After wearing the book, the regent quit.

When Shen Mu left Zige Palace, after confirming that no one was following her around, she chose to walk back to Mingcheng Palace.

The high wall was on the side, and there were palace servants and guards passing by from time to time bowing to him, Shen Mu nodded as a response, recalling what the Empress Dowager Chu said to him just now in the Purple Pavilion Palace.

"...How much does the Empress Dowager know about Your Majesty?"

Shen Mu's voice was already cold, but he intentionally lowered his voice when he said these words. As expected, the woman's expression paused when she heard the words, her eyes began to dodge unconsciously, but she recovered her expression after a while, and asked Shen Mu calmly:

"Aijia doesn't understand what the Prince Regent means by 'understanding'."

Shen Mu's vigilance from the Empress Dowager Chu had been expected, so he wasn't surprised when he heard the woman's rhetorical questioning and probing; he pondered for a moment, he couldn't control how long the matter between Xiao Fan and him could be kept secret, so it would be better to cut the mess quickly, The best defense is to strike first.

So he smiled slightly, took a sip of the warm tea in hand, and said unhurriedly, "On the day the Empress Dowager passed away, this king saw two maids from Zige Palace outside Mingcheng Palace."

"I don't know what kind of news the queen mother sent to these two people and brought back."

Shen Mu still clearly remembered that it was Xiao Fan's first headache attack that day, and he hurried away anxiously, but he didn't expect to see someone sent by the Queen Mother before him outside Mingcheng Palace. Wandering, just haven't found a way to get close for a while.

That was the first time he felt that Xiao Fan's headache was not simple, but the situation was urgent and there was no time to interrogate the two, and in the end it was just a hasty punishment.

Also, what Xiao Huan said was that "Xiao Fan suffered from a headache" was rumored in the harem. He specially sent people to the palace to inquire, but there was no such rumor as Xiao Huan said.

He tended that Xiao Huan would not deliberately deceive him when he was in a hurry, so he must be deceived and used by others.

Unconsciously clenching the glazed teacup with both hands, the Empress Dowager Chu still clenched her tongue tightly under Shen Mu's sharp, sharp gaze, "That day, the Ai family only saw that His Majesty's expression was different, so they hurriedly sent someone to check. What exactly is it--"

The woman suddenly remembered something, and suddenly raised her head to look at Shen Mu, "Didn't the regent enter the Mingcheng Palace that day, even if the Ai family sent someone there, he was still wandering outside the palace; It should be the Ai family asking the regent."

"Your Majesty has returned to normal when I went, otherwise I would not be able to enter the palace." With a slight smile, Shen Mu easily caught a trace of panic in the woman's eyes, but he was not in a hurry; he leaned forward, the corners of his lips curled up With a tentative smile, "If my king remembers correctly, the queen mother's people went much earlier than this king, and there must be a lot of people who can be detected."

A trace of hesitation flashed in the Empress Dowager Chu's eyes, but in the end she still did not let go.

"It's okay." Shen Mu put down the teacup in his hand and got up, and looked down at the woman, "There is still a long time left, the Queen Mother should think about it carefully; if you have anything to say, you can summon me anytime."

There were not many servants in Mingcheng Palace, and Shen Mu, who was guarding outside the palace at this time, was basically familiar with him. He glanced around at random, and seeing that Jing Fan was not among them, he naturally thought that Xiao Fan was still dealing with government affairs in the imperial study. .

Ah Qing followed behind him all the time, before Shen Mu opened the door and entered the hall, she turned around and told him to go to the room arranged in advance to tidy up and rest.

After watching the child turn and leave, Shen Mu opened the door and looked at the empty hall. He was about to go to the bookshelf to pick up a book to read casually, and waited for Xiao Fan to come back. Who knew that he had just walked into the hall and did not take two steps, suddenly someone Jumping out from behind, he hugged Shen Mu by the waist unexpectedly.

"...Xiao Fan! Don't bite!"

The young man responded deeply from his throat, and regardless of Shen Mu's dissatisfied struggle, he directly picked him up in the air, and then placed him firmly on the table.

