After wearing the book, the regent quit.

"Your Ministry of Punishment arrested important officials of the court without Gu's permission. Do you still take Gu, the monarch, seriously?"

The young man lowered his eyes slightly on the dragon chair, his black eyelashes cast a shadow on his eyelids, his thin lips naturally drooped slightly, and his tone was calm and unwavering, as if he was talking about an inconspicuous matter.

But Liu En knew in his heart that he had violated the taboo of guessing the emperor's heart.

This has nothing to do with Xiao Fan's attitude towards Shen Mu.

"I don't dare, I'm just handling the case impartially," Liu En's heart tightened, and he still didn't forget to pull Gao Ying together, and flattered him with a smile, "Besides, Mr. Gao really needs justice."

He doesn't know whether Gao Ying needs to be fair, but he must not let go of the opportunity to get rid of Shen Mu; the two have worked together for many years, and Shen Mu sent those who hindered him from seizing power to the Criminal Ministry one by one, and then Liu Enqu beat them into tricks, and he never missed a single time.

Unexpectedly, Shen Mu turned his back on him and wrote his name in the list of "corruption and bribery" without saying a word. Xiao Huan, the Ninth Prince who was in charge of investigating the case, was also a smiling tiger who didn't like anything.

Since Shen Mu is not benevolent, Liu En can't be blamed for being unrighteous, at worst, he will fight to the death.

"Handle the case impartially?" The monarch on the dragon chair raised his brows lightly, and there was a trace of sarcasm in his deep eyebrows, "But why does Gu think that Mr. Liu is avenging public revenge?"

There was a lump in his throat, and cold sweat rolled down his spine. From the corner of his eyes, Liu En subconsciously looked at his ally Gao Ying, but seeing that this man just lowered his head and wiped away his tears, and looked like he had nothing to do with him, he couldn't help but scolded "the old cunning and cunning".

Seeing this, Liu En had no choice but to ask tentatively, "The minister acted recklessly in this matter, so now you want to send the regent back to the mansion?"

"When did Gu say he was going to let him go?"

Xiao Fan raised his eyes slowly, and reached for the green ink silver knife by the table; after playing casually for a while, the young man's white wrist turned, and the palm-sized silver knife flew out of his hand, almost grazing Liu En's right ear. , neatly nailed to the screen behind him.

Amidst Liu En's clear gasp, Xiao Fan's eyes were burning, and he said in a deep voice, "Go and bring Shen Mu."

"I have to take it seriously and interrogate him personally."

Shen Mu stayed in Dali Temple for nearly an hour, and was suddenly summoned into the palace by Xiao Fan again, without delay.

The moon and stars were sparse, and his body that was afraid of the cold was like a shabby sieve, and the chill of Mu Ye climbed up his spine; Shen Mu got off the chariot outside Mingcheng Palace, couldn't help but raised his hands and rubbed his palms, and put them to his mouth He took a breath.

This body really can't stand the toss, I didn't have a good rest last night, and I'm tired all day today, plus I ate a few bites in the morning after the whole day, my empty stomach has started to hurt.

With a wry smile, Shen Mu resigned to his fate and walked outside Mingcheng Palace, and not long after, Jing Yan, who had asked Xiao Fan for instructions, respectfully invited him in.

Xiao Fan was slanting on the soft floor in the hall, holding a scroll in his hand, his black hair was scattered during the day, and a white jade hairpin was used to fix his head slightly. beast.

Walking forward with vain footsteps, Shen Mu bent down to salute under the gaze of the young man, a white light flashed in front of his eyes when he got up, and his body that lost his center of gravity shook violently.

Hurriedly supporting the wooden table on the slump, Shen Mu managed to stabilize his figure, and before Xiao Fan opened his mouth, he handed over the book in his hand.

Xiao Fan didn't reach out to pick it up, his brows were furrowed, his dark pupils reflected Shen Mu's pale face like snow porcelain, and there was a trace of displeasure in his words, "Did the Ministry of Justice embarrass Yafu?"

"No," Shen Mu put down the book, "I just asked some questions."

Not to mention embarrassment, Dali Siqing was forced to cry by his series of questioning, so he had to call the people from the six doors in to give lectures.

But even so, he refused to let him go, and waited for the order from the people above, wasting time with him.

Feeling a tingling pain in his stomach, Shen Mu unconsciously frowned, and lightly covered his lower abdomen with his right hand, with the corners of his mouth barely raised, and said softly, "This is Wu Jinyou's usage in the past half a year, please check it out, Your Majesty. "

Xiao Fan flipped through the pages extremely fast, and asked casually, "Stomach pain?"

Seeing people flipping through the pages at a speed of ten lines at a glance, Shen Mu seriously doubted whether Xiao Fan had read them seriously, so he hummed casually, and fixed his eyes on the book in Xiao Fan's hand.

As a result, the young man turned the book upside down on the table in the next second, and without hesitation called Jing Fan, ordering the imperial dining room to serve some food immediately.

"Your Majesty," the stomach was still throbbing, Shen Mu felt exhausted at this moment, and couldn't help saying, "Didn't you call me here because of Gao Ying's business?"

"But Gu also has dinner," Xiao Fan raised his head and asked, displeased, "Why, Yafu even has to take care of this?"

At this time, Jing Fan strode in from outside the hall, and the maid behind her brought all kinds of snacks and desserts to the round table with soft edges, and then neatly arranged a pair of bowls and chopsticks.

Shen Mu was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head subconsciously.

Xiao Fan probably didn't expect that there was only one pair of bowls and chopsticks, his eyes flickered, he raised his head and glared at Jing Wen, and said in a nasty tone, "Why is there only one set of bowls and chopsticks?"

