Tanhualang

Zhao Heng's kiss was so sudden that Shen Jing's mind immediately went blank.After regaining consciousness, he grabbed Zhao Heng's wrist with both hands and twisted him away, staggered back two steps, touched the corner of his swollen lips, startled and angry: "...Your Highness!"

Zhao Heng was in the mood for business at this time, how could he give up, he took one step closer to Shen Jing, turned his wrist to avoid Shen Jing's dodge, pinched his chin and wanted to get closer again.

In desperation, Shen Jing threw a punch at him, but was easily avoided by Zhao Heng. He held his wrist with his hand, and pulled him into his arms. Alone?"

Shen Jing fumbled back for the tea bowl on the table with her left hand, raised her hand and threw it out.

Zhao Heng couldn't dodge in time, and the tea was poured on his face, and the cold tea flowed down his cheeks and neck.

Shen Jing took the opportunity to break free from his arms, took a step back, looked at Zhao Heng, and said angrily, "Your Highness—you're drunk!"

After a pause, he forced himself to calm down, and lowered his voice: "If Your Highness needs--something...I'll tell Xiaoyou right away, and ask someone to 'serve' Your Highness."

Zhao Heng's eyes were slightly red, his fingers wiped away the water droplets from the corners of his lips, staring at Shen Jing, holding his wrist and slowly raising it to his eyes: "... I don't want anyone else, I only want you."

Shen Jing suppressed her anger, raised her head to meet Zhao Heng's eyes, and asked coldly, "What kind of person does Your Highness think of me, a prostitute who serves others, or a plaything for hangovers after drunkenness?"

Hearing this, Zhao Heng slowly loosened Shen Jing's wrist.

Shen Jing then took two steps back, reached the door, and looked at him warily.

The two confronted each other for a long time, Zhao Heng seemed to have gradually calmed down, wiped the tea off his face, turned his back, and said, "You -- go down."

Hearing the words, Shen Jing opened the door and turned around, fleeing as if in a hurry.

Wei Zheng was not far from the door, seeing Shen Jing coming out in a hurry, he came forward to greet him and said in a low voice: "How is it, is Your Highness alright?"

Seeing Shen Jing's bewildered face, he was busy and surprised and asked: "Did you provoke me again?"

Shen Jing was undecided and didn't know what to say, so she paused and replied vaguely: "No...it's nothing wrong."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly went to the west courtyard with a downcast face.

Back in the room, he closed the door quietly, and immediately fell down on the recliner beside the fireplace as if exhausted, and it took him a long time to recover.

Looking back on Zhao Heng's actions that night, I just feel like a startling dream.

He thought about it, his heart was in a mess, and he couldn't figure it out at all. Was Zhao Heng's behavior impulsive and drunk, or did he have other plans? ...Should I treat this matter as an impulse after drinking, and lightly expose it without mentioning it; or should I be careful and wise to protect myself and stay away from this unpredictable young prince?

If it is said that Zhao Heng's intentions are frivolous, but remembering that he treated each other with courtesy in the past, it really doesn't seem like a fake; It's really not a gentleman's action to leave from now on, not to mention, I'm afraid I don't know if I can easily escape from the palace.

But if you want to say that Zhao Heng was impulsive after drinking, just let it go lightly——Shen Jing touched the corner of her mouth that was sore from being bitten by him, feeling extremely ashamed and annoyed in her heart.

With this matter on his mind, he had no intention of going to sleep at all, and kept tossing and turning on the recliner.

The time of ugliness is about to end, and the flames in the stove are gradually extinguished.Shen Jing sat up and added a few pieces of charcoal to the stove, and just as she lay down again, she heard a light knock on the door.He sat up again, walked to the door, was about to open it, but hesitated again, and asked softly, "...Who is it?"

There was silence outside the door. After a long time, I heard Zhao Heng's deep voice: "I have a few words... I want to tell you."

Shen Jing hesitated for a while, but slowly opened the door, faced Zhao Heng across the door, and said calmly: "Your Highness, please speak if you have anything to say. It's late, so I won't invite you in."

Hearing this, Zhao Heng handed the cloak in from the door: "Your clothes are left with Gu."

Shen Jing stretched out her hand to take it, and couldn't help tightening her fingers while holding the fabric: "...Thank you."

He was so panicked that night that he didn't even notice when the cloak was lost.

Zhao Heng was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "Miao'an, I was so drunk tonight, I was so drunk... that I made a big mistake."

"..."

"An act of impoliteness can't be remedied, and it's useless to talk too much." Zhao Heng sighed in a low voice, "But there is a sentence that I must say clearly to you: Since we met until now, I have never underestimated you in my heart." the meaning of."

Shen Jing was silent for a moment, lowered her eyes and said softly: "I see... Thank you, Your Highness."

After a while of silence, Zhao Heng sighed again: "... you should rest."

After speaking, stepping on the dark moonlight, he quietly left the courtyard.

Leaving silence, slowly closing the door, and tossing and turning for a long time without sleep.

At dawn, Shen Jing lit a candle and sat in the bedroom for a long time, thinking back and forth, and opened the bedside cabinet.

Inside the cabinet, there are piles of pieces, all of which are gifts from Zhao Heng that he has received since he entered the palace: fans, postcards, jade clasps, pens and inks, inkstones...