Shen Mu was hugged tightly by Xiao Fan and couldn't move. The tightly shackled hands around his waist held him almost out of breath; holding onto the young man's shoulders, he tugged at the young man's collar, and said in a hurried tone, calling Xiao Fan Fan hurriedly let him go.

The young man was puzzled, and gave him a mouthful on the root of his neck, and said in displeasure, "Why did Xiao Huan go to Wanji Temple today?"

"How do I know this? Where the Ninth Prince goes is beyond my control."

Shen Mu retreated one after another, but was snatched back by Xiao Fan; the young man propped his hands on his side, his dark eyes narrowed slightly, exuding a somewhat dangerous cold light.

Xiao Fan is angry?

Since he couldn't escape, Shen Mu simply wrapped his hands around the young man's neck, leaned forward to Xiao Fan's ear, gathered all the young man's temple hair behind his ear, and asked softly in his ear, "Are you ......Jealous?"

Tightening his hands on his waist, Shen Mu couldn't hold back his breath, and then he heard Xiao Fan whisper in his ear, and admitted without hesitation, "Yes, I'm jealous."

"The last time you went to Yaozhen with Xiao Huan, Gu still remembers it clearly."

With a helpless sigh in his heart, Shen Mu raised his hand and rubbed the back of the young man's head, then touched his sore neck and got down from the table, leaning his back against the table, raised his head and explained to Xiao Fan, "I explained it to you Yes, last time he was worried about my conspiracy, so he followed me all the way."

Raising his hand into a fist, Shen Mu punched the young man's solid chest, "In the end, Xiao Huan and I are both worried about you, so don't be jealous."

Speaking of Xiao Huan, he couldn't help but think of the useless words that Empress Dowager Chu had said to him just now. After explaining clearly to Xiao Fan, Shen Mu asked the young man if he knew the two maids who were wandering in front of his palace at that time.

"Remember, one of them had his eyes gouged out." Xiao Fan pulled the jade belt around Shen Mu's waist with downcast eyes, put his other hand on Shen Mu's side, and leaned his upper body against the person. "The other one was called Gu Chu and died."

Shen Mu frowned, "Executed?"

Shen Mu, the court lady who had her eyes gouged out, was no stranger. She was the one who lingered in Mingcheng Palace after two warnings and tried to follow Shen Mu to ask for trouble; but Shen Mu didn't expect that the other one was actually Let Xiao Fan kill him directly.

No wonder the Empress Dowager Chu couldn't reply.

There are thousands of servants in the harem, and Shen Mu couldn't ask Xiao Huan where the rumors came from, and it was even more impossible to interrogate them one by one. He wanted to get information from the two maids, so it seems that it should be impossible .

Just as he was deep in thought, the young man pinched his chin lightly, glanced at Shen Mu, "There is no way."

"Huh?" Shen Mu raised his head to meet Xiao Fan's eyes, "Listen carefully."

Xiao Fan approached him little by little, and buried his head into Shen Mu's neck, "Since we can't check one by one, it's better to replace everyone."

Shen Mu suddenly realized.

Headaches cannot be publicized, so checking them one by one will not only consume a lot of energy, but more importantly, this matter is easy to startle the snake, and instead spread rumors.

But changing people is different. After the death of the Empress Dowager, only the Empress Dowager Chu and the monarch are left in the Daqi Harem who really need to serve them. Therefore, there are not many people serving in the harem. In addition, the people around the Empress Dowager Chu can’t move. Therefore, there are not many people who really need to be replaced.

However, if during the replacement process, it is found that there is someone from the Empress Dowager Chu, Shen Mu and the others, they will be able to follow the clues and find clues.

"But it will take a while." Subconsciously, Shen Mu gently touched Xiao Fan's head, pondered for a moment, and analyzed rationally, "If Xiao Huan can help you in this matter—oh!"

There was a stabbing pain in his neck, Shen Mu couldn't hold back a muffled snort, and when he lowered his eyes, he saw Xiao Fan biting his neck again, with the tip of his tongue all the way up along the neck.

The young man's brows were tightly furrowed, and his whole body was directly attached to Shen Mu's body, and he said to him in a muffled voice with great dissatisfaction, "Don't mention other men's names in front of Gu."

