After having sex with a fake eunuch, I became the queen

It turned out that after Xu Shixin ordered all wild cats in the palace to be cleared out, Ji Ning had no cats to pet, not even the shadow of a cat. This made him feel very depressed, and he was listless when he went to Shangshu Hall to study every day.

Shangshu Hall was the place where the princes in the imperial palace received instruction from the Taifu. Ji Ning began to study in the hall when he was five years old. The students who studied with the prince in the hall were all children from various noble families.

One day, the young crown prince Ji Ning went to the Shangshu Hall as usual. Du Xuhua, the seven-year-old grandson of Tai Shi Jian, was his best playmate. During the break, he secretly told him something - on the way to the Shangshu Hall into the palace today, he saw a living little black cat, which was probably a fish that had escaped the net.

Ji Ning became excited as soon as he heard it, and his spirits, which had been sluggish for several days, were instantly boosted.

But he still didn't pay much attention to the tutor's lecture. He was in a bad mood a few days ago and was too excited today. His mind was full of the shadow of the little black cat. He kept wondering: Could it be that the little black cat that scratched him that day, and then ran away after "stroking" itself, and escaped Xu Shixin's pursuit?

He was thinking about going to the place Du Xuhua mentioned to find the kitten. Even if he couldn't pet it, it would be good to take a look at it. So when the tutor was giving a lecture, although his ears were erect and his eyes were wide open, as if he was listening carefully, he was actually distracted and had been thinking about finding the kitten. Finally, after his brain was almost confused, he finally came up with a big idea.

After finally waiting for the get out of class to end, he hurried back to Mingxin Hall and brought Du Xuhua with him. As his study companion and playmate, Du Xuhua was often called to the young crown prince's Mingxin Hall to play with him.

After the two returned to Mingxin Hall and finished their lunch, they went to the study together, set up the chessboard on the desk, and sat opposite each other, as if they were ready to play a few games. Afterwards, Ji Ning ordered the eunuchs and palace servants to wait outside the study, and no one was allowed to enter and disturb their "chess game" without his permission.

When they were the only two left in the study, Ji Ning locked the door, and then they quickly changed clothes.

Because they were to accompany the prince to study, the companions did not dare to wear particularly bright clothes, so as not to overshadow the guests. So Ji Ning dressed particularly eye-catchingly every day, with clothes inlaid with gold and silver.

Such clothes were too eye-catching and inconvenient for him to move around. Moreover, Du Xuhua happened to be wearing a green children's shirt today, which suited his taste very well. Whether climbing walls and trees or rolling around in the grass, it would help him blend in with the surroundings.

Then, with the help of Du Xuhua, Ji Ning climbed out of the study room through the back window. Du Xuhua stayed in the study room and placed chess pieces one by one on the chessboard in a rhythmic manner. He also deliberately increased the force when placing them to make the sound louder so that people outside could hear the "chess game" in the room, creating the illusion that the two were playing chess silently and the moves could be heard.

Ji Ning wanted to run out to see the cat, but of course he couldn't alert any servants. He had to find a way to sneak out by himself, so he asked Du Xuhua to help cover for him and let the servants think that he was playing chess in the study.

The back window of the study is very close to the corner gate of the back courtyard wall of Mingxin Hall. The corner gate is usually locked and unguarded, but there is a gap between the bottom of the iron gate and the ground.

Last year, Ji Ning had "played" a similar "prison break" incident, and he crawled out through this crack close to the ground.

Compared to last year, he has grown a lot taller. I hope there is still room for him in that gap.

He was lucky enough that when he felt he was about to suffocate and his chest and back were about to stick together, he successfully squeezed out through the gap again.

After standing up, he brushed off the dust on his body and looked back at the Mingxin Hall that he had abandoned behind the high walls. Although several of his ribs hurt as if they were broken, he still gave himself a thumbs up from the bottom of his heart - I am really awesome!

