Rebirth of the Faint Lord

Before Shen Nian recovered from the past, there was a light knock on the door of the palace, and then Ruan Jiqing's cautious voice sounded: "Master Hou, are you up yet?"

Shen Nian withdrew his mind and responded, straightened his clothes and got off the bed, walked to the door of the hall and opened it.

What he didn't expect was that besides Ruan Jiqing and the emperor standing outside the palace gate.

Shen Nian stared blankly at the emperor leaning on the dragon pillar of the palace gate. The emperor was wearing plain single clothes, and his posture was relaxed and lazy.

However, there are exquisite and small dragon claws embroidered on the cuffs and neckline of his clothes, which are faintly visible under the sunlight, glowing with golden light, making it impossible to ignore his identity.

Shen Nian came back to his senses as the emperor slowly raised his eyebrows, he hurriedly saluted: "Your Majesty, forgive me for being rude."

"You don't need to be too polite." Qi Junmu stopped him: "I heard from Ruan Jiqing that you seemed to be having a nightmare, so I came to take a look, as long as you are fine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I'm fine now." Shen Nian looked up at the sky, twitched the corners of his mouth and joked: "People often say that there is a dragon body guard in the palace, and I sleep in a side hall so close to the emperor. To sleep so deeply this time, I must be blessed by the emperor."

As soon as these words came out, Ruan Jiqing on the side was filled with admiration, looking at Shen Nian, he was indeed the Marquis of Zhenbei who was favored by the emperor.

The words spoken are like honey, it is sweet and not greasy, and it can also make people feel happy.

This speaking skill is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Qi Junmu gave Shen Nian a weird look. Shen Nian had said similar witticisms before, but this time the feeling was very different.The content in the words was extremely stiff, and the smile was forced, and the person looked weak as if he had no bones to support him.

The emperor thought to himself that his Marquis of Zhenbei probably slept a little sleepy, and his mind was not very clear.

So Qi Junmu said: "You did sleep a little heavy this time, and you missed lunch."

Speaking of this, he looked Shen Nian up and down, looked at his crumpled clothes, with a slight look of disgust in his eyes: "Let's wash up first."

The emperor's disgusted eyes couldn't be concealed, it was so hot this day, and Shen Nian also felt that the smell on his body was not very good, he was a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, I have spare clothes at the imperial guards, so why don't you wear them?" Go and tidy up your appearance."

"There's no need to be so troublesome, ask Ruan Jiqing to bring the clothes." Qi Junmu said.

He didn't want to force Shen Nian to stay, it's just that this man's eyes were red, and he looked lifeless again.There is still a long distance from Qianhua Hall to the resting place of the imperial guards, and there must be many people who saw him in this state.

There are many smart people in this world, and there are also many people who want Shen Nian to step down.In case Shen Nian is clinging to Shen Nian and something happens in the end, it will be another trouble.

It's better to eliminate the potential danger from the beginning, so that there won't be so many troubles in the future.

What was the emperor thinking in his mind, Shen Nian quickly figured it out after he stabilized his mind, he didn't say thank you to the emperor this time, he just pursed his lips and smiled at the person in front of him.

Qi Junmu looked at Shen Nian like this, although there was still sadness in his eyes, but his face became clear. He believed that Shen Nian would soon come out of the gloom.

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Shen Nian's clothes were quickly packed by Ruan Jiqing, meeting everyone's curious eyes on the way, Ruan Jiqing couldn't help but envy and said sourly: "The emperor gave Zhenbei Hou a spring bath in the palace."

As soon as these words came out, people who had never heard of the spring bath in the palace didn't know what Ruan Jiqing envied. Those who had heard of it were even more envious than Ruan Jiqing, and they even felt a little angry.

It is said that after Tai-zu established Daqi, in order to show that he had not forgotten the generals and counselors who supported him, he specially built a warm pool in the palace, and often called friends to take a bath together.

To put it bluntly, it is a group of old men squatting shirtless in a pool to take a bath, occasionally mentioning the hard times in the past.If any minister made a mistake, he would also rant here, begging Tai-zu to forgive him for the sake of suffering together in the past.

Later, the heroes and good generals all fell ill, died of illness, made mistakes, and few of them could accompany Tai-zu steadily.Tai-zu was still very sad back then, feeling a lot about the impermanence of the world.

In addition, as we are getting older, it is not easy to take a bath together, so no one comes to this spring bath.

Of course, even if this is the case, the water in this spring pool must be replaced with new ones every day, after all, no one knows when Tai-zu will think of this.

After the death of Tai-zu, it became less popular to give meritorious officials a spring bath in the palace.Later emperors and courtiers never went to the battlefield together, and it was awkward to squat together to take a bath. In the end, the spring bath in the palace was completely out of fashion.

Furthermore, as an emperor, what kind of beauties do you want? Yanhuan is fat and thin, and has everything you need. There is no need to squat with a group of elders to take a bath.

It was not until Emperor Jing's time that the warm pool was reopened, but he did not give any courtiers the gift of bathing together, and often bathed alone.

At that time, some people said that if it is really necessary to give spring baths to heroes, then Shen Yi must be included.It's a pity that Emperor Jing doesn't like him, no matter how great his contribution is, he won't be able to enter the palace and see Emperor Jing.

The spring bath is at Emperor Jing's place, so it's not considered to be opened.

Until today, Qi Junmu let Shen Nian enter the spring pool.

