Although the princess was very happy when she frolicked with me, I saw that she often looked in the direction of the palace alone, and I knew that Dingdong was missing her father again.

But what should she do now that she could not see her father? So I decided to go to the palace to inquire about the situation, and although I could not tell her myself, at least I had a number in my heart.

On this night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and there were only a few stars in the sky, and it was barely possible to discern the direction. When I had fallen asleep, I gently broke free from her embrace, and then crawled out of the bed, and quietly jumped to the ground without making a sound, and I looked back to see that the princess was still asleep.

I stretched out my claws and opened the door and went out, and when I came outside, I made a name for myself, and ran in the direction of the palace.

When I came to the palace gate, I dodged behind a large stone lion and watched. By the sparse starlight, I saw the two guards snoozing with spears in their arms.

But I forgot one thing, that is, the palace gate was closed, and I could not enter.

I knocked on my head with my claws in annoyance, and was about to leave it at that, when I turned around to see an ox cart slowly coming by.

"Stop! what are you doing?" the two guards woke up at the sound and blocked their way with spears in hand.

An old man jumped out of the car, the starlight was too dim to see his face clearly, only his white beard.

"Two officials, I came to bring water to the palace kitchen, don't you remember me? The old man said.

"Oh, it turned out to be Lao Litou," one of the guards recognized the person: "You have come to bring water to the palace again?"

"Yes, yes. The old man nodded and bowed.

So the two guards came to the waterwheel, circled the waterwheel, and saw that the cart was full of jugs of water, and found nothing unusual, so they said, "Okay, you wait, our brothers will go and open the door for you." ”

So they turned and went and opened the palace gates.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I jumped on the waterwheel and hid behind a large jug.

Seeing that the palace gate had been opened, the old Li Tou jumped on the ox cart again and drove the ox cart into the palace gate slowly.

The bullock cart was going to the kitchen, and it wasn't where I was going, so I got out of the cart quietly halfway through.

I'm a little confused, because it's the first time I've been in this palace, and there are so many houses in this palace, where is the old king's bedchamber?

I was hesitating when I suddenly heard footsteps in the distance and quickly hid in the shadows.

Slowly, I could tell that two people were coming, and they seemed to be carrying lights!

When I got closer, I knew these two people, it was Prime Minister Zhang Gang and the black-robed wizard, and the light was nothing else, but the wizard was holding a dzi stone in his hand!

I was stunned beyond measure—— how could the two of them be in the palace in the middle of the night?

They walked past me and didn't notice my presence, and I held my breath.

They walked towards a room, and curiosity made me quietly follow.

They entered the house, and the wizard peeked out the door, looked around, and then closed the door.

I crept up to the door and pricked up my long ears to hear what they were saying in the house.

I only heard Zhang Gang say: "National teacher, how is your elixir refined?

"Don't worry, Prime Minister," Na Xiang Mo said: "This furnace of elixir can be refined tomorrow, and the old king will eat it, and it will be even weaker!"

When I heard this, I couldn't help but be surprised!