The place where Du Xuhua said he saw the little black cat was not far from Mingxin Hall, next to a big willow tree outside the west wall of the Imperial Garden. Ji Ning ran straight there with his short legs. The journey was smooth. He did not encounter any patrolling guards. There were only three or two palace servants hurrying along the way. Because they had sneaked out, they naturally wanted to act stealthily. So if they saw someone appearing on the palace road from a distance, they would quickly squat in the bushes beside them - they were originally small in size, and the green clothes perfectly blended them into the bushes, so no one noticed that there was a little baby hiding on the roadside.

Soon we arrived at the place where the kitten was said to be. This place was not on the main road, and it was obviously a place where people did not often come. However, except for a row of bushes close to the courtyard wall and a tall willow tree, there was no trace of the cat at all.

Ji Ning walked around the area several times, occasionally imitating the sound of a cat while searching, but he found nothing.

So he wanted to leave with disappointment, but when he was about to turn around, he suddenly heard rustling footsteps. Frightened, he quickly crouched and hid in the bushes, staring nervously at the movements outside through the gaps between the branches and leaves.

As the footsteps approached, a woman dressed as a palace maid appeared in sight. The woman tiptoed towards his hiding place, looking left and right as she walked, acting furtively, and making cat-like meowing sounds from time to time, just like the way he was looking for a cat just now.

Ji Ning suddenly realized what this person was doing - when he was imitating the cat's meow just now, this palace maid might have heard it and thought it was a real cat meowing, so she followed the sound and came over. She wanted to find him, the cat!
So why did she want to find the cat? By the way, when Xu Shixin issued the order to get rid of the cat, he also issued a bounty order. Anyone who caught or killed a cat in the palace would receive a reward, and it was said that many palace people were eager to get the reward.

Yes, this palace maid must want to catch the cat and collect the reward!

The cause and effect quickly turned around in Ji Ning's little brain, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was the case. Then a surge of anger rose from the bottom of his heart. He was like a frightened kitten just now, but in an instant he turned into an angry little tiger... He didn't care whether he would be discovered or not. He suddenly came out of the bushes and rushed straight towards the woman, intending to call the person who wanted to catch the cat to account.

However, before his short legs could get close to the person, he seemed to be tripped by something and stumbled forward.

It turned out that one of his feet accidentally stepped on the hem of his robe - Du Xuhua was a little taller than him, so his robe was naturally longer. When he rushed over, he was leaning over, and the hem of his robe hanging to the ground just became a stumbling block.

It seemed like he was about to fall hard, however, the expected result did not happen. A force stopped him from falling - it was the woman in front of him who took a quick step forward and reached out to support him before he fell.

The woman was none other than Qiao Wan'er. She came over when she heard the meow, but unexpectedly she had a fortuitous encounter: a little green baby suddenly jumped out from the bushes and rushed towards her, but before it got to her, it started to kowtow and wish a happy new year... Isn't it New Year's Day yet?
"Young master, did you bump into anything? Why are you here?" Qiao Wan'er asked with some concern while supporting Ji Ning.

Although he had avoided the misfortune of chewing mud with the help of the other party, the little guy didn't seem to appreciate it. After he stood firm, he shook off the woman's hands that were supporting him and answered unhappily, "Why are you learning to meow? Are you here to catch kittens? You want to catch cats and get the reward, right? Get away from here, and you are not allowed to catch cats here in the future!"

Qiao Wan'er lowered her eyes to look at the angry little kid in front of her - his fair face was slightly flushed, his big black eyes were wide open, and he rolled his eyes at her with disdain when he spoke. The little guy was wearing a schoolboy's shirt, and the hat on his head was worn crookedly. There were two black mud marks on the corners of his mouth from somewhere, and they were symmetrical. His angry face with puffed cheeks looked like a kitten, and the gray marks on his face were the cat's whiskers.

Although it is not a real kitten, this fake kitten is also very cute.

He was instantly touched by this "stingy cat" and a friendly smile appeared on his face from the inside out: "Young Master, did you learn those cat meows just now? You are here to find kittens, right? May I ask if you are the study partner of the crown prince?"

(End of this chapter)