Lai Xi recalled the scene of His Majesty being kicked out of his room last night: "Yes, Lord Wen, would you like some guards to accompany you?"
"No need, I won't go far."
Wen Heming rejected his proposal.
Lai Xi understood and said no more.
It was sunny, so Wen Hemian asked for an umbrella and walked towards a secluded part of the palace. She didn't have a specific destination, but after wandering around for a while, she inevitably encountered several bodyguards jumping around.
Wen Hemian raised her umbrella and looked over: "What are you all doing?"
The palace is large and has many secluded corners. Cats are extremely perceptive creatures. Having roamed the palace for a long time, they are wary of anyone who comes to them. In particular, His Majesty has given a special order that no cat should be harmed in the slightest. Therefore, it is especially difficult for the guards to catch them.
In just two days, the guards were completely exhausted.
Wen Hemian suddenly appeared before them, startling the guards: "Wen Wen Wen Wen, Lord Wen!"
"Um."
Wen Hemian smiled and agreed, her gaze sweeping over the guards who were trying to cover up their actions: "Someone come here and tell me, what are you doing?"
The guards looked worried; they had only been punished for a day before they ran into Lord Wen. Their luck was truly unbelievable.
Even if they didn't say it, Wen Hemian would guess for herself: "Catching a cat? And His Majesty ordered that I not be told, is that right?"
The guards stared at her blankly.
You've said everything, what else do they have to say?
"It's alright, go ahead and tell me, I'll take care of whatever His Majesty is going to do."
Xie Lang is the emperor, and no one dares to disobey the emperor's orders. Since Wen Hemian wants to ask questions, she can't let them bear the consequences; she should take the responsibility upon herself.
Since things had come to this point, it didn't matter whether the guards admitted it or not, so they simply pushed out their leader to explain: "Lord Wen, it's just as you think."
They couldn't understand why His Majesty had sent them to catch cats. It didn't seem like a punishment, and he had specifically instructed them not to let Lord Wen know. It all seemed very strange.
"Okay, I understand. You can continue with your work."
Having gotten the answer she wanted, Wen Hemian didn't want to cause them any trouble, so she opened her umbrella and walked back.
For an individual, breaking free from their worldview is a very difficult thing.
Before she arrived, she wouldn't have imagined that things like systems and world consciousness really existed in the world. Xie Lang was extremely intelligent; based solely on her doubts, she had already grasped the key.
Wen Hemian didn't think he didn't trust her; on the contrary, he trusted her completely.
So, without being told explicitly, he wanted to find out for himself first.
It's perfectly reasonable that the system repeatedly pretended to be a cat and bumped into her feet, which was abnormal.
How can we keep Xie Lang in the dark from the system and the world's rules?
Wen Hemian was troubled by this problem.
Moreover, let alone Xie Lang, even she herself still has many things she doesn't understand.
For example, why did the system specifically choose her? And was the system involved in her departure three years ago?
These are all still unknown.
...
When Wen Hemian returned to the Taiji Hall, Xie Lang had already woken up.
Lai Xi took the umbrella from her hand and quickly ordered someone to bring two bowls of mung bean soup. After walking outside in the sun for so long, Wen Hemian's forehead was covered in sweat.
"Why don't you rest a little longer?"
Wen Hemian found his eager gaze amusing.
"I'm not leaving."
I had a dream.
Xie Lang lowered his eyes, and after she walked over, he gently reached out and wrapped his arms around her waist, burying his head in her chest, concealing a hint of vulnerability. He mumbled in a low voice, "You went to find the secret guards? I knew they were a bunch of unreliable people..."
"Don't blame them, I was the one who asked."
Wen Hemian didn't ask him what dream he had, but guessed it must not have been a good one, otherwise he wouldn't have looked like that.
"I didn't say I blamed them. In Han Shuang's eyes, am I really that heartless?"
Xie Lang defended himself in a low voice.
Wen Heming said solemnly, "Your Majesty, please don't slander me. I didn't say that."
As they were talking, the person who went to the imperial kitchen to fetch mung bean soup returned. Lai Xi took the tray from the palace servant, and with sharp eyes, she saw the scene in the hall. Her foot, which was about to step out, hesitated, looking left and right, wondering whether she should go in.
He entered the palace long ago after being castrated. Before serving His Majesty, he had seen how the noble ladies in the palace behaved in front of the emperor. Now, his old ideas were completely useless.
From His Majesty's growth from a thin and destitute boy to his present state, Lord Wen has been by his side almost every moment. How can this kind of affection be compared to the relationship between an emperor and his favorite concubine?
Look at His Majesty, when he is being held and comforted in Lord Wen's arms, there is not a hint of awkwardness in his presence.
Lai Xi buried his head and chuckled to himself.
His joy was short-lived, before he was coldly reprimanded: "Laixi, come here now!"
Lord Wen had already moved to the other side.
Lai Xi understood that he was being blamed, but he wasn't angry. He quickly took the mung bean soup, put it down, and then turned around and left.
The mung beans were cooked until soft and tender, with sugar and ice added. It was sweet and refreshing. Drinking a small bowl of it was not only cooling but also soothing and pleasant.
"I have a feeling it will come again tonight."
Wen Hemian suddenly said something completely out of the blue.
Xie Lang frowned: "Did I disturb you?"
He reflected on his actions, which, in the eyes of the guards, were probably inexplicable.
Wen Heming gently shook her head: "I'm not sure, it's just a premonition."
This way, there will be no restrictions. Wen Hemian pondered: the judgments of the system and the world rules seem to be very rigid.
But it's not necessarily rigidity; perhaps they are also constrained by something behind the scenes.
"Give it a try." Xie Lang looked up at her. "Grand Tutor, I want to give it a try."
Wen Hemian hesitated for a moment, then made up her mind: "Then let's give it a try."
Punishment is terrible, but the unknown is even more frightening.
Xie Lang and Wen Hemian would not feel at ease until they figured out what the system's purpose was. Moreover, Wen Hemian believed that Xie Lang should have the right to know some things.
But as they imagined, they didn't get to see the system arrive for the next few days.
After several days of work, the guards finally managed to capture all the stray cats in the palace. Most of them were former pets of the palace masters. The males and females had gotten together and bred litters of kittens, which were then kept in captivity and cared for properly.
"Are you not coming?"
Wen Heming was puzzled.
Her connection with the system has always been one-way; she cannot find the system unless it actively seeks her out and stays by her side.
According to the system, its existence is simply a mass of data that attaches itself to something else in order to manifest itself.
Wen Heming sighed and was just about to put it aside for the time being when she saw a small, furry creature struggling to crawl in through the window.
It was a kitten, about the size of a palm, which quickly ran to Wen Heming with its short legs.
"Seriously, host, what's your little emperor up to? Why have all the cats in the palace been captured? I finally managed to find this one that managed to squeeze out..."
The system was grumbling.
Wen Hemian narrowed her eyes imperceptibly: "I don't know either. Did something go wrong with the mission that you suddenly came to see me?"
"No, no."
The system shook its head rapidly, its beady cat eyes filled with deep confusion: "The administrator urged me to come and take a look, saying..."
"say what?"
A hand with distinct knuckles reached out and gripped the system's fate by the neck.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com