Chapter 55 The Evil Cat Princess Who Bewitched the Kingdom 16

Xie Rong stared intently at the swaying twelve tassels.

His cat instincts made him almost unable to resist the urge to scratch the swaying beaded curtain with his claws.

But by the time he came to his senses, his claws had already slipped through the beaded curtain and scratched the man's face.

"It's all your fault for forgetting to trim my nails." Xie Rong showed him his fingertips, his tone slightly irritated. "They're covered in your blood, they're filthy."

Lu Wenjing grasped his hand, tilted his head to kiss his fingertips, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Go back to your nest, and I'll clean it up for you."

Xie Rong glanced at him and smiled, "Okay."

His hand was enveloped by Lu Wenjing's rough, hot palm, and he was led towards the outside of the Ministry of Justice prison.

When Eunuch Liu, who was waiting outside, turned his head, he saw the hideous scratch on the emperor's face and was startled. Then, when he turned his eyes to the side, he saw the imperial concubine being led by the emperor's hand and following obediently behind him.

At first glance, he almost thought it was the little stray cat that had transformed into human form.

"Eunuch Liu, are you looking at me?" Xie Rong asked, tilting his head.

Eunuch Liu quickly lowered his head, "This servant dares not, but I noticed that Her Majesty's eyes are very similar to those of one of His Majesty's pet cats."

"Oh." Xie Rong nodded.

Eunuch Liu coughed lightly and drew out, "Your Majesty, please depart!"

...

With the year-end approaching, the civil and military officials of the capital had only met with His Majesty once in the past month, at the morning court session.

His Majesty even brought his cat to the morning court session this time.

“Your Majesty, it is indeed extremely disrespectful of Minister Wang and his entourage to trespass into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but now a month has passed and the end of the year is fast approaching. We humbly beg Your Majesty to show mercy and pardon their crimes, and we will serve Your Majesty again next year.” The speaker was Gu Qiansi.

Now that General Gu is recuperating and not coming out of the army, he is in charge of all military affairs.

"You're so kind, how about I give you the throne too?" Lu Wenjing said casually, stroking the cat in his arms.

Gu Qiansi lifted her robe and knelt down, her head bowed, her expression and tone impeccable. "Your subject dares not. I only dared to speak out for the sake of Dafeng."

"How are your father's eyes?" Lu Wenjing asked casually.

The cat in his arms got annoyed by his petting, turned its head, opened its mouth wide, and bit his hand.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, my father is currently recuperating at home and is in good health. However, he cannot go to the training ground to train soldiers as usual, so I have to take care of many things for him."

Lu Wenjing said meaningfully, "Then I congratulate you in advance."

"Bangs".

"Your Majesty?" Eunuch Liu curtsied.

"Issue my imperial decree to release the man from the Ministry of Justice prison."

After receiving the decree, Eunuch Liu hurriedly left.

"Court adjourned." Lu Wenjing was already in a bad mood because the cat demon in his arms kicked him off the dragon bed early in the morning. But when he got up to leave, the cat in his arms suddenly jumped out of his arms.

His face instantly contorted with rage as he turned to chase the cat, only to see Xie Rong leap onto Gu Qiansi's head, using both claws and the cat's mouth to bite open the man's hair ornament.

Unable to find what she wanted, Xie Rong meowed unhappily and jumped onto Gu Qiansi's shoulder, but her paws accidentally got caught on the silk thread on her shoulder.

He meowed at Gu Qiansi again.

Gu Qiansi lowered her head and carefully untied the silk thread for him. She supported the kitten's soft and petite body with her arms and watched him rummage through his clothes on his chest until he finally found the dried fish wrapped in oil paper.

"Meow!" Xie Rong raised its head and patted the oil paper with its paw.

Quickly feed the kitten some dried fish.

Gu Qiansi chuckled, unwrapped the oil paper, and patted the kitten's head. "Eat."

These dried fish were provisions specially prepared by his mother when he went to war with his father.

I thought I would be useless after returning to Beijing, but I never expected to be able to capture the heart of this little kitten.

