Chapter 62 The Evil Cat Princess Who Bewitched the Kingdom 23
Xie Rong nodded, "If I had known this would happen, I should have ripped out his heart first and then let him die."
"Speaking of which, I have to thank you," Xie Rong said, leaning close to the Grand Preceptor's face. Their eyes met, and his expression softened as he smiled. "If you hadn't foreseen that auspicious omen, I wouldn't be where I am today."
During the conversation, the wound on his arm had already healed on its own.
The protagonist's blood is indeed more effective than anyone else's.
Xie Rong lowered his sleeves, turned around, and took a step.
"So, what Your Majesty means by 'today' is merely to be an empress dowager in name only?" the Imperial Advisor suddenly asked.
Xie Rong turned his head, looking puzzled.
In the end, he was just a cat. Ever since he got the biggest and most luxurious room in the palace as his cat's den, any ugly hairless cat would wag its tail like a lapdog when it saw him, and he thought there was no cat in the world more majestic than him.
The Imperial Advisor stood up and approached him unhurriedly.
"The late emperor is dead. Where is the jade seal that was once given to you to play with? Gu Qiansi has supported the new emperor and proclaimed himself regent. He is the most honorable person in the capital."
"Shut up!" Xie Rong's face flushed red with anger. She slapped the man across the face, her eyes so dark they could drip water. "Gu Qiansi, a hairless ugly cat, does he even deserve to be called one?"
Xie Rong reached out and grabbed the Imperial Preceptor's robe, his eyelids red as if he had wept blood, and he muttered nervously, "I am... I am!"
He's the biggest cat here! These hairless, ugly cats aren't even worthy of grooming him!
Gu Qiansi, go to hell.
Xie Rong, however, did not know how to reclaim the imperial seal.
He had never known anything about court affairs. In the past, when Lu Wenjing took him to the morning court, he would either lie on the man's lap and sleep in, or jump on the head of a court official and cause trouble.
Mimi doesn't understand the intricacies of these ugly cats' schemes.
Mimi only wants the imperial seal.
“If the Empress Dowager trusts me, I have something to say,” the Grand Preceptor said, picking up an orange from Huainan that was a tribute from the table, peeling it, breaking off a piece of orange flesh and offering it to Xie Rong’s lips.
The unconscious act of intimacy stunned them both.
Xie Rong squinted and looked the Grand Preceptor up and down.
The man lowered his eyes, his breath was calm, and his jaw tightened silently.
A moment later, Xie Rong bit the orange segment in his hand, the wet tip of her tongue burning the man's fingertips.
Xie Rong chuckled: "Has the Imperial Advisor ever told his own fortune?"
The Imperial Advisor shook his head: "No."
“I just calculated it for you,” Xie Rong said, placing his hand on his shoulder, tilting his head back, and whispering in his ear, “You were born with a lowly fate to serve others.”
The Imperial Advisor remained calm, saying, "Then I thank the Empress Dowager."
Xie Rong pouted, "Go ahead and say it."
"The new emperor is still young. He needs a mother who can give him warmth more than a regent who wields absolute power."
Xie Rong listened attentively, lost in thought, unaware that the Grand Preceptor slowly walked behind him and gently put one hand around his waist.
"If I were the Empress Dowager, I would keep the new emperor away from the Regent and close to me. Once he becomes the Empress Dowager's obedient son, he would obey any request the Empress Dowager might have for the Imperial Seal, to rule from behind the curtain, or to be the most honored person in the world."
"What if he doesn't listen?" Xie Rong's eyes lit up, and he said coldly, "Then I'll just let Lu Wenjing die, and replace him with someone more obedient."
"Grand Preceptor, am I right?" He turned his head and blinked innocently.
"..." The Imperial Advisor paused for a moment, then said softly, "He has the blood of the Lu family flowing in his veins, he will listen to you."
"And whose blood flows in the Imperial Preceptor's veins?" Xie Rong asked casually.