Then he held Shen Mu's chin in one hand, leaned over to kiss his lips, and reached down restlessly with the other hand, gently pulled the jade belt that he had just played with during the day, and then casually threw it aside.

The hem of the clothes was lifted up, and the young man's breathing became more and more heavy in his ears. Shen Mu felt that his rationality was about to be burnt out again. He pushed hard with both hands, his cheeks were flushed, and he raised his voice slightly and called out hastily ,

"It's still broad daylight, stop making trouble!"

Xiao Fan ignored it.

After two incense sticks.

Jing Wen, who had just come back from the outside, was walking towards the main palace gate, when he passed through the long corridor, he heard a muffled sound of the door closing, and when he passed the corner, he saw Xiao Fan standing in front of the door, raised his hand and hammered the door twice, but had to After receiving any response, he had no choice but to lower his hands helplessly.

"His Majesty."

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Xiao Fan looked back at Shang Jingfan's unwavering black eyes, and immediately took half a step back, put his left hand into a fist on his lips, coughed twice, and hummed with a straight face.

The two stared at each other for a long time, Jing Wen held a sharp sword, and looked at Xiao Fan expressionlessly as usual, and finally stared at the person feeling uncomfortable, Xiao Fan said heavily, "You are still standing here doing this?" What."

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have always been on duty here." After a pause, Jing Yan slightly bowed, "Does Your Majesty want to go in?"

As he said that, he was about to open the door of the palace for Qian.

"...Wait a minute!" Xiao Fan interrupted, stepped back and coughed lightly, and stood with his back straight and hands behind his back, "The regent is resting inside, don't go in and disturb him."

Jing Yan nodded obediently, "Subordinates will not make a sound."

Frowning impatiently, Xiao Fan threw a cold look at him, and waved Jing Wen to back down, "No need, I can rest for a while after all, if I go in and wake people up, I'm afraid I will be pestered again. "

With a look of regret on his face, Xiao Fan continued as if talking to himself, "The regent is good at everything, but he is too clingy on weekdays, and he will make trouble if he doesn't see him for a moment."

Jing Yan raised his eyes, and silently looked at the tightly closed palace door, "..."

"Okay, you can step back, rest outside for a while and then go back."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When Jing Wen returned to the house, he saw a bulging spot on the bed in the corner of the west wing.

His house is divided into east and west wings, the two should have lived together at the same time, but because Xiao Fan has always been the only guard by his side, the west wing has always been vacant.

When he pushed the door and entered the room, the wooden door creaked a lot. Jing Wen stepped into the room with a long sword in his hand. Seeing the person who suddenly appeared in the west chamber, he subconsciously froze.

He has lived alone in this house for nearly ten years, and no one has ever come in except himself. This is the first time in so many years that someone has slept soundly in his house.

The person on the bed was sleeping right against the outside of the bed, his thin body was tightly wrapped by the quilt, and only his little sleeping face, glowing red, was exposed.

Perhaps hearing the creaking sound of Jingyan pushing the door, the long and curled eyelashes of the person on the bed trembled a few times, and after a few murmurs, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Ah Qing rubbed her eyes and woke up slowly. After shaking her head and finally regaining consciousness, she stood up with her hands supporting her body. When she raised her eyes, she saw Jing Fan sitting at the round table in the middle of the room. She immediately panicked, "Jing, Jing Fan, Why are you here?"

The adults in his family just told him that there was another person living in this house, but they didn't say who the other person was.

He originally thought that the personal guards around His Majesty like Jing Wen lived alone in a room, so when he woke up and saw Jing Wen for the first time, before he could speak, his face turned red, The hand under the quilt tightly grasped the corner of the quilt.

Because of Ah Qing's thinness, she could directly see a row of clear and straight collarbones under her loose collar; her gaze slowly passed over the row of collarbones, and Jing Fan poured herself a cup of herbal tea, drank it all in one gulp, and lifted her eyes. Eyes met Ah Qing's round eyes like a little rabbit.

Pointing to another bed in the East Wing, Jing Fan said in a deep voice without looking back, "I live there."

