The next night, I heard that the palace maids in Chengqian Palace were frightened and fainted by the shadow of the cat, which made this rumor even more intense and caused a stir in the palace.
Wen Ruyan and Guarjia didn't believe it, so they went to Chengqian Palace after nightfall. Since they couldn't enter, they could only stay nearby and watch from a distance. However, when they came back, they all fell down and woke up.
Afterwards, everyone was full of panic and kept saying that there was indeed a cat spirit. When they went to Kunning Palace to pay their respects, they also talked about whether they wanted to invite a mage into the palace to perform a ritual ceremony.
Before Nala could say anything, Nian scolded the two of them, saying that there was no such thing as a cat spirit in the world. He must have seen it wrong. If he really wanted to go to the palace to do it, he would have to let it happen.
They saw the royal family’s joke and ordered them not to talk nonsense in the future.
Wen Ruyan and the two felt aggrieved, but even Nala didn't say anything. Naturally, they didn't dare to contradict Nian, so they could only agree.
However, no matter how much Mr. Nian scolded him, the rumors never stopped and were blowing around the Forbidden City like a tornado.
The night was silent. Doctor Deng was on duty that night. He was drinking tea and looking through the medical books in his hand. Suddenly, a cat meowed in the dark night. Doctor Deng was all excited when he heard it. It was an April day.
But I felt a little chilly.
He stood up and wanted to close the door, but when he just walked to the door, something flew in with a sound of wind, and landed at his feet with a "plop". He was so frightened that he almost dropped the oil lamp in his hand, but he could barely hold on.
The oil lamp and the tiger's mouth were also burned by the candle flame, which made him frown in pain.
After the lamp flame stabilized, he bent down and looked at the black thing on the ground. As soon as he saw the whole person clearly, he jumped up and backed away until he was pressed against the cold wall with no way to retreat.
What was thrown in just now was not something nearby, but a cat corpse. Its eyes were wide open, its limbs were in a weird posture, and there was dried blood around the cat's mouth.
When he came into contact with those empty dead cat eyes, Imperial Physician Deng felt cold all over, the hand holding the lamp couldn't help shaking, and he had an urge to run away. He had heard about the cat spirit that had been rumored in the palace recently.
, although I felt uneasy, I was secretly glad that I was not in Chengqian Palace. No matter how violent the cat spirit was, it would not be able to offend me, but now a cat corpse suddenly appeared.
Just when he was feeling uneasy, suddenly there was another cat meowing. It sounded more terrifying than before. The repeated frights made Dr. Deng lose control. He yelled out into the dark outside: "Who is it? Who is pretending to be a ghost outside?"
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The answer to Dr. Deng's answer was a cat's meowing that became increasingly sad. Only when you are really in that situation can you feel the extreme terror and fear, especially for someone like Dr. Deng who has a ghost in his heart.
It's anxiety.
He wanted to escape from this suffocating place, but he was afraid of the night outside where cats meowed from time to time. He was afraid that as soon as he stepped out, countless cat spirits would pounce on him from the darkness.
He held the oil lamp tightly and said with a trembling mouth: "You... don't pester me. I didn't mean to harm you, and I didn't put the poison in the tea. Everything has nothing to do with me. Where did you come from?
Go back somewhere quickly and don’t come here again!”
The cat's meow suddenly stopped after his words, as if it receded in an instant. Before Doctor Deng could relax, a little light appeared faintly in the darkness. As the light magnified, Doctor Deng saw an unfamiliar palace maid holding a lamp.
Walking towards him, he was holding a cup of tea in his other hand.
"Greetings to Dr. Deng." When she came closer, the palace maid turned slightly to greet her. Her voice was soft and sweet, a bit like a cat acting coquettishly in her arms.
When he thought of the word "cat", Doctor Deng couldn't help but tremble all over. He quickly pushed the word out of his mind and said in a calm voice: "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"Back to Imperial Physician Deng, I'm a new servant. I just came here to serve you tonight. Seeing that the lights were still on, I made a cup of tea." The palace maid raised her face, and her appearance was as revealing as her voice.
A kind of charming attitude that makes people look at her with pity.
"Let it go." The arrival of the palace maid made Deng Taiyi breath a sigh of relief. It would be better to have one more person.
After the palace maid put down the palace lantern, she walked up to Imperial Physician Deng with tea. As the lid of the lamp opened, she could see the tea leaves still rolling and stretching in the hot tea. The palace maid stretched out her little finger with green nails and put it in the tea.
After stirring it for a while, he said with a strange smile: "It's not good if the tea is cold. Dr. Deng should drink it while it's hot."
Doctor Deng realized that something was wrong. He tilted his head back to avoid the tea she brought to her mouth. At the same time, he took a few steps back and asked nervously: "What do you want to do?"
The weird smile on the palace maid's face kept growing, "I don't want to do anything, I just want to invite Dr. Deng to drink this cup of tea. Dr. Deng, do you think Mo'er poisoned the tea with his nails like me?" She said.
As she spoke, she stretched out her beautiful white hands. Doctor Deng had not noticed it before, but now she discovered that her nails were painted with light pink Dankou, just like...Mo'er that night.
Doctor Deng's old face suddenly turned pale and he shouted sternly: "Who are you?"
"My slaves have already said that they are the new ones in the palace. Why didn't Dr. Deng hear clearly? Come, Dr. Deng, drink the tea and taste the poison you prepared yourself. After you taste it, you can go down and accompany my sister."
"Who is your sister?" Dr. Deng couldn't help but retreat.
"Aren't my sisters at your feet?" the palace maid said as she knelt down and lovingly picked up the stiff and terrifying cat corpse from the ground. She stroked the matte hair on the cat corpse and said, "Shh, don't
If you are angry, I will bring Dr. Deng down to accompany you soon."
Seeing this scene, Dr. Deng was simply heartbroken. He had seen a lot of dead people in his life as a doctor, but this was the first time he had seen such a strange situation like today. Could it be... Could it be that the palace maid was not a human at all, but a cat?
Are you so spiritual that you want to take your own life?
As if to confirm Doctor Deng's idea, a cat meowing louder and louder than before suddenly rang out from all around. The frightened Doctor Deng couldn't bear it any longer, and he collapsed on the ground and screamed incoherently at the palace maid who was slowly walking towards the cat corpse.
He said: "It's none of my business. Don't harm me. It's... Concubine Nian poisoned me. She bit me. I really can't help it. If you want to kill me, go to her."
"Even so, you are an accomplice and deserve to die as well!" After the palace maid said this, she suddenly handed the cat corpse to Dr. Deng, who was so frightened that his eyes turned white and he almost fainted.
"Everything was Concubine Nian's idea. I was forced to do so. Please let me go!" Dr. Deng was so frightened that he burst into tears. He lay on the ground and kept begging for mercy.
"So, the noble concubine ordered someone to put the poison in Second Elder Brother's tea, and then framed it for Concubine Xi?" A slightly deep voice suddenly appeared in the imperial study room.