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    Chapter 45 The evil cat concubine who confuses the country 6

    [The host makes the protagonist suffer from hatred, disrupts the protagonist’s secret planning, and the protagonist’s pain value +5]

    In the next half month, Lu Wenjing seemed to be much busier than before.

    Not only did he have to review the papers until late at night, but he also had to meet with officials at night from time to time and open secret letters.

    After all, at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the emperor’s cat scratched and blinded one eye of the great hero who had just conquered Saibei. Anyone who heard this would inevitably wonder whether it was the emperor’s order to do this.

    The members of the Gu family were particularly angry and often complained about General Gu in the court.

    For half a month, General Gu claimed to be ill and refused to go to court. He even suggested that the emperor personally visit the general’s residence and send the cat to the general’s residence to make amends, in order to appease the heroes and appease the courtiers.

    Lu Wenjing looked away from the memorial in his hand and glanced sideways at the cat stretching on the imperial desk.

    There was a lot of quarrel in the court, but the person who started it all not only ate well and slept well, but also had a rounder belly.

    Xie Rong lay beside the table and yawned, watching Lu Wenjing pick up a secret letter with her fingertips and light it with a candle.

    The candlelight lit up the whole night, making me unable to sleep well all night.

    Everything that makes me uncomfortable will be destroyed!

    Xie Rong got into a huge disaster half a month ago and was not punished. Xie Rong became more and more arrogant, not knowing what to do, and evil suddenly appeared from the side of courage.

    He walked gracefully on tiptoes, looking around the table, and his eyes fell on the square stone.

    Xie Rong had already discovered that the most precious thing about this hairless cat was this stone.

    He stretched out his paws, with the pink paw pads attached to the side of the square stone, and gently pushed it towards the table little by little.

    Every time he moved, he turned to look at the man who was busy with his head down.

    At three o’clock in the afternoon, a clear and loud sound resounded through the silent Yangxin Hall.

    Lu Wenjing rubbed her tired brows, stood up and looked with a wooden face.

    The jade seal inherited from the Dafeng royal family for generations was pushed to the ground by the cat’s claws and fell into pieces.

    Nowadays, the DPRK is already in turmoil, and the Gu family is stirring up rumors everywhere. If the news about the broken jade seal spreads again, who knows what kind of trouble it will cause.

    But the cat who got into trouble was unaware. After throwing the jade seal, he jumped out of the window with his tail raised. It was like knocking over a cup of tea or knocking off an orange. In the eyes of the cat, there was no difference.

    Lu Wenjing’s forehead had veins popping out, his bloodshot eyes were closed tightly, his hands on his sides were clenched into fists, and he took a deep breath.

    [The protagonist’s pain value +10!】The white slime followed the cat that ran to the imperial garden in the middle of the night to catch butterflies.

    Xie Rong stared at the butterfly passing by the window lattice of Yangxin Hall, and chased it all the way to the Imperial Garden, meowing excitedly.

    The palace closest to the Imperial Garden is Fengxian Palace.

    Before winter every year, the emperor would lead hundreds of civil and military officials to worship in front of the Fengxian Hall, and at the same time ask the ancestors about making sacrifices to the heavens on Mount Tai in the next spring. Only by issuing a signature would it mean that the ancestors and emperors agreed to the trip to Mount Tai and would protect them when the mountain road was difficult to travel.

    It was already late at night, but the palace attendants in Fengxian Hall were still busy preparing various objects for worship.

    No one saw a slightly larger cat chasing the butterfly all the way to the center of the tablets placed in Fengxian Hall.

    Xie Rong borrowed a memorial tablet to sharpen his claws, jumped on the altar, took a bite of the offered apple, and found it not tasty, so he turned around and ate another pear.

    That damn hairless cat actually hid food in other nests!

    Xie Rong went under the altar and rummaged around for a while, scratching here and biting there. Finally, exhausted, he lay down on the futon and fell asleep.

