Chapter 42 The Evil Cat Princess Who Bewitched the Kingdom 3
Lu Wenjing discovered the little stray cat last night.
He had just returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation after taking a bath. He dismissed the palace servants, lifted the bed curtains of the dragon bed, and saw the kitten that had scratched him during the day lying on his pillow, stretching lazily with its tail swishing back and forth.
Dark cat paw prints stretched from the window all the way to the tatami mat; it was unclear where the cat had rolled around in the mud.
Upon seeing him arrive, the little stray cat merely opened one eye to glance at him before turning over and continuing to sleep, treating the most prestigious dragon bed as its own cat bed.
This is absolutely outrageous!
Lu Wenjing fought the little stray cat for three hundred rounds on the couch and finally captured it.
Not only did he need to take another bath, but the dragon bed that had been soiled by the little stray cat also needed to be completely replaced inside and out.
He kindly gave half of the dragon bed to the stray cat for the night, and also gave it some of the imperial snacks. But after a night, the little stray cat still couldn't be tamed.
Lu Wenjing glanced at the teeth marks on his arm, squinted, and ruffled the fur on the little stray cat's belly.
The cat in my palm was so small and soft, as if I could crush it with the slightest force.
Lu Wenjing subconsciously softened his grip.
Taking advantage of the moment, Xie Rong opened his cat mouth wide and meowed fiercely, "Meow!"
Damn hairless cat, let me go!
The emperor's arm was held firmly and powerfully by the muscles, and Xie Rong couldn't even bite through the rough skin, let alone break free.
"Are you insulting me?" Lu Wenjing lowered his head and buried it in his belly, took a breath, and said in a deep voice, "Servants who don't respect me will not have a good end. I will deal with those eyesores first, and then come to settle accounts with you, you little mutt."
Lu Wenjing let go, thinking that the cat in his palm should run far away after being forgiven, or be scared and hide under the bed. But Xie Rong scratched his chin hard with one claw and slowly slipped out through the half-open window.
They're practically courting death.
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[Host, wait for me!]
The system quickly caught up with the kitten that had started running around happily.
Xie Rong jumped onto a tree, his fluffy body squeezing into the newly built bird's nest, where several bird eggs were buried under his belly.
The nest was just the right size for him to curl up and take a nap, and Xie Rong was very satisfied.
Just as it was about to lie down and sleep, the bird egg under its belly started to wriggle.
"Meow?" Xie Rong looked down, his ears twitched a few times before drooping, and he stared at the several newly hatched sparrows with his wide cat eyes.
The sparrow opened its beak wide and chirped at him, as if it were hungry.
Xie Rong slowly moved closer and stuck out his tongue to lick the head of a sparrow; it smelled delicious.
He opened his mouth wide, ready to bite off the sparrow's head, when a sparrow of similar size flew over and viciously poked at his tail with its sharp beak.
"grumble!"
Xie Rong gripped the bird's nest with his two claws, tearing the once-sturdy nest to pieces in an instant.
The big sparrow hurriedly went to fetch the baby sparrow, and Xie Rong meowed triumphantly, then raised its head and jumped down from the tree with high spirits.
If I don't let the cat sleep in its bed, it will destroy the bed!
He walked to a corridor and was about to lie down on the balustrade for a nap when a group of palace servants came rushing towards him.
The closer the footsteps got, the stronger the stench of blood became.
Xie Rong bared his teeth and sharpened his claws as he looked over.
Several eunuchs dragged a corpse through the corridor, leaving a trail of blood on the ground.
The palace servants outside the corridor huddled together and whispered among themselves.
"Isn't that Eunuch Wang, who served His Majesty? He was an old man from the time of the late Emperor. How could he have been beaten to death with a board?"
"I heard that His Majesty discovered his jade pendant was missing when he went to the morning court session."
"Although there are many sleazy servants in the palace, Eunuch Wang is the first to dare to do this in front of the Emperor."
“He relies on his past service to the late emperor and has never taken us seriously. His disciples also act like dogs relying on their master’s power. They don’t even consider what kind of person His Majesty is. He naturally cannot tolerate any nonsense.”
"Huh? Why is there a cat here?"
Xie Rong was licking his fur when a large shadow suddenly fell on his head.
He looked up and saw several ugly hairless cats surrounding him, with more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring at him.
"Why do I feel that this cat looks so much like the auspicious creature from the Western Regions that His Majesty asked us to catch yesterday?"
"Don't talk nonsense, that auspicious omen has already been taken by Eunuch Wang—"
Several people seemed to realize something and immediately fell silent.
The fact that this cat died alongside Eunuch Wang's death inevitably makes people think.
Even if His Majesty clearly executed Eunuch Wang on charges of theft in front of the Emperor, who can truly know the Emperor's intentions?
"Meow!" Xie Rong shouted at them.
These hairless cats are blocking Mimi's sunbathing!
"So cute, even at such a small size, he already knows how to be affectionate. Your Majesty is truly heartless." A palace maid half-squatted down and reached out to touch Xie Rong.
Xie Rong bit her finger and quickly ran into the bushes to hide.
Mimi is still very young this time, but when she grows up, she'll definitely make these hairless cats look good!
"Alright, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is just around the corner, and there are more and more things to do in the palace, so we can't afford to delay."
The group gradually left.
Xie Rong slowly emerged from the bushes, continued to lie on the chaise lounge, and squinted in the sun.
The nights were cold, and every night he would slip inside through the half-open window of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Mimi was very clever; she had already discovered that the warmest bed in the palace was the bed of the tallest hairless cat.
You may want it, but you won't get it!
During the day, he would come to the Imperial Garden to bask in the sun. When the palace servants, who were taking a break from their busy work, saw him, they would secretly feed him a piece of the imperial snacks. Anyway, His Majesty didn't like to eat these, so they wouldn't notice.
In just one month, Xie Rong gained weight, his belly became increasingly round, and even his body hair became shiny and lustrous.
Even though it's not Mid-Autumn Festival yet, the moon tonight is already round enough.
Xie Rong returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation on time, just as he had the day before.
He had just squeezed through the crack in the window when he saw Lu Wenjing sitting by the window, head down, reviewing memorials.
The newly appointed chief eunuch saw him but did not stop him from approaching the emperor.
After all, for the past month, the eunuchs on night watch inside and outside the palace had been hearing cats meowing from the emperor's bed. They had already made their own guesses, but since His Majesty didn't say anything, they, as servants, could only pretend not to know.
The eunuch Wang tried to fool the situation with a fake dead cat, but he misjudged the situation and made mistakes on both fronts, so naturally he met a bad end.
Xie Rong jumped onto the table, tilted his head, and peered at the memorial.
"Stupid cat, can you even understand this?" Lu Wenjing scoffed.
Xie Rong couldn't understand what the emperor was saying or seeing, but he could understand the mocking expression on the emperor's face.
Xie Rong turned around and surveyed the table, then raised his paw, placed it on the edge of the candlestick, and gently pushed it.
The candlestick fell towards Lu Wenjing, and the pile of memorials on the table was instantly engulfed in flames, which even spread to the sleeves of Lu Wenjing's robe beside the table.
Xie Rong reacted quickly and jumped onto a screen to avoid the fire. However, he had gained a lot of weight this month, and the screen swayed and fell down, pulling him down onto Lu Wenjing.
"Meow!" Xie Rong shouted.
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