The two of them chased the giant shadow flying over the palace wall until they reached the vicinity of Changle Palace. They watched the monster speed up and get into Changle Palace.
I wish Scarlett was in danger!
Zhenzhen and Yu Xin looked at each other and continued running forward without thinking, just to notify the people in Changle Palace as soon as possible.
The two of them entered the temple out of breath.
Zhu Sijia seemed to have just finished bathing and changing clothes. She was wearing pajamas and standing in front of the stove on the side of the main hall. She was keeping warm while twirling her semi-wet hair with a long towel.
The beauty has affectionate eyebrows, long hair that reaches past her waist, and the tips of her fingers are dyed a rich red. Her skin color is even whiter, and she is shockingly gorgeous. Even if she is washed off, she still has countless natural colors all over her body. Charming.
Seeing that she was safe and sound, and hearing the sound of the imperial guards coming from outside Changle Palace, Yu Xin quickly urged her to go back to the dormitory and put on some extra clothes.
Zhu Sijia was pushed into the bedroom in a daze. Zhenzhen opened her wardrobe and put a heavy floor-length cloak on her body to ensure that she was completely covered.
"What's going on?" Zhu Sijia was confused by the two of them, "Why are you so anxious to dress me without even saying anything as soon as you enter the palace?"
Yu Xin explained in a low voice: "I'm afraid the imperial army is about to enter the palace. I can't see you in your pajamas."
Zhenzhen: "Sister Zhaoyi, are you really okay? Sister Yu and I just saw the cat demon running into Changle Palace with our own eyes, and that's why I disturbed you uninvited."
Zhu Sijia frowned: "Cat demon?"
Yu Xin: "Yes, what your sister and Yang said is true. This time we also saw the monster with our own eyes."
She walked to the desk, grabbed the pen on the desk and sketched the shape of the monster in two or two strokes, and handed the drawing paper with still wet ink marks to Zhu Sijia:
"That cat demon looks like this. She makes a loud noise and moves quickly. I watched her get into Changle Palace with my own eyes."
"Mother, did you really not hear the cat meow?"
Zhu Sijia recalled it again and again, shaking her head firmly: "I didn't hear anything at all. You can ask other people in Changle Palace. They probably didn't hear anything either."
There was a sudden loud sound of "pound--" and the door of the dormitory was kicked open. Before Yan Xiuren entered the room, the sound came first:
"Cicada! Cicada, are you in there?"
Before Zhu Scarlett responded to him, his long legs stepped in.
The three women in the dormitory looked at each other in confusion.
Yan Xiu also didn't expect that there was someone else in Zhu Sijia's bedroom.
After Yu Xin and Zhenzhen saluted him, he called them out and told them to follow the imperial army back to his palace.
Yan Xiu hugged Zhu Sijia tightly: "I was scared to death."
Zhu Scarlett was almost choked by him and couldn't breathe: "Why are you here too?"
Yan Xiu told her what he saw and heard tonight.
It turned out that Yan Xiu had also heard the discussion about the cat demon recently. He had never believed this. He preferred to believe that this was a man-made conspiracy. But when he came to Changle Palace just now, he ran into the Imperial Army who were searching for the cat demon. .
The leader of the Forbidden Army was informed by Yu Xin. The palace maid told the Forbidden Army that the cat demon had entered Changle Palace, and the Forbidden Army hurriedly set out to escort it.
Yan Xiu's expression changed immediately. It didn't matter whether he was a cat demon or not. He was probably an assassin in disguise. If Zhu Sijia was harmed at all——
In a hurry, he called the Imperial Guards to rush into Changle Palace with him, but he did not see Zhu Sijia in the main hall.
"As long as it's okay, it's okay." Yan Xiu pressed Zhu Sijia's head toward his chest, "Listen, my heart is almost beating."
It was obvious that he was the one in danger, but the one who was in shock and heart palpitating was Yan Xiu. When he was nervous, he would easily become like a wronged child.
Zhu Sijia coaxed him for a while, and Yan Xiu slowly calmed down, holding her hand and walking outside to the main hall.
Changle Palace is full of people being searched by the Forbidden Army, and Sui Yu is among them.
Seeing Yan Xiu and Zhu Sijia appear, everyone stopped and saluted them.
Yan Xiu looked like a bright moon hanging high in front of people again, and his voice was frighteningly cold:
"Have any traces been found?"
The leader of the Forbidden Army shook his head: "Not really."
Yan Xiu glanced at Suiyu. As Zhu Sijia's personal guard, he lived not far from Changle Palace. When such a big movement happened, he did not enter the palace to protect him immediately.
This is a dereliction of duty on his part.
"Have you found any broken jade?"
Sui Yu tightly grasped a handful of cat hair and put it into her sleeves, took a step forward, gritted her teeth and said, "No."
Ever since he last returned to the palace from Baiweizhai, Zhu Sijia's words that he was a cat demon from the underworld had been lingering in his mind.
The cat demon of the underworld has a beauty that is rare to see in a hundred years and is very good at bewitching people's hearts.
The once cold and ascetic emperor fell in love with her beauty and repeatedly fell in love with her; after the palace cat demon appeared, it flew to Changle Palace twice, but Zhu Sijia was not harmed at all...
The dragon guard is naturally sensitive, and it is difficult for him not to be suspicious even with this kind of thing.
It wasn't until he discovered this tuft of cat hair in the side hall. The cat hair had the same scent as hers, but why did she insist on saying that she had never heard a cat meow?
Suiyu's heart was completely confused.
If Zhu Sijia is really a monster, what he did tonight is tantamount to deceiving the emperor.
Yan Xiu rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Go down. From tonight, the palace guards will give you twice as much. The cat demon only appears at night and takes the initiative to ask the Imperial Guards who patrol at night to reward you with a year's salary."
This cat demon only attacks women, and the imperial guards are all men. The night patrol can be rewarded with a full year's salary, and everyone looks happy.
…
The next morning after the cat demon appeared for the second time, a murder was discovered in the palace.
The person who died was a palace maid who was just over fourteen years old. Her name was Song Ning, a native of Jizhou, and she had just entered the palace at the beginning of this year.
According to the maid who lived with her, a few of them gathered in the room last night to celebrate Song Ning's birthday, but during the fun, another maid accidentally spilled a plate of meat soup on Song Ning.
Song Ning has always been clean, and several fellow villagers in the room even tried to persuade her to go out to collect water from the well, but they didn't stop her.
It was during this outing that she didn't return to her room all night.
But the curfew in the palace was approaching, and they did not dare to look for her anywhere, so they could only look around the dormitory. After searching for half an hour to no avail, they heard the cat meowing and were so frightened that they all went back to their rooms.
It wasn't until early this morning when the grandma in charge asked them to get up that they discovered Song Ning's body at the well.
Fu Zhu asked again: "Who spilled the soup on her?"
A short and fat palace maid raised her hand weakly: "Yes, it's a slave."
Fu Zhu: "Have you ever had any issues with Song Ning?"
The young courtiers who were supported by Yan Xiu all had two qualities. In addition to being good-looking, talented and handsome, they also liked to have a bad face like Yan Xiu.
Fu Zhu thought he was friendly and asked this question, which almost frightened the fat palace maid into incontinence. She cried:
"Sir, please don't doubt me. Song Ning and I are from the same hometown, and we usually have the best relationship. Why should I harm her!"
The other maids in the room also testified for her.
Fu Zhu wanted to continue asking, but Xu Zixiao came into the room with a pale face: "Sir, please take a moment to speak."