    On the day when he led the civil and military officials to worship their ancestors, Lu Wenjing woke up very early as usual.

    He walked alone at the front, followed by civil and military officials with solemn expressions.

    The palace servant handed him three lit incense sticks and was about to insert them into the incense burner, but the incense broke.

    Lu Wenjing’s face was sullen, and his eyebrows were slightly irritable.

    [Protagonist’s pain value +1]

    Eunuch Liu quickly took out three new sticks of incense.

    After inserting the incense, it is time to draw signatures.

    Lu Wenjing is most annoyed by this kind of pretense.

    He randomly smoked one and threw it to the master invited by Fengxian Palace.

    Unexpectedly, after reading the signature, the master shook his head and sighed.

    All the civil and military officials craned their necks to take a look, only to see that it was clearly a sign with a hole in it.

    The incense is broken, and the signature is damaged. It is difficult not to think that the ancestor emperor has appeared and is dissatisfied with the current emperor.

    Behind Lu Wenjing, some of the ministers lowered their voices and whispered among themselves.

    “When the late Emperor was here, his most trusted minister was General Gu. With everything going on today, could it be that he is criticizing His Majesty harshly?”

    “Please keep your voice down!” Several people quickly glanced at the tall figure in front of them.

    Lu Wenjing turned his head and scanned the people behind him.

    All the officials bowed their heads.

    He sneered slightly, drew out the Emperor’s Sword from his waist, cut off the rotten half of the signature, and then placed the sword on the master’s neck.

    “Let me ask you, did I get the upper or lower lot today?”

    The Emperor’s Sword was far sharper than ordinary swords, and it easily cut through the master’s neck.

    How could the master hold on to that mysterious air? He knelt down with a pale face and was about to speak, when he heard a cat meow coming from under the hanging red cloth of the confession.

    Lu Wenjing picked up the red cloth with his sword.

    A cat head poked out from inside.

    “Meow?” Xie Rong bared his teeth fiercely, as if he was angry that he was disturbed while sleeping late.

    Lu Wenjing swept the sawdust on his chin, raised his eyebrows, and knelt down to pick him up.

    “Like to bite things?” The man paused and said, “Then I will reward you with all the wood in this palace.”

    “Your Majesty, you must not do this!” Several veteran ministers were horrified and shouted loudly on their knees, “Your Majesty’s actions are disrespectful to the spirit of our ancestors!”

    “Oh,” Lu Wenjing scratched Xie Rong’s chin, and Xie Rong narrowed his eyes and snored, “I only know that there is only one monarch in Dafeng. Except for the monarch, everyone bows to his subjects. One minister does not serve two masters. What do you mean by the disrespect you say?”

    “Meow?” Xie Rong also meowed fiercely.

    The fox pretended to be the tiger’s power. Seeing that the ugly hairless cat offered him prey and asked for his protection, Xie Rong kitten decided to help him by meowing, lest the hairless cat, which did not dare to resist even being scratched, would show its cowardice and lose his face.

    The Lord of Heaven and Earth is his personal teacher, and the Lord is before him. Even if the Supreme Emperor intervenes in politics, it is still a crime of treason.

    Lu Wenjing may be arrogant and unfilial, but he is the emperor.

    No matter how bad his reputation is, it cannot overshadow his identity.

    All the officials were speechless for a moment, and they didn’t dare to say anything.

    “In my opinion, there is no need to worship the Fengxian Hall in the future. It can’t even protect my own memorial tablet, so it is not as useful as my cat.” Lu Wenjing hugged the cat and left the Fengxian Hall.

    Xie Rong turned around and scratched the man’s skirt embroidered with golden dragon patterns with his claws.

    “Meow!” Thanks to Mi for helping you scare them, thank you Mi!

    This hairless cat doesn’t understand the rules of the road, so he is willing to protect him!

    Xie Rong lowered his head slightly and glared at Lu Wenjing.

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