Ah Qing looked at the other person's reaction for a long time before returning to his senses. After nodding obediently, he tidied up his loose clothes, put on his shoes and socks, and was ready to go to Mingcheng Palace to wait on him, but when he got up, Jing Wen called out .

"You don't need to go, the regent will take a rest."

"Oh, alright."

For some reason, Ah Qing could only feel her face becoming hot uncontrollably, she looked into Jing Fan's eyes and became flustered inexplicably; he replied and sat back on the bed again, and the two of them stayed in the room silently for a while.

After a long time, there was a sudden grunting sound from the empty room.

Ah Qing, who was packing her luggage in the room, immediately blushed, bent her body silently, pretending that nothing had happened; after a while, she heard the door being pushed open, and the person who was drinking tea at the round table got up and left the room.

Heaving a long sigh and squatting down on the ground, Ah Qing still remembered the scene when Jing Fan was ordered to go to Wanji Temple for the first time.

After he brought the message Shen Mu wanted to convey to Granny Tian, ​​he found Ah Qing behind a house and blocked the way.

Jing Wen was nearly a head taller than Ah Qing, and when he stood in front of him, he was able to completely block the slanting beam of light in the afternoon; Ah Qing still clearly remembered that Jing Wen handed him a bag of sugar cubes that afternoon. With a blank expression on his face, he threw out two words coldly:

"Give you."

Ignorantly took the bag of sugar, Ah Qing didn't know why, so she raised her eyes to look at Jing Wen, thanked him and asked him softly, "Why do you want to give Ah Qing sugar all of a sudden?"

Jing Fan stared at Ah Qing, and said in a low voice after a long time, "I'm afraid you will cry."

Afraid you cry.

This was the first time he heard someone care about him so bluntly.

While thinking wildly, the creaking sound of pushing the door sounded again, Ah Qing trembled, and instinctively turned around to look, but saw Jing Fan coming in with a wooden tray, with three vegetables and one soup in the middle.

Putting the wooden tray on the round table, Jingyan placed the dishes on the wooden tray on the table, walked up to Ah Qing, looked down at Ah Qing and said in a low voice,

"Come and eat."

The glutton in her stomach has been aroused by the smell of dishes since Jing Fan came in, Ah Qing turned her head to look at the steaming dishes on the table, swallowed silently and prepared to get up.

Unexpectedly, after squatting for a long time, Ah Qing's legs became weak, and Ah Qing lost his center of gravity and fell straight in front of him; in a panic, he subconsciously wanted to go to the wall next to the handrail, but Jing Yan held him firmly.

Then he fell directly into a warm embrace.

Different from the usual indifference that rejects people for thousands of miles, Jing Fan's embrace is unexpectedly warm. Ah Qing buried her head in the young man's arms, and then she heard Jing Fan whisper on top of his head,

"I don't want to leave, do I want to hug?"

After "driving" Xiao Fan out of the palace, Shen Mu thought that he would come back by himself after a while, so he hugged the blanket and went to lie down on the recliner, planning to take a nap and then go to the backyard of Mingcheng Palace to have a look.

Perhaps these days, she got used to sleeping beside Xiao Fan. When there was no faint scent of sandalwood in her sleep, Shen Mu always felt that she was not sleeping well. After waking up, he rubbed his eyes and got up from the recliner, looking around casually.

...Xiao Fan is not in the hall, is he busy again?

Taking off the thin blanket covering his body, Shen Mu originally planned to go out through the side door and go directly to the backyard through the long corridor, but when he got up, he paused, turned around and glanced at the main hall door, feeling something was wrong in his heart.

Someone wouldn't think he was really mad, waiting outside while he slept.

There was a mocking impossibility in his heart, but his body walked towards the door very honestly, and he raised his hand to push the door open. As the coldness continued to invade the room, Shen Mu looked around casually, around in front of the main entrance of the main hall, and No sign of Xiao Fan was seen.

Shaking his head and chuckling lightly, Shen Mu closed the door with his backhand, then walked through the side door and the long corridor on his own, and finally saw Xiao Fan in the gazebo at the backyard of Mingcheng Palace.

