The tail was pinched in the palm of Nie Zhen's hand, and Xiao Luomo cried out sensitively, turned his head and tried to bite the tail and pull it out, but it dragged back a little, and the man's hand moved forward, so that it bit After turning around for a long time, the tail was still firmly held in the other party's hand, and he turned around and turned himself dizzy, and sat down on the table with a bang, his beautiful eyes were at a loss.

It let go of its mouth pitifully, raised its head and let out a cry, and looked at Nie Zhen's hand again, trying to make the other party let it go.

However, Nie Zhen was unmoved, his expression was soft enough to drown someone, and there was a nice smile on the corner of his mouth. Don't let the kitten feel pain, and don't let it break free easily.

Xiao Luomo sold her cuteness for a long time to no avail, so she had to lower her head aggrieved and guilty, not daring to look at Nie Zhen, and licking her own fluff obediently.

It went to Lihuayuan to find the system, but it is impossible to tell Nie Zhen about the existence of the system, and he can't even think of a reason to take it there. Just now, he lied to Nie Zhen that he was just curious. , was seen through by the other party again.

The kitten had never lied to Nie Zhen, and the result of driving the duck to the shelves was that Nie Zhen exposed it with a casual sentence.

Seeing that the kitten lowered its head and didn't dare to look up, Nie Zhen reached out and touched the kitten's forehead with his thumb, and said with a warm smile, "Didn't Maomao say that he found something strange? Why don't you say it?"

Xiao Luomo subconsciously rubbed the finger with his head, stopped again, hesitated for a while before raising his head, and said honestly: "Meow, I just lied, I'm sorry, Nie Zhen."

"Why did Maomao lie?" Nie Zhen's expression remained unchanged, but the terrifying and oppressive aura around him subsided slightly.

"Because there are some things I can't let Nie Zhen know," Xiao Luomo explained anxiously, "It's not that I don't want to say it, but I can't say it. Miaomiao said I will disappear, just disappear, but it's okay if I don't say it. It's not a big deal for you, it won't hurt me or you."

Hearing this, Nie Zhen put away his smile, his face was clear and cold, but he didn't seem to be angry. He paused and smiled again, and said soothingly, "It's okay, as long as the cat is fine."

Xiao Luomo looked at his expression carefully, feeling an indescribable sense of strangeness, but it was not dangerous, obviously not aiming at it, so he blinked and stopped struggling, and continued, "So, I went to the yard for the last time. The door of the house next door, and then found that the embroidered girl inside looked exactly like Concubine Yu, and she quickly put on the bra. Does Nie Zhen know who she is?"

"The embroidered girls in the mansion are all official servants, and only some of them were brought back by the old housekeeper three years ago. At that time, there was a severe drought in Qinghe County, north of the capital, and the mansion helped many refugees. After the drought, some chose to continue to serve the mansion." Nie Zhen thought for a moment and said, "Aside from discovering that she looks like Concubine Yu, Maomao has other clues?"

Xiao Luomo thought that he had confessed just now, so he simply stated the results of the system's guesses and observations, and finally expressed his own guesses, "If Concubine Yu is really Yan Qingqing, and Xiu Nu is Yan Yu, then Has Your Majesty made a mistake too?"

It remembered that the system had said that the emperor and concubine Yu fell in love among the people, so it was really uncertain whether the person the emperor fell in love with was Yan Qingqing or Yan Yu, since they were twin sisters after all.

"The person the emperor loves is the woman who saved him back then, but he doesn't know the woman's name. He only remembers the other person's appearance and the butterfly-shaped birthmark on the girl's hand. The birthmark is said to be strange in shape. , there is only one person in the world who owns it, so it is absolutely impossible for him to recognize the wrong person."

Nie Zhen stroked the kitten reassuringly, and said, "It's just that when the imperial brother issued the imperial edict, he didn't know that there were two daughters in the household minister's family, so the imperial edict designated Yan Yu as the candidate to enter the palace."

"Huh?" The system rushed out after hearing Nie Zhen's words, and clapped its hands excitedly, "According to this, the emperor did not mistake the person, and the person he loves is indeed the concubine Yu in the palace now." , but Concubine Yu’s actual name is very likely not Yan Yu, but Yan Qingqing. If she is really Yan Qingqing, then it must be a mistake to confer the title of Yan Yu when the emperor ordered it back then, so Yan Qingqing The real Yan Yu entered the palace for the sake of love. With such an explanation, it seems to make sense."

"Yes." Xiao Luomo nodded, "But even if His Majesty did not admit the wrong person, the concubine Yu in the palace is probably not Yan Yu, but the embroidered girl. What does Nie Zhen say?"

