Chapter 99 099 Sending a Flower Cat is Good, But the Person is Bad

Inside the Ghost King's palace, layers of curtains hung down, giving it a dim and ambiguous feel. Compared to the time when the Ghost General and A Meng were in power, the Ghost King's palace was now magnificent and luxurious, showing that the Ghost Realm was much wealthier than it had been back then.

Yun Tianjiao was preoccupied with Zhiwei, her cat head held high, trying to see the legendary unconscious Ghost King through the curtains as quickly as possible. But who would have thought that it would take so long to walk through just the Ghost King's palace? After passing through one door, there was another. Yun Tianjiao became increasingly impatient, and taking advantage of the moment when the little palace maid holding her wasn't paying attention, she darted out.

The young palace maid cried out in alarm and hurriedly called for others to chase after the cat, fearing it might run off and damage things in the palace, or even worse, bump into His Majesty the Ghost King.

Yun Tianjiao ignored the chattering people behind her. After transforming into a cat, her body became even more agile and nimble. She dodged and weaved through the swaying curtains and soon spotted the Ghost King's bed. Without hesitation, she kicked off with her hind legs and jumped onto it!

The sleeping Ghost King had a pale complexion and a sickly aura around his eyes. His fragile appearance made him look even more beautiful and easily aroused people's protective instincts. It was impossible to tell what terrifying combat power he possessed when he was conscious.

The palace maids gave chase with all their might, but they were unable to catch the black cat before it jumped onto His Majesty's bed. The young maid responsible for holding the cat was terrified and hurriedly ran forward to take the cat back, but was stopped by the leading lady-in-waiting.

Following the female official's gaze, everyone saw the little black cat perched on the Ghost King's chest, its head close to the Ghost King's face, its round cat eyes looking intently at him.

The Ghost King's eyelashes seemed to tremble slightly as the kitten approached.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty seems to be reacting to this black cat!" The female official was so excited she was almost crying. For months, His Majesty had been like this ever since he returned to the palace. There was no cure, and some restless people even began to secretly speculate that the Ghost King might never wake up again.

Now we finally see a turning point!

"Quickly, summon the Ghost Doctor to the palace!"

As a result, no one dared to touch the little black cat anymore. They treated it like a living ancestor, and the palace maids retreated far away, no longer disturbing the ghost and the cat.

The female official, however, was more thoughtful and had already begun arranging for people to move the cat's nest into His Majesty's bedroom.

"Oh, wait, never mind that bamboo nest. Have the craftsmen build a new cat house, and also prepare plenty of dried fish, jerky, milk skin, and anything the cat likes to eat!"

The palace maids were busy coming and going, but Yun Tianjiao was completely unaware, as all her attention was focused on the man in front of her.

How did I end up like this...?

She felt both heartache and anxiety, but could only utter meows. She tried to reach out and touch Zhiwei's face, but instead, a cat's paw appeared.

Yun Tianjiao stared at his black cat paws with pink paw pads, feeling a wave of shame. However, he was careful not to stick out his claws and gently stepped on Zhiwei's face, treating it as a pat.

Aside from a slight tremor in her eyelashes at the very beginning, Zhiwei returned to a deathly stillness and showed no further reaction.

Yun Tianjiao stayed by his side without eating or drinking. On the seventh day, he was so hungry that he felt dizzy and his vision blurred. He suddenly fell headfirst off the bed with a thud.

The young palace maid who first brought her here was named Yang Lan. Upon seeing this, she quickly ran over, her eyes welling up with tears: "This cat is truly loyal. Since its master is not awake, it is trying to starve itself to death."

Waaah, this little cat wants to die for its master!

The other palace maids also wiped away their tears: "The cat is good, but the people are bad. Our Emperor was injured like this because he went to the human world."

"Yeah, yeah, cats are good, people are bad!"

Yun Tianjiao: "..."

