. The Forbidden City never turns on the lights at night. Even if it's a major festival, only some palaces will turn on the lights. As the largest wooden building complex in the world, fire prevention has always been the top priority.

Not to mention lighting candles.

But today Xia Anran saw an extremely miraculous scene. On the square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there were many tables surrounded by candles, and many people were sitting there, eating wine and watching a play, toasting and changing cups. , so lively, someone noticed a person and a cat walking slowly, and turned around to say hello, "Yinzhen, why are you so slow, come quickly, come quickly, although the wine offered this year lacks a bit of elegance and has a stronger taste, but Not bad either."

He shook the white porcelain bottle in his hand, then his eyes fell on Xia Anran.

Xia Anran "..."

It was almost petrified.

YINZHEN, this pronunciation, plus the dragon robe, who else can it be! !

Emperor Yongzheng! ! ! !

But look at the person in front of him again, Ming imperial robe, dragon pattern, golden crown.

This is obviously an imperial dress made in the Ming Dynasty.

"Yo, where did the raccoon slave come from?"

The man stood up with great interest, walked in front of Xia Anran, and as soon as he lowered his head, he met a pair of cat eyes with shock written on them. He narrowed his eyes slightly, "No wonder, let me tell you, animals in the Forbidden City live on this day every year." Hide as long as you can, why did you see the little raccoon today, it turns out that it is a...monster."

Obviously, this person became more interested. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Xia Anran's neck and brought the kitten over. Xia Anran didn't dare to move. Take a look, and poke the cat's belly.

As the saying goes, you get used to being scared. Seeing that this person didn't mean to hurt it, Xia Anran also slowly let go of her heart. When she was held in her arms and licked, she was still a little curious and pawed. The meat pad felt the texture of the imperial robe, tsk, it didn't seem to be silk, and it didn't seem to care about it when the man was holding it, so it felt relieved.At the same time, he looked back at the person named Yinzhen.

The appearance is correct, probably because it was the appearance when he was young, and it is not the same as in the portrait.

After handing over the cat to the person who was holding it, he also joined the table, took a sip from the wine cup, and was talking to the person on the other side with his head tilted, causing the person on the other side to burst into laughter. Very heroic.

Xia Anran slapped down the hand of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was holding him, even a ghost can't flick the cat's tail to watch!So rude meow.

"Heh, he's quite angry." The man greeted Yinzhen with the cat in his arms, and then returned to his seat, pointing to the dishes on the table, "Little cat, what do you want to eat? I'm happy today, share with you." some offerings."

Xia Anran didn't hear what he was talking about, but felt that the dishes on the table looked very delicious. He licked his fur's mouth, and when he heard the person holding him allow it to eat, he quickly pointed to the food in the middle with his fur paw. of fish.

Steamed saury!

Knife fish!

Most people can't eat it!I want to eat this meow.

"Heh, he's pretty good at picking." The man was also easy to talk, raised his chopsticks and cut a piece of saury, and put it on the plate in front of Xia Anran. It was strange to say that Xia Anran ate it in one bite. In the first warm, this warmth goes straight to the top of the sky, and every hair of it is so comfortable that it glows beautifully.

No, it really shined.

Xia Anran's cat's eyes widened in horror and bewilderment. Seeing it like this, the person who fed it the fish laughed, as if it had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Seeing this, the people next to him also smiled and said, "Hou Zhao, you're messing around again." Although it was a criticism, the tone was particularly conniving.

The man said to Xia Anran who was raising his paws and turning his head to look at the glowing fur on his body, "Don't panic, you little monster. What you just ate was the sacrifice of the Chinese people to us. For you, a newborn little monster, it is really too sweet." , but it's not a big problem, it will be fine in a few days."

When he saw his son holding chopsticks and the little demon poking the cat's ass while listening to him, he felt a little bit unbearable to look directly at him, but it was his son after all, so he turned around and said to the people beside him, "My son is naughty, my name is Xuan!" Ye saw the joke."

Emperor Kangxi, who also had a group of bear sons, was very happy watching the play. Seeing this, he waved his hands and said coolly, "You are welcome."

The atmosphere on their side was good, when suddenly a mighty man wearing the eunuch uniform of the Ming Dynasty came over and saluted Zhu Houzhao who was bullying the cat with chopsticks, "Your Highness, Your Majesty heard that a cat is coming today, and I want to see this little friend."

Zhu Houzhao, whose chopsticks were pressed down by Xia Anran with his body, saw the visitor, and smiled back, "Uncle Sanbao, since it is my grandpa who wants to see it, it is also a chance." In the eunuch's hand, Xia Anran hurriedly looked up at the celebrity.

The name of Zheng He, the eunuch of the three guarantees, is known to all Chinese people. It is a monument in the era of great navigation in my country's feudal society. His name is an era, an era in which our country occupied maritime hegemony.

This man's hand holding Xia Anran is very steady. He has dark skin, five beards, tough facial features, and walks like the wind. The eunuchs in the early Ming Dynasty and the eunuchs in the later period are simply two extremes. The eunuchs in the early Ming Dynasty can all go to the battlefield. Strategies and behavior are no different from ordinary men, even more sturdy.

