After wearing the book, the regent quit.

"From tomorrow onwards, Xiao Shi will go to the Wenhua Palace to study every day. If he is lazy, he will be punished severely."

Shen Mu was a little surprised when he heard the words, the meaning of what he said just now was only to provide Xiao Fan with an idea, and did not mean to make him decide on a successor immediately.

You know, usually only the crown prince is eligible to enter the Wenhua Palace to study and watch politics.

After pondering for a moment, he still felt something was wrong, "Xiao Shi is only six years old, is he too young?"

"It's okay, it's just reading." Xiao Fan chuckled meaningfully, and stroked Shen Mu's soft and smooth black hair, "We can't let him just idle around all day and come over to bother you when he has nothing to do."

After the words fell, he snorted with some dissatisfaction.

"How do you feel that you are taking advantage of this to retaliate?"

Raising his hand to lightly scrape the tip of the young man's nose, Shen Mu thought about the vegetables in the backyard that hadn't been taken care of, and said to Xiao Fan, "The vegetable seedlings haven't been dewormed yet, let's go and have a look?"

Xiao Fan is not a hasty person, the decision just now must have his own considerations, and Xiao Shi is still young and malleable, and his nature is not bad, if he is destined to inherit the throne in the future, it is nothing to go to school now.

Passing through the corridor, the two came to the backyard of Mingcheng Palace together. Shen Mu looked at the lush greenery in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and then walked straight towards the nearest vegetable garden.

Planting in spring and harvesting in autumn, a year ago he felt a little distressed when he saw the good garden being tossed into a messy and desolate appearance, but now he looks at the lush greenery in front of him, and he is [-]% satisfied and proud in his heart.

Since the fall of the Chu family, there was no longer any force in the court that could pose a threat to the throne. Naturally, Shen Mu no longer had to be cautious in every step, and he also had a lot of free time to grow flowers, fruits and vegetables, although it was not as comfortable as the real rural life , but he is very satisfied with his life now.

However, he originally thought that planting crops was quite simple, and left and right were just watering and fertilizing. He didn't expect to find that it was not that simple after he personally went into battle. Not to mention how tiring the physical work is, even the simplest and basic weeding and pest control have quite a lot. The doorway is exquisite.

Shen Mu consulted many high-level talents in the palace to learn a thing or two about these methods, as for the rest of the physical work——

"The weeds on the right side are finished," Shen Mu sat on the wooden platform in the center of the garden, looked at Xiao Fan who was bent over and busy not far away with a smile, and said, "Let's do it on the left side as well."

After taking off the yellow robe that symbolizes status, Xiao Fan is only a young man in his twenties. In Shen Mu's perception, life is a bit boring if it is only about state affairs, and it is necessary to experience life properly.

For example, now, with the purpose of "letting people fully experience life", Shen Mu is handing over the task of weeding and pest control to Xiao Fan, and he is leisurely drinking tea and looking at the sky.

The slim black gown outlines Xiao Fan's tall figure very well, with broad shoulders and narrow waist. Hearing the sound, he straightened up and looked back at Shen Mu; the two looked at each other, and the man's black eyes flashed with a smile under the light. The white clothes were blowing in the wind, and the whole person was extremely gentle.

Xiao Fan has seen Shen Mu's appearance too much, but he still likes the man smiling gently at him in the sun, with curved eyebrows and eyes, his whole person is extremely gentle.

Shen Mu waved lightly at Xiao Fan, and after greeting him to the wooden platform, Shen Mu bent down, raised his hand to brush off the few strands of hair scattered on Xiao Fan's temples, glanced at the fine sweat on the young man's forehead, turned around and took a large amount of hair from the table. Pass over the tea,

"Take a break."

There was a slight fragrance of green tea in his mouth, Xiao Fan propped his hands on the countertop and turned over, put the teacup on the table, watched Shen Mu leisurely playing with the newly bought green teacup, and sat directly on the soft cushion beside the tea stand Next, he laughed, his tone slightly joking,

"At the beginning, we agreed to take care of it together, why don't we see anyone now?"

"Where are people missing? Didn't I accompany him all the time?" Shen Mu came to Xiao Fan's side, leaned on the person and lay down directly in his arms, casually playing with the young man's hanging black hair, smiling lazily,

"Besides, young people, you still need to exercise more."

The pretentious tone, coupled with that faintly smiling face, brought a little lazy intimacy amidst the disharmony.

