At night, Xiaobai arrived at the Imperial Palace as promised and saw the Emperor still reviewing petitions. He glanced at the guards and eunuchs below before twisting his body and jumping off the roof, looking for an opportunity to poison the drink.
Dugu Han was busy until late into the night before he put down the Vermilion Brush. When he picked up his teacup, it was empty. Eunuch Shi saw this, turned around, and brewed a new cup of tea for His Majesty. Just as he was about to pick it up, a cat knocked it over, which made Eunuch Shi jump in anger, "Where did this stray cat come from, sneaking into the Imperial Palace now?" Watching the cat run away and then looking at the tea on the floor, he sighed and brewed another cup of tea.
In the corner, Xiaobai saw the old man carrying the teacup away and smiled with a tigerish grin, believing that tonight would not be a boring one.