There are also the land deeds of the old house and farm in Suzhou, the Xieyuan report from the government announcing the good news, and the white jade fan pendant that was given to him as a birthday gift the day before yesterday.

He looked at these precious and important things in the past, hesitated for a long time, and quietly made a decision in his heart: why not... just move out of the palace.

After making up his mind, he finally relieved the depression in his chest, then blew out the candle, lay down on the bed and took a nap.

But he couldn't sleep well, and was awakened by Xiaoyou's movement at dawn, and kept his eyes open until the sun came out before getting up to clean up and wash.

Just thinking about seeing how Xiaoyou tactfully proposed to him about moving out of the palace, Xiaoyou came to knock on his door leisurely with breakfast: "Are you up? Have breakfast."

Shen Jing opened the door, Xiao You came in with breakfast, looked up and saw him was startled: "...What's wrong with you, why are your eyelids swollen, like a hangover? Didn't you drink alcohol last night? ?”

"I slept too late, and I didn't sleep well at night." Shen Jing smiled reluctantly, and cleared the table next to the stove, "Sit down."

Xiao You put the breakfast on the table, handed the chopsticks to Shen Jing, and said with a smile: "Did you see that we made Cao Feng drunk last night, and the revenge was avenged, so happy? Just now I sent someone to see, Cao Feng Feng hasn't sobered up yet at this meeting! I guess I won't be able to recover for a few days. I was also very drunk last night-this wine session was so enjoyable that even His Highness hasn't drunk so much for many years."

Shen Jing picked up the bowl, lowered her eyes and smiled: "...Really."

"However, Your Highness is really in good spirits." Xiao You picked up the dishes on the plate and sighed, "I went to his place just now, and the guard said that he took Wei Zheng out on horseback before dawn."

Shen Jing paused for a moment while holding the chopsticks, and looked at Xiao You unexpectedly: "Did your Highness go out this morning?"

"Yeah. After being busy for so many days, I have been detained in the palace. I probably went to a horse race to relax." Xiaoyou sipped the porridge and smiled casually, "It happened to be sympathetic to me. I will sleep after eating Come back to sleep."

Zhao Heng didn't return for three days after he left.

The quiet mood also hung up and down for three days.

That day Zhao Heng led Wei Zheng away on horseback, and a light snow fell in the sky after noon that day.In the evening, a guard brought a message to Xiaoyou, saying that it was inconvenient to travel in the snow, and that Zhao Heng and Wei Zheng would not come back to the Famen Temple where they stayed that day on the west mountain.

Xiao You didn't take it seriously, he packed some clothes and sent them to the mountain overnight.

Who knew that Zhao Heng still hadn't returned on the third day, so he couldn't help running over to Shen Jing and muttering to Shen Jing: "Could it be that the snow on the mountain is trapped? Do you want to take a car to pick up His Highness? It's so cold, in case of chronic illness What can I do if I commit another crime, there are no doctors in the temple on the mountain..."

Shen Jing chatted with him for a while, and then slowly changed the topic to housing: "There is one thing that I can't help thinking about recently. I am not young now, and I will start a family sooner or later. That's not the case in the palace. Besides... Now there are people in the backyard of His Highness. I'm a man. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to live here. Should I also consider finding a place to stay and move out? "

Xiaoyou didn't think about it elsewhere, and said with a smile: "Why, did you get aroused by what happened that night and want to start a family? Or are you thinking of spring?"

Shen Jing smiled: "Men should get married in college, and girls should get married in college. Sooner or later, they will start a family and start a career."

Xiao Xiao nodded: "That's the truth. You are different from us. You will have a family sooner or later. If you live in the palace after becoming a family in the future, it is indeed a bit inappropriate. If you have such thoughts, I will entrust someone to you Just ask, if you have nothing to do, go out and look around. If there is a suitable house closer to our mansion, or rent or buy it, we will buy it. This is not easy."

After thinking about it, he said: "However, when the time is right, don't forget to mention this matter to His Highness. It will save you from being rash."

Shen Jing listened, and Nuonuo responded: "...I see. Thank you. When His Highness comes back, I will find an opportunity to mention this to you when I see you."

Even so, Zhao Heng never came back.It was not until noon on the fourth day that Zhao Heng and Wei Zheng returned to the mansion on horseback through the snow.As soon as he returned to the mansion, he called Shen Jing over.

Shen Jing felt apprehensive again.

During the few days when Zhao Heng was away, he had clearly made up his mind to let go of what happened that day, as if nothing had happened.After two days, I mentioned to Zhao Heng about moving out.

But this time I will go to see Zhao Heng, but I can't help but feel uneasy.

When he reached the door of the study, he took a few deep breaths, and then opened the door as usual, and greeted Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng was sitting behind the desk, seeing him still as calm as usual, with a calm demeanor, asked a few words about the documents arranged a few days ago, and then softly instructed Shen Jing: "The King of Anshun gave Gu a gift. The post said that the plum blossoms are blooming in the garden, please go to the garden to enjoy it. If you have nothing to do, go with Gu Tong after noon."

When Shen Jing heard the words, she subconsciously wanted to decline, but when the words came to her lips, she hesitated for a while, then nodded and said: "...Yes."

Zhao Heng instructed again: "It's cold outside, dress warmly when you go out. You go back and get ready, and Wei Zheng will call you when you go out later."