After I traveled through the book, I gained a humanoid pendant

The kitten got up and turned its head.

A familiar figure came into view.

That is……

Xiaoliu.

The little girl who used to wear tattered clothes in the alley was now wearing the most common eunuch's uniform. It didn't fit her well, but it could barely keep her warm.

Ni Yangzhou felt strange and took two steps forward slowly.

There were no lights or candles in the remote palaces, but according to tradition, there were no tall trees in the inner courtyards to prevent assassinations.

Therefore, even in the thin moonlight, you can clearly see the child's lifeless eyes.

It was indeed Xiao Liu.

Almond-shaped eyes, thin lips and a pointed chin, her beauty is somewhat sharp.

With this outfit, could it be possible that she is actually a boy?

And became a little eunuch?

Will the eunuch take in a blind person? What kind of work can he do in the palace?

Ni Yangzhou was full of questions, but the only thing he could say was a cute "Meow~"

“It’s really a cat.”

Xiao Liu whispered and listened carefully. There seemed to be no other sounds around, and the child also squatted down.

Ni Yangzhou took two more slow steps forward, his legs and feet gradually becoming more familiar with the technique.

"where are you from?"

The child's face was still sallow, and he looked very thin and frail, and his voice was not very strong.

Ni Yangzhou finally walked to Xiao Liu's feet and sniffed the corner of the child's clothes like a kitten.

In fact, there is no need to get close. The strong smell of medicine emanates from the other person, like pickled wood.

I got sick?

Ni Yangzhou opened his mouth and meowed again.

Since Xiao Liu entered the palace, although she has been able to have enough food and clothing, she has never felt so lonely.

No one, no one is at home, only him.

He originally thought that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he should burn some paper for his grandfather.

But there were too many people around and I had nothing with me, so I couldn’t even find a piece of yellow paper.

The night was chilly, and he just wanted to avoid people and go out for a walk.

The kitten came over at this time, looking furry and fluffy.

The child squatted on the ground, like a small gray mushroom. The little mushroom stretched out its hand and tentatively let the cat smell it.

Ni Yangzhou felt really sorry for the child, so he rubbed Xiao Liu's cold hand hard, pulled off his clothes, and rubbed the child's chin with his forehead.

Xiao Liu was originally very happy, but when his chin was rubbed, he stepped back with a hiss and almost fell to the ground.

Ni Yangzhou tilted his round dandelion-like head and looked over curiously, only to find that the child's neck, jaw, and wrists were covered with blisters.

A series of dark red and light red lines are densely packed together, some of which are broken and oozing blood.

Ni Yangzhou was frightened by the dense bubbles and wanted to gasp.

Is there any lynching in this palace? What kind of lynching would torture a young eunuch?

Ni Yangzhou originally wanted to go back to the banquet to find out the news, but when he saw Xiao Liu's condition, he was in no hurry to run away.

I was already suspicious about this child's almond-shaped eyes that resembled the Queen's, and now that he had come to my doorstep, I had to investigate thoroughly.

The kitten shook off its fur, walked over a few steps, came close to the child, and licked the few remaining good skin patches on Xiao Liu.

The child received the kindness released by the kitten.

The tongue with tiny thorns scraped across the skin with a tingling sensation, and in the cold winter wind, the tiny warmth was like a blazing light.

Xiao Liu blinked, and the frost in the corners of his eyes turned into water.

"Are you hungry? I have...something to eat."

The kitten meowed.

The child had no experience in dealing with such soft little animals, so he just stood up and walked back tentatively, with Ni Yangzhou following closely behind him.

Xiao Liu took a few steps and stopped for a while to make sure that the furry little thing was still following him. His heart seemed to be scratched by a feather, and he couldn't describe the feeling.

Now he has something else he wants to do.

It's like touching a warm stove in the snow, and every pore exudes a little invigorating itch.

Following a secluded path, the man and the cat sneaked back to a row of low houses lit with dim candlelight.

Before coming in, Ni Yangzhou looked around. This area of ​​low houses was different from the low houses where the eunuchs lived in the center of the palace.

More remote, farther, and more dilapidated.

The large townhouses were built without any consideration of aesthetics, purely for the purpose of providing a place to accommodate people.

