After wearing the book, the regent quit.

Shen Mu slept very deeply this night, the seemingly indistinct sandalwood scent lingered at the tip of his nose, making it difficult to wake up from being addicted to it.

When he opened his eyes on the bed during the day, the room was completely quiet.

Gradually regaining consciousness, the bleary-eyed Shen Mu propped himself up and leaned against the bed frame, silently looking at the empty room, and it took him a long time to realize that Xiao Fan must have returned to the palace to go to court early.

At this time Ah Qing knocked on the door lightly three times, asking Shen Mu in a low voice if he should get up for dinner.

Glancing at the thin blanket on the reclining chair from the corner of the eye, Shen Mufan suddenly remembered that he obviously didn't sleep on the couch last night, so he got up with his clothes on, and subconsciously glanced at the empty bedside,

Watching Ah Qing put the breakfast on the table one by one, she asked,

"Has Your Majesty had dinner earlier?"

Ah Qing was stunned, and exclaimed involuntarily, "My lord, have you ventilated with His Majesty? His Majesty also asked Ah Qing twice before leaving, saying that you must supervise your meals, otherwise it will be bad for your health."

The young man grinned naively, with dimples on the corners of his mouth; looking at his big carefree eyes, Shen Mu let out a helpless laugh, but felt fortunate in his heart, fortunately Ah Qing was born with no scheming.

If it was someone who was a little more astute, seeing the master and the former enemy became friends, he would feel jealous no matter what.

"Go and call Ayu." After a simple meal, Shen Mu asked Aqing to call the boy, Ning Mei asked casually, "When I returned home yesterday, did I bring that painting back?"

Ah Qing was confused, "Ah? What kind of painting is the prince talking about?"

Shaking his head to let A Yu outside the door enter the room, the boy had only been in the palace for two days, his pale face could already see a trace of rosiness, and his body had grown some flesh; seeing Shen Mu, he immediately kowtowed in gratitude.

"You don't need to kowtow." Shen Mu asked him to get up, and after greeting his wound, he went straight to the point, "How did you complete what this king asked you to do?"

The child was eager to repay him, and he spoke faster when he answered, "Ayu has seen it in the past two days. Among the ten pigeons that Uncle Wang raises, two are carrier pigeons."

At first Shen Mu only asked Ayu to observe how Uncle Wang raises pigeons on a daily basis, but he didn't expect the ten-year-old child to see the intention directly, and couldn't help being curious, "You still know it's a carrier pigeon?"

"Because the flying directions of the rest of the pigeons are not regular," A Yu was afraid that he would not believe him, so he quickly explained, "Only these two pigeons will fly to the southeast at Yinshi and Maoshi, and Wang Bo usually does not let them fly randomly." .”

Clearly organized.

"But these are just your guesses," Shen Mu tapped on the table with his fingertips, and looked at this overly smart kid with scrutiny, "Or...have you ever seen him deliver messages with carrier pigeons?"

"No, Uncle Wang rarely talks to A Yu, and those two pigeons are obviously raised separately," the boy who was full of confidence just now turned pale, sighed in frustration, and looked up at Shen Mu pitifully. ,

"I'm sorry, my lord, it's Ayu's incompetence."

Very good, although this kid is smart, but the purpose of doing meritorious deeds is not strong.

"It's okay, I will give you a few more days to observe carefully."

Finally smiling with satisfaction, Shen Mu went back to the desk, picked up a pen and wrote another letter, sealed it and asked him to hand it to Uncle Wang when he returned to the house, "Let Uncle Wang send this letter to General Chu's residence. "

After A Yu left, Shen Mu looked at the white pigeons on the eaves of the backyard, and simply counted and found that there were eight of them.

A icy smile flashed across his eyes, and Shen Mu remembered that at the end of the letter, he wrote a sentence in an extremely concerned tone: "Don't let anyone know about the arms smuggling."

Xiao Huan, aren't you very interested in what this king is doing?

Then the king fulfilled your wish.

In the morning, Chu Pingting sent someone to invite Shen Mu to meet at a nearby teahouse.