Xiao Fan originally thought that Shen Mu had a cold temperament in his bones, and he was indifferent to everyone and things, but during the year after the two were together, he was somewhat surprised to find that Shen Mu turned out to be clingy, and every time Xiao Fan caught up with him When looking for him, Shen Mu wasn't very interested, but when he started to get busy, Shen Mu came over cutely and teased him intentionally or unintentionally.

As it is now, just now when he was focused on other places, Shen Mu raised his hand to call him over, and now he is lying in his arms like a proud cat.

Holding Shen Mu's hand, Xiao Fan's dry and warm hand began to grope, and his eyes became restless, suggesting, "In this case, why not exercise now."

After saying that, he leaned down, lowered his head and kissed Shen Mu's lips, and the ambiguous atmosphere instantly spread between the two of them, and there was a tendency to intensify.

Breathing quickly, with a hint of sandalwood in his nostrils, Shen Mu raised his slender neck to respond to the kiss, his slender fingertips unconsciously tugged at the young man's clothes, his thin body was teased by the young man, and intermittent soft hums escaped from his throat.

There was a glimmer of darkness in the black pupils, Xiao Fan looked deeply into those misty eyes, flexibly succumbed to the desire to probe down, and heard the sound of footsteps from a distance.

"boom--"

Hearing the crisp sound of a teacup shattering to the ground, Jing Yan, who was about to get close, immediately stood still and did not move forward. It was not until a long time later that Xiao Fan's very dissatisfied summons came from the distance, and he dared to speak up,

"Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince is seeking an audience outside the palace right now."

"Xiao Shi? Who told him to come here?"

Xiao Fan got up and blocked Shen Mu behind him, frowning his sword eyebrows. Just as he was about to attack, someone tugged on his sleeve twice, and Shen Mu whispered in his ear, "...I called him Come here, I just forgot to tell you."

"..."

When the two of them tidied up their crumpled clothes and returned to the main hall, Xiao Shi was already kneeling obediently in front of the tea table in the middle of the hall, with his two fleshy little hands on his legs, his eyes lit up when he saw Shen Mu coming, his round black eyes It shines brightly.

"Mu Mu!"

Going forward and rubbing the child's hair, Shen Mu asked him with a smile, "I'm going to study in the Wenhua Palace tomorrow, so I can't always be so frizzy, do you understand?"

When Xiao Shi heard the word "reading", his small face immediately wrinkled, and when he pouted his mouth and was about to raise his hand to hug Shen Mu, someone lifted his collar easily, and then he heard Xiao Fan's low and cool voice in his ear,

"Speak as you speak, be quiet."

Then he turned his head, looked sideways at Shen Mu and said to Shen Mu, "Zinian, Gu seems to have left something in the backyard, can you get it back for Gu."

Shen Mu knew that Xiao Fan had something to say to Xiao Shi alone, and after answering softly, he called Jing Wen and left the hall.

Xiao Shi was obviously a little afraid of him. After Shen Mu left, his whole body languished instantly. He bowed politely but didn't listen to Xiao Fan's words. He shrank his head and whispered, "...Your Majesty, I didn't want to go to school when I was young."

"why."

"I didn't like reading when I was young," Xiao Shi replied with a blushing face, his small hands were tightly clutching the corners of his clothes, his eyes were a little dim, and he said after holding back for a long time, "Besides, isn't it that only princes can go to Wenhua Palace to study?"

"...I had a dad when I was young."

Xiao Fan was slightly taken aback when he heard this, the child looked stupid all day long, and rarely took the initiative to talk to anyone except Shen Mu, he thought he had completely forgotten all his tragic experiences when he was young, but unexpectedly he remembered it clearly.

Looking down at Xiao Shi's flustered but stubborn face, Xiao Fan's dark eyes moved slightly, his tone was not as cold as before, and he snorted coldly, "Who says I want to recognize you as a prince."

"I told you to go to school to restrain your temper." Suddenly thinking of something, Xiao Fan frowned again, "So as not to be idle and just pester people all day long."

Xiao Shi raised his head, blinked his eyes in confusion, and after a while he said "Ah", with a hint of disappointment on his small face, and murmured a sigh, "But if I went to study when I was young, I couldn't always look for Mu Mu."

Xiao Fan: "Yes, that's what it means to ask you to study."

Xiao Shi: "?"

When Shen Mu returned to Mingcheng Palace, he only saw Xiao Fan sitting beside the tea table reading excerpts by himself, but Xiao Shi was nowhere to be seen.

Turning around and taking the wooden plate from Jing Wen's hand, Shen Mu came to sit down opposite Xiao Fan, placed the pastry on the wooden plate between the two of them, propped his face with the back of his left hand, and asked softly, "Why did I provoke you again when I was young?" , must drive him away.”

