Tanhualang

After the practice, the group returned to the mansion, and saw the little boy report:

"Master Ding Bao sent someone to wait in the front yard. They brought some fabrics and said that if it's hot today, let His Highness pick them out so that they can make a batch of summer clothes."

Xiaoyou looked at Zhao Heng, Zhao Heng waved his hand:

"Go and have a look."

Xiaoyou hesitated:

"Yes."

Then he told the boy:

"You go to the kitchen and order the food to be served."

Turning to Shen Jing again:

"Your Highness's changed clothes are still in the room. Please go and get them for Your Highness, and send them to the soup room."

Shen Jing agreed, and went to the backyard.

King Yu's robes were all ready in the room, and they were neatly arranged. After taking them quietly, he hurried to the soup room.

Hanfangyuan soup room is in the corner of the backyard, forming a small courtyard alone. There are no flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard, and the floor is paved with terrazzo bricks, which looks plain and elegant.

Shen Jing took her clothes and went to the door, and saw that the door was ajar, and there was the sound of rushing water inside.He paused, knocked on the door first, and heard Zhao Heng say inside:

"come in."

Shen Jing pushed the door open and went in, and saw a hollowed-out screen carved in stone, and the sound of water came from behind the screen.He hesitated for a moment, then walked around the screen, and sure enough, he saw a bathing pool with a square meter. Zhao Heng was sitting naked by the side of the pool, pouring water on his body with a ladle. His broad shoulders and chest were exposed, which was very eye-catching.

Seeing Shen Jing coming in, he put down the water ladle and stood up, his whole body in the water.When Shen Jing saw it, she panicked and turned away with her clothes on her back.

Zhao Heng was walking towards the edge of the pool, seeing his movements, he couldn't help laughing and said:

"Gu is not afraid to look at it, but you are afraid?"

Shen Jing felt that she was losing her composure, and turned around, only feeling her face was hot:

"My... Excuse me."

"What kind of impoliteness?" Zhao Heng looked at him with a funny face, walked up the steps, pulled the towel on the shelf to wipe himself, "I haven't brought the clothes here yet."

Shen Jing had no choice but to go around the water mark by the bath, and went to the opposite side carefully.

He wanted to put the clothes on the desk under the hanger, but before he got to the desk, Zhao Heng had already turned around and pulled the trousers from his hand.Shen Jing stood in place holding her clothes in her hands, looking at her nose, nose, and heart, and she couldn't help but see Zhao Heng's long naked legs and thin waist.

Zhao Heng didn't care about it at all, he put on the clothes in the stickers, put on the outer shirt, and handed the Luan belt to Shen Jing out of habit:

"Give it to Gu."

After speaking, he opened his arms.

Shen Jing took it and put it on her arm, silently walked around to Zhao Heng's side, arranged the clothes, and bent down to tie the robe belt at the waist.

He had never done this kind of job of serving people before, so his movements were unavoidably clumsy, and it took him a while to straighten his robe belt.After taking Luan's belt and wanting to tie it on, Zhao Heng thought it was already tied, so he put his arm down.

Shen Jing quickly dodged and took a step back.The pool was dripping with water, he stepped into the water, slipped, and fell backwards on his back.In a panic, he grabbed Zhao Heng's sleeve with both hands, and then fell into the bathtub.

Just hearing a "plop", the two fell into the water at the same time.Zhao Heng is taller and has longer legs, and his reaction is quicker. After a little struggle, he stood up, wiped the water on his face and turned to look at Shen Jing.Shen Jing was very embarrassed, fell into the pool on his back and choked on a few mouthfuls of water, struggling with his hands and feet and couldn't stand up for a while.

Zhao Heng took two steps forward, grabbing his waist with one hand and grabbing his shoulders with the other, and lifted him up at once.

Shen Jing stood up straight in embarrassment, first spit out a mouthful of pool water, and then coughed for a long time, almost coughing up her lungs, then regained her strength, and then found that she was holding on to Zhao Heng's lapel and leaning against his arms He was so frightened that he quickly let go of his hand and took a step back, almost falling into the water again:

"Your Highness, Your Highness—"

Zhao Heng gave him a hand first, looked down at him, let go of his hand, turned around and walked up the edge of the pool:

"Go up."

The two walked up to the steps like drowned rats. Zhao Heng stood still and began to undo his soaked clothes.

Shen Jing felt that she had caused trouble, so she didn't dare to make a sound. At first, she just stood by and watched obediently. Later, she saw that Zhao Heng couldn't untie his belt dripping with water, so she stepped forward to help. When his hand touched Zhao Heng's waist, Zhao Heng grabbed his wrist.

Shen Jing froze, and looked up at Zhao Heng in astonishment.

Zhao Heng looked at him half-downcast, with dark eyes, unable to see any joy or anger, and he let go of his hand after a moment:

"You go down first."

Shen Jing was stunned.

Then he withdrew his hand, saluted silently, and stepped on the water marks and stepped back slowly.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, I saw Xiaoyou coming here in a hurry, and I was very surprised when I saw his appearance:

"This—what's wrong with you?!"

Shen Jing almost wanted to cry, but she forced a smile:

"...the foot slipped and fell into the pool."

"..."

