After wearing the book, the regent quit.

Up, or not up.

Sitting against the wall, Xiao Fan looked at the wooden bed where only half of the person was left, and fell into a long silence.

The man on the bed/has black hair like a waterfall, sliding down his shoulders softly; his complexion is as white as winter snow, like the three-dimensional facial features carefully carved by a sharp knife, under the illumination of the warm candle lamp, it is more approachable and soft.

The black gown was a bit loose on him, only the cyan jade belt around his waist was tight, and his slender waist/body could be easily wrapped around with one hand.

Xiao Fan lowered his eyes, and his eyes fell on the densely packed Buddhist scriptures, "I'm not sleepy, I want to read some more books."

Shen Mu raised his hand and pointed to the half-burned candle, "This candle can only burn for half an hour at most."

"Your Majesty read the Buddhist scriptures with half a stick of incense, but didn't even turn a page." Frowning lightly, Shen Mu sat up straight and leaned against the wall, expressing great doubts about Xiao Fan's behavior of insisting on sleeping on the ground without a bed:

"What is His Majesty hesitating about?"

With a twitching vein in the corner of his eye, Xiao Fan gritted his back teeth secretly, dropped the book he hadn't read in his hand, and the two of them went to the bedside to close their clothes and lie down, turning their backs to Shen Mu, "Speaking of sharing the same bed like this Whatever, Yafu is also the first."

Xiao Fan turned his back to Shen Mu without covering the quilt, and didn't even take off his shoes. His shoulders were broad and his waist was thin. It seemed that he was not very happy.

The small room was silent for a while, Shen Mu just lay back under the quilt, when he heard the tall young man next to him move suddenly, the bed trembled and creaked.

Well, now I'm afraid that others will not know that he lost his temper.

Sighing softly, Shen Mu picked up one side of the quilt, propped up his body and covered Xiao Fan, with a helpless tone, "I know that His Majesty doesn't want to give up, but I can't sit on the ground all night. What should I do if I catch a cold? .”

Looking at Xiao Fan's still stubborn back, Shen Mu was also a little dissatisfied; this person was not clear-headed, and he didn't feel disgusted when he gnawed his mouth, but now he is reluctant to go to him.

It's just two people dealing with sleeping for one night, as for it.

"Your Majesty, let's go to bed first, I just find a place to make a living for the night—"

The body retreated back, and Shen Mu was about to get up from the bed with a calm expression; just as he turned around, the overlong sleeves were grabbed, and a hoarse voice came from behind.

"Gu doesn't despise you."

"Your Majesty must not let His Majesty sleep on the ground. It's impolite." Withdrawing his hand back, Shen Mu looked at Xiao Fan in the dim candlelight. In the same place, the same ministers will meet overnight."

The wooden door that could not be covered tightly creaked, and the cold wind from the corridor rushed into the room and extinguished the candlelight; the eyes suddenly went dark, Shen Mu subconsciously looked towards the light source, and felt his sleeves being tugged again in the darkness, lightly twice.

"......sleep together."

The confined space was suddenly silent, and Shen Mu touched the edge of the bed and lay down on his side silently, staring at the wall in front of him; he didn't know if Xiao Fan had turned around at this time, but the young man's breathing was deep and shallow, and he could hear it. clearly.

Shen Mu found that, whether it was in Mingcheng Palace last night, Granny Tian today, or just now, Xiao Fan changed his old temper and was always in a state of worrying about gains and losses.

So he asked, "Is Your Majesty thinking about the day's affairs?"

"I thought I was used to being alone."

"I just found out today that Gu has been deceiving himself and others."

The voice of the young man behind him was flat and unwavering, but Shen Mu's breathing tightened, and he paused with his fingertips as he pulled the corner of the quilt, feeling a little sad for no reason.

No one is born to like endless loneliness, so Xiao Fan chose to cocoon himself; as long as he wraps himself tightly in a hard shell with thorns, no one can harm him.

Fortunately, today they found Granny Tian.

It was a bit cold at night, Shen Mu curled up slightly, and said softly, "Your Majesty will never be alone again."

In the darkness, Xiao Fan approached suddenly, with warmth and the familiar smell of sandalwood, wrapped Shen Mu tightly with a quilt, and after a pause for a long time, he retreated, and asked in a low voice while the bed was trembling slightly,

"Will Yafu cheat Gu this time?"