The young man is dressed in black and is tall and straight, sitting alone in the gazebo, with soft black hair hanging down his back; in front of him is the familiar tea table, the young man raised his finger to dip some water in the teacup at hand, and then hung down on the brown stone table. I don't know what I'm drawing.

Successfully attracted attention, Shen Mu quietly came to the back of Xiao Fan and approached the pavilion a little bit; he wanted to give him a little surprise, but when he was still several steps away from Xiao Fan, he saw that Xiao Fan seemed to have eyes behind his back , turned around directly, and looked at him with a smile on his face.

"Did you sleep well?"

Thinking of the bad behavior of the person in front of him before he kicked him out, Shen Mu touched the neck that was still aching, and gave Xiao Fan a non-threatening look, "What are you doing here. "

"No hurry." Xiao Fan took a deep look at the red marks on Shen Mu's neck, his Adam's apple rolled up and down; seeing that there was no annoyance in Shen Mu's eyes, he simply lowered his eyes, "It's just that you drove me out, I didn't care I had no choice but to come here."

"..."

For some reason, Shen Mu could see a hint of grievance on Xiao Fan's almost expressionless face, so he smiled and said:

"At this time, you followed me. Why didn't you listen to me when I taught you not to bite?"

Coming to Xiao Fan's side and sitting down, Shen Mu turned his head to look at the water stains on the table that hadn't dissipated. After trying to identify for a long time, he still couldn't see what the frames on the round table were; so he raised his finger and pointed to one of the round tables. shape, and asked Xiao Fan why he painted this.

"I'm just thinking about how to make better use of this backyard," Shen Mu's pale fingertips pointed back and forth in front of Xiao Fan, making people's mind flutter; , directly pulled Shen Mu onto his lap and sat down.

"You were referring to that piece of land just now." Xiao Fan raised his hand and pointed to the open space in front of the two of them that should have been filled with flowers. "I'm just thinking about how to divide the land to make it more beautiful."

Turning his head to look at the rules and regulations on the table, Shen Mu didn't care about the appearance, so he randomly clicked a rectangle, and suggested, "Grow potatoes here?"

"Gu here originally wanted to grow green onions," Xiao Fan rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "If you want to grow potatoes, you have to kiss Gu once."

"...then the open field potatoes next to it."

"That's two times to be alone."

"... how fast is this?"

"I've been orphaned three times."

"...If you make trouble again, believe it or not, you can only sleep on the floor tonight."

A few days later, in order to welcome the envoys of the Kingdom of Yu, Xiao Fan held a grand banquet in the palace and invited the ministers of the palace to the banquet.

During the banquet, there was a lot of people's voices, singing and dancing continued to be performed one after another, and hundreds of officials were talking and laughing at the banquet. It seemed that it should be a very harmonious banquet.

Shen Mu sat in a high position, just one step below Xiao Fantai's side, picked up the teacup beside his hand and took a sip unhurriedly, raised his eyelids and glanced at the envoy of Yu Kingdom who couldn't stop looking at him across the way.

This person should have known his status from where he was sitting at this time, and looked at him with a shocked expression.

For some reason, Shen Mu always felt that he had seen this kind of eyes too much these days, so that when he saw the envoy's appearance of seeing a ghost, there was no disturbance in his heart.

What's more, after the incident of the Chu family, all the officials related to the foreign relatives were silent, wishing they could all stay at home and keep the door closed for fear of being implicated. At this time, no one dared to commit crimes against the venture capital.

If you can't say it, there is nothing more.

The reason why he raised his head frequently was because the young master who was sitting in front of the envoy was sitting in front of him, staring blankly.

This person has never met before, and it seems that his age is about the same as Shen Mu, but he is even thinner than the thin Shen Mu. color.

Shen Mu had a slight impression of this person, and it should be the real reason why the King of Yu Kingdom sent people all the way to Daqi to show his goodwill.

The sickly man in front of him should be the man called "Queen" in the memorial that Shen Mu had seen - Su Xin.

As if feeling Shen Mu's scrutinizing gaze, the man who had lowered his eyes suddenly raised his eyes, just in time to meet Shen Mu's gaze.

It was a pair of eyes as deep as a pool of death.