"...His Royal Highness was also dragged into the water by mistake, and his whole body was soaked." Shen Jing was so ashamed that she couldn't look directly into Xiao You's eyes as if she had seen a ghost, "Hurry up and help Your Highness get some clean clothes. .”

Shen Jing went back to her room, changed her clothes, wiped her hair, and after tidying up, she sat on the bedside and thought about what happened just now.

It has been almost four months since he arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion.From the beginning of seeing the other party as fearful of the way, to now being able to face each other calmly, maybe it is because I have a way to relieve King Yu's pain, the other party is grateful, and because Xiao You values ​​​​him, King Yu has never treated him from the beginning to the end. His voice was harsh, and it could even be called polite and pleasant.

But looking at Wang Yu's expression and actions just now, he must have been a little annoyed.

Shen Jing was a little apprehensive, but he couldn't help feeling a bit like accompanying a king like a tiger. He was feeling emotional, Xiao You knocked twice, pushed the door and walked in, and put a tray on the table:

"Is there nothing wrong just now?"

"I'm fine." Shen Jing hurriedly stood up, "Where is Your Highness, are you not angry?"

"It's breakfast. Isn't it just a matter of clothes, how can you get angry so easily? You really underestimated our highness." Xiao You smiled and pointed to the porridge bowl on the plate, "This bowl of hot porridge is Your Highness ordered me to bring it to you."

"Thank you." Shen Jing breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Highness didn't say anything?"

"What else can I say?" Xiaoyou sat down beside him, and smiled, "You don't have to worry too much. Your time with His Highness is still short. I don't blame you for sending the porridge. Although Your Highness doesn't talk much, he still has a lot of thoughts in his heart." There is."

Shen Jing is still a little embarrassed:

"I was too reckless."

"It's my fault, I should ask Xiaotong to serve you." Xiao You said with a smile, "You're not used to serving people, so you can still write articles with a pen."

Quietly said:

"...I'm too clumsy."

"Okay, don't think so much." Xiao You stood up with a smile, "It happens that the master who makes the clothes is right in front, let's go to the front to measure the size."

"I have no want of clothes—"

"Why are you polite?" Xiao You stood up with a smile, "In addition to the prince's share, Master Ding Bao sent a lot of fabrics, which were specially for us. There are not many people in the house, so let's borrow His Highness's light, just in time. Make two new clothes for one person."

The two walked out while talking, and Xiaoyou said as he walked:

"It stands to reason that if it were in Beijing, it would be more lively at this time in previous years."

"how?"

"It will be the prince's birthday in one month." Xiao Youdao, "At this time every year in the past, the rewards from the queen mother and your majesty began to be sent to the mansion continuously. It's even more serious. To be specific, even the birthdays of the two princes probably don't have so many rewards."

After a quiet pause, he asked:

"Then those who serve in the mansion like us, do we also have to give congratulatory gifts?"

Xiao You stroked his smooth chin, hesitated for a moment:

"Well...it's up to everyone. I give it every year. It's not too expensive. Whatever it is, His Highness won't dislike it. It's enough if you have that kind of heart."

"Oh. I don't know when His Royal Highness's birthday is?"

"Seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Good day, isn't it?"

Shen Jing was taken aback for a moment, then nodded:

"...Yes, it really is a good day."

"The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, meet on the magpie bridge." Xiao You smiled, then thought of something, lowered his voice and sighed, "Oh, it's also strange, it's such a good omen day, how come your Highness's Red Luan is not prosperous?"

After breakfast, Shen Jing went to the study as usual.

The military report of the two provinces of Nanzhili sent by the Ministry of War in Nanjing has been sorted out and checked. Shen Jing sorted out the report and made a briefing, and handed it over to Ding Bao for review and revision, and then copied it out, ready to Give it to Zhao Heng to have a look.

He waited in the study for a while, and at noon he heard the sound of Zhao Heng returning to the room next door, so he went over with the briefing.Xiaoyou was guarding the door, and when Shen Jing came in, he took the past and pushed open the concealed door:

"Your Highness, Mr. Shen is here."

Shen Jing went in and saw Zhao Heng leaning against the window reading a book, saw Shen Jing coming in, and took the book away:

"what's up?"

"The report sent by the Ministry of War has been sorted out, please look over it, Your Highness."

Zhao Heng put down the book, took it and read it intently:

"sit down."

Xiao You moved the stool over, sat down quietly and carefully, and waited quietly for King Yu to finish reading.A quarter of an hour later, King Yu looked up at Shen Jing:

"What's in the back?"

"The military reports of Nanzhili five years ago and ten years ago, and the military expenditures of the Ministry of Households in the past three years." Shen Jing said cautiously, "Thanks to Ding Zhenshou's help, they were transferred from the library of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households. come out."

Zhao Heng looked down for more than a quarter of an hour, and then looked up at Shen Jing again:

"Yes, you are very thoughtful."

"I didn't think of it," Shen Jing didn't dare to take the credit, "Thanks to Master Ding for his advice."

Zhao Heng changed the subject:

"Can you ride a horse?"

Shen Jing looked at Xiao You inexplicably, then nodded:

"……meeting."

"Xiaoyou, tell Wei Zheng to prepare the horse." Zhao Heng put down the briefing in his hand and stood up, "After lunch, let's go to some guards in Nanjing."