The Imperial Advisor avoided answering, saying instead, "The Empress Dowager made a valid point just now."
"Among the younger generation of officials in the court, Gu Qiansi is the best among the military officials, and Jiang Yebai is the best among the civil officials. If they get in the way of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager can let them die, just like you ruthlessly let Lu Wenjing die back then."
He did not see the venomous look in the eyes behind the Grand Preceptor's mask.
“I’ve got it,” Xie Rong smiled, clearly in a good mood, and stroked the Grand Preceptor’s mask as if petting a dog. “Once I’ve accomplished my great task, I will certainly reward you handsomely.”
...
Upon returning to Qifengtai, Xie Rong said to Eunuch Liu, "Summon the Emperor to see me."
Eunuch Liu always obeyed him without question. Even if the Heavenly King himself came, he would still have to come and see their Cat Empress Dowager!
Half an hour later.
"Empress Dowager, His Majesty has arrived." Eunuch Liu walked in with his fingers delicately curled, and seeing the person dozing with her eyes closed on the chaise longue, he quickly moved his feet lightly.
Xie Rong sat up, watched the new emperor walk in, and awkwardly bowed to him.
"Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty."
The new emperor was carefully selected by the veteran ministers from among the imperial relatives. They were terrified of the late emperor's arrogance and therefore specially supported a new emperor with a gentle character.
However, being too mild is not necessarily a good thing.
The new emperor, who was kneeling and bowing before Xie Rong, was only about fourteen years old. He was tall and strong, but he dared not meet Xie Rong's eyes, looking timid and hesitant.
Xie Rong wasn't much older than him, and being a man, she had never been a mother.
But he had raised many baby snakes, so if you treat the new emperor as a baby snake, there shouldn't be much difference.
Xie Rong smiled and beckoned to the new emperor, "Come to the Empress Dowager's side."
The new emperor hesitated for a moment, looking around, but there were no old ministers he could rely on in the hall, so he had no choice but to cautiously step forward.
He knelt at Xie Rong's feet, letting this former empress, who had once wreaked havoc in the palace, stroke his head.
"Good boy," Xie Rong looked at him as if he were about to obtain the imperial seal, and couldn't help but feel happy, her gaze becoming even gentler.
The new emperor's ears turned red, and he responded in a low voice.
This young empress dowager did not seem to be as vicious and dissolute as the courtiers described.
She even had a pleasant fragrance, which made the new emperor, who had lost his mother at a young age, feel a deep affection for her.
The new emperor lowered his head and rested his head on Xie Rong's lap, saying softly, "Mother... Your son shouldn't have listened to slander. I haven't come to pay my respects to you these past few days."
"Slander?" Xie Rong tilted her head and asked softly, "Who is so wicked as to sow discord between my son and me?"
The new emperor hesitated for a moment, then named a few people.
Xie Rong's smile widened. "Has the Regent treated you badly?"
This was the first time the new emperor had been asked such a concerned question since entering the palace, and his eyes gradually reddened: "The regent is the only one who has the final say in the court. Often, the memorials that I have spent the whole night reviewing will be rejected by him the next day."
"He only bullies you because you have no parents," Xie Rong casually fiddled with the twelve tassels on the new emperor's forehead. "Now that you have a mother, what are you afraid of him for?"
The new emperor nodded obediently, and when he looked up at him, the affection in his eyes was almost overflowing. "What Mother Empress said is very true. Tomorrow morning court, your son will go with Mother Empress."
After a cup of tea, the new emperor departed.
Xie Rong watched that figure walk away into the distance, a smug smile playing on his lips.
These hairless cats are no match for Mimi.
Xie Rong suddenly remembered something and asked Eunuch Liu while eating an orange, "Has Jiang Yebai woken up?"
Eunuch Liu bowed and said, "He is still unconscious in the side hall, and the head of the academy has been keeping watch over him."
"I'll go check on him," Xie Rong said, getting up and heading towards the side hall.
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