Jing Fan was yelled at inexplicably, and stuttered, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty just had dinner before the Regent came, and this subordinate thought—"

"So Gu doesn't deserve to eat any more!" The young man's eyes bulged with veins, he slammed the table heavily, and said fiercely, "You idiot, get out of here!"

Jing Fan retreated with a confused face, and asked again uncertainly before closing the door, "So, Your Majesty, you want your subordinates to take another pair—"

What responded to him was a teacup that Xiao Fan threw violently.

Looking at Xiao Fan's face that turned from embarrassment into anger, Shen Mu's nerves that had been tense for a long time relaxed inexplicably, and the corners of his mouth curved upwards, suddenly showing a playful intention.

He handed the bowl and chopsticks in front of Xiao Fan, endured the stomachache, and saluted respectfully, "I dare not delay Your Majesty's meal."

"Gu has no appetite now," Xiao Fan grabbed the record book on the table, turned sideways with a gloomy expression, leaving Shen Mu with a stubborn and angry back, and said viciously,

"Gu Ming, you should quickly eat all of these on the table, so as not to worry about Gu Ming."

Trying his best not to laugh out loud, Shen Mu poured himself a cup of hot tea, put a piece of sweet and soft glutinous rice dumpling into his mouth; the hall was quiet for a while, only the occasional crisp sound of chopsticks hitting the porcelain bowl.

This feeling is very strange, beside the most dangerous person, Shen Mu felt a long-lost sense of relaxation and stability beside the young man.

There was a clear moonlight outside the Xuan window, and the flickering candlelight illuminated the interior of the hall. One of the two ate cakes in silence, and the other came to the round table at some point.

"About that book." Seeing Xiao Fan sitting beside him, Shen Mu immediately put down his chopsticks, "Is there anything Your Majesty wants to ask me?"

"There's no need to look at it. Since Yafu took it on his own initiative, any problems have already been dealt with." The young man recovered his normal expression and asked, "Who does Yafu think set the fire?"

"Gao Ying instructed his private lover to release it." Shen Mu frowned and thought for a moment, then said truthfully, "If Gao Ying had never bought the drug, I think the drug was also obtained from this woman."

This woman only appeared once in the book, Xiao Fan was not surprised when he heard that, he just hummed, quickly caught up with his thoughts, and stated the facts after a while, "But no one can prove that this person really exists."

Shen Mu nodded, "Yes."

"Your servant took advantage of Gao Ying's absence and was instructed by you to tell Yang Shu about this matter," the young man tapped the table with his slender fingertips, "That's why Gao Ying's face was injured."

In embarrassment, Shen Mu was surprised that Xiao Fan's thinking was so clear, but he saw Xiao Fan suddenly shook his head, frowned at him suddenly, and said sharply, "This is not your usual style of doing things, what is your purpose for doing this."

Both of them knew that if Gao Ying had betrayed the original body, it would be impossible for Gao Ying to live to this day.

Shen Mu naturally knew what Xiao Fan meant, but he couldn't tell the story of Gao Ying's affair with the original body, so he looked into the young man's dark eyes without changing his expression, and asked,

"Gao Ying maliciously provokes the relationship between the minister and His Majesty, shouldn't he be taught a lesson?"

Xiao Fan fought back without showing any weakness, "Don't Yafu think this explanation is too pale and no one will believe it?"

"No," Shen Mu smiled lightly at the young man, raising the corners of his eyes in an unknowingly seductive way, "at least His Majesty believed it."

Xiao Fan paused.

"Otherwise, His Majesty would not have specially summoned the minister here, but never mentioned the matter of Wu Jinyou." Shen Mu looked down at the few cakes left on the table, with a smile in his eyes, and his tone was relaxed, "You can find any reason at will. Let Dali Temple use torture, torture is always tried and tested."

"Then Ya's father was wrong." Xiao Fan slowly clenched his hands under the table into fists, with the pads of his thumbs brushing against the knuckles of his index fingers, "What's the point of others doing it for you? You have to punish yourself."

Shen Mu could see the emotions in the young man's eyes at a glance, and even tilted his head slightly, without any panic, "Then how does His Majesty plan to punish you?"

"Confinement," the young man narrowed his eyes, his eyes flickering, "until the truth comes to light, Yafu is not allowed to go anywhere, nor is he allowed to contact outsiders."

"Quiet confinement," Shen Mu nodded thoughtfully, seeing Xiao Fan sizing him up repeatedly, a trace of cunning flashed across his eyes, "Aren't your majesties worried that I will take advantage of the opportunity to do things?"

"So what if you're worried?" Xiao Fan sneered, with a low voice, "Could it be possible for Gu to lock Yafu in Mingcheng Palace and keep an eye on him all the time?"

"It's not impossible."

Shen Mu could feel some of Xiao Fan's temperament, the young man looked at the man tall and majestic and vicious, and his temper could not be distinguished at all, and he didn't know which words touched the scales of his whole body.

If there are too many reversible scales, it will be useless; sometimes, if you touch more, there may be unexpected joy.

Just like now, after Shen Mu realized that Xiao Fan didn't intend to kill him because of this matter, and made him unhappy twice but nothing happened, Shen Mu even became more courageous.

He suddenly became curious about how Xiao Fan would react if he touched the Nilin on the young man all over.

So Shen Mu smiled indifferently, staring straight at the young man's flickering black eyes with bright eyes, and said softly,

"Anyway, this is not the first time I have stayed in Mingcheng Palace."

A moment later, a deep and hoarse male voice suddenly sounded from the cold and silent Mingcheng Palace, which sounded a little out of breath.

"Shen Mu, go back and confine Gu immediately!"

The author has something to say: Shen Mu: There are too many Nilins, so you can touch them casually.

Xiao Fan: Then try it.