Su Xin was not surprised by Shen Mu's gaze, she just smiled politely, then lowered her eyes again, her indifferent and distant appearance seemed to form a barrier of her own, separating herself from the rest of the people.

With their eyes facing each other, Shen Mu found that Su Xin actually had a very good appearance, a pair of upturned peach blossom eyes seemed to be born with a smile, Shangen's straight lips had a very good shape, if it wasn't for the fact that his face was too sick, his appearance would actually be coquettish.

Shen Mu didn't know much about Su Xin. He only knew that he was originally from Daqi. He went to Yu Kingdom for some unknown reason, and was imprisoned by the King of Yu Kingdom to make a "gold/silk/sparrow" in the harem. After fleeing for several times, he finally succeeded, and finally died in Daqi, and also died on the way the King of Yu came.

These plots are mentioned briefly in the book, and Shen Mu only remembered it after seeing Su Xin here.

At this time, there was a sound of bells from the center of the hall. Shen Mu was attracted by the clear and crisp sound of bells. Turning his gaze to the center of the hall, he saw a boy in excellent figure dancing to the music, wearing a mask on his hands and feet. A string of golden bells tied with red string.

The boy wears a thin veil, but he can vaguely see his beautiful facial features. His slender but not weak body is extremely flexible. He is only wearing a light-colored gauze dress, and there are more The large piece is hollowed out, and as he continues to dance, the waist that is tightly grasped is very eye-catching.

Unlike other dancers who were limited by the venue, this boy kept dancing towards high positions, and finally walked up the steps step by step, constantly twisting his waist in front of Xiao Fan and him.

Subconsciously frowned, Shen Mu couldn't help but look at the boy twice, his mood was not too good.

At this time, there happened to be servants in the palace serving dishes for everyone. Ah Qing took the wooden plate from the hand of the maid, and then arranged the dishes on the wooden plate in order according to Shen Mu's dining preferences, before bending over and retreating.

While serving the dishes, Shen Mu noticed that even though Su Xin was a "gold/silk/sparrow" raised by Yu State, the envoy standing beside him did not dare to neglect him at all, and even dared not ask the maids in the palace to serve him. After the dishes were served, he hurriedly went up to take the wooden plate, and then, almost in awe, asked Su Xin before he brought up the dishes he wanted, and hurriedly waved his hands to tell people to take away the rest.

And Su Xin was still the same as before, with lifeless body, long eyelashes hanging down, looking at the table full of dishes but hesitant to move his chopsticks.

Withdrawing his eyes from Su Xin, Shen Mu just looked away and met Xiao Fan's dark eyes, and silently mouthed to himself with him:

No, Xu, look, him.

There was a hint of a smile on the corner of his lips, Shen Mu gave the young man a doting smile and then nodded, glanced at the boy who was still dancing while listening to the instrumental music a few steps away, and also squinted at Xiao Fan. Looking at his appearance just now, he said silently:

You, also, no, Xu, see.

Under the eyes of everyone, the two of them couldn't see clearly because of the people in the audience, just like this you talked to each other silently, as if there was no one else around.

The atmosphere at the table was quite harmonious, until a sudden exclamation broke the harmony at the dinner table, Su Xin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly began to cough uncontrollably, tightly holding a snow-white silk handkerchief to her lips, Along with the coughing, a trace of bright red blood can already be vaguely seen.

The handsome facial features were tightly twisted together, Su Xin's complexion was painful, her thin body was trembling, as if she was going to pass out in a second.

And the source of that exclamation came from the envoy who had been serving him respectfully.

In a fit of coughing that was almost piercing, the envoy of Yu Kingdom stood up abruptly in a panic, and looked at Xiao Fan with eyes full of pleading for help.

Although the officials at the table didn't understand what happened, they also knew that the identity of the person sitting opposite Shen Mu must not be underestimated, so when Xiao Fan ordered everyone to disperse, all of them cast curious and inquiring eyes at the same time. Not daring to disobey the emperor's order, he finally withdrew from the banquet.

