Hearing this, Sui Yu's sword was suddenly drawn out by him and flew straight towards the wall shared with the private room next door.
The tip of the sword pierced the wooden wall and was firmly inserted into the wall.
The group of girls next door were frightened by the sudden appearance of the sword tip, and they got into a mess, screaming and running out of the house.
Shopkeeper Bai was so frightened by him that he froze in place. After he realized what he was doing, he stamped his feet anxiously and said:
"Oops! Lord Suiyu, why did you bother offending those financial owners next door? What should you do if you scare them away!"
Suiyu stood up with the prepared snacks, walked to the snow-white sword, and took off the sword:
"I got a new sword today. I'm just trying to see if the sword is sharp enough. Shopkeeper You Laobai apologizes to those girls on my behalf."
Shopkeeper Bai didn't know that his immediate boss was the Empress Zhaoyi as they said.
After hearing gossip about her outside, Sui Yu naturally wanted to protect her master.
It was so troublesome right now that he should not talk to Zhu Sijia after returning to the palace.
…
The legend of a cat demon in Xijing is still widespread.
Most people only knew that there was a monster in Xijing City, and they couldn't tell what kind of cat monster the cat monster was.
Except for a few people who have accidentally read the book about ghosts and monsters, no one knows how the cat demon is formed.
Naturally, no one dared to doubt Zhu Sijia boldly.
When the rumors of the cat demon spread into the palace, the people in the palace had no reaction. After all, there was no safer place in the world than the palace.
The emperor is sitting in the palace, and the emperor is protected by the real dragon and the emperor star. According to the old Taoists, monsters cannot harm Yan Xiu on their own initiative. If Yan Xiu is safe, everyone else in the imperial city will also be safe. .
Zhu Siyi and Yang Bixue returned from the cold palace.
Zhang Wanyao had a tough life. He was beaten fifty times, but he was still breathing when he was dying.
Until the Zhang family lost power and she learned that her family was ruined, she was depressed and depressed until she died completely a few days ago.
The eunuch of Leng Palace reported the matter to Changle Palace in the morning greetings. Upon hearing this, Zhu Siyi and Yang Bixue took the initiative to request to collect her body and send her on her last journey.
The two went to Zhang Wanyao's cold palace, ordered the palace maid to change her into decent clothes, set up a firewood pile, and cremated her hastily.
Her ashes were scattered in the cold well in the cold palace by Zhu Siyi.
It was late at night by the time I finished doing this.
Zhu Siyi and Yang Bixue were walking side by side. They lived close to each other. Yang Bixue and Zhu Siyi had been close to each other since Zhang Wanyao was dismissed. During this period, they were always inseparable from her.
The weather turned cold, and white steam came out of Yang Bixue's mouth when she spoke: "Jieyu, have you heard the rumors that there is a demon in Xijing?"
Zhu Siyi dismissed it: "If there were really monsters and monsters in this world, the world would have been reduced to purgatory and chaos. Why wait until today? Maybe someone spread the rumors to cover up the unsolved case in Xijing."
Yang Bixue felt that what she said was reasonable, but she still said anxiously:
"You don't know. I heard that the monster has sneaked into the palace these days. Even the little maid in my palace said that she could hear the intermittent meowing of cats these days, which made me nervous even when I was sleeping. .”
"Cat meows?" Zhu Siyi tilted her head and stared at her with a faint look in her eyes, "Cousin, he even has cats himself. Besides, Qishan is located in the north of the imperial city. Isn't it normal for a few wild cats to sneak into the palace from time to time?"
Yang Bixue's face was pale. After hearing Zhu Siyi's words, she didn't feel any better. She was timid and had been afraid of these rumors of ghosts and ghosts since she was a child. However, because of her face, she could only nod forcefully:
"Thank you Jieyu for your comfort."
As soon as they finished speaking, a long and shrill meow sounded above the two of them.
Yang Bixue was immediately frightened and kept hiding behind Zhu Siyi.
The cat's meows were getting closer and closer to the two of them, each sound getting weirder than the last, as if it was done deliberately.
The accompanying palace attendants were so frightened that they ran away, broke the lanterns in their hands one after another, tripped each other to the ground, and could not get up. They shouted for help, but they forgot to take care of the two masters for a moment.
Zhu Siyi was so frightened by the cat's meow that she boldly looked for the cat with her eyes wide open.
Taking a closer look, I saw a strange behemoth standing on the palace wall. It was covered with long and white hair, but it had a human face covered in heavy makeup!
Its cheeks were also covered with thick long hair, and a pair of green eyes were glowing in the dark and cold night. It was extremely frightening. What made people even more desperate was that the monster kept licking its paws at the two of them. Showing a mouth full of fangs.
Yang Bixue almost fainted from fright. She cried so much that Zhu Siyi's ears hurt.
Zhu Siyi pretended to be calm, picked up a small stone and threw it at the cat demon on the wall.
The cat demon was hit by a pebble, screamed sharply at Zhu Siyi, and then jumped left and right on the palace wall quickly, and its figure gradually disappeared into the vast night.
Seeing the monster walking away, everyone gradually regained their consciousness.
Yang Bixue was still crying. She stuttered and said, "It, it seems to be going in the direction of Changle Palace. Let's go and notify the Imperial Army!"
Zhu Siyi grabbed her and said, "Then we can't disturb the imperial army."
Yang Bixue couldn't believe it: "Why? Zhaoyi lives..."
At the end of her words, she gradually lost her voice. Yes, Zhu Sijia lived in Changle Palace. They were lucky enough to escape from the cat demon, but Zhu Sijia might not have been so lucky.
No wonder Zhu Siyi stopped her.
Zhu Siyi tidied up her clothes and breathed a sigh of relief: "Go back early, I have to go to Changle Palace to pay my respects tomorrow morning."
…
Early the next morning, news came back to Xijing that Alekhon had successfully captured the three cities in southern Xinjiang.
Then came the news that he had married a wife and had children in Beiliang.
The events of the previous dynasty were spread into the harem by interested people, and they were the first to reach Zhenzhen's ears.
Zhenzhen used Beiliang dialect to talk to the Beiliang maid who stayed in Daqin: "Alehong, is he really married?"
The maid couldn't bear to remind her: "Princess, you are already the woman of the Emperor of Qin."
Zhenzhen managed to calm down and stood up to change clothes while holding on to the chair:
"Really? Then should I congratulate him? Congratulations to him for capturing the three cities in southern Xinjiang. Soon he will be able to occupy the south of Yinshan Mountain. Next year, the year after, or the year after that, he will be able to lead his troops back to the royal city and replace us. The family will become the new King of Northern Liang, and then they will have a group of wives and concubines and descendants, right?"
The maid knelt on the ground and begged her: "Princess, please don't say angry words! I believe that General Alhom has his own reasons. He has liked you for so many years. You must believe that he will never abandon you easily." people!"
Zhenzhen sneered miserably: "Believe him? I chose to stay in Daqin because I believed in him in the first place. He swore and promised me that he would bring me back to Beiliang, but in the end he turned around and married someone else. Maybe... maybe he even I have children.”
"That's all, let's go to Changle Palace to pay our respects to Sister Zhaoyi."
Changle Palace.
Zhenzhen was the last one to arrive, and Zhu Scarlett had been sitting at the main seat waiting for her for a long time.
Yang Bixue would cover her nose every time she saw Zhenzhen. Her eyes were full of disgust for Zhenzhen, as if there was some unspeakable smell on her body. She said in a strange way:
"As soon as the news came that Alekhon had conquered the three cities in southern Xinjiang, our princess became hardened. It has been so late today."