The girl reserved a private room on the second floor of the most famous tea house in the capital, and when Shen Mu attended the appointment on time, it was no surprise to see him dressed as a man again, but today he didn't have a beard on his face.

Seeing Shen Mu coming, Chu Pingting handed over a cup of tea with a smile, "My lord, you look very good, I wonder if Pingting's paintings are satisfactory to you?"

"Miss Chu's charcoal painting surprised me a little bit." He couldn't even remember whether he brought the painting back home yesterday, Shen Mu took the tea from the girl, and was a little curious, "Where did you learn the craft?"

A small stage was set up under the stage, and a Huashan Danjiao was babbling and singing a bitter opera. Chu Pingting leaned on the seat and looked down, and replied casually, "My father has been fighting outside all year round, and Pingting is also a I met a lot of talented people and strangers, and I picked them up and learned some with interest.”

Looking back and seeing Shen Mu looking at her with some interest, Chu Pingting vividly narrated how she met a foreign painter during the march with her father, and how she learned the art by stealing from him.

The girl's eyes sparkled with the desire to explore the unknown life, Shen Mu listened with relish, and finally couldn't help sighing, "After hearing what Miss Chu has seen and heard, this king is actually a little envious of your freedom."

"There's nothing to be envious of. If the prince really wants to, he will naturally be able to live such a life." The girl picked up a bunch of grapes, threw a few into her mouth, and kept her eyes on the stage.

"The reason why the prince still stays in the capital is because there are people or things that he can't let go of."

Can't let go of.....someone or thing?

There were bursts of applause from downstairs, Shen Mu looked down and saw an old man playing the role of a prince who couldn't stop cursing because he couldn't find his wife who had been forcibly married, and angrily arranged for all the servants in the mansion to go Captured, and finally captured him in a small ruined temple.

"Oh, what Pingting said is wrong," Chu Pingting suddenly smiled at Shen Mu, shaking her head with feigned regret, "If the prince is envious that Pingting can leave at will, maybe he really can only be envious."

Shen Mu seemed to understand, but Chu Pingting stopped talking about this matter, and then the two finally got back to business, talking about the plan and approximate time for sending Chu Pingting away from Beijing.

According to the rules of etiquette, on the second day of the Huachao Festival, the imperial officials and the family members of the royal children will all go to the palace to pay respects to the Empress Dowager, and Shen Mu and Chu Pingting are naturally on the list.

The first step was to enter the palace in a carriage. As soon as Shen Mu entered the palace gate, he saw Chu Puyu and Xiao Huanzheng walking towards the back garden together; Chu Puyu, who had practiced martial arts since childhood, heard a sound coming from behind, turned around and saw Shen Mu, his face immediately piled up. flattering smile,

"My Lord Regent."

Responding in a neutral manner, Shen Mu glanced at Xiao Huan with crooked eyes, and smiled faintly, "Ninth Prince, what a coincidence."

"It's a coincidence," Xiao Fan's eyes flashed a hint of surprise at Shen Mu's uncharacteristically friendly gesture, which was immediately replaced by a flawless smile, "Pingting will come later. Huan and Puyu go to visit the queen mother together."

Shen Mu readily agreed.

The Flower Festival is originally intended to appreciate a hundred flowers, and the back garden where a hundred flowers bloom all year round is naturally the best place to appreciate them; when the three of them went to the Linshui Pavilion, there were already many female relatives greeting the Queen Mother, and children of similar age gathered around Playing together and giggling.

Xiao Huan stepped forward to pay respects to the Empress Dowager Chu, and when the woman still dressed in fine clothes saw Shen Mu and Chu Puyu, she waved her hand and let the female relatives back down. After everyone was seated, she said with emotion, "I thought Pingting could To please the Prince Regent, I didn't expect the Ai family to miss it."

"Miss Chu is very good, it's just a matter of fate." Shen Mu knew that the queen mother was dissatisfied, looked up at Chu Puyu, and said calmly, "Besides, my king's acquaintance with little general Chu can be regarded as making up for the regret .”