"...No," buried his head in the quilt, Shen Mu was a little dizzy from the sudden fragrance, and retorted sullenly after a long time, "It didn't happen last time, the ministers came at last .”

After waiting patiently for a long time without any response, Shen Mu finally closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully when he heard the sound of breathing gradually calming down behind him.

The cold wind was blowing outside the window, and the sleeping Shen Mu didn't know that Xiao Fan gave him the whole quilt.

The room was pitch black, Xiao Fan, who was sober, didn't know how gentle his eyes were at the moment.

But fortunately they knew that they were no longer alone tonight.

Even if the morning court was cancelled, Xiao Fan had to rush back to the palace as soon as possible; so when the sky was still gray, Ah Qing and Jing Fan were ordered to wake up their masters.

With saliva still on the corner of her mouth, Ah Qing touched her face with her sleeve, hurried to the door, raised her hand to take a deep breath, and lightly clasped it on the loose wooden door:

"My lord—!"

The wooden door was directly pushed open a crack, and Jing Wen who followed followed with his eyes darkened, grabbed the little man's collar and pulled it back, closed the door with lowered eyes, stood straight outside the door, whispered Shouted "Your Majesty."

Indistinct conversations soon sounded in the room, and Ah Qing, who was about to bump into the monarch, clung to the wall, trembling in shock, "Did your majesty hug, hug the prince—"

Jing Fan glanced at him, and strode towards the stable outside the door, "If you don't want to die, just keep your mouth shut."

When everyone left, it was just dawn, Granny Tian and Shen Mu who hadn't woken up each hugged Mrs. Tang to take a nap in the carriage, Xiao Fan just watched them silently, offering shoulders "kindly" from time to time, which wasn't boring.

Chenshi's carriage stopped firmly in front of the Prince Regent's Mansion, Shen Mu helped Granny Tian out of the car, and when he was about to invite someone into the palace, the old man suddenly turned around and looked at Xiao Fan who was standing still, his sparse eyebrows frowned, "Xiaofan is going out?"

Shen Mu stepped sideways between the two of them, and smoothed things over for Xiao Fan with a smile, saying that he has been busy with business during this time, and he took the time to come back yesterday, and now he has to go back immediately.

"I don't go home when I'm busy with business," the old man was naturally not so easy to fool, he turned his head and shouted to Xiao Fan, "Can you come back for dinner in the evening?"

How can the monarch go out of the palace without authorization again and again, Shen Mu is racking his brains to find an excuse, while Xiao Fan on the other hand readily agrees:

"can."

The temples started to throb again, repeatedly urging Ah Qing to call for someone to open the gate of the palace, Shen Mu helped her into the courtyard without looking back.

The decision to bring someone back was hasty, before he even had time to order the servants in the mansion to change their titles; fortunately, Granny Tian's ears and eyes were not very useful, and Ah Qing's hands and feet dancing behind Shen Mu made the servants back away. The old man fooled it for the time being.

Walking through the long corridor to the front yard, Shen Mu looked at Uncle Wang who was feeding the pigeons in the front yard. After thinking for a while, he walked forward, and softly ordered, "Dismiss all unnecessary servants in the mansion this afternoon, and stay behind." A few honest and honest ones will do.”

There are too many people, the less people know about Granny Tian, ​​the better.

He rushed to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites non-stop, and Shen Mu still had to deal with the matter of the tablets; under the leadership of the Minister of Rites, as soon as Shen Mu came into the room, he saw Xiao Huan sitting on the seat of a certain official, looking down at the table very seriously book records on.

After asking, I found out that Gao Yingqiu had already been sentenced to be beheaded for embezzling Wu Jinyou, and Gao Yingqiu had already been beheaded. In the past two days, people have written letters of impeachment, making him add dozens of other crimes to the original charges.

What Xiao Huan is doing is to use the corrupt accounts of Gao Ying alone to catch the fish that slipped through the net of the Ministry of Rites.

Seeing the King Regent driving, everyone got up and saluted one after another, while Xiao Huan on one side took two steps forward, exchanged greetings with Shen Mu, and then smiled slightly, "Guess Xiao Huan, Lord Regent is here to arrange the ancestral memorial tablet."