"This king will let the dark cabinet investigate this matter, Maomao can rest assured," Nie Zhenwen said, "Since the daughter of the Minister of the Household Department is probably not dead, but is hiding in Prince Rui's mansion, this king will naturally come forward to deal with it. The palace is not a place for her to stay for a long time."

"Okay." Xiao Luomo replied happily.

The system also floated up happily, and praised: "As expected of the host selected by this system, Luo Mo, you just assigned the task to Nie Zhen to do it together. With his investigation, we will definitely know the truth soon. When the time comes to find out, we can help Zhu Ming chase his wife, so that he won't be embarrassed if he misses the target."

"Yes." Xiao Luomo used the cover of consciousness space to answer the system, then blinked innocently, and asked seriously, "System, didn't you say that you are afraid of Nie Zhen at night? Then you run out like this now Still floating around in front of him... Although I don't want to scare you, I must tell you honestly that Nie Zhen is looking at you, meow!"

"What?!" The system was so frightened that it jumped three feet high. It quickly bounced up from the ground, hit the roof and floated down slowly, and then met a pair of long and narrow eyes.

Those eyes are dark and calm, like a wild beast that chooses to eat people, it is so cold that it makes people feel chills in the bottom of their hearts.

The system turned around stiffly, then desperately made itself smaller and smaller, down to the size of a fist, and then instantly dissipated into the air like water evaporating.

In the next second, it was forced to dismantle and reorganize its main body and returned to Xiao Luomo's consciousness space, gasping weakly. The kitten looked at its pain that seemed to die at any time, and asked with some fear: "What are you doing?" Are you okay, the system?"

"This...this system...is fine..." The system answered with difficulty, turned over and disappeared into the depths of the space, "I have to...recup...for a while...don't worry...he didn't...see... It's just feeling...my...existence."

After the system finished speaking intermittently, it was completely silent, and even the mood swings almost returned to zero.

Little Luomo yelled worriedly, but got no response, so he had no choice but to keep silent. It looked up at Nie Zhen and meowed twice to call him back to his senses.

"Nie Zhen, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay." Nie Zhen's eyes returned to normal. He held the kitten's tail and rubbed it, and smiled slightly, "Have you finished what Maomao wanted to say?"

"...Yes." Xiao Luomo was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "That's all I found, and nothing else."

"So it's my turn?" Nie Zhen pinched the cat's tail with one hand, lifted the lid of the cup on the table with the other hand, took out a small bowl to fill out the deboned fish meat and fish soup, and put it Going in front of the kitten, he coaxed: "It's time for the cat to eat."

Xiao Luomo tilted his head puzzled, seeing Nie Zhen's gentle smile, he obediently lowered his head to eat, and narrowed his eyes happily.

The fish cooked in the canteen today was different from yesterday, and Nie Zhen changed it to new dishes.

Xiao Luomo ate half of it slowly, looked up to see that Nie Zhen was still watching it quietly, and urged, "Nie Zhen, eat quickly."

The man smiled and shook his head, looking even more handsome.

Little Luomo blinked suspiciously, turned to look at Nie Zhen's hand, and saw that his tail was still being held in his hand, so he could only say pitifully: "I was wrong. Nie Zhen, eat quickly."

"What's wrong?" Nie Zhen looked down at it.

"Oh..." Xiao Luomo swallowed the fish, and his body softened a little. He thought about it seriously, "I shouldn't lie, and I won't go home after dark."

The kitten's attitude of admitting mistakes is really good, and he admits it all by himself without his coaxing.Nie Zhen held his forehead dumbfounded, couldn't help rubbing his tail around his hand, and sighed helplessly, "Little clever ghost."

"I'm not a ghost." Xiao Luomo retorted seriously after hearing the words, "I'm a smart cat."

"Okay." Nie Zhen echoed indulgently, "Smart cat, how will you compensate me?"

Xiao Luomo froze while eating fish, slowly raised his head, and said stupidly: "How to make up for it?"

"Why don't cats ignore Nie Zhen all day tomorrow?" Nie Zhen suggested sincerely.

"No." Xiao Luomo shook his head, "Nie Zhen is going to be angry."

"After punishing the cat, you will only confess to me. During the day, Nie Zhen asks you and is not allowed to answer anything? How about you only tell me your secret?" Nie Zhen said again.

Xiao Luomo shook his head in embarrassment, "I can tell you the truth, but I can't hide it from you in the daytime. It's wrong to cheat."