Touching the windowsill with his hand, Xiao Liu counted to the thirteenth small door, tilted his head to listen, then gently opened the door.

Ni Yangzhou walked very naturally and also leaned inside to take a look.

There was no light in the room. There were four rows of bedding on the narrow bed. The last quilt was empty. Xiao Liu was taking something out from under the mattress.

Those sleeping on the outside were all children, of different sizes and heights, but they all had dark blisters that could not be covered up by the quilt.

Everyone has it, with different amounts. Xiao Liu has the heaviest and most of it among the people.

Ni Yangzhou shook his beard and wondered, what happened to this poor kid here?

The child took out something, hid it in his sleeve, and returned the same way.

There were no guards along the way and no one was awake. Ni Yangzhou felt terrified as he walked past the sleeping children.

It feels like I have come to some ancient biochemical laboratory.

The child found a secluded place and squatted along the wall. Ni Yangzhou stopped looking back and followed the child to the corner.

"are you still there?"

Xiao Liu asked in a whisper.

Ni Yangzhou shook his head and touched the child's exposed hand with his cold little paws.

"it is good……"

Xiao Liu smiled slightly, "Do you want to eat?"

Ni Yangzhou looked at the small piece of dessert wrapped in cloth by the child, which was the crystal soap at the dinner.

It wasn’t served on a fancy plate, and there was a little bit of cloth on top, but the taste was still enticing.

The child started chatting with a cat.

"It was given to me by the Second Prince when I was testing the medicine today. He smells really good."

The child's young face was very calm, as if he was talking about a dream:

"Not only him, but the whole palace smells good. I wonder what it smells like."

“The floor is very cold in there.”

"But the medicine soup is very hot."

Xiao Liu fumbled to separate the snack into two halves, handed one half to the kitten, and motioned for the kitten to eat it.

"I don't know if cats can eat this, but if you're really hungry, you can eat it. A stomachache is less painful than hunger pain."

The child is imparting experience to the cat.

Ni Yangzhou looked at the child, then at the crystal soap in front of him, and couldn't help but start eating.

With a scrape of the tongue, a layer of sugar was licked into the stomach.

Ni Yangzhou felt like a grater.

The child listened to the sound of the cat eating, and then he took the snack in both hands and started to eat it, eating very slowly and carefully.

Ni Yangzhou licked the snack until it became thinner and thinner, and finally picked it up in three or two bites and swallowed it.

Resisting the urge to lick the fur, Ni Yangzhou rubbed the child's legs.

Xiao Liu had just finished eating.

The child reached out and touched the cat's head, and his palms felt itchy when the soft little animal with body temperature rubbed them.

"If you're still hungry, come see me tomorrow and I'll leave food for you."

Xiao Liu knew that he shouldn't have any expectations of a cat, and a cat wouldn't understand any agreements.

He just wanted to talk, even to a cat.

Ni Yangzhou raised his head in the moonlight, looking at the child's pointed chin, not knowing how to express his refusal.

Don’t talk about tomorrow. Today, after I finish investigating the banquet, I will find a place to die. Just like last time when I was a beetle, I will just find a wall and ram it hard. I will return to my body before I feel any pain.

This time it's a cat...

Ni Yangzhou felt that banging his head against the wall might not work, and he might have to find another way to die.

The kitten licked the child's hand, thought for a while, lowered its head, bit off a handful of hair from its chest, and put it in the child's palm.

Xiao Liu touched the softness of his palm in confusion and asked doubtfully:

"Is it going to give birth? Are you plucking feathers to make a nest?"

The kitten was so angry that he almost fell over.

"I've only heard that rabbits pluck their fur to make nests and give birth to baby rabbits. Can cats do the same?"

“Meow——”

It sounded a little angry, this was Ni Yangzhou's cat-language protest.

"Who is it!" An adult man's shout suddenly came from outside the wall, and Xiao Liu's body shook suddenly.

Ni Yangzhou wanted to sigh, but his hairy mouth was round and he couldn't sigh.

The kitten jumped onto the top of the wall with one step.

"Meow-"

"Meow--"

"What is this?" The two patrolling soldiers were alarmed. "Where did this wild cat come from? Roll, roll, roll, roll."

Ni Yangzhou looked back at the child, took a few steps and ran towards the palace banquet.