Actually, Yun Tianjiao wanted to say that everyone had misunderstood. She simply hadn't felt hungry at all; instead, she felt a warm ball of light inside her body, continuously providing her with energy, making her incredibly energetic. However, compared to her powerful mental strength, this cat's body was quite weak, and she fainted from hunger.

The palace maids brought out all sorts of delicacies to feed the cat. The dried fish with a very strong fishy smell was served as soon as it was brought out, and it made Yun Tianjiao vomit.

What is this rubbish?! It doesn't even have salt in it, I won't eat it!

The black cat looked utterly rejected, and the palace maids dared not force-feed it. Instead, they had the imperial chef try to guess the cat's preferences and bring out more than a dozen kinds of cat food, such as shredded chicken and steamed shrimp. The ingredients were fresh and the cooking was done with care, but the black cat still showed little interest.

Yang Lan, being the more astute, guessed, "I think this little black cat is quite intelligent. Could it have already transcended its animalistic instincts regarding taste?"

The lady-in-waiting thought it made sense, so she ordered the imperial chef to prepare more than a dozen dishes of palace banquet quality, which filled a long table.

The little black cat circled around scrutinizingly for a few moments before finally condescending to choose a few dishes to eat. Among them, it ate the two desserts the most: osmanthus-flavored sweet rice balls and chilled cheese.

So the palace maids gradually figured out the little black cat's dietary preferences, and within a few days, the cat food served was all that the little black cat liked, making its fur smooth and shiny.

Although a brand-new cat bed, made of gold and luxurious in appearance, was prepared and placed under His Majesty's bed, the black cat never slept in it. Every day, it would stay on His Majesty's bed and snuggle up next to him.

Since Yun Tianjiao transformed into a cat, she seemed to have picked up some feline habits, such as liking to mark her own territory. At first, she treated Zhiwei's palace as her territory, patrolling it every day to make sure there was no danger before she felt at ease.

Gradually, she seemed unsatisfied with this, so she expanded her territory to the entire Ghost Palace. Starting from Zhiwei's bed, she would leave the palace gates, jump onto the roof, and make sure to watch the troops change shifts smoothly every day before she could return home with peace of mind.

Because she spent her days wandering around the Ghost Palace, one day she discovered an extremely beautiful garden. The garden was filled with all sorts of exotic flowers and rare plants, radiating outwards from a lush peach tree at its center.

She suddenly remembered the peach tree that Princess Ameng of the Ghost Realm had planted in the courtyard.

Is this the one?

Yun Tianjiao weaved through the flowers and spotted a beautiful red flower. He walked over, tilted his head, and carefully picked it with his cat mouth, carrying it all the way back.

His Majesty the Ghost King has never married, nor has he had any concubines or children, so the vast Ghost Palace has only one master. Now that a new cat has joined the family, it naturally attracts the attention of all the palace servants.

So no matter where the black cat went, someone would secretly observe it without disturbing it.

Yun Tianjiao, seemingly unintentionally but actually being watched by everyone, entered the Ghost King's palace with a small red flower in his mouth.

"I'm sending you a flower in the hopes that you'll wake up soon."

Yun Tianjiao gently placed the flower next to Zhiwei's face, imitating how the Ghost General gave flowers to Princess Ameng back then.

The only sound it made was a kitten meowing.

"Have you heard? The little black cat brought His Majesty a flower today!"

"Wow, she's so intelligent and understanding! So cute! So heartwarming!"

The palace staff initially thought it was just a random act by the kitten on a whim, but they never expected that from that day on, it would go to the garden every day, choose the most beautiful flower, carry it back to His Majesty's palace, and place it beside him, rain or shine.

Six months later, when the little black cat once again carried the fresh flowers it had picked all the way to the Ghost King's bed, the beautiful Ghost King, who had been asleep for nearly a year, finally opened his eyes.

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Author's Note: A heartwarming little slice of daily life during a transition~