Not long after the imperial physician got the order, they rushed over. A group of people hurriedly lifted Su Xin to the soft bed behind the screen for rest, and then several prepared imperial physicians immediately rushed up and tried their best to treat her.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air, Shen Mu frowned lightly outside the screen, watched the figure constantly swaying through the screen, and Su Xin's muffled cough full of pain could be heard from time to time.

In fact, he was able to leave with Baiguan just now, but for some reason, even though the two clearly met for the first time, when he saw the despair in Su Xin's eyes, an inexplicable pity suddenly rose in his heart ;So he entered the house with the last among the crowd, but stayed behind the screen and didn't go forward.

After the coughing finally stopped gradually, the imperial physicians outside the screen left one after another through the side door, presumably it was Xiao Fan and the envoy from Yu Kingdom who were outside the same door reporting their injuries.

The room was quiet, only Shen Mu and Su Xin were left on both sides of the screen; Shen Mu stood leaning against the stone wall for a while, sighed with complicated emotions, and was about to bypass the screen and leave the room, but he didn't think When he walked around the screen, he saw the person he thought had passed out was leaning against the head of the bed, his face was pale, his eyes were closed tightly, and his lips that had lost their color were stained with blood, which actually made him a little more angry.

The sound of Shen Mu's footsteps came from outside the screen, Su Xin slowly opened her eyes, and when she met Shen Mu's pair of black eyes, a trace of surprise flashed across those calm eyes.

Standing in place for a while, with his brain running fast, Shen Mu still decided to stay, stood still a few steps away from Chuanchuan, and actively asked, "Are... are you okay?"

With a slight smile, Su Xin is not as indifferent as he imagined, but when he smiles, he gives people a sense of warmth like a spring breeze; when he just wanted to speak, he couldn't breathe for a while, his skinny hands tightly clutched the quilt, and his body felt uncomfortable. The ground arched like a shrimp, panting with great difficulty, his chest heaved up and down greatly, and there was a harsh and heavy breathing sound from his throat.

Seeing that he was going to be out of breath, Shen Mu almost instinctively strode forward to hold Su Xin's shoulders, for fear that Su Xin would fall to the ground if he was not careful, and he would have to shoulder an unbearable responsibility .

Almost without any hesitation, he raised his hand and patted Su Xin on the back to help him calm down. Just as he was about to call out loudly for the imperial physician to come in, Su Xin clasped his wrists before he could make a sound in his throat.

"...No, it's okay, there's no need to call for someone," Su Xin was still breathing hard, her breathing was heavy, but she insisted not to let Shen Mu call for someone, "I don't want that, those people to come in. "

Su Xin's body trembled violently, but her breathing gradually calmed down. Finally, Shen Mu listened to his persuasion and did not call out. He just stood patiently by the bedside, silently waiting for Su Xin to breathe slowly and his wrists clasped tightly. After the strength gradually eased, he whispered a word of apology.

"It's okay, it's an old problem, I hope it doesn't scare you, my lord."

Su Xin straightened up slowly, with a warm smile still on her face, looking at Shen Mu's wrinkled sleeves, she said in a slightly apologetic tone, "I'm really sorry if I cause you and Your Majesty any trouble. "

"No, I was the first to be abrupt." Shen Mu keenly caught the address Su Xin used when he called himself, and opened the topic first, "Is Mr. Su from Daqi?"

Su Xin nodded with a smile as an acknowledgment, and then a trace of indelible sadness flashed across her eyes, "My mother is from Daqi, and this is the first time Caomin has come to Daqi."

"What does Mr. Su think of Daqi?"

"It's beautiful and the people are very hospitable."

Su Xin seemed to really like Da Qi. Even though he and Shen Mu only met for the first time, they seemed like friends for many years. There was not much embarrassment in the exchange, and his tone was calm, "If you can stay in Da Qi for a while longer That's it."

Shen Mu sat down on the wooden chair beside the bed, looked at Su Xin's sick face, and remembered the place where he died in the book, with a forced smile on his lips, "This king and Mr. Su fell in love at first sight. If you want, you can naturally stay in the capital as you like, and this king will also do his best to be a landlord."

"It is rumored that Lord Regent Shen is ruthless and extremely difficult to get along with. When I saw him today, Su Xin felt that was not the case."