"Is that so?" Nie Zhen put away her smile and looked at the kitten fixedly, "It's okay, then Maomao told me, what is that invisible thing just now? Can you see it?"

Little Luo Mo opened his sapphire blue cat pupils in an instant, stood up in a panic, then sat back as if hiding, and said in fear: "What is Nie Zhen talking about?"

"Maomao knows what I'm talking about. I can feel it. It was here just now." Nie Zhen looked cold.

"If there is one thing that only cats can see, but we don't even know what it is, or choose not to ask because of ignorance, how can we protect you? Am I, Nie Zhen, so useless?"

"It's not meow!" Xiao Luomo shook his head, "It's not your problem. It can't hurt me, Nie Zhen, don't be afraid."

Little Luo Mo moved a little closer to Nie Zhen's direction, raised the cat's paw and put it on Nie Zhen's wrist, "The cat will be fine, it has been following me and can't touch me. I don't know why you can't see it it."

Nie Zhen gently held the cat's paw without speaking.

After a while, he let go of the hand holding the cat's tail, stroked the cat's back lightly, and then softened his expression, "Okay, I understand. Don't be nervous, cat, eat obediently."

Xiao Luomo looked at him for a while, making sure that Nie Zhen was not unhappy, then lowered his head and continued to eat. By the way, he raised his tail and patted the man's hand, urging him to eat quickly.

Nie Zhen picked up the bowl to eat, with a gentle look on his face, and his lowered eyes covered all the coldness and cruelty in his eyes that had not completely dissipated.

As expected, they still knew too little. This feeling that everything was out of control, as if they would lose their treasures at any time, was simply terrible.

***

Little Luomo went to sleep with Nie Zhen early that night, because the man promised that he would know the truth when he woke up, and the weather was really stuffy, so he lay down on the big pillow and closed his eyes obediently, asking Nie Zhen to fan him fan.

"Let me tell you a story." Xiao Luomo coiled himself into a circle and spoke lazily.

"Okay." Nie Zhen knew that the kitten just couldn't sleep and wanted to talk, so he let it talk.

"Once upon a time there was a big dinosaur, which had a young son. One day..." Xiao Luomo raised his tail and patted it. "One day they went out to play hide-and-seek, and then the big dinosaur covered his eyes and said...umm..."

"What is a dinosaur?" Nie Zhen asked softly.

"It's an animal that grows taller than the roofs of the two palaces," Xiao Luomo replied, and it slowly changed its posture. "The big dinosaur said to count one, two, three and started catching, and then the little dinosaur climbed onto the back of the big dinosaur. Come on, say it's hidden. The little dinosaur won, and you know why?"

"Because if a big dinosaur is big enough, even if it knows that its son is on its back, it will not be able to see its son when it turns around." Nie Zhen replied patiently.

"No." Xiao Luomo shook his head, and said seriously: "The real answer is that anyone who is cute and right will win. For example, you have no other choice but to praise me for my wonderful speech."

Nie Zhen couldn't help smiling, "Exactly, what Mao Mao said is very true."

Hearing this, Xiao Luomo slid off the pillow and rubbed into Nie Zhen's arms. With his small head pressed against the man's generous chest, he said softly, "So, you have to hug me to sleep."

Nie Zhen raised his hand and touched the kitten's back, with gentle eyes, "Didn't Maomao say it was too hot?"

"There are ice cubes, so it won't be hot." Little Luomo denied it. After thinking for a while, he said worriedly, "But you can't roll over and crush me in the middle of the night."

"No." Nie Zhen pulled the cat into his arms, "Sleep, cat, I'll watch you."

Xiao Luomo then closed his eyes with peace of mind, and his breathing gradually became long and steady.

Nie Zhen continued to fan, looked down at the cat in her arms quietly, and remained silent for a long time.It was not until the third watch that he lay down and fell asleep.

***

After being forced to reorganize the main body that time, the system seldom went out of the consciousness space, and at most talked a few words with Xiao Luomo inside, but didn't mention what happened that day at all.

Xiao Luomo has always been curious about why the system was sensed by Nie Zhen, and could even pinpoint its position accurately, but the system was killed and refused to reveal any information, insisting that it was an accident.Even if Xiao Luomo didn't believe it, he could just let it go.

Xiao Luomo went to visit Lihuayuan secretly a few times, but found no one. Two days later, the system said that Xiu Nu was taken away by people from the secret cabinet under Nie Zhen.And the truth soon came to light.

