282. The Old Man Who Practices Taoism (13)

When Mr. Wei's superior officer received the news and rushed over, he had already been taken to the palace by the emperor.

The emperor was sitting on the dragon chair, and the eunuch beside him was holding a plate of small fish. He just put the little white cat on the dragon's lap, touched the back of the little guy's neck with one hand, and took the dried small fish and handed it to its mouth. .

Seeing the little kitten devouring its food, the emperor almost melted it with his doting and gentle gaze. He gently touched its small back and coaxed softly as if he was afraid of scaring it, "Good boy, eat slowly. Don't choke."

How could the little milk cat understand human speech? After eating the small fish that the emperor handed to her, she still greedily wanted it. Her childish voice meowed at the eunuch who was holding the plate full of desire.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll give you whatever you want."

The little milk cat's voice was a bit sharp due to its eagerness, which was quite harsh to human ears, but when it fell to the emperor, it was like the sound of nature. He gave it another piece of small fish to eat with a face full of enjoyment.

Mr. Wei stood awkwardly at the bottom. It was obvious that he was brought to the palace for the first time by the emperor. He should be excited or ecstatic, but he looked at the emperor above who was coaxing the kitten to eat small fish, and he was not happy at all. stand up.

Seeing Shangguan come in, he quickly bowed solemnly, "Sir."

"Zi Qing?"

The Shangguan glanced at Mr. Wei doubtfully, saluted the emperor first, and then asked: "Why are you here?"

The Emperor, who was holding the slicked-down kitten in his arms, had not forgotten the business. He raised his head and explained, "I brought him back. Ziqing is good at martial arts. He saved me in two battles with assassins. In addition, he also knew some inside information about this incident, so I brought him back."

"Ziqing, please tell Mr. Guan again what you know."

"Yes." Mr. Wei respectfully agreed and told him that he was asked out by the Prince of Liang. His father found out that he almost fell in love with his daughter's incense. He said that the daughter's incense is such a sinister thing and uses the life of a living woman as raw material. Of course, the Madam’s sister Yan Niang was still concealed.

The Shangguan Lord's face turned blue and white, and finally stopped being furious. Even the emperor sitting on the dragon throne did not hesitate and directly cursed, "It's so unscrupulous! In order to make such a sinister thing , I don’t know how many innocent people were filled in!”

"Zi Qing, I have known for a long time that the Marquis has devoted himself to the Tao. I never imagined that he would be so powerful. You have never said a word to anyone."

Lord Shangguan looked at his subordinate who had such a capable father but never told him about it and only worked hard on his own. His usually stern eyes were full of appreciation.

It's just that he had just lost his temper, and his face was still extremely dark. Even if he had softened a little, at this moment, in Master Wei's eyes, he still looked cold and unhuman. In addition, his flat tone sounded like he was complaining that he kept it secret. The report is average.

Of course, Mr. Wei didn't think so.

After overhearing how Shangguan recommended him to His Majesty last time, even if Shangguan's face was as stiff as iron at this moment, he would never think that he had any objection to him.

The emperor above did not notice what happened between the two of them. He fondly touched the kitten in his arms and said murderous words, "I found out what happened last time to Prince Liang. I originally thought that someone might have framed him. , then I couldn’t bear to say anything. Since Prince Liang is seeking death, I naturally want to help him, but..."

He hesitated for a while and then said hesitantly, "Princess Liang is the daughter of my direct royal sister..."

Mr. Wei saluted nervously, "Your Majesty, the princess and your majesty are blood relatives, and they have been ill in bed all year round. Maybe they don't know about Prince Liang's affairs. If your majesty is not at ease, you can send someone to Prince Liang's mansion to investigate first. "

The emperor was so angry now that he only wanted to kill everyone in Prince Liang's house. He couldn't even wait for a moment, let alone investigate.

"I……"

"Meow~" The little milk cat nestled obediently on the emperor's lap suddenly meowed. It had eaten enough and had gained strength. Seeing that the person hugging it did not hurt itself, it became bolder again and stood up carefully. Jiaoji screamed to go down.

"Hey, my dear, where are you going? Come on, come down first, and run away by yourself..."

Watching the little milk cat fall to the ground, the emperor urged the people waiting around him, "Quick, follow me and take care of me."

Waiting to see the little cat carefully stretching out its paws to explore the surrounding environment, and soon found a corner to stay. The emperor then retracted his gaze and said, "Where did I just say? By the way, send Let some people go investigate, okay, let’s investigate first, if Princess Liang knows about it but doesn’t report it..."

The emperor's eyes on the dragon throne turned cold for a moment.

Lord Shangguan looked at the emperor who had a completely different attitude before and after, and twitched the corner of his mouth, "Your Majesty, this is the antidote to the daughter's fragrance..."

"Didn't you say that just killing that woman would be enough?" The emperor sneered, "I don't know who gave them the courage to actually try to control me with such a cold thing, treating me like a child with a yellow mouth and easy to fool. Really? Also, since they drugged Ziqing, there must have been some ministers in the court who were also drugged. Find out which ministers in the court have suddenly fallen in love with women, torture them and kill them all."

Lord Shangguan took note and subconsciously looked at the dozing cat in the corner, "Your Majesty, that cat wants to..."

--boom!

The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair, slammed the plate of fish in his hand to the ground.

"It's just a cat! It's not one of those women with ulterior motives! Could it be that I am obsessed with a cat!"

"Even if I love it, it's only because it looks good, and it has nothing to do with that girl's fragrance. Come here, take a look at its appearance, dare you say you don't like it?!"

Shangguan, who had been watching the emperor looking at the kitten with a gentle gaze since entering the palace, said: "...Your Majesty is right."

The emperor then sat back on the dragon chair and waved his hand:

"Okay, step down, put more people around the prince, since King Liang dared to attack me, I believe the prince is also watching, protect him well."

Shangguan wanted to say, isn't it because your Majesty's leaving the palace gave them the opportunity that King Liang could attack?

His Royal Highness the Prince never leaves the palace.

But he didn't dare to say such words, so he could only bow respectfully and step down, and took his subordinate Master Wei with him.

The two of them left the palace, and Master Wei breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't worry, sir. Since His Majesty can say so, he must be able to control himself."

Shangguan thought so too.

That's His Majesty.

If it was a beauty, it would be fine, but a cat?

He shook his head, "I am worrying too much."

In the hall, watching the two ministers leave, the emperor dismissed the servants and smiled and picked up the kitten squatting in the corner.

"My dear, my dear."

He touched the head of the kitten in his arms with both love and worry. The kitten's appearance was indeed lovable, but when he thought that it only had a lifespan of more than ten years, his heart was as painful as blood dripping.

Just now, Wei Ziqing said that his father understood the art of metaphysics...

I don't know if Master Wei has a way to make animals become spirits.

Let's go and visit him.

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