Chapter 29
In the palace, Concubine Mei walked up to the high hall, and her skirt was dragged onto the smooth black bricks, like a scattered flower. She slowly approached the tall figure looking at the palace city, put her head on the man's shoulder, and said softly: "Your Highness."
Queen Wu turned around and held her hand, "Why are you here at this time? Isn't the prince feeling a little uncomfortable today? Why didn't he accompany him?"
Concubine Mei said softly: "The prince drank the medicine and went to bed, so I came over to see Your Highness. Your Highness looked at the palace city alone, but was in a bad mood?"
Queen Wu sighed, "I just thought that my sister would marry a wife, so I felt a little moved for a moment."
Concubine Mei: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I think my eldest nephew really likes her, and will definitely treat her well in the future."
Queen Wu smiled, "I am not worried about your husband. I am not worried about my sister, I am afraid that she will bully your husband in the future."
Concubine Mei covered her lips and laughed, her beautiful eyes curled into crescent moons, "I bullied you, I think my nephew is willing to do it. Your Highness doesn't know, but I can see clearly. My nephew is probably deeply in love with Zhen Mei for a long time. His temperament is exactly the same as my eldest brother. Zhen Mei will not suffer any grievances when she is with him."
The two stood for a while, and the queen thought of something and said, "Today, the envoy of Uz sent some rare animals. I heard that the prince liked a white cat inside, and kept it behind to raise it, but you asked someone to send the cat away?"
Concubine Mei looked at her, "Yes, I know that you don't like cats, so I sent them away. If the prince likes these little animals, I'll just ask him to raise a lynx next time, and there's no need to force a cat."
Queen Wu suddenly asked, "Do you know why I don't like cats?"
Concubine Mei shook her head: "I don't know, but your highness doesn't like it, so I won't let a cat appear in front of the hall."
Empress Wu led her and walked forward along the vermilion pillar. She sighed slightly, looking at the sky and fell into memories, "My mother died suddenly. My father and I were extremely sad. She neglected her sister during the funeral and even made her fall from a high building. At that time, she was seriously injured and could not survive... That night, I guarded my sister who was only breathing, and saw... a huge cat appeared in the room and it ate my sister."
Concubine Mei was stunned, but when she saw that Empress Wu looked serious and didn't seem to be joking, she listened carefully.
Queen Wu looked at the sky, "I thought it was a dream for a moment, but my father rushed over and saw the huge cat. It ate my sister and ran away. My father and I were surprised and confused. But one day passed, and my sister appeared in front of us again. The serious injury she fell from the upstairs was healed, and she didn't remember the cat eating her. I was afraid of her during that time, because every night, her yard was full of cats, quietly surrounding her room."
"I don't know if my sister is still my sister. I doubt that she is a demon, but I am reluctant to do anything. After all, she is my lost relative. In fact, the child has been unusual since childhood. She is different from us. She seems to be able to see something we can't see. When Ah Mom is there, she often pulls Ah Mom and says that there is something in the empty place. I'm afraid that only Ah Mom is not afraid of her at all."
"My grandma once told me with concern that my sister is different from others, and she may have troubles and twists and turns in the future, and it will eventually come true. Later, Master Jingyan, a great monk from Xuti Temple, was invited by her father. He told us that my sister had a great opportunity to resurrect from the dead, and her glimmer of life was left for her."
"She grew up slowly and became more and more normal. Except for her behavior, she did not have any strangeness when she was young. I and my father kept this from everyone. Now so many years have passed, I should have forgotten these things, but I always feel a little confused in my heart. When I see the cat, I will remember what happened back then and recall the scene when my sister was swallowed by the big cat."
Concubine Mei's expression went from being surprised and disbelief to the last calmness. She held Queen Wu's hand tightly, patted her back, and comforted her softly: "There are so many strange things in the world. Your Highness, since it has been so long, don't think about it anymore, my sister will definitely be safe in the future."
Queen Wu shook her head, but she didn't say anything else. In fact, on the New Year this year, when Master Jingyan passed away, his father met him again. The master said that Wu Zhen still had a disaster and needed help from noble people to avoid it. This noble person also had a connection with her chance of life back then. His father begged again and again, and Master Jingyan finally gave another word.
That word is "rain".
Therefore, the father, who had no longer forced his sister to get married, was so concerned about her marriage with Mei Zhuyu. He felt that Mei Zhuyu was the "rain" mentioned by Master Jingyan. The timing of his appearance was too coincidental.
"Forget it, I'm probably too worried recently, so I'm uneasy. Go back and don't take a break here."
Empress Wu returned to her usual appearance and left with Concubine Mei.
That night, a shadow fell to the palace where the queen lived, and she was wandering beside the sleeping queen. Queen Wu on the bed was sweating heavily, and she was deeply trapped in a nightmare, and she burst into screaming in her mouth. Concubine Mei, who heard her thoughts during the day, happened to be worried and looked at her with a light. She heard her murmurs in her dreams, quickly stepped forward and sat on the edge of the bed, trying to wake her up.