"Seeing that he was in the way, I sent him away."

Xiao Fan picked up the pastry and took a bite, lowering his eyes still looking at the folder in his hand, his tone was flat, "Liu Xi will invite you to the Hundred Days Banquet tomorrow?"

"Yeah, he's been talking about this for a long time, and he's really happy to see it."

Looking up carefully, Shen Mu realized that what the young man was looking at was not the memorial, but the invitation card Liu Xi gave him today, and he shook his head helplessly, "But if you promulgate the edict today, he probably won't be in the mood to celebrate tomorrow. "

Xiao Fan pursed his lips and smiled, "It's okay, I will meet him personally tomorrow."

As expected by Shen Mu, Xiao Shi needed an edict from the Wenhua Palace, and the court hall, which had been quiet for a long time, became lively again.

The court officials were not five-year-old Xiao Shi, so they couldn't be fooled by Xiao Fan's few threats. They would never believe that Xiao Fan's order was just to let Xiao Shi go to study.

There are so many ways to study, and Xiao Fan invited the best scholars in the country for Xiao Shi. It is no problem. Only princes and princes are eligible to study in the Wenhua Palace, but Xiao Fan wants Xiao Shi to go. It is still like this small age.

Combined with Xiao Fan's undisguised bad words about Nafei, the reason behind it is self-evident.

He is in his prime, but he wants to let other people's heirs inherit the throne, not to mention the issue of seniority, if Xiao Fan changes his mind in the future, the hidden dangers left behind will be immeasurable.

This is unacceptable to all.

"Why don't you go, I'll go alone."

Shen Mu lifted up the bamboo curtain in the carriage, watched the carriage gradually move towards Liu Xi's house, tilted his head and said to Xiao Fan with his eyes closed, "Master Liu was already flushed with anger this morning, and the grandson's hundred-day banquet is coming soon." Don't bother him any more."

Thinking of Liu Xi's grief-stricken appearance this morning, Shen Mu sighed softly, patted the hand of the young man beside him, and planned to go alone.

The next moment, he was wrapped in the young man's dry and warm hands. Xiao Fan stepped out of the carriage first, and then directly hugged Shen Mu from the carriage by the waist, with his hands resting on his waist.

Shen Mu was slightly stunned, no matter how much the two of them quarreled in private, they would still pay due attention outside, never had such intimate actions.

"How could it be?" Turning his head sideways, Xiao Fan looked at Liu Xi who was welcoming the guests in front of the Liu residence, with a sly smile in his eyes, and put his head next to Shen Mu's ear, and said in a low voice, "I'm here this time. It’s a special ‘gift’ for Mr. Liu.”

Since he came down to court, Liu Xi has been welcoming guests in front of the mansion. Just now when he saw the Prince Regent's mansion slowly approaching from a distance, he rushed to greet him. Just as he was about to go up to greet him, he saw Xiao in a black robe with dragon patterns. Fan jumped out of the car first, and then hugged Shen Mu down with both hands.

Liu Xi: "..."

Did he see something he shouldn't see?

"I heard that today is the [-]-day feast of Master Liu's eldest grandson, and the Gutong Regent came here to celebrate."

Standing with his hands behind his back, Xiao Fan responded lightly, took Shen Mu's hand very naturally, took two steps forward and suddenly remembered something, turned around and smiled back at Liu Xi, but his tone was cold:

"Master Liu won't blame Gu for coming uninvited, will he?"

There were not many people invited to this hundred-day banquet, Shen Mu and Xiao Fan came very early, and only a few guests were chatting in the backyard.

Shen Mu looked at the gradually collapsing emotions in Liu Xi's eyes, remembered the "big gift" that Xiao Fan mentioned just now, somehow wanted to laugh, and let Xiao Fan hold his hand, and turned slightly towards the young man.

Rao Liu Xi has seen all kinds of storms and waves in his life, and it is the first time to witness the monarch and the regent as a loving husband and wife.

"This, of course not," agreed murmured, Liu Xi's mind was in chaos, and he turned around in a daze, still respectful in his mouth,

"Your Majesty can specially come to the hundred-day banquet for the grandson of the minister, and the minister is very grateful."

Just as he was about to lead the two of them to the backyard, he heard a low and deep voice. Liu Xi raised his head subconsciously, and bumped into Xiao Fan's dark eyes.

The young man stood where he was, looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, and said slowly,

"If Mr. Liu is really grateful, now is an excellent opportunity to repay you."