Later he had to go to the palace to ask Xiao Fan for instructions, Shen Mu didn't care to deal with Xiao Huan, so he responded lightly, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Regent, please wait. Xiao Huan happens to have something to ask." The young man turned around and took the record book on the table with the same smile, and asked humbly, "Can the Regent take a look at the account of the Ministry of Rites for Xiao Huan?" .”

Frowning lightly, Shen Mu took over the account book and took a closer look, only to find that Gao Ying was actually very good at embezzlement: he never moved the big head, and every sum he deducted was a petty amount, and the number of officials involved was also very large. few.

But little can add up, just with the account in Shen Mu's hand, Gao Ying's greed is enough for him to stay in prison for a lifetime.

More importantly, there are many accounts here, all of which are inextricably related to him.

Throwing the account book on the table, Shen Mu was too lazy to play riddles with Xiao Huan, and smiled calmly, "The Ninth Prince is talented and intelligent, so naturally he won't be troubled by these; if you find anything, just report it to His Majesty, why bother to ask?" My king."

If just a little corruption and bribery could threaten him, then Shen Mu's "denial of the six relatives" and dragging his party into the water these days, wouldn't it be a waste of work.

Thinking of Xiao Huan going to Yao Town with him, Shen Mu didn't know where he got the news, and stepped forward to warn, "I have some advice, this king will only tell the Ninth Prince once."

"As ministers, it is enough for you and me to do our part well; if the Ninth Prince is still so interested in this king's whereabouts, don't blame this king for taking the junior."

After speaking, he turned and left.

After all tasks were finished, Shen Mu dragged his tired body and prepared to enter the palace; the Minister of Rites had just sent him out of the yamen respectfully, when Shen Mu saw Jing Fan under the crooked neck tree not far away.

The young man was dressed in black, and when he saw Shen Mu, he strode up to welcome him back to the palace, saying that Xiao Fan had arrived.

As soon as the talent entered the front yard, Granny Tian's voice came intermittently from the hall; Shen Mu paused, looked at the familiar tall figure in the hall, shook his head and smiled helplessly.

"Mr. Shen, just now when the old lady passed by your room, she took a fancy to a vase." Seeing Shen Mu approaching, the old man immediately said to him with a smile, "Can you lend this vase to the old lady and return it in two days?" you?"

These words sounded strange, Shen Mu frowned subconsciously, and said yes with a smile, and told Ah Qing to follow, don't let her carry the vase by herself.

After a while, the old man came back with a smile, and when he looked at Xiao Fan, he secretly gave him a thumbs up with great satisfaction.

Shen Mu and Xiao Fan looked at each other, they were all confused.

After dinner, Shen Mu first persuaded Grandma Tian to rest earlier, then found an excuse to lead Xiao Fan into the bedroom, closed the door and said to him, "The palace gate will be closed soon, while Grandma is resting in the room, Your Majesty Hurry up and leave through the small door in the backyard."

Xiao Fan carefully looked at the furnishings in the room without saying a word, with a slightly surprised expression.

All the furnishings in this room, from tea sets to deck chairs, to towels to pillows, are for two people.

"Since I lied to Grandma, I have to act like it; while Grandma is eating at noon, I ordered Ah Qing to make some adjustments according to the bedrooms of ordinary couples."

"Bringing your majesty here is to let you see if there is anything else that needs to be adjusted."

Shen Mu's explanation sounded from the side, Xiao Fan first came to the closet, raised his hand and opened the closet door, looking at the neatly arranged two stacks of clothes of different sizes, the corner of his lips twitched.

After scanning around the room, his eyes finally fell on the bed on the west side; Xiao Fan stared at the bed carefully for a while, and suddenly found something, frowning, strode forward, leaned over and lifted a corner of the quilt.

Then he saw that under Shen Mu's snow-white quilt, there was a water-red apron lying quietly.

There was a loud bang in his mind, and Xiao Fan's cheeks flushed red.

The author has something to say: Xiao Fan: It’s so exciting (cover face)

Granny Tian: Hurry up!

I won’t update it tomorrow, but I will post it at [-] o’clock the day after tomorrow. I love everyone qwq