Then Xia Anran suddenly felt the hair on her back being stroked.

As soon as he raised his head, Zheng He looked serious and expressionless, and he didn't look like the person who just licked the cat at all.

Xia Anran: Hmm...

Leaving aside half of the case table, Xia Anran saw a man wearing a Ming Dynasty imperial uniform. The man's appearance was indeed not handsome, but his whole body was full of aura, with a hint of golden light.

Seeing Zheng He approaching with Xia Anran in his arms, he didn't stop pouring the wine, but just glanced at it quite casually, stretched out his free hand, and took Xia Anran and put it on his lap "It's you."

He snorted with some ambiguous meaning, looked at the black cat's eyes, and poked the pink cat's nose with his hand, "Okay, we have some fate." He put the wine he had just poured into the cat's mouth. "Drink it."

Let the cat drink?

Xia Anran widened her cat's eyes, and saw this man raised his chin slightly, with a look of indifference.

Xia Anran leaned over and sniffed, but there was no smell of alcohol.

This is not wine?

He remembered that when Emperor Wuzong greeted Emperor Yongzheng just now, he also mentioned the wine that was enshrined today.

Xia Anran felt that this group of bosses had no bad intentions towards him, so she stuck out her tongue and licked the wine cup without hesitation.

Sure enough, there was no smell, and the under water belly felt a burst of warmth, and it quickly licked several mouthfuls.He didn't sit obediently in Ming Taizu's arms until he finished drinking the wine in the wine glass. He stepped on the man's knees alternately with his cat's claws, and he had the right to thank him.

This move drew mocking smiles from the people beside Taizu. "You Han people like this kind of soft little things," the man sat in a bold and unrestrained posture, with his elbows on his knees and his fists on his chin. His posture was extremely casual, and he looked at Xia Anran's flattering appearance even more He raised the wine cup and said, "Men, you should like something majestic, this kind of soft. Heh."

Xia Anran, who was attacked by the cat's body, recognized who this person was at a glance.

Huang Taiji, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

He showed his small fangs to this man, his claws slapped the ground, and his tail exploded. Whoever is soft is not a man anymore!Meow!

Amused by its threatening attack, Huang Taiji put down his wine cup, hooked his fingers, "Hey, are you still angry? I'm different from you Han people, I'm a man from Manchuria..."

"It's Dog Pie."

……

Oh.

Xia Anran lowered her tail with a look of indifference, and sat on the lap of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was inexplicably assigned to the cat group, with her weight on her hind legs, her paws in front, and her tail obediently placed in front of her paws.

A look of sarcasm.

Are you dog pie amazing?

If you are so capable, why don't you replace the stone lions in the Forbidden City with stone wolves?

Koko.

When you held a human stone lion to town the house, did you ever think that it is a cat?

Don't mistake a lion for a cat!

Stimulated by the cat's half-closed eyes looking at him, Huang Taiji, who has not been an emperor for many years, is in a relaxed mood. Although he doesn't know what the cat is thinking, he just feels that he has been ridiculed for no reason.He blinked, and stretched out his hand to Ming Taizu, "Hey, Chongba, let me play with this kid."

Ming Taizu rejected this person without hesitation, he patted the cat's head, raised his head, and the moon was about to reach the sky.

"The time is almost up."

He put the cat on the ground, stood up with a wave of his sleeves, and the sleeves stretched out in the wind.

As the oldest and most senior person here, as soon as he stood up, many emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties also stood up.

The table case disappeared inexplicably, and the emperors of the two dynasties were separated into two rows, leisurely embarking on a road paved by Yuehui that leads directly to the sky.

Just when Xia Anran opened his eyes wide and wanted to take a closer look, a gust of breeze blew away the faint mist. When he opened his eyes again, he could no longer see the scene just now. He was the only one left in the empty square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"... Meow...?" Xia Anran was a little confused and looked at his back hair, but there was no light. He looked left and right, and there were no candles. He licked his paws and sniffed, and there were indeed faint fish. It smelled fishy, ​​but that should be the smell of the dragon fish it had eaten at night.

Is it a dream?

He raised his head in confusion, and the giant Forbidden City stood quietly in the night, just like every night in his 600 years, quiet and speechless.

The bright moon hung high, the stars were slightly dim, and there was no cloud. He blinked his cat's eyes, jumped onto the white marble in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and ran away along the stone steps, wanting to look elsewhere.

In the Imperial Temple separated by a wall.

The sacrifice has come to an end,

Several children are reciting sacrificial texts, their childish voices piercing through the void.

……

Lines of ancestors, ancestors and sages

May my great country be prosperous and strong.

May my Chinese people be happy and happy.

May the fire of my China be able to start a prairie fire.

Tian Xingjian, a gentleman should strive for self-improvement.

The moon is already in the middle of the sky, and at the same time, whether it is a Taoist temple, or a temple, or an ordinary home, the officiant faces the east and bows their heads one after another.

May my Huaxia be prosperous and glorious.