This is not what the great grace is.

Shen Nian did not expect the emperor to do this, he would naturally reject it when he heard it, saying that he had done nothing and did not dare to compare with his ancestors, let alone bathe with the emperor.

When Qi Junmu heard his words, a strange look appeared in his eyes, and then he asked slowly: "Why, do you dislike me?"

Shen Nian glanced at him, finally bit the bullet and said: "The emperor is joking."

Originally, Qi Junmu just wanted Shen Nian to go to the Wenchi to soak in the Wenchi. Emperor Jing ordered someone to reform the Wenchi, and often put some warming and tonic herbs in it. Soaking for a while will be of great benefit to the body .

Shen Nian has been at the border all year round, and there are always big and small injuries on his body. Qi Junmu saw that he was in such a mess today, so he thought of this warm pool for him to take a dip.

In the end, he didn't expect that Shen Nian's first reaction was to take a bath together. Seeing him trying to push back, Qi Junmu was not interested at first, but suddenly became interested.

What's more, the spring bath in the palace is the emperor and his courtiers together to show the holy grace.

This hot pool is not far from the attic built by Emperor Jing. In a hall next to the attic, the spring pool was built artificially. The water in it has maintained a constant temperature all year round since Emperor Jing was built.

The water is very hot, but people can accept it.

In summer, it is not very comfortable in this warm pool. If it is winter, float a wooden plate with a groove on it, put a wine glass in the groove, and put it like this in the warm pool, floating back and forth with the flowing water.

After a while, you can drink the warm wine with your head up, which is not a good taste.

But soaking in this medicinal water in summer is very good for the body, especially for a body like Shen Nian.

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Shen Nian was a little dawdled, it's not that he didn't take a bath with others at the border, but he felt uncomfortable when facing Qi Junmu.

The emperor didn't have any scruples. He was born as an emperor and was raised by others since he was a child.

If it wasn't for the fact that he died too quickly and was aggrieved in his previous life, there would be more or less people serving him.

Qi Junmu looked at Shen Nian's appearance, and after Ruan Jiqing took off his clothes for him, he ordered people to leave. There were only him and Shen Nian in the big Wenchi room, and Qi Junmu went into the water wearing obscene clothes.

Just as he thought, taking a hot bath in a hot day is very uncomfortable, and soon there are dense beads of sweat on his forehead.

Then he looked at Shen Nian who was standing by the pool and said with a smile, "Ruan Jiqing has already retreated, and there is no one else here. Marquis of Zhenbei wants me to help you undress?"

"No...no need." Shen Nian hurriedly said, in order to avoid the emperor saying more joking words, he entered Wenchi as quickly as possible.

Shen Nian's figure is very good, with broad shoulders, waist and slender legs, her skin is bronze in color, and her body is smooth.

Qi Junmu loosened his hair, soaked lazily in the water with only one head exposed, seeing Shen Nian far away from him, he suddenly smiled and said: "Others say that bathing with you is an honor, why did you come here? It’s different. It’s just the two of us here, so it’s hard to talk from such a distance and rely on yelling?”

Shen Nian swam to Qi Junmu's side after hearing this, the warm pool is not deep, at least it can't be hidden from others, it's always weird to just stand up and walk.

When one person was away from the emperor, Shen Nian stopped and lazily leaned against the edge of the pool, fiddled with the water unconsciously with his fingers.

Narrow shoulders, thin waist and long legs are looming in the water, and the dense mist rises with the temperature, faintly covering each other's faces.

Shen Nian looked at the emperor through the mist. At this time, the cold expression on the emperor's face had weakened a lot. In addition, his hair was loose, which was very different from the emperor sitting in the court hall. He looked gentle and strong.

This extremely contradictory thing is indeed not awkward on the emperor, at this moment Shen Nian suddenly thought, there are only a handful of people in Daqi who can see Qi Junmu like this.

Shen Nian watched and thought about it, and then he was startled suddenly, and his eyes were closed.

Qi Junmu knew that Shen Nian was looking at him, but he didn't care.

It was the first time in his two lives that he took a bath with someone in the same bathtub, he thought he would not be used to it, but perhaps Shen Nian's eyes were not aggressive, so he didn't feel offended.

"Will the emperor comfort others like this?"

The abrupt Qi Junmu heard Shen Nian's voice, but he didn't understand what the man said, so he raised his eyes and said, "What?"

Shen Nian repeated it, he looked around and said: "That's it, if the important ministers in the court are in a bad mood, will the emperor do the same?"

"You are not them." Qi Junmu wrote lightly: "You are Zhenbeihou, my favorite minister. Besides, I also look at the faces of those people in the court hall."

Speaking of this, the emperor sighed and spread his hands: "It's rare to stand in the court hall who is handsome, capable and in line with my wishes, and it should be given some preferential treatment."

Shen Nian was amused by these words and laughed in a low voice, after a long time he solemnly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing that he is no longer that lifeless look, Qi Junmu is also in a good mood, he said: "It's okay."

Shen Nian was very much in his favor, if he really fell down because of some things, he would have a headache.

Many people in this world are willing to be the emperor's knife, but not many are suitable.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask you something." Knowing that the Emperor is in a good mood, Shen Nian said.

Qi Junmu looked at him in surprise: "What's the matter?"

"Weichen wants to go to the attic next to him for a while, I don't know if it's feasible." Shen Nian clenched his fists underwater and said with a high heart.