That embroidered girl is indeed the daughter of Hubu Shangshu, Yan Yu, whom Zhu Ming really likes.And the jade concubine in the palace is Yan Qingqing, the person who saved the emperor back then.The reason why Yan Qingqing entered the palace instead of Yan Yu was definitely to be with the emperor, this is beyond reproach.After all, she was the one the emperor loved so much, even though she made a mistake and got her name wrong when the imperial decree was issued.

It's just that why Yan Yu fell off the cliff, and why she didn't dare to go home later, there is no way to find out.The Ange worried that she was the daughter of the Minister of the Household Department and could not use torture to interrogate her, so she could only present half of the results to Prince Rui.

After reading the letter, Nie Zhen thought for a moment, then carried the cat to the dark pavilion.

Yan Yu has already changed from the plain embroidered women's dress to the delicate and beautiful dress she used to wear, and the pimples on her face have also been removed.

She was holding the scissors to trim the potted plants, when she saw Nie Zhen coming in, she put down the scissors and saluted, and said sadly, "Yan Yu, thank you Prince Rui for your help."

"No." Nie Zhen sat down on the chair, put the letter on the table, frowned and said, "How does Second Miss Yan explain this?"

"Prince Rui is able to help, Yan Yu is very grateful. What happened back then is a thing of the past, so it's okay not to mention it." Yan Yu lowered her head sadly, and Nie Zhen's eyes were too sharp and indifferent, she didn't dare to talk to a man at all. Look at each other.

"Since that's the case, the king will send you back to the Shangshu Mansion tomorrow." Nie Zhen said flatly.

"No!" Yan Yu raised her head abruptly, and staggered back two steps when she met Nie Zhen's icy gaze, "Yan Qingqing is dead, and now there is only concubine Yu Yanyu in the palace, and the daughter of the people is just A Yu, I hope the prince can let you I will return to the palace and continue to be an embroidery girl."

"Naive!" Nie Zhen stared at her blankly, "This king knows that the daughter of the Hubu Shangshu is still alive, but he connives you to hide, and the Hubu Shangshu is sick now. Visiting old father, how will this king feel if he knows about it and does not help him?"

Yan Yu wept sadly, choked with sobs and said: "It's a daughter of the people who is ashamed of her father and also of her lord. It's just that I was ashamed and ashamed of everyone. Now I don't have the face to go back. Even my father Forgive me with my sister, and I can't forgive myself."

Yan Yu took out the handkerchief to wipe her tears as she said that, she inadvertently saw the little black cat hiding in Prince Rui's lapel, she couldn't help being stunned for a moment, then her expression became more and more sad, and finally she opened her mouth quietly.

"That's all. Up to now, Yan Yu is just making mistakes again and again without saying anything. Back then, His Majesty decreed that a girl from the Yan family should enter the palace as a concubine. Yan Yu. My father, my sister and I all know that His Majesty got the wrong name. In fact, it was my sister Yan Qingqing who saved His Majesty. My sister was devastated by this, so my father wanted to go to the palace to have a face-to-face meeting with His Majesty to explain the cause and effect to His Majesty.

Originally, if this was the case, His Majesty would definitely take back the order and make a new decree, and it can be said that everyone is happy.It's just me...but I'm stuck. "

Yan Yu walked to the window and looked at the delicate flowers in the pot, and said slowly: "Your Majesty has such a deep affection for my sister, how enviable. I thought at the time that Yan Yu was clearly written in the imperial decree, so entering the palace is a As soon as the concubine flies to the sky, it should be me. So I let the maid drugged my father's meal. Before my father arrived at the palace, he passed out in the carriage and was sent to another place by the servant I sent. And my sister Yan Qingqing, at my invitation, went up the mountain with me to pray and make a wish."

Yan Yu raised her hand to cover her face with a handkerchief, and sobbed, "I wanted to stun my sister the way I treated my father. In this way, as long as I successfully enter the palace, my sister and I will look exactly the same, Your Majesty will definitely treat me like that." Pearls are like treasures! Even if my sister and father enter the palace to face the saint, His Majesty will not believe them. I will naturally strive to be a favorite concubine and think of my family in everything.

It’s just that we didn’t expect that we met bandits halfway. I was so panicked at that time that I pushed my sister into the arms of the bandit leader and ran away along the path... Who knew that the bandits sent someone again After chasing me, I lost my footing and fell off the cliff in a panic. "

"Later when I was rescued, I heard the news that my sister was rescued safely. I also learned that because she and her father missed the time to face the saint, they could only declare that I was my sister Yan Qingqing who fell off the cliff, and she was holding the Yan Yu's name entered the palace as Concubine Yu..." Yan Yu squatted down slowly covering her face, sobbing, "They have been looking for me all these years, but I... have no face to go back."