Gu Qiansi raised her eyes, met the emperor's gloomy and terrifying gaze, and respectfully said, "Your Majesty's cat really likes my dried fish."

Lu Wenjing's expression grew increasingly grim.

He knew this cat, who flirted with all sorts of men, wouldn't stay still!

Normally, the palace servants in the imperial kitchen knew how much the emperor cherished this cat, and they had been privately reprimanded by Eunuch Liu countless times. Therefore, all the meals sent to the Hall of Mental Cultivation were mainly cat food, for fear that if the cat master ate even a little less, His Majesty would be displeased and have their heads chopped off.

As a result, Gu Qiansi lured away this heartless cat with a bag of cheap dried fish!

"Come here, come back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation with me. You can have as much dried fish as you want." Lu Wenjing took a deep breath.

"Meow." The cat in the wild man's arms was eating happily, not even glancing at him.

Gu Qiansi was still touching his cat with her dirty hands right under his nose.

Xie Rong's soft, fluffy fur was washed by him every day, never entrusted to anyone else. Now, instead of him being able to touch it, it has been given to some wild man outside.

Xie Rong disliked having her head touched, so she scratched Gu Qiansi's hand with her paw, "Meow!"

While Gu Qiansi was distracted, he opened his cat mouth wide and took a bite of the mountain of dried fish.

They all belong to Mimi, and Mimi will eat them all, leaving none for the ugly hairless cat.

Instead of swallowing it, it got stuck in his throat and he choked.

"Xie Rong?" Lu Wenjing stepped forward, snatched the cat from Gu Qiansi's arms, and gently pried open the little stray cat's mouth with his fingertips.

Little did the little stray cat know that it thought he was going to snatch the dried fish from its mouth, so it covered its mouth tightly with its two front paws. If the man tried to get close, he would be scratched by its claws.

"Stupid cat, it's just a little dried fish, and you're risking your life?"

Lu Wenjing pinched the cat's nape and skillfully massaged and patted it with his fingertips, finally making Xie Rong relax and slowly spit the dried fish in his mouth into his palm.

"Meow," Xie Rong lazily lay on his arm, gently wagging her tail.

"The morning court session has ended; you should leave the palace," Lu Wenjing said coldly, glancing at Gu Qiansi.

Gu Qiansi looked at the purring cat in the emperor's arms.

He could clearly sense that this little stray cat preferred him to Lu Wenjing.

But at this moment, a feeling arises that I cannot get involved.

On what grounds?

Lu Wenjing already has a concubine, and he indulges in nightly revelry, neglecting state affairs. How can he possibly have such a spiritually intelligent cat?

He was just a foolish ruler; he didn't deserve the title.

"Your subject takes his leave," Gu Qiansi said as he exited the main hall.

He strode to the palace gate, mounted his horse, and left the attendants who had been holding umbrellas to shield him from the snow behind.

As he stepped into the mansion, he was stopped by General Gu, who was blind in one eye.

"You still know to come back. Don't think that just because you're guarding those 50,000 troops outside the capital for me, you've forgotten who you are." General Gu walked over, surrounded by several young masters of the Gu family, his remaining left eye fixed on his son, who was growing in power.

“My affairs are none of your business,” Gu Qiansi looked back at him and said sarcastically. “Compared to me, your sons are hopeless. They don’t even obey the soldiers outside the capital. Father should take better care of them.”

Seeing that the father and son were about to start arguing again, the butler quickly said, "Young Master, the Master is worried about you because you haven't returned to the manor for several days."

Gu Qiansi turned to leave, but General Gu blocked his way.

"What happened at the morning court session this day?" General Gu suddenly smiled.

Gu Qiansi frowned. "What are you trying to say?"

“You are my son, do you think I don’t know what you’re thinking?” General Gu sneered. “Ever since you returned to the capital, you’ve been absent-minded, and today you look like a coward who’s been wronged in the palace.”

"Can we talk about what I told you last time again?" General Gu's eyes flashed with a shrewd light, and he looked very confident.

Whatever his son desires, desire creates leverage, and he will stop at nothing to fight, grab, and possess for the sake of that desire.