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

"I... am here to look for cats, so what! But I am not here to catch cats for reward! And you are right, I am the tutor of the crown prince, and I am very familiar with him. The crown prince really dislikes people like you who catch cats for reward. You'd better leave here immediately, and never come here to catch cats again! Otherwise, I will report to the crown prince and let him punish you!" Ji Ning was filled with righteous indignation, and he almost blurted out "I" in excitement, but he quickly changed his words in a second, as he did not want to reveal his identity in front of this woman.

——Since this person wanted to catch the cat and get the reward, he must be in cahoots with Xu Shixin, so she must not let him know that she is the crown prince, otherwise if the old man gets to know about it, he might do something weird again. Fortunately, she thought of herself as a study partner, so she pretended to be Du Xuhua and wanted to shout back at the person who wanted to catch the cat.

However, the woman didn't seem to be intimidated. Instead, she laughed and said, "Young Master, you like cats too, right?"

"What do you mean by "me too"... Aren't you here to catch cats and get the reward?" Ji Ning heard the twist in the woman's words and asked back.

The woman did not answer immediately, but looked around to make sure no one was around, then leaned over and whispered to Ji Ning in a very low voice: "To be honest, young master, there is indeed a cat nearby. I am not here to catch the cat, but to feed it. I am also a cat lover like you."

"What? You're not here to catch the cat? Don't lie to me... son!" Ji Ning showed a look of doubt on his face.

"Young Master, please believe me. I have been feeding the cat secretly here for several days. The cat was afraid of people at first and hid away. Later, I think it was starving and saw that I had no hostility, so it gradually became familiar with me. As long as I come here, it will take the initiative to come out and get close to me."

"Oh? You mean the cat is hiding nearby and will appear when it sees you?" The little prince's eyes lit up when he heard it. He quickly turned his little head and searched around to see if the cat had appeared in any corner, but he found nothing.

"That cat had been chased by someone before, so it was very alert. It might be because the young master was here, and the cat realized that he was a stranger, so it didn't dare to show up." The woman saw the little guy's confusion and quickly answered his questions.

"Then how can we get it out? I really want to see the cat!" Ji Ning was just a little kid, without too many complicated thoughts. After hearing the woman say this, he immediately put aside his doubts and believed that she was a fellow traveler. His tone of voice became much softer.

"This is not difficult. As long as the young master stays a little further away and leaves me here alone, the cat will come out to look for me soon."

"In that case, let's make it show up! By the way... if you can catch the cat and hand it over to me... I will find a way to sneak it out of the palace." Ji Ning's eyes were shining with excitement, and suddenly an immature idea popped up in his little head - since Du Xuhua had to leave the palace and return home every day, couldn't we find a way to let him sneak the cat out of the palace, so that it could be spared from being killed?
When the woman heard Ji Ning say this, her eyes sparkled, like a person who was at a loss and suddenly heard some good news: "The cats in this palace are very pitiful. Although this cat has escaped the purge by luck, there is no guarantee that it will not be caught by someone in the future to claim the reward. If the young master can be kind enough to rescue it, I will thank you on behalf of the cat!"

After saying this, he solemnly bowed to the "little man" in front of him to express his gratitude.

Although Ji Ning was young, he was used to the various courtesans' courtesy, so he waved his hand like a little adult to signal them to excuse him, and urged them impatiently, "No need to be so polite, catching the cat is the most important thing! Hurry, hurry!"

Then, just as the woman said, the cat really appeared after Ji Ning hid away...

When Ji Ning saw Qiao Wan'er appear in front of him holding a little black cat, he was so excited that he was speechless for a long time.

The cat was dark all over, with blue-green eyes. It looked at him timidly. When he approached, it meowed and stretched out its little paws, as if warning him not to come near - it was the little black cat that had scratched itself with its paw in the imperial garden that day and then ran away.

Because he had noticed that day that on the cat's belly near the neck, there was a small tuft of white hair like a three-petal flower dotted among the black hair, and this cat had exactly the same pattern in the same position, so it must be the same cat.

It actually escaped from Xu Shixin's net. It was incredible! Ji Ning suddenly felt like it was not the cat that escaped, but himself.

Afterwards, the two of them discussed the follow-up actions seriously. Ji Ning would not admit that he, the elementary school student who sneaked out to play with the cat, was the crown prince. He continued to pretend to be Du Xuhua, saying that he was the grandson of Tai Shi Jian and had a good relationship with the crown prince. He sneaked out to look for the cat with the crown prince's permission, so as long as he could bring the cat back to Mingxin Palace safely, the crown prince was also a cat lover and would definitely find a way to let him take the cat out of the palace. When Qiao Wan'er heard that the little guy had the crown prince as his "backer", she immediately felt that this matter should be safe, and her hanging heart calmed down.

In order to avoid attracting the attention of patrolling guards by walking too conspicuously together, the two of them then separated and agreed to meet outside the corner gate of the back wall of Mingxin Hall.

Ji Ning went back the same way he came, and the journey back was as smooth as the journey there. The only difference was that he was in a good mood because he was in a good mood because he thought about having gained a kitten.

Qiao Wan'er was responsible for sending the cat to the corner gate outside the Mingxin Palace. She hid the cat in a cloth bag and tried not to show any abnormality while walking on the palace road. Finally, she successfully arrived at the meeting place with the kitten.

Ji Ning "squeezed" in through the corner door as before, and Qiao Wan'er handed the cat to him through the gap in the corner door.

After the cat was handed in, Qiao Wan'er felt more at ease - that was the territory of the little prince who loved cats!

After that, the two separated, and the task of rescuing the cat was completed by Ji Ning alone.

After returning to the study, he and Du Xuhua hid the cat in a snack box. Du Xuhua took the box of snacks and fruits given by the crown prince and was escorted out of the palace by the crown prince without leaving. As long as the crown prince was there, no one dared to check what was in the box. If it was snacks or fruits, it was snacks or fruits.

From then on, this lucky cat became the domestic cat raised by Tai Shi Jian’s grandson.

Ji Ning also "canonized" it as his "Crown Princess", but it was a pity that this "concubine" could only be kept in someone else's home.

"Du Xuhua, don't forget to wash your hands before you rub my concubine."

"Du Xuhua, you need to change the flavor of the dried fish you feed my beloved concubine. She will definitely get tired of the old one after a while."

"Du Xuhua, remember to comb my beloved concubine's hair frequently."

"Du Xuhua, it's snowing today. My beloved concubine is afraid of the cold. Do you have a brazier in your house? Don't let my beloved concubine get frozen!"

"..."

Although you can't pet or see the cat, you can often hear Du Xuhua vividly telling various interesting stories about the cat: "Your Highness, your beloved concubine is lying on the ground and refusing to get up again today", "Your Highness, your beloved concubine mistook the feather duster for a mouse again today", and so on.

Raising a cat remotely like this makes Ji Ning very happy.

(End of this chapter)