"Shangshu Hubu mentioned at the New Year's Eve palace banquet in the past few years that he once had a clever, innocent and kind-hearted daughter." Nie Zhen looked down at Yan Yu and said indifferently, "Do you know that he is sick now, mostly because of Overwhelmed? He's been looking for you."

Yan Yu shook her head sadly, sobbing silently.

Little Luomo meowed softly, moved at the lapel of Nie Zhen's clothes, and poked his head to get out.

Nie Zhen reached out and carefully took the cat out, put it on the table, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with the cat?"

Xiao Luomo tilted his head, wanted to speak but remembered that Nie Zhen couldn't understand, so he raised his paw and pointed at Yan Yu, and let out a soft cry.

Yan Yu heard the cat meowing, raised her head to look, and just met the kitten's clear blue pupils.

She stared blankly, tears streaming down her face.

"When my sister was young, she also loved pets, but I didn't like long-haired pets very much. Once, her puppy ran into my boudoir and scared me to tears. The servant took the puppy out of the house and closed the gate. When my sister went to look for it, the puppy had disappeared. That was the saddest time my sister cried, but she never blamed me. I don’t know if she... I still have a little pet... If so, I hope I won't meet such a vicious woman like me again..."

Xiao Luomo turned his head and called out to Nie Zhen, then pointed at Yan Yu, lowered his head and rubbed the man's hand coquettishly.

Nie Zhen's deep gaze rested on it intently, knowing that the kitten was pleading for Yan Yu, he put his big hand on the cat's back and stroked it comfortingly, and said in a deep voice: "Concubine Yu has a white puppy now. Brother loves her very much, so you don't need to worry too much."

Xiao Luomo coquettishly licked Nie Zhen's finger, then pointed to the ground.

Nie Zhen frowned, but still carefully picked it up and put it on the ground, staring at it and walking slowly to Yan Yu's side step by step.

"Meow meow, you should have regretted the wrong things you have done for so many years. It has been long enough. Concubine Yu and Hubu Shangshu have not been hurt too much. If you are really guilty, you can make up for it in person. It's really useful, escaping won't solve anything."

Xiao Luomo said slowly, with its back turned to Nie Zhen, it put its paws on Yan Yu's hanging fingers without any trace, and a small ball of light quickly sank into the other's fingers.

Yan Yu stared blankly at the kitten, she obviously couldn't understand Xiao Luomo's cry, but for some reason, after the kitten touched her, a warm and uplifting power slowly rose in her heart, All the gloomy pain, despair, and self-loathing were dispelled, leaving only the desire to make amends and change, constantly urging her to stand up again.

These years have been so sad and bitter. She was hungry and cold and had nothing to eat, she was sick and lonely by the side of the road, and she was homeless when she was cold-eyed. She was disgusted and desperate for her future, but in Today's confession and the kitten's warm gesture miraculously rekindled hope, and all the pain seemed to find a way to heal.

Yan Yu stood up crying and laughing, then knelt down and kowtowed deeply.

"Yan Yu knows what to do."

Xiao Luomo took a step back, turned around and ran to Nie Zhen's feet, raised her head meowing, and was hugged back by the man again.

Nie Zhen stood up holding the cat, and said calmly, "There is no need to be too polite. Tomorrow, the king will send someone to take you back to Shangshufu. As for your identity, this king will truthfully tell the emperor."

Yan Yu answered with a sob, without refusing, "Thank you, my lord."

What happened back then was an oolong. In the end, her father was concerned about the emperor's face and did not tell the truth, but it also caused their family to make mistakes again and again. Even if the emperor had a problem at the beginning, their Yan family knew about it and did not report it. It is also a fact that her elder sister Yan Qingqing entered the palace instead of her, and the crime of deceiving the emperor is unavoidable.If Prince Rui knew already, continuing to hide it would be tantamount to deceiving the emperor, there was no other way but to confess.

Nie Zhen carried the cat out of the secret pavilion, rubbed the kitten's head, and said in a low voice, "The cat did it just now, and the king saw it."

"Meow?" Xiao Luomo bit his tail in fright.

Nie Zhen pulled out the cat's tail expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice: "He has already told me what happened in the past few nights. Next time, if the king is not by my side, don't use that kind of power on others. Got it ?"

Xiao Luomo glanced at his own tail, then looked at Nie Zhen, who was uncompromising during the day, with aggrieved eyes, and nodded pitifully.

"Meow meow meow, I am obedient, don't all snatch my tail!"

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