Xia Miaoyuan and the fifth prince looked up in the direction of the cat's meowing, and saw a large, heroic tabby cat walking briskly on the palace wall.
"There are so many cats in this palace!" exclaimed the fifth prince.
The empresses in the palace were bored and idle, so they often liked to raise a few kittens to play with. Cats like to wander around, so there are often kittens out for night walks.
Maomao and Xiaojuzi also raised their heads and looked at the big tabby cat on the wall.
Maomao, in particular, seemed to be very interested in the big cat. He even stopped, raised his two front hooves, and tried to reach the tabby cat.
The tabby cat glanced at Maomao with disdain, yelled "Meow...", and ran away.
"Mee mee..." Maomao shouted anxiously and rushed forward, as if to chase the tabby cat.
"Maomao!" Xia Miaoyuan scolded Maomao in a fierce voice, tightened the leash, and tried to stop it from rushing forward.
But Maomao has grown a lot now and is very strong, so Xia Miaoyuan is no match for him.
"Ah!" Xia Miaoyuan screamed. Maomao had already pulled the leash straight, and Xia Miaoyuan was pulled forward several steps by Maomao.
"Sister, let go!" the fifth prince shouted hurriedly, rushing over to grab the leash.
At this time, Maomao had rushed to the position of the little eunuch holding the lantern in front, and the stretched traction rope tripped the little eunuch.
"Ouch!" the little eunuch screamed, and Xia Miaoyuan was dragged and fell.
But she didn't care to cry. She just looked up and shouted, "My Maomao! Maomao come back!"
The fifth prince helped Xia Miaoyuan up, and when he looked up at Maomao again, the naughty little deer had already run far away.
"Ahhh! My Maomao! I want Maomao!" Xia Miaoyuan burst into tears.
Nanny Li, Yingxue and other attendants also rushed over at this time.
Nanny Li pulled Xia Miaoyuan into her arms and comforted her, "It's okay. Maomao ran away, and we can find him again. No matter how hard he runs, he won't be able to escape from the palace. Don't worry, Your Highness."
"Yes, yes! It doesn't have wings and can't escape from the palace. We can still find it." The fifth prince advised gently.
After hearing what everyone said, Xia Miaoyuan stopped crying.
"Let's go find it! Let's go find it!" Xia Miaoyuan said, wiping away her tears.
"Okay, then let's go find it now." The fifth prince replied.
Xia Miaoyuan burst into laughter, immediately broke free from Nanny Li's arms, and ran forward pulling the Fifth Prince.
"Let Nanny Li send His Highness back to the palace first, and I will take people to look for Maomao, okay?" Yingxue asked.
"No, no! I'll find it myself!" Although Xia Miaoyuan's voice was childish, his tone was extremely firm and no room for negotiation was allowed.
Seeing that they couldn't persuade Xia Miaoyuan, Nanny Li, Yingxue and others had no choice but to go along with her, picked her up and walked forward to find Maomao.
Everyone followed Maomao's trail, jogging all the way, turning here and there, and before they knew it, they had arrived at a relatively remote location.
Xia Miaoyuan hugged Yingxue's neck and looked around. He saw that the palace walls on both sides were very dilapidated and worn, and the palace road was covered with fallen leaves, which looked a bit messy.
The nearby palaces were also in a dilapidated state, and it looked as if no one lived there.
"Where are we? Why is it so secluded?" Yingxue looked around and sighed.
Nanny Li also showed a timid expression, "Yes! It looks a bit creepy. Why don't we go back first? We'll send a few young eunuchs out with more lanterns to look for it later."
Xia Miaoyuan pouted and said angrily, "No, no, find it now."
At this moment, several people suddenly heard the faint sobbing of a woman not far away.
"Someone is crying!" exclaimed the little eunuch holding the lantern.
"Could it be a female ghost?" another young eunuch asked in a trembling voice.
"Don't talk nonsense! There are many shameless women in the palace. It's not surprising that they cry secretly." Nanny Li said in a gentle voice.
"Listen! What are they saying?" The fifth prince pricked up his ears and listened attentively.
Several people also shut their mouths and listened attentively for a while.
Xia Miaoyuan vaguely heard a man's fierce voice, as if he was cursing someone.
Such as "You are such a jinx".
The fifth prince looked at everyone and suggested, "Why don't we go and see who is so bold as to beat and scold a palace maid on New Year's Eve?"
"Go, go, go!" Xia Miaoyuan raised his little fist high and shouted fiercely, "Punish the evil and promote the good!"
Seeing that the prince and princess wanted to go, several followers followed the sound.
The sound came from a small, dilapidated courtyard.
The far door was not locked, but only half-closed.
The young eunuch holding a lantern led the way, gently pushed open the door, and several people walked in.
Now that I was closer, I could hear the sound clearly.
All I could hear was the sound of slapping, mixed with the man's curses: "You jinx! I have to bring you food on New Year's Eve!"
"Everyone's out gambling while the master is having a good time, and you're still whining here! You're ruining my good fortune! What's wrong with skipping a couple of meals? Will it starve you to death?!"
A low, hoarse woman's voice said, "Eunuch Qi, please stop hitting me. I just called you because my stomach hurt so much I couldn't stand it anymore."
"Eunuch Qi, I won't dare to do it again. I won't dare to do it again. Please don't hit me."
The slapping sound still didn't stop, "Fuck you, I'm going to beat you to death!"
"I'm so unlucky to have such a bad luck! Why don't you just die so you can find me a new job!"
Xia Miaoyuan, the fifth prince, and several followers roughly understood what was going on from the intermittent conversation, and they were all so angry that their blood boiled.
"You dog slave! Stop hitting me!" the fifth prince shouted loudly!
"Who?" The cursing voice stopped abruptly and asked angrily.
Without waiting for an answer, the male voice shouted again: "This is a restricted area of the cold palace, no trespassing! What do you want to do?"
Immediately afterwards, hurried footsteps were heard, and an old eunuch wearing half-worn eunuch clothes walked out.
"What are you doing on New Year's Eve, a festive day? Hitting and scolding people at will?!" Nanny Li shouted angrily at the old eunuch.
The old eunuch quickly glanced at the people who came in and saw that the Fifth Prince and Xia Miaoyuan were two little children wearing luxurious clothes. Although he didn't know them, he had a rough guess as to who they were.
He quickly softened his ferocious expression, replaced it with a calm one, and said, "Hey, everyone, this is the cold palace, a place where people should not be seen. It is not a place you should be in. You should all take the two young masters back quickly."
"You hit someone!" Xia Miaoyuan pointed at the old eunuch and shouted fiercely.
"What right do you have to hit people? It's wrong to hit people casually! Your Highness will take care of it!" The fifth prince glared at the old eunuch and shouted.
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