There was a trace of surprise in the eyes, but it was quickly replaced by gentleness and tranquility. Su Xin chuckled, her brows and eyes were bent, and she looked very gentle, "Perhaps because our fates are somewhat similar. It feels kind."

While speaking, Su Xin raised her hand to caress the brocade quilt, revealing a white wrist; Shen Mu's eyes subconsciously fell, and when he saw the extremely obvious scar on his wrist, his pupils suddenly shrank.

On the man's wrist as white as snow, there was a scar that was obviously accumulated over the years, and it looked like a trace left behind after being imprisoned for many years.

Therefore, the King of Yu Kingdom, who was thousands of miles away, imprisoned Su Xin in the palace for many years, just as the book said.

At this moment, Shen Mu finally understood why he felt pity for Su Xin: Although he stayed voluntarily, both he and Su Xin may have spent a long time in the deep palace in the past or in the future. time.

He didn't know if Su Xin had ever been like him, willing to stay by the King of Yu Kingdom's side, but Shen Mu could tell that Su Xin's life was not good now, and there was not even a trace of desire to survive in those beautiful peach eyes.

Therefore, rather than saying that he felt sorry for Su Xin, it would be better to say that Shen Mu was secretly worried about whether he might face the situation one day.

After a while of silence, Su Xin spoke first, "Your Majesty the Regent, don't worry, the grass people's downfall today is also their own fault, and things shouldn't be generalized."

After he finished speaking, he laughed at himself, and his words were vague, "The grassland people deserve their suffering, you don't...doubt your lover because of it."

The topic suddenly turned to an unexpected direction, Shen Mu looked at Su Xin in a daze, and didn't know how to speak for a while; unlike Su Xin, he was someone who had read the plot of the original book, so he naturally knew Su Xin's situation.

But Su Xin was different. For him, Shen Mu was just a person living in rumors, or even bad rumors. During the banquet, Su Xin hardly raised his eyes, but he could accurately perceive the relationship between him and Xiao Fan. Insight is really strong.

Now that it was obvious to others, and he was the one who took the initiative to throw an olive branch to Su Xin to communicate, Shen Mu didn't want to cover it up deliberately, but he wanted to care about another thing, "But I'm still curious, so I don't know what to do. Mr. Su's talent and knowledge, why has he been trapped?"

There was a bitter smile on the lips, and when Su Xin was about to speak, he saw several footsteps coming from outside the door, followed by Xiao Fan who pushed the door in, and the envoy of Yu Kingdom who followed closely behind him.

Seeing Shen Mu and Su Xin who were obviously communicating peacefully in the room, the envoy of Yu Kingdom showed a trace of surprise and amazement on his face. Seeing Su Xin waking up, he went up to him immediately in fear and trepidation, asking him if he felt any discomfort incessantly. .

At this moment, Su Xin regained the indifference and alienation he had just had at the banquet, he lowered his brows, and did not answer the messenger's words, even Shen Mu didn't even look at him any more.

In contrast, Xiao Fan was much more simple and rude, without hesitation, he stepped forward and pulled Shen Mu's wrist in two steps, and then led him directly out of the house without any refusal.

It was dusk, and there was only a silver moon hanging high in the sky; the road back to Mingcheng Palace was not far from here, and the rules in the palace were strict, and ordinary palace people were not allowed to wander around at night, so Xiao Fan led Shen Mu to walk in the On the way back to the palace, no outsiders were encountered along the way.

He didn't inform himself about staying behind the screen in advance, Shen Mu thought that the young man would eat and lose his temper like daytime, but Xiao Fan just quietly held him and didn't speak, and even slowed down his pace on purpose .

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Shen Mu felt a little sorry in his heart, and he took the initiative to speak, "What did the imperial physician say to you just now?"

"Su Xin's body is in decline, I don't know how long it can last." Xiao Fan's tone was calm, and he didn't ask any more questions. He just held Shen Mu's hand tightly and asked softly, "Is it cold?"

After listening to Xiao Fan's words, Shen Mu's heart was inexplicably heavy, so he shook his head and said something cool, then he stopped talking, and Xiao Fan didn't ask any more questions, and the two walked back to Mingcheng Palace in silence like this .