After speaking, he raised his eyes to look at Xiao Huan, whose expression was difficult to discern, and took a sip of the good tea, "Of course, thank you Ninth Prince for your recommendation."

He couldn't fool Xiao Huan and Chu Puyu with his nonsense, but it was more than enough to fool the Empress Dowager Chu as a scene; the woman finally showed a smile on her face, her tone became calmer, and she asked the servants to serve some flower cakes in a gentle voice.

Chu Puyu and the queen mother have not seen each other for many years, and at this time she was talking to the woman about trivial things about her parents; Shen Mu turned and left, just after going down a few steps, Xiao Huan's calling came from behind.

After all, he was still a child of sixteen or seventeen, and no matter how deep the city was, Shen Mu couldn't hide his emotions. Seeing that the smile on Xiao Huan's face gradually couldn't hold back, Shen Mu crossed his arms and said coldly, "What's the matter with the Ninth Prince?"

"Didn't the regent avoid Xiao Huan in the past?" The young man walked down the stairs, trying to use his height advantage to increase his aura, "Why did it suddenly change today?"

"Isn't the Ninth Prince always showing kindness to me?" With a sneer, Shen Mu didn't bother to look at him, and looked for Xiao Fan's figure in the crowd not far away. That's all."

The pampered young man never suffered such humiliation, Xiao Huan's face paled and turned blue, and he warned in a low voice, "Don't think that the Regent can sit back and relax with His Majesty's trust for a while."

"What can be done and what can't be done, you should know in your heart."

When the two were talking just now, Shen Mu took two steps forward and passed him impatiently, the two spoke coldly at each other, and after Xiao Huan finished speaking for a long time, Shen Mu didn't respond.

Frowning and looking back, Xiao Huan found that Shen Mu had already strode away, leaving only a thin and graceful back; and when he turned around and raised his eyes, Xiao Fan happened to appear at the corner of the corridor, with thin lips tight , a pair of black eyes are deep and cold.

Surprised in his heart, Xiao Huan quickly stepped forward to greet Xiao Fan respectfully.

Before he could speak, he heard his brother interrupt impatiently, "Xiao Huan, stay away from lonely people."

"If Gu sees you talking to him like this next time, Gu will not turn a blind eye again."

Xiao Fan's voice was cold, his expressionless deep eyebrows were not angry and prestige, and his whole body exuded a cold aura that strangers should not get close to; Watching the hem of Xiao Fan's black clothes appear out of sight, and then quickly disappear.

When Xiao Fan came behind Shen Mu, the man didn't notice.

It is clearly alienated and cold, but it seems to be very attractive to children. Just leaning lazily on a fake rock, many children playing around ran towards him one after another, and one of the girls even hugged him directly. Legs, ask Shen Mu to pick a flower from the tree for her.

With a gentle smile, the man took a few steps towards the terrified court lady and shook her head reassuringly. He raised his hand and picked a few flexible willows and twigs from the willow tree beside him. Let the children around you pick one carefully.

While the child was busy picking flowers, Shen Mu weaved the willow branches and twigs he picked just now into a circle, picked off the excess leaves with his hands, and finally weaved the flowers picked by the child together with the stems on the wreath.

Holding up the colorful garland and looking around, the man's eyebrows were curved and his eyes were smiling; he bent down slightly, and gently put the garland on the head of the little girl who had just hugged his leg, with a soft voice like water, "For you."

The little girl blinked her big eyes, tugged on his sleeves, and asked him softly, "Big brother, does it look good on me?"

Shen Mu straightened the wreath for the child, raised her hand to gather the loose hair behind her temples, and smiled dotingly, "It looks good."

Xiao Fan at the side slowly clenched his fists.

He walked over with big strides, and amidst the sound of salutes that immediately sounded around him, he walked up to Shen Mu with long legs. He lowered his eyes and looked coldly at the little boy at the man's feet. His dark eyes sank, and Shen Mu felt a little With surprised eyes, he pointed to the wreath on the girl's head, and said in a not-so-kind tone:

"I want to be alone."

The author has something to say: Xiao Jiaojiao Fan: I’m so sour, I want a wreath too qwq

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