Unexpectedly, the shadow under the crawling bed suddenly surged, and she wrapped Concubine Mei into the shadow. In Concubine Mei's shock, she was wrapped in the shadow and turned into a cat.
White cat with green eyes.
The lamp that Concubine Mei had held before hit the ground, making a clanging sound, and the lights went out. Queen Wu, who was still in her dream, was suddenly awakened by the movement and sat up in sweat. She dreamed of the giant cat that had eaten her sister back then, and her mood was unable to calm down for a while.
“Meow~”
A gentle cat moan shocked Queen Wu. She turned her head and saw a white cat squatting beside her bed. The cat seemed to have a humanized astonishment and anxiety in her green eyes, which made Queen Wu stunned. But she quickly lowered her face and shouted to come in.
"Why are there cats here?"
Seeing that the palace maid who came in was Qing'e who served Concubine Mei, Empress Wu said in surprise: "Qinge, if you don't accompany the Concubine, why would you be here?"
Qing'e looked around and didn't see Concubine Mei. She was also surprised and knelt down and said, "I came with Concubine. Concubine woke up in the middle of the night and said she wanted to come and take a look. She came in with a light."
The lamp rolled beside the bed. When Empress Wu heard Qing'e say this, she didn't care about the cat anymore. She frowned and looked at the hall, "The Imperial Concubine entered the hall? Where is she?"
Everything in the hall was clear at a glance. Except for them, there was no sign of Concubine Mei. Qing'e shook her head in a panic, "I, I don't know. I and everyone else saw Concubine enter the hall. It was only a short while, and I didn't know why Concubine was gone."
Queen Wu's eyes narrowed, and suddenly turned her head to look at the white cat beside the bed, and her eyes gradually became cold. Every time she met a cat, something ominous happened around her. The strange appearance of this cat might be related to this matter.
She stared at the cat strangely, and the palace maids didn't dare to say anything. The cat seemed to understand Queen Wu's expression. She meowed again with a little anxious look, then jumped in front of Queen Wu and tried to hook her clothes with her claws. Queen Wu's expression changed, and she waved her hand with great reaction, and threw the white cat to the corner of the bed.
The white cat was thrown into the brocade quilt, and flipped over two fights, got up and meowed at Queen Wu with resentment.
Queen Wu didn't know where the guilt came from, and she actually felt that she shouldn't have done this.
After hearing that she had not spoken, the palace maid Ehuang, who had been with her for many years, tried to speak out and asked, "Your Highness, did you take this cat... out?" After serving the queen for many years, she also knew that the queen had never liked cats.
Empress Wu was thinking about Concubine Mei’s disappearance and waved her hand: “Take it away.”
The white cat kept meowing at Empress Wu. The palace maid came forward to catch her. The white cat dodged and kept shouting. Empress Wu was panicked by her screams, and her brows became deeper and deeper. She suddenly said, "Okay, don't worry about this cat, take people to search in this palace. You must find the imperial concubine, Qing'e. If you take people outside to search, maybe the imperial concubine will go out again."
Everyone left, Empress Wu put on her clothes and stood up, picking up the lamp that fell on the ground.
Things developed towards Queen Wu's worst expectations. The palace maids in the first palace searched for the middle of the night but could not find Concubine Mei. She seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. In this heavily guarded palace, it suddenly disappeared. The only abnormal thing was the extra white cats.
Queen Wu had to let someone block the news, hide the matter from it, and then continue to send everyone to search. While she was busy, the white cat kept following her and meowed helplessly.
Queen Wu was so annoyed by her screams that she couldn't help but turn her head and say boredly: "Stop quarrel!"
The cute and pretty white cat stopped, suddenly turned his head and headed straight for a row of shelves in the hall, saw one of the thin and moist bottles, and raised his claws and pushed it. Queen Wu hissed, watching the porcelain bottle that he loved fell to pieces on the ground, and his face turned dark.
"Die cat, you..."
The white cat had another claw and pushed down Queen Wu's other beloved Glass Mirror.
Queen Wu: "..." Why do you choose my favorite things?
She strode forward to catch the white cat, but the white cat's flexible and unusual machine slipped away quickly. She got into a cabinet, then took out an old purse and placed it in front of Queen Wu.
Empress Wu stopped moving. This was the first purse that Concubine Mei made for her. Concubine Mei was cold and arrogant, but she was not good at it. She was not good at craftsmanship and was ugly. Later, she made a better one for her, and the purse was kept in the cabinet by Empress Wu. Only she and Concubine Mei knew the location and significance of the purse.
Queen Wu looked at the white cat strangely and asked for a long time: "You mean, she is in your hands, I must not act rashly?"
White cat: "…"
The white cat's paws stretched out and retracted, and after two rounds, they grind their teeth, turned their heads and searched everywhere, and dragged a skirt out of the cabinet.
Queen Wu's eyes finally changed slowly, "...Are you Su Han?"
Mei Suhan is the name of